[Bell Historians] Bell News - Request for Info [1 Attachment]

[Alan Ellis]

I guess that Sam beat me to it!

Are you really that old?  Good gracious!

Best wishes

Alan


Sam Austin wrote:

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> [Attachment(s) <#TopText> from Sam Austin included below]
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> Hello John,
> Attached is what you were after.
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> It is pleasing to note that there are still some of us 'old-timers'
> around, I was secretary of the College Youths back in 1861.
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> Aye
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> Sam
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> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Hoppie(s) <jhopwood at Qh797gEtX6OUdVPwa1DsSMAZesefw9mNU3ObfvUV0n6E5Chy_z-4yG7-BjD7RlHXmKLjcy91sr4SWkx7W6BL.yahoo.invalid 
> <mailto:jhopwood%40tiscali.co.uk>> wrote:
>  > Hi All
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>  > Firstly, sorry for cross posting and the fact that some of you will
>  > get this more than once. I doubt this subject will result in any sort
>  > of conversation and replies are best kept to me personally unless
>  > anyone wants to take it up.
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>  > Does anyone happen to have Bell News 1900 p317?  According to Roger
>  > Bailey's wonderful ringing.info site, within the Obituaries Index there
>  > is an obit for a John Hopwood of Ashton-u-Lyne.
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>  > Long reasons follow - you don't have to read this but you may find it
>  > interesting.
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>  > Fast forward now unless you need to sleep early!
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>  > I noticed the obit file some time ago now but thought nothing of it
>  > even though I was born in Ashton. Hopwood is quite a common name there
>  > (John even more so) and the likelihood of a ringing relation I thought
>  > was low.
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>  > However, my interest was heightened when the Ashton history was
>  > published (also referred to on ringing.info) and I found that the man
>  > rang peals, up to Cinques and Max.  Even so, no huge extra interest.
>  >
>  > Three weeks ago by an amazing twist of fate (via Facebook AARRGGH- I
>  > supposedly deleted my profile 18 months ago. It obviously didn't
>  > work), I had an email from a long lost Cousin. I haven't been in touch
>  > for 38 years despite my efforts - divorces and name changes thwarted
>  > that. There are three of them, two girls in France and a lad in Aus.
>  > My Uncle lives in Paignton and is 89 and with what would seem to be
>  > terminal cancer.
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>  > One of the girls was over here this weekend so we pulled out all the
>  > stops to go to Paignton this weekend.  My 87 year old Mum also managed
>  > to make it by train from Salisbury (only 3 Hrs for her on the train -
>  > 6 for us by car).
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>  > You can imagine that long conversations re the old family ensued
>  > (lubricated by much wine I hasten to add). [Long family gossip section
>  > missing here]. My Uncle (also a John Hopwood) is an accomplished
>  > organist (even in his state he is still excellent) and has, although
>  > never a ringer, taken a keen interest in bells. He happened to mention
>  > that his Grandfather was a ringer in Ashton and also called John!
>  > Imagine my surprise!
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>  > So, it seems that this chap who rang peals at Ashton in the late 1800s
>  > is likely to be my Great Grandfather!  Little did I know, when I rang
>  > my first peal there, that he had rung one on the same bell! Different
>  > rope probably!
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>  > So, there we go, the reason for my request.
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>  > You can wake up now.
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>  > Regards and thanks for help in advance.
>  >
>  > John Hopwood
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