Members of Appledore bellringers,

led by their captain, Mr Peter Dixon, had a special task when they visited Lundy at the weekend - to make a reconnaissance of the church tower and its bells.

The eight bells of St Helens were taken down after the tower was declared unsafe, but now one bell has been hoisted part-way and the Appledore ringers explored the possibility of having the single bell properly re-hung.

The ringers were among some 640 people, mainly from Appledore and Bideford, who visited Lundy on the "Balmoral" as a money-raising venture for the RNLI.

Gazette article 2 May 1975