Time has Finally Taken Its Toll On Bells Now Due for Pounds50,Ooo Overhaul ; After More Than 100 Years of Ringing the Changes, the Historic Bells in a Devon Church Were Due a Spot of Pampering.

Express & Echo (Exeter, UK) › November 06, 2008

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After more than 100 years of ringing the changes, the historic bells in a Devon church were due a spot of pampering.

The six bells which hang in the Norman tower of Mary Magdelene Church, in Stoke Canon, near Exeter, were last taken down in the 19th century.

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Time has Finally Taken Its Toll On Bells Now Due for Pounds50,Ooo Overhaul ; After More Than 100 Years of Ringing the Changes, the Historic Bells in a Devon Church Were Due a Spot of Pampering.

And the complex process of removing them for vital repairs, which will cost more than pounds50,000, began again yesterday.

The bel...

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