[Bell Historians] WW1 castings

[David Bryant]

> The tenor at Rock Ferry (www.wirral8.f9.co.uk/wirral/rockfbells.htm) was
> cast by John Taylor in 1914 while the other five bells were recast in
> the same year.

But was this before the war started? The 12 at St Chad's Shrewsbury were cast in 1914.

I believe the first ring cast after the war was the Gillet octave at St Stephen, Clapham Park. These are now at Christ Church, Spitalfields.

David

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> Not quite WW1 but the bells at Capenhurst
> (www.wirral8.f9.co.uk/wirral/capenbells.htm) were cast also by John
> Taylor as a 'Victory Peal' in 1919.
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> 15 Mount Park, Bebington, Wirral CH63 5RD
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