<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>I find them very difficult to get on afterwards, I'm afraid!!</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> John Camp <camp@...><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, 21 July 2013, 13:16<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Bell
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<div>At 13:10 on 21 July 2013, Jim wrote:<br>
> Over many years of ringing I have encountered interesting ways of<br>
> securing bell muffles. These have included jubilee clips, string,<br>
> leather straps, parcel tape and Velcro. Yesterday I discovered yet<br>
> another very unusual securing facility, in Cambridgeshire, - women's tights!<br>
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Used to be useful when a car fan-belt broke, I recall.<br>
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John Camp<br>
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