<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Hi Neil,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I sent Chris some information yesterday. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My great great grandparents, grandmother, and mother lived in Bebington Hall, known locally as the Old Hall, Lower Bebington. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sadly demolished in Summer 1967, my mother's side being the Howard's and Ellisons, my nan was cousin to Gerald Ellison, bishop of Chester and London, who was a ringer.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I know as a child the clock never worked, and asked my mother if she remembered it chiming, and says that you were able to hear it from the Hall.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I know their was intension to get it going again a few years ago, however when the Hall was demolished, the new library was built in the grounds along with the police station, social services, town Hall and medical centre, and Mayer Hall ended going into a dilapidated condition. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I enclose some pictures. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Many thanks </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jamie</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Fr Jamie </div><div dir="auto">Whaley Hall</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><img height="110" width="190" name="storage_emulated_0_Download_3babbee0af98a483c07e2911346d3ac1_jpg_1618345258174" src="cid:storage_emulated_0_Download_3babbee0af98a483c07e2911346d3ac1_jpg_1618345258174" id="HEV1618345258174" onmouseover="imageMousePointerUpdate(true)" onmouseout="imageMousePointerUpdate(false)"><img height="219" width="359" name="storage_emulated_0_Download_fa3e02362b412a27d4ccd355d2692764_jpg_1618345262838" src="cid:storage_emulated_0_Download_fa3e02362b412a27d4ccd355d2692764_jpg_1618345262838" id="HEV1618345262838" onmouseover="imageMousePointerUpdate(true)" onmouseout="imageMousePointerUpdate(false)" style=""></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Galaxy</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Neil Skelton via Bell-historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> </div><div>Date: 13/04/2021 20:49 (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk </div><div>Cc: Neil Skelton <neilskelton@ntlworld.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Mayer Hall, Bebington </div><div><br></div></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">According to The Mayer Hall Facebook page there are
still three bells in the tower, however, it would appear that the clock and a
small bell which hung outside, are now in The Liverpool Museum. The intention is
to retrieve both the clock and bell which it is believed were removed when the
Hall fell into a state of disrepair. If the image of Mayer Hall on the Facebook
page is contemporary the clock dial remains in situ. It is not possible to
determine the founder of the bells from the poor images though from the
information given it would seem the Hall was built in or about
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="lists@bemused.org.uk">Humpers</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 12, 2021 6:33 AM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] Mayer Hall, Bebington</div></div></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Does anyone know anything about the bells at Mayer Hall
Bebington? There seems to be some interest in refurbishing the
installation from a local community group.
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