Friday 26 September 2014


The West Australian
Bell Tower locks on to a winner
Volunteer bell ringer Laura Ivey, 74, has recorded more than 4500 days of ringing at the Bell Tower since it opened 14 years ago. "I sometimes spend ...

Controversy rings a bell at St. Lawrence
That the bell tower is in need of rehabilitation is not in question. ... the church could purchase an electronic system to play recordings of bells ringing. ,,, recent proposal to sell the church's 14 historic bells...

Church bellringers set to break world record
The 12 highly experienced ringers are subject to rules laid down by the Central Council of Church BellRingers. Each ringer has to ring his bell for the ...

Thursday 25 September 2014


Quiz night at All Saints Church to raise funds for bell restoration project
A QUIZ night at a Hereford church will help raise funds to restore its two broken bells. The event, at All Saints Church, takes place tonight (September ...

Wednesday 24 September 2014


Tamworth Herald
Drayton Bassett villagers want church bells ringing again
VILLAGERS in Drayton Bassett are hoping to hear their church bells ringing regularly once more – if funds can be raised for repairs. A campaign has ...

Monday 22 September 2014


Network Norwich
Aylsham church bells remember WW1
Aylsham bells 350 A single church bell rang 100 times at Aylsham last week to mark the start of a 4 year memorial to the town's war dead.

Wednesday 17 September 2014


Staff at Catshill school raise money for life changing operation
For their next fundraiser, staff from 7ls at the school have been taking weekly sessions to learn how to ring bells at St John's Church, off Kidderminster ...






The Bells are All Down

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Today, Wednesday 17 September, the last of the [Ropley] bells (the Tenor) was lowered. All bells have now been taken away for expert assessment and safe keeping. Unfortunately, probably due to them being dowsed with firefighting water whilst extremely hot, two are cracked....

Monday 15 September 2014


Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Video: Bell tolls at Aylsham for first of the town's 66 First World War fallen
Bell ringer Michael Brooks ringing the first 100-bell toll for Aylsham's First ... The sombre chime of a single church bell rang at Aylsham yesterday to ...

Huddersfield Examiner
The bells, the bells: Bell ringers at Marsden's St Bartholomew's church say sorry to community after ...
A Marsden bell ringing group have said “Sorry” to the resilient local community after spending two years learning the ropes. The joyful six-strong group ...

Sunday 14 September 2014


Daily Echo
The fire at St Peter's Church, Ropley, in June
PRECARIOUSLY hanging bells are making it too dangerous for fire ... complete their probe into what caused a fire that gutted an 800 year-oldchurch.

Bells ring for WWI casualty
Artists Helen Chester has painted a portrait to commemorate the life of her bell-ringing great grandfather after being inspired by his life. And tribute has ...

Saturday 13 September 2014


Bells of joy
I would also suggest a guild of bell ringers to be founded to establish the appropriate notes to be rung for every occasion. Guidance would be ...

West Briton

The Lizard's John Harris praised forbell ringing for 53 years at Landewednack church
JOHN HARRIS has been ringing the bells at the parish church in Landewednack for more than half a century. He has rung bells around the world...

Wednesday 10 September 2014


See Barnard Castle church bell tower
Visitors will be able to climb the 39 steps to the ringing chamber where local bell ringers will introduce them to the ancient art of campanology.

Tuesday 9 September 2014


Appeal to be launched for £120000 repairs to Berkeley Church tower and bells
AN EVENT to be held next week will launch an appeal for £120,000 to restore a set of 10 historic bells and their tower. It will take place at the Great ...

St Lawrence Church bells to ring 100 times per serviceman who fell during the First World War
An Abbots Langley church will ring their largest bell 100 times to commemorate the servicemen and women from the village who died during the First ...

Daily Mail
No, you can't have bells that chime in tune, judge tells church as he rejects bid to have ancient ...
St Michael's Church, in Michaelchurch Escley, Herefordshire, had applied to have its bells, which have not been rung for 30 years, retuned as part of a ...

Bell ringing open day in aid of bell restoration
Chairman of the Dorchester branch, Janet Ranger, said: “In the UK there are about 5,500 churches with ringable bells; similar to train spotters/bird ...

Lytham Today
Churchgoers' £35k appeal
Edwina Gillett, part of the church bell restoration appeal committee said: “The peal of eight bells at St Joseph's has rung out for more than 100 years, ...

Sunday 7 September 2014


Telegraph.co.uk

 Bid to re-tune 18th Century church  bells  rejected to preserve their "heritage"
He said that at Michealchurch Escley the ring of the bells appeared to be untouched, save for the effect of a crack on one bell which is to be repaired ...

Budding bell ringers invited to 'have a go' at Otley 's Parish Church
ANYONE interested in bell ringing can have a go at Otley's Parish Church next weekend. All Saints is inviting visitors to try their hand at the art of ...

Saturday 6 September 2014


Bells chime as Victoria Cross heroes remembered in First World War grave blessings
THE chimes of church bells were a “poignant” tribute to a war hero from Arnold who was given a blessing for his bravery in the First World War.

Friday 5 September 2014


Western Gazette
Love Sherborne group profile: Sherborne Abbey Bell Ringers
After the formal dissolution of the monasteries, the Abbey church was purchased for the use of the town and the Wolsey bell was transferred into the ...

Ely Standard
Diocese of Ely bell-ringers will be 'Singing for Ringing' at folk concert
Cambridgeshire folk singers Ann Biggs and Ruth Bramley will be giving a concert at St Andrew'sChurch, in Oakington to raise funds for the ...

Picture Gallery: New bell celebrations at Rogatechurch
ROGATE bell ringers at St Bartholomew's Church are celebrating their new ... In May and June a car wash raised £575, then wedding bell fees were ...

Roadshow seeks to help unloved bells
John Barnes, from the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers, said that a dozen churches had already confirmed their attendance at the Ringing ...

Ringing endorsement of late councillor starts to take root
Ringing endorsement of late councillor starts to take root ... So dedicated was Mr Jones to bellringing that there were fewer than 20 towers of five or ...

Wednesday 3 September 2014


BBC News
church bell stopped from ringing
Edinburgh City Council is examining ways to make a church bell quieter after learning it exceeds World Health Organisation night-time noise limits.


STV Edinburgh
Silenced.
Locals chime in to St StephensChurch bell stooshie
After decades of ringing out the hours, the bells at St Stephens Church have been silenced by the council after noise complaints from nearby residents ...

Monday 1 September 2014


Need to be convinced Ringo was a good drummer? Try playing Beatles music.
Below the bell room, change ringers were pulling on ropes in a prescribed order ... She's been ringing since 1978, when she was a student at National ...


Hark, hear the National Cathedral's bells
August 31, 2014 6:18 PM EDT — Bell-ringing enthusiasts from across the U.S., U.K. and Canada converged inside the National Cathedral's tower for ...