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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Further
to Chris's posting on 9th November, John Taylor & Co has now added a page
to their web site giving detail of how their remarkable archive can be
accessed:</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.taylorbells.co.uk/web/?q=node/72">http://www.taylorbells.co.uk/web/?q=node/72</a></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">For those who complained that Whitechapel
made a charge for information from their archive, please note, Taylors, quite
reasonably, are now making an initial enquiry fee of £25.</span></p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Bell Foundry Collections Ltd</span>, who now have the care of
the JT & Co archives, are to be congratulated on the enormous amount of
work that has been done to catalogue the vast collection of material and make
it readily available.</p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Conclusion:
there is no such thing as a free lunch, not even for bell historians who seem
to think it their right to access the archives of our foundries free of charge!</span></p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p>
</p><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Richard</span></p><div class="ygroups-quoted"><br><br>---In bellhistorians@{{emailDomain}}, <aaj.buswell@...> wrote:<br><br><div id="ygrps-yiv-1474342432">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a>, Chris Pickford <c.j.pickford.t21@...> wrote:<br>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> ><br>
> The question of access to bellfoundry records and charges for research<br>
> is naturally of interest to members of this list. However, as Robert<br>
> Lewis and others have already remined us, a) the material belongs to the<br>
> companies concerned, b) they may restrict or allow access as they see<br>
> fit and c) charging it is not unreasonable for any services provided.<br>
> Any access that we may have as ringers and bell historians is a<br>
> privilege - and certainly not a right.<br>
><br>
> It is true that Taylors were at one time highly secretive about the sort<br>
> of information that has been made much more freely available in recent<br>
> times. This should be clear to all from the amount of material<br>
> generously contributed to the Dove NBR database. Now, there is a strong<br>
> desire and commitment at Loughborough to open up the historical material<br>
> for a broad range of future uses.<br>
><br>
> Work is in progress to transfer the John Taylor Bellfoundry Museum and<br>
> the foundry archives into the ownership of a separate company, Bell<br>
> Foundry Collections Ltd (BFCL). This is a "not-for-profit" company,<br>
> separate from John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd, and it exists to protect the<br>
> heritage material associated with the bellfoundry. BFCL now runs the<br>
> Museum and looks after the archives. Since the formation of the Company<br>
> in 2012 the Board (of which I am a member) has been working hard to<br>
> catalogue the material, improve the care of the collections and develop<br>
> a range of access routes.<br>
><br>
> More information on our plans for the collections and about means of<br>
> access will be available shortly when we officially publicise the<br>
> formation of BFCL and start promoting our new services. Of course, BFCL<br>
> will need to generate income to fund these activities and so there will<br>
> be charges.<br>
><br>
> At present, the charge for answering enquiries for information from the<br>
> Taylor archives is £20 for an initial search plus 30p per photocpy or<br>
> scan supplied. But bear in mind that time is precious too, and being<br>
> largely run by volunteers the Museum will not have the resources to<br>
> handle a heavy workload of enquiries.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Chris Pickford<br>
> --<br>
> Chris Pickford 4 Walmsley Court, High Street, Kinver, DY7 6HG Tel: 01384<br>
> 878435 or (mobile) 07811 453525 E-mail: c.j.pickford@... or<br>
> (interchangeably) c.j.pickford.t21@...<br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
</span></blockquote>I may be able to give, for free, information on G&J bells as I have their Tuning Book records of fiche.<br>
<br>
AAJB</div></div>
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