[Bell Historians] Manchester Town Hall and Dates

[Andrew Aspland]

Just to stir up the date thing a bit - Guernsey St Peter Port were cast in
the year before their inscription date - of course everything had to be
ready and finished before the commemoration of the liberation of the
Islands. The date on an inscription of a bell cast for a specific event may
well not be the date of casting. However the Town Hall argument seems to be
a sort of retrospective celebration of the Jubilee if they were cast in
1937!
Do we have the weights of all the chiming bells as well as the ringing
peal?
Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Pickford [mailto:c.j.pickford at t...]
Sent: 28 March 2002 14:34
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Manchester Town Hall


The 1936 date comes from Thow - but Jim Hedgcock (in commenting on my Great
bells list) assures me that the bells are dated 1937. The date 1936 (for
King George V's silver Jubilee) is also the date given in an article in the
BCS Newsletter of Feb.1980

It would be good to have independent confirmation, since there is obviously
some doubt. If Thow is wrong, then the error is likely to be oft-repeated,
as it is the most convenient reference book, but having checked my
information again I'm starting to think he may be right

CP


----- Original Message -----
From: "oakcroft13" <bill at h...>
To: <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:29 PM
Subject: [Bell Historians] Manchester Town Hall


> Now come on, you guys. David Bryant's page on rings and chimes, and
> the MUG website, both give the Town Hall as 1936. Michael Wilby's
> site (and presumably Thow, though I haven't checked) gives them as
> 1937. Which is it to be? Had I known the experts were falling out
> like this, I would have looked at the inscriptions when I recorded
> them last night.
>
> The devil is in the details!
>
> Bill H
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