BRITISH BELLS
VICTORY PEALS YESTERDAY. BROADCAST HEARD CLEARLY IN NEW ZEALAND. A feature of the 8.8.C.’s Pacific service programme heard in New Zealand last night was a broadcast of the triumphant pealing of the church bells, which rang out to celebrate the deeds of the Eighth Army in Libya. Reception was very clear. The first bells broadcast were those of Westminster . Abbey. Then, from Edinburgh, Scotland, came the sound of the bells of St. Cuthbert’s, from Armagh, North Ireland, more cathedral bells. Wales was represented by the bells of Llnadaff Cathedral, these being chimed instead of rung because of bomb damage to the cathedral fabric. To represent the quiet countryside of Britain, the bells of St. Mary’s, Prestwich, Lancashire, wore chosen. The broadcast was fittingly ended by the bells from the sole remaining tower of Coventry Cathedral, devastated with the surrounding town two years ago. There was a surprise element in this broadcast. The tune of the famous hymn, “O God Our Help in Ages Past” was played for the opening line, and then followed triumphant running peals. In closing the broadcast the announcer suggested that in occuped countries these would be heard as bells of encouragement and hope.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1942, Page 3
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199BRITISH BELLS Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1942, Page 3
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