Tans is die Toringkerk \u2019n byenes van bedrywighede nadat steierwerk opgerig is ter voorbereiding vir opknappingswerk aan hierdie historiese gebou in die hartjie van die Paarl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Woordvoerder vir die kerk het ges\u00ea die bouspan is steeds in \u2019n ondersoe\u00adkende stadium na die omvang van die opknapping wat aan die toring en die horlosie gedoen moet word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar intussen wil die publiek van die Paarl weet wanneer die kerkklok weer gaan lui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die drama om die klok het reeds in 2012 begin. Die klok het vir \u2019n geruime tyd stilgestaan vanwe\u00eb herstelwerk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En omdat die klok ver oor honderd jaar oud is, was dit nie \u2019n maklike taak om die nodige onderdele daarvoor te kry nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar te danke aan \u2019n plaaslike spesialis-horlosiemaker is die klok herstel en het dit in 2016 weer begin lui. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die klok se gebeier was egter van korte duur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Getroude paartjie wat hul intrek in die Paarl geneem het terwyl die klok stil was, was woedend toe die klok weer begin lui het en het gedreig dat hulle die kerkraad gaan dagvaar omdat hulle nie die kerkklok se geluid kan verduur nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die paartjie het destyds in \u2019n onderhoud aan Paarl Post<\/span> ges\u00ea dit was vir hulle \u201conhoud\u00adbaar\u201d toe die klok skielik elke 15 minute begin lui het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hulle hou vol hulle het die kerkraad telkemale versoek om ni\u00e9 die klok op te wen nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hierna het hulle het \u2019n prokureursbrief aan die kerkraad gerig en die kerkraad met dagvaarding gedreig. Weens hierdie dreigement het die kerk\u00adraad besluit om die kerkklok vir tyd en wyl stil te hou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Di\u00e9 Norman & Beards-kerkklok is in 1906 met die amptelike inwyding van die kerkgebou in gebruik geneem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Maar Paarliete beskou die kerkklok se lui as \u2019n tradisie wat al 120 jaar sonder enige klagtes in die Paarlse middedorp weerklink \u2013 d\u00edt totdat die paartjie hier hul intrek geneem het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit het ook hier betrokke geraak en \u2019n desibel\u00adlesing van die klok se klank geneem om vas te stel of dit binne die wetlike geraasperk val.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En volgens hul bevinding oorskry die kerkklok se lui wel die voorgeskrewe desibels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die kerkraad het die vrede probeer bewaar en die plaaslike horlosiemaker Chris Snyman ingespan om \u2019n alternatief te vind sodat die klok slegs in dag-ure lui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maar terwyl Snyman nog met \u2019n patent hiervoor vorendag probeer kom het, is hy skielik dood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Onlangs het die gemeenteraad van die Toringkerk goedkeuring verleen vir die stig van \u2019n spesiale fonds vir die herstel van die kerkklok asook die restourasie van die binneruim van die toring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOns toring is amptelik die hoogste kerktoring in Suid-Afrika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDit is daarom een van die belangrike bakens in ons pragtige dorp met sy ryke geskiedenis,\u201d het die kerk in \u2019n verklaring ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIndien dit met ons goed gaan, wil ons die horlosie gedurende die 150-jaar-vieringe van ons gemeente aanstaande jaar weer in werking stel.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tans is die Toringkerk \u2019n byenes van bedrywighede nadat steierwerk opgerig is ter voorbereiding vir opknappingswerk aan hierdie historiese gebou in die hartjie van die 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