I have sent out a doodle to my band with 5 evenings available next and the following week to get the more worried ringers just pulling off and ringing – quietly and calmly for as long as they want to…
Ringing Recovery at Frensham
In Frensham we are proposing to re-start Sunday service ringing on Sunday (23rd May) ringing in the same way as we did for a few weeks last summer – so only 4 ringers, wearing masks, staying 1m+ apart, ringing only…
2020 Central Council Annual Meeting
The 2020 Central Council weekend will be held on 4-6 September 2020 at the University of Nottingham’s Jubilee Campus close to the city centre. The CC will be organising a programme of events of interest to all ringers, including: •…
Essex Trophy 2019
A Guild band competed for the Essex Trophy on 14th September. This is a 10-bell contest between Guilds and Associations representing the home counties. The test piece was a touch of 327 Stedman Caters. The results were: 1 Kent County…
GDG 10-bell Striking Competition, St Andrew’s, Farnham, 8 June 2019
Guildford District were the overall winners of the inter-district 10-bell competition which took place at St Andrew’s, Farnham, on 8 June 2019 between teams from Guildford, Farnham and Leatherhead. The test piece was 306 St Clement’s College Bob Caters and…
Westley Award for Church Bell Maintenance
The Chairman of Westley Group, Tom Westley, kindly offers to sponsor an award in connection with bell ringing. The Group started casting tower bells following the closure of The Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Tom is a metallurgist and engineer, but not…
Holy Trinity’s Peal Of Bells Will Commemorate Great War Soldier And A Former Bellringer
(…taken from: http://www.guildford-dragon.com/2017/11/28/holy-trinitys-peal-bells-will-commemorate-great-war-soldier-rang-church/) By David Rose If you are in Guildford High Street this Saturday morning (December 2, 2017) and hear the bells ringing out from Holy Trinity Church, there will be a good reason why. They will be ringing…
GD56 – Heavy Blend Sweatshirt
Holy Week Training Plus – 2017
Hi All, This year we have 3 courses running, the first is practical so is being run the week before Holy Week:- Wednesday 5 April – Stoke-Next-Guildford GU1 1HB – 7.45 – 9.15 pm Advanced Bell Handling for Method Ringing…
GDGYR Practices 2017
Hi everyone, and Happy New Year First of all, the first YR practice for the year will be at Albury on the 14th January at 16:30pm. Postcode for Albury is GU15 9AJ. I have pencilled in the following dates for…