[Bell Historians] Date touch history

[John Harrison]

In article
<CAMAwzZ=u7waYrad_vG-tQygwNK6qBOKA77D+FHwF6+A+sL=TjA at mail.gmail.com>,
   John Gwynne via Bell-historians
<bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:
> I'd hazard a guess that the first date touches were very short and so
> didn't merit much celebration....

Even in the C17 they would have been a lot longer than a quarter peal!

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John Harrison
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