------=_NextPart_000_00E8_01C558D8.B981D100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Do you know the method of chiming? Is it automatic only or is there=20 another means of entertaining the citizens of Hull?" I think there were manually operated Ellacombe hammers on the quarter bells= - they came from the back bells at York Minster when the Ellacombe apparat= us there was dismantled. Not sure whether there are manual hammers on the n= ew bells as well. The citizens of Hull will probably be glad of some entertainment. It's poss= ible to obtain a car window sticker which announces 'it's never dull in Hul= l' with a definite irony. I've also seen T-shirts bearing the slogan 'fcuk = in Hull'. Very apt, some might say... David ------=_NextPart_000_00E8_01C558D8.B981D100 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable