[Bell Historians] Oxford

[Simon Bond]

David Cawley:

> 2. The work was carried out - 1/8-turning, all new
> fittings and reconstructed frame - by Mears &
> Stainbank, and Great Tom was officially rung (though
> Fred does not specifically state right "up") on 29th
> May 1953 (after having been tried out the previous day)
> and then again for the Coronation of H M The Queen
> on 2nd June. This is described by Fred in the addenda
> page at the end of"Oxfordshire" and disposes of Simon's
> date of "certainly before it was rehung in 1955."

Sorry, my mistake. I misread the date on the plaque on the frame. My 
photograph isn't desparately clear.

SAB