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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>An image found on Flickr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2fsBST3">https://flic.kr/p/2fsBST3</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew Bull via Bell-historians<br><b>Sent:</b> 25 May 2022 17:48<br><b>To:</b> 'Bell Historians Mailing List' <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Cc:</b> Andrew Bull <a_m_bull@yahoo.co.uk><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] west toft norfolk<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Bell-historians [<a href="mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>oliver Lee<br><b>Sent:</b> 25 May 2022 17:24<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] west toft norfolk</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was wondering if anyone might know when the old eight at west toft where last rung, judging by my own research I get the impression that they never rung that much and they where almost certainly unringable by the time the place was abandoned in the 1950s, However what I am curious to find out is where they ever a gallery ring? (as I can remember reading this somewhere) and was there ever a local band here ?. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Oliver lee <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'>It seems likely that the bells were rung from a gallery, and that they were still ringable when the village was closed in 1942 when the area became the Battle School Area. There had been a peal rung there on 25 July 1936. The bells were stolen in two raids during 1969. RW 1969 p505, 546, 703, RW 1998 p519, p619 refer. I’m sure David Cawley can add much more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'>Andrew Bull<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>