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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hi Chris</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I am Sylvia Kendrick, Roger's wife.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I have a collection of Roger's ringing books, a few of which are very old, and notes, photos etc about various bells and frames. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Roger was very keen that these things were not destroyed, so I was hoping that you might know what could be done with them.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I am happy to either send or transport them.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Best wishes</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Sylvia </div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday 23 February 2025 at 16:54:22 GMT, c.j.pickford.t21--- via Bell-historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpbb32a22yiv6407271645"><div><div>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 clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my Huawei phone</div></div><div id="ydpbb32a22yiv6407271645yqt71561" class="ydpbb32a22yiv6407271645yqt6317083070"><div style="line-height:1.5;"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-------- Original Message --------<br clear="none">Subject: [Bell Historians] Holywood Church, Dumfriesshire<br clear="none">From: alan bagworth via Bell-historians <br clear="none">To: bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk<br clear="none">CC: alan bagworth <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" class="ydpbb32a22yiv6407271645quote">Thought this might be of interest.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The Times on-line on Saturday 22 February in the Scotland section has a <br clear="none">report on two 'old' bells. The church was bought from the Church of <br clear="none">Scotland by a couple who have lowered the bells and put them into secure <br clear="none">storage as they feared they might be stolen. The local authority is now <br clear="none">ordering the couple to return the bells to the church. There are <br clear="none">pictures of the two bells which are believed to be linked to a <br clear="none">12th-century knight 'William le Riche'. Is there any recorded <br clear="none">information on these bells and can their date be predicted from their <br clear="none">profile?. The report suggests they may have an eight figure valuation.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Alan<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Bell-historians mailing list<br clear="none">Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk<br clear="none">https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians<br clear="none"></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div class="ydpbb32a22yqt6317083070" id="ydpbb32a22yqt24926">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Bell-historians mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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