[Bell Historians] hever kent

[Dickon Love]

Good to hear the update on W Les Barker. Regarding the Hever rehang, I don't
have any more information than already given in Lovesguide, but I'll have a
dig around. I was also interested to hear about the Hever Castle clock
bells, which I have emailed David Sloman about separately.

 

Thanks for raising the subject Oliver.

 

Dickon Love

Bromley, Kent

07983 352279

 

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Oliver,

 

My father-in-law rang at Hever in the early 1970s.  He says that W.L. Barker
was known as Les, but has no idea for what the W stood for.

 

Hope this helps,

Richard

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As I paid an interesting visit to the castle yesterday I've been doing a
little bit of digging on both the bells here and the local band that seems
to have existed by a thread in the 1970s, there are however two things I am
currently trying to  work out that are aging me somewhat!. According to my
KACR report from 1972 the tower captain was a man called W.L barker and
despite many attempts to run his name through ancestry I have not been able
to find his Christian name nor indeed when he seems to have stopped ringing
(he is not listed in my 1989 copy!). I'm also trying to find out what the
1995 Whitechapel rehang involved there is a brief mention of it on Dickon's
excellent "kent bells" site but i'm curious to know what it involved and
when it was actually carried out 

Oliver lee 

p.s it would be great to see any frame plans (if of course they excist!)

 

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