<div dir="ltr"><div>oooh! you are a tease Chris...🙂</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Graham</div><div><br></div><div>07974743766</div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 23 Feb 2025 at 16:54, c.j.pickford.t21--- 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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">There's quite a story here, running back several years before this latest twist. <div>The supposed value of of the bells is based on a historical study by the owners - and conclusions that several experienced bell historians have felt unable to endorse. </div><div>I shall say no more, but this is just to warn that the latest news is only part of a longer story. </div><div>Chris Pickford <br><br>Sent from my Huawei phone</div></div><div style="line-height:1.5"><br><br>-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: [Bell Historians] Holywood Church, Dumfriesshire<br>From: alan bagworth via Bell-historians <u></u><br>To: <a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a><br>CC: alan bagworth <u></u><br><br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thought this might be of interest.<br><br>The Times on-line on Saturday 22 February in the Scotland section has a <br>report on two 'old' bells. The church was bought from the Church of <br>Scotland by a couple who have lowered the bells and put them into secure <br>storage as they feared they might be stolen. The local authority is now <br>ordering the couple to return the bells to the church. There are <br>pictures of the two bells which are believed to be linked to a <br>12th-century knight 'William le Riche'. Is there any recorded <br>information on these bells and can their date be predicted from their <br>profile?. The report suggests they may have an eight figure valuation.<br><br>Alan<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Bell-historians mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank">Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a><br><a href="https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians" target="_blank">https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians</a><br></blockquote></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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