A historic Nottingham bell has rung out across the city once again after three months of renovations.
Nottingham’s council house has finally broken its silence today, Friday, November 7, after the 100-year-old Little John Bell underwent renovations due to chiming issues.
The bells last rung out across the city on Tuesday, September 2, at 12noon ahead of the 10 week operation to restore its famous tune.
The E flat tone is the deepest in the country and can be heard from up to seven miles away. It’s located 200 feet above ground in The Dome which is a private area of the Council House.
The last time the bell was silenced was in the Second World War and has been estimated to have chimed over three million times since 1928.
The Little John Bell is the fifth heaviest bell weighing in at 10.5 tonnes in the United Kingdom with the heaviest being Great Paul located in St Pauls Cathedral, London weighing 17 tonnes.
A small crowd gathered at the entrance of the Council House to witness the historic event and hear Little John’s music once again.
Claire, 42, a Nottingham local, said: “I knew the bell was going to be ringing again today so I wanted to come down, whilst being in the city, to hear it again.”
The bell was constructed in Loughborough, 1927, by bell founders John Taylor & Co and has only been silent twice in it’s history.
The £60,000 project has been funded by the government’s UK shared prosperity fund and has had it’s outer gold leaf coating re established.
