[Bell Historians] Stays

[Barry Pickup]

 At least one of the stays at Beccles is one of the originals (August 1909). Strangely enough, the tenor stay is not original. It does make me wonder who was incompetent enough to break a stay on a 25cwt. bell!

JBP

> From: Sue Marsden <erincaters at l6wAIhlgMl5SR_sshUEmH_PBJsEpMnyG54WyKY3I2Ll6ggxKNO6zatS489ztSfXAfrdJiYD115flS9Hk7hSVznq36A.yahoo.invalid>
> Subject: [Bell Historians] Stays
>
> We have just had to replace our tenor
> stay which, athough not actually
> broken, had become cracked. We think this stay is the one
> Taylors
> fitted when they rehung the bells. I must admit we are
> quite
> disappointed at the length of its life .........
> ................................................
> Can anyone come up with a stay which has seen longer (and in regular use) service?
> Sue Marsden
>