[Bell Historians] Gloucester Cathedral

[Richard Offen]

> > I would go further and say why not provide a completely new 'back 
> end'. I can't understand why the old bells were retained when the 
> restoration/augmantation was done. Ipswich and Nottingham eventually 
> discarded their retained old bells.
>

As has so often been the case, I think you'll find they were retained 
because of lack of funds to do anything else.   I also seem to remember 
Gilbert Turlow telling me that the Cathedrals Advisory Committee 
desired them to be retained.

Richard