CAMPANOLOGY

THE MAKING OF A LIBERTY BELL REPLICA
( 30 mins. )

To commemorate the 300th Anniversary of religious liberty in America, the Whitechapel Bell Foundry was commissioned by the Providence Forum, Pennsylvania to produce a replica of the Liberty Bell.
Using the original patterns and methods, this bell was cast in the same casting pit as used in 1751.
It now serves as a stationary and mobile object lesson for children and adults on the history of American religious liberty.

Building inner core
Original casting pit
Shaping outer cope with strickle
Original casting pit

THE BELLS OF ST. BARTHOLOMEWS
( 75 mins. )

A donation of an additional 4 new bells was made to the Otford Church. This Video, with commentary, tells the story from dismantling the two existing bells through the construction at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry of the four new bells to the re-installing and blessing of the 6 bells.
Profits to the tower fund.

Bells are rung up
Bells prepared for tuning
Opening ceremony