Liverpool cathedral

Richard Offen richard at cOmU9HV1YFNlOSpQPKKFHmkoTs81QytTd1gR2QIfk0cbeHi7jTIWLvwRtCM8_9GzNaKDzVuY.yahoo.invalid
Sat Feb 11 00:35:27 GMT 2006


--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "nigelsdtaylor" 
<nigeltaylor at ...> wrote:
>
> The 9th is 34-0-11.
> I have heard the story of the 9th falling and killing two people 
> before, but it is untrue. What did happen is that when the bourdon 
was 
> being hoisted, the cable was twisted and as soon as the bell was 
> lifted off the ground, it went for a slow but rather long spin! The 
> cable therefore ended up very twisted indeed, and took some time to 
> rectify.
> Nigel Taylor

Thank you Nigel.   

Mr Wilby junior will have to amend his Rings of Twelve web site!

R




           



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