St. Jude's Blackburn 007

Saint Jude's 'peal of eight bells' awaiting installation. The bells are capable of playing 72 hymn tunes, with weights ranging from 1 to 5.1/2 hundredweight. (a hundredweight equals 50.8 Kilograms)rnIn the image can be seen Mr F E Collins, the erector, on the left, and the Reverend J Parker, the vicar, on the right. In the centre of the image can be seen the key instrument (keyboard) to be used to play the bells. The image, and accompanying article, probably appeared originally in the Blackburn Times.