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  1. Broad Oak April 1979

    These photos were taken at Little Mayton and Brookside cottages in the village of Broad Oak in Kent around April 1979. Little Mayton cottage was demolished several years ago.

    I don't remember the names of several of these people.

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  2. Canal Trip July 1980

    I have recently been digitising old 35mm black and white negatives and I thought I would put my favourites online. This is my first batch. The pictures will probably only be of interest to those who were there or who know the people in them. I am not planning to …

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  3. Leigh On Mendip Bells

    The Bells of St Giles' Church, Leigh on Mendip

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    Leigh on Mendip Church and Bells

    St Giles' church is situated in the centre of Leigh on Mendip village between the Memorial Hall and the village school. It dates from around 1350 and was rebuilt around 1500. Leigh was a chapelry …

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  4. Sensors for a Ringing Simulator

    Sensors

    For some time I have been planning to install at least one sensor on the Leigh bells so we can do some training with a simulator such as Abel.

    The picture above shows a prototype and two sensors that I have made. The prototype on the left has both a …

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  5. Leigh Ringers Outing 2018

    On Wednesday 11th July 2018 Leigh ringers and friends set off on our annual outing. This year our outing was arranged by Alastair Weston and we went to South Somerset and just into Dorset.

    Our first ring was at South Cadbury, a pleasant 13cwt ground floor ring of 6. We …

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  6. Opening up the Trap Door

    Our first task in the Leigh Bell Restoration project was to open up the trap door in the floor of the ringing chamber so that the bells can be removed from the tower for retuning. We needed to do this in advance as a new glass ceiling was going to …

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