[Bell Historians] welding bells

Susan & Christopher Dalton dalton.family at ...
Tue Aug 30 08:34:46 BST 2005


> 
> Barimar's welded the mediaeval Bristol tenor at Ogbourne St Andrew (Wilts)
> in 1933.

And it hasn't had further attention since.
>
> The other two for which there were faculties were
> Charminster, 1932-1933, to weld two cracks in tenor bell and rehang it; and
> Collingbourne Ducis, 1935: to weld, quarter-turn and re-hang a bell.
>
Both these bells were recast (sorry, 'new cast', or 'replaced') not too long
afterwards so Barimar's efforts were unsuccessful in the long term.

C D

 


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