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    <font face="Times New Roman">The tower was listed in 2001, and its
      listing description says that Smiths supplied its clock mechanism.
      The bells were presumably commissioned for it.<br>
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      Lawrence<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/02/2020 18:56, Robert Lewis
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        <div>A brief reference (from a former resident) on the Enfield
          Society website suggests that the chime was silenced at the
          outbreak of WW2, just three years after installation, and
          remained inoperative until at least 1951. Maybe someone local
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 6:36
          PM Robert Lewis <<a href="mailto:robthebob1911@gmail.com"
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              <div>There is a reference to it in an old book on unusual
                clocks by Arthur Tremayne, which ties up with Chris's
                location information (school playing
                fields/sportsground):</div>
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href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=esD7DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT56&lpg=PT56&dq=boys+and+girls+come+out+to+play+clock+chime&source=bl&ots=rjBz8cPDPB&sig=ACfU3U3JwPbkCI41hxX_fh6pLqBunqouug&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwrtjEn97nAhXsTxUIHUOcCzgQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=boys%20and%20girls%20come%20out%20to%20play%20clock%20chime&f=false"
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            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at
              5:35 PM Chris Pickford via Bell-historians <<a
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                      style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The
                      bells were cast by Taylors for Smiths of Derby in
                      November 1936. They are a diatonic set of five in
                      F (i.e. notes F, G, A, A# and C), the largest
                      being 23” diameter </span><span
                      style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,85,151)">and
                      weighing 2-1-24. They have the makers’ names on –
                      but no special inscriptions. Taylors merely
                      supplied the bells – and had nothing to do with
                      the original installation, which was designed and
                      executed by Smiths.</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,85,151);letter-spacing:-0.15pt">The
                      clock tower is listed (grade II) - </span><span
                      style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,85,151)"><a
href="https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101389536-clock-tower-cockfosters-ward#.Xk1wcSj7SUk"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                          style="color:rgb(47,85,151)">https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101389536-clock-tower-cockfosters-ward#.Xk1wcSj7SUk</span></a>
                      - as being in De Bohun Park, Bramley Road,
                      Cockfosters, in the London Borough of Enfield</span></p>
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                      style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,85,151)">That’s
                      about it really</span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
                          style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(91,155,213)">Chris
                          Pickford</span></i></b></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(91,155,213)">Archives
                        team – John Taylor Bellfoundry Museum and
                        Archives</span></i></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(91,155,213)">E-mail</span></i><span
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                      <a href="mailto:pickford5040@gmail.com"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">pickford5040@gmail.com</a>
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