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Photographs (mainly proof copies by Home Counties Newspapers - HCN - Ltd) of the restoration of the bells

1948 - 1949

From: 1948 To: 1949

as follows: 1.Old tenor bell (Joseph Eayre 1761) raised for ringing, with frame and fittings 2.Old 5th bell (Pack & Chapman 1775) raised for ringing, with frame and fittings 3.Old treble and tenor bells, raised for ringing 4.General view of belfry interior showing old bells raised for ringing and old frame etc. 5.One of the old bells during the course of dismantling (HCN) 6.Old bells in the churchyard, with Mr.A.King touching the old tenor bell (HCN) 7.Old bells in the churchyard, with Mr.A.King touching the old tenor bell 8.Old bells (all eight shown) with the bellhangers in the churchyard, with Mr.A.King touching the old tenor bell (HCN) 9.The new bells being unloaded from the lorry by Mr.W.Thorold, bellhanger, with his assistant operating the chains and Mr.A. King and Mr.J. Wing looking on (HCN)All 1948-9 10.The new bells being inspected outside the church by Mr.A.King and Mr. J.Wing (HCN) 11.The new bells in the churchyard with the bellhangers, Mr.A.King, and Mr. J. Wing (HCN) 12.The new bells (all ten shown) outside the west door of the tower, with the Curate, churchwarden and ringers: (left to right - names taken from framed copy of photograph in the belfry) Joe Rushton, K.J.Tilling, A.Davis, D.Turley, H.Wood (Vice-captain), J.Herbert, H.Burton, L.A. Goodenough (Captain), E.Conquest, A.C.Fellingham (Churchwarden), Rev.K.Wilkinson Riddle (Curate), A.E.Rushton (Deputy Vice-Captain), D.Newman, A.J.Smith, J.Wing (Hon.Sec.), R.Kendall, A.King, and Rex Odell - June 1949

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Eayre, Joseph,
Pack & Chapman,
Home Counties Newspapers Limited,
King, A.,
Thorold, W.,
Wing, J,
Rushton, Joe,
Tilling, K.J.,
Davis, A.,
Turley, D.,
Wood, H.,
Herbert, J,
Goodenough, L.A.,
Conquest, E.,
Fellingham, A.C.,
Riddle, Kenneth Wilkinson,
Rushton, A.E.,
Newman, D.,
Smith, A.J.,
Kendall, R.,
Odell, Rex

St. Mary Luton, church bells, photographs, bellringing, named portraits