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There are a number of bound years at Exeter Cathedral, unsure what dates. These are in the process of being removed to tidy up. They may already have gone though, as no one had expressed an interest in them.

Oliver: Have a little patience. Opportunities to rescue bound do RWs occur. It is similar with territorial association annual reports.

There are often collections of bound and unbound copies made available as houses and churches are cleared and i am sure that a good home for them will be readily accepted. If they are unbound then there are binders who will bind them for you.

Are you interested in Bell News, the paper that preceded Bell News? If so, i know that there may be set available following the death of a collector. He may also have had Ringing Worlds.

By the way, the copied get very heavy so once you build your collection, consider carefully where and how you store them! Shelves may collapse and even the floor loading may be excessive if your bookcases stand on just small feet on a less substantial flooring!

hi Alison, I do take an interest in the bell news but these are easily available online, I would be particularly interested to know which years this collector had as they are a few that I already have. my current copies are kept in my bedroom cupboard but hopefully I should be getting a shelf for them, are bound copies more easier to keep? as most my existing ones are in loose box folders.

I understand that the collection I thought of has already gone to another home.
Yes, Bell News is available from the CCCBR website as are the Ringing World up to 1970.Hence, i assume why you want those from 1970 onwards. But the RW is also available on DVD up to 2018.

Regarding storage, whether you keep copies bound or unbound is a personal decision and also what you can find! It also depends on how you intend to use them.

Yes bound are (usually) in stiff covers that sit well on a shelf. There were binders sold for copies but these had (i think) cords to tie in the copies resulting in a tendency for copies to become torn, if used a lot.
Soft bindings keep sets together but do not stand on a shelf.
Loose copies can be kept tidily in box files or document storage boxes.

If you are doing research, then several copies open at once on a desk are easier to refer to on single copies than bulky bound volumes (but that again is a personal view) and book marks can be inserted for easy reference later and are more likely to stay in place in a bound copy.

So the choice is yours, and whether you want paper or a disc is presumably a decision that you have taken already.

I have a bound set for 80-81.
In fact I have bound sets for the whole of the 1980s, which I'm trying to get rid of!
Would you like them?

hi Richard, yes this is exactly what I'm after, do you mind sending me your email address and also do you have any from 71,75 and 76?.

Hi Oliver, my email address is grandsirerichatgooglemaildotcom
I possibly have some from 75 and 76 but can't quite remember (they are all at my parents' house)