http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html Removing and recasting St Mary’s Bells Following a very successful Village fund-raising effort, the Bells of St Mary’s Church were removed on 22 July 2010 by White’s of Appleton and volunteers from the Village, to enable recasting and restoration. http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#0 f4b1dd5c-0c9e-4e99-acb6-95dfe10fff98 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/Church-merge-2%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/Church-merge-2%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The Tower is tall</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#1 754b0fe2-07fb-47fc-a1a9-c0c4159676d2 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0201%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0201%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and accessed by a narrow spiral staircase to halfway</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#2 ae9b83da-6b05-4a36-b575-07d820deb946 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0203%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0203%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and then up a ladder to the top.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#3 b6d232ad-015a-4933-b83c-2197d1bf5142 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_2983/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_2983/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">- a long way up!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#4 afe75743-c114-4c79-8807-fbb79e85e5e7 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_2975/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_2975/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">At the top it is very cramped,</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#5 15ee6ab0-70e2-43e2-beee-e25432ecfd40 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_2976/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_2976/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and the White’s team clamber about</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#6 7a477b5d-5d77-4b56-b433-21130e019cd0 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_2981/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_2981/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and inspect the bell components,</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#7 84e6485f-ad00-4fff-8892-e88c71f6d683 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_2985/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_2985/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">- avoiding the birds nests as they do so!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#8 b0b14f07-574d-425e-9a9c-5a3a5cbee40b http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_3003/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_3003/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The pulleys are all in place,</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#9 516ac920-a312-4778-8bea-127710886178 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0117%20-%20Version%202%20%281%29/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0117%20-%20Version%202%20%281%29/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Melanie and Graham prepare,</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#10 2c84d3af-96a2-435b-91f9-c9f15844fffb http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0010%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0010%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and the clock weights come down for safety.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#11 e5034b5a-8863-40fb-b0c9-4f29aceed46d http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/Bell-photo/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/Bell-photo/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Typical bell components. from the WDCRA Website:<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">  http://www.wdcra.org.uk/index.htm</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#12 ec50a1e7-a201-4207-b958-002a89a031a9 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/Bell-diagram/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/Bell-diagram/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and a diagram from the same site: </p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#13 516c8578-6155-4866-a953-15d5d31e0d3e http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_3002/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_3002/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The wheels are removed</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#14 a7a42ef2-79c0-467b-aecf-a57e19b67937 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0012%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0012%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">- in sections</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#15 2580c813-ee8a-4913-b3d3-5b14075e3455 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0119%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0119%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and the old woodwork mostly seems in good condition.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#16 7a5e4f9a-9395-4395-9e2c-f37cb03fbae6 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0019/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0019/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The bells are eagerly awaited below</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#17 b92a769c-22ca-4544-b2b0-3820d81d5b84 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_3005/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100722-IMG_3005/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The headstock is securely attached</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#18 767f4100-7714-4df4-9e14-3e4a950a8a37 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0027%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0027%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and is carefully lowered through the hole in the upper floor.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#19 60ef03ae-5afe-40b5-bcf8-f5d2ea9f853c http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0030%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0030%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">It is the largest (the tenor) bell</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#20 e6b3a2f1-1277-4777-bb0e-cf833a6d4ac6 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0032%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0032%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and slowly inches through the opening</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#21 958e6487-c82c-4a32-bb49-659c8302ddde http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0033%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0033%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#22 c3e76030-9584-45b7-857d-157270c6247e http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0034%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0034%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#23 9d7543f7-7421-4b2b-be42-15c2121756c4 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0037%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0037%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">It comes complete with its wooden “headstock”</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#24 9eabf817-c82a-433b-a089-aa23ae8a9420 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0043%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0043%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">which presents a problem</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#25 b6eb095c-dcb4-4cba-beb6-2f2ca11eac80 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0051%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0051%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">as it’s too big to go through the mid-level hole in the floor</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#26 0db5141f-5092-4d93-9c28-19e47c694026 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0052%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0052%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and it has to be partly sawn off.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#27 05007912-763b-48a2-b5b5-3d26d46f0b88 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0055%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0055%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">It then just goes through the hole</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#28 515185fb-5f84-48a2-9b4c-ded1f55d4bd2 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0063/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0063/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and emerges at ground level</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#29 160da616-fe22-4fa5-99a7-9fc3dc6a904b http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0070%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0070%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The clapper needs removing</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#30 53d03111-29ab-4cbf-955b-b01cee440ccb http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0077%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0077%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">- an arm-aching job</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#31 449129d1-22db-47c7-8580-018403cbeb49 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0082%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0082%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">but eventually it comes off, <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">as well as the headstock, </p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#32 9b6045a8-1172-46a3-8434-e90f63e04e2d http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0097%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0097%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">to reveal the fine bell in all its glory</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#33 f410c6f3-c48a-4ffe-ada7-5add985059c5 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0108%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0108%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">- complete with inscription.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#34 1f88b048-a52d-4036-b230-c13fea6bf7eb http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0104%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0104%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Unfortunately, </p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#35 c20f5eaf-d37c-472a-aebc-63543d5d2995 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0105%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0105%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">there is a problem.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#36 0b7c0e04-c585-4136-8593-e7a19c1b3766 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0112%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0112%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">It is just too big to go through the doorway!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#37 e8bfc72d-fe47-4266-b479-ebeb9e701389 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0124%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0124%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">so, unhappily, it has to be broken up</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#38 6bb72493-93fd-4f20-9f1e-36d57ada96b5 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0125%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0125%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">- a somewhat deafening task!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#39 83930610-909b-4997-a9b5-aa65a1859601 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0126%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0126%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">but eventually </p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#40 fbf094a2-b099-4764-9100-1653228b2051 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0134%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0134%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">it is all in pieces.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#41 b77f9bc0-151d-469c-b3fc-56aabbfd4602 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0136%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0136%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The second bell is only slightly smaller</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#42 ea9c0239-869e-4be7-84c2-c2244cc5f01f http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0139%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0139%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and still very heavy.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#43 7a24496c-ba10-47f1-bd00-a285c8ab71c7 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0140%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0140%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Will this one fit through the hole ?</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#44 aa3cb345-262a-4edd-bf02-195e47d4d8f9 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0141%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0141%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Yes, just!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#45 27111609-cfe6-40c3-95f1-ccbd874ca475 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0146%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0146%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">again the clapper needs patience to remove</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#46 59d8cd63-d748-46a3-a56a-056c6cf841dd http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0151%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0151%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and the bell just fits through the doorway!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#47 a9c9590c-6ce6-4a67-a7a1-13f4412d4bf5 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0155/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0155/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and onto the trolly.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#48 392a92d7-a65c-4a4c-84fd-1fe7e80035e7 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0159%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0159%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Slowly it negotiates the nave steps -</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#49 87cf6eb8-6ebd-4259-87a7-ba1fcaff1879 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0163%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0163%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">but the plank tips!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#50 4ac7053e-572f-41ce-9f40-25d3d3dd3a3d http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0164%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0164%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and, oops, over goes the bell!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#51 be65edd4-9855-4fab-ba94-4017c6140189 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0171%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0171%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Eventually it reaches the entrance door.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#52 243a9646-59bf-4329-bdda-64c02bfecca4 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0175%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0175%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">But how to get it on the truck?</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#53 193ec327-b954-455b-b50e-282d83fedfaf http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0178%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0178%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Let’s roll it, they declare!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#54 73487b14-e4ac-40d0-b581-8ab0f4e0ab49 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0181%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0181%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">So slowly, </p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#55 1f2cc436-2662-40c0-b9c3-e76590b99e2f http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0182%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0182%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">they push it,</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#56 66026364-5141-42e3-bfb5-a4814dea1dfc http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0183%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0183%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">higher</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#57 5d4fa81d-8e35-4b49-888a-efa39143e31f http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0185%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0185%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and higher,</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#58 690e359d-cfb9-4ae7-b12f-3a0af43ae3d4 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0187%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0187%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">until with a last heave</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#59 a76c4c31-2f1b-44bf-953d-38977c6e9911 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0190%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0190%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">it reaches the top!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#60 5c7a9bb5-e0de-4baa-9880-e06f90601c85 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0193%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0193%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">It is time to rest,</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#61 85afd685-57a0-4340-ba3e-7c4218d3ca7b http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0195%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0195%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">- and to read the inscription.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#62 c693bfb4-21dd-40d9-9ed6-7e0e986883c4 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0215%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0215%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Then on to the next bell...</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#63 da9a34a8-fa5c-4771-a3b6-f2f12e9a7e9d http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0217%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0217%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">- a bit smaller than the last one,</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#64 6aab30e3-147f-4803-8d4a-97d67eae9847 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0219%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0219%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">but heavy nevertheless!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#65 5d92dc6a-cbae-4032-92b1-7e2108bb6e2e http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0228%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0228%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and then another...</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#66 8509a759-9cd0-4020-b17f-7422306e26a9 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0231%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0231%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">maybe this one makes Peter a good hat?</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#67 4994efb8-5981-4d6c-ac59-f4aac0f6b9d1 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0233%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0233%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">There is another headstock to unscrew</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#68 84fed8b0-1bff-4bec-9793-cffb93eb0a92 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0238%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0238%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and Melanie takes a turn with the spanner!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#69 b9e7d7e2-5901-4b05-b408-3a3a8961b1ff http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0234%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0234%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Now only one to go...</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#70 3e4441da-ea6e-42d7-84fb-0ee1d0f7d0b2 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0247%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0247%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">- the sixth and smallest (the treble).</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#71 6d3ea6f5-3b1f-4d64-a50d-8a155343d588 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0244%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0244%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and that is soon dispatched.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#72 eafa238d-5c4f-4ab3-95d4-b64883c6b891 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0250%20-%20Version%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/DSC_0250%20-%20Version%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">So now the Tower is silent - <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">until the recast bells return!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#73 94fb868b-2eaf-4308-b736-7a8cfd388700 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3011/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3011/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">It is re-casting day and a team from Freeland go to watch.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#74 899f4663-7073-4c4d-af63-7722f3cb5cae http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3013/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3013/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The foundry is in Whitechapel Road,</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#75 020b3e89-07c3-4f60-9259-65449b7eda88 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3015/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3015/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">where the Freeland bell moulds stand ready in rows.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#76 bfae48ec-6152-4591-b72b-921d67021747 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3016/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3016/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The metal (78% copper: 22% tin) is heated.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#77 d72abb8a-fcbe-4b0d-b3e6-facc2e6d178b http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3021/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3021/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">then tipped into a ladle,</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#78 47090532-d044-4275-8a69-609f96c79124 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3028/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3028/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">which is used to fill the moulds.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#79 111d85a3-01f0-4004-a21d-5ab4fdac4570 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3029/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3029/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Filling needs a steady hand,</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#80 5b69b5f9-ae27-4848-abfc-dc125a8bb5c4 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3039/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3039/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and plenty of eye protection!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#81 d6d74049-4ac7-435a-bb7f-71f88f687bf6 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3046/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3046/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Time for a photo while the moulds cool.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#82 fe93f6b6-dabd-45b9-80f0-7dbb3ec2a65d http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3066/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3066/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Then the new bells need to be machined to the right pitch</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#83 b47195fa-b28f-46be-ae88-d50049382034 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3044/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/20100723-IMG_3044/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and delivered to the Church.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#84 abfd9511-843d-424e-9f5a-bfbe30dd51b5 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%201/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%201/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_8">Sept 30th and the newly restored large (Tenor) bell arrives!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#85 7c656c39-58cb-4ef6-b702-feaf177e65b7 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%202/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%202/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and is rolled up the ramp</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#86 ae438b43-c38c-4154-b3c7-47ea5d7110a1 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%203/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%203/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">- and just goes through the door!</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#87 fd7aee4a-a6d0-494e-968f-f8a00ba9eb00 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%204/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%204/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Freeland Tenor is clearly marked.</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#88 09ba84aa-9cd6-4fe3-99d2-cf59b05f25c1 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%205/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%205/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A smart new Headstock is fitted</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#89 a1acdb76-e3c5-40d3-9093-33d23249d9e8 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%206/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%206/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">- made of metal </p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#90 78f20b93-fabd-41cc-9908-87b56a2d8b60 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%207/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%207/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and the bell is hoisted upwards,</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#91 2b374a52-aac3-4d09-852a-934e96769905 http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%208/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%208/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">- through the middle floor of the Tower</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#92 21249b4f-6fc9-4578-8bec-2cbda617ac9f http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%209/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%209/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and on up</p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#93 60e70f98-8c47-41ec-9823-36104ba89e4f http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%2010/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%2010/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">slowly inching its way </p></div></div> http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells.html#94 2192b54d-e5b4-45fa-8ade-cc2ae4b81fac http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%2011/thumb.jpg http://www.freelandoxon.com/Site_3/Removing_St_Marys_Bells_files/Media/New%20Church%20Bells%2011/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_373_34"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">to join the other new and restored bells in the belfry.</p></div></div>