[Bell Historians] Worn out garments show new patches

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Cawley" <dave at ...> 
wrote:
>
> The operative word NOT has been omitted from between "did" 
and "have" in the penultimate line of the penultimate paragraph, 
before RCO corrects this! The architect didn't have to pay!
> 
> DLC
> 

I thought, "I'll just read the next few postings before correcting 
DLC!"   Good job I did!

I might add that the architect at Tenterden compounded the felony by 
having the old frame lifted, the towers sills cleaned off and faced 
with concrete.   This gave the frame a wonderful glide path and the 
bells went like the sides of houses!   The late Bill Hughes' comments 
on the matter are not printable and Harry Parkes used to become 
incandescent when the job was mentioned 
Arthur Lewry used to look 
his usual passive self and comment, in his broad Sussex tones, fag 
hanging out of the corner of his mouth, "I knew they'd go badly!"

Within as few years the frame was starting to cause damage to the 
tower fabric and we had to raise a considerable amount to put 
everything right.

R