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align=right><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>St. Matthew,
Newcastle<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>From the D. &
N. bell maintenance advisor.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>I went on
14<SUP>th</SUP>. Oct. 2015 to see the Rev. Richard Deadman, who is Vicar of St.
Matthew, Newcastle and two members of the P.C.C.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I went not as a D.A.C. member but to represent local ringers to see what
was currently happening and how we might be of help ( if any ).
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>There are a number
of problems all of which need addressing.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Firstly netting
that had been put up over the louvres on the inside of the tower had failed and
bird ingress had occurred with all of the associated mess that occurs with twigs
and guano.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Secondly a major
leak in the roof has turned the mixture into a morass that then leaked down past
the ringing room and into the Church.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Add to this that
neither of the problems had been noticed, as ringing was not being organised,
and action to remedy the situation before it became a major problem had not been
taken.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>The roof has been
repaired and the issue of the bird ingress is to be fixed at an unspecified date
due to faculty application and the lack of some 10K. The new “netting” will be
placed on the outside of the louvres. When that job is done, and not before,
attention will turn to the sanitisation of the inside of the tower. Until
thoroughly cleaned access to the tower is very definitely closed on health
grounds.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>After cleansing of
the tower the next job will probably be a structural survey to assess the damage
done by the frame to at least one of the walls. A section of the stonework that
is tied to the base grillage is moving in and out of the rest of the
structure.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>It would appear
that there are settlement voids of the filling between the inner and outer skins
of the tower where this girder is attached. There is also a cracking problem
where the tower joins the nave.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>After this survey
there might be limited ringing permitted but remedial work will also need to be
done and the frame will have to be fixed securely to the fabric in a manner that
causes no further damage.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Please note that
it causes great irritation when applications to ring on bells that are currently
flagged up as unavailable for ringing continue. They are shown as unringable on
the D. & N. web site and ringing temporarily suspended at Dove on line. It
is bad for harmonious relationships between clergy and ringers when there are
continued requests to ring when permission is clearly not going to be
forthcoming.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Speaking
personally it is a lesson to us as ringers that we should recognise that we are
likely to be the only people in a position to spot problems such as these where
something that might start in a small way ends up being a major
incident.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Howard E. J. Smith
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