<div dir="auto">I suspect the soldiers story refers to the tale told by A Patrick Canon? He was in the Indian army during the war. Probably deemed unsuitable to serve in the ordinary British army!<div dir="auto">He was based there in Pune for a while and it was customary to have church parade every Sunday.</div><div dir="auto">Pat claimed to have bribed a virger to let him up the tower where he found a bit of rope and attached it to the tenor. </div><div dir="auto">At the end of the service the soldiers lined up on the square outside and awaited the order to march off which was given when the clock struck 12 noon. </div><div dir="auto">Somewhat earlier Pat started pulling up the Tenor. Chaos ensued with orders being given to march off then countered etc. </div><div dir="auto">Pat was court marshalled for this and spent several weeks in the glass house where apparently he had the company of another ringer although I don't remember who. </div><div dir="auto"> However it was worth it to Pat to be the only one ever to ring there.</div><div dir="auto"> He confirmed that the tower rocked around very alarmingly.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Andrew </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 12 Aug 2023, 12:23 MATTHEW HIGBY via Bell-historians, <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I wonder if that picture shows the only time the bells have ever been ‘up’? M:-)<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 12 Aug 2023, at 12:06, <a href="mailto:peter@plrivet.plus.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">peter@plrivet.plus.com</a> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span>I had a look at these bells in 1974 and have no recollection of seeing Ellacombe equipment. They were being clocked (which concerned me a bit, because of the risk of cracking them). It was stated that at one time, before independence, they had been rung by soldiers from the nearby army base but whether this was ringing as we know it seems doubtful.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Peter Rivet<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Bell-historians <<a href="mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Neil Skelton via Bell-historians<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 12, 2023 7:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> Bell Historians <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>>; Carl S Zimmerman <<a href="mailto:csz_stl@swbell.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">csz_stl@swbell.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Neil Skelton <<a href="mailto:neilskelton@ntlworld.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">neilskelton@ntlworld.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] Pune, India<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">The three photographs I have of the bells in the frame when in the Loughborough Bell Foundry in 1893 do not show any Ellacombe hammers. The images showing the bells being 'clocked' supports this observation. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Neil Skelton <u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 12/08/2023 01:18 Carl S Zimmerman <<a href="mailto:csz_stl@swbell.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">csz_stl@swbell.net</a>> wrote: <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">A news article about chiming the octave at the Church of the Holy Name has a photo of the bells. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/125-year-old-bell-tower-national-anthem-republic-day-independence-day-8887729/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/125-year-old-bell-tower-national-anthem-republic-day-independence-day-8887729/</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">One wonders whether there was ever an Ellacombe stand. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">An archived version of a former Website has more photos: <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170426083510/http:/www.thechurchoftheholyname.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://web.archive.org/web/20170426083510/http://www.thechurchoftheholyname.com/</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">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" rel="noreferrer">www.TowerBells.org</a> <br> * Avocation: tower bells <br> * Recreation: handbells <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> * Mission: church bells <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Webmaster for <a href="http://www.TSCChapter134.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.TSCChapter134.org</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Treasurer, World Carillon Federation <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________ <br>Bell-historians mailing list <br><a href="mailto:Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a> <br><a href="https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians</a> <u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Bell-historians mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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