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Posy Festival at All Saints' Church in Hertford commemorates loved ones ... - Hertfordshire Mercury

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:04 PM PDT

Posy Festival at All Saints' Church in Hertford commemorates loved ones ... Hertfordshire Mercury Loved ones are being remembered with flowers at the first Posy Festival at All Saints' Church in Hertford this weekend. Bouquets ... Other attractions included organ recitals, stalls, children's activities, trips up the church tower and a peal of the ... and more »

Salem Camp Meeting means memories and so much more - Rockdale Citizen

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 12:49 PM PDT

Salem Camp Meeting means memories and so much more Rockdale Citizen One peal of the bell can send children scurrying to their bicycles to head off to craft time or a softball game. The same bell, at other times of the day, can send grandfathers on a slow walk across campus to the same pew they have sat in for decades ... and more »

Five things to do this week in Cohasset - Wicked Local Cohasset

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 07:29 AM PDT

Five things to do this week in Cohasset Wicked Local Cohasset Bring your lawn chairs or a blanket along with a picnic supper to enjoy on the Common while the bells are ringing. After each recital, a brief tour of the tower is offered for those interested in seeing the instrument in the playing cabinet and the ... and more »

Saturday's Letters: Lessons seared into memory - Edmonton Journal

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 07:21 AM PDT

Edmonton Journal

Saturday's Letters: Lessons seared into memory Edmonton Journal To make our lives a little less stressful at the time, we trusted our insurance company, which paid their restoration company thousands of dollars to box up and ship our clothes to be cleaned, only for us to discover they had shrunk significantly ...

Gunnison Chapel renovations underway at St. Lawrence University; spire and ... - WatertownDailyTimes.com

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 06:04 AM PDT

Gunnison Chapel renovations underway at St. Lawrence University; spire and ... WatertownDailyTimes.com Because many projects include specialized work, the university is taking its time selecting contractors. “We really want to focus ... “I'm optimistic that we'll be able to repair and restore the bell tower and spire to just how they looked prior to the ... and more »

Plenty to do this week in Hingham - Wicked Local Hingham

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:38 AM PDT

Plenty to do this week in Hingham Wicked Local Hingham Bring your lawn chairs or a blanket along with a picnic supper to enjoy on the Common while the bells are ringing. After each recital, a brief tour of the tower is offered for those interested in seeing the instrument in the playing cabinet and the ...

Words of praise for the library - Leicester Mercury

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 12:34 AM PDT

Words of praise for the library Leicester Mercury The city and county councils, instead of looking at what next to axe, should be promoting our assets such as the GCR and pumping station, alongside Snibston, the space centre, Shackerstone Railway, Taylor's Bell Foundry, as well as Bradgate Park and ...

DEAFENING DOMAIN OF CITY'S REAL-LIFE LITTLE JOHN - Nottingham Post

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 11:12 PM PDT

DEAFENING DOMAIN OF CITY'S REAL-LIFE LITTLE JOHN Nottingham Post He also looks after another Cope clock – at the Trent Building at the University of Nottingham. Little John was cast at Loughborough bell foundry John Taylor & Son. "Paul Taylor was a big friend of my father," recalls Richard Cope. "They both had ... and more »

Professor warns of a 'shabby' future - Stuff.co.nz

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 05:41 PM PDT

Stuff.co.nz

Professor warns of a 'shabby' future Stuff.co.nz In 2011 Mane-Wheoki was "devastated" by the Canterbury earthquakes and the greater destruction wrought by demolition teams on Christchurch's heritage. "Bloody cowboys went in and bulldozed a whole lot of stuff that shouldn't have gone such as the Bell ...

Grier Trio to help bell tower fund - Evesham Observer

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 04:01 PM PDT

Evesham Observer

Grier Trio to help bell tower fund Evesham Observer ONE of the country's finest church musicians is going back to his roots for a special concert to raise cash for the Abbots Morton Bell Tower Appeal. Award-winning composer Francis Grier will be talking to the stage at Inkberrow Parish Church next ...

Elm, Cambs

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 04:00 PM PDT

Gislingham, Suffolk

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 04:00 PM PDT

Hot shots head for boules festival at Sherston - The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald

Posted: 10 Jul 2014 06:50 AM PDT

The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald

Hot shots head for boules festival at Sherston The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald A peal of bells from the Church of the Holy Cross will ring out at 9am on Saturday to signal the start of the action. More than 120 boules teams from far and wide will compete for the coveted cup on boules pistes set up along the High Street. At 10am ...

Video: Church bells rededicated after £80000 scheme in Averham - Newark Advertiser

Posted: 10 Jul 2014 05:33 AM PDT

Newark Advertiser

Video: Church bells rededicated after £80000 scheme in Averham Newark Advertiser The Averham Bells Education and Restoration Project at St Michael and All Angels' Church, Averham, involved extensive work to the church tower and restoration of the bells. A modern electronic drive system has been installed in the church clock and its ... and more »

Where the world's oldest family businesses call home - Business Spectator

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 06:13 PM PDT

Where the world's oldest family businesses call home Business Spectator The oldest Italian business on the list is Fonderia Pontificia Marinelli, a bell foundry established in 1040. The company's bells toll in New York, Beijing, Jerusalem, South America and Korea. The 20 employees there include five descendants of the ...