[Bell Historians] Re: Trinity New York

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Higson" 
<andrew_higson at ...> wrote:
>
> Tight has been the order of the day for this job! The first bells were
> cast on July 13th and the whole job was despatched by September 8th.
> A

Never comfortable when you have that tight a schedule!

I always remember when we rehung Tenterden bells in 1971, we were just 
hoisting the first girders for the new frame up the tower when the 
Vicar sauntered in and announced, "I hope you're not going to take too 
long with this job, I've managed to persuade the Archbishop of 
Canterbury to come and dedicate the bells a week next Saturday!"   For 
once in his life, Harry Parkes was speechless!

We made it, just, with a tryout on the Friday night and the dedication 
the following day at 3 pm, but the price we had to pay was ten days of 
a grumpy Harry Parkes ...he was not a happy bunny to be put under so 
much pressure and he made sure we knew it!   

Arthur Lewry, Harry's inimitable side-kick, made one of his classic 
comments during this period: "There's no need to get in such a pester 
Harry!"   He was always good at the understated remark!

Richard