By Ruth Suggett on 20-Nov-2019 - I was recently asked to be a ‘helper’ on a ringing course and I felt it was a great honour to be asked and to be able to pay back in some small way the countless hours experienced ringers (‘helpers’) have given me in my first year of ringing under the ‘Ringing Remembers’ scheme. I […] Read more
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By Clare McArdle on 15-Nov-2019 - You’ve completed the Learning the Ropes scheme – Level 5 done and dusted and your invitation to the Learning the Ropes Masterclass is on its way. Where do you go now? Have you heard of Learning the Ropes Plus? Learning the Ropes Plus is the follow-on scheme to Learning the Ropes.The scheme is open to […] Read more
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By Christopher Wright on 11-Nov-2019 - These children continue to amaze me. The MiniRingers are an after-school club. We attract a tenth of the whole (small) school – and we have a waiting list. That’s not, actually, very hard to achieve. We arrange a variety of different bell-related activities centered around tune and change ringing on bells and chimes. We perform […] Read more
By Tim Farnham on 10-Nov-2019 - I have rung a few quarter peals. That’s not false modesty because I do mean a few. Five to be precise. All the slips in these were lapses of concentration, getting distracted, drifting off, call it what you will. If none of us ever lost the thread like that there would be a lot more […] Read more
By Beth Johnson on 05-Nov-2019 - In order to get your circle of work knowledge really slick, so you always know which dodge to do next, we have invented a game. There are three sets of cards: Set 1, blue – has each dodge for Bob Doubles on a card. Set 2, dark green – has the same dodges, one on […] Read more
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By Helen McGregor on 02-Nov-2019 - The most southerly ART Ringing Centre in the UK is on the delightful island of Alderney. With a population varying between only 1300 and 1500, depending on the season, front doors are not locked, cars are parked with keys in, bank tellers have no glass screens, passengers on the flights/ferry to Guernsey/UK embark by first […] Read more