X586/16/12

Bundle of letters to H.D.Harris, from: a) Mears & Stainbank, Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London, 4 and 8 December 1937, re clapper silencer for the treble bell (2 letters) b) J.A.Trollope, Ringing World Office, Guildford, 18 November 1943, re sundry matters c) A.Nunnely Wood, Northampton, 3 January and 14 January 1947, concerning Harris's History of the Association, including information on Charles Clarke, J.W.Barker, J.R.Sharman, ringing at Bedford, and on a peal at Loughborough rung by some of the Bedford ringers in 1896. (2 letters) d) R.Lathbury, Walton on Thames, Surrey, 15th and 30th January 1947, with reminiscences on ringing in Bedfordshire in the early C20th, and concerning his first peal. Also comments on contemporary affairs (eg. recasting Luton bells). (2 letters) e) H.C.Hillyard, Luton District Secretary, Dunstable, n.d. [p/m 26 January 1947], re District AGM at Dunstable on 15th February 1947, with 1946 balance sheet f) A.Nunnely Wood, Northampton, 6 February 1947, re Bedfordshire ringers including J.R.Sharman, C.W.Clarke, C.R.Lilley, A.B.Peck, Canon Baker, and Isaac Hills.; comments on Woburn bells; contemporary affairs including Wood's own ringing activities. [Nine letters in total]

1937-1947

From: 1937 To: 1947

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Harris, H D,
Mears & Stainbank,
Trollope, J.A.,
Nunnely Wood, A.,
Clarke, Charles,
Barker, J.W.,
Sharman, J.R.,
Lathbury, R,
Hillyard, H.C.,
Lilley, C.R.,
Peck, A.B.,
Baker,
Hills, Isaac

Whitechapel, London, Guildford, Northampton, BEDFORD, Loughborough, Walton on Thames, LUTON, DUNSTABLE, WOBURN, letters, Ringing World