G&J - and Port Sunlight - again

[Chris Pickford]

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Thanks for the link, from which it's clear that the bells were removed from=
the tower, retuned and rehung in 1951 - not just a gudgeons and bearings j=
ob as I suggested in my earlier posting. Full details now added to my file=
on late Gillett work, thanks to Peter and Mark Humphreys and the website. =
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This job is not recorded in the surviving G&J tuning records - which covers=
most of the work of 1951 - which led me to suspect that the bells might no=
t have been tuned. There are some cases where bells were rehung and weighed=
- but NOT retuned - where no details are recorded in the books (e.g. Tredi=
ngton, Warwicks; Salisbury, St.Thomas).

For those new to the list, it might be worth explaining that for some years=
I've been building up a file on late Gillett work - especially information=
from Gillett's belfry notices - covering the final period of the firm's e=
xistence, 1951-1957. The main series of tuning books is now in the Archives=
at Croydon Central Library, but the final volume no longer exists. There =
is a copy of my file (recently updated) at Croydon Library with the other a=
rchive material.

CP
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Subject: [Bell Historians] G&J again


Meant to say, pics of bells can be found on www.wirral.clara.co.uk, go to=
the Port Sunlight page, then picture gallery.

Mark

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In a message dated 03/02/2003 12:38:21 GMT Standard Time, graham at n...=
eeserve.co.uk writes:



Can anyone tell me the pre tuning weight of East Pennard please? I kno=
w it
lost about 3 Cwt with removal of Cannons & tuning (the 4th was flat & t=
hen
tenor required a fair bit of tuning) but was the exact weight??



Ill probably see Len England this evening so ill ask!

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