By Ruth Suggett on 29-Apr-2018 - I gaily put my hand up to volunteer as a Workshop Leader without much thought of what it might be like if I actually had to do one. So I felt a cold shock when I got a cheery email from Paul Flavell asking me to lead a ‘Listen and Strike’ workshop in Barnes, south London. […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 23-Jan-2018 - In the fourth quarter of 2017, 189 certificates were awarded to ringers at the various stages of Learning the Ropes (LtR) as below (last year’s numbers shown for comparison): Level 1 – Bell Handling 82 (92) Level 2 – Foundation Ringing Skills 55 (41) Level 3 – Introduction to Change Ringing 17 (10) Level 4 […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 08-Oct-2017 - Some of us in East Anglia who are active in ART- running day courses, teaching , mentoring and assessing – noticed that while we had lots of people doing day courses, not many seemed to be making it through to accreditation. Lesley Boyle of the Ely DA, who is also an ART tutor, had the bright […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 26-Aug-2017 - It’s often the case that many novice ringers are never told how to lead, just told to do it. OK … so, how do you lead? The first thing to get to grips with is the rhythm. You pull off on ahandstroke and when you pull the next stroke – backstroke, there’s no pause. However […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 22-Jul-2017 - In the second quarter of 2017, 173 certificates were awarded to ringers at the various stages of Learning the Ropes (LtR) as below. Last year’s numbers are shown for comparison. Level 1: Bell Handling 102 (66) Level 2: Foundation Ringing Skills […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 11-Jul-2017 - In the July 2017 edition of Tower Talk, there is a feature on a visit to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry which cast Big Ben! The name Big Ben is often used to describe the tower, clock and bell but the name was first given to the Great Bell, cast at Whitechapel in April 1858. The […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 17-Jun-2017 - My name is Molly. I’m 18 years old and I was part of the only team that represented Scotland in the National Youth Striking Competition in London in 2016. Training and practising as part of the youth band is never easy as we live in different locations all over the country, and some of us […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 18-May-2016 - I just happened to be staying down near High Wycombe for a few days and got in touch with Rose (admin) to see if we could get together, as I always have loads of questions for her! Rose kindly organised a quarter at a very unusual tower, Mentmore, which may well have the most oddstruck bells […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 12-Dec-2015 - Over the years I have taught many people to ring; some have stayed, some haven’t, but this year I have had what I consider to be my greatest success, which is that I have successfully mentored my first new teacher. I found that it was a big responsibility and the most challenging part was making […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 28-Oct-2015 - Having communicated with Rose the ART admin for quite a while now, it was very exciting when she told me she would be in Bury St Edmunds this afternoon. I thought it would be fun to organise a quarter with as many ART ringing teachers as I could get at short notice …. the result […] Read more