Monday 29 December 2008

Merrily on High: In Britain, Bell-Ringing's Eternal Peal
Washington Post - United States
In Britain, bell-ringing is so prevalent in thousands of old churches that the sound forms a familiar, almost unconscious fabric of life. ...
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Saturday 20 December 2008

Wadhurst church bells could soon fall silent
This Is Sussex - Tunbridge Wells,UK
Chris Bainham, who met his wife Ann bell ringing and has enjoyed the activity for more than 50 years, is deeply concerned the ancient tradition is on the ...
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Saturday 6 December 2008

Band of British bell ringers brings a peal to Texarkana
Texarkana Gazette - Texarkana,TX,USA
The society is purely a bell-ringing society with headquarters at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, founded in 1747. ...
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Saturday 29 November 2008

Taylor bells on TV
By jennie
At 5.15pm on Tuesday 25th November 2008 on BBC 2, the programme ‘Escape to the Country’ will feature some bellringing as St Marys Church, Kersey, Suffolk. The two trebles at Kersey were cast by Taylors in 1985 and the tenor is a 1969 Taylors ...
Taylor's Bells - http://www.taylorbells.co.uk/news/

Ringing in half a century
Mrs Margaret Snyder (right) marked 50 years of bellringing with a quarter peal of 1277 changes at Newark Parish Church.
Newark Advertiser News Headlines - http://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/

Thursday 20 November 2008

Liverpool bellringers smash world record
Liverpool Daily Post
THE bells rang out for Liverpool Cathedral on Saturday afternoon as a world record was broken by its ringing team. It took nearly five hours of continuous ringing to break the record for the heaviest eight-bell peal ever rung,

Monday 17 November 2008

Liverpool Cathedral bell ringers aim for new world record
Liverpool Daily Post - Liverpool,England,UK
Ring master Len Mitchell and his daughter, Rachel, will be ringing the Tenor bell, the heaviest of the set, together. He said: “A full peal consists of ...
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Wednesday 12 November 2008

Bell ringers say special thanks
Swindon Advertiser - Swindon,Wiltshire,UK
Now this weekend the town will be honoured further as bell ringers from all three services perform a quarter peal at St Bartholomew and All Saints Church on ...
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Monday 10 November 2008

Camborne Parish Church Bell Ringing
Falmouth Penryn Packet - Falmouth,UK
THE Bell Ringing Team at Camborne Parish Church is being reformed. An experienced Tower Captain from Tuckingmill Church will be coming weekly to encourage ...
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Thursday 6 November 2008

Remembrance services
Fakenham and Wells Times - Fakenham,England,UK
The half muffle bell ringing gives a normal ring followed by a muffled ring, sounding like an echo, as one half of the clapper inside the bell is covered by ...
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Time has finally taken its toll on bells now due for £50,OOO overhaul
Express & Echo - Exeter,England,UK
All four men are seasoned bell-ringers and have years of experience dismantling and erecting church bells. Ian, 58, who has been ringing for 40 years, ...
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Friday 31 October 2008

Bells ring out after ten-year silence
Malvern Gazette - Worcester,UK
When everything was finished, the bells were hauled back into position and a team of bell ringers toiled for three-quarters of an hour to ring a celebratory ...
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Watch the video and cringe!

Ringing appeal so ringers can make a real peal
Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK
Mr Balcomb, 68, has been bell- ringing for 53 years. He said that age and size was no bar to anyone wanting to become a ringer. Although the largest bell at ...
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Wednesday 29 October 2008

The voice of town church is blessed
Buckingham Today - Buckingham,UK
Joint tower captain, Diana Slevin, said some of bells had become out of tune and the problems with the mechanism made bell ringing harder work. ...
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Monday 27 October 2008

Ring them bells!
Market Rasen Today - Market Rasen,England,UK
A UNIQUE chance to experience bell ringing was offered to primary school children in the area when the Lincoln Guild of Bell Ringers brought their six bell ...
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Pulling power of Durham Cathedral bells
Journal Live - Newcastle upon Tyne,UK
Anne Heywood, the cathedral’s Chapter Steward, said: “The climb is arduous, as Durham has the second highest bell ringing chamber in England. ...
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Ringing the changes for Hounslow's heritage
Hounslow Chronicle - London,England,UK
Builders are set to complete restoration work on the stone tower early next month, after which bell-ringers will be able to get back to work. ...
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Friday 24 October 2008

Legal defeat for neighbours who complain of pub and church bell noise
People who buy homes near church bells or cricket pitches then complain about the noise should just tolerate it, the High Court has ruled...

Saturday 18 October 2008

Ding dong row over halloween bells
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norwich,England,UK
Plans to revive a medieval bell-ringing tradition at Halloween have caused a ding-dong about paganism in a Suffolk town. Organisers of the town's Pumpkin ...
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Thursday 16 October 2008

Bells ring out for first time in 50 years
Hampshire Chronicle - Winchester,England,UK
Bell-ringers had to be drafted in from the surrounding villages for Sunday's ceremony but Mr Cruickshank said he was appealing to Avington residents to ...
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For whom the bell tolls
News Shopper - UK
During the day, local bellringers will be showing how it is done and passers-by will also be invited to give bell ringing a try. ...
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Bell ringers attempt a difficult feat
Ledbury Reporter - UK
... Holder » LEDBURY’s bell ringers are preparing to tackle a most difficult feat, the challenging full peal, sometimes called the marathon of bell ringing. ...
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Devon B&B: Ringing the bells in Devon
places2stay - Stirling,Scotland,UK
A public display of bell ringing is due to go ahead this weekend in Totnes which will provide a rare treat for guests staying at a Devon B&B. ...
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'Give pubs a break'
Morning Advertiser - UK
Licensing consultant and pub owner Michael Kheng took part in the bell ringing. “We are ringing this bell not because it’s last orders, but as wake up call ...
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Pubs to ring time on Westminster (15/09/2008 : 17:05:21)
Brands for Pubs and Bars - Uxbridge,England,UK
The bell-ringing protest was planned to take place at the same time as a new report was published entitled A Wake-Up for Westminster - Economic Trends in ...
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Bells ring out for pubs
The Publican - London,UK
The bell-ringing coincided with the launch by the British Beer & Pub Association of new report A Wake-Up for Westminster - Economic Trends in the Beer and ...
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Wedding bells ringing after repairs
expressandstar.com - Wolverhampton,England,UK
The occasion was made all the more special as Mr Rainbow is himself a bell ringer at the church. The town church which sits prominently on the hill by St ...
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(Sorry for this roundup of news - I found that googlemail had been putting google alerts into my spam folder! I've retrieved them all now so service should be back to normal from now on. Google is not perfect after all!!! Ian)






Wednesday 15 October 2008



MK News
Bells appeal rings up waste tax cash
MK News - Milton Keynes,UK
... to a wider audience and training opportunities aimed at providing a supply of bell ringers to continue the heritage of English-style bell ringing. ...
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Bells are set to ring again in Winslow
Buckingham Today - Buckingham,UK
More than £60000 was raised by the bell ringing team and their supporters to fund the restoration of the church clock, bells and tower, and an exhibition ...
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PHOTO GALLERY: Ancient form of bell ringing!
Hingham Journal - MA, USA
The public was invited to listen to this ancient and complicated form of bell ringing as well as view Hingham Bell Tower, one of the only freestanding ...
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BBC News

Ding-dong over church bell noise
BBC News - UK
But neighbours did not give his church bell broadcast a ringing endorsement. They complained to South Lanarkshire Council and the church has been ordered to ...
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Bell ringers convene in Miami to study ancient art
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
Miami has the only such bell tower in Florida; the closest is in Charleston, SC Change ringing is a feat that combines aerobics with intense concentration ...
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Thursday 9 October 2008

ValeFest goes live
Melton Today, UK - 7 Oct 2008
... people who can't sing but want to learn, to help put together a church bellringing festival and establish a Saturday morning music school in the Vale. ...

Cultural project gets under way
Bath Chronicle, UK - 2 Oct 2008
BMX racing and bell ringing were among the highlights as the city launched its participation in the UK Cultural Olympiad. Bath and North East Somerset ...

Thursday 2 October 2008

Bell ringing
Summary of a BBC TV programme
Matthew Wright meets one vicar on a mission to get school kids ringing bells.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/content/articles/2008/08/22/london_preview_s14_feature.shtml

Tuesday 30 September 2008

Bells ring out for first time in 50 years
Hampshire Chronicle - Winchester,England,UK
Bell-ringers had to be drafted in from the surrounding villages for Sunday's ceremony but Mr Cruickshank said he was appealing to Avington residents to ...
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Sunday 28 September 2008

Ding Dong! Try a free bellringing class this weekend
Enfield & Haringey Independent, UK - 26 Sep 2008
By Hannah Crown » EVER fancied a spot of bell-ringing? Now's your chance, as part of the cultural Olympiad now includes the chance to be guided through the ...
Honour for bell ringer
Diss Express, UK - 26 Sep 2008
In recognition of his duties and teaching others bell ringing, Mr Driver has been elected an honorary life member of the Suffolk Guild of Ringers, ...
Bell ringer jailed for sex abuse
The Press, New Zealand - 25 Sep 2008
He abused her at First Church when taking her for bellringing lessons, and made her watch pornography featuring bestiality. The victim, now in her 30s, ...
Prison term for former church bellringer Radio New Zealand
Church bell-ringer jailed for sex offences Otago Daily Times
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Tuesday 23 September 2008

Bell ringers attempt a difficult feat
Ledbury Reporter, UK - 20 Sep 2008
By Lindsay Holder » LEDBURY’s bell ringers are preparing to tackle a most difficult feat, the challenging full peal, sometimes called the marathon of bell ...

Devon B&B: Ringing the bells in Devon
places2stay, UK - 19 Sep 2008
A public display of bell ringing is due to go ahead this weekend in Totnes which will provide a rare treat for guests staying at a Devon B&B. ...

Visitors get hands-on experience at St. Wulfram's open day
Grantham Today, UK - 5 hours ago
But the star attraction was the electronic bell-ringing simulator, featured in last week's Journal. The simulator replicates what it is like to ring church ...


VIDEO: Journal reporter takes up bell-ringing challenege
Grantham Today, UK - 18 Sep 2008
This week an electronic bell-ringing simulator will be housed within the church and on Saturday, as part of the St. Wulfram's open day, people can come ...

Chance to have closer look at Devon's heaviest bell
South Devon Herald Express
THE heaviest set of bells in Devon will be on display to the public for a bell ringing open day at St Mary's Church, Totnes, this weekend.

Saturday 6 September 2008

Take a journey back in time as town’s history is revealed
Wokingham Times - Wokingham,England,UK
On the same day, a talk on ‘English Style Bellringing – 400 years of English Heritage’ will be given by John Harrison, tower captain of All Saints Church in ...
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Pensioners death set to be probed
Newmarket Journal - Newmarket,England,UK
Prior to the fall, the life-long Mildenhall resident, who lived at Queensway, had been bell-ringing at the wedding of Forest Heath councillor, and retained ...
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Open Rehearsal: Get the inside track on London's vibrant arts and ...
Greater London Authority (press release) - London,England,UK
... inspired by Ray Davies' new musical 'Come Dancing', whilst in Bexley would be campanologists can try their hand at bell ringing, when the Charmborough ...
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Thursday 4 September 2008

Italy: Priest fined €60000 as loud church bells take their toll
This is not about change ringing, but perhaps is slightly worrying to bellringers - Ian
guardian.co.uk - UK
In any case, he added: "We haven't been ringing the bells for at least four years now." There was another church only 100 metres away, he said. ...
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Fressingfield gears up for music event
Diss Mercury - Diss,England,UK
They are said to have been used by bell ringers to go around town collecting liquid contributions to sustain them during the thirsty work of bell ringing. ...
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Tuesday 2 September 2008

Brother of tragic verger pays tribute
East Anglian Daily Times - Ipswich,England,UK
It was after the occasion of a wedding and completion of the bell ringing that he sadly passed away. “A caring and true servant of the Church, ...
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Bell-ringer dies in wedding fall
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
After ringing the bells to celebrate the weekend wedding in the English town of Middenhall, 80-year-old Jack Sturgeon fell 10m from the St Marys Church bell ...
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Appeal for bell-ringers
The Star - Sheffield,England,UK
THE new tower captain at Tickhill Parish Church is 'ap-pealing' for people of all ages to join the bell ringing team. Derek Wagstaff took over this year ...
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Bell-ringer falls to his death in front of shocked congregation at ...
Daily Mail - UK
The bride, groom, and their assembled guests watched in horror as 80-year-old bell-ringer Jack Sturgeon fell 30ft down a church tower moments after ringing ...
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Bell-ringer tolls for the last time as he plunges 30ft to his ...
Daily Mail - UK
... looked on in horror as 80-year-old bell-ringer Jack Sturgeon fell 30 ft down a church tower moments after ringing the bells for the happy occasion. ...
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Man, 80, plummets to death
Newmarket Journal - Newmarket,England,UK
It is believed he had been bell ringing at a wedding at the time. The Queensway pensioner was treated for serious head injuries before he suffered a heart ...
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The world's strangest instrument? Find out at bell fest
Leamington Spa Today - Leamington Spa,England,UK
He will give recitals on his three-ton, 50-bell instrument as part of a two-day Ringing Roadshow expected to be attended by more than 1000 camponologists, ...
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Argument against bells fails to chimewith their ringers
WalesOnline - United Kingdom
Practice night is Friday night with the bells being rung up around 7.40pm and down by 9pm and after taking chatting into account the total bell-ringing time ...
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Bells celebration at village fĂȘte
The Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury - Wymondham,England,UK
The new ringing gallery, with its glazed screen, is designed so that visitors can watch live bell-ringing in progress. Paul Cattermole, a bell-ringer and ...
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Four days of fun at festival
Harborough Mail - Market Harborough,England,UK
There will also be a walk from 7pm and a bell-ringing exhibition at the village's St Peter and St Paul Church at 6.30pm. A summer fete will follow on ...
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A new firm of bell founders?

http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/10m-scheme-ring-changes-town/article-279528-detail/article.html

Bell ringer nearly drops a clanger on Brisbane trip
The Northern Star - Lismore,New South Wales,Australia
By EMMA O'NEILL BELL ringing isn't what you'd call a high-risk activity, however people have died charming towns with chimes, and on Sunday one Lismore bell ...
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Tricky rescue after freak bellringing accident
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
A bellringer was injured in a freak accident in the bell tower of a Brisbane church on Sunday - causing a real problem for her rescuers. ...
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Church bell tower drama
Courier Mail - Australia
By Robyn Ironside A WOMAN spent an hour trapped in the bell tower of Brisbane's St John's Cathedral today after breaking her leg while trying to ring the ...
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Tourist breaks leg ringing bell
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A WOMAN taking part in a bell-ringing tour became tangled in the ropes of a cathedral bell, broke her leg and was left trapped up the bell tower. ...
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Woman tangled in bell tower ropes at St John's Cathedral

A WOMAN taking part in a bell-ringing tour became tangled in the ropes of a cathedral bell, broke her leg and was left trapped up the bell tower.http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24194945-3102,00.html



Bell ringing causes freak accident
LIVENEWS.com.au - Sydney,NSW,Australia
A leg of a 50-year-old woman became caught in the rope while she was in the tower ringing the bell at St John's Anglican Cathedral in Brisbane city. ...
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Bell ringer injured in freak church accident
ABC Online - Australia
She was ringing the bell at St Johns Cathedral in the city when the rope wrapped around her leg and she was yanked off her feet. ...
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Church rings in changes with eight bells
NW Evening Mail - Barrow-in-Furness,England,UK
He said: “Bell ringing was always a huge part of our lives. It was actually how we met, aged 16. I felt it was a fitting tribute to Roselyn and I’m ...
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Monday 11 August 2008

Lego village raises cash and flood awareness Bell project set to ...
Henley Standard - Henley,UK
“By doing this we will protect the heritage and tradition of bell-ringing at Shiplake for the next 100 or more years and also play a part in protecting the ...
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Saturday 9 August 2008

Polo boost for church
Pocklington Post - Pocklington,UK
The money will also cover three more new bells, bringing the total to six and allowing bell ringing to be practised at the church. ...
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Friday 8 August 2008

Appeal for help to ring a peal at Exhall church
Coventry Telegraph - Coventry,England,UK
Viv Hopkins, the tower captain at St Giles, said: "Bell-ringing not only calls the faithful to worship, but can become a fascinating pastime, providing both ...
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Thursday 7 August 2008

Towering success as church bikers go on pull
The Star - Sheffield,England,UK
... church towers across South Yorkshire, north Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire in an epic ride which combined their interests in bell ringing and cycling. ...
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Create an Olympic ring
Gloucester Citizen - Gloucester,UK
The Rev Andrew Dow, vicar of St Mary with St Matthew, said: “Our bell-ringers will be ringing that afternoon, and I'm sure will ring the bells at the time ...
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Saturday 2 August 2008

Repairs begin on one of the 'Seven Wonders of Wales' near Wrexham
Evening Leader - Wrexham,Wales,UK
"Continuing strain caused by the bell's vibrations over the years meant the ringing had to stop. We do still offer bell ringing with lighter bells for ...
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Church wins ding-dong over the noise of village’s bells
Times Online - UK
The Rev Nigel Hartley, vicar of the Aldeburgh church, St Peter and St Paul, welcomed the decision and said that the current pattern of bellringing practice ...
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Abbey’s team rings up striking success
Hexham Courant - Lake District, United Kingdom
TALENTED teenager Amy Cousins struck lucky when she was selected as the youngest member of a Hexham bell ringing team for a prestigious regional competition ...
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Wednesday 30 July 2008

Discord at cathedral as new bells fund slumps by £70000
The Cornishman - Truro,England,UK
One bell-ringer, who asked not to be named, said they were told they could only appeal to the “bell-ringing” community. He added: “Through awful ...
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Campanologists hit all the right notes
Bourne Local - Bourne,England,UK
Emma Southerington, from Market Deeping, who is ringing master of the Southern Branch of the Lincoln Diocesan Guild of Bell Ringers, said: "A full peal is ...
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Sunday 27 July 2008

Bells will be ringing
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
But she did not realize the amount of practice the bell ringing would need and the unfamiliar tune which accompanied the bell's complex ringing style . ...
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Friday 25 July 2008

Bells lose none of that old ap-peal
Spalding Today - Spalding,England,UK
Tower captain and open day guide Roy Withyman has been bell-ringing for 60 years and hopes to encourage more people to join the eight-strong bell ringing ...
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BELLS rang out across a village to celebrate the installation of a ...
Rutland and Stamford Mercury - Stamford,England,UK
The team of four bell ringers that rang the peal was made up of church warden Frank Wyer, tower captain Emma Southerington, Ian Dawson, ringing master of ...
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What's on, where and when
Fakenham and Wells Times - Fakenham,England,UK
All Saints' Church: Bell ringing practice, 7.30pm. TOFTWOOD. Social Centre: Fun quiz and bingo, 8.30pm. SOUTH CREAKE. St Mary's Parish Church: The Yorke ...
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That one rings a bell
Borehanwood Times - UK
The sound of church bells echoed across Ridge on Sunday, during a special bell-ringing session in the village. Members of the community gathered at St ...
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Wednesday 23 July 2008

Ringing in the stilton
Melton Today - Melton Mowbray,Leicestershire,UK
TUESDAY 7PM: A band of bell ringers are to visit Long Clawson next Thursday (July 31) to ring in celebration of stilton cheese. ...
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Tuesday 22 July 2008

Two more bits of counter-productive (or at least completely useless) publicity.

Pulling ropes to attract young blood
Sussex Express - Lewes,England,UK
Bellringing provides a great workout for a wide range of muscles but is also an excellent brain-training exercise as concentration, memory and rhythm are ...
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Bell ringing in Ridge tomorrow
Borehanwood Times - UK
By Janaki Mahadevan » A bell-ringing exhibition is taking place at St Margaret’s Church, in Ridge, tomorrow to celebrate ten years since lottery funding was ...
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Monday 14 July 2008

Therapy rings a bell for Tony
Oxford Mail - Oxford,England,UK
On May 14, the 58-year-old chemist was taking part in bell-ringing practice at St Mary's Church, Charlbury, when the freak accident occurred. ...
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Saturday 12 July 2008

Ringing in a record at Meldreth
Royston Crow - Royston,England,UK
BELL-ringer John Gipson could be heading for the record books after clocking up his 1500th peal at Meldreth's Holy Trinity Church. ...
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