When I a was a youth at school we had a hippie science teacher who was determined to show all the wonders of modern science
Power around the home .was his favorite lessons
One day he decided to teach us the way a front door bell worked so with coils of wires and round magnets we build a front door bell and fitted it in a panel of wood to demo it it was good and we never ad one at home so I decided to make a bell and fit it in the front door.
Well I found an old scrap bell in a box so that saved a bit of Meccano stuff and I drilled the door for the wires and fitted the bell base to the outside of the door
It was a pot base with a metal bell push bit held on a leaf spring at the back and the two wires went one on the metal tab and the other onto the earth part of the base when the bell push was pushed on it touched the two contacts together and the bell rang ,,when you let go of the push it sprung forward and disconnected the circuit hence the bell rang when pushed….
Well I got it wired but it kept running down the batteries so I needed a better scourse of power and then I spotted the ceiling light fitting . NOW here s power for the asking!!!
So I pinched one of the ironing fittings and fitted the light bulb into one side of it and the bell wires into the other
That bell when activated sounded off like a fire engine it vibrated the front door and sounded off of like the chimes of the parish church
DRIIIIIIIIING DRIIIIIIIIIING wow it was wonderful to hear.
All went well throughout the summer months the bell was a watch tower of strength and power we was all pleased with it.
Callers commented on the power of that bell, OH yes we had a bell like no other in the street
Come the first wet day of winter and we were due an awakening to the latent evil masked by that bell.
The first notice of trouble was when my brother came running down the stairs to say the milkman was lying in the road under his bike with milk all over the place and he says the bell tried to kill him!!!.
Mother was outraged at this comment HER BELL which had never attacked anyone since installation by her son and heir. Well the rain kept chucking itself about in the windy weather so Joe the milkman was picked up in one hand and his carrier bike in the other and mum brought him in to dry off a bit.
Half an hour later dry in body and clothing and nice and warm Joe decides to carry on with his deliveries.
Mother escorts him up to the front door and to demonstrate his error she presses the bell push.
The effects on her huge 20 stone person was amazing , she stiffened up as if instant rigor mortis had sent in and her eyes were twice the size normally expected ..
I saw her peril and switched off the front porch light switch .at which point Mother drew in a huge breath of air she started to tremble and her eyes returned to only twice their normal size and swung in my direction like a 12” cruisers battery seeking out a target to engage.
It was prudent for me to withdraw as fast as possible and to remain so for some time
The bell was instantly demonized and became out pride and joy to our in built demon fit for destruction
NOW GET IT OFF MY DOOR NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
I decided to remove the bell at a later date when the escape route wasn’t such a risk , the science teacher received a visit from my mother pointing out he should be more careful OR ELSE!
oh yes i remember the BELL
Pete skipper
