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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The old five bells were unringable at the =
turn of=20
the 20th Century, Alfred Bowell reported that the third and tenor bells cra=
cked=20
in 1930. The bells were rehung for chiming in 1958 by Taylors and the two=20
cracked bells recast. Whitechapel added a new treble in 1974 but by 1986 th=
e=20
church was in poor condition and was closed. By 1993 the tower roof leaked =
and=20
the tower was home for a hundred pigeons.The whole installation has now bee=
n=20
overhaulled and the pigeons excluded and all is in good order and there has=
been=20
talk of hanging them for ringing again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>Fro=
m:</B>=20
<A title=3Ddcawley@w...=20
href=3D"mailto:dcawley@w...">David Cawley</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
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=3Dalan@c...=20
href=3D"mailto:alan@c...">alan@c...</A> ; <A=20
title=3D"marjax @ btinternet.com" href=3D"mailto:marjax @ btinternet.com"=
>marjax @=20
btinternet.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 01, 2004 1=
0:06=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Gre=
at=20
Clacton</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>GREAT CLACTON BELLS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The chime of five is as follows:</FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Treble: John Taylor & Co., Loughboro=
ugh,=20
1964</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2nd: Thomas Gardiner, Sudbury, 1721</FON=
T></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3rd: Thomas Gardiner 1721</FONT></=
DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4th: John Taylor & Co., 1958</FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>5th: Miles Graye III, Colchester,=20
1649</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tenor: John Taylor & Co., 1958 =
=20
8-cwt 2-qr 24-lb in G#</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The previous 4th & tenor were by Tho=
mas=20
Gardiner and Miles Graye respectively.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The chiming cords should be attached at =
their top=20
ends to trigger action clappers - i.e. to the lever eye adjacent to the=20
clapper hinge.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The chiming cords should be attached at =
their=20
bottom end to a chiming manual supplied in 1958; the manual should have=20
individual pawl and ratchet adjustment facilities to daw the cords i=
nto=20
adjustment. The cords themselves should have rubber handgrips.</FONT></DI=
V>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John Taylor & Co visited in 1957 and=
found=20
the then ring of bells hanging in a derelict condition. Two (the present =
4th=20
& tenor) were cracked. They advised recasting these and tuning the=20
remainder; the canons to be retained on the surviving 17th & 18th cen=
tury=20
bells.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>They then quoted for</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A. Rehanging in a new frame, for full-ci=
rcle=20
ringing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>B. Rehanging in the old frame, for swing=
-chiming=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>C. Rehanging the three sound bells only =
in a new=20
frame with a foundation for six, for full-circle ringing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>D. Rehanging on steel joists, for s=
tationary=20
chiming only.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In the end they went for the last scheme=
, i.e.=20
the old frame was removed, the two cracked bells recast, new stationary=20
chiming fittings provided and new steelwork on which to hang the bells=20
stationary.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The treble was added six years=20
later.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In view of the long period which has ela=
psed=20
during which they have been silent, it would be advisable for the parish =
to=20
seek the advice of the Diocesan Adviser, David Sloman: he will be able to=
=20
suggest any remedial action if it is necessary.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good news about Great Clacton church, in=
fact=20
just right for the New Year !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>F=
rom:</B>=20
<A title=3Daidan@h... href=3D"mailto:aidan@h...">Aida=
n C A=20
Hopkins</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dchange-ringers@b...=20
href=3D"mailto:change-ringers@b...">change-ringers@bellringe=
rs.org</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A=20
title=3Dringing-chat@b...=20
href=3D"mailto:ringing-chat@b...">ringing-chat@b...=
et</A>=20
; <A title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogrou=
ps.com</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 01, 2004=
6:03=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Great=
=20
Clacton</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>On 30 Dec 2003 at 0:50, Alan Chantler wrote:<BR>>=
This=20
has arrived in my personal Inbox. I have already responded.<BR>> Any=
one=20
else who wishes should respond to Jack off list.<BR>> <BR>> -----=
=20
Original Message ----- <BR>> From: Jack Arr <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:marjax@b...">marjax@b...</A>><BR>=
>=20
To: <A href=3D"mailto:alan@c...">alan@c...</A> <BR>>=
Sent:=20
Monday, December 29, 2003 4:25 PM [badly formatted header]<BR>> Subj=
ect:=20
bell ringing<BR>> <BR>> I have just come across your web site whi=
le=20
looking for information on<BR>> bell ringing and I wondered if you c=
ould=20
possibly help me with a query<BR>> I have regarding the bells we rin=
g.=20
<BR>> <BR>> Our church ( St. John the Baptist, Parish Church of G=
reat=20
Clacton)<BR>> dates back to the 11th century. We have just=20
completed a restoration<BR>> project after being closed for 16 years=
so=20
we are now opened again for<BR>> regular worship.<BR>> <BR>> W=
e=20
have six bells in the tower which have also been repaired and<BR>>=20
restored but the unusual thing is - the ropes are attached to=20
the<BR>> clappers. <BR>> <BR>> The actual bells are -<BR=
>>=20
<BR>> 1) A relatively new casting,possibly some time in =
the=20
1960s.<BR>> <BR>> 2, 3 & 4) Cast in 1721 by Thoma=
s=20
Gardner of Sudbury. Their<BR>> diameters are 26", 30",=20
<BR>> and 32" and weigh 41/2 cwt, 51/2 cwt and 6cwt respectively.<BR=
>>=20
<BR>> 5 and 6)Cast in 1649 by Miles Gray of Colchester. Their=
=20
diameters are<BR>> 34" and 36" and weigh approx 7 1/2 cwt and 8 1/2 =
cwt=20
respectively<BR>> <BR>> They do make a lovely sound and they can =
be=20
managed by one person but<BR>> would be pleased to know if you have =
come=20
across this type of ringing<BR>> before. <BR>> <BR>> We would =
love=20
to know more about it.<BR><BR><BR>I presume from the description that t=
he=20
"repaired and restored" bells <BR>are hung for "clocking", and that som=
ebody=20
- probably Alan - has <BR>warned them of the risk of cracking. No doubt=
the=20
"repairing and <BR>restoring" was an amateur job (in terms of bell work=
=20
knowledge). <BR><BR>Unless of course the terminology is wrong, and it i=
s=20
really an <BR>Ellacombe chime's hammers that the ropes are attached=20
to!<BR><BR>What I find surprising is that the original email implies th=
at=20
the <BR>bells have been sitting there - perhaps since the 1960s or long=
er -=20
<BR>and yet they are not listed in Dove, and the tower is not affiliate=
d=20
<BR>to the Essex Association.<BR><BR>I was rather hoping that somebody =
would=20
make an on-list comment about <BR>them, and this very unusual combinati=
on of=20
circumstances. <BR><BR>I am copying this to r-c in case anybody only on=
that=20
list has any <BR>knowledge, AND to Bell Historians in view of the ages =
of=20
the old <BR>ones. It would be very interesting to hear them, particular=
ly=20
the old <BR>ones.<BR><BR>I am convinced that somebody somewhere on thes=
e=20
lists must have more <BR>knowledge of the local=20
situation.<BR><BR>Aidan<BR><BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This message was se=
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