The second in a short, three part series from my home-when-at-university towers, Clifton in Nottingham. Three years of studying for a degree and I finally manage to get them onto KZitem right at the end, with three specially commissioned touches just for filming, this one filmed by guest camerawoman Hannah Bryan, the Ringing Master's daughter, at Holy Trinity (known by locals as Holy Tinnitus... watch to find out why!).
This was actually the last to be filmed, but is being uploaded second because I'm going up in weight. We've left the two and a half hundredweight six behind, and these are so much heavier. Three and a half hundredweight tenor on these, and they're actually an eight. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to film all eight ringing, because the first time I was too tired after a peal here (www.campanophile.com/view.aspx?142973) and the second time we didn't stop between a quarter peal (www.campanophile.com/view.aspx?142882) and the service ringing. This was a special visit after two other quarter peals (www.campanophile.com/view.aspx?143139 and www.campanophile.com/view.aspx?143146), so all three towers rang on the same day. If you hadn't noticed, I'm being a grumpy old man and sticking by Campanophile and rejecting BellBoard :-P
Again, Grandsire Doubles, and this time I don't go wrong! I really shouldn't go wrong, as it is by far the most oft rung method at the three Clifton towers, but I still do when I have a bit of a brain fart after I switch onto autopilot when ringing it. This is then followed by ringing the bells down (the reverse of "up"...)
Anyway, these bells are very light, and rather flighty. You have to be delicate and gentle with them, as they and St Francis' (see Part One) have sprung steel stays. The tenor especially is very light set, and when ringing any one of them you cannot feel anything on the other end of the rope! They can go very quickly, as the wheels are out of proportion, so usual peal speed is 2h15, with quarter peals usually around the 30m mark.
The church is at the other end of Southchurch Drive in Clifton to both myself (well, where I used to live) and St Francis', with one church at either end. Both are due for demolition soon though, with one new church being built on this site. The Nottingham Tram will travel along Southchurch Drive too, but the works haven't progressed that far at the time of upload. Soon it will be "All change please!" on that road, and I apologise for the awful pun there...
Part Three coming soon, and they are a much more sensible weight...
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