[Bell Historians] Godalming

Matthew Higby matthewhigby@aol.com [bellhistorians] bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
Sun Sep 3 15:32:11 BST 2017


I would imagine that if the customer wanted the word "recast" - that is what they got!!

M

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> On 3 Sep 2017, at 15:28, 'Chris Pickford' c.j.pickford.t21 at btinternet.com [bellhistorians] <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Keeping old details – I think you’ll find (Dovemaster can doubtless confirm) that old details are retained, but can’t be displayed.
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> As to ‘recasting’, it is odd that the new inscriptions at Godalming say “recast” when no such thing has taken place. I wonder if the inscriptions were chosen when that was the plan – and not amended after it was decided to transfer the old bells to Geraldton (which, incidentally, is a truly remarkable and amazing building – along with the other churches in WA designed by priest-architect Mgr. John C. Hawes)
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> Nevertheless, “recast” is a word we should be both wary of using and cautious when drawing inferences. Unfortunately the word is too often used loosely among ringers for both replacement and recasting. It’s simply a word that should always carry a bright red ‘beware’ flag!
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> Chris Pickford
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