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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Nice to see the "top copies" with the attractive
1930s style Loughborough heading. The original file at Loughborough
is considerably fatter, but it turned out that the Bramptonians were well
pleased with their chime. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We had a similar case in Kent a few years ago,
at the little village church of Luddesdowne, near Rochester. I was asked to
inspect and found three bells hung for ringing in a little Victorian tower, the
bell chamber stage of which connsisted of the original west wall on the church
plus three walls of 1866 butting up against it. I did suggest scrapping the
tenor (1866) and casting four trebles to go with the other two, which would
have given a 4 1/2-cwt ring of six, the frame to be set on a concrete ring beam
foundation, but Whitechapel were sceptical about it, and they ended
up adding three trebles and rehanging the old bells dead to make a chime of
six. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Returning to Derbyshire, another Loughborough "fat
file" of about the same date concerns that very heavy 2-ton clavier chime
of 8 at Bradwell. The project started life as a proposal for a carillon of 48
bells, which was gradually whittled down in number and size over the years
until the present eight were finally hit upon, and what fine bells they
are.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>DLC </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 04, 2011 11:18
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Brampton,
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<P>I came across this while idly "Googling"<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.st-thomas-brampton.org/Church%20Bells/bells%20letters.pdf">http://www.st-thomas-brampton.org/Church%20Bells/bells%20letters.pdf</A><BR><BR>Some
interesting correspondence. I wonder if today they would have installed a
lightish ring instead?<BR><BR>Nike<BR><BR></P></DIV><!-- end group email --></BODY></HTML>