[Bell Historians] Sunderland Town Hall bells

[Simon Bond]

Jamie is referring to the Town Hall that burned down in 1947, at which time
it had an hour bell weighing 81-3-5. A former hour bell weighed 96cwt. The
current town hall has no bells.

Simon


On Sat, 8 Jun 2024, 18:37 Dickon Love, <dickon at lovesguide.com> wrote:

> It also has – as far as I can tell – no bell of over 40 cwt, and therefore
> is not included in the list.
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> *Dickon Love*
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> *Subject:* Re: [Bell Historians] Sunderland Town Hall bells
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> Let's not over-elevate Preston. It was definitely only a town when said
> building still existed.
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> Simon, latterly of Preston
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> On Sat, 8 Jun 2024, 18:05 frjamie via Bell-historians, <
> bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:
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> Don't forget  Preston City Hall
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> -------- Original message --------
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> From: Dickon Love <dickon at lovesguide.com>
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> Date: 08/06/2024 17:23 (GMT+00:00)
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> To: 'Bell Historians' <bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk>
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> Subject: [Bell Historians] Sunderland Town Hall bells
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> I am preparing the “Great Bells” list in the Dove database. Can anyone
> confirm what has happened with the 78cwt chime that used to hang in
> Sunderland Town Hall? Different sources suggest that they are either in
> storage or have been stolen. Mike Chester’s list suggests that the weights
> are/were: Warner 1889 8-0-1, 9-3-14, 13-0-7, 23-3-15, 78-0-11 (74").
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