<div dir="ltr"><br><div>A brief reference (from a former resident) on the Enfield Society website suggests that the chime was silenced at the outbreak of WW2, just three years after installation, and remained inoperative until at least 1951. Maybe someone local knows the story since?</div><div><br></div><div>RAL</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 6:36 PM Robert Lewis <<a href="mailto:robthebob1911@gmail.com">robthebob1911@gmail.com</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 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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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><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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