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<DIV><SPAN class=093574315-05032011><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have
just been to see the rehung bells at Dent, which are due to be dedicated on 19
June, and apparently on its return from Whitechapel the treble was partly filled
with beer from the Dent brewery. There was too much for the people
directly involved in the project but some passing cyclists were happy to finish
it up.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=093574315-05032011><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Peter
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>David Willis<BR><B>Sent:</B> 05 March 2011 14:39<BR><B>To:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Bells
filled with ale<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><SPAN style="DISPLAY: none"> </SPAN>
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<TD vAlign=top><BR>--- On Sat, 5/3/11, John Harrison
<john@d_7xTb9TUK_LzlkuGOYHRroPWHFuQk9FiRgcr5TDjfG-FQ4UZdQzugLFGvSdIEjP_n03d2whOBMbBjk.yahoo.invalid> wrote:<BR><BR>> Bells filled with ale
... may have happened elsewhere. <BR><BR>I came across a reference to it
somewhere in Oxon/Berks, but can't remember<BR>where.<BR><BR>John
Harrison<BR><BR><BR>It's Blewbury. The 7th was cast by Edward Read
1752 . When it returned from Aldbourne in 1753 it was dedicated by
being "set upside down in a hole in front of the School and filled
with beer, and many of the company were exceedingly intoxicated
therewith"<BR><BR>Sharpe Church Bells of Berkshire page
37.<BR><BR>David<BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></P></DIV><!-- end group email --></BODY></HTML>