Saturday 28 September 2013

Listen for church bells this weekend BlueRidgeNow.com
Bell ringer John Mulvey, right, from England, works with Janice Satchel, a bell ringer with St. James Episcopal Church on Thursday. Change ringers from around ...
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Friday 27 September 2013

Ding-dong over claim that church bells are 'too loud'This is Plymouth
HISTORIC church bells which have rung for centuries should be silenced, says a neighbour who has complained they are too noisy. The peeling bells at St ...
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Noble politicians in ding-dong over bellringing claimsWorcester News
peal: Robin Walker shows Lord Cope the ropes at Worcester Cathedral. The peer visited after being told by fellow House of Lords member, Lord Faulkner, ...

Wednesday 25 September 2013

Church bells which have rung out every day for centuries could be ...Daily Mail
Bells which ring out every day from a 500-year-old village church could be silenced after a local resident complained they were making too much noise.
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Loud church bells creates ding dong This is Cornwall
THE BELLS at a Liskeard church are "destroying the peace and quiet" of the town, a businessman has claimed. Graham Dutnall, who lives and works from his ...
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Tuesday 24 September 2013

Washington Post Office Thirty years ago a rich Brit donated some big bells Washington Post
It was easy to pick out the bell ringers Monday afternoon in the tower of the Old Post Office. They were the ones dressed most comfortably: the women in flats, the ...
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Sunday 22 September 2013

S Norfolk church celebrates bells and angels Network Norwich
Great Ellingham parish church is holding an open weekend at the end of September to celebrate bellringing as an art and also as a part of Christian worship.
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Saturday 21 September 2013

Dublin residents complain over bell ringing - RTÉ
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Noise complaint silences church bells after 130 years Irish Times
The bells of St Bartholomew's Church, which have rung out over Ballsbridge in Dublin for more than 130 years, have been silenced following a complaint about ...

Friday 20 September 2013

Noiseless bell ringing at open day in devizes (From The Wiltshire ...
VISITORS to an open day at St James' Church, Southbroom, will be able to have a go at bell ringing– but not with real bells. There will be a tower built inside the ...
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Thursday 19 September 2013

Noiseless bell ringing at open day in Devizes This Is Wiltshire
VISITORS to an open day at St James' Church, Southbroom, will be able to have a go at bell ringing – but not with real bells. There will be a tower built inside the ...
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Tuesday 17 September 2013

Tallest tower in Bolton opens its doors The Bolton News
VISITORS to Bolton Parish Church experienced the town's best views — after climbing to the top of Lancashire's tallest bell tower. The bell tower tours were ...

Sunday 15 September 2013

Asheville-area Religion Calendar Asheville Citizen-Times
25-29 at St. James Episcopal Church in Hendersonville. The church's tower bells will ring often in public performances during the event. / Special to the Citizen- ...
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Joy as £43000 is raised to repair parish church bellsThe Oxford Times
But it seemed the majestic bells of North Moreton All Saints Church would toll for a final time unless major repairs were carried out. Following an appeal in the ...

Wednesday 11 September 2013

Stalwart funds stained glass window for Bradford-on-Tone churchSomerset County Gazette
David Richards, 75, purchased the window to commemorate The Queen's Diamond Jubilee and dedicated it to the Bell Ringers of St Giles' Church. Mr Richards ...
Absent band helps Cromer church bells appealNetwork Norwich
Cromer church King-Henrys-band A unique “absent” medieval band will be playing at Cromer parish church on Saturday to help raise funds for thechurch bells ...

Tuesday 10 September 2013

98 steps to a scenic village viewSpalding Guardian
Gosberton's St Peter's and St Paul's Church opened up the tower and offered guests the chance to take a tour with bell-ringers – offering those brave enough the ...
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My Passion With Andrea WalkerYorkshire Post
Andrea Walker, an accounts assistant at Footprints Accountancy Solutions, based at Renishaw Hall on the fringe of Sheffield, on her passion for bell ringing.
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Monday 9 September 2013

Music rings out to mark heritage open day at Hartshorne ChurchBurton Mail
The recently-formed bell ringing group at the church will be the stars of the morning, as they ring a special quarter-peal for three-quarters of an hour at the start of ...
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Sunday 8 September 2013

Burnham bell ringer praisedThis is The West Country
THE bell ringer at a Burnham church has been praised for keeping the tradition going for the past 25 years. Rodger Packer, 69, of Burnham, has been ringing ...
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Saturday 7 September 2013

Time to ring some changesRedditch Standard
Buy photos » Bell ringers Colin Bennett, Geoff Franklin, Michael Davenport, David Roebuck and Karen Roebuck, are inviting visitors to ring the bells of St ...
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Leaden Roding: Church walk as bell tower work takes tollDunmow Broadcast
All the money made will go towards restoring the bell tower at the Grade II* listed church, which has been damaged by large birds such as woodpeckers.
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Thursday 5 September 2013

Church bells helped destroy Rhode Island man's marriage: suitNew York Daily News
The daily toll of church bells has wrung a Rhode Island man straight to court. John Devaney of Narragansett claims a local Catholic church's constant bell ringing ...
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Rhode Island man John Devaney claims church bell ringing ruined ...
Rhode Island man John Devaney claims church bell ringing ruined marriage.
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Wednesday 4 September 2013

Bells Across America Frederick News Post 
to celebrate Constitution Week 17 to 23 Sept. By participating in Bells Across America. Frederick DAR is sponsoring bell ringing in Frederick, Brunswick, Middletown, Thurmont, Walkersville and ...
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Tuesday 3 September 2013

Walk to raise cash for bells repairs Hartlepool Mail 
Parishioners and bell ringers at St Aidan's Church, in Stockton Road, have organised ... All of the money raised will go towards improvements to the church bells...

Monday 2 September 2013

Bells ring out for church Flower FestivalRye and Battle Today
This year's festival paid tribute to two women who have played a key role in its 34 year history. The festival was dedicated to stalwarts Betty May, who sadly died ...
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More than 300 churches, sites ringing bells for MLK's 'I Have a ...Washington Post
WASHINGTON — From the nation's capital to a Georgia mountain carved with a Confederate memorial, church bells and hand bells served to answer Dr. Martin ...

Sunday 1 September 2013

Please help us to save our churchCotswold Journal
Derek Skeys, chairman of the Pirton Church Tower Appeal, said that while the bell tower is thought to date back to the 14th or early 15th century, they were ...
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