<!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;"><style>p{margin:0}</style>The Company supplied lighthouse fittings, buoy accessories, lightship gear etc. As we know, bell-buoys, lighthouses etc were all equipped with Bells. Some of these were supplied direct through Trinity House, and some by the G.A.C. I've seen Trinity House Bells by Mears, Taylors, G&J, Warners and one, at Dover, by Barwell, so the "nature of the company's interest" appears to have been commercial.<div><p><br></p><p>DLC</p><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 2em; border-left:2px solid #00ADE5; white-space: pre-wrap "><br><br>------ Original Message ------<br>From: "Ted Steele" <bells@tedsteele.plus.com><br>To: bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk<br>Sent: Monday, 29 Aug, 2022 At 13:06<br>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] G&J bell - Birkenhead docks<br><br> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/08/2022 12:27, Revd David Cawley via Bell-historians wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote> <div class="auto-created-dir-div" dir="auto" style="unicode-bidi: embed;"> There are a couple of Gas Accumulator Company's Bells (M&S) in Jersey,, full details and a picture to be found on pages 40 and 41 of my "Church Bells of the Channel Islands (2007).. <div> <p><br> </p> <p>The late Bill Hughes told me that they had supplied a number of these Bells, usually as alternatives to Trinity House.</p> </div> </div> </blockquote> <p><br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p>Could anyone please explain the nature of this company's interest in bells?</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Ted<br> </p> <hr>_______________________________________________<br>
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