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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I first rang there in 1973 and one or two times after that in 1974. They were not the most inspiring ring of ten!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Richard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=321 height=144 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D940BE.99F82280" alt="cid:image001.png@01D40F8F.50BED290"></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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 [mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Chester via Bell-historians<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 14 February 2023 7:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> Bell Historians<br><b>Cc:</b> Mike Chester<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] st Stephen's hampstead<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>There is an article about the bells in the RW of Jan 14<sup>th</sup> 1983. It says the bells were last rung on 15<sup>th</sup> November 1978 at the opening of the Royal Free Medical School and Hospital, it being opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II. It also says<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=contentpasted0><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>"When the new hospital was planned the site chosen was closer to the church and when the foundations were dug, as early as 1964, movement began to show in the main body of the church and ringing was stopped from about this time (perhaps one should say discouraged) while the situation was reviewed."</span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=contentpasted0><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Mike</span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> on behalf of oliver Lee via Bell-historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Sent:</b> 14 February 2023 11:01<br><b>To:</b> bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk <Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Cc:</b> oliver Lee <oliverbellringer@outlook.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] st Stephen's hampstead</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=xmsonormal>I was wondering if anyone might be able to provide some more information about the now lost 27cwt 10 what where here until 1982?, from what I can work out the bells where regularly rung during the early 1900s but it would seem that peal ringing virtually ended in 1905. Many sources I have come across suggest that this might’ve been something to do with the royal free hospital but there are some vague references to there being a local band here in the 1950s so I wonder what exactly happened, There is also some suggestion that ringing was apparently “discouraged” due to subsidence but it would interesting to know if any quarter peals where rung on them prior to their removal. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Many thanks <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Oliver lee <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>