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

[Larry Brown]

I work for the NYC parks, I have seen 3' x 4' plaques from war memorials
stolen and never recovered, entire brass/bronze sculptures or parts of them
stolen after being hacked off and huge sections of aluminum railings and
fencing. The memorial plaques really upset me as they have the names of
people from the local community and the community names on them and cannot
be mistaken for something else so the they are knowingly bought by the
JUNKIES. Many scrap yards have no more ethics than the drug users, they are
just addicted to full trucks that mean $. Some have all sorts of
requirements for regular scrap but I know of guys who bring things around
back and get less money but no paper work for questionable items.
Larry Brown 

-----Original Message-----
From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce
.
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 8:07 AM
To: terry l. ridder; Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] why church bells are not stolen was Re: the theft of
metal public

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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