"When the King enjoys his own again"

Kendal Town Hall clock has eleven bells and plays tunes at certain times. . You can see I was there at midday and wondered what was the tune. If it was not for Blip I would not have gone home and discovered that a different tune is played on each day of the week. Today was Thursday and it was the old royalist song "When the King enjoys his own again". I can't say I was familiar with the tune and I cant find a Youtube link  for Thursday but I have found Monday Kelvin Grove , which you can hear if you click the link;  bear with advert and the 6 o click chiming first.  You'll get the general idea of what we Kendal shoppers enjoy if we are there at the right time.
And if you want more history - read on . If not stop here!
PS there's still snow on the ground in my valley and its very cold. 

Kendal Town Hall Clock Tower
Kendal's major landmark has stood atop the Town Hall since 1861. Not only is it clearly seen but it's clearly heard. The clock strikes the hours, chimes the quarters, and four times daily at 9am: noon: 3pm: and 6pm: carillons ring out musical compositions with a different tune allocated to each day of the week.
Sunday. "Devotion". ( by a Kendal composer)
Monday. "Kelvin Grove".
Tuesday. "British Grenadiers".
Wednesday. "Poor Mary Anne".
Thursday. "When the King enjoys his own again".
Friday. "Gary Owen". (Irish composition)
Saturday. "Na luck aboot the hoose". ( Scots) Kendal Town Hall.
This Victorian building standing on Kendal's main street was adapted for use as a Town Hall in 1859. It contains a number of attractively refurbished rooms which are available for functions, dances, weddings, conferences, operatic and dramatic productions, meetings of any size, coffee mornings and midday concerts. At pavement level close to the main entrance is the Ca-Steean or Cauld Stone which once formed part of Kendal's original Market Cross. The stone marks the place from where important local and national news was proclaimed and is still occasionally used during the events season.

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