By ART Resource Administrator on 07-Oct-2019 - What did attendees really think? A really useful day. I will go and put it into action immediately! I liked the tutor’s attitude and approach. I feel that I have learnt a lot and look forward to the next module. I felt able to ask any questions I had and enjoyed working with the rest […] Read more
By Amanda Richmond on 14-Jun-2018 - Three, wonderful, talented new ringers for St Mary Le Tower, Ipswich. Karina was keen to learn to ring as part of her Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award. Leonie and Jack started following our tower open day. They have shown real commitment and made really good progress. Congratulations to them all. Karina has obtained her SmART […] Read more
By Roger Booth on 29-Mar-2018 - “Many thanks for an excellent course. We all learned a great deal and are most grateful to you for the positive, encouraging way you allayed our nerves and fears” “Very inspiring and informative, now I need some new ringers” “Thank you for a very useful course. It helped me having watched an ART Teacher over […] Read more
By Chris de Cordova on 07-Feb-2018 - Following my post on Facebook in mid-November, about a young man who was ringing the treble independently to touches of Plain Bob, Grandsire and St Simon’s Doubles less than three weeks after his first blows in plain hunt on 5 bells, I agreed to share the learning programme we had devised for him. I was […] Read more
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 Christopher Wright on 10-Apr-2017 - All this climbing stuff… I feel a bit like the von Trapp Family. We had quite a good session with five of the recruits (and two trainers and a “stooge”) on Thursday – and there seemed to be a demand for another session today (Monday). Bells were muffled (I use the simple motorbike tyre ones […] Read more
By Sheila Scofield on 28-Dec-2015 - Peter Vincent (800th person to gain Level 1 LtR) achieved level 1 bell handling in September 2015. He is pictured with Jeannie Byham, also achieving level 1 at the same time and Mandy Burnett, awarded Level 3 in October, at their practice tower in Bampton, Devon. Mandy also gained the Guild of Devonshire Ringers Guild […] Read more
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