[Bell Historians] Radford Semele

[Chris Pickford]

ADH says "Presumably the loss of two late 20th century Taylor bells is acceptable."

Not at all - but perhaps not quite so noteworthy as the historic losses (does that get me off the hook!)

A point I didn't make is that a combustible old frame above the new installation - and supported only on hawsers from the roof - is quite likely to have compounded the fire damage to whatever was below. There was quite a lot of timber up there - in the frame and in the roof - and once the fire reached the top of the tower it most likely crashed down.

Let's hope some of the historic fabric is salvageable - but this doesn't give much cause for optimism

CP           
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