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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="HelveticaNeueLT Std"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeueLT Std";color:black'>Jim,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeueLT Std";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="HelveticaNeueLT Std"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeueLT Std";color:black'>I have
never heard the suggestion that they were ‘cast heavy’ to allow for
a 12. The late Paul Taylor was a regular visitor on a Sunday afternoon. He always
said that they were ‘the best peal of 10 that <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Taylors</st1:place></st1:City> had ever cast’ and he drove
from Loughborough to enjoy them time and time again. There appears to have
been no shortage of money in 1947 and perhaps <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Taylors</st1:City></st1:place> wanted them as a show piece.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="HelveticaNeueLT Std"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeueLT Std";color:black'>Unfortunately
the Chapter minutes of the time contain only skeleton references to the
recasting of the bells. However in a recent clear out of an old filing room at
the Cathedral a bundle of correspondence has been discovered which appears to
include letters about the 1947 recasting. When time permits this will be
examined in detail and might throw more light on the matter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="HelveticaNeueLT Std"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeueLT Std";color:black'>John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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