Update 5 June 2012: sadly some technical problems arose, meaning the bell wasn’t able to ring on Sunday. The bell expert has been brought back in to fix it. We’ll let you know when it is working again.
After years of silence, the bell in the tower of St Columba’s church in Crosspool will ring out once again this morning.
The peal will take place just before 10am to mark the queen’s diamond jubilee.
Priest–in-charge at the church Reverend Frances Eccleston is planning on the bell getting more use from now on: “We hope to ring a brief peal on the bell before our 10am service on Sunday morning most weeks.”
The St Columba bell sits in the church tower behind four concrete panels. It was cast in Loughborough in 1901 before being set in the tower in December 1955.
Crosspool News - crosspool.info 
Fantastic to see it brought back to life for the community- thank you.