Ringing from the ringing chamber

The treble bell can now be rung from the ringing chamber!

The rope is drawn across a little bit in the room above the ringing chamber with pulleys top and bottom to get it to drop in the desired position in the rope circle.

It handles really well, but it will require a 'flapper board' to stop the rope wobbling since it is not falling vertically.

This is the view looking up.

Nearly a two bell tower

The second bell is now resting in its pit!

It still needs bed plates manufacturing for the bearings to sit on. We already have all the other parts required, the pulley, wheel, slider and stay, and these will be fitted once the bearings are in situ.

A one bell tower!

Strensham is now a one bell tower!

Apart from a stay and slider and a rope to the ringing room, this bell is ready.

Originally from Kettering, this is the first time since 2004 that this bell has been rung full circle. It is also the first time a bell has been heard from Strensham tower since April 2017.

A swinging bell

We've got one bell swinging at last!

The concreting of the beam was finished a couple of weeks ago, and the shuttering came off tonight. After a bed plate was fixed to the frame, the headstock was bolted to the ex Kettering treble and the bell put in its pit.

It's a bit tight, but we always knew it would fit.

Here it is swinging!

The bell was cast by Taylors in 1979 and now weighs 3-1-11 after tuning.