By Barbara Le Gallez on 11-Aug-2015 - David Waterhouse started learning to ring in August 2014 and recently rang his first quarter peal (tenor behind), after just less than a year. David had to work very hard at bell handling at first, but his persistence has been well rewarded and he is making great strides in his bell ringing. Shortly after the […] Read more
By Barbara Le Gallez on 07-Aug-2015 - On October 17th, two courses will be given at Stretham Ringing Education Centre by Simon Linford, who devised the course on behalf of ART. Simon is a very experienced conductor on all numbers of bells, having conducted over 250 peals including a number of records. However Simon likes nothing more than helping other ringers achieve […] Read more
By Chris Lomax on 01-Aug-2015 - I was tutoring a learner in Bob Minor this morning with a very experienced band (hundreds of peals and up to Maximus). I asked them if they knew what to do when ‘Go Bales’ was called – no one knew so, undaunted, I taught them. Of course they picked it up easily and agreed that it’s […] Read more
By Simon Head on 31-Jul-2015 - I thought that people may be interested in the story behind the silent and unconducted quarter of Bob Doubles rung at Woughton on the Green (Bucks) on Sunday 31st August. A few months previously we discussed the idea of ringing a silent and unconducted quarter peal. One ringer had always wanted to have a go […] Read more
By Richard Booth on 24-Jul-2015 - The Grade 1 Listed Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, contains a ring of 6 bells which have long been notorious as awkward to ring. This was hardly a problem for many years during which the Church did not have a regular band of ringers and the bells were only rung very […] Read more
By Rose Nightingale on 18-Jul-2015 - For many, of the most enjoyable perks of learning to ring Church bells is the tradition of visiting and ringing at other towers. Ringing outings give us the chance to explore some beautiful Churches, ring a variety of bells and socialise with other ringers. Like a lot of bands, every year, Marsworth team arrange an […] Read more
By Rob Parker on 12-Jul-2015 - SmART Ringer Blogs is a brand new addition to the host of services provided by SmART Ringer – the website for the Association of Ringing Teachers and Learning the Ropes. Blogs enables everyone involved with ART and LtR to share their successes, challenges and stories with other ringers, teachers and mentors as well as the […] Read more