[Bell Historians] Southwark

[Peter Furniss]

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Although the church was gutted at Pier Head the tower was largely undamaged=
. The ringing room ceiling is pre-war and so I would guess the bells would =
have been safe in the tower.
Peter
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> Is there any case where a ring of bells were actually saved from destru=
ction due to the fact that they were removed from the=20
> tower during WWII "just in case"?

Pier head is the only one I can think of, but in this case the bells were=
recast after the war anyway! Rather ironically, some important rings which=
had been left in situ were destroyed (Most notably, Bow).

David


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