‘…the church bells break the stillness of the silent air. Suddenly, almost from beneath one, there rings forth a peal of bells - the only chime bells in the city - running down the scale in “G, F, E, D, C” order, and sometimes changing into a “C,E,D,F,G,E,C” tune. It is the chime in the Church of the Ascension tower, at the head of John Street, presented to the church by the late Richard Jusen (sic), and immortalizing his memory by saying, to fanciful ears, as they ring “These are Jusen’s bells.” This is their story told every Sunday morning and evening till the chime merges into the solemn toll preceding silence.’
- The Hamilton Herald March 15, 1890
Alan Hughes of Whitechapel Bell Foundry examines our tower in 2006
A window in the north transept Hawkins chapel commemorates the service of Benjamin Fowler, bell ringer. He was present on that fateful Saturday evening in 1887 when the church burned.
The orginal order, courtesy of Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
