[Bell Historians] Oldbury

[David Cawley]

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Indeed the Office Conversion did take place. The Chancel and chapels are n=
ow the worship area, and the vast nave is sealed off and has been converted=
into very plush offices in I think three floors. Access is by the tower; =
everything below the bells was taken out, and there is a concrete well-type=
stair running round the walls up to what was the level of the room under t=
he bells. Here there is a landing accessing the top level of offices. Abo=
ve is a concrete floor, solid except in one corner, where there is a vertic=
al ladder and trapdoor up into the bells. They are virtually intact, a War=
ner eight with largely coeval fittings excepting that Mears have at some ti=
me fitted new gudgeons and ball bearings. 2-tier wooden frame, strengthened=
. Ellacombe hammers on all and clock hammers on some - though the clock mov=
ement has gone, leaving only the dial. The tower has been completely repoi=
nted and repaired. Who it and the bells belong to I have no idea,but they =
would be an ideal "Keltek" ring, if they could be got out. It is a pity th=
at they weren't made available to the local Associations or the CCCBRBRF wh=
ilst the floors were out - or were they ?

It still doesn't answer Si's question about when they were last rung, and h=
e was with me when the above facts were recorded. The people in the office=
were very friendly in allowing us to see the bells.

DLC
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Subject: [Bell Historians] Oldbury


In the early 1980's an Oldbury ringer came to Bath University. There was =
a local band at this time but ringing did cease owing to the condition of t=
he bells. I seem to remember she said that they were hoping for the bells t=
o be restored but instead an "office conversion" took place preventing the =
bells from being rung. I remember she was deeply upset by this and it happe=
ned during her degree course.

Dave


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