[Bell Historians] Re: Obscure questions of the week

[andrewmbull <a.bull@s...>]

Speaking of headstocks, has anyone noticed the amazing metal 
headstock on the old tenor of St Mary le Bow, as shown in the photo 
on both Diccon's London website and Micheal's Rings of Twelve 
website ?

Any comments, anyone ?

Andrew Bull



--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Bryant" <djb122 at y...> 
wrote:
> Alan Hughes told me a couple of years ago that his Grandfather 
always
> admired the Warner headstock design but would not consider copying 
it
> till after thier demise. As the Liverpool bells were cast in 
1938 - 39
> could the headstocks date from that time. Is there a date on the
> headstocks? 
> 
> As I recall, Whitechapel headstocks aren't dated. The have 'Mears' 
or
> 'Whitechapel' on one side, and the first letter of the place name 
and
> the bell number of the other. Now that you mention it, I suppose 
there
> is a certain similarity to Warner cast iron stocks, in that both 
have
> curved tops. As regards Liverpool, the job was interrupted by the 
war
> (that's why Great George was cast by Taylor's - it wasn't possible 
to
> have a furnace in London in operation for long enough to melt the 
metal
> due to restrictions), and the fittings of the ringing bells are most
> likely to be post-war. Looking at it from another angle, what's the
> latest example of the earlier Whitechapel stocks that anyone knows 
of?
> 
> David