Bell Tower at St. Michael's Church, Garston

[chrismarsden]

I was at the Christmas fair on Saturday at St. Michaels Church in Garston.
To raise a bit of money they had a little tour of the 'Bell Tower'. How interesting this was! I went with my daughter who had a ring of one of the little bells (santa's bell) and a few of the bell ringers showed us how the bells were rung.And told us a bit about the bell ringing. Hanging on the wall they have about 10 little handbells, I have seen the bellringers use these at the Christingle service in church. Apparently these bells were donated to the church by Miss Watt of Speke Hall. They are a bit dull now , but one of the lady bellringers said that when she was a young girl attending the GFS ,the bells used gleam as her gfs leader (Mrs. Radcliffe) used to polish them.

posted by chris's wife - Helen

[Ged]

Glad you enjoyed it.

I expect this will interest brother Cad too.

Our resident bell ringer.

[Cadfael]

Indeedy! You can find a bit more about the bells at Garston at my website:

http://www.mbrg.info/garstonstmichael

[Cadfael]

Plus all weights for the bells:


Garston Liverpool, Mers
S Michael
Bell Weight Note Diameter Cast Founder Canons
1 3-3-15 F# 26.50 " 1877 John Warner & Sons
2 4-0-21 E# 27.00 " 1877 John Warner & Sons
3 5-1-11 D# 28.75 " 1877 John Warner & Sons
4 5-3-6 C# 31.00 " 1877 John Warner & Sons
5 6-0-23 B 33.00 " 1878 John Warner & Sons
6 6-3-8 A# 34.00 " 1877 John Warner & Sons
7 7-1-24 G# 36.25 " 1877 John Warner & Sons
8 10-0-7 F# 40.50 " 1877 John Warner & Sons

All weights are in cwt (Hundredweight)

[Kev]

@Helen, Collette would have liked to go with the kids. Are they doing another tour soon?

[chrismarsden]

Hi kev/collette will speak to one of the bellringers over the weekend
and see if they can sort something out. I'll let u know!

[Kev]

Cheers :PDT11