The Loughborough Bell Foundry
Orders for bells weighing more than 2 tons are no longer frequent, but Taylor’s still maintains the furnace capacity and ability to cast such bells when orders are placed. Our largest tuning machine can tune bells weighing as much as 20 tons, and this beautiful Edwardian masterpiece is still used once most years. Our last […]
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Cast iron is a wonderful material for places which are often neglected like belfries. Its rate of oxidation is so slow that we regularly clean and re-use components supplied to churches by this company more than a hundred years ago – after cleaning off the surface rust they look like they’ve just come over to […]
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With the major building restoration works scheduled to begin in four months or so we’re turning our minds to the many thousands of objects that will need moving or storing while the restoration is in progress. Some of the machinery will need to be relocated temporarily or moved permanently to new positions, whilst other equipment […]
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As Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II begins the 70th Year of her reign we’ve looked in our archives to see where bells were cast for at Taylor’s all those years ago. Many bells were cast for churches in Great Britain, including new rings of bells for Pier Head, Liverpool, Hughenden and Stockton on Tees. Many […]
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Engineer and bell frame builder extraordinaire, Colin’s 50th anniversary at Taylor’s comes round at Easter this year. We had hoped to hold a celebratory lunch and presentation in the Boardroom to mark the occasion, but notoriously shy, Colin has declined the invitation. Back in 1972 Colin was a fresh faced youth whose family had worked […]
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Government money to encourage the regeneration of towns throughout the country has resulted in a grant of £835,000 being made to the Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust towards the restoration project at Taylor’s Bell Foundry. Charnwood Council’s bid for investment cash resulted in a grant of £16.9 million being made to Loughborough to support 11 regeneration schemes […]
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A new ships’ bell was commissioned for the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. After many delays in commissioning the ship and sea trials, the bell was finally delivered to the ship at anchor in Portsmouth on Friday. The bell has a highly polished finish in keeping with all such ships’ bells, and […]
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On Tuesday 25th January the Directors & Staff at the Foundry met in the Board Room to mark a very special occasion – Mick Smith has completed 50 years working in our carpentry department. A true craftsman, Mick has manufactured thousands of bell wheels, made claviers, louvres, and many other bespoke hardwood items needed for […]
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