All hands to the bell as the dismounted bells are manhandled onto pallets for their journey back to Loughborough.
Moving the bells was no mean feat as the lightest weighed a quarter of a ton, the weight of a small car. It was inscribed "M BAGLEY : MADE : MEE 1770. WILLIAM HUDSON : THOMAS IVNES CHURCH WARDENS." Mathew Bagley was a bell founder in Chacombe. Helping to move the bells were: Donald Kench, [unknown]; [unknown] and Frank Hedges, watched by [unknown]; [unknown] and [unknown]
Photographer unknown
Image lent by Mr Frank Hedges
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