- Joined
- Wednesday August 26, 2009
- Location
- New Forest, England.
Thanks to Boab and Ollie, I'm listening to a recording from Radio 4 about Whitechapel Bell Foundry, one of my very favourite places. A magical place where you revisit yesteryear. I'm drooling as they bring to life the unique place that bells have in our lives.
As I look up I see a part of this room where I have two of my Whitechapel bells. Here is a pic. The bell on the shelf above the pic of Bobby Moore (I was there in '66 at Wembley) was made for me by Whitechapel and engraved to mark my 60th birthday. The one with a replica of the FA Cup was made by Whitechapel to commemorate Pompey's cup win last year. The bell on the wall was made by another foundry for England's World Cup Rugby win in 2003.
As to the black and white photo - that was a much younger Fido celebrating another cup win - but that was for a very dull thing. The New Forest Council of which I was Finance Director at the time won the first ever Public Sector Accounts Award in 1980 for our annual report. It was fun to receive it - British Gas were third, West Midland County were second and little old us pipped them. So we had a party the next day. That's the photo.
Now the bells have fished on the radio!
Thanks Boab, thanks Ollie for stirring me to a trip down memory lane.
As I look up I see a part of this room where I have two of my Whitechapel bells. Here is a pic. The bell on the shelf above the pic of Bobby Moore (I was there in '66 at Wembley) was made for me by Whitechapel and engraved to mark my 60th birthday. The one with a replica of the FA Cup was made by Whitechapel to commemorate Pompey's cup win last year. The bell on the wall was made by another foundry for England's World Cup Rugby win in 2003.
As to the black and white photo - that was a much younger Fido celebrating another cup win - but that was for a very dull thing. The New Forest Council of which I was Finance Director at the time won the first ever Public Sector Accounts Award in 1980 for our annual report. It was fun to receive it - British Gas were third, West Midland County were second and little old us pipped them. So we had a party the next day. That's the photo.
Now the bells have fished on the radio!
Thanks Boab, thanks Ollie for stirring me to a trip down memory lane.