[Bell Historians] Rolling pin sliders

[matthewhigby at a...]

In a message dated 02/05/2004 20:46:00 GMT Daylight Time, 
fartwell2000 at y... writes:

> Also, I remember seeing somewhere a G+J hanging job that had a 
> slider which consisted a rolling ball in a track- were these common 
> at all?
> 

There are examples at Englishcombe, Somerset (with a ball as opposed to a 
roller) and also at Carrickfergus, Antrim (These are G&J I am told). An example 
of the Taylor type "Jockey" sliders which DJB talks about are at Wraxall, 
Somerset. (1894 I think).

M

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Church Bell Engineers,
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The Street,
Chilcompton,
Bath,
BA3 4HN.

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