[Bell Historians] St Michael's Gloucester

[David Bryant]

"It once held a bell museum - does anybody know amy more about it?"

It's described briefly in Bliss & Sharpe (p. 331-3).

 

The bells, a ring of ten, were apparently in two separate frames with three
bells above. In photo number 11 on the BBC site an RSJ framework is clearly
visible. I would guess that this is the foundation for the upper (cast iron)
frame. The BBC describes the church demolished in 1956 as being '15th
century'. This is incorrect - the body of the church was Victorian Gothic. I
think I have a photocopy of a photo of it somewhere.

 

I remember asking to have a look up the tower when the base of it was the
tourist information office, but wasn't allowed. I was a teenager then, and
less persistent than I am now!

 

David

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