Church bell silent for 150 years ringing again after family ship it to Australia
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2024-11-21
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An English village church bell silent for 150 years is finally ringing again after a family shipped it to a wedding chapel - in Australia.
The bell once rang for worshippers at St James church in Upton in Somerset - but now heralds newlyweds in Green Point, New South Wales.
Cherie Reid, who built the wedding chapel at Kantara House in Oz, rescued the bell - which dates from about 1550 - from disrepair in the UK.
She then travelled to Britain and flew it 9,500 miles home - using a crane to install it in its new home. It is now Australia's oldest ringing church bell.
Cherie said it had been difficult to source a bell in Australia.
The bell once rang for worshippers at St James church in Upton in Somerset - but now heralds newlyweds in Green Point, New South Wales.
Cherie Reid, who built the wedding chapel at Kantara House in Oz, rescued the bell - which dates from about 1550 - from disrepair in the UK.
She then travelled to Britain and flew it 9,500 miles home - using a crane to install it in its new home. It is now Australia's oldest ringing church bell.
Cherie said it had been difficult to source a bell in Australia.
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