By Nicki Lang on 04-Apr-2016 - My mentor, Rob Perry and I had rung for some years at Marksbury, near Bath, but out of the blue one day all ringing was stopped there due to frame movement causing cracking of the tower. To suddenly have our bells pronounced ‘unringable’ and to have no ‘home’ tower is a really strange feeling. We […] Read more
By Cate Stokes on 08-Feb-2016 - I started ringing by accident back in September 2015 after a friend of a friend and previous learner at St Peter’s in Kineton (The Edgehill Ringing Center) heard that I was living in the Kineton area. She absolutely insisted that I must go and meet Graham Nabb at the Edgehill Ringing Centre and experience the […] 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 Elva Ainsworth on 15-Dec-2015 - Starting to teaching at Amersham was great – positive buzz and 5 learners all inspired and up for learning over the next 4 weeks…. The techniques for moving through the first stages worked magically with my son (11yrs) and he was ringing with both strokes together at the end with just a couple of fingers […] Read more
By Phillip George on 21-Sep-2015 - We have two ringers coming to the end of their D of E bronze award, and within the last week another young ringer has asked us to support him in this scheme. Our first ringer is Jonathan who will this week be successfully completed his bronze level. He started to learn bell handling in March […] Read more
By Susan Read on 07-Sep-2015 - Many ringers just think of simulators as an expedient, allowing practice without annoying the neighbours. However, they offer a lot more. Indeed, the use of sensors combined with sophisticated software allows all kinds of practice and learning, whether individually or as a band, that are just not possible with real bells. Graham Nabb, with advice […] Read more
By Richard Heath on 21-Aug-2015 - History A request by a Spanish youth came through ART Secretariat in February. Victor, a 15 year old pupil was keenly interested in full circle bell ringing and wished to learn to ring. Was there an intensive 2 or 3 day course available over the summer? David, SDGR Training Officer and keen to promote ITTS […] 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