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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I heard the sad news of Chris’s demise a few days ago.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>He was a very knowledgeable and interesting guy to be with and we will always be grateful to him for the immense amount of work he did on our clock collection at the Bell Tower, Perth.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>May he rest in peace.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Richard<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img width=321 height=144 style='width:3.3437in;height:1.5in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D9BC07.AE122D00"></span><span style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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-GB style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> <b>On Behalf Of </b>dickon@lovesguide.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 21, 2023 7:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Bell Historians Mailing List' <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] Chris McKay<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>For those who have not already heard, I am sorry to pass on the sad news of the passing of Chris McKay. He passed away in Hinton Martell in Dorset last week. He learnt to ring under Wilfrid Wilson at Christ the Saviour Ealing and rang there in a peal in 1974.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1412135">https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1412135</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Chris was a leading member of the Turret Clock Group of the Antiquarian Horological Society and wrote a number of books on the subject as well as the definitive history of Big Ben. He was also a contributor to this group as was known by many.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Dickon Love<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=55 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><span style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=46 height=29 style='width:.4791in;height:.302in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png"></span></a><span style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=470 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Virus-free.<a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avg.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>