Ring up the Tenor at St Mary-Le-Bow, Single Handed (ISH)

[MrUNIXman]

I like to see u try that at Southwark Cathedral

[soshanna1]

brilliant



[ajrawlinson1]

when you got to ringing it normally it was striking twice?? :P

[WrongAndHome]

You seemed to ring it up quite quickly, at my tower there are people that take 10 minutes to ring up the treble.

[MrCheez34]

up wrong

[WrongAndHome]

So did you get it up right? It looks to me like you did.

[anonmonen]

@WrongAndHome Yep!

[muddiford]

@WrongAndHome Sounded to me like it was back-clappered!

[WrongAndHome]

Did you get it up right eventually?

[MrDoncaster10]

how heavy is the tenor?

[bellminsterboy]

@MrDoncaster10 42cwt

[1BODGER95]

HAHA, "bugger getting it up right!!!"

[bagpiper2005]

Nice. Put some elbow grease into it!!!

I'd like to see someone try to ring up the Liverpool tenor single-handedly. Something tells me they wouldn't get very far.

[fartwell2000]

@bagpiper2005 I wouldn't put money on your presumption. The eleventh goes up a piece of piss, single-handedly.

[corrick1980]

as any one ever rang up at hereford cathedral

[Whittingtons]

Yep, I've seen it happen more than once.

[BeFrSc]

I had the misfortune of having to raise Sherborne Abbey Tenor virtually single handed, someone eventually came along to help, and it went up right as well, YAY!!! lol

[Whittingtons]

It's been done at Worcester Cathedral too.

[vincent0ne]

Before I was stopped ringing due to Seizures from brain tumour, I rang up 27 Cwt Bell In peterboro single Handed but went up wrong.

Now I had the tumour removed nearly 2 years ago I am back to ringing.

[1BODGER95]

Well done on raising that 27cwt!

I'd never get that going!

[1BODGER95]

when you stood the bell was it yp wrong?

[BeFrSc]

yes it was.

[1BODGER95]

Say the bell it stood at handstroke and it is leaning to the left, does that mean that the clapper is on the right side or the left?

[pal05pmajor3]

the clapper would be on the opposite side of the bell that you would usually ring

[pal05pmajor3]

Have a crack at exeter cathedral tenor that would be a challenge lol

[BeFrSc]

I have raised Exeter Cathedral tenor with two people only, and that is hard enough.

[ProfMoose]

I pulled this stunt at Buckfast many years ago. It went up right. I'm in no rush to repeat the performance...

A few have tried Exeter - all failed.

[rockymountainradio]

@ProfMoose That's interesting to hear! (as it happens I have rung the tenor behind at Exeter) But I have wondered for a long time which the heaviest bell to be raised single handedly would have been, i figured that the tenor at Exeter would be to heavy for anybody to rais on there own, so I suppose it would be the 11 at Liverpool then?

[anonmonen]

@rockymountainradio I've pulled Wells Cathedral up on me own!

[rockymountainradio]

@anonmonen I think you did jolly well to manage that! Many thanks for your response, interesting conjecture from which one concludes that there are a handful of ringers (obviously your self included) who can ring up a bell up to around 60cwt, but the fact that apparently everybody who has tried Exeter's tenor has so far failed, means that 60 is about the limit...

[ProfMoose]

@rockymountainradio

If you can confirm Liverpool 11th has been done then I doubt there are many other possibles. Only really Wells, York and St Pauls. Just noticed anonmonen has claimed Wells and Wittingtons says York has been done - only St Pauls left. Liverpool might be easier than Exeter.

[rockymountainradio]

@ProfMoose Thanks Professor :) As you say not many other possibilities left! It was only a rumour I heard that sombody had managed the 11th at Liverpool, and judging by this response it is indeed definitely possible somebody could have! 

[1BODGER95]

having a crack at liverpool cathedral tenor would be even more of a "Crack" lol

[pal05pmajor3]

yep it sure would lol

[Whittingtons]

York Minster tenor has been raised single-handed

[anonmonen]

So has Wells Cathedral (guess who...)

[SrWilson]

Whats the weight of Wells Tenor mate?

[1BODGER95]

56-1-14 at Wells

[anonmonen]

Pulled that one up too, then the 9th, 8th, 7th etc before a wedding That hurt!!!

[ProfMoose]

There must be easier ways of killing yourself ;-)

[1BODGER95]

I bet! Eek.

[SrWilson]

Yep i'm oneof a handful whos managed it.

I setting my sights on exeter now if im ever down there lol.

[jona76]

I've rung the 11th at Liverpool Cathedral up single handed at 55cwt. I was sweating cobs but I did it. Tenor at Liverpool Cathedral is impossible. A few of us have tried!

[mjgriff74]

Impressive stuff! It looks bloody hard work though! How heavy is that tenor?

[irkibby]

of course the double strike might be advantageous for some ringers because it would mean they'd have more chance of getting their effing bell in the right place!

[1BODGER95]

I'd be to scared of ringing this bell on my own (not that i'd be able do it any way) When it double strikes i'd think i was bumping the stay and I'd just die of embaresment!

[SrWilson]

Very good =) I infact rung the tenor at york up single handed and did it in a similar method to this jumping on the rope to get it swinging from a highish box.

You get a feel of self satisfaction lol =).

Now can exeters or liverpools be done single handedly hmmm.

[louisisyourgod]

lol good effort

[anonmonen]

By the way, I apologise for the horrid view of both my stomach and my underwear, and for those wondering what I say at the start its "Bugger getting it up right, I'm just gonna get it up!"

[timmeh1507]

Very good, I wouldn't even get it moving! I really want to ring here one day, the bells always sound stunning on recordings at least!

[shippingforecast]

GTFU

[1BODGER95]

sorry what does GTFU mean lol. I'm a bit slow

[anonmonen]

Get The F***R Up!!!

[ryanoble]

that was quick!

[anonmonen]

11 and tenor have recently been fitted with wooden shafted clappers, the one in the 11 being most satisfactory, the one in the tenor quite the opposite!

[1BODGER95]

is it possible to ring up while stood on the box? and why was the sally bobbing even before the bell was chiming at the upstroke?

[Robster981]

Cos it went up wrong! Basically the clapper was not swinging to get it striking, yet the bell was on the way up. Ended up with the clapper on the trailing edge of the bell rather than the leading edge, hence the rolling double dong at every stroke.

[anonmonen]

I'll stop you there... the bell did start by going up wrong, but it was "flipped" on the way up, hence the loud dong half way up, by the time the bell met the balance it was up right. The double dong was caused by the less than satisfactory Wooden Clapper (My Opinion!)

[Robster981]

I have read much of these wooden clappers but never thought they'd have that effect.

[anonmonen]

i think it depends on how they are made, we made one for the Tenor at St Finbarres, Cork. this works splendidly, this one doesn't!

[1BODGER95]

When it was flipped, when it made that loud strike, did you correct it or did it just correct itself?

[anonmonen]

My mate upstairs grabbed the clapper mid flight and le the bell catch up with it (This should ony be attempted by trained personnel!!!!)

[simonbellringer]

@anonmonen So you didnt do it single-handedly if you had someone upstairs helping, did you?

[anonmonen]

@simonbellringer Yeah sorry, complete lie - will remove this misleading vid!

[1BODGER95]

Single handed?