[Bell Historians] Guildford Cathedral

[Richard Offen]

On 30/05/2013, at 12:41 AM, "David Cawley" <davidl.cawley at ...> wrote:

> This is the John S Goldsmith Memorial Bell, which was presented when the first part of the Cathedral was being built; it was hung for chiming in the turret at the east end when the Lady Chapel was being built in the 1960's. Cast at Whitechapel. There is a photograph of it on the back cover of the Golden Jubilee issue; the inscription reads THIS BELL IS GIVEN BY THE GUILDFORD / DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS / AS A MEMORIAL TO THEIR FIRST CHAIRMAN / JOHN SPARKES GOLDSMITH. / WHO DIED 1ST JUNE 1943. This reading is taken from the rather grainy picture so is O&OE and does not include any Foundry data there will be - no doubt the Whitechapel Foundry would oblige; and perhaps the Editor can tell us a bit more about his great predecessor's memorial bell.
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The web site of the Guildford Diocesan Guild says the following:

"The Guild’s biggest challenge, the provision of a ring of bells for the new Cathedral, faced the membership from the early ’30s. A Cathedral Bells Fund was set up in 1933, before construction of the new Cathedral had even started. It received little support for many years but a Sacring bell, cast as a memorial to John S Goldsmith, was hung in the incomplete building in 1947 and a further bell, the ninth of the present ring, provided as a memorial to Alfred H Pulling in 1961."



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