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I'll start us off with an early digital clock



This one is stuck at twenty past four in the afternoon, but its right once a day which is better than no clock at all.

West Putford Church, south doorway

 

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Hi Woo,

Lol :hehe: Tea time is a good time.

Marley will be along after bell ringing tonight, hopefully with some pics of her church.

Meantime, if you like vertigo, try this one,



Looking off the tower of Long Sutton Church in Somerset

 

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More great pics, thanks Ziggy!!

 

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Bit of failed lath & lime plaster at west putford church again, we ended up replacing the whole lot, due to health & safety issues.

 

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Hi Ziggy,
The earliest digital clock I have ever seen was in St Mark's Square, Venice.
Am I wrong or are there earlier ones ?

 

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You could be right Alice, all I really remember was the pidgeons & the young tour guide, hormones run quite strong in an 11 year old (for the tour guide, not the pidgeons :o)

 

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Nice one Marley.

Your tower has been braced at the corner with butresses, making it much less likely to develop cracks from the bells movement.

I was going to say, someones nicked your sundial, till I saw the bit about the clock,
now i'm going to say, somebodys nicked your clock !

I can make out a few putlog hole stones, one to the right of the bottom of the window & one to the left of the niche.

These were holes thru the wall that wooden scafold poles were tied thru to a scafold either side of the wall as it was being built. They were blocked up as the scafold came down & are often left hollow. If their pointing fails, they make good nest sites for bees & wasps. We found a medieval paint crock in one at North Curry church.

http://www.northcurrychurch.co.uk/

Masons still do things to annoy the painters, even now:D

Serious bells Marley, like the ghost in the pics toos00k

 

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Thank you, Marley.....those are some great pictures.

I like the statue of "the chap"......very nice.

 

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Penny, are you Canadian born and bred?

I spent some time working in Vancouver. I love it. I can't describe how lovely it is, and how nice the people are.

I love Britain though, with its ancient history. A place like Sutton Hoo makes your spine shiver.

 

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Cant have one without the other :D

Heres a detail of one.

http://www.norwich.gov.uk/webapps/citywall/38/General/38_Gen06.jpg

Not one of my jobs.

I love the sense of walking into the past when going into a bellringing chamber. Because they are not used as much as other rooms, its like compressing time, taking all the weeks out & just leaving the weekends. Bits of stuff about previous ringing sessions (Marley will tell me the proper name for those, something like carillion I expect) Old photos & usually old jam jars