Liverpool Cathedral Bells

[Ernie Runciman]

I've heard this from several sources. We have had some one look at 
the Echo archives of the time, but they have not found anything 
about this. 

I have questioned the companys involved, but they know nothing.

Anyone else got any information?

Ernie Runciman
Liverpool Cathedral Guild of Change Ringers.


--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "combineharvestersam" 
<combineharvestersam at h...> wrote:
> There is another story about Liverpool Cathedral. Some feel very 
> stongly that it is true and people also feel very strongly that it 
is 
> rubbish.
> 
> When the bells were hoisted into the tower, the 9th bell fell from 
> the hoist, dropped all the way through the bell traps, killed two 
> blokes and smashed on the floor of the nave. The bell hangers were 
> very embarressed at this and got some sort of injunction that it 
> could not be published what had happened. The bell was then recast 
> with the original date on.
> Apparently there was a blank page in the Liverpool Echo where the 
> story was going to be published and it was stopped going to print 
at 
> the last minute.
> 
> Sam
> 
> 
> 
> --- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "jimhedgcock" 
> <jameshedgcock at h...> wrote:
> > --- Doesn't alter the fact that the cross is in the same place!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Ernie Runciman" <ernie at m...> 
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > The Pro- Cathedral stood where Woolworth's Store (? - 
memory 
> is 
> > > > failing!)is now. 
> > > 
> > > When were you last in Liverpool. That bracnh opf Woolworths 
> closed 
> > > in the 1970's.