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<body style="background-color: #fff;">I wrote - in detail - about Lichfield and the Loyal Youths in the RW back in about 1983 (two articles). Am away from home at present so can't check the dates. I was certainly aware of the Ashmole connection at the time.<br/>I'll read Dr Poole's article when I'm fully back on line, but feel he ought to be made aware of my earlier work on this. The Staffordshire VCH includes a good account of the cathedral bells too, incidentally<br/>CP <div>Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange</div><hr/><div><b>From: </b> John Camp <camp@bellringers.org>
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</div><div><b>Date: </b>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:18:55 +0100</div><div><b>To: </b>bellhistorians<bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com></div><div><b>ReplyTo: </b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com
</div><div><b>Subject: </b>[Bell Historians] Lichfield bells and Elias Ashmole</div><div><br/></div>
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<p>Dr William Poole, Fellow of New College, Oxford, has come upon some<br>
material about Elias Ashmole, the founder of the Ashmolean Museum in<br>
Oxford, and Lichfield bells. He has written a short article on the<br>
subject (which includes a reference to the band of "Loyal Youths" which<br>
rang there, in a uniform of a flannel waistcoat edged with black<br>
buttons, and a black silk cap, though whether they wore the cap when<br>
ringing is not revealed).<br>
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The article can be found at <<a href="http://www.bellringers.org/lichfield.pdf">http://www.bellringers.org/lichfield.pdf</a>>.<br>
Any comments would, I know, be gratefully received and could be sent to<br>
me for transmission to Will.<br>
<br>
John Camp<br>
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