[Bell Historians] holy trinity gosport

[Roderic Bickerton]

I rang there in 1983. In this instance we had to do quite a bit of wheel
repair before they could be rung. I don't remember tower sway causing
problems, (unlike say, Leamington RC) although it was very  noticable.

On Thu, 5 Jun 2025, 07:30 Neil Skelton via Bell-historians, <
bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:

> I rang there on 23rd April 1983. Shortly afterwards the bells were removed
> for the Bishopstoke project. The bell pits were deep in pigeon guano. Tower
> movement was considerable.
>
> Neil Skelton
>
> On 04/06/2025 21:30 BST oliver Lee via Bell-historians <
> bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> Just out of mere curiosity does anyone have any memories of ringing on the
> old warner eight at holy trinity Gosport?, from what I can ascertain the
> tower seems to have had a band of some description shortly after the bells
> where installed around 1897 but thanks to severe movement they don't seem
> to have been that popular and I can only assume that they may well have
> been unringable for long periods. I would also be interested to know when
> they where last rung as a notice in the ringing world from 1972 suggests
> that ringing would have to be limited but I know weather this was because
> of complaints from local residents
> Many thanks
> Oliver lee
> P/s are there any frame drawings or photos of them?
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