[Bell Historians] Worcester St Andrew

[Susan & Christopher Dalton]

> Has anyone been up the tower of the former St Andrew's, Worcester. 

Yes, I have, among other people.

> The
> church was demolished and the four smaller bells of the ring fo five sold
> to Taylor's as scrap in 1870, but the 20 cwt tenor remains in the tower.

And strikes the hours.

> Does the five-bell frame still exist?

Yes.

> Is it of any interest?

Yes, considerable interest;  fairly early post-Reformation.
>
> It is interesting that the tower was retained - presumably as it is an
> important landmark on the Worcester skyline.

Indeed so.

In haste, C D