THE MANCHESTER GREATE CLOCK AND CARILLONS.
The great clock and carillons in the tower of the Manchester Town Hall, the greatest work of the kind in the world, d '■•< Were started on New Year's }Day by f the Mayor, many,thousands of people crowd- : ing the .square to hear the carillons. The big bell -upon which the, hours are struck, weighs 6 tons 9 c.wt, and the bella form < an almost, chromatic scale of 21, reaching within halfi ; a, note:of; two octaves. The : following!.are the tunes.:—'? The Har- . monious ißlacksmith," /•'.T- ( he Harp .that s once throughTara's Hall," " The Minstrel • Boy," "Canadian Boat Song.'? "Home, jt JSweetH Homei" i ..FideJes^ (Ancient and Modern, 42). " Auld Lang Syne," "Drink to me Only," "Annie Laurie," "On the banks of Allan Water," "O, Kest in the Lord," "Oft in the Stilly Night," " Christians Awake," " The Heavens are Telling," " Here's a Health," " Old JELundred, lL!l8ee the Conquering Hero Comes," "To all you Ladies." "God Save the Queen," "The Boseof . Allandale,""The Last Eose of Summer'," •• Jenny Jones*" " The Blue } Bells of Scotland," the tune ?• Hanorer,' ■ and, "Bule Britannia. s'. -- . J =
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3189, 9 May 1879, Page 2
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184THE MANCHESTER GREATE CLOCK AND CARILLONS. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3189, 9 May 1879, Page 2
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