------=_NextPart_000_005A_01C5DA55.56333900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Alan Glover has done extensive research on all the Shrewsbury towers - he's= the best person to ask, but I don't know if he subscribes to this list. Th= ere are descriptions of the ringing room at the Abbey, I believe. I underst= and that the bells were rung from upstairs, not from the ground CP ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Bryant=20 To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20 Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Re: Shrewsbury Thanks, Chris. I assume they must have been rung from the ground floor, a= s 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 th= at I was in the church and I can't remember whether there were any signs of= there having been one. Has anybody been up the tower which used to have the light six in Shrewsb= ury? 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 t= he other two towers which formerly contained rings, St Julian's tower is no= w a house, with the bells hung from chains in the base of the tower for clo= cking, and at St Alkmund the 8-bell frame remains, now containing a single = small bell hung for swing chiming. When I visited both bell chamber and rin= ging room had been extensively colonised by pigeons, but I understand from = someone who has been up there more recently that it has since been cleaned = out. David ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS=20 a.. Visit your group "bellhistorians" on the web. =20=20=20=20=20=20 b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: bellhistorians-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com =20=20=20=20=20=20 c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Servic= e.=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- ------=_NextPart_000_005A_01C5DA55.56333900 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Alan Glover has done extensive research on= all the=20 Shrewsbury towers - he's the best person to ask, but I don't know if he=20 subscribes to this list. There are descriptions of the ringing room at the= =20 Abbey, I believe. I understand that the bells were rung from upstairs, not = from=20 the ground

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Fro= m:=20 David Bryant

To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups= .com=20

Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 = 5:38=20 PM

Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Re:= =20 Shrewsbury

Thanks, Chris. I assume they must have b= een rung=20 from the ground floor, as there only appears to be one floor in the tower= ,=20 because the west window is so big - unless there was a gallery, but it wa= s a=20 number of years ago that I was in the church and I can't remember whether= =20 there were any signs of there having been one.

Has anybody been up the tower which used= to have=20 the light six in Shrewsbury? St Michael, I think. I've seen the building = from=20 the outside (it's now a Masonic hall or something along those lines) but = never=20 been inside. Of the other two towers which formerly contained rings, St=20 Julian's tower is now a house, with the bells hung from chains in the bas= e of=20 the tower for clocking, and at St Alkmund the 8-bell frame remains, now=20 containing a single small bell hung for swing chiming. When I visited bot= h=20 bell chamber and ringing room had been extensively colonised by pigeons, = but I=20 understand from someone who has been up there more recently that it has s= ince=20 been cleaned out.

David

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