<div dir="ltr">The Eastgate Shopping Centre bells were put into storage during refurbishment but I don't think there was a plan to return them. I believe the bells were eventually dispersed as a neighbour of my parents acquired one when she used to work for the City Council. This was then passed on to me and is stored in my parents' garage. I believe it is the smallest from the set. It is a very thick casting and the electro-magnetic clapper is still fitted.<div><br></div><div>My dad worked at Baker's for a number of years and I became quite familiar with the clock. The mechanism takes up a considerable space in the office behind. I don't have any details but I will see if my dad can contact his former colleagues for info although I doubt he will find anything until the shop reopens. I recall the figures and striking mechanisms were restored during his time there.</div><div><br></div><div>Michael</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 at 15:24, Carl S Zimmerman <<a href="mailto:csz_stl@swbell.net">csz_stl@swbell.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr">The bells came from Petit & Fritsen, and they were installed in 1973. From what I can see in Google Streetview, the building has been redeveloped leaving no place for the bells, so "in storage" sounds reasonable.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Carl Scott Zimmerman, Campanologist <br>Saint Louis, Missouri, USA -<br> - 19th c. home of at least 37 bell founders or resellers <br>Tel. +1(314)821-8437 <br>Webmaster for <a href="http://www.TowerBells.org" target="_blank">www.TowerBells.org</a><br> * Avocation: tower bells<br> * Recreation: handbells<br><div> * Mission: church bells</div><div><span><span>Webmaster for <a href="http://www.TSCChapter134.org" target="_blank">www.TSCChapter134.org</a></span></span><br></div></div></div></div>
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On Saturday, April 11, 2020, 8:02:47 AM CDT, David Bagley <<a href="mailto:david@ringing.demon.co.uk" target="_blank">david@ringing.demon.co.uk</a>> wrote:
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<div>Whilst on the subject of Gloucester, does anybody know anything about the
small chime of 12 which used to be in the Eastgate Shopping Centre? I remember
seeing them hung on a wall many moons ago, and they used to be listed in Dove as
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<div>I did try to make enquiries a while back and was told that the bells were
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<div><b>From:</b> <a shape="rect" title="bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">Chris Pickford via
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">For
the Gloucester clock, all I can add is that I have a 1960s colour postcard of it
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<p><span><span style="color:black;font-style:normal">The Southgate Clock was built in 1904,
with a set of five figures depicting England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales with
Father Time in the centre who chimes the hour. The whole clock was made by
Messrs. Niehus Bros. of Bristol, and the 5 bells together weigh about 2
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