Found on a website

[DJ Bryant]

I found the following on a website at
http://www.huddersfield1.co.uk/yorkstales/yorkstales4.htm and thought it
might be of interest.

David


Where were church bells rung at the bottom of a coal pit shaft? 

On Saturday, March 5th, 1904, in response to an invitation the ringers
of St. James' church, Bolton, Bradford, visited Horserigg Colliery,
Gildersome, and were conducted through a tour of the workings. 

At the conclusion of the visit a course of Grandsire Caters was rung on
handbells at the bottom of the shaft, the first time church bells had
been heard in a coal mine.