Ixworth Restoration
May 2008
A gorgeous week of summer weather helped the team at
Ixworth dismantle and lower their six bells out of the tower under the
careful supervision of Chris Nunn and Alan Moult. Teamwork was paramount and
each bell was carefully lowered and eventually lifted on to a trailer, ready
to be transported to White’s works at Abingdon this week, courtesy of
churchwarden, local farmer and bell ringer David Reeve. Quite a feat of
ingenuity and a credit to all involved that everything went without a hitch.
It’s over to White’s now until the autumn when all six refurbished bells
will be back with two new trebles, recently cast at Whitechapel.
Ruth Suggett