Clumber Park Bell

[davidhird_uk]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, Ted Steele <ted.steele at ...> 
wrote:
>
> List members may be interested in an item in today's Yorkshire 
Post 
> concerning the restoration of the bell in the chapel at Clumber 
Park, 
> Nottinghamshire. It mentions that the bell is to be restored by 
> Taylor's, who originally cast it in the 1880s. Apparently it has 
usually 
> only been chimed and has not been rung at all since 1999. The 
Chapel 
> Steward is quoted as saying that the bell weighs "One and a half 
tonnes" 
> and that the "six foot wheel that tolls the bell" is also to be 
> repaired. The paper has a good picture of the bell, which appears 
to be 
> hung for full circle ringing. The same steward says that it will 
be good 
> to hear the bell "fully tolled" again for the first time in living 
> memory; one wonders whether she understands what is involved.
> 
> I have scanned the item and picture and could send it by email if 
anyone 
> is interested.
> 
> Ted
>

The bell is a full circle ringing bell. Peter Hayward rang it 
several years ago.

David