Taylor’s Tales – Taylor’s and G & J, the one that got away
Having successfully found out how to get a bell perfectly in tune, Taylor’s were able to produce carillons. The definition of a carillon is a minimum of 25 stationary bells spanning two octaves. In 1904 they made a small experimental 40-bell carillon at the...
Taylor’s Tales – Bells in Literature
Bells have featured prominently in many works of fiction, often used by authors to symbolise themes of celebration, warning, memory, mystery and time passing. That said, many writers like Thomas Hood perceived bells as rather sinister, often as harbingers of death....
Taylor’s Tales – Taylor’s Fire: The Night of 23rd June 1891
Just after 1875, John William Taylor I seeing the clock trade prospering around Queen Victoria’s (1887) Jubilee revived interest in installing a striking clock and associated 8 bells in a tower (80ft high) on the Bellfoundry House side of the site “…to conduct...