Astley, Warks

[Mike Chester]

I suspect that this one is probably best aimed straight at Chris 
Pickford; but just in case! There has been a little work at Astley 
that means that they can be rung again after about 3 years of silence. 
A bit of a saga that should have been resolved earlier, "but what the 
heck"!

They are hung in a big old frame and were rehung in it with new 
fittings in 1912 by Taylors. There are 6 pits in the frame, the back 5 
occupied by the minor ring. The treble pit apparently shows signs that 
it once contained a bell. Is this true and, if so, what happened to it.

Thanks

Mike