[Bell Historians] Cathedrals and bells (a different angle)

[LOVE, Dickon]

"The bottom line seems to be whether or not there is a local ringer
interested in the history of the bells who is prepared to write one; they
are almost invariably written by ringers. If nobody locally is interested,
then there will probably be nothing written, which is a shame."

While this is true, quite often the bottom line is whether there is any
interest in having the booklet published. There used to be a book on the
bells by David Cawley and Anne Oakley (written in the days when Canterbury
bells sounded glorious across the City). Once the print run had finished and
the book became necessarily out of date, the Cathedral Book Shop refused to
invest in a new book. There was no shortage of enthusiasm by people to put a
booklet together - if you can't get a publisher, then you don't get a
booklet.

Canterbury therefore made do with a bad A4 photocopy of the details of the
bells sold for about 10p each - all very dry stuff!

DrL


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