By Ruth Suggett on 20-Nov-2019 - I was recently asked to be a ‘helper’ on a ringing course and I felt it was a great honour to be asked and to be able to pay back in some small way the countless hours experienced ringers (‘helpers’) have given me in my first year of ringing under the ‘Ringing Remembers’ scheme. I […] Read more
By Helen McGregor on 02-Nov-2019 - The most southerly ART Ringing Centre in the UK is on the delightful island of Alderney. With a population varying between only 1300 and 1500, depending on the season, front doors are not locked, cars are parked with keys in, bank tellers have no glass screens, passengers on the flights/ferry to Guernsey/UK embark by first […] Read more
By Bob Cox on 16-Sep-2019 - A year or so ago the one 10-bell tower in our ringing district lost its tower captain by resignation. As president of the local ringing district I knew that losing access to this tower would be problematic in the longer term. One of the Walsoken Hub’s ringing students (Martin Slough) was keen to increase his […] Read more
By Jane Robinson on 06-Aug-2019 - I started learning to ring in March 2018, in Nassington, Northamptonshire. I’ll always be grateful that they took me under their wings to help me learn to competently handle a bell. We have two ART teachers at our tower and both have been extremely supportive and encouraging. They’ve never let us stand still with our […] 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 Roger Booth on 14-Dec-2017 - Coming top of the Google search lists, the Association of Ringing Teachers (ART) currently receives around 400 enquiries a year, mostly from people wishing to learn to ring. However, some of the more unusual enquiries include people wishing to learn to ring tunes on handbells, restore their tower bells, or for an unusual ‘experience’ as […] Read more
By ART Administrator on 09-Dec-2017 - In the third quarter of 2017, 212 LtR certificates were awarded to ringers at various stages of the Learning the Ropes scheme, as below. Last year’s numbers are shown in brackets as a comparison. Level 1 – Bell Handling 123 (70) Level 2 – Foundation Ringing Skills 58 (37) Level 3 – Introduction to Change […] Read more
By Alice Lindsay on 26-Jul-2016 - Every month a group of bell ringers rang at my local church and I found they were inspiring. When I would go and lock up the church with my dad on the days they were there, the person who leads it all would said I could do it when I was older. I got to […] Read more
By Tony Goodman on 01-Dec-2015 - On the 22nd October 2015 ringers from Minster, Monkton and Wingham had the rare privilege to ring the bells at Canterbury Cathedral. To do this they had to be checked by a ringing instructor from Margate to see if they were up to the high standard, and they all passed. Its good to get ringers […] Read more
By Alan Burlison on 01-Sep-2015 - I read the Edington Training School, 2015 post with interest, as a mid-50’s learner myself I’m keen to hear the experiences of others. The bit about stay breaking struck a chord, within the first couple minutes of me being on a bell for the first time, doing just backstroke, the already-twice-repaired slider gave up the […] Read more