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2012 |
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A set of 8 bells was cast for St James Garlickhythe in the City of London, as part of a project conceived and delivered by Dickon Love. Prior to their installation in London, they were lent for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, erected in a frame to allow them to be rung full circle on the lead barge for the pageant. While on the barge (named Ursula Katherine), a full peal was rung on them, and then a quarter peal was rung on them during the pageant itself. The tower was originally erected in this warehouse in Edenbridge and the bells erected in it. They were rung during the evening of 17 May as a try out, after which they were dismantled for transfer to the barge. The frame was designed by Steel the Scene and was built by JCC Engineering. The bells were cast and hung by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. |
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2017 |
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After the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, The Pageant Trust donated the tower/bellframe (The Jubilee Tower) for reuse, and Dickon Love arranged for it to be transported to John Taylor & Co at Loughborough with a view to exploring its reuse at Christchurch, New Zealand, to hold some bells for the new temporary cathedral built after the 2011 earthquake. Following complications at Christchurch, this project didn't originally proceed. It wasn't until 2017 when a new plan at Christchurch was conceived and the Jubilee Tower was collected by Matthew Higby. The plan is for a ring of 8 to hang in this slightly modified tower. |
Photo: Dickon R Love, 17 May 2012
