Clapped Out - but Ringers Smash 100-Year Record ; Longest Peal On Heaviest Bells

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THE bells rang out for Liverpool Cathedral on Saturday afternoon as a world record was broken by its ringing team. It took nearly five hours of continuous ringing to break the record for the heaviest eight-bell peal ever rung, which had been held for more than 100 years by Exeter Cathedral.

The group of nine ringers included father-and-daughter combination Len and Rachel Mitchell, who together rang the tenor bell - which, at just over four tonnes, was the heaviest.

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Clapped Out - but Ringers Smash 100-Year Record ; Longest Peal On Heaviest Bells

Although Liverpool Cathedral already has the highest and heaviest peal of b...

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