<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> </head> <body><div class="auto-created-dir-div" dir="auto" style="unicode-bidi: embed;"><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;">Apologies if there has been discussion on this particular subject before.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;">I recently came across a G&J bell at Birkenhead Docks (N 53° 23' 55" W 003° 01' 8" OS Grid: SJ 32351 89558)</span>. The inscription indicates it was cast in 1948 and the top has the inscription of The Gas Accumulator Company London. Diameter is around 2’. There is a solenoid type hammer (I doubt if this works) and the bell is mounted in a frame at ground level so easily accessible.</p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;">The only reference to the Gas Accumulator Company I can find is that they appear to have been based in Brentford, Middlesex, if this is the case, why is this bell in Birkenhead?</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;">I have a couple of photographs but not sure if these can be included in postings to this list.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;">Can anyone on this group assist?</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p style=""> </p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;">Peter Kirby</p><p style="margin: 0.0cm;">Halifax, West Yorkshire</p></div> </body></html>