16. THE BELLS In 1985 a grant was received from the Bicentennial Authority to enable the completion of the tower and spire and to install bells which were included in the original design by Edmund Blacket in 1871. A ring of eight redundant bells was purchased from St Mark's, Leicester, UK. They were restored at the bell foundry of John Taylor at Loughborough, UK. The bells were named after ships of the first fleet - Supply, Friendship, Charlotte, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales, Scarborough, Alexander and Sirius. The Tenor bell, Sirius, is the largest, weighing 21cwt 3qrts 3 lbs, or just over a ton. The bells were baptised in the grounds of the cathedral by the Archbishop of Canterbury and installed ready to ring by October 1988. Two more bells were added in 1994, Fishburn and Golden Grove, followed by two more in 2005 - Borrowdale and Endeavour. This completed the ring of 12. The final bell, a Flat 6th, was added in 2006 and is dedicated to Arthur Phillip and all who sailed with the First Fleet, 13th May 1787. This bell gives us the opportunity to ring a combination of eight of the lighter bells. There is a commemorative inscription on this bell which links the City of Goulburn with the family of Sir Henry Goulburn in Bletchley Surrey. Ringing tower bells requires training for several months. The bells swing through a full 360 degrees so that they can be rung in a specific order. The ringer must control the swing of the bell so that they ring in the correct place. Bellringers do not ring by a musical score but by numbers. Special sequences can be rung so that every combination of the bells are rung.