Daily Herald Photograph: Bell tuner adjusting the pitch of a treble bell from St. Margaret's, Westminster
- Made:
- 1939-11-17 in Croydon
One photograph of a bell tuner from a Croydon foundry using a cutting tool to adjust the pitch of a treble bell after it was recast, titled ' The Bells of St. Margaret's'. Caption on back reads: 'Six of the peak of 10 bells of St. Margaret's, Westminster, which are being overhauled, have had to be recast. These bells had done service for 200 years without overhaul. Some of them, 200 years old this year, have not had to be recast even now. These bells are the ones which have been rung to commemorate two Coronations, Armistice 1918, at every election or re-election of the Speaker of the House of Commons, and whenever the King has passed the church on a State visit to Westminster. These bells are also run on Sunday, instead of those of the Abbey, which are rung only on special occasions'.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/46363
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photographic print