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For each performance, following the tower's name and location are given the number of bells in the tower and the weight and strike note of the Tenor (the heaviest bell in the ring). Where the exact weight of the Tenor is known it is given in the traditional way using the British imperial units of Hundredweight, Quarters and Pounds (cwt-qtr-lb) in which there are 28 pounds in a quarter, four quarters in a hundredweight, and 20 hundredweight in a ton (one hundredweight is approximately equal to 50.8 kilograms); otherwise it is estimated to the nearest quarter of a hundredweight.
If not all of the bells in the tower were used for a particular performance – such as when ringing six bells at an eight-bell tower – it should be assumed that the ringing took place on the heaviest or "back" bells, unless the footnote to the performance states otherwise.
Note that my own name appears in bold text for no other reason than to make it easier to spot.
2. Saturday, 14th January 2012
Cathedral Church of St Andrew, Wells, Somerset (10, 56-1-14 in C)
5021 changes of Grandsire Caters in 3 hours and 28 minutes.
- Nicola J Williams
- Molly S Waterson
- Martin S Pearson
- Robert D Bell
- Michael Lilley
- Michael J Stubbs
- Thomas N Longridge
- Michael W Day
- Simon D G Webb
- Robert Perry
Conducted by Thomas N Longridge.
Composed by John N Longridge.
First on ten bells and first of Grandsire: 3
First of Caters as Conductor.
The world's heaviest ring of ten bells hung for English-style change ringing.
Whilst we were ringing this Peal, Rebecca Day (the wife of Michael who was ringing the 8th bell) was outside recording two videos which Michael has uploaded to YouTube:
- Video No.1 – recorded from Market Place (3:08) The Cathedral is behind the shops on the far left; the bells are in the tower closest to the camera.
- Video No.2 – recorded from Cathedral Green (1:57) The bells are hung in the south-west tower, on the right-hand side of the fine West Front.
The bells sound a lot clearer outside compared to what we could hear in the Ringing Room, where it was often difficult to pick out the individual notes. Of course, bells are intended primarily to be heard from outside the tower, but it certainly helps us to have the best possible sound inside as well so we can ensure our ringing is as good as it can be.