Photo of the week
Four new bells installed in St Salvator’s Chapel Tower.
Monday 13 September 2010
Scotland’s first University broke a new record this weekend and became the first University in Scotland to have a full ring of bells suitable for change ringing - with the installation of four new bells in the University’s chapel tower on Sunday (12 September 2010).
St Salvator’s Chapel has stood proudly at the centre of the University of St Andrews for 550 years, with its tower one of the highlights of the famous skyline. However, until now it has only housed two bells – three short of the minimum of five bells to make a ring of bells, and to allow a peal to be rung.
The four new bells join the existing bells, Katharine and Elizabeth, in time for the 550th anniversary of St Salvator’s Chapel on 3 October 2010, and will be used to announce services, celebrate special occasions such as weddings and graduations, and bring the total number of chapel bells to six in time for the University’s 600th anniversary.
The project is made possible by generous donations from Michael Buchanan, the After Many Days Club, the Keltek Trust and the St Salvator’s Chapel Bell Ringing Society.
Photograph by Angus Forbes