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The Lilliputters Guild Summer Tour 2024 – Day 4

0:00 Introduction 1:40 Saltaire 4:40 Bingley 8:47 Keighley 12:40 Skipton in Craven After a generally laid back start to Tour - unheard of for a Simon production! - it was time for our Big Day Out. Expertly organised by Alex B, this took us out of our comfort zone of York, and into the wilds of West Yorkshire! Much to Alex R and Harry's collective delight, the train was to be our mode of transport today; a soggy start (the only rain of the week) failed to dampen our spirits as we headed for York station, bound for Leeds and onwards to Saltaire. Almost miraculously, every train ran to time - I should get Alex to arrange these things more often! Saltaire is a delightful little town, and a listed World Heritage site since 2001. The "model village" was built by Sir Titus Salt to house his his textile mills' workers. The Grade I church, in Italianate Classical style, was the first public building commissioned (opened 1859), and Salt paid the cost of the building himself (£16,000 - over £2m in today's money!). However, the tower was devoid of bells until 2003, when a light ring of six was cast by Eijsbouts (of Asten, Holland) and installed by Eayre & Smith. They are a very sweet little ring, although we unfortunately didn't produce our best ringing here. The touches featured are jump call-changes (inside) and Stedman Doubles (outside). https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/tower/10472 By now, the sun was blazing, and we decided to forego the train, instead opting for a pleasant walk along the canal to our next tower, Bingley. After a suitably refreshing lunchbreak - a picnic in the sunshine, in my case - it was time to tackle our first eight of the day. There has been a church on the site of All Saints since pre-Norman times, originally dedicated to St Lawrence; the present building was begun in the early 1500s. The bells themselves are are a real hotchpotch of dates and founders, which come together to form a rather nice, old-fashioned octave. They were augmented to 8 and hung in a new oak frame by Mears & Stainbank of Whitechapel in 1873, and received a major overhaul by Taylors in 2017. What makes these bells memorable is their Yorkshire tail ends - a remnant from bygone days of call-change ringing, whereby the double-tuck is replaced by a second, smaller, sally; much more comfortable on the hands where no change of speed is demanded, but rather less practical for change ringing! Still, we all enjoyed grappling with these, marching our way through call-changes and Stedman Doubles (both featuring here), as well as some Plain Bob Triples. https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/tower/16353 An excellent article on Yorkshire Tail Ends (including Bingley's famous "pop-pom" rope, seen at 7:38), can be found here: https://www.whitingsociety.org.uk/art... Onwards to Keighley, and back to normality (at least, as far as ropes were concerned!). Situated right in the heart of the town, St Andrew's was rebuilt in 1846-8, to a design by ecclesiastical architect Robert Dennis Chantrell (whose best-known work was Leeds Minster). Keighley has a long, distinguished ringing history; peals are recorded here as far back as 1770 (in the old church, naturally). The current bells are a complete eight, cast in 1914 by Gillett & Johnston to replace the previous octave. Whilst they sound pleasant outside, they are somewhat disappointing inside, with a low ceiling not doing anything for the internal acoustics. The 6th was also a bit of a challenge! Despite heat and tiredness starting to affect the group, we produced some very respectable ringing here, with call-changes (inside) and Plain Hunt (outside) the touches of choice for the camera. https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/tower/12061 Onwards to our final tower and ultimate destination - Skipton in Craven; a classic Taylor eight to finish the day! This is another tower with a long history of ringing, with the first recorded peal here in 1809. The old eight were recast by Taylors in 1921, and are undoubtedly fine; in my opinion, the best eight in their weight category (now that will cause a debate!). Led by Will - voted the best Ringing Master of the week - our ringing featured here includes more call changes and Plain Hunt, as well as a Short Touch of Bristol.... :-) https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/tower/13655 All belled out for the day, it was a quick march back to the train, ready for the journey home. Having grabbed a York tower yesterday, I was delighted to grab a York pub today - I was suitably impressed by the York Tap on York station! The evening saw the annual battle for glory on-stage, formally known as The Lilliputters Guild's Talen Show. Alex B retained his crown, fending off stiff competition with a predictably masterful Shakespearian soliloquy. Coming up in Day 5 - where would our second "city day" take us in York? Having run to time all week, were we finally due a slip-up somewhere? And did we find a new favourite tower? All will be revealed soon enough!....