After lunch we motored over to East Bergholt to buy a few things to cheer the garden up in winter, and called in at the church. After the collapse of the church tower, the bell cage (see photo) was built as a temporary measure in 1531, and houses the heaviest five bell peal in the country. It has been in use ever since, except that about ten years ago, there was a mishap, and one of the bells killed a ringer. The bell cage was then closed for a few years whilst a few changes were made for safety, and it is now again in action, the bells being rung every Sunday morning and on special occasions.
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Suffolk makes very permanent and durable 'temporary' measures - No wonder time goes so slowly there.
I can see how a ringer could get crushed by a big bell at ground level, but after half a millennium of safe usage it seems less likely than being shotten by your pupils!
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