Then, suspended above the abyss, borne to and fro by the formidable swinging of the bell, he seized the brazen monster by the ear-laps, pressed it between both knees, spurred it on with his heels, and redoubled the fury of the
peal with the whole shock and weight of his body.
And when the awful rite was finished, and with cold hand in cold hand, the Married of Eternity withdrew, the organ's
peal of solemn triumph drowned the Wedding Knell.
'Now,' he said, 'gather them up; and when this cursed
peal of thunder, which I feel is coming up to break over the house-top, is gone, let's hear your story.'
And the organ
pealed, and the children's voices in the choir sounded so sweet and soft!
Ringing Master of the North Wales Association of Church Bell Ringers, Peter Furniss, said: "We will be attempting the longest
peal by this method, ever done in North Wales.
The land, highlighted in red, was once home to Carillion's
Peal House headquarters, pictured here in 2010.
After the midnight countdown to the new year, the bells will ring "A Royal
Peal" and "Auld Lang Syne," concluding with music from the "Royal Fireworks" by Handel.
Noon until 4pm: Bell
peal to mark Armistice Day (the same
peal that was rung at Newcastle Cathedral the day the Armistice was announced in 1918).
Noon until 4pm: Bell
peal to mark Armistice Day (the same
peal that was rung at Newcastle Cathedral the day the Armistice was announced in 1918).4pm: Sunset Act of Remembrance and Choral Evensong, with bugler playing Last Post and Reveille from the top of the Cathedral Tower.
The new equipment featured a heavy duty Tong
Peal Caretaker-style in-feed hopper to transport the onions to a pre-inspection table.
In Larnaca a morning
peal of bells also took place and the flag was hoisted in Eleftheria Square by Larnaca mayor Andreas Louroudjiatis.
Nuala said: "We were lucky to get help from experienced ringers from other churches and, as a result, our band has become quite proficientso much so that some of us managed to successfully ring the quarter
peal, which is about 45 minutes of non-stop ringing.