Sunday 29 July 2012

Photos: 2012 Olympics kick off with Olympic Bell, light show, and fireworks
Examiner.com
The bell is the largest harmonically tuned bell worldwide. The Olympic Bell also bears an inscribed, Shakespeare quote, “Be not afeard: the isle is full of noises.” The Whitechapel Bell Foundry, who created the Liberty Bell and Big Ben, created the Olympic Bell ...
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Ed Balls: 'There's nothing I can't do'
The Independent
For three years, from the age of 14, Edward Balls was a campanologist, pulling the ropes of the church bells in a Nottinghamshire village. In his office in the Commons, Balls offers a physical demonstration, with full hand gestures, of bell-ringing, including ...
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Saturday 28 July 2012

Will you ring Creed's bell to mark the start of the Olympics? | Art and ...
Jonathan Jones: Artist Martin Creed has asked us all to ring a bell on the first day of the Olympics. Creed believes in public art of the collective, but what does it ...
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Bells ring out for start of Games
The Nation
LONDON - Big Ben chimed for three minutes on Friday to ring in the Olympic Games, which were set to kick off later in the British capital with the much anticipated opening ceremony. The giant bell, whose clock tower is one of London's best-loved landmarks,...
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Bells ring out across Birmingham to herald start of Olympics
Birmingham Mail
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt narrowly avoided injuring bystanders when a bell he was ringing flew off its handle on the deck of HMS Belfast. He watched helplessly as the bell disappeared among a group of Olympics fans, his face betraying the fear that a ...
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Church Bells Ring Across Britain at Start of the Olympics (VIDEO)
Christian Post
As the Summer Olympic Games opens today in London, church bells across Britain rang out to signal the final countdown to this evening's ceremony. London's Big Ben rang for a full three minutes a little after 8 a.m. local time, and was joined by churches ...
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London Olympics 2012: Let the bells ring... we've finally started!
The Independent
The last hours before the opening of the 30th Olympiad in east London were dominated by increasingly frenzied anticipation of the feast of sport and entertainment that lay ahead. Ten years of planning were over – and the sprinkling of minor glitches could be ...
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London Olympics get party started with a cascade of ringing bells
Los Angeles Times
LONDON — Britain was alive with the sound of bells at 8:12 this morning to signify the first day of the 2012 Olympic Games. Church bells, cow bells, hand bells, Big Ben, bicycle bells, doorbells; bellson Morris Dancers, Bangladeshi girls and ships -- all rang ...
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Friday 27 July 2012

Bell-ringing heralds start of London 2012 Olympics – hear it here!
Times 24
Around 200 people gathered outside St Mary's Church in Welwyn armed with every kind of bell imaginable. And, at 8.12am – precisely 12 hours before the pre-show for the Opening Ceremony starts tonight – the bells rang out for three minutes. A church ...
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'Call people to the UK': Manchester Cathedral joins nationwide bell ringing to ...
Mancunian Matters
Manchester joined a UK-wide mass bell-ringing this morning to celebrate the start of the Olympic Games in London. The opening ceremony takes place at the Olympic Stadium this evening, and Manchester Cathedral joined with cathedrals and churches up ...
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Bell ringing marks London 2012
Channel Television
Churches and individuals across the Channel Islands joined others across the British Isles for three minutes of bell-ringing to mark the 12-hour countdown to the Olympic Games. Big Ben led the way, chiming for 3 minutes at 8.12 this morning. In Guernsey, the ...
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The bell rings ahead of the London 2012 opening ceremony
Coventry Observer
ONE hundreds people in Coventry gave a ringing endorsement to the Olympic Games by taking part in a bell-ringing event to mark the day of the opening ceremony. They were at the London 2012 Live Site, outside the Coventry Transport Museum, at 8.12am...
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Church Bells Ring Out To Welcome The Olympic Games
ChiswickW4.com
Chiswick took part in the simultaneous national bell ringing event to herald the opening of the Olympics today (Friday, July 27). The unusual event was part of a commission by Turner prizewinning artist and musician Martin Creed for the London 2012 Festival, ...
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London 2012 Olympics: Bell-ringing to mark official start of Games
Scotsman
HUNDREDS of people in Edinburgh joined a nationally co-ordinated bell-ringing event to greet the official start of the London 2012 Olympic Games today. Around 300 people gathered at the Scotsman Steps in the centre of Edinburgh - site of artist Martin ...
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Olympics Minister's Bell-Ringing Is Off the Handle [VIDEO] - Yahoo ...
From Yahoo! News: Britain's Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt got a little too excited about the ...
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"I Feel Weird": Martin Creed Reflects on His Olympics-Opening Bell Ringing ...
ARTINFO
LONDON — This morning at 8.12 am — exactly 12 hours before the Opening Ceremony — bells up and down the country sounded merrily to mark the first day of the Olympic Games. Brainchild of Turner Prize winner Martin Creed, "Work No. 1197: All the bells ...
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London 2012 Olympics: Bell-ringing and Red Arrows mark official start of Games
Scotsman
HUNDREDS of people in Edinburgh joined a nationally co-ordinated bell-ringing event to greet the official start of the London 2012 Olympic Games today. Around 300 people gathered at the Scotsman Steps in the centre of Edinburgh - site of artist Martin ...
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EYES ON LONDON: Bells ring out across nation
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Spectators line the bank of river Thames to watch the royal barge Gloriana, (not shown) carrying the Olympic flame after it left Hampton Court Palace in London, on its way into central London on the final day of the Torch Relay, Friday, July 27, 2012.
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Creed's bells ring out across Britain to mark start of Games
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Friday morning's Olympic bell-ringing extravaganza saw iconic London landmark Big Ben chime constantly for three minutes from 8.12am-8.15am, whilst hundreds of thousands of people around the country joined in the celebrations. The bells rang out to...
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Mass bell-ringing heralds Olympics opening
BBC News
Thousands of bells have rung out across the UK to mark the official start of the Olympic Games. Big Ben rang 40 times in three minutes, while church bells, doorbells and even bicycle bells all joined in the performance. The event was triggered by the firing of ...
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Bells ring in the Olympic Games
Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog)
Churches across the UK and British embassies around the world got into the spirit of thebell-ringing extravaganza, devised by artist Martin Creed as part of a 12-week programme of cultural events celebrating the arts alongside sport. People were ...
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EYES ON LONDON: Bells ring out across nation
Businessweek
Big Ben — the famous bell inside Parliament's clock tower — bonged 40 times over three minutes toring in the games. It was joined across the country by bells and horns in churches, ships, boats, trucks and cars 12 hours before the symbolic time of 2012 ...
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London's bells ring out across the world to herald the start of the Games
Evening Standard
Staff at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, maker of Big Ben and the bell for the opening ceremony, rang assorted bells in their courtyard and about 50 staff and members of the public joined forces at the Sketch restaurant, which was previously given a dramatic ...
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Bells herald start of Olympics
Church Times
The Games will officially begin with the opening ceremony at nine o'clock this evening, when the largest harmonically tuned bell in the world, provided by the Whitechapel Foundry in London, will be struck. The Archbishop of Canterbury is to attend the ...
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Big Ben to take centre stage at Olympics
South African Broadcasting Corporation
Bells will ring there, too - Queen Elizabeth II will officially open the games at the ceremony, due to start at 9 pm, with the sound of a 27-ton bell forged at the 442-year-old Whitechapel Bell Foundry, which also made London's Big Ben. Before the monarch...
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Bonanza of bells to sound start of Olympics
Jamaica Observer
Bells will ring there, too — Queen Elizabeth II will officially open the Games at the ceremony with the sound of a 27-ton bell forged at the 442-year-old Whitechapel Bell Foundry, which also made London's Big Ben. Before the monarch sounds the chime, Big ...
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All the Bells in London: ringing in the Olympics in the capital
Telegraph.co.uk
Whitechapel Bell Foundry, the most famous bell foundry in the world, (makers of Big Ben & the bell for the Olympic Opening Ceremony) will be ringing a variety of bells in their courtyard and on the pavement outside. Borough Market traders and the Market ...
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Thursday 26 July 2012

Ring the bells to celebrate games
Hartlepool Mail
Andrew Frost, secretary of the bellringers group, said: “We recently rang the bells at churches around the town to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the arrival of the Olympic Torch, and we are delighted to be ringing again for another major event.
Scilly To Join Olympic Bell Ringing Event
ScillyToday
Scilly To Join Olympic Bell Ringing Event. Thursday, July 26th, 2012 09:30. St Mary's Parish Church. Residents of St Agnes, Bryher and St Martin's are being encouraged to join in with St Mary's and Tresco in marking the opening of the Olympics tomorrow.
Listen out for Olympics bell-ringing tomorrow
Spalding Guardian
Listen out for Olympics bell-ringing tomorrow. Published on Thursday 26 July 2012 14:00. BELLS in Spalding and Sutton St James will start ringing at precisely 8.12am on Friday to mark the start of the Olympics. The three-minute “blast” is part of a nationwide ...
Isle of Man churches to join Olympic bell ringing
BBC News
The bells in various Manx churches are to ring out in harmony as part of a British Isles-wide celebration of the London 2012 Olympics. Everyone has been invited to ring some kind of bell on Friday morning. The project is the idea of Turner prize-winning artist ...
Derry's two cathedrals join UK-wide Olympic bell ring
BBC News
The bells on Londonderry's two cathedrals are to ring out in harmony as part of a UK-wide celebration of the London 2012 Olympics. Everyone has been invited to ring some kind of bell on Friday morning. The project is the idea of Turner prize-winning artist ...
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Bells ring out to herald Olympics
Kent News
Folkestone seafront will be a centre-piece for tomorrow's national bell-ringingcelebration which heralds the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Triennial artist Martin Creed has created the work “All the Bells in a Country Rung as Quickly and as Loudly ...
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Ring Your Bell to celebrate the start of the London 2012 Olympics - 8.12am to ...
AboutMyArea
Everyone is invited to take part - from ringers of the largest church bells through to hand bells, school bells, bicycle bells even door bells or mobile phone ring tone bells. From the bell ringing community, to community groups, clubs, and individuals with a bell ...
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Will you ring Creed's bell to mark the start of the Olympics?
The Guardian (blog)
What does it mean to all ring bells in unison, and what does he want it to mean? Is it a glib gesture or something deeper – and if it is deeper, what is it seriously saying? Of course, I might find this out by ringing a bell. And that may actually be the best reason...
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Northamptonshire church bells ring to start Olympics
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Anyone with a cow bell, bicycle bell or door bell is also being urged to join in the event which is taking place across the UK at exactly 8.12am tomorrow. There are more than 1000 bell-ringers in the county and 245 church towers with bells fit to be rung.
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Bells ring out for Sheffield's Jessica and the Olympics
Sheffield Telegraph
In fact, bells across Sheffield are due to ring from tomorrow (Friday) to mark the start of the London Games as part of a national synchronized performance. They will include the rarely-used Sheffield-made Town Trust steel bells, which date from 1866 and are ...
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Artist Creed's Olympic bell rings have artistic peal
Chicago Tribune
Really, it all depends on your love of bells — loud bells, ringing at 8 in the morning. Don't worry, Chicago. You're safe for now. Throughout England, though, on Friday at 8:12 a.m. London time, Creed is orchestrating a bellringingpalooza to mark the opening ...
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Letting the bells ring out for Olympic-time
Oxford Mail
YOU won't need an alarm clock tomorrow when handbells, church bells, cow bells and bike bells ringout in unison across Oxfordshire to celebrate the start of the Olympic games. The project – called All The Bells – was the brainchild of Turner Prize-winning ...
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Olympic bell ringing at Towner
Eastbourne Herald
Towner is delighted to be ringing a historic chapel bell from Ditchling Museum. The bell was made by J Warner & Sons, London in 1864 and used by the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic from the early 1920s until its closure in 1989. The bell was used to call ...
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Will you ring the bells?
The Guardian (blog)
Turner prize winning artist Martin Creed wants everyone in the UK to ring a bell at 8.12am on Friday, as part of the Olympics opening ceremony. All bells are allowed, be they doorbells, bicycle bells or church bells. Will you be joining in to mark the occasion?
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The London best: places to hear the bells
Evening Standard
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry made Big Ben and the Olympic opening ceremony's 23-ton bell. It has arranged to have people chiming away in the foundry courtyard and all the way out onto the street. (Whitechapel Road, E1). 3. The holy peals. The London ...
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Wednesday 25 July 2012

Rotary Club of Grantham go bell ringing
Grantham Journal
Rotary Club of Grantham go bell ringing. The Rotary Club of Grantham got the chance to take up bell ringing for the night. Published on Wednesday 25 July 2012 13:29. THE Rotary Club of Grantham went bell ringing at St Wulfram's Church on Tuesday night.
Let the bells ring for the London 2012 Olympics – interactive ...
Use our bell-ringing interactive to celebrate the start of the Olympic Games – or just make some noise.
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Ringing in the Games: Big Ben to toll for Olympics
ESPN
The venerable bell is going to toll some 40 times for three minutes to celebrate the first day of the London Olympics. Thousands of other bells are also set to chime across Britain from 8:12 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. as part of Turner Prize-winning musician Martin ...
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Thousands Of Bells To Ring Out This Friday
Londonist
The aural spectacle, called simply All The Bells, is the conception of artist Martin Creed, and forms perhaps the noisiest part of the London 2012 Festival. It's hoped the stunt will break the word record for simultaneous bell ringing, with people joining in all ...
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Big Ben to ring for three minutes to herald Olympic Games start
Yahoo! Sports
"It is a sign of how special this summer is when one of the world's most famous bells willring outside its regular schedule so it can be part of this London 2012 Festival commission to ring in the Olympic Games" said House of Commons Speaker John Bercow.
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Bells to ring across Shropshire as part of Olympic celebrations
shropshirelive.com (press release)
... to ring across Shropshire as part of Olympic celebrations. July 25th, 2012 0 Comments shropshirelive.com. Communities across Shropshire are being encouraged to ring a bell at 8.12am on Friday morning to celebrate the start of the London 2012 Games.
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Big Ben to participate in bell celebration
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Those participating in the bell ringing event will be in great company as the Hour Bell of the iconic London landmark Big Ben will be one of the thousands of bells ringing out around the country for three minutes, from 8.12am to 8.15am. Turner Prize-winning ...
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Bells will be ringing to welcome the London Olympics
Detroit Free Press
LONDON - "Ring out, wild bells," exhorted English poet Lord Alfred Tennyson, in one of his most famous verses. Organizers of this city's Olympic Games have done Tennyson one better. In what could be the most clamorous work of art ever produced, Britons ...
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Bells, bells! Get ready for ear-ringing stunt
ESPN (blog)
LONDON -- For anyone throughout the UK who plans on sleeping past 8:15 on Friday morning, a set of industrial-strength earplugs is highly recommended. That's because at precisely 8:12 on July 27, the day the curtain officially drops on the 2012 London ...
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2012 Olympics: Locals ring in London Olympics with massive bell ringing
Examiner.com
Big Ben will ring and so will thousands of other bells in the land to welcome the Olympics. On Monday, England announced that Big Ben will join with the bell ringing at precisely 8:12am Friday morning. Using the bells of the land as an audio celebration, the ...
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Tuesday 24 July 2012

Churches across diocese will let the bells ring out for Olympics ...
CHURCHES across the Diocese of Ely will be doing their part to herald the start of the Olympics this week with a symphony of co-ordinated bell-ringing.
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London landmark Big Ben to ring more than 40 times for three minutes
News-Sports.net (press release)
The ringing will be attended by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt. Hon John Bercow MP; Lord Tony Hall, Chair of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad Board; andbell ringers from other organisations. The Speaker of the House of Commons, John ...
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Berwick bell ringing will mark start of Olympics
Berwick Today
The bell ringing is part of the performance work by the Turner Prize-winning artist and musician Martin Creed to celebrate the opening of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Matthew Rooke, chief executive of The Maltings, said: “Everyone is invited to gather ...
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Big Ben to chime 40 times ahead of London Olympics
Indian Express
London's iconic Big Ben will chime 40 times in three minutes on Friday as part of a mass bell-ringingevent marking the start of the Olympics. It is believed to be the first time the bell has rung outside its regular schedule since February, 15, 1952 when it tolled ...
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Big Ben joins 2012 bells record bid
The Press Association
Big Ben is to chime non-stop for three minutes to help ring in the London 2012 Olympics. Special permission had to be gained for the hour bell at the Palace of Westminster to be allowed to toll out of its regular sequence. It will strike more than 42 times ...
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Bells ring out for Olympics
This is Staffordshire
RESIDENTS are being asked to join in a nationwide bell-ringing celebration to herald the start of the Olympics. The event, entitled All The Bells, is the brainchild of Turner Prize-winning artist and musician Martin Creed. He is inviting the nation to join him and ...
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