Ringing the single bell at Holy Trinity, Shaw, Oldham

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • GTFU!!!!
    Filmed midday, Tuesday 4/6/13.
    Finally grabbed her! This was of major importance to me as I am from around the area and have a massive interest in local history and church bells, so this was an experience not to be sniffed at for me, as I have wanted to step foot in the tower since the age of 11, hence why I have filmed a lot in the ringing chamber as the whole place astounded me, however the presence of ex-bats and crows wasn't so charming.
    Me and my partner in crime managed to free the ellacombe and clock hammer and oil the bearings so the bell could be raised, and as you will see, with great ease!
    We, in the end, gave up on trying to ring it up right, and just got her up. It's a shame really that this bell isn't joined by a lighter five, as I'm sure they would be a smashing ring.
    The bell isn't in the best of health, and is extremely difficult to ring, and if you take your eye off it for one second, you know about it, as you'll see towards the end of the video as i didn't pull the previous handstroke and slip-wheeled her :/
    I would like to thank Helen Rigby for assisting me, and Fr. Peter McEvitt for allotting us time to observe and ring the bell.
    Enjoy.

Комментарии • 86

  • @ljs888
    @ljs888 10 лет назад +14

    rope jumped off the wheel. Valuable lesson...keep your rope taught!! Same thing happened to me ringing the tenor to a peal in my home tower. 20 mins in an the rope jumped off the wheel and the sally stayed there. Got it under control eventually ....Everyone else rang 5040 changes....the tenor rang 5050...!!

    • @pretorium
      @pretorium 7 лет назад +3

      If that happened you peal was false. I had one set up last year because a bell dropped...it was only out of control for 6 blows but it struck twice in the same row.

    • @TheDangerblonde
      @TheDangerblonde Год назад

      Op

  • @mjgriff74
    @mjgriff74 11 лет назад +6

    That last "of f*ck" bit made me smile but well recovered! Churches should rent their towers out and advertise them as gyms. £15 per month to go and learn how to bell ring has got to be a lot more fun than going to the gym.

    • @ringerowen4039
      @ringerowen4039 3 года назад

      You don’t pay to learn bell ringing it’s a volunteer job

  • @frsdonahue
    @frsdonahue 11 лет назад +4

    Never knew this was such hard work. I rang 3 ton 'Conrad' for years, and he was a dream to ring. This bell is much lighter.

  • @theflamegaming6973
    @theflamegaming6973 4 года назад +4

    My grand father when I was small he learned me how to ring the bell at Lebanon and now he’s dead

  • @BellringerBen
    @BellringerBen 4 года назад +5

    Lots of room for more bells!!!
    It's odd how its the only bell in the tower and that it is 23 hundredweight and it sounds fantastic!

    • @SarahCattell-v3j
      @SarahCattell-v3j 8 месяцев назад +1

      I thought that too when I first saw this video. Maybe they did intend to have more bells hung there when they had that one put in but ran out of money who knows 🤷‍♀️but it would be interesting to find out though

  • @timmeh1507
    @timmeh1507 11 лет назад +8

    Lovely bell - Rob has muscles! Scary moment when it stops dead though...

  • @Armando.Krijnen
    @Armando.Krijnen 7 лет назад +5

    Love it!
    Great video!
    greetings from The Netherlands!!

  • @Drobium77
    @Drobium77 11 лет назад +7

    That was the best GTFU I've seen :-)
    I'm just starting to learn and it's amazing how it makes you feel to ring :-)
    I've started on the tenor at St lawrence in Ansley and they've yet to teach us hoe to ring the bell up :-D
    I'm looking forward to it though :-)

    • @RingerJamie
      @RingerJamie 4 года назад +1

      Drobium77 I should know but I don’t know what GTFU means what does it mean? 😂

    • @josephhill12790
      @josephhill12790 4 года назад +1

      It means get the fuckers up

    • @adamm2693
      @adamm2693 4 года назад +2

      it actually does, hehe - its meant to refer to bells which are heavy, such as tenors, and often, ones that can't be rung up right

  • @1BODGER95
    @1BODGER95  11 лет назад +4

    Furthermore, I would like to add that the bell, as well as being renowned for being uneasy to ring, has not been rung full circle for many years.
    The "Fighting" you see is called "checking", my desperate attempt to get the clapper to strike the leading edge of the bell, as opposed to the following edge. unfortunately my efforts were in vain.
    Like I said. Come and ring here and show it who's boss.

  • @1BODGER95
    @1BODGER95  11 лет назад +3

    Sorry about that, I preffered standing where I was rather than the wobbly floor boards.

  • @rondamico7802
    @rondamico7802 10 лет назад +1

    Last Christmas Eve I was pulling the bell which is a Rumsey & Co no 33 and the bell wheel rubs the stand frame. They were support rods to keep the big a shaped frames straight but they have pulled loose. Anyway the wheel is cast iron and the a frame is also. Its rusts and the wheel causes the bell to stick when it is pulled. The rope was old and it snapped while I was pulling with both hands trying to get the bell out of its bind. When it snapped, my still grasping hands hit my nose and nearly broke it and I was knocked to the floor on my back with my legs up in the air. My head nearly missed a church pew when I fell back.

  • @1BODGER95
    @1BODGER95  11 лет назад +3

    well said sir, I will second that, and oh dear, was it really that obvious? showed it my mum before the upload, along with others, and you're the first to notice.
    Towers like this really are the best optiong for your "idea" ;)
    how's things any how?

  • @1BODGER95
    @1BODGER95  11 лет назад +4

    ...... 100 tonnes? I think that needs revising.

    • @RingerJamie
      @RingerJamie 4 года назад +1

      Bodger Bell Ringer think he is joking because a tower would probably fall down in a 100 tone (like 2200cwt) bell was ringing full circle!!! 😂😂😂

  • @nerminsari1397
    @nerminsari1397 7 лет назад +2

    The Tone is between es1 and e1 so i think its es1 +140,4

  • @JointedStudios
    @JointedStudios 3 года назад

    Damn, How old that bell must have been sitting there... There probably used to be other bells there.

  • @cwmderw
    @cwmderw 11 лет назад +3

    I'm from the uk. Pure welsh. I ring the bell in our local church in Llanidloes. I got to admit I have only been ringing for 3 to 4 months. So on my behalf I am sorry. She does look like a heavy bell, what weight is she? Yea would love to have a go ringing that bell but I am still learning to raise and lowering the bell. I can ring when the bell is raised and do rounds and call changes. If you let me know where you are in the uk and if I am ever around your area I would be happy to ring. Rhys

  • @kyletheringer
    @kyletheringer 3 года назад +3

    I’m planning on ringing there when Covid is over what’s it like to ring please mate?

    • @jacobparry6212
      @jacobparry6212 Год назад

      I don't think they ring it it's probably stuck

  • @heinrichkonrad3789
    @heinrichkonrad3789 11 лет назад

    Nice sound in the slow-motion!!!

  • @CammyTheCamera
    @CammyTheCamera 3 месяца назад

    6:41 i could see a split second, there certainly was something loose going on there.

  • @1BODGER95
    @1BODGER95  11 лет назад +2

    23-2-4, and somewhere around E I would have thought.

    • @irenec4876
      @irenec4876 5 лет назад

      Bodger Bell Ringer sounds a bit more like Eb

  • @simonbellringer
    @simonbellringer 11 лет назад

    Superb bell!! Nice video too :-)

  • @1BODGER95
    @1BODGER95  11 лет назад +3

    Why are you shooting a porn film?
    SIR - with all due respect, from your comment I can tell straight away you're either not from the UK, are not a change ringer, or are a European noise maker when it comes to ringing.
    I invite you to ring at this tower to face the difficulties I faced regarding the new chiming hammer and the plain bearings.

  • @LauraBellringer
    @LauraBellringer 11 лет назад +2

    Haha!! 6:38 the look on your face!

    • @fredmills368
      @fredmills368 6 лет назад

      It looks like an absolute buggar to get up

  • @Dzwonek05
    @Dzwonek05 4 года назад +3

    Is this bell unringable now?

    • @ringerowen4039
      @ringerowen4039 3 года назад

      No I don’t think so

    • @kyletheringer
      @kyletheringer 2 года назад +1

      @@ringerowen4039 i think it is i asked them if i can go ring it and they said its broken apparently so i think its unsafe to ring

  • @ringerowen4039
    @ringerowen4039 5 лет назад +2

    It went up wrong

  • @ringerowen4039
    @ringerowen4039 5 лет назад +2

    It’s double striking

    • @fredmills368
      @fredmills368 4 года назад +1

      WE KNOW!

    • @kiwibellringer9729
      @kiwibellringer9729 4 года назад +1

      That’s because it’s up wrong. Chill Fred. But yes, try not to state the obvious.

    • @ringerowen4039
      @ringerowen4039 3 года назад

      @@kiwibellringer9729 alright sorry I’m only a beginner I’m obviously gonna state obvious things

    • @kiwibellringer9729
      @kiwibellringer9729 3 года назад

      @@ringerowen4039 I don’t think you need to worry after a year mate 😂

    • @ringerowen4039
      @ringerowen4039 3 года назад +1

      @@kiwibellringer9729 yes but I haven’t rung for 6 months and have only rung for 3 months in total so...

  • @andreasnielsen4437
    @andreasnielsen4437 6 лет назад +1

    Is it common to ring the bells manually in GB? In Denmark, the practice was outlawed about ten years ago due to work place safety regulations. Now all bells are rung using remotes.

    • @fredmills368
      @fredmills368 6 лет назад

      It is

    • @ringeradam4575
      @ringeradam4575 5 лет назад

      The way we ring actually requires that they be hand-rung.

    • @zeamoz
      @zeamoz 5 лет назад +1

      That is really sad. Bells have been rung by hand for many hundreds of years. An old Christian tradition which should continue.

  • @lukemeanwell3260
    @lukemeanwell3260 4 года назад +1

    it was up wrong

  • @KingCobraJFS
    @KingCobraJFS 2 года назад

    what note is this bell it sounds awesome

  • @jasonburnet9181
    @jasonburnet9181 9 лет назад +3

    Is the bell right above you?

    • @zeamoz
      @zeamoz 5 лет назад +1

      That is why he looked so worried when it acted mad at 6'40'' :)

  • @christianong3703
    @christianong3703 Год назад

    Ahhhh slipped wheel

  • @Owentheringer2024_yt
    @Owentheringer2024_yt Месяц назад

    6:41 rope slipped

  • @melefonuafoou6918
    @melefonuafoou6918 Год назад

    that rope was amost going to brack you have to be careful of that rope because if that brack it will go in its own and they will ranout of ropes and its stuck for now and its close for now in 25,463,53,6475 years

  • @StevenBlakemore1994
    @StevenBlakemore1994 11 лет назад +2

    what is the weight and not of this bell?

  • @cwmderw
    @cwmderw 11 лет назад +2

    Got to admit. In that video you don't ring a bell like that, that is all wrong. They make it look like there fighting with it and no control what so ever. Someone with get hurt sorry to say. Be smooth with her, show her who's boss.

  • @pretorium
    @pretorium 11 лет назад +1

    Hmmph...that's my rope on there you're wrecking!.....Think its time I paid a visit to take it off if its that hard work.

    • @ringerowen4039
      @ringerowen4039 3 года назад

      What do you mean?

    • @ringerowen4039
      @ringerowen4039 3 года назад

      No you don’t I think you’ll find you don’t own the rope whoever owns the tower and bell does

    • @kyletheringer
      @kyletheringer 2 года назад +1

      @@ringerowen4039 it might be his there originally wasnt 1 and then 2 people came and put 1 on so it might be his

  • @mauvestinger1410
    @mauvestinger1410 4 года назад

    The bell is tuned right?

  • @ΝικοςΠοδας-τ7ξ
    @ΝικοςΠοδας-τ7ξ 2 года назад +1

    hohoho taylors in 1876 23-2-4cwts

  • @irenec5398
    @irenec5398 7 лет назад +1

    6:38

  • @irfrapg
    @irfrapg 7 лет назад +1

    How did that happen at 6:38

    • @ringeradam4575
      @ringeradam4575 7 лет назад

      The rope got jammed for a few seconds

    • @kyletheringer
      @kyletheringer 3 месяца назад +1

      He didn’t put enough pull and it slipwheeled

  • @nathandavis3002
    @nathandavis3002 9 лет назад +1

    tabitha emmett such a bell does not exist.

  • @pretorium
    @pretorium 11 лет назад

    ....and it was up on the wrong side...... and at 6:38 if you had pulled the hand stroke it wouldn't have slipped the wheel...other than that it was fine...lol

  • @hellisla
    @hellisla 2 года назад

    1st attempt at 0.50 that's terribly awful technique

  • @fieldbaber9246
    @fieldbaber9246 8 лет назад

    You raised it wrong.

  • @tigsemmett7016
    @tigsemmett7016 11 лет назад

    he make bell ringing seem hard when it not im 13yrs old i ring on a 100 tonnes bell at my church it not that hard

  • @MaxTheRinger
    @MaxTheRinger 5 месяцев назад

    What does Gftu mean

    • @kyletheringer
      @kyletheringer 3 месяца назад +1

      Its a term some people use when ringing up it stands for get the f***ers up

    • @MaxTheRinger
      @MaxTheRinger 3 месяца назад

      @@kyletheringer oh