The Bells
St. Andrew’s Bells, Clewer
Have you noticed something odd about the bells since Christmas?
If you enjoy listening to the bells, you may have noticed a difference in the last few months. Unfortunately one of the wheels has fallen apart and where there should be 6 bells ringing, now there are only 5.
The other bells, along with the frame, need to be repaired urgently before they resemble the play recently performed in Windsor, ‘And then there were None’.
A restoration project is therefore under way. Some of the money will be provided by charitable funding, but the ringing band needs to raise the rest themselves. A variety of ways of raising this are being planned and it is hoped that the local community will add its support.
The bells will be removed from the tower by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in September. We hope that they will be reinstalled before Christmas.
This quite costly project will be paid for by the church family, grants and some fund-raising events and donations, so any donations would be very welcome.
Cheques should be made out to ‘St Andrew’s Clewer Bell Fund’ and sent to:
St Andrew’s Church
Mill Lane
Clewer
Windsor
SL4 5JH
Thank you for your support
