[Bell Historians] Royal, or other names

[RJ Johnston, Geographical Sciences]

control?!



--On 21 August 2006 16:41 +0100 John Camp <camp at ESUkmjeTOmnv2N4Gles7tIIIYhVJixYVgkq5LlLq-YOEYql4EllpKUTM_4yLoYlS8xNNYWDHtKV1KQ.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

> At 16:24 on 21 August 2006, Richard Offen wrote:
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>> Perhaps someone should start a history of change ringing group
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> I do hope not. I would have thought that there are enough lists to
> cover all ringing topics at present, and some of them go for weeks
> without contributions (nothing except 'test' messages on NRT for 7
> weeks). Lists need a certain amount of momentum to keep going.
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> Wouldn't it be better explicitly to broaden this list to include
> history of change ringing, so that no-one is worried about being
> off-topic?
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> At 15:00 on 21 August 2006, edward martin wrote:
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>> The 'original' question (Richard please note) was not from George,
>> he merely repeated part of the original question, which was from
>> Roderick Bickerton who wrote:
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>> " I have often wondered about these names on all numbers why doubles
>> when 5 is an odd number? Were they all settled on by a convention of
>> the ancients? Why are changes on 10 bells called Royal?"
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> No, Eddie. George's message came first (sent at 11.08 on 18 August).
> Rod's message (sent at 11.53 on 18 August) quoted George's, though he
> didn't actually say so.
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> John Camp
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