[Bell Historians] Curfew

[Peter Whisker]

Interestingly, this is very similar to the Chertsey Curfew (of Blanche
Heriot / "Hang on the Bell Nellie" fame)

The bell is rung up, then rung for approximately 5 mins (usually 50 slow
strokes to the balance) and then rung down and chimed one stroke for each
day of the month.

We have a rota of ringers to do this which makes the task a little easier. I
see from the responses that a number are rung electrically (which seems like
cheating!)

Regards
Peter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john ketteringham" <john.ketteringham at n...>
To: "Bellhistorians at Yahoogroups.Com" <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 6:24 PM
Subject: [Bell Historians] Curfew


> Burgh le Marsh
>
> The bell is rung up to the balance and rung full-circle for the length of
> time which it takes to recite Psalm 130 ( Out of the deep have I called
unto
> thee, O Lord). The bell is then rung down and chimed one stroke for each
day
> of the month.
> ...
> The curfew at Burgh was rung until very recently when the ringer
responsible
> moved away from the town. I don't know if anyone has taken over the task.
> ...