Northern Suburbs & Tygerberghttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/149672024-03-28T09:00:12Z2024-03-28T09:00:12ZNorthern Suburbs, Ysterplaat South, Dutch Reformed Churchhttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/198982023-04-21T13:45:26ZNorthern Suburbs, Ysterplaat South, Dutch Reformed Church
Ysterplaat South, Dutch Reformed Church. The Dutch Reformed Church at Ysterplaat-South has recently been incorporated in its sister church in Ysterplaat-North. The church and its surroundings are currently under reconstruction to be used as a meeting centre for the parish. The church was built in 1966. In the closed tower hangs a bell of fairly good size. Below the shoulder and in between two moulding wires runs a decorative band with fishes and the cross and rho sign as we encountered it in Dutch Reformed Churches of Gamka East in Beaufort West and in Witsand. A bit below this freeze figures the emblem of the foundry: It is a well-ornamented shield that in the centre contains the weapon of the family, with 3 bells (2 + 1) and a helmet on top. Around this shield are two circular inscriptions. The outer one reads Me Fecit Ingenieur Hans Huesker. The inner one in the upper half circle reads Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock and in the lower half circle Gescher – Westf. This last word is an abbreviation for Westfalen, the district where the foundry has been located in Germany since 1690. Hans Hüsker used to run the foundry up to his death in 1979 when Florence Hüsker took over. Below the emblem stands Ysterplaat-Suid 1967. Above the sound bow one finds information on the donors and the dedication of the bell: + + Geskenk deur Mnr en Mev P. S. Fourie ter gedagtenis aan hul seun Paul en sy verloofde Pikkie Bester + +
Northern Suburbs, Ysterplaat North, Dutch Reformed Churchhttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/198972023-05-17T07:55:08ZNorthern Suburbs, Ysterplaat North, Dutch Reformed Church
Ysterplaat, Dutch Reformed Church.
The Dutch Reformed Church in Ysterplaat North has a straight concrete tower with three vertical openings on the four sides. From the ground one can see a bell that is attached to the ceiling of the tower. The position of the bell made it impossible to make measurements so that we had to restrict our work to an acoustical recording and a number of pictures. Fortunately, we already had some prior information on the bell that was acquired from the archives of Petit & Fritsen in the Regionaal Historisch Centrum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The weight of the bell is 198 kg, and it was billed to the South African Organ Builders on 25 January 1959. The bell has been made by the Petit & Fritsen foundry from Aarle-Rixtel in Holland. Below the shoulder figures a broad decorative band with angels playing musical instruments. Below is a smaller band with hanging leaves. In between the two bands one finds the text that often appears on bells of the founder. Comparing it with other bells from the same period we expect the text to be + A.D. 1959 + Petit & Fritsen Aarle-Rixtel, Holland [????] where only a small part of the text was actually readable. The [????] refers to the number in the order book of the company. We expect it to be around the number 3000. On the side of the bell one can see the emblem of the foundry that shows a seal with three bells 1 and 2 in between the branches of a tree. Above the sound bow in between a pair of moulding wires we expect the dedication of the bell Gelewer Deur Die Afrikaanse Orrelbouers (EDMS.) Beperk Pretoria. A set of three more moulding wires on the lip complete the decorations on this well-kept bell.
Northern Suburbs, Vasco, Dutch Reformed Churchhttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/198962023-05-17T07:55:46ZNorthern Suburbs, Vasco, Dutch Reformed Church
Vasco Dutch Reformed Church. The Dutch Reformed Church in Vasco is a flat building with a small turret in the middle of the building. The square tower is on the four sides covered with aluminium layered louvers. On one of the sides one can climb over the roof to reach the tower. However, the louver is fixed so tightly that it was impossible to open it. We only could make a few pictures of one side of the bell that fortunately suffice to gain more information on the foundry.
The bell has been made by the Petit & Fritsen foundry from Aarle-Rixtel in Holland. Below the shoulder figures a broad decorative band with angels playing musical instruments. Below is a smaller band with hanging leaves. In between the two bands one finds the text that often appears on bells of the founder. One reads around the bell [+ A.D. 1962 + Petit & Fritsen] Aarle-Rixtel, Holland [????] with only the central part being actually visible. However, there are sufficiently many bells from the same foundry in the Western Cape that we can safely guess the major portion of the unreadable parts. The [????] refers to the number in the order book of the company. We expect it to be around the number 4000. On the side of the bell one can see parts of the emblem of the foundry that shows a seal with three bells 1 and 2 in between the branches of a tree. Above the sound bow in between a pair of moulding wires we read the dedication of the bell Gelewer Deur Die Afrikaanse Orrelbouers (EDMS.) Beperk Pretoria. According to information from the archives of Petit & Fritsen in the Regionaal Historisch Centrum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, the weight of the bell is 202 kg. It was ordered at the foundry on 12 October 1962 and shipped to South Africa by m.s. Hadja. The archives also mention that there was a second bell of 54 kg, ordered simultaneously with the one hanging in the tower.
Northern Suburbs, Bellville, Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Churchhttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/198952023-04-21T01:03:16ZNorthern Suburbs, Bellville, Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
Bellville, Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. In the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Fatima in Bellville hangs a copper bell without a crown or any decoration. According to locally acquired information the bell is a copy of a similar bell made in KwaZulu Natal. It was hung in the tower in 2019 even though the church itself dates from 1950. In the choir of the church hangs a small cupper bell in a very ornate hanger.