<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm not able to provide any information about the two churches below but it reminded me of something I found on YouTube recently.</div><div><br></div><div>I think we are all aware of the Zvons in Russia with the rhythmic striking on bells by hand using the clappers. In Slovenia, there is a form of this either using swinging bells or a mixture of swinging bells and clappering.</div><div><br></div><div>A good example of the automatic swinging bells are these two: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLxCQK_XmT8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLxCQK_XmT8</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHS11LlqE8c">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHS11LlqE8c</a></div><div>A good example of the mixed ringing is this one: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_kifBBfOdc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_kifBBfOdc</a></div><div><br></div><div>I won't say any more now and spoil the surprise element of the videos, just to say it was a refreshing find after the endless clanging videos of most European towers. The second could even make an entry into Simon Linford's YouTube competition when it comes to the young ringers round! There are many more videos if you look through the poster's videos or search for zvonovi.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>John.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 9 May 2020 at 10:58, Mike Chester <<a href="mailto:mikechester@hotmail.com">mikechester@hotmail.com</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">
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David Sloman has alerted me to this chime of 9 bells. They must be Russian in origin, looking at them. Does anyone have any further details of them, please?</div>
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In trying to find details of the bells I came across a newsletter from Cathedral of Dormition of the Mother of God in Knightsbridge. Start at page 6.</div>
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It shows the blessing of some new bells, I assume for this Cathedral, once All Saints Church. <span> It has/had a single bells, 2-0-4, cast in 1849 by C & G Mears. Can anyone confirm details of these bells too?<br>
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