[Bell Historians] RW article Bells & world war two

[jimhedgcock]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Bryant" 
<davidbryant at h...> wrote:
> 
> 
> So far as I'm aware there was no general intention for this to 
happen, 
> although cast iron railings, etc, were often removed from 
churchyard and 
> other walls to be used in making munitions.
> 
> David

It is my understanding that vast piles or railings, aluminium pans 
etc. were still there at the end of the war, unused. 
The 'collection' of such items was almost entirely a morale boosting 
exercise for the civilian population.
Jim