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size=2 face=Arial>I wonder if anyone else is still trying to complete their
paper collection. I am currently about 100 issues short, 1934 and earlier
plus two missing from 1943.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=265211108-16062024><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I have also amassed a huge pile of duplicates from 1916 to the
present day. I guess these will end up in landfill.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>Tim</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Bell-historians
[mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Richard Offen via Bell-historians<BR><B>Sent:</B> 16 June 2024
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<DIV dir=ltr>As an historian I absolutely see the value of having the original
documents, but as a researcher who is always pushed for time, the PDF versions
are a Godsend as they are searchable and you can find what you are looking for
in a fraction of the time it <SPAN>takes to search manually.
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<DIV class=PlainText> I presume this is a common situation without an
ideal solution. The RWs from Old North (Boston Massachusetts) date back to the
late 1970s. They are in plastic tubs in my basement, which might not be perfect
storage conditions, but whenever I suggest getting rid of them, the archivally
trained people say that electronic versions are no substitute. Not that anybody
ever drops by to look something up…<BR><BR>Laura Dickerson<BR><BR>----- Original
Message -----<BR>From: "John Harrison" <john@jaharrison.me.uk><BR>To:
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<bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><BR>Sent: Saturday, June 15,
2024 6:35:15 AM<BR>Subject: [Bell Historians] Ringing worlds and
reports<BR><BR>Our tower has decided to dispose of its old copies of old
publications,<BR>including: The Ringing World, OddBob (ODG newsletter) and
Sonning Deanery<BR>newsletter. <BR><BR>Not sure of the exact dates without
emptying all the boxes but going back<BR>to at least the early 90s, and probably
a decade earlier.<BR><BR>If anyone is interested in them please let me
know.<BR><BR>-- <BR>John Harrison<BR>Website <A
href="http://jaharrison.me.uk">http://jaharrison.me.uk</A><BR>Using 4té and
ARMX6, both running RISC
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