"Handbell" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... which was described as a very handy affair, handcuffs, leg-irons, special constables' staves, which were always much needed for the usual riots on Gunpowder Plot Day, and the old primitive fire-engine dated 1745. The town has some remarkable plate. There is the mayor's handbell with the inscription:— ...
— Vanishing England • P. H. Ditchfield |
