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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Andrew Higson <andrew.higson@HbHu_vib6L6amiWRFEYkZz1vY1s0Yrq4_vvzSoM0joDmrn-3CHm7Qx-NrZxMb0Y3PCR5xZMu_IF8H30X89DU4Cxfqw.yahoo.invalid><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, 19 July, 2010 15:43:21<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [Bell Historians] Burton Holy Trinity<BR></FONT><BR><SPAN style="DISPLAY: none"> </SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I’ve been looking through the folder and find that the bell was larger than the hole through to the bell chamber so it had to be installed through the window. Presumably the removal was a similar process; the bell was taken out by the demolition company and delivered here without notice during the works holiday (31<SUP>st</SUP> August 1971)! We paid £1020 for it. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The company appointed by the church commissioners to oversee the demolition was Smith Gore in Lichfield . Maybe they have some interesting detail in their archive – if they have such.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" lang=EN-US>From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US> bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com [mailto: bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com ] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Steven Blakemore<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 19 July 2010 15:16<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [ Bell Historians] Burton Holy Trinity</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">thankyou very much just one last thing do you know what note it was tuned too?</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Andrew Higson <andrew.higson@ taylorbells. co.uk><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, 19 July, 2010 14:13:18<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [ Bell Historians] Burton Holy Trinity<BR></SPAN></FONT><BR> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">JT records give:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">5’1½” diameter, 40-0-26, no canons.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">COME, AND LET HIM THAT HEARETH, SAY COME AND LET HIM THAT IS ATHIRST COME.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE THINK NOT THE SON OF MAN COMETH</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The despatch date is given as Mar 26<SUP>th</SUP> 1887.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">HTH</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" lang=EN-US>From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US> bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com [mailto: bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com ] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>John H Allen<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 19 July 2010 14:00<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [ Bell Historians] Burton Holy Trinity</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Steven,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">From Church Bells of Staffordshire – Lynam.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">John Taylor & Co founders Loughborough 1886. 60 1/2 “ diameter.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Inscribed – ‘In such an hour as ye think not the son of man cometh. Come and whosoever heareth let him say come’.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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