[Bell Historians] Re: Fwd: bellfounder/clockmakers

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "A Willis" <zen16073 at z...> 
wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Offen [mailto:richard.offen at o...]
> Sent: 03 March 2004 22:52
> To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Bell Historians] Re: Fwd: bellfounder/clockmakers
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> --- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, Carl S Zimmerman
> <csz_stl at s...> wrote:
> > The following inquiry came to me today, and I don't have a good
> > answer. The inquirer is aware that G&J was a maker of both tower
> > clocks and tower bells. Is that dual capability unique to them?
> 
> 
> The Bilbies of Chew Stoke were both bell-founders and clock 
makers. There
> is a book on them, which IIRC is called 'The Bilbies and the Chew 
Valley
> Clock Makers; Roy Rice is one of the authors.
> 
> AW

And I think James Shaw & Sons of Bradford made clocks as well as 
bells (handbells also).

R