It’s not often that the bells of Westminster Abbey are rung by anyone other than Westminster Abbey Company of Ringers – but this week’s video shows a Devon Call Change band doing just that on New Years Day. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an Read more…
Update received from Graham Long: Freda’s funeral will be on Tuesday 14th February, 1;15pm at The Parish Church of St. Alfege, Greenwich, followed by Cremation at Hither Green Crematorium. And there is a section on the meridian ringers website on her – http://meridianbells.webs.com/fredacannon.htm.
Our first session for 2017 is at St Mary’s Church, Great Chart TN23 3AY just under 3 miles west of Ashford. We have the bells from 14:00 until 16:00. If you are not be able to be there for the whole time, let me know so I can make sure Read more…
CRAG have had a good response to the survey so far, but they need even more ringers to respond. They are especially keen to get responses from those ringers who may not read the Ringing World or be in regular contact with their local guild or association. The CRAG website cc-crag.weebly.com contains Read more…
The ring of 8 bells at Presteigne, Wales were overhauled by Whites of Appleton in 2016. This week’s video is some footage from the first peal on the bells since the work was completed. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Read more…
The Central Council PR Committee have suggested ringers look out for this article in next Sunday’s Telegraph (Jan 29th). Unless there is other breaking news, there should be a two-page feature on Julie and the amazing bell ringing campaign to save lives, in which many of you have been involved, and Read more…
Message received from Graham Long: I have to inform you that Freda Cannon died at about 12.30pm on Saturday 14th January. Freda was a long standing member of the band at St Alfege, Greenwich for 60 years, Tower Captain for many years and was also President of the Ladies Guild Read more…
Dear fellow ringers I must apologise for the technical glitch that resulted in people having problems with the survey on January 14th. Three things seem to have happened at once – in relation to making the survey open to all, changing one question and editing the survey – which led Read more…
The Central Council Review Action Group (CRAG) would like as many ringers as possible around the world to complete the short survey that is available at the following URL: http://cc-crag.weebly.com/2017-survey.html It really only takes a few minutes, but your feedback is extremely important in helping to shape the future of Read more…
What people say & some suggestions What follows is largely from the 39 formal written submissions we received but I have also included comments made in the responses to our draft Vision and Mission articles as well as from the many conversations that I have had with ringers over the Read more…