[Bell Historians] St John and St James, Bootle

[Sam Austin]

Glad the metal has gone to a good home. I was meaning to speak to the vicar
(who is also the archdeacon) about it, but as it happened, he preached at a
service I was playing at tonight and he talked all about the bell in his
sermon!

Aye

Sam

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:06 PM, <matthewhigby at 2CRxy5MdKAHrRzqBgkFNnnfr7tGuoM6X5xOVcjQEABFTgrjWx_Z64I2mqPPCbrDziuQT-0kWbWEsQA.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

>
>
> Slight correction needed here! Sadly the bell was cracked in the fall
> and had a piece missing from the crown. As we are buying it for scrap, we
> smashed up the remains to make it easier to remove from the site. Had the
> bell been intact, we would have preserved it.
>
> A great shame. I intend to use the metal to cast ringing bells, so not
> eveything is lost.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Matthew
>
> People who keep records may be interest to know the following:
>
> The church building of St John & St James Bootle was demolished last
> week, exactly 100 years to the day the foundation stone was laid.
> The bell, was cast by the Warner foundry in 1910 and weighed approx 10cwt.
> In recent times, it has been impossible for anyone to lift the
> trapdoor to access the bell due to the amount of pigeon guano and
> twigs, many people have tried without success, most recently a bell
> hanging company working on behalf of the Keltek Trust.
> The tower was demolished with the bell still inside, and was recovered
> intact. The bell was then broken up on site and the metal taken away.
>
> Aye
>
> Sam
>
>
>
>
>
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> Subject: [Bell Historians] St John and St James, Bootle
>
>
>  People who keep records may be interest to know the following:
>
> The church building of St John & St James Bootle was demolished last
> week, exactly 100 years to the day the foundation stone was laid.
> The bell, was cast by the Warner foundry in 1910 and weighed approx 10cwt.
> In recent times, it has been impossible for anyone to lift the
> trapdoor to access the bell due to the amount of pigeon guano and
> twigs, many people have tried without success, most recently a bell
> hanging company working on behalf of the Keltek Trust.
> The tower was demolished with the bell still inside, and was recovered
> intact. The bell was then broken up on site and the metal taken away.
>
> Aye
>
> Sam
>     
>
           
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