[Bell Historians] Useless Information..........

[David Andrews]

>At 13:31 on 16 November 2010, Andrew wrote:
>> The old tower captain from Yeovil, Tom Setter broke St paul's
>> cathedral Tenor stay and both his ankles at the same time!

There was a well-known ringer in the 1950s or 60s whose favourite party trick was to pull off heavy tenors without holding the tail end - he'd let the rope slide through his fingers and catch the tail end just in time.

Favourite, that is, until he mistimed the grab, and broke a rather large stay...

David