By Trisha Hawkins on 15-May-2019 - It is devastating to see your local church being ravaged by flames, as I did in 1978 when St Mary’s Barnes was burned to a shell. It was never established whether this was from an arson attack or an electrical fault, but St Mary’s Putney had suffered a similar fate a few years earlier, from […] Read more
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By Christopher Wright on 10-May-2019 - No real headlines – but we’ve had a couple of good days here in Yorkshire Tail-End Citadel at Kildwick. Today was quite a one-off. Six weeks ago, I asked the “vicar” (she’s actually an “interim priest-in-charge”, but few are concerned about such niceties!) if there were any weddings to ring for this year and was […] Read more
By Gill Hughes on 09-May-2019 - The first quarter draw for the 50-50 Club took place at Church Broughton during the heats for the Derby DA Striking Competition on Saturday 9 March. The winning number was 88 held by Mandy Burnet from Devon; Mandy has won £72. The 2 other prizes of £36 were won by Alan Taylor from London with […] Read more
By ART Administrator on 03-May-2019 - Pam Ebsworth has been attending a Mindfulness course – here are a few tips from that which could be applied to ringing. Don’t forget to breathe. Strange to say, in any form of ‘meditation’ breathing does seem to be the most important part of learning to relax. In mindfulness we were taught to be more […] Read more
By Phillip George on 02-May-2019 - “Hello, I was wondering if you could arrange a bell ringing experience for me and my friends!!” I had been contacted, through ART, by someone from the St.Neots area who asked if it would be possible to arrange a “bell ringing experience”. She and some friends like to do something different every year and bell […] Read more
By ART Administrator on 30-Apr-2019 - In the first quarter of 2019, 356 certificates were awarded in total to ringers at the various stages of Learning the Ropes (LtR) Last year’s totals are shown in brackets afterwards for comparison L1 – Bell Handling 207 (155) L2 – Foundation Ringing Skills 99 (59) L3 – Introduction to Change Ringing 35 (29) L4 […] Read more
By ART Administrator on 28-Apr-2019 - Podcasts are audio recordings that are in a digital format. They are intended to be downloaded and listened to on your computer or mobile device. They are free and, after downloading, you don’t have to stay connected to the internet to listen to them. Fun With Bells is a podcast which aims to provide “true […] Read more
By Gillian Hosking on 27-Apr-2019 - I needed only one more ‘Thing’ to earn Gold Plus and, as I had already grabbed 47 towers and needed just three more to obtain a ‘Green Thing’, I organized a ringers’ mini-tour of Hatton, Lapworth and Honiley, celebrating finishing my 50th Tower and 50 Things Gold Plus at Honiley with fizz and cakes – […] Read more