[Bell Historians] Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Royal Martyrs, Gunnersbury

[John Paul Adams]

I'm not able to provide any information about the two churches below but it
reminded me of something I found on YouTube recently.

I think we are all aware of the Zvons in Russia with the rhythmic striking
on bells by hand using the clappers. In Slovenia, there is a form of this
either using swinging bells or a mixture of swinging bells and clappering.

A good example of the automatic swinging bells are these two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLxCQK_XmT8 and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHS11LlqE8c
A good example of the mixed ringing is this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_kifBBfOdc

I won't say any more now and spoil the surprise element of the videos, just
to say it was a refreshing find after the endless clanging videos of most
European towers. The second could even make an entry into Simon Linford's
YouTube competition when it comes to the young ringers round! There are
many more videos if you look through the poster's videos or search for
zvonovi.

Cheers,
John.

On Sat, 9 May 2020 at 10:58, Mike Chester <mikechester at hotmail.com> wrote:

> David Sloman has alerted me to this chime of 9 bells.  They must be
> Russian in origin, looking at them. Does anyone have any further details of
> them, please?
>
>
> https://londonchurchbuildings.com/2017/12/13/cathedral-of-the-dormition-of-the-mother-of-god-and-the-royal-martyrs-harvard-road-gunnersbury-russian-orthodox-church-abroad/#jp-carousel-20614
>
> <https://londonchurchbuildings.com/2017/12/13/cathedral-of-the-dormition-of-the-mother-of-god-and-the-royal-martyrs-harvard-road-gunnersbury-russian-orthodox-church-abroad/#jp-carousel-20614>
> Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Royal Martyrs,
> Harvard Road, Gunnersbury (Russian Orthodox Church Abroad) « London
> Churches in photographs
> <https://londonchurchbuildings.com/2017/12/13/cathedral-of-the-dormition-of-the-mother-of-god-and-the-royal-martyrs-harvard-road-gunnersbury-russian-orthodox-church-abroad/#jp-carousel-20614>
> Above the railway cutting south of Gunnersbury Station. The cathedral was
> built in 1999 in the grounds of a house that had previously been used for
> worship. The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad is a separate body from the
> state approved Russian Orthodox Church whose Cathedral is in Kensington. …
> londonchurchbuildings.com
> In trying to find details of the bells I came across a newsletter from
> Cathedral of Dormition of the Mother of God in Knightsbridge.  Start at
> page 6.
>
>
> http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/319833/27327262/1478733244983/October+Eng1+FINAL+FOR+THE+WEB.pdf?token=X5clxvnHVirf1%2B3spB5Jr6%2FbAPU%3D
>
> It shows the blessing of some new bells, I assume for this Cathedral, once
> All Saints Church.  It has/had a single bells, 2-0-4, cast in 1849 by C &
> G  Mears. Can anyone confirm details of these bells too?
>
> Thanks
>
>  Mike
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