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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Oliver,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>George Hawkins was a ringer at St Michael’s and Bath Abbey until he died a few years ago. He had rung at St James and at St Andrew’s pre-WW2. Neither were unringable prior to being destroyed in the Bath blitz. Tomorrow you might manage a ring at Christ Church, Julian Rd (9.15-10am) and St Michaels, Broad St (if enough ringers 10.05-10.30) prior to ringing at the Abbey. Walking between towers is a few minutes and St Michael’s less than 5 minutes to the Abbey. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;font-size:pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> <b>On Behalf Of </b>oliver Lee via Bell-historians<br><b>Sent:</b> 10 October 2025 20:44<br><b>To:</b> Bell Historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Cc:</b> oliver Lee <oliverbellringer@outlook.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] St Andrew bath<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>This weekend I'm going over to bath for my cousin's wedding and naturally I have researching a couple of the towers locally as well as the abbey which I will be ringing at this Sunday for morning service, I have however noticed that there isn’t much anywhere about the 24cwt eight which where destroyed in the blitz and I was if anyone on list might have rung with older ringers who might have remembered them?. My 1936 B and W report gives them as having a regular practice ( where they only seem to have rung grandsire ) but for whatever reason they don't seem to have been that popular for peal ringing with the last recorded one being in may 1931 !. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards Oliver Lee <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>P/s the same also seems to be true with the rudhall eight at st James ( also destroyed) and as there is no mention as to weather ringing was possible I'm tempted to believe that they where unringable<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div id=ms-outlook-mobile-signature><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://aka.ms/o0ukef">Outlook for iOS</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>