By Phil Tremain on 03-Oct-2017 - It was like any other end of the month Thursday, writes Ian Banbury (St.Cleer). The day spent at work, the journey home, “Hello Love!”, a quick kiss, turn the computer on to check the emails and there it was … An innocuous enough email from Phil Tremain explaining that due to illness, someone had to […] Read more
By Ginette Pardoe on 29-Jul-2017 - In 2013, a fellow ringer suggested we start a monthly practice at Broseley in Shropshire with a view to establishing a new band; there hadn’t been an active band there in several years. I mentioned this to a friend, Teresa, who is also the landlady of a local pub (so I see her quite often!), […] Read more
By Alan Bentley on 28-Jul-2017 - On the 7th October, Lytchett Minster tower will be hosting a M1 course in teaching bell handling. The course will be tutored by Gill Hughes and delegates are invited to arrive by 9.15am for a prompt 9.30am start. The course fee is £20 payable to ART, with a £5 local contribution for lunch and refreshments […] Read more
By Nick Harrop on 10-Jul-2017 - The millions of tourists who flock every year to the Fylde coast to enjoy its glorious sunshine were joined on Saturday, 8th. July, 2017 by Graham Nabb and Paul Lewis from the Association of Ringing Teachers (ART), to deliver Module 1 of the ‘ART Training Scheme’ to the Fylde branch of the Lancashire Association of […] Read more
By Tony Nunn on 24-May-2017 - I guess I was not alone in arriving for my ART Module 1 course not quite knowing what to expect. I’ve been ringing (and teaching ringing) for a long time. Would it be a grandmaternal egg-sucking exercise? An exposition of trendy methodology with little grounding in practicality? (Actually, having met Graham Nabb before, I wasn’t […] Read more
By Nigel Orchard on 23-Feb-2017 - There is currently a lot of breast beating about the future of ringing, the ageing population of ringers and the difficulty of recruiting young people. I have been aware of localised pockets of success reversing this decline as witness the number of teams entering the Ringing World National Youth Contest and the Birmingham teaching programme. […] Read more
By Deborah Margason-Baker on 01-Jul-2016 - ART Training Day Module 1. As part of their amazing commitment to training in the Guild and ringing in general Andy and Sallie Ingram held Winchester and Portsmouth Guild’s first Association of Ringing Teacher’s (ART) Module1 – Teaching bell Handling day course on Saturday 25th June. The day started at 09:00 in The Kings Head […] 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 Michael Carding on 23-Aug-2015 - I have been too busy with teaching my band to contribute much back to ART, but I hope my story below will help to inspire others. March 2013 Moved to Shrewsbury, joined the St Chad’s band. Became a member of Holy Trinity, Meole Brace where the light 8 had not been rung regularly for […] Read more