<div dir="auto"><div>Jamie is referring to the Town Hall that burned down in 1947, at which time it had an hour bell weighing 81-3-5. A former hour bell weighed 96cwt. The current town hall has no bells.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Simon</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 8 Jun 2024, 18:37 Dickon Love, <<a href="mailto:dickon@lovesguide.com">dickon@lovesguide.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_2320487858851011960WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It also has – as far as I can tell – no bell of over 40 cwt, and therefore is not included in the list.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0f243e">Dickon Love<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bromley, Kent<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">07983 352279<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Bell-historians <<a href="mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Simon Bond via Bell-historians<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 8, 2024 6:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> Bell Historians <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Simon Bond <<a href="mailto:simon.bond.lists@googlemail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">simon.bond.lists@googlemail.com</a>>; frjamie <<a href="mailto:frjamie@talktalk.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">frjamie@talktalk.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] Sunderland Town Hall bells<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Let's not over-elevate Preston. It was definitely only a town when said building still existed. <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Simon, latterly of Preston <u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, 8 Jun 2024, 18:05 frjamie via Bell-historians, <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Don't forget  Preston City Hall<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div id="m_2320487858851011960m_1828147462278556851composer_signature"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#575757">Sent from my Galaxy<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">-------- Original message --------<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">From: Dickon Love <<a href="mailto:dickon@lovesguide.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dickon@lovesguide.com</a>> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Date: 08/06/2024 17:23 (GMT+00:00) <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To: 'Bell Historians' <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Subject: [Bell Historians] Sunderland Town Hall bells <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I am preparing the “Great Bells” list in the Dove database. Can anyone confirm what has happened with the 78cwt chime that used to hang in Sunderland Town Hall? Different sources suggest that they are either in storage or have been stolen. Mike Chester’s list suggests that the weights are/were: Warner 1889 8-0-1, 9-3-14, 13-0-7, 23-3-15, 78-0-11 (74").<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0f243e">Dickon Love</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bromley, Kent<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">07983 352279<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div id="m_2320487858851011960m_1828147462278556851DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><table border="1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" style="border:none;border-top:solid #d3d4de 1.0pt"><tbody><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" rel="noreferrer"><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="46" height="29" style="width:.4833in;height:.3in" id="m_2320487858851011960Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_18ff8f184f8bf1b4b821" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></a><u></u><u></u></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">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" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#4453ea">www.avg.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>Bell-historians mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a><br><a href="https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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