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<div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454847514330_2915" class="yiv1921134240WordSection1"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454847514330_2914" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;">I have been re-reading John Betjeman's poems. Many ringers are<br clear="none">familiar with the references to bells and ringing in "Summoned by<br clear="none">Bells" and in some shorter poems, especially ones with obviously<br clear="none">ringing-related titles such as "On hearing the full peal of ten bells<br clear="none">from Christ Church, Swindon, Wilts", "Wantage Bells" and (to give it<br clear="none">its full title) "Church of England thoughts occasioned by hearing the<br clear="none">bells of Magdalen Tower from the Botanic Garden, Oxford, on St Mary<br clear="none">Magdalen's Day". There are many others. I wonder whether these<br clear="none">references have been collated. Does anyone know?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">John Camp<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><span style="color:#1F497D;">I don’t know if the references have ever been collated, but you might be interested to know his niece lives here in Perth and I’ve met her on a number of occasions. I will enquire next time I see her.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454847514330_2917" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">R</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454847514330_2919"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454847514330_2918" class="yiv1921134240MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white;">.</span></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454847514330_2920" class="yiv1921134240MsoNormal"><img data-id="f3a1f7cd-cb84-8e4a-aad3-1eae8f0f10c6" id="yiv1921134240_x0000_i1028" height="1" width="1"><br clear="none"><img data-id="4222e768-3cca-55ed-522b-8ffe327f6197" id="yiv1921134240_x0000_i1029" height="1" width="1"></div><div><div class="yiv1921134240MsoNormal"><span style="color:white;"></span></div></div></div>
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