LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Our kind of town

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:22:37

Description

Keith Howell presents an episode of Our Kind of Town which looks at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Includes an interview with company director William Hughes on the foundry, how a bell is made, how they are tuned, and other items they have made. Ends abruptly. This is possibly only part of programme.

Contributors

Keith Howell; William Hughes

Keywords

London; Bells; Church bells; Bell founding; Bell ringing; Whitechapel Bell Foundry; Whitechapel; Foundries; Metal workers; Copper; Tin; Scrap metal dealers; Metal trade; Metal smelting

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