BOB Newton is proud of his connection to the towering Carillon in Kings Parade - and he wants to make sure his grandchildren know the part their family played as well.
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Mr Newton hosted his grandkids on the weekend to present them with medallions that explain their link to the Bathurst CBD's imposing icon.
The medallions say they are the great-great-grandchildren of James Howe Newton, "builder of the Bathurst Carillon 1933".
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"It [the Carillon] is such a landmark in Bathurst and we've got the Festival of Bells coming up," Mr Newton said.
"So we got a medallion made up for the great-great-grandkids as something special."
Mr Newton's family contains generations of builders.
"My great-grandfather came out from Yorkshire," he said. "He was a builder and stonemason.
"Jim [James Howe Newton], his son, lived in Bathurst all his life."
Jim Newton was clerk of works and builder for the Carillon, Mr Newton said, and went on to be an alderman with the Bathurst Council.
He appears in one of the black and white photographs on the bus shelter in Russell Street near the Carillon.
"It's a great photo of them raising the last bell, the biggest of the bells [for the Carillon]," Mr Newton said.
"He's holding the handle."
Mr Newton said Jim Newton was also involved in the development of Mount Panorama, giving him an association with another Bathurst icon.
