What can I say about these?
They were a complete surprise to me. My wife gave them to me for a "special birthday" present and the first I knew about them was when they were hanging in my garage after I had been away for the day!
They are a complete Higby & Bowditch 6 hung by Matthew in the garage roof on the morning of Saturday 9th April 2005. They are hung as pairs between the roof supports with 2 pairs side by side and the third pair swinging mouth to mouth with one of the other pairs. They are laid out as the back 6 of an 8
The first ringing was 3 leads of Plain Bob Minor on the evening of the 9th April. The following day there was further ringing with rounds on 6, All Saints Doubles on the back 5, Plain Hunt Minimus double handed on the back 4 and Stedman Singles first on the front 3 and then on the back 3.
The first ropes fitted on the bells were temporarily on loan from Matthew. They were originally at Pig-le-tower and had over 2million changes rung on them! A new set were ordered from Minchin's so I could chose the sally colours! These were delivered and fitted during July