The New Westley Bells at Lindfield, Sussex
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- After almost a year and a half of silence, the sound of bells rings out across the village once more. Once a 21cwt ring now 10cwt.
The new bells had already made history before they were even hung in tower as they are the first complete peal of bells to be cast by Westley's of Stoke-on-Trent.
The church had almost £2.5 million pounds spent on reordering which included the removal of the pews and relocation of the Rood Screen to underneath the tower. As well as a new sound system the church also has underfloor heating.
The bells, all cast in 2019 were hung by Whites of Appleton and tested on Tuesday 9th July after almost a year and a half of no bells for the village. One quite 'rare' thing about the new ring is that the 2nd is tuned to Fx (double-sharp). While the bells were being refurbished it was decided to have the whole tower refurbished which included re-pointing, new ringing gallery staircase, and the installation of a kitchen and toilet facility. The clock, made in 1859 and was sent to India before being installed in All Saints tower has had an overhaul and the village will once again be able to tell the time and hear the quarterly 'ting-tang' chimes as they have not been working for over 5 years!
I was honoured to be invited to ring in the test ring and, on request from the church and tower captain, visiting bands will be welcome after the new year as further work is still to be completed in the tower.
They sound beautiful
What a transformation!
Yes. Hallelujah
Smashing sound.
I hope not! They have just been cast. Don’t want them smashing already! 😂
@@tittums Hahaha. They seem to be well made. May they ring out for many years. The 4th is given in memory of my Uncle who lived a hundred yards from the tower.
Wow! They are a very nice ring. With hope we will be up and ringing properly soon. Do you live near the church?
@@tittums No. I live in North Wales but my family live round about. I learnt to ring at Lindfield many years ago.
A nice little documentary - kind of a shame so little footage exists of the old bells, but the new ring certainly sound great! :-)
I have hundreds of clips of ringing on the front 6. For the last couple of years before ringing stopped they could only ring the front 6 as the back 2 were getting nearly impossible to ring.
@@tittums 2 of the frames are new there are some extra bells plus the clock bell hung on 2 levels
these bells are nice
Sound very nice!
sound lovely!!
why where they lowered in weight? was the tower unsafe or something??
The original 21cwt 8 were massively overweight for the tower. Our new ring are much better suited to both the tower and the ringers.
£2,000,500 😲 good gosh 😫😫😃😃😃
Tenor sounds like ipsleys
the old bells were awful
Just like you
Oi I'm not old thank you very much you've never ever seen me!!!! 😳😆
@@christianong3703 no im saying ur awful for dissing bells
@@babyluma4539 well they were awful the old bells were.
@@christianong3703 no they were not