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<div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Apologies for the top post - can't seem to edit properly on my phone.<br>
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Just wanted to resurrect this thread briefly to ask if there has been anything done about the unringable 4 in St Andrews, Fort William? It seems a shame to me that such a popular tourist spot with I believe a number of lapsed ringers in the locality is devoid
of ringable bells apart from Tulloch 18 miles away.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Doug.<br>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From:
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:davidhird_uk@yahoo.co.uk">David</a></span><br>
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent:
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">3/28/2010 1:30 PM</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To:
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a></span><br>
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject:
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Re: [Bell Historians] Fort William</span><br>
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--- In <a href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</a>, "Bickerton, Roderic (SELEX GALILEO, UK)" <Roderic.Bickerton@<wbr>...> wrote:<br>
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> I rang the 4 at Fort William in 1975.<br>
> At that time the bells were in reasonable going order.<br>
> We had to cut 4 rope holes in the plastic corrugated roof beneath the<br>
> frame, oil and rope up. Water ingress was gross, hence the "roof" under<br>
> the frame so I imagine they must have got into a sorry state by now.<br>
> PNBR details look about right. I probably have a recording of them<br>
> ringing.... Somewhere!<br>
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I visited the tower a few years ago. There are now no floors below the bells so when you ring, you can see the bells swinging. They have 4 plain plastic ropes on the wheels and also 4 plastic ropes on ellacombe hammers which just hang down making a circle of
8 ropes. The tower is now dry inside having had repairs to stop water getting in. There is no access up to the bells so a very long ladder would be needed. Not a bad sounding 4 though. Loose fittings.<br>
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David<br>
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