[Bell Historians] Re: Lord Grimthorpe

[David Cawley]

Yes, indeed. Starting of course with the Cambridge Quargters as struck on the bells of the Palace of Westminster - see my RW article "Big Ben I and his Large Little Sisters" earlier this year. 
Two noteworthy examples are "Victoria" of Leeds Town Hall (1859, Warner) and his very own "Edmund", the service bell of St Albans Cathedral (Taylor 1889) which I described wrongly in the aforementioned article.It is 36 1/8", 11-0-20 ... wait for it ... in C#. 
Although not "pure Grimthorpe" [ if such a thing exists ] rings like Old Hill (23-1-0 in F) come to mind.

DLC


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nick Bowden 
  To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:10 PM
  Subject: [Bell Historians] Re: Lord Grimthorpe


  George Dawson writes: 

  > Some time ago I looked in detail in JTs Records for 'Grimthorpe' bells. 
  > 
  > Suffice it to say that all the very heavy scale rings have gone: 
  > 

  What a shame!!! Surely one of the rings should have been preserved - if only 
  as an example of how not to do it.... 

  I suppose there are still plenty of clock bells surviving.
  Nick


              
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