[Bell Historians] Canon retaining bells

[Richard Offen]

> There is clearly a fascinating mystery lurking here. It was my 
suggestion
> that the 1995 bells were cast with canons and fitted with canon-
retainers of
> the same pattern as the existing 6, so I was particularly 
interested in this
> aspect of the project. I remember being surprised when told by the 
project
> organiser that Whitechapel would not cast the bells with canons,
> particularly as it was hardly a new process. It was a little time 
later that
> I was told that Whitechapel had now offered to cast on canons, but 
these
> could only be Doncasters. This is how the Doncaster heads came 
about - as I
> know it; and indeed how it was related in the RW article (written 
not by me,
> but by one of the people very intimately involved at this stage)
> 
> I shall seek confirmation - or otherwise - from the project 
organiser(s) of
> the time.
> 
> Chris Povey

Thanks Chris. 

It was not my intention to doubt your word or your sanity! Like you 
I am intrigued and, knowing what I know of Whitechapel's work in 
recent times, just couldn't believe that they'd refused to cast a 
bell with canons! Perhaps they did, but for the sake of an accurate 
history of the project, we ought to find out once and for all.

Richard