Many thanks to Ros Cole who has been able to identify the schoolchildren with the Church handbells in the June to July 2024 edition of ElevenSays.

Left to right: Gillian Purdy, Michael Hayward, David Scott, Valerie Purdy, Sandra Parkes, Lynda Stackwood, Michael Perfitt, Alfie Stubbs, Helen Ellis, Heather Parkes, Angela Clough and Brian Rose.

The church handbells were renovated by Mark Walland earlier this year thanks to the generosity of the community. They were originally bought from The Church Bell Foundry on Whitechapel Road in London on 30th September 1899. The church still has the original receipt for £6 15/- (£6.75).

Surlingham Church is hoping to use the renovated bells as often as possible in future.