Ringing World 5135 (25 September 2009)
Front Cover: St Comgall, (Church of Ireland), Bangor, N. Ireland by Colin Holliday
St Comgall’s Church of Ireland Parish Church derives its name from the saint who is credited with spreading Christianity across Europe. Comgall founded a monastery at Bangor in AD555, which went on to become one of the leading scholastic centres in Ireland. It was on this site that the building of the present Bangor Abbey Church was started in 1617.
Prolific Peal Ringers 2008 by Simon Linford
The number of people ringing lots of peals has risen dramatically over the last 20 years. The list of the most prolific peal ringers for 2008 now shows 46 ringers having rung more than 100 in the year, whereas in 1988 there were just 12.
Letters
The CC and English Heritage - Alan Hughes
Verbal economy - David Timmins
Asperger’s Syndrome - Philip G. K. Davies
Canine campanologist - TAZ
Jimmy Riadore: organ-builder, bell-ringer and hanger of the bells at St George’s Cathedral, Cape Town by Colin A. Lewis
The organ in the oldest Anglican church in the southern hemisphere was in dire need of attention when I worshipped at St James’s Church, Jamestown, in 2007. Imagine my delight, and surprise, therefore, when I saw Jimmy Riadore outside the Missions to Seafarers at Cape Town harbour in July this year. I was about to embark on the Royal Mail Ship St Helena for an eight-day cruise, via Walvis Bay in Namibia, to one of the most magical of all the magic outposts of what is left of the British Empire: the island of St Helena. Jimmy was going, too, to tune the organ!
Obituaries
Clare French, John Hinton, George Houssemayne du Boulay
A band of Bagleys at Chacombe by David Bagley
One of the first towers I visited when I started ringing in 1977 was Bishampton, and I was interested to read on the notice in the tower that the bells were cast by somebody who shared my surname. Thus began my interest in the Bagleys who were casting bells at Chacombe for some 150 years from the 1830s.
From the E-Lists A round-up from the internet compiled by John Camp
The historians noted that it seemed to be impossible to find an unsigned copy of F. E. Robinson’s Among the Bells.
Taylors Eayre & Smith for sale
The accountancy firm Mazars issued the following press release on Friday, 18th September 2009:
“Historic bell foundry goes into administration
225-year-old business cast largest bell in Britain, the ‘Great Paul’ of St. Paul’s Cathedral Simon Chandler and Steven Wood of the Nottingham office of international accountancy firm Mazars were today appointed Joint Administrators of Loughborough-based Taylors Eayre & Smith Limited (TE&S), the largest bell foundry in the world.
