[Bell Historians]ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE WIGAN - EVEN MORE neglected bells from urban Exploration,

[Richard Offen]

> You are of course entitled to your opinion in the same way as anyone 
> else. I have never heard of Hanley 'tripping off the tongue' in the 
> same terms as Chewton Mendip, Manchester Town Hall, Heavitree and a 
> great many others of all sorts of weights. As I said previously, 
> ringers' opinions of bells vary for many reasons, one being the 
quality 
> of the ringing achieved on them, and nothing to do with the sound.
>

You probably haven't heard anyone talking about this ring Jim because 
it is so long since they were last rung and everyone's forgotten 
them.   Certainly when I lived in Shropshire most people talked about 
Hanley bells in glowing terms.

R