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14th to 17th May 2007 Lillington Church Bells & Clock Restoration - Lillington St Mary Magdalene Church Bells - The final stage of the restoration was to install all the new and refurbished bell & clock parts back into the bell chamber and ringing chamber respectively. Only the bell frame and the actual bells had remained in the bell tower. The other bell parts had been transported to the Nicholson Engineering factory at Bridport, Dorset. The clock was refurbished by a different contractor. After restoration, all the fittings were transportation from the works and back into the tower. Click Here, for photos of the clock & bell assembly, also final finished bells ready for ringing. 21st April 2007 Lillington Tower Outing 2007 - The 2007 annual Lillington Tower Outing was to Buckinghamshire. - The first tower visited was Newport Pagnell Saints Peter & Paul from 10:00an to 10:45am, on the banks of the Great Ouse River near the town centre. The second tower was a short ride down the A509 road to Olney village. We rang at Saints Peter and Paul from 11:30am to 12:15pm. After ringing we all had our lunch at Olney before travelling to the other side of the Great Ouse River to ring at Clifton Reynes village church, Saint Mary the Virgin. We were scheduled to ring from 2:30pm to 3:15pm, but after we rang the bells up and started to ring rounds, the tennor stay broke, so we had to abort the ringing and continue our travels to Yardley Hastings. Our last ring of the day from 3:45pm to 4:15pm was at St Andrew Church, before a pleasant trip back to Lillington.Click Here, for a description of the tower outing. 12th to 16th February 2007 Lillington Church Bells Restoration - Lillington St Mary Magdalene Church Bells - After many months of planning, obtaining official permission and raising funds, the work started on 12th February 2007 to restore all the bells. All the current ringers assisted Nicholson Engineering of Bridport, Dorset, to remove all the fittings from the tower for transportation to the works for re-furbishment or replacement.Click Here, for photos of the heavy works involved transporting the bell headstocks and bell wheels etc from the bell chamber, down the tower and across the churchyard to the Nicholson van. Sunday 11th February 2007 Quarter Peal - Quarter Peal of Plain Bob Minor. Rang to celebrate the birth of Ellen Taulbut on 21st January 2007. This quarter peal is the last rang before the major restoration works. See items above and below. Click Here For more photos and information. Tuesday 6th February 2007 Preparation for Lillington Bells Restoration - The last major work in the tower was in 1927, when the three old bells (cast in 1480, 1625 & 1675) were augmented to eight and hung in a new bell frame. After eighty years constant use, all the moving parts are very worn and so the project to re-hang the bells was started. The first phase of the works is to construct a jib from the top of the tower to lower the bell parts to the ground from the belfry. The same jib will be used to raise the bell parts back into the belfry after the re-furbishment of the worn parts. Click Here For more photos and information | |||||
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