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Hello David,<br>
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Probably. :-) One of a number of senior choir boys. Probably the
only one who ever attempted Plain Hunt! That would have been roughly
early 1956 to mid 1957 when I gave up the choir.<br>
<br>
Don't remember a Stanley Plunkett, but there was certainly a 'Plunkett'
there. The Rev'd Bell was vicar.<br>
<br>
Best wishes<br>
<br>
Alan<br>
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David Cawley wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">St Catherine's: As Alan says, the
tower is just not suitable in plan, elevation or situation to take them
as a ring. They were hung by M&S at St Catherine's when the present
church was built in 1937 after thirty years on the floor of St Mary
Coslany following the removal of the (remains of) the upper stage of
that tower.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">St Andrew's: the ropes fall in the
order 1-3-2-7-10-5-<wbr>4-6-9-8. The first peal of London Major was
rung there, bad enough without the back eight ropes falling 1-5-8-3-2-4-<wbr>7-6!
Otrher such examples in East Anglia included Beccles and Horham. Both
since rehung. Last ringing at St Andrew's was 1902.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">St George Tombland. Rehung in 1975
in the old frame, for chiming. I was DAC Adviser on Bells for Norwich
at the time and also the NDA's first Technical Adviser. It was quite by
chance that the money became available simply to hang them 'dead' on
the old frame. The NDA at the time had no significant bell fund, and
like St Andrew's the tower needed extensive work.They are a pleasant
sounding minor five, probably not rung in the last 150 years. </font> </div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Alan: were you the lad who was
chiming at Mile Cross in Stanley Plunkett's time - i.e. when I was
curate of Sprowston?</font></div>
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<p>St. Catherine's Mile Cross has the original six bells from St.
Mary at Coslany. They are hung dead and are chimed - using an
Ellacombe system. They were moved in the late 1930s early 1940s due to
the unsafe tower at St. Mary Coslany. <br>
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These bells will never be hung for ringing at St. Catherine's as it is
a 1936 brick church with the tower over the chancel crossing I used
to chime them when I was a choir boy there numerous years ago. :-)<br>
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St. Andrew's church has a ten hung five, with three above and two above
them. The rope order is peculiar although I can never remember it.
They were last rung around 1900. The tower is reported to be unsafe
as are the three frames! I guess that it would be possible to rehang
the bells and repair the tower at some significant cost.<br>
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I understand that the five at St. George Tombland are capable of being
rehung at a reasonable cost, although when they were last rung is
unknown to me. Probably 19th century.<br>
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Hopefully someone can add to this bit of info, which is possibly out of
date..<br>
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Best wishes<br>
<br>
Alan<br>
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Does anyone know if there are any plans to restore the bells at this, <br>
or any other, Norwich tower? <br>
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There have been a couple of letters about St Andrews, and there are<br>
chimes at St Catharine, mile cross and S George toomland. I certainly<br>
have not heard of anything getting as far as an estimated proposal.<br>
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