[Bell Historians] Eltisley (was:Towers with ropes out of order)

[John Baldwin]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Bickerton, Roderic (SELEX
GALILEO, UK)" <Roderic.Bickerton at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> I  had a word with Chris Higgins.
> Apparently they were condemned by john Gipson in the late '90's 
while he was bell adviser. 
> According to Chris they want rehanging, but apart from not having
been looked at since, they would probably still work. 
> Chris Higgins is working with that group of parishes, and expects at
> some stage to try to get something moving.
> He has a remarkable track record of recovering unringable bells, so
> there must be an excellent chance they won't stay unringable. 
> Rod.
> ------------ 
> Two quarters were rung at Eltisley in 1984 & published in the RW on
> pages 262 & 1052. Two others are on pages 157 & 1166 in 1991 so
> unringability must have been sometime after this date.
> AAJB.
> 
> 	----- Original Message ----- 
> 	From: Sue Marsden <mailto:erincaters at ...>  
> 	Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:14 AM
> 	Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Towers with ropes out of order.
> 
> 
>  ....	
> Eltisley in Cambs has ropes in the order 1324. Though they are
> not ringable now, they have been ringable - I rang a quarter peal on
> them 	about 20 years ago. I can't remember when or why they went
> unringable though I could probably find out.
> 	

My records show that the u/r flag in Dove was added 17/01/2005

John