Thursday 28 June 2012

Celebration ringing out at church
This is Somerset
Camerton Church will be commemorating the 300th anniversary of the installation of a peal of fivebells cast by Abraham Rudhall's foundry at Gloucester in 1712 tomorrow.Although four of thesebells...
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Centenary peal on church bells recalls a poignant chapter in Gressenhall ...
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The board in the Gressenhall ringing chamber that records the first peal on the bells in 1912 and a later one in 1923, after Ernest Freezer's death. It was in June 1912 that the change-ringers at Gressenhall rang the first recorded full peal on the ...
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Bell ringers save the day for Nuneaton bride
Coventry Telegraph
BRIDE Bev Myton got her wish of walking down the aisle to the sound of church bells.
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Tuesday 26 June 2012

Turner Winner Creed Ignores Jokes, Rings in Olympics
Businessweek
The 43-year-old is inviting everyone in the U.K. to ring a bell on July 27, the ... “When I was a kid, I remember the local church sometimes ringing its bells in a ...
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Monday 25 June 2012

Pocklington Pupils make their Bell-ringing debut at St Catherine's
On Sunday 24th June three Lower Sixth Pocklington pupils, John Chatterton, Lydia Clark and Daniel Merrison joined the bell-ringing team at St Catherine's ...
Derby Telegraph
IT took months to prepare and hours of practice but Melbourne was alive with the sound of music as it hosted a national bell-ringing contest. Members of 10 competing teams and hundreds of their supporters descended on the town for the 37th annual 12-Bell Striking Contest at Melbourne Parish Church.

Sunday 24 June 2012

The Independent
...the chimes emanating from a Victorian parish church in Melbourne, Derbyshire, will have nothing to do with England's exploits on a football field in distant Kiev.
All the fun of the fete will aid village
Haverhill Echo
DIAMOND JUBILEE BELLRINGING: A quarter peal of 1260 changes of Plain Bob Doubles was rung in 45 minutes by local ringers on June 3. The ringers were ...
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Birmingham bell ringers win national contest
ITV News
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Birmingham bell ringers claim national title
BBC News
A team of Birmingham bell ringers wins a national competition for a record 19th time.
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Saturday 23 June 2012

National 12 Bell Striking Competition in Derby
ITV News
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Thursday 21 June 2012

Chorus of bells to open Macclesfield's Barnaby Festival
ITV News
Hundreds of bells will ring out in Macclesfield this evening to usher in the town's third Barnaby Festival. The whole town is being invited to take part in the mass ...
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Up in the bell tower with Halesowen's famous bell ringers
Halesowen News
Halesowen Newsman Adam Smith joined Halesowen's St John the Baptist Church bell ringersas they embarked on a summer of celebrating national ...
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Sunday 17 June 2012

Bells ring out in Harting parish
Midhurst and Petworth Observer
For more than three months there was silence in the bell tower at Harting parish church which stood empty for the first time in more than 100 years.
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Wednesday 13 June 2012

Another chance to ring bells at All Saints
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Have-a-go church bell ringers will get another chance to sound Ilkley's church bells after the Olympic torch passes through town. Over the jubilee weekend bell ringers at All Saints Parish Church invited more than 70 children to have a go at ringing ...
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New bells at Kempsey church, nearly 200 years on
Worcester News
THE sound of new bells could be heard ringing out over a Worcestershire village for the first time in nearly 200 years. St Mary's Church in Kempsey, near Worcester, has recently received two new treble bells which were cast at the Whitechapel Bell ...
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Monday 11 June 2012

Venice bells to be rung 'in moderation'
Telegraph.co.uk
The Roman Catholic Church gave into long-running complaints from Venetians that the bell-ringing was ruining their weekend lie-ins, waking up sleeping babies and setting off howling dogs. The decree, which will come into effect later this month, ...
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Willingale church's bells are ringing out for the first time in 50 years
This is Total Essex
THE melodic sound of bells ringing can once again be heard in a village near Ongar after a 50-year absence. A £78000 bell restoration project at St Christopher's Church, in Willingale, has been completed with the help of local volunteers.
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Sunday 10 June 2012

Thank you one and all: the people who helped make the Jubilee happen
Telegraph.co.uk
By Patrick Sawer, Edward Malnick and Jasper Copping The lead vessel of the pageant was a floating belfry carrying a set of eight church bells freshly cast at the WhitechapelBell Foundry in east London. The bells were especially manufactured for the ...
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Friday 8 June 2012

Royal ringing may be the world's first
This is Cornwall
St Brevita's bells sounded for two days as more than 300 parishioners had a go at tolling them. Lanlivery bell ringers celebrate Queen's Diamond Jubilee. (front) Keith Adams and 5 year old Lily Perkins, (back LR) Mark Richards, Morley Richards, ...
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Thursday 7 June 2012

Bells ring out to celebrate Ossie
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Photo supplied The bells rang out at a Peterborough church to celebrate the 99th birthday of a much-loved former bell ringer. Ossie Roberts celebrated the landmark at St Mary's Church, in New Road, where he has been a member for 22 years.
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All Cannings honour their stalwart ringer
This Is Wiltshire
Mr Luffman, 78, has been bell ringing for 38 years. He rings regularly at All Saints' Church in All Cannings but also rings at other churches at weekends. He practises five nights a week, including at Marden, Southbroom in Devizes, Avebury, ...
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All Cannings honour their stalwart ringer
This Is Wiltshire
Mr Luffman, 78, has been bell ringing for 38 years. He rings regularly at All Saints' Church in All Cannings but also rings at other churches at weekends. He practises five nights a week, including at Marden, Southbroom in Devizes, Avebury, ...
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Wednesday 6 June 2012

Photo special: Jubilee celebrations across the Burnham-On-Sea area
Burnham-On-Sea
This bellringing team rang at towers in Highbridge, Burnham, Berrow and Brean on Monday to celebrate the Jubilee. The ringers, pictured, were Owen Cullwick, Marian Kerby, Roger Packer, Ron Fisher, Brian Small, Rita, Leslie Trimmer, Alex Freeman, ...
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Naremburn to be home to bells
North Shore Times
The council said bell ringing times would also be restricted to a maximum of 30 minutes on Sundays, 30 minutes for weddings and 20 minutes for funerals. The church released a statement after the council's decision, declaring: “The parish has yet to ...
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Medbourne joins in 12-hour Jubilee bell-ringing celebration
This is Leicestershire
A village church in Leicestershire joined 12-hour bell-ringing celebration to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Medbourne village church was part of the 12-hour cascade of bells which rang down the length of the Welland Valley on Monday (June 4).
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Tuesday 5 June 2012

The history of bell-ringing - Ockham's Razor - ABC Radio National ...
Dr Heather Phillips from Adelaide talks about the history of the ringing of church bells in England.
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Ap-pealing sounds from Battle Bell Ringers to mark the Jubilee
Rye and Battle Today
BATTLE Bell Ringers will pay their own tribute to the Queen - with a marathon three-hour peal of bells. On Tuesday, the group will attempt to ring a peal Bristol Surprise Major at St Mary's Church in Battle. Tower captain Alan Turner explains: “Major ...
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JUBILEE VIDEO: Spalding bell-ringing and Holbeach beacon lit
Spalding Guardian
Bell-ringers entertained at St Mary and St Nicholas Parish Church in Spalding and over in Holbeach, Frank Sauntson (86) and Jack Cunnington (9) had the honour of lighting the town's beacon spot on 10.15pm. Search for: (Plumber, Taxi, McDonalds.
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Monday 4 June 2012

Bell ringing across the counties to mark the Diamond Jubilee
ITV News
A twelve hour cascade of bells will ring down the Welland Valley today to celebrate The Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The bells in every church tower from Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire to the Wash will ring out along the 65 mile route.
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Bell ringing cascade a romantic way to celebrate the Jubilee
Lutterworth Mail
BELLS will ring out from churches along the length of the Welland Valley today (Monday) in a 12-hour cascade of sound. The event will see the bells sound in every church tower in turn down the Welland Valley, from its source at Sibbertoft, ...
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New Sunderland Minster bells to ring out for Jubilee
Sunderland Echo
David Cox, captain of the Sunderland MInster Bell Ringers, in the Minster Tower. The bells have been rehung and will be rung on Tuesday to celebrate the Queens's Diamond Jubilee. SUNDERLAND Minster's' bells will ring out for the first time in three ...
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Diamond Jubilee: The River Pageant Line-Up
Huffington Post UK
The pageant's lead vessel is a floating belfry with a new set of eight church bells cast at the WhitechapelBell foundry especially for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The bells are named after senior members of the Royal Family - Elizabeth, Philip, ...
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Saturday 2 June 2012

Flotilla fit for a queen
New York Post
The great floating procession will be headed by a 12-ton floating bell tower, ringing in the Jubilee with eight vast bells, followed by 265 man-powered vessels. Then will come the queen herself, on the Spirit of Chartwell, a sightseeing vessel ...
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Royal photographer Bernard Parkin to ring in the Jubilee
This is Gloucestershire
"I certainly didn't think I'd be ringing again 60 years later." Recalling the coronation, he said: "It was very exciting to have a new young Queen. "It was still austerity measures and rationing, but we were swept up in celebrations. "The bells weren't ...
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Friday 1 June 2012

Diamond Jubilee pageant - Sunday on the Thames
Radio Times
With its bells ringing, the belfry barge will lead the Jubilee pageant downriver towards Tower Bridge, with churches along the seven-mile route reciprocating with peels of approval. As the vessel moves off she'll be followed by more than 250 rowing ...
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History repeating itself for Whitehaven bellringer
News & Star
By Margaret Crosby History will repeat itself for Jack McTear when the bells ring out for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Veteran bellringer Jack McTear will help ring a special quarter peal at St James Church, Whitehaven on Sunday, nearly 60 years after ...
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Challenge facing Jubilee bell ringers on 'bumpy Thames'
ITV News
A barge which carries eight church bells will lead the Queen's Jubilee flotilla up the Thames. Dickon Love, Captain of the Diamond Jubilee bell ringers said: "We have to worry about the momentum of the boat to the bells. When we ring bells we have to ...
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Cullompton bells ring out for Jubilee
This is The West Country
The London Surprise Royal piece took 10 bell ringers three hours and 17 minutes to complete on Saturday (May 26) at St Andrew's Church. It was organised to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the diamond wedding anniversary of Cyril and Marion ...
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