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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Faulty memory, I'm afraid. The 1990
article is <SPAN
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lang=EN-GB>“Hurry to Wisbech, for an altercation with Soham: a story of
criticisms and challenges following the opening of William Dobson’s ring of ten
bells at Wisbech in 1823, culled from the pages of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Norfolk Chronicle</I>” by David Cubitt,
in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Ringing World</I> 13 April 1990
pp.370-2. It's very interesting, but doesn't include details of the old bells as
I had thought.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
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lang=EN-GB>There is, though, in the Wratten collection a press report showing
that the bells were augmented to eight in 1749/50 (and from information in the
tower we know that </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
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lang=EN-GB>the tenor was 15 cwt): <SPAN
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lang=EN-GB>On Friday January the 26th 1749-50 was Rung at WISBECH ST. PETER's,
in the Isle of ELY in the County of CAMBRIDGE, on a new Peal of Eight Bells, a
compleat peal of 5040 of Garthen's Trebles. At the first pulling down it was
compleated in two Hours and 49 Minutes, by Us whose Names are under-written:
Treble, Thomas Thompson, Second, John Harrison, Third, Joseph Raven, Fourth,
John Parkinson, Fifth, William Harrison, Sixth, John Wright, Seventh, Simon
Hall, Tenor, John Bingham. N.B. The bobbs call'd by John Parkinson (<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Ipswich Journal</I>, Sat. 3 Feb. 1749-50;
Wratten collection)</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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lang=EN-GB>There are brief details (as the VCH) in Raven and Bevis, as you
know.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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