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Orcheston St Mary, Wilts - a complete 3 of 1916 by Taylor.=20
Timber frame. C/I headstocks and Hastings stays.
The old bells damaged by a fire.
I recall making up a new stay for the tenor, having ordered a new dingler a=
s the old one had disappeared. It took ages as I did not have a pattern to =
guide me. On ringing up the bell the local farmer came in the tower with th=
e broken stay and dingler! He'd had it in his shed for over 40 years!
Neil Skelton.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: David Bryant=20
To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Winksley
Winksley N Yorks 4 UK 3' 6" 13-1-22 748 F# 1915 200/151 =
=20
Are these the only complete Taylor ring to have been cast during WWI? I c=
an't see any others on the list, and indeed there are very few individual b=
ells - only the 3rd at Exeter Cathedral, also 1915, springs to mind. Were t=
he bells actually cast in the thick of war, or later and dated retrospectiv=
ely?
The Winksley installation is an interesting one. The tower is large (18 f=
oot square), and the bells hang in a line across the middle, all swinging e=
ast-west. This would mean that augmentation would not be straightforward, b=
ut this configuration is the most economical on frame components, which is =
presumably why it was adopted.
There is a story about the Winksley bells, which may be true or may be ap=
ocryphal. The bells were given in memory of a soldier who had been killed i=
n the war, and, so the story goes, the donors of the bells asked the church=
how many bells they wanted. The church replied to the effect that four sho=
uld be enough, and so four were ordered. As I say, whether this is true I h=
ave no idea, but the tower could certainly hold a much larger ring. It's on=
ly six inches smaller than the tower at Leeds Parish, with a 40cwt ring of =
12+1.
David
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Orcheston St Mary, Wilts - a complete 3 of=
1916 by=20
Taylor.
Timber frame. C/I headstocks and Hastings=
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stays.
The old bells damaged by a fire.
I recall making up a new stay for the teno=
r, having=20
ordered a new dingler as the old one had disappeared. It took ages as I did=
not=20
have a pattern to guide me. On ringing up the bell the local farmer came in=
the=20
tower with the broken stay and dingler! He'd had it in his shed for over 40=
=20
years!
Neil Skelton.
----- Original Message -----
Fro=
m:=20
David Bryant
To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 7:01=
=20
PM
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians]=20
Winksley
| N Yorks |
4 |
UK |
3' 6" |
13-1-22 |
748 |
F# |
1915 |
200/151 |
|
|
Are these the only complete Taylor ring to have been cast during WWI=
? I=20
can't see any others on the list, and indeed there are very few individua=
l=20
bells - only the 3rd at Exeter Cathedral, also 1915, springs to mind. Wer=
e the=20
bells actually cast in the thick of war, or later and dated=20
retrospectively?
The Winksley installation is an interesting one. The tower is large =
(18=20
foot square), and the bells hang in a line across the middle, all swingin=
g=20
east-west. This would mean that augmentation would not be straightforward=
, but=20
this configuration is the most economical on frame components, which is=20
presumably why it was adopted.
There is a story about the Winksley bells, which may be true or may =
be=20
apocryphal. The bells were given in memory of a soldier who had been kill=
ed in=20
the war, and, so the story goes, the donors of the bells asked the church=
how=20
many bells they wanted. The church replied to the effect that four should=
be=20
enough, and so four were ordered. As I say, whether this is true I have n=
o=20
idea, but the tower could certainly hold a much larger ring. It's only si=
x=20
inches smaller than the tower at Leeds Parish, with a 40cwt ring of=20
12+1.
David
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