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in reply to a message by Magia
Sir Benjamin Hall was the Head of the Public Works Dept when the bell was made, or cast - whatever you do to bells.
At school we used to sing a round: Great Tom is cast, And Christchurch bells go One, twothreefourfivesix, and Tom comes last.
I haven't thought about that for decades - anyone know which Christchurch it refers to, and indeed who Tom was for the bell to take his name?
At school we used to sing a round: Great Tom is cast, And Christchurch bells go One, twothreefourfivesix, and Tom comes last.
I haven't thought about that for decades - anyone know which Christchurch it refers to, and indeed who Tom was for the bell to take his name?
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