[TheForge] why church bells are not stolen was Re: the theft of metal public

[Bruce .]

Maybe we could start a registry of sculpture, &c., that police, metal
recyclers, etc., could check when they get a suspicious piece. Make it
searchable by metal type, general appearance, and other relevant search
terms.

Bruce
NJ

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 7:29 PM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
wrote:

> Hello;
>
> I have been informed by a friend, who is a vicar, in the Church of
> England as to why the church bells are not stolen.
>
> every last church bell is cataloged in a government database/journal.
> every last church bell is photographed by the church, the insurance
> company and the government.
> every last church bell is unique in design and decorations.
>
> a church bell showing up at any scrap yard in the UK would be questioned
> even by the scum scrap yard.
>
> Size and weight are not the issue. there are some church bells that are
> the size of handbells. Easily stolen.
>
> the larger bells would definitely require some heavy lifting.
>
> There is one church which has a bell named George.
> George, is only rung on Easter and Christmas.
> George, is a huge bell.
> George, hangs staionary.
> The clapper is what is pulled when George is rung.
> The clapper on George is actually padded so that George is not too loud.
>
> I would wager a bet that a person would be killed just by being in the
> bell chamber of the bell tower when the bells are being rung out.
> The sound that close in the bell chamber must be painful.
>
> --
> terry l. ridder ><>
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