By Thomas Monks on 02-Nov-2015 - When I found out that my family were all coming round for Sunday lunch I thought it would be good if we could all ring a quarter peal at Marsworth together. When trying to decide what to ring, my Mum suggested I could call Plain Bob Doubles, which would be my first quarter peal of […] Read more
By Annie Cunningham on 29-Oct-2015 - I joined Marsworth Tower in Aug 2014 after seeing an advert inviting the reader to ‘Try some heavy metal’. I thought that these people obviously had a sense of humour! I was looking to learn something new, so, why not? I enjoy outings; driving through local villages and trying different bells. This Summer I went […] 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
By Kevin Musty on 24-Oct-2015 - Emma started her ringing journey back in 2010, her teacher was Darran Ricks. She should admired by all, because during her learning to ring and other activities, she had many trips to hospital to have surgery on her back. Obviously this involved long periods of being absent from ringing, but her determination has paid off […] Read more
By Vinni Sullivan on 22-Oct-2015 - Four ringers at St Mary’s church recently attained Level 1 “Bell Handling” On Sunday 27th September they were presented with their Level 1 certificates, and their teacher was given her ART Module 1 ‘teaching bell handling’ certificate. The five of us then rang rounds for service, albeit only for very short stretches, (and at times […] Read more
By Bob Deeley on 21-Oct-2015 - Wishing to explain jargon and help some orientation in the minds of folk during a ‘foundation skills’ practice, I used a picture of a cinema auditorium (side view) as an analogy. This is something we all know, used to explain the associations of the ringing jargon ‘down to the front’ and ‘up to the back’. […] Read more
By Eileen Butler on 21-Oct-2015 - Module 2 of the ART Training Scheme. The first North American Module 2 ART Training Course – Teaching Elementary Change Ringing – was held in Shreveport, LA at St Mark’s on the Wednesday prior to the start of the 2015 NAGCR AGM. The course was led by Bruce Butler and Tony Furnivall. The course participants […] Read more
By Brian Michael Baldwin on 21-Oct-2015 - Held at All Saints’ Marsworth – Saturday 17th October 2015 Tutor: Pip Penney Six Teachers and two Mentors met, representing Barnes, Caterham, Fulham, Great Brickhill, Linslade, Wokingham and Woughton on the Green Towers. Having been a Tower Captain for 40 years and just spent two years teaching a new band in a local tower, virtually […] Read more
By Joan Puckey on 15-Oct-2015 - In the second half of the 1950s, I attended Girl Guide meetings on Thursday evenings at the local church with my cousin. As soon as the meeting was over, we ran round to the belfry and up the stairs to be met by a friend who taught us to ring. Eventually we achieved Bob Major, […] Read more
By Julie Doman on 14-Oct-2015 - I started to learn bell-ringing 2 years ago, not all that far off my 60th birthday – and as weeks went by, I was hearing people talk about ‘peals’, where they rang non-stop for 3 hours or so. To me, it seemed an impossible task – like flying to the moon! For me, progress seemed […] Read more