Bellringing on the former steel bells at St Mary, Moseley, 8, 16-3-3 in D

Filmed 06 Oct 1991. David Cawley talks to Ralph Vines and Simon Adams about the restoration of the bells followed by the bells being rung.

[@ferencrupeck845]

They remind a little bit of when as a child I used to scrape a stick along some unsuspecting railings..........

[@c-historia]

great video! well done

[@belvedere261]

I've only rung at Moseley once and that was years ago at a st martins guild open day When the new sixteen at the bullring were ringing.

[@ringeradam4575]

Being rung together they sounded very unusual, but on their own they sounded alright

[@MartynCole]

When I rang there I left covered in fragments of rust. I can't say it was a pleasant experience.

[@kiwibellringer9729]

The fourth of the old ring sounds very good compared to the rest!

[@nikospodas6201]

the bells now are a ring of 10

[@jasonburnet9181]

Why does it constantly sound like there is a fire alarm going off in the background when you are in the belfry?

[@RingerJamie]

Jason Burnet yes it does

[@austinblake6376]

A trick: you can watch series on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching loads of movies during the lockdown.

[@colsonmark1136]

@Austin Blake definitely, I have been watching on Flixzone for since december myself :)

[@OwenSimmons323]

How did it go from a fire alarm to movies on a piracy website! 😂

[@Steven_Rowe]

The word hells bell springs to mind. What ever possessed them to cast bells in steel. Not exactly a decent Taylor peal.

[@achille.666]

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[@olliewatson8006]

8:43 - Does the bell look loose on the headstock to you. It looked like the whole bell wobbled!

[@jasonburnet9181]

Ollie Watson Not impossible. These were rather unsafe xD

[@territaylor9460]

Ollie Watson yes it is

[@ringerowen4039]

Yes Ollie I think it is these were pretty old and dangerous so I could believe that tbh

[@OwenSimmons323]

And lo and behold, later on the tenor fell!!

[@jondoes8222]

They should have kept those bells greased or painted every year and they would have not rusted so badly. A good lubricant oil all over the bells wiped periodically would have helped. The gravelly sound is coming from the rust also.

[@Campanaro41]

Sì

[@TheConsettonian1987]

Is that Mike Chester ringing?

[@allesleyringer]

Yes - t'is me in me 'andsome days! I'd forgotten about this. I do remember ringing on them just after they were done up. Some of the old bell bolts had lost most of their diameter to rust.

[@wolfgangsbrother6118]

You show me a video of the tenor

[@uktrnspt2219]

What happened to these bells after they were replaced?

[@CammyTheCamera]

They’re outside the church somekind of a museum outside. On this video year, Later on abit of couple years at Moseley church, the tenor fell off the headstock. Which was very sad😢. And it’s sad to see those steel bells on head stocks I think

[@wereswdfgrdesd]

@@CammyTheCamera now a ring of 10 the 8 were hung on 2 tiers or levels the same goes with the new 10

[@dhtelevision]

To me the tenor very booming and old. Too bad it’s been scrapped. I think.

[@adamm2693]

i think its actually sitting in someones garden among with some others, or so i heard hehe

[@benjaminvallejo6695]

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[@ashthegeek]

They're made of bronze

[@fredmills368]

steel

[@oliviaalwen2142]

do i hear a tenor in this ?

[@awesome1334]

Olivia Alwen yes this is before the tenor collapsed

[@RingerJamie]

awesome 133 it collapsed?

[@josephhill12790]

@@RingerJamie it fell off its headstock

[@RingerLuca651]

@@josephhill12790 Im pretty sure it was that it fell from the gudgeons and not from the headstock

[@kyletheringer]

@@RingerJamie what happened is the gudgeon snapped and the tenor fell and it was sitting horizontal in the belfry

[@wolfgangsbrother6118]

The tenor sounded funny

[@MauveStingerStings]

Bochumer would have been a better choice

[@adamm2693]

bochumer hadn't started casting quality bells in 1860 !

[@duaneadams5210]

They really don't sound musical at all.

[@benjaminvallejo6695]

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