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Thanks, Chris. I assume they must have been rung from the ground floor, as =
there only appears to be one floor in the tower, because the west window is=
so big - unless there was a gallery, but it was a number of years ago that=
I was in the church and I can't remember whether there were any signs of t=
here having been one.
Has anybody been up the tower which used to have the light six in Shrewsbur=
y? St Michael, I think. I've seen the building from the outside (it's now a=
Masonic hall or something along those lines) but never been inside. Of the=
other two towers which formerly contained rings, St Julian's tower is now =
a house, with the bells hung from chains in the base of the tower for clock=
ing, and at St Alkmund the 8-bell frame remains, now containing a single sm=
all bell hung for swing chiming. When I visited both bell chamber and ringi=
ng room had been extensively colonised by pigeons, but I understand from so=
meone who has been up there more recently that it has since been cleaned ou=
t.
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