Carillon100

So here I am, interrupting the story of the Coltman family [1], engineers and boilermakers yet again, to bring you a very short piece about the Carillon [2]. The reason for this is that on Saturday 22nd July, the Carillon celebrated its 100th anniversary, and there was an event in Queen’s Park, to mark this.

The Carillon opened for viewing at 11am, which was the same time as the information stalls lining the path up to the Carillon also opened. The most impressive stall had to be that from Taylors Bellfoundry, where staff and volunteers were on hand to help people play handbells, and have a go at a variety of other creative activities – and there were a lot of visitors, despite the rain! Some of the other stalls included the Loughborough Library Local Studies Volunteers, the Sea Cadets, Active Charnwood, Royal British Legion, Great Central Railway, Loughborough Grammar School, and Leics. County Council’s Cultural Leicestershire and go Learn!

I was there too, and it was a huge pleasure to meet so many local people with so many interesting stories to share! Five hours in the [mostly] pouring rain passed in a flash, and I did so much talking I only managed to grab one small cup of tea from the flask!! I had no lunch, either, but the discussions I had gave me plenty of food for thought!

During the afternoon, there was a wonderful Carillon recital, given by our wonderful Borough Carillonneur, Caroline Sharpe, and this was followed by a ceremony of thanksgiving. Some of the civic party included the mayor, the Lord Lieutenant of the County, Jane Hunt MP, Mike Jones and Lez Cope-Newman, both Freemen of the Borough, representatives from John Taylor Bellfoundry, the VC of Loughborough University, members of the armed forces and the British Legion, the Rev’d Wendy Dalrymple who led the service, and the composer of the anniversary piece which was played during the service, Pip Greasley, amongst others. An anniversary bell had been created by John Taylors Bellfoundry, and this was unveiled at the end of the service.

Had the weather been a little less wet, following the service, there would have been people and families picnicking in the park, but sadly, it was far to rainy for this. Nevertheless, there were plenty of people around, who were either chatting amongst themselves, chatting to stallholders, or taking the opportunity to climb to the top of the Carillon and see the amazing view!

The event on Saturday was followed by a further event on Sunday, when the Carillon opened its doors to visitors at lunchtime, and the Charnwood Concert band played in the bandstand.

As I spent most of my time chatting, I’m afraid I didn’t manage to take many photos, and those I did only really show my restricted view! Oh to be a teeny bit taller!!!

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NOTES

[1] Earlier posts about the Coltman family can be found here:

Ernest Edwin Coltman

The Coltman family

Ernest Edwin Coltman - sister and about him 

[2] A very small selection of earlier posts about the Carillon include [use the search function or the tag cloud to find the many others]:

Loughborough Carillonneurs Part 1

Loughborough Carilonneurs Part 2

Loughborough Carillonneurs Part 3

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