[Bell Historians] foxearth essex

[Roderic Bickerton]

I rember them, that rather mirrors the situation at Oxey, a very similar
sounding ring.

On Wed, 24 Aug 2022, 15:17 Neil Skelton via Bell-historians, <
bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:

> I rang at Foxearth in 1976. Given that the bells are mainly by Warner and
> George Mears but with a Dobson 5th and a Miles Graye III 6th, I recall them
> being a dreary-sounding ring of eight bells. I do not think that they went
> too well either.
>
> Neil Skelton
>
> On 24/08/2022 14:29 Tim Jackson <tim at timjackson.email> wrote:
>
>
> As per the Dove change log, we marked the bells "temporarily" out of
> action in Sep 2007 and UR in Jun 2014.
>
> Additional information (May 2014):
> Foxearth have constructed an access to the clock which would prevent the
> bells being rung even if the broken seventh wheel was repaired
>
> Tim Jackson
> Dove Steward
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> bell-historians-bounces at lists.ringingworld.co.uk] *On Behalf Of *Martin
> Jones
> *Sent:* 24 August 2022 13:45
> *To:* Bell Historians
> *Subject:* Re: [Bell Historians] foxearth essex
>
>
> Hi Oliver
>
> I rang at Foxearth about 20 years ago - I hadn’t been ringing very long
> and it was one of my first “interesting” towers!
>
> The ring is anticlockwise and you ring around a clock case in the middle
> of the ringing chamber. I recall a “shelf” along one side, which sallies
> had a tendency to land on if they weren’t controlled properly, particularly
> during a raise or lower! (My sally behaved, but my tower captain at the
> time struggled!) I have no memory of how the bells sounded.
>
> Martin
>
>
> On 24 Aug 2022, at 13:34, oliver Lee <oliverbellringer at outlook.com>
> wrote:
> I was wondering if some might be able to explain to me precisely why the
> bells here are unringable?, judging by my own research it would appear that
> ringing seems to have ceased around 2006/7 but for some odd reason there is
> no mention about this in any annual reports from the period. Someone once
> told me that it was due to a poor frame but I now suspect that it might be
> something to do with an ill placed mezzanine floor. I’m also interested to
> know if anyone has any memories of ringing here? As I understand they where
> particularly interesting.
> Regards
> Oliver lee
>
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