Bells sound 99 times to mark death of Duke of Edinburgh
And more bells will sound tomorrow morning. Last night, bells rang out in Wanborough and Liddington – with Tower Captain Tony Pullan also tolling a tenor bell 99 times at Bishopstone’s St Mary’s Church. Mr Pullan, of St Andrew’s Church, Wanborough, and All Saints Church, Liddington, said: “It has happened at a time when there is very little bell ringing going on. Because of the coronavirus all the bell ringers are out of practice at the moment so the ringing that I did was really concentrated on ringing slowly and solemnly. “It’s something that only an experienced rin...
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