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<div>Thanks, Anne</div><div><br></div><div>Yes indeed. The ropes are only mentioned by number, not length, or weight; ie two new ropes, three new ropes etc, but almost annually!</div><div><br><span><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Regards,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Hugh</div></span></div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 14:25:43 BST, 'Anne Willis' zen16073@zen.co.uk [bellhistorians] <bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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<p></p><div class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989WordSection1"><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Ropes were made of hemp in those days, and I assume that damp towers shortened their lives.</span></p><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">There may have been piecemeal replacement of the ropes to spread the cost.</span></p><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">As a matter of interest were the ropes bought by the pound (weight) or the yard?</span></p><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Anne</span></p><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><div class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989yqt7015452115" id="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989yqt41675"><div><div style="border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;"> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> 13 June 2018 14:03<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Bell Historians<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] Batricks or Battericks?</span></p></div></div><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"> </p><div id="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989ygrp-mlmsg"><div id="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989ygrp-msg"><div id="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989ygrp-text"><div><div><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hello, All</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Searching through the Steep Church Archives recently, I have come across several 18th C. references to payments for work to the "batricks" or "Battericks" of the bells, ranging in cost from 6d to 1 shilling through the century; has anyone come across this term elsewhere, or know what it relates to please?</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">There are also many payments for new bell ropes, sometimes every year, which appear excessive compared to the longevity of bell ropes nowadays; was this almost annual replacement of ropes commonplace in the 18th Century?! </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Many thanks,</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hugh Routh</span></p></div></div></div><div><p class="ydpfcc482b8yiv0676611989MsoNormal"><span style="color:white;"></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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