By Debbie Phipps on 23-Feb-2020 - Viv started to ring as a school girl and had gaps of not ringing. When she heard we were following a recognised scheme – the ART scheme she returned to help with our new learners. She always said she would help as others had helped her but she would not be going beyond Plain Hunt….until […] Read more
By Debbie Phipps on 17-Jun-2019 - When it was decided to launch a bell restoration project at St Mary’s Lytchett Matravers in Dorset, Tower Captain Debbie Phipps came up with a clever fund-raising idea which will benefit the band once they are ringing on their newly restored bells as well. Debbie writes; I have challenged ringers from Lytchett Matravers and Lytchett […] Read more
By Debbie Phipps on 12-May-2018 - We had fun last night when having already seen 9 learners through Level 1 and 5 through Level 2 I thought I knew most of what was required at each level. However when asking what one of my learners needed to ring she asked me about 2 of the skills. You can imagine my surprise […] Read more
By Debbie Phipps on 01-Nov-2017 - Lytchett Matravers rang out this morning to the sound of 3 of our Level 3 ringers learning Plain Hunt. When they weren’t ringing they were busy writing out Plain Hunt on 4 and 5 bells to get their ticks in boxes then they completed the Plain Hunt Jargon worksheet. We owe a big thank you […] Read more
By Debbie Phipps on 01-Nov-2017 - How did I ever start on this journey? Well it was by accident really. I am not an experienced ringer and I have very little rope sight but the same is true of our few ringers so as we needed a Tower Captain I took on the role. We had an Open Day in July […] Read more
By Debbie Phipps on 26-Aug-2017 - St Mary’s Church; Lytchett Matravers On Friday 25th August 2017 we marked the presence in our Guild (at the Dorset Steam Fair) of the Ypres Memorial Bells on their way to Belgium. Our band comprises of mainly novice ringers following the ART programme of learning so we were unable to ring any special Method but as […] Read more
By Debbie Phipps on 02-Jul-2017 - I believe this covers one of my ‘things’ but more importantly I would be really interested to hear if anyone can add to the document I am currently teaching a new ringer with sight problems and really want to support her. Introduction It might be a hobby/sport/pastime that doesn’t automatically come to mind if you […] Read more
By Debbie Phipps on 07-Jun-2017 - As well as teaching ART level 1 I am also doing 50 ringing things. For this I have created a crossword to test if they know parts of the bell. I have included a few level 2 clues to make it a bit more challenging. Debbie Crossword Parts of the Bell Read more
By Debbie Phipps on 04-Mar-2017 - 2 more of our learners have passed their level 1 Bell Handling. congratulations to Mike and John. 6 more to follow closely on their heels. Now the fun begins with Place Making and Kaleidoscope ringing – we started the easy way with handbells but still had fun doing it. Read more
By Debbie Phipps on 14-Feb-2017 - Annie Mitchener and Debbie Phipps from St Mary’s Church Lytchett Matravers attended the ART Module 1 training course at St Mary’s church in November with tutor Pip Penney in a very cold church (our contractors fault). Debbie had not trained anyone before the course and the method of training using the ART training scheme is […] Read more