The following images were taken on Thursday 25th April 2013 and the article titled

"HUNT IS ON FOR BARROW BELLRINGERS"

was published on Saturday 27th April 2013.

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The following images were taken on Wednesday 14th August 2013 and the article titled
"WORK RINGS THE CHANGES TO REPAIR BARROW CHURCH’S BELLS"
was published on Thursday 15th August 2013.

The following images were taken on Thursday 15th August 2013 and the article titled
"MOVE TO REFURBISH BELLS CHIMES WITH FREDA, 94"
was published on Friday 16th August 2013, but not online.

The following images were taken on Tuesday 7th January 2014 and there were three articles titled
"Sound move as bells make their way back home" - NW Evening Mail on Tuesday 7th January,
"Church bells return home" - NW Evening Mail on Wednesday 8th January, and
"Let bells ring out" - NW Evening Mail's Advertiser Front Page on Thursday 9th Jan

"Barrow Bells Make Long Awaited Return" - Online article published on Wednesday 8th January

The following images were taken on Tuesday 21st to 23rd January 2014 and there were two articles titled
"Things looking up for revamped bells" - NW Evening Mail on Thursday 23rd January,
"These should ring a few bells" - NW Evening Mail on Friday 24th Jan - online version=Set of Historic Bells Set to Ring Out

This group of images were taken on
Wednesday 29th January 2014
at the test ringing of the bells.

This was the first ringing on the full set of bells
since they fell silent 15 years ago in 1999.

The North West Evening Mail
published a single article
on Thursday 30th January 2014, titled: "
Restored bells ring out for the first time this century"

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Dennis Ellisdon stands in doorway of the new belfry

Dennis Ellisdon and Geoff Pullin
ring the restored bells

Ringers pleased with newly restored bells, pose for group photograph
Dennis Ellisdon [centre] surrounded by [L-R] Geoff Pullin, Jo Sweeney, Keith Newby, Carole Pullin, Andy Pollock, Louise Nixon, Owen Osmotherley, Carl Hallows, Alan Dewar and Hugh Pettifer.

John Woodcock MP comes to lend his support and see/hear the restored bells being rededicated.

Rt. Rev. James Newcome
Bishop of Carlisle

Rt. Rev. James Newcome
Bishop of Carlisle

Freda Standish, daughter of
Fred C Limb who was a ringer at St James back in 1925

St James' churchwarden Brenda Pearce,
and tower captain Andy Pollock,
stand with newly blessed bell-rope
symbolising the newly restored bells.

Ringers who rang the bells briefly in the middle of the rededication service.
[L-R] Hugh Pettifer, Carole Pullin, Andy Painter, Frazer Smith, Alan Dewar, Owen Osmotherley, Carl Hallows, and Ron East

External view of St James - magnificent Paley and Austin designed church.

St James' Tower Captain Andy Pollock
lowers and gathers the ropes before the peal.

Andy Pollock - Tower Captain at St James, readies the ropes for peal

Andrew Deakin from Octopus Collective
prepares microphone for live audio feed broadcast on the internet.

Alternative photo of peal band.

A team of eight bell ringers set off to perform the first peal of the century (in fact the first peal in 20 years)
on the bells at St James' Church in Blake Street, on St James' day exactly 137 years after the first ever peal on the bells
L-R: Tom Metcalfe, John Proudfoot, Simon Poole, Simon Woof, Doug and Joe Beaumont, Denis Ellisdon and Tower Captain Andy Pollock.

Jonathan Robinson (NW Evening Mail reporter) is introduced to St James' church bells from the old belfry.

Jonathan Robinson being taught the basic techniques
to ring a church bell by Andy Pollock

Jonathan Robinson learns to ring a church bell at St James,
with tuition from tower captain Andy Pollock