The ACA began their new season of social events with a talk by David Potter, the Advertising Director of Taylor’s Bell Foundry in Loughborough. Twenty five people braved the inclement weather to attend his talk at Measham Leisure Centre.

During the first half of the talk David related the history of the company, how it came to be located in Loughborough in 1839 – the proximity of the Grand Union Canal was an important factor – and how a bell is cast.

After the interval there was an impromptu talk on change-ringing, a past-time peculiar to England and which evolved towards the end of the reign of Elizabeth the First. Many of the carillons used in this hobby are manufactured by Taylor’s.

There is a museum on the site of the bell foundry which is open to the public.