[Bell Historians] Re: FW: a neglected tower

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Bryant" 
<davidbryant at ...> wrote:
>
> > Why on earth are the bells still in there?
> 
> Rumour has it that it is due to local politics - perhaps someone in 
the area
> knows more? I recall David Potter telling me that he tried to buy 
the bells
> but they wouldn't sell them.
> 
> David
>

You are absolutely right.   There has always been very fierce 
opposition locally to the bells, or even the peal boards, being moved 
anywhere.   At one point there was a plan to transfer ring to Stone 
(the Staffordshire one), but this fell by the wayside because such a 
fuss was kicked up in Hanley.

As has been said, the situation is deplorable, but the North 
Staffordshire Association has tried very hard indeed to get things 
sorted out.

Richard