For Whom the Bells Toll - Wm. Shakespear (well, nearly)! - 16-05-2006“For Whom the Bells Toll” – Wm. Shakespeare (well, nearly)! Fellowship Members enjoyed a day off from Scouting and visited the “Globe Theatre” and the “Whitechapel Bell Foundry”
From the Globe, the group progressed north of the Thames into Whitechapel to one of the few remaining ,working, Bell Foundries. Here we were treated to a tour of a works which can trace it’s beginnings back over five and a half centuries. We saw how the moulds for the bells were made. And, yes, they still use horse manure and goat’s hair in the moulding loam! A truly enjoyable and informative day out. | Events: Cub Swimming Gala Cub Swimming Gala ... News: Norway Safari This April, 2 Explorer Scouts and 2 Network members set off to Norway to complete the ‘Explorer Belt Expedition’ – an urban exploration of at... |
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Nearly an hour was spent being escorted around the Globe by an enthusiastic guide. We heard how the original Globe theatre came to be on the South Bank of the Thames, how it burnt down and eventually how, hundreds of years later it was rebuilt as close to the original method as possible, to present Shakespeare’s Plays in the original manner. The whole building is timber built, with all the main timbers mortised and tenoned together, and all held in place with 12,000 wooden pegs! Audiences still sit on wooden benches, and the cheapest tickets only allow you to stand in the yard, to come and go as you please, even during the performance.
It works best. The foundry manufactures bells of all sizes, from raw metals, to the complete supports and ringing mechanisms. From tiny clock chime bells, to hand bells, and to church bells weighing up to 12 tons each.