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The bells toll for Lamlash Parish Church arranbanner.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arranbanner.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The bells at St Mary s Church were rung during the morning service on Christmas Day. With Covid-19 restrictions putting a stop to the bell ringers meeting, the group made use of a rare bell ringing system in the church tower called an Ellacombe apparatus. The device, named after Reverend Henry Ellacombe, is designed to allow one person to ring all eight bells in the tower using a rope which is connected to a series of hammers which strike the bells. On Christmas morning, tower captain Bob Hardwick and bell ringer Tony Wakeling took turns to ring all of the bells using the hammers of the Ellcaombe apparatus. ....