Charlton Adam

[Robert Brown]

Well said Matthew

As an example I am still trying to get the Church to figure out what they 
are going to do with Hennock Bells - these are an anti clockwise ring of 4 
hung for swing chiming, which were re hung in the late 70's, they have all 
modern fittings ( no stay or slider) but were rehung in the old medieval 
frame.  6 or 7 years ago we were ringing them for a wedding when the 
knocking of  the treble got worse.  Following a look by myself, followed up 
by a formal inspection by Andrew Nicholson the bells  are now, due to the 
frame, deemed unsafe to swing.  The problem is the parish is about 20 
strong, they spent a significant sum to have them done up and it is 
difficult if not near impossible to go back and ask people for  more money 
after only 20 years. Congratulation to Matthew and the other potential 
contractors for standing their ground and hopefully commonsense will 
prevail.


Robert Brown


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