[Bell Historians] Fire at Sheering, Essex

[Alan Buswell]

That explains it then!
AAJB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Sloman 
  To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 11:11 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Fire at Sheering, Essex


    

  Alan,

  No Quarters because the bells are hung dead!

  DS
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Alan Buswell 
    To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
    Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 10:27 AM
    Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Fire at Sheering, Essex


      

    Glad to hear the bells are ok. No quarter peals rung here.
    But, does any one know the frequency of church fires over the years? It may show some alarming figures. 

    AAJB.
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: David Sloman 
      To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
      Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 5:36 PM
      Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Fire at Sheering, Essex


        

      Bells are OK,  but much smoke and water damage to church.

      DS
        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: John H Allen 
        To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
        Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 1:16 PM
        Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Fire at Sheering, Essex


          

        Robert,


        Have you seen this?


        John


        http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/efnews/4846841.SHEERING__Church_life_will_go_on_despite_blaze_vows_vicar/





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        From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lewis
        Sent: Friday 15 January 2010 10:47
        To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
        Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Fire at Sheering, Essex


          

        Does anyone have details of the fire damage at Sheering, Essex 
        reported briefly with a picture in this week's Church Times (p.4).

        The Church's website has nothing about it yet, but says this about the bells:

        "There are four bells in the bell tower. The first and third are by 
        Miles Graye 1619; the second is probably by William Wightman dated 
        1682 and the fourth probably by Richard Keene 1702. The bells were 
        not heard for about thirty years as the tower was considered unsafe 
        for change ringing, but in 1998 they were repaired and re-hung by the 
        Whitechapel Bell Foundry with a chiming mechanism, as part of our 
        year 2000 preparations."

        RAL

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