On Saturday 29th July, a specially chartered vintage train will travel all the way from Hastings on the East Sussex coast to Bath and back via Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Bromley South and Clapham Junction, with all profits from ticket sales going to the fledgling charity, SBABC: Strike Back Against Blood Cancer. Read more…
The County 8-bell striking competition is coming up on 24th June, and is being hosted by the Lewisham District at Shoreham. Some useful information about the location and parking etc has been pulled together by Philippa Rooke, which can now be downloaded from here.
Various towers were open for ringing during the Central Council meeting weekend in Scotland recently. Here’s some ringing on the lovely little 6 bells at St. Andrews. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player which you can get here.
“Ring out the old, ring in the new” It may be that some future commentator will reflect on the CCCBR proceedings in Edinburgh over the May bank holiday weekend, and refer to them as “a seminal moment” in ringing history. In the meantime there will no doubt be lots of Read more…
Absent for around 20 years, regular bell ringing is back at St George’s Church in Gravesend after rector Chris Stone approached Peter Joyce to teach a band back in 2015. The bells can now be heard on Sundays, Wednesdays for practice and during special services and events. Read the article Read more…
Taylor’s at their best today at Helmsley, North Yorkshire. A glorious sounding ring of 8. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player which you can get here.
Just as last year, the Annual Meeting in Edinburgh will be streamed live to allow anyone interested to see what’s going on. The live stream can either be viewed here on the Central Council website or directly at YouTube here. It is hoped that the open meetings on Sunday as Read more…
Off to Oxfordshire this week, and part of a peal of Plain Bob Royal rung at Abingdon. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player which you can get here.
As you will hopefully all be aware, there is a major review of the Central Council underway and a number of proposals for change are being presented to the Central Council annual meeting at the end of May. As an Association, we have 5 Central Council representatives who will vote Read more…
The May 12th issue of The Ringing World contains extensive material on matters of current importance to ringers: the proposed reforms of the Central Council, the long-running York Minster saga and a recruitment initiative in schools, all covered in a depth which other media find hard to manage. There is Read more…