Guernsey bells

jimhedgcock jameshedgcock at h...
Tue May 4 22:04:43 BST 2004


--- Try Fred Sharpe's book of 1964 - The Church Bells of Guernsey 
Alderney and Sark. You may get a copy from a library.


In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Alan J.Birney" 
<fartwell2000 at y...> wrote:
> Does anyone know the details of the bells on Guernsey (apart from 
the 
> six, eight and ten)?
> Also, are there any more bells hung "in the French method" for 
change 
> ringing that Rod Bickerton qouted in the Ringing World several 
weeks 
> ago? (like St Peter Port used to be).
> Does anyone have photos of the old installation at St Peter Port?
> How effective were the old fittings at St Peter Port? 
> Could a ring be hung in a similar fashion (but with 
counterbalanced 
> clappers) in a weak tower?
> Its a lot to go at, but any help much appreciated.
> Alan





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