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Aldridge, St Mary's, West Midlands

Bells: 8
Weight: 9-0-6
Key: A
Founders: 3-8 Taylors 1935, 1-2 Taylors 1977
Practice Night: Thursday 8-9:30pm
Sundays: 10-10:30am

This section of my site is dedicated to my home tower, Aldridge.

Aldridge has a wonderful ring of 8 bells, the tenor weighing 9-0-6 in the key of A. The back 6 were cast in 1935 by John Taylors of Loughborough, and the two trebled were cast and installed during 1977.

They form a very traditional sounding Taylors octave.

Prior to the current ring of 6, plus two trebles, there was a Rudhall ring of 5, which we believe were rung from the ground floor. The bells remained a ground floor ring until the 1970's when the local band installed a ringing floor about 15ft above the ground floor. However, when this work was undertaken, evidence of a previous floor was found, suggesting there used to be a ringing floor.