<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><font size="3"><font size="2">Gilbert White, the naturalist Rector of Selborne, Hampshire, recorded the following celebrations when the new bells of Selborne arrived in 1735: 'The
day of arrival of this tuneable peal was
observed
as a high festival in the village and
rendered more
joyous by an order from the donor that the
treble
bell should be fixed bottom upward in the
ground
and filled with punch, of which all present
were
invited to partake.' . <br><br><span>See <a target="_blank" href="http://www.westgallerychurches.com/Hants/Selborne/Selborne.html">www.westgallerychurches.com/Hants/Selborne/Selborne.html</a></span></font><br><br><br></font><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br><div style="padding-left: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">
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