On Wednesday 13th April 50 villagers and friends visited Taylor's Bell foundry in Loughborough to witness the casting of our 3 new bells. 25 children from Y5/6 of the Manor School attended. Also there were descendants of 3 of the 6 men from the village who died in WWI to watch the smallest bell being cast. Mr Colin Bryan represented Drayton Manor Theme Park who gave the 2nd bell in memory of his parents, George and Vera Bryan who founded the park. The party was split into 2 groups to tour the museum and foundry workshop before being taken to a balcony overlooking the casting hall. Before the bells were cast the rector, The Reverend Jonathan Iddon, led the party in prayer.
Following watching the casting from the safety of the balcony the group were allowed to come onto the casting hall floor to view the bells close up.
Keven Jackson,a ringer from Tamworth who very kindly drew up the drawings for the faculty application took a large amount of photos. Some of which you can view by pasting the following link into your web browser
.https://www.flickr.com/photos/141395550@N05/
Monday 25 April 2016
Thursday 14 April 2016
More Villagers Volunteer To Learn to Ring
Millie and Lauren daughters of Kay Putnam and Brian Reynolds have been having instruction in bell ringing at Tamworth for the last few weeks. They are now confident and can handle a bell very much on their own. They will now need plenty of experience ringing with others to build up their accuracy and confidence.
Neil and Gail Kneal, who are new to the village and are our rector's parents in law, have just had their first lesson at Tamworth. Two more people will start learning the ropes when the bells are back in action at Drayton.
If you know of any others that would like to consider having a go at learning they can see what is involved and have a try. Just contact John Mulvey on 07760 367570
Neil and Gail Kneal, who are new to the village and are our rector's parents in law, have just had their first lesson at Tamworth. Two more people will start learning the ropes when the bells are back in action at Drayton.
If you know of any others that would like to consider having a go at learning they can see what is involved and have a try. Just contact John Mulvey on 07760 367570
Our 3 New Bells Cast
A group of 50 villagers and friends visited John Taylor's Bell Foundry in Loughborough yesterday. There, after a tour around the small museum and the works, we witnessed the casting of our 3 new bells. Among the party were Year 5/6 from the village school, 4 descendants of the 6 men from the village who were killed in WWI and who will be commemorated on one of the bells and donors of the 2 other bells.
It was a very moving experience watching this historic occasion which sees the completion of a scheme started with the rehanging of 4 bells at Drayton in 1964.
No date has been set yet for the new bells arriving in Drayton and being rehung. This will be at the earliest late June/ early July. But I will keep you posted as this will be an opportunity for people to see the bells at close quarters before they are hoisted up the tower.
I will attach a link later to an album of photos taken by Kevin Jackson, a ringer from Tamworth, who did all the technical drawings for our faculty application.
It was a very moving experience watching this historic occasion which sees the completion of a scheme started with the rehanging of 4 bells at Drayton in 1964.
No date has been set yet for the new bells arriving in Drayton and being rehung. This will be at the earliest late June/ early July. But I will keep you posted as this will be an opportunity for people to see the bells at close quarters before they are hoisted up the tower.
I will attach a link later to an album of photos taken by Kevin Jackson, a ringer from Tamworth, who did all the technical drawings for our faculty application.
Tuesday 5 April 2016
New Ringing Floor Progresses
Adrian Taylor and friends have been at work. They have cut the trap door in the porch ceiling and now are in the process of building the new ringing room floor. See the photographs.
Clock Will Again Strike The Hour
In the original scheme that was proposed the smallest bell was to be set aside. This would have a clapper fitted so that it would be chimed manually from the porch by using a rope.
A number of people have asked whether the clock would be able to strike the hour again. Using the existing clock mechanism to strike the hour would have been very expensive. I asked the foundry about how this could be achieved at a lesser cost. They said that if the church, instead of having a manual controlled chime bell, were to have an electronic control panel this would be possible. The control panel can be programmed in many different ways just like central heating boiler controls so that the bell can be made to chime slowly for funerals, before services and how we want. This will be installed at the same time as the new bells are hung.
A number of people have asked whether the clock would be able to strike the hour again. Using the existing clock mechanism to strike the hour would have been very expensive. I asked the foundry about how this could be achieved at a lesser cost. They said that if the church, instead of having a manual controlled chime bell, were to have an electronic control panel this would be possible. The control panel can be programmed in many different ways just like central heating boiler controls so that the bell can be made to chime slowly for funerals, before services and how we want. This will be installed at the same time as the new bells are hung.
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