Market Hall Tower

My name is David Vinter, born in Louth, 1936. My father William Vinter, born at Grimsby, My mother Cecilia Jacklin---[I can trace the Jacklin family back to a Miles Jacklin B, Castle Carlton in 1616.].
Very few folk of Louth, know of the very rare historical feature of St James ,Church. In that above the bells is a very large 12ft diameter wooden wheel, in which two men can walk to raise and lower the bells, as required. Known as the 'Wild Mare', I understand there are only 3 in the UK,[ Wells cathedral has another].
This area is normally closed to the public,due to the great danger, should anyone fall the 12 ft or so, onto the bells.
Since age 19, I have been a member of Louth Photo Society, and some years ago, together with a fellow member, [The late
Derek Furlong], we obtained permission to take modern equipment aloft to photograph the rare treadmill.
Truthfully it was as black as night, but fortunately we had a sufficiently wide angle lens, and lots of electronic flash.