[Bell Historians] Ludlow

[Richard Offen]

As Andrew says, the old tenor was by Thomas Mears and was said to be thin
and porous.   The new bell had a checkered, if short, history as it cracked
a few years ago and was welded.   The local legend in Shropshire at the time
was that the crack was caused by the clock hammer, but I don't know if this
is fact or fiction.

 

Richard

 

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"When the bells were rehung in 1988, the existing frame was retained, but 
the old tenor was found to be a poor and porous casting, and was recast over

two hundredweight heavier"

Do you know who it was by? Was it a Rudhall bell? Presumably they started 
out as a complete octave.

David 

 

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