By Anne Robinson on 01-Dec-2019 - It occurred to me the other day, when I was walking like a gymnast on a wooden beam, clutching a stool on a string, with a face full of cobwebs, that this wasn’t what I’d expected when I signed up to learn bell ringing. However, this strange balancing act has become a regular occurrence for […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 28-Oct-2019 - Football fans among you will recognise the Norwich City colours on these beautifully painted nails by Norfolk ringer Katie Wright. But this has got nothing to do with football – it’s just a nod to the very first Learning the Ropes Festival of Ringing held in Norwich in August. Mancroft Ringing Discovery CentreManager Nikki Thomas […] Read more
By John Loveless on 16-Oct-2019 - We knew going to Singapore to teach ringing would be no holiday, but 11 days of hard work. Our brief was to introduce bell-ringing to Singapore Cathedral, with its fine new 25cwt ring of 12, training members of the Cathedral community to handle a bell using the Learning the Ropes scheme. Starting on 7 August, […] Read more
By ART Administrator on 09-Oct-2019 - In the third quarter of 2019, 290 certificates were awarded to ringers at the various stages of Learning the Ropes (LtR) as shown below. Last year’s numbers are given for comparison Level 1: Bell Handling 141 (167) Level 2: Foundation Ringing Skills 103 (83) Level 3: Introduction to Change Ringing 27 (21) Level 4: Novice […] Read more
By Beth Johnson on 24-Aug-2019 - There’s lots happening at the Essex tower of Shenfield St Mary’s. The band is thriving with a good mix of young and old, and teaching and learning are very much on the agenda, as well as having lots of fun. In September they enjoyed a great day out in London, described by 13 year old […] Read more
By Susan Read on 12-Aug-2019 - The city of Oxford was an ideal choice for our Big Day Out as it not only offers a variety of historic and memorable towers but is relatively easy for 19 young ringers and their parents to get around.Our first two towers were the light tens at St Thomas and St Mary Magdalen. Ringing was […] Read more
By Brian Giles on 01-Aug-2019 - In Tower Talk number 10, Brian Giles described how a new band got off the ground at Weekley, Northants. Here he gives us an update – not without its dramas! Having found Elaine Greatrex, our ART teacher, four new ringers at Weekley were making progress with their ringing. However, eventually the inevitable happened: we broke […] Read more
By Ruth Suggett on 18-Jul-2019 - In the second quarter of 2019, 258 certificates were awarded to ringers at the various stages of Learning the Ropes (LtR) as shown below (last year’s numbers given for comparison) Level 1: Bell Handling 132 (144) Level 2: Foundation Skills 79 (63) Level 3: Introduction to Change Ringing 19 (23) Level 4: Novice Change Ringer […] Read more
By Jennifer Town on 10-Jul-2019 - On 27 April, Harry Helyer rang the treble to a quarter peal of Cambridge Surprise Minor and so completed all the activities for his Level 5 in Learning the Ropes. This was achieved 16 months after his first lesson and three weeks after his 11th birthday. He rather over-achieved, int hat he also rang a […] Read more
By Sue Thomas on 03-Jun-2019 - It was Christmas Eve 2017 and I was walking through the Cathedral grounds in Carlisle. The bells were sounding out joyfully. It reminded me of my childhood and my two older brothers ringing at Christmas services. I was ‘the little girl’ and not allowed to learn to ring. I could join the choir. I related […] Read more