Young Ringers’ Event at St Giles, Oxford

By on 09-Sep-2017 - Traditionally, St Giles church in Oxford is open during the St Giles Fair in early September. It provides a quiet place where people may take refuge from the noise and crowds of the fairground outside. The church has laid on tea and cakes for their visitors and this year these were expertly provided and served […] Read more

Minster in Kent – starting a new band from scratch

By on 07-Sep-2017 - Until 2014, there had been no ringing at St Mary’s, Minster – the bells were silent. So, I started work with cleaning, making the tower habitable and the 5 bells ringable again. Another thing the Tower was short of was ringers!…. I decided to attend an ART Module 1 course to brush up my teaching […] Read more

Middlesex Association Bellringing Summer School

By on 04-Sep-2017 - The MCA’s first Summer School for novice bell-ringers, superbly organised by Lucy Chandhial, was a resounding success. About 19 students and 24 helpers gathered for the week of 21-25 August, at St Mary Abbots church in Kensington, and its church Centre. More than half the students had never tried ringing before. Student feed-back at the […] Read more

Let’s Get Social!

By on 02-Sep-2017 - Do you like chatting about ringing? If so, you might enjoy the company of other ringers worldwide, in the various bell ringing facebook groups. There are many such groups but one has been set up specially for you. (Yes, YOU!!) There is a Learning the Ropes facebook group which is only for new ringers learning […] Read more