<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>There is a reference to it in an old book on unusual clocks by Arthur Tremayne, which ties up with Chris's location information (school playing fields/sportsground):</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=esD7DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT56&lpg=PT56&dq=boys+and+girls+come+out+to+play+clock+chime&source=bl&ots=rjBz8cPDPB&sig=ACfU3U3JwPbkCI41hxX_fh6pLqBunqouug&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwrtjEn97nAhXsTxUIHUOcCzgQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=boys%20and%20girls%20come%20out%20to%20play%20clock%20chime&f=false">https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=esD7DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT56&lpg=PT56&dq=boys+and+girls+come+out+to+play+clock+chime&source=bl&ots=rjBz8cPDPB&sig=ACfU3U3JwPbkCI41hxX_fh6pLqBunqouug&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwrtjEn97nAhXsTxUIHUOcCzgQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=boys%20and%20girls%20come%20out%20to%20play%20clock%20chime&f=false</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>RAL</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 5:35 PM Chris Pickford via Bell-historians <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB"><div class="gmail-m_-5239599284139432154WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The bells were cast by Taylors for Smiths of Derby in November 1936. They are a diatonic set of five in F (i.e. notes F, G, A, A# and C), the largest being 23” diameter </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,85,151)">and weighing 2-1-24. They have the makers’ names on – but no special inscriptions. Taylors merely supplied the bells – and had nothing to do with the original installation, which was designed and executed by Smiths.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,85,151)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,85,151);letter-spacing:-0.15pt">The clock tower is listed (grade II) - </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,85,151)"><a href="https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101389536-clock-tower-cockfosters-ward#.Xk1wcSj7SUk" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(47,85,151)">https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101389536-clock-tower-cockfosters-ward#.Xk1wcSj7SUk</span></a> - as being in De Bohun Park, Bramley Road, Cockfosters, in the London Borough of Enfield<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,85,151)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,85,151)">That’s about it really<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,85,151)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(91,155,213)">Chris Pickford<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(91,155,213)">Archives team – John Taylor Bellfoundry Museum and Archives<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(91,155,213)">E-mail</span></i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(91,155,213)"> <a href="mailto:pickford5040@gmail.com" target="_blank">pickford5040@gmail.com</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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