{"id":14977,"date":"2017-02-22T18:06:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T18:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=14977"},"modified":"2017-02-22T18:06:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T18:06:55","slug":"st-pauls-cathedral-in-appeal-to-stop-bells-falling-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14977","title":{"rendered":"St Paul\u2019s Cathedral in appeal to stop bells falling silent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Surveyors to St Paul\u2019s say the condition of the bells has deteriorated and urgent action and \u00a3360,000 is required to keep them ringing, and in a worst-case scenario they could drop from their supports, according to a report in <em>The<\/em> <em>Evening<\/em> <em>Standard<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The bells are rung three times every Sunday and on national occasions. The bells have only been silenced in wartime.\u00a0 The cost of the work has been estimated at \u00a330,000 per bell.<\/p>\n<p>When the repairs are complete, sponsors will have their names inscribed on a donor board to be installed in the ringing room in the north-west tower. So far, the cathedral has received commitments totalling \u00a3268,000.<\/p>\n<p>The City of London Corporation is set to make a \u00a330,000 contribution to repair the heaviest bell, which it donated in 1878. Nick Bodger, the Corporation\u2019s head of cultural and visitor development, said: \u2018St Paul\u2019s Cathedral is an iconic symbol of the City\u2019s skyline, and plays a pivotal role in positioning the City as a strategically important location within London and the UK.\u00a0 Its bells are integral to this positioning. Without them, the City\u2019s standing as a place of celebration and commemoration, and as a world city with international resonance, may be diminished.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The bells will be cleaned and restored at the foundry in Loughborough where they were originally cast.The smallest will be re-hung on modern metal headstocks and The re-hang will refurbish and equip the great St Paul\u2019s Cathedral ring for the next 100 years.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/st-paul-s-cathedral-bells-need-360000-to-stop-them-falling-silent-a3462576.html\" target=\"_blank\">full article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surveyors to St Paul\u2019s say the condition of the bells has deteriorated and urgent action and \u00a3360,000 is required to keep them ringing, and in a worst-case scenario they could drop from their supports, according to a report in The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14977\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14978,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14977\/revisions\/14978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}