[Bell Historians] Curfew

[jimhedgcock]

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I think the mechanism for the Siege Bell in Valetta, Malta must be 
knackered too. It didn't ring during the time we were there over 
Easter.

In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, David Bryant <david at b...> wrote:
> > I think that you can also add Stratford on Avon where - since its 
restoration by Taylors in 1992 - the magnficent great bell at the 
Guild Chapel (Holy Cross) rings out at 8pm every evening. The present 
bell (27-3-2 in D) was cast by Hugh Watts II of Leicester in 1633. It 
is swung by electric motor.
> 
> The Spurriergate Centre in York has a small Taylor Curfew bell of 
just under 4 cwt hung for slow swinging. It used to swing at 8 am and 
8 pm every day, but at present the swinging mecahnism is knackered. 
I've applied for funding to restore it to working order.
> 
> David
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