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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>There is a quote in E Morris' Towers & Bells of
Britain p 108, re Beverley Minster, from the YA Annual
Report - stating that "The reader will wonder when he reads
that a bell of such a weight as this Bourdon is raised and rung with ease. The
hanging of it must be truly magnificent ... All the bells, as well as "Great
John" are from the Loughborough Foundry, and are held to be among Messrs
Taylor's greatest triumphs." Whether "raised and rung" means "full circle"
is another thing - the fittings are very much like Hosanna and Great Peter, and
not dissimilar to its predecessor, the present Great Bede of Downside to which
Matthew refers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Elsewhere KHS states that Fred Sharpe & Charlie
Denyer had the Oxford Great Tom "up" BEFORE it was rehung by Mears &
Stainbank in 1953. That would have been impossible by then owing to the state of
the gear and frame. Fred told me that he had rung the great bell in full
circles AFTER it was rehung, to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's
Coronation. The gear on this bell is very similar to that on Great Peter etc.
The late Harry Parkes told me that rehanging the bell was extraordinarily
difficult, especially the clappering, as unlike the others, this bell retains
its canons. </FONT></DIV>
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