**SPAM** Re: [Bell Historians] Bishop Latimer, Birmingham

[Simon Adams]

This sound more like Bishop Ryder's which had some fairly grim ringing
chamber conditions towards the
end of it's life. One story was of the electrics being disconnected, and
peals taking place using paraffin lamps for illumination, and everyone
getting choked by the fumes.

SA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Offen" <richard.offen at o...>
To: <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 12:48 AM
Subject: **SPAM** Re: [Bell Historians] Bishop Latimer, Birmingham


> --- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Richard Grimmett"
> <richard at g...> wrote:
> > Vicar never liked them. Same old chap is still there I think.
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> > some excuse about an unexploded bomb near the tower!!
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> > George was accused of being a hangman after a peal there, when he
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> > into the lcoal with an old bellrope over his shoulder
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> Norman Goodman used to tell loads of entertaining tales about peal
> attempts there, including the evening they found the ringing room
> two inches deep in rain water, "shall you ring round the deep end or
> the shallow tonight George?" Enquired Rodney Meadows of George F!
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