Albrighton

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, David Bryant <david at b...> 
wrote:
> I've now had time to check the web for things mentioned earlier. 
The Barwell drawing of the Albrighton frame is at 
http://www.albrighton.com/albrightontwobellsfund.htm. Interestiigly, 
it appears to have been designed with two empty pits for a 'top and 
tail' augmentation.
> 
> Didn't Groves work for Barwell before setting up on his own? His 
headstocks are certainly very similar if not identical to Barwell 
ones. We have a Groves headstock on our dumb bell.
> 
> The picture of the old treble (now Menangle 5th) with its headstock 
is on a Lichfield Diocesan news page, I think, but I can't find it at 
the moment.
> 
> David
I'll ask Andy Gordon this evening (provided he remembers we're 
coming!) when he lets us in for a quarter at Ryton. He was the 
leading light in the recent augmentation at Albrighton.

R