EAST HADDON BELLS - REFURBISHMENT
The refurbishment programme occupied some 3 months over December 2010 to February 2011, with expertise supplied by Steve Westerman from Taylors, and the labouring work done by a team of 9 volunteers from East Haddon. We worked through the coldest winter for 30 years, with almost all the work done in the (unheated) belfry. Substantial work was needed to the floors of both belfry and clock room to get the bells out and back in.
While the bells were away at the foundry, the team cleaned and waxoyled the bell frame, and cast a substantial concrete beam to secure the ends of the frame and prevent further movement.