tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post4461393657245293466..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: St AlphegeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14967642706117767812012-04-19T14:13:03.624-07:002012-04-19T14:13:03.624-07:00Find the oldest bells you can. I heard today of t...Find the oldest bells you can. I heard today of the largest complete set of medieval bells in Britain, and they are around the Hay on Wye area, I think - not a million miles away - then stand beneath the tower about 50 - 100 feet away from it...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-54251368369024574782012-04-19T14:01:26.430-07:002012-04-19T14:01:26.430-07:00I think I'd like to listen to the bells the wa...I think I'd like to listen to the bells the way you did Tom. Glad you're better.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-63104997280787299852012-04-19T13:26:54.899-07:002012-04-19T13:26:54.899-07:00Thanks Broad - all ok now.Thanks Broad - all ok now.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-28029237551306942932012-04-19T13:26:26.240-07:002012-04-19T13:26:26.240-07:00I recovered after a nap, thank you Weaver, and wen...I recovered after a nap, thank you Weaver, and went into work very late.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-77792171395619970532012-04-19T13:25:34.241-07:002012-04-19T13:25:34.241-07:00I have a good story about the restoration of Bath&...I have a good story about the restoration of Bath's organ, which I will save for another post.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-90735535311807838302012-04-19T13:24:31.698-07:002012-04-19T13:24:31.698-07:00You obviously haven't met the Tower Captain in...You obviously haven't met the Tower Captain in the flesh.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-85571326646413292392012-04-19T13:23:28.252-07:002012-04-19T13:23:28.252-07:00You and Mise should get together - she likes helic...You and Mise should get together - she likes helicopters too. Last week, 2 jets flew to Bath at supersonic speed, then hovered (upright) around a helicopter and a UFO. The noise was deafening and the fuel consumption must have been horrendous.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-28818057345352497022012-04-19T07:43:32.102-07:002012-04-19T07:43:32.102-07:00Thanks for the lesson in 'listening' to Be...Thanks for the lesson in 'listening' to Bells. I'd no idea. Hope you feel better -- soon!The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-87390142570231851972012-04-19T07:04:54.134-07:002012-04-19T07:04:54.134-07:00I agree Tom - good bells played well are lovely to...I agree Tom - good bells played well are lovely to listen to.<br /><br />Sorry about the pain - seems there is a lot of it about.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-83151072735368150642012-04-19T06:53:57.645-07:002012-04-19T06:53:57.645-07:00I shall have to listen to church bells closely now...I shall have to listen to church bells closely now, to see if i hear that in between business. I know i've had similar transcendent experiences listening to pipe organs, where i get inside each note as it were.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-13952114340298033822012-04-19T05:28:02.969-07:002012-04-19T05:28:02.969-07:00It's always worried me that the person 'in...It's always worried me that the person 'in charge' of a team of bell-ringers is known as a 'Tower Captain'. Surely they could have come up with something more appropriate.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-86577507897322976152012-04-19T03:31:25.589-07:002012-04-19T03:31:25.589-07:00we only have the one bell, which I am sure you hav...we only have the one bell, which I am sure you have heard on on of my videos ( despite the sound of the helicopter)<br />when Chris rings it, he does so in double time,which I am sure galvanises the ancients in the village to race for the hillsJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-64299812420137057392012-04-19T02:56:08.202-07:002012-04-19T02:56:08.202-07:00Making a lot of noise from a great height, but wea...Making a lot of noise from a great height, but wearing Raybans whilst doing so - good choice, Mise. I've decided that I am ill, so I am going to lie on the sofa all day, listening to the bells.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-24032618299739154342012-04-19T02:49:16.363-07:002012-04-19T02:49:16.363-07:00I was once an amateur bellringer (in Norwich) but ...I was once an amateur bellringer (in Norwich) but I felt that the dress sense of my fellow amateur bellringers was lacking so I turned to amateur helicopter-flying instead. That was just as noisy though.Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-52350016878612374462012-04-19T02:31:16.819-07:002012-04-19T02:31:16.819-07:00Rather strangely, I looked up 'St Alphege'...Rather strangely, I looked up 'St Alphege' for a picture to illustrate this post, and came across the above picture taken at St. Alphege's, Whitstable, the town the I lived in before moving to Bath. The man's following me around.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com