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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In answer to Jim, yes!</FONT></DIV>
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Beecham=92s Factory, Lancs: Hour and quarter bells, for Beecham=92s Factory=
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St.Helens, <I>per</I> Potts of Leeds, 2 Feb.1888. 3-1-16, 4-2-18, 6-1-11,=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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m:</B>=20
<A title=3Djameshedgcock@h...=20
href=3D"mailto:jameshedgcock@h...">jimhedgcock</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups=
.com</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 04, 2003 11:=
26=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Clo=
ck=20
Chimes - information and requests for details</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV><TT><BR><BR>For ninetee=
n years I=20
lived within the sound of the carillon at Lowe <BR>House in St. Helens an=
d the=20
clock chime (Westminster Quarters)at <BR>Beacham's Pharmaceutical Works i=
n St.=20
Helens. The Lowe House bells <BR>are some of the best heavy Taylor =
bells=20
that I have heard. The <BR>smaller bells are not so good, and at on=
e=20
time there was talk of <BR>recasting where necessary. However, I be=
lieve=20
that the instrument is <BR>almost derelict now. Does anyone have de=
tails=20
of the Beacham bells?--<BR><BR><BR>- In bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com, "=
Chris=20
Pickford" <BR><c.j.pickford@t...> wrote:<BR>> David Cawley menti=
oned=20
Hove (gone), Luton, and Leicester. Can add <BR>some details:<BR>> <BR>=
>=20
Leicester Town Hall bells are Mears & Stainbank 1876, supplied <BR>th=
rough=20
E.T. Loseby, the Leicester clockmaker. Weights 3-2-0, 3-3-15, <BR>4-2-0,=
=20
6-3-7, 20-3-2. One of the Leicester ringers (John Jelley, I <BR>think), t=
old=20
me the only time he ever heard Ernest Morris swear was <BR>when he descri=
bed=20
those bells!<BR>> <BR>> Luton are Gillett & Johnston, 1936: 1 2=
6.125=20
E 3-2-14, 2 28.5 D 4-2-<BR>17, 3 31.625 C 6-0-17, 4 41.125 G 12-2-15, 5 6=
1.5 C=20
45-2-20. Very <BR>fine, as David says. I have seen these bells.<BR>>=20
<BR>> Hove: These were Gillett & Bland 1881/2 (see Elphick). There=
were=20
<BR>12 bells, the largest 60" and 36-1-7 and the smallest 30" 6-0-24. I=20
<BR>have the weights and diameters of the others from the Corydon foundry=
=20
<BR>records - can post them if people want them.<BR>> <BR>> A long =
time=20
since I heard Cardiff, but they are definitely "old <BR>style" and I'm no=
t=20
sure I'd call the tone superb - but certainly <BR>quite grand and=20
powerful<BR>> <BR>> CP<BR>> ----- Original Message -=
----=20
<BR>> From: JohnBaldwin <BR>> To:=20
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com <BR>> Sent: Wednesday, June=
04,=20
2003 7:06 PM<BR>> Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Clock Chi=
mes -=20
information and <BR>requests for details<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> &=
nbsp;=20
Cardiff City Hall: Clock chime 9-3-0; 13-0-14; 16-2-14; 34-1-0 <BR>=
Hour=20
bell: 51-0-14 G&J 1903 Superb tone. (cost: "=A31277 +=A31=
20 for=20
<BR>fixing")<BR>> Regards.<BR>> <BR>> Jo=
hn=20
Baldwin<BR>> (029) 2055 4457<BR>> <BR>>=20
<BR>> -----Original=20
Message-----<BR>> From: Chris Pickford=20
[mailto:c.j.pickford@t...]<BR>> Sent: 04 June =
2003=20
11:29<BR>> To:=20
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR>> Subject: R=
e:=20
[Bell Historians] Clock Chimes - information and <BR>requests for=20
details<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I can - thanks =
to=20
Taylors - provide answers to come of Andrew's <BR>queries. Perhaps =
Mike=20
Chester could now add details to the chimes <BR>list?<BR>>=20
<BR>> Ossett, Town Hall, Yorks: Five clock bel=
ls,=20
largest 7-2-16, <BR>per Potts of Leeds, Jan.1908 <BR>>=20
<BR>> Dewsbury, Town Hall, Yorks: Clock bells =
per=20
Potts of Leeds, 20 <BR>Feb.1889. Bells 5-1-23, 8-1-1, 11-0-14, 24-2-11 an=
d=20
35-0-12 (84-2-5). <BR>Oak frame, fittings etc. =A3560.11.1.<BR>>=20
<BR>> Batley, Carnegie Free Library, Yorks: Fo=
ur=20
quarter bells, per <BR>Potts 1906. 24", 26=BD", 29.625", 36.625", and hou=
r bell=20
(Warner - <BR>[possibly 1879 - can anyone confirm?]) 53.875", 3-3-15, 5-0=
-20,=20
6-2-<BR>11, 10-3-4.<BR>> <BR>> Huddersfield=
,=20
Cooperative Society, Buxton Road, Yorks: Four <BR>clock bells, largest=20
9-0-5, per Potts of Leeds, Nov.1904 <BR>>=20
<BR>> Cleckheaton, Town Hall, Yorks: Bells for=
=20
Cleckheaton Town Hall, <BR>per Potts of Leeds, 20 Sept.1892 - 5-1-7, 5-3-=
20,=20
7-0-14, 14-3-15 and <BR>21-1-17 (total 54-2-17). Cost =A3273.5.2. <BR>>=
;=20
<BR>> Keighley, Institute, Yorks: Clock bells,=
per=20
Potts of Leeds, 28 <BR>March 1892. Five bells - no destination - 4-1-12,=
=20
5-2-20, 7-1-1, 15-1-<BR>25 and 25-1-11 (total 58-0-13) - daybook shows fo=
r=20
Keighley Institute <BR>(weights tally) <BR>>=20
<BR>> Middlesbrough Town Hall, Yorks: Clock be=
lls=20
through Robert <BR>Richardson, clock manufacturer, Middlesbrough, 4 July =
1889=20
- 5-0-1, 6-<BR>0-8, 7-2-5, 17-1-17, 47-1-6 (total 83-1-9); fixing the bel=
ls=20
for <BR>Richardson invoiced separately on 20 July 1889. <BR>>=20
<BR>> Thornaby, Town Hall, Yorks: Five clock b=
ells,=20
largest 7-3-26, <BR>per Potts of Leeds, July 1908<BR>>=20
<BR>> Also at Thornaby - South Stockton [also =
known=20
as Thornaby on <BR>Tees], Yorks: Hours and four quarter bells for South=20
Stockton, per <BR>Potts of Leeds, 13 Nov.1891 - 1-2-3, 2-1-7, 3-2-16, 6-0=
-18=20
and 8-1-11 <BR>(total 21-3-27). Cost =A3115 9s. <BR>>=20
<BR>> This leaves Lindley Clock Tower and Hart=
forth=20
Hall unaccounted <BR>for from Andrew's list. The above details are incomp=
lete=20
only because <BR>I had specifically sought details of work for Potts (whe=
n=20
editing the <BR>Potts clock catalogues for publication by the AHS) and=20
regarding <BR>heavy bells (for the Great Bells list now on the Keltek=20
website). But <BR>this information should fill quite a lot of gaps<BR>>=
;=20
<BR>> Morley Town Hall has a Warner clock chim=
e of=20
five bells, <BR>largest 35 cwt, according to their catalogues. I've assum=
e=20
these are <BR>1895 (the date of the Town Hall), though I'd ve very keen t=
o=20
have <BR>full details of date, diameters and (if available) weights.<BR>&=
gt;=20
<BR>> Don't know anything about Dewsbury=20
Co-Op<BR>> <BR>> The whole Town Hall thing =
is=20
covered in an excellent book on <BR>Victorian and Edwardian Town Halls by=
=20
Colin Cunningham (RKP, 1981) - <BR>a comprehensive acount, and well=20
illustrated (but nothing on bells). <BR>Colin taught me Latin at sc=
hool=20
(about as succesfully as Paul <BR>Cattermole taught me maths!) and later =
went=20
on to teach architectural <BR>history with the OU. His father used =
to be=20
Rector of Hanbury <BR>(Ambridge and Worcestershire's finest Taylor eight)=
and=20
did have a go <BR>at ringing. He also printed Paul Cattermole's little bo=
oklet=20
on The <BR>Bells of Bale<BR>> <BR>> CP<BR>&=
gt;=20
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