Restoring the Bells
This gallery shows the progress of the restoration. At the moment (January 2012) three of the bells are at the foundry waiting to be recast, five are at the bell hangers to be cleaned and retuned and then mounted on new headstocks.
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![[Stripping the fittings from the bell frame]](media/images/smallbareframe.jpg "Preparing to remove the bells at St Laurence")
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A small team of ringers dismantle the fittings from the bell frame. |
![[Lowering number 2 bell down the tower]](media/images/smallbellsinchurch.jpg "Removing the bells from St Laurence")
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Whites of Appleton help the ringers remove the bells from the tower. |
![[The treble leaving the church on a pallet]](media/images/smallbellonpallet.jpg "The treble leaving the church on a pallet")
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The bells leave St Laurence on their way to the foundry. |
![[Pouring molten metal into the bell mould]](media/images/smallpourmetal.jpg "Pouring molten metal into the bell mould")
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The Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast a new tenor, treble and number two bell. |
![[The new frame at Appletons]](media/images/smallappletonframe.jpg "The new frame at Appletons")
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Bell hangers at Whites building the new frame to support the bells. |
![[New steelwork in the tower]](media/images/smallsteelintower.jpg "New steelwork in the tower")
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Installing the new steel grid in the tower. |