[Bell Historians] Godalming

[Roderic Bickerton rodbick@gmail.com [bellhistorians]]

I found the old details, G Dawson,
I have not been there since 1970, prior to the previous "rehang",
Is there a recording of the old bells? google found nothing.  :
Godalming  St Peter & St Paul 1 of 8     29.75 5.1.3   1839 Thomas II Mears JT
1976
Godalming  St Peter & St Paul 2 of 8     31 6.1.19   1792 Thomas I Mears
Godalming  St Peter & St Paul 3 of 8     33.5 8.0.9   1740 Thomas Lester
Godalming  St Peter & St Paul 4 of 8     36 9.0.26   1746 Thomas Lester
Godalming  St Peter & St Paul 5 of 8     38.75 10.3.0   1874 John Warner &
Sons
Godalming  St Peter & St Paul 6 of 8     41 12.1.22   1746 Thomas Lester
Godalming  St Peter & St Paul 7 of 8     44.25 15.2.21   1952 Mears &
Stainbank
Godalming
St Peter & St Paul 8 of 8     51 22.0.21   1849

C & G Mears



On 3 September 2017 at 15:32, Matthew Higby matthewhigby at aol.com
[bellhistorians] <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> I would imagine that if the customer wanted the word "recast" - that is
> what they got!!
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 3 Sep 2017, at 15:28, 'Chris Pickford' c.j.pickford.t21 at btinternet.com
> [bellhistorians] <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Keeping old details – I think you’ll find (Dovemaster can doubtless
> confirm) that old details are retained, but can’t be displayed.
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> As to ‘recasting’, it is odd that the new inscriptions at Godalming say
> “recast” when no such thing has taken place. I wonder if the inscriptions
> were chosen when that was the plan – and not amended after it was decided
> to transfer the old bells to Geraldton (which, incidentally, is a truly
> remarkable and amazing building – along with the other churches in WA
> designed by priest-architect Mgr. John C. Hawes)
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> Nevertheless, “recast” is a word we should be both wary of using and
> cautious when drawing inferences. Unfortunately the word is too often used
> loosely among ringers for both replacement and recasting. It’s simply a
> word that should always carry a bright red ‘beware’ flag!
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> *Chris Pickford*
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Rod Bickerton, Watford
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