<div dir="auto"><div>Let's not over-elevate Preston. It was definitely only a town when said building still existed. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Simon, latterly of Preston </div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 8 Jun 2024, 18:05 frjamie via Bell-historians, <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Don't forget  Preston City Hall</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="m_1828147462278556851composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Galaxy</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Dickon Love <<a href="mailto:dickon@lovesguide.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dickon@lovesguide.com</a>> </div><div>Date: 08/06/2024  17:23  (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: 'Bell Historians' <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> </div><div>Subject: [Bell Historians] Sunderland Town Hall bells </div><div><br></div></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").</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0f243e">Dickon Love<span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Bromley, Kent</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>07983 352279</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div id="m_1828147462278556851DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br><table style="border-top:1px solid #d3d4de"><tbody><tr><td style="width:55px;padding-top:13px"><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"><img style="width:46px;height:29px" height="29" width="46" alt="" src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png"></a></td><td style="width:470px;padding-top:12px;color:#41424e;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Virus-free.<a style="color:#4453ea" href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.avg.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><a height="1" width="1" href="#m_1828147462278556851_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" rel="noreferrer"> </a></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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