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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Redundant
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greenock, S George are a chime of 10 recast by
Gillett & Johnston in 1950, Weight 18-1-17 in F 345 hz. I have all the
tuning details if required. Alan.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 06, 2006
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Redundant bells in Greenock</DIV>
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<P>Below is an extract from the Greenock Telegraph's website.<BR><BR>Does
anyone know anything about these bells and what is likely to happen to
them?<BR><BR>RAL<BR><BR><BR>____________<WBR>_________<WBR>_________<WBR>_________<WBR>_________<WBR>_________<WBR>_________<WBR>_________<WBR>_________<WBR>_________<WBR>_________<WBR>_________<WBR>_________<WBR>__<BR><BR><BR><B>GREENOCK’S
last traditional bellringer will stand down after 70 years service when his
church shuts its doors for the last time.<BR><BR></B>The pealing of the
bells every Sunday morning at St George’s North was a labour of love for
Andrew McKellar, now 93.<BR><BR>The church closes at the end of the month
and it will be the end of an era for both the man and the town when the
bells cease to toll for worship.<BR><BR>Andrew, of Kelly Street, first
started ringing the bells in 1936 and is now a legend of the
belfry.<BR><BR>He was asked to pick up the ropes when he was a member of the
choir and hasn’t looked back since.<BR><BR>Andrew said: “I will certainly
miss it as I have been doing it for so long.<BR><BR>“It has been a big part
of my life and it is very sad to see it go.”<BR><BR>In the past few years,
his daughter, Elizabeth, helped him up the stairs to the bell mechanism to
let him carry on ringing.<BR><BR>She said: “Even if he wasn’t feeling well,
he still wanted to come to the church to ring the bells.”<BR><BR>Andrew was
part of the team that rang the bells to celebrate the end of the Second
World War on 8 May 1945, marking victory in<BR><BR>Europe.<BR><BR>In the six
years of conflict, the ringing of church bells had been banned by the
wartime government.<BR><BR>The traditional bells and ropes, first installed
in the church in 1889, are long gone.<BR><BR>In later years, a keyboard has
been used to peal the 10 bells.<BR><BR>Always dedicated to his job, Andrew
recalled going up the tower to hit the bells himself with a hammer when one
stopped working.<BR><BR>Neighbours close to St George’s North would wake
every Sunday to the sound of hymns chiming up and down Nelson
Street.<BR><BR>Church minister Reverend Douglas Hamilton said: “Andrew was
not only dedicated to the bells but also as an elder and a property officer.
It was a labour of love for him to serve the church.”<BR><BR>Now as the days
of St George’s North draws to a close, Andrew is left with a final decision
what to play on the last day.<BR><BR>He said: “I will play Highland
Cathedral and Passing of the Peace, which isn’t a hymn but a song we sing in
the church.<BR><BR>“I don’t know yet what else I will play.”<BR><BR>St
George’s North will close on 29 November when the Church of Scotland
congregation joins with nearby St Luke’s.<BR><BR>This story appeared in the
Greenock Telegraph on Tue, 14 Nov,
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