The Loughborough Bell Foundry
We are pleased to welcome Josh Fretwell as a member of staff at Taylor’s. Josh is a qualified fabricator and will be based in our bell frame building department with Colin Howlett who has been with Taylor’s for more than 40 years! Welcome Josh – we hope you’ll be happy working with us.
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Following Kart’s departure to live in Estonia, we now welcome her replacement, Gary Hawkes. Gary will be based in our busy carpentry department, and we hope he enjoys his time working with our team.
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Kart joined our carpentry department a few years ago and has proved to be a really valuable member of our team. Sadly she is leaving us to move to Estonia where her partner has accepted a university study placement. I’m sure she’ll miss us and we’ll certainly miss her. She goes with our very best […]
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We’re pleased to welcome Dylon Bamford to our team at Taylor’s as an Intern. Dylon is shadowing and working under the direction of Mike Semken, our Chief Design Engineer. We hope he enjoys his time with us, and considers joining our team on a permanent basis at a later date.
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It’s good to bring in young blood so that the craft skills of generations can be handed on. Sam Armistead has joined our team as a Foundry Apprentice and he’s making a very good impression. We hope Sam will be with us for many years – he and our other young people are the face […]
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We have a wonderful team of craftsmen/craftswomen at Taylor’s and they manufacture all the hardwood components we need. Apart from bell wheels, sliders, stays and rope roller boxes, they craft doors, louvres, bell cotes etc. as required. Here Kart turns a hardwood wheel for a roller box.
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We welcome Michael Wilby as our new General Manager and hope he spends many happy years with us. Michael come to us with a wealth of expertise in both business and change ringing having very successful careers in both.
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We welcome Cathy Potter to our staff at Taylor’s. Cathy’s will be the voice you hear when you phone the Foundry. She replaces Sheila Parker, who retired in December.
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