By Ewan Hull on 07-Sep-2019 - 16-year-old Ewan rings in York, and was taught by his parents: David Hull and Alison Edmonds. He rang his first quarter peal aged 7 and his first peal aged 8. As well as being an accomplished ringer – he has rung the tenor to young band peals of Cambridge Royal and Bristol Maximus and has […] Read more
By Ellie Seddon on 05-Sep-2019 - Ellie Seddon was the 100th ringer to achieve ART Learning the Ropes Level 5. Speaking to Tower Talk magazine about what motivated her to take up ringing, Ellie says: After returning from University I made a conscious effort to take up a new hobby, and after overhearing a conversation about a local village (Kirtlington) recruiting […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 03-Sep-2019 - Being the son of ringers, I have known my home tower of St Mark’s, Swindon all my life. I was taught to ring at the age of ten at St Mark’s, an easy going ring of eight (tenor 11½ cwt), and for the last 14 years I have never looked back. I’m a driven person, […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 01-Sep-2019 - Laura E. Goodin has been ringing for just over a year at St. James Old Cathedral in Melbourne, Australia.You can find out more about her writing at www.lauraegoodin.com I travel a lot. It’s why I’ll never be rich. And now that I’m a bell ringer, travel has taken on a new allure: grabbing towers. It’s […] Read more
By Malcolm Creese on 30-Aug-2019 - For their annual outing, the ringers at Swaffham Bulbeck and Bottisham in Cambridgeshire traditionally drive around villages in rural areas, but this year was different. We decided to ring in some of the historic churches in the City of London, and I was ‘volunteered’ to do the organising. To make the day interesting, I wanted […] Read more
By Mary Brice on 30-Aug-2019 - Every year, on Remembrance Day, we gather round the Memorial Cross in front of All Saints’ Church in Hilton, Dorset, and read the names of the men who left the Hilton & Ansty Parish Community and did not return. As the centenary of the end of the ‘war to end all wars’ approached, it felt […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 28-Aug-2019 - If as well as reading Tower Talk magazine, you enjoy surfing the web for all things ringing, check out a great blog by Mary Jones, a new ringer from Norfolk. Not only will you be entertained by her fluent and witty observations but you will realise that you’re not alone on your ringing journey. The […] Read more
By Molly Holmes on 26-Aug-2019 - I started bell ringing on 6 August as part of the Armistice centenary and in that time I have: •Rung for 95 hours, over a 100-day period; •Rung a bell the same weight as a Mini (1252 kg); •Rung a bell which is 361 years old; •Rung with 20 ringers in my band with a […] Read more
By Beth Johnson on 24-Aug-2019 - There’s lots happening at the Essex tower of Shenfield St Mary’s. The band is thriving with a good mix of young and old, and teaching and learning are very much on the agenda, as well as having lots of fun. In September they enjoyed a great day out in London, described by 13 year old […] Read more
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