Brazen thieves chucked a 380-year-old bell off a church roof before stealing it
Hindley, Wigan, last Wednesday (January 27). However, volunteers only realised it was missing on Saturday when they discovered a perfect bell-shaped divot in a patch of grass in the churchyard.Eileen Magee, who volunteers at the church in Chapel Fields Lane, said: "I can't believe it, I feel sick."We have no idea how they got up there."I have been involved in this church for about 80 years.