By Tony Goodman on 07-Sep-2017 - Until 2014, there had been no ringing at St Mary’s, Minster – the bells were silent. So, I started work with cleaning, making the tower habitable and the 5 bells ringable again. Another thing the Tower was short of was ringers!…. I decided to attend an ART Module 1 course to brush up my teaching […] Read more
By Jude Atkins on 10-Oct-2016 - Left to right: Linda London, Jude Atkins, Jan Woodcock, Simon Edwards, Joke Routledge, Clare Edwards, Roger Routledge. (Mike Hamilton absent) In the late summer of 2015, Simon and Clare Edwards, who live near St Nicholas Church in Brushford, enjoyed hearing the bells being rung by a band of visiting ringers. This started the process of […] 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