Bell Ringing in the Belfry at St Bride’s, Fleet Street, London

Ringing the single bell at St Bride’s, Fleet Street, on Saturday 3rd December 2022.
St Bride’s Fleet Street, 1 Bell. Tenor: 15-0-8, in F#. dove.cccbr.org...

[@c-historia]

well done 🙌🏻

[@DylanSmith_15]

Careful of the stay!

[@MauveStingerStings]

What always gets me is why do these towers only have 1 change ringing bell and never augment it to a bigger set.

[@simonridley6609]

There was a full ringing set- the worlds first ring of 12, which the Germans destroyed. The damage significantly weakened the tower and the costs of installing a new ring plus works I suspect was prohibitive.

[@adamm2693]

aye, and apparently the current bell is hung to become bell 10 of a 12, should things be made right

[@MauveStingerStings]

@@adamm2693 Are you saying there is intentions to augment to a 12?

[@AshleyMonck]

@@MauveStingerStings the plans have been there for donkeys years since the bell was installed. Nothing has ever come to fruition

[@MauveStingerStings]

@@AshleyMonck Alright I'll buy the bells :)

[@ΝΙΚΟΣΠΟΔΑΣ-γ3λ]

hohoho taylors

[@harrybellringer]

1:00 Oh I felt that 😬

[@theobellringer6211]

So did all of us in the belfry 😭

[@lucasowen5040]

@@theobellringer6211 🤣🤣

[@harrybellringer]

@@theobellringer6211 😂🤭

[@LapperzClapperz]

It definitely wasn’t me 🤣. I have a clip of me ringing it from the ringing chamber and you can see my face drop as it happened.

[@irkibby]

I was wondering if the Compton bell system is still in the tower?

[@Ljo1]

It’s still there in the ringing room!

[@AshleyMonck]

What’s a Compton bell system?

[@RingerLuca651]

@@AshleyMonck I think it's a speaker bell unit

[@euanthomas]

Is there any link to the Compton Organ builders?

[@irkibby]

@@euanthomas yes, their bell systems came about as a result of their work on making electrically generated sounds for organs

[@lukemeanwell3260]

so is the hammer for the angelist

[@1260stedders]

I know for a fact that I was ringing it in this clip.

[@JamesJoynson]

Ah, well here’s your fame Mr Stay-Basher 😁😂

[@1260stedders]

@@JamesJoynson haha well I can’t help the fact it’s light set 😂

[@tittums]

@@1260stedders Yes you can, ring it better! It is an incredibly easy going bell.

[@Bellringercameron]

Haha I do bell ringing and I sometimes accidentally bang the stay