Congratulations to Guildford Cathedral who retained the trophy at today’s District Striking Competition! The bells at Bramley provided the opportunity for all the bands to ring well and the full results were as follows: 1. Guildford Cathedral (120 Cambridge Surprise…
Guildford District Forthcoming Events
The Guildford District Programme up to September is now shown on the calendar. You should also have a copy pinned up in your tower! We look forward to seeing you at one of our forthcoming events. Tim Stansfeld, Jonathan Deane…
Guild 2022 AGM Notice and Agenda
The Annual General Meeting of the Guild will be held at 6 pm on Saturday 12th March 2022 in St John’s Centre, Merrow, GU4 7AA The Guild 6-bell striking competition will be held at 2 pm at Merrow. General ringing and…
Esher organises successful recruitment event
Like many Towers we found ourselves lacking ringers once the lockdown restrictions were eased. Fortunately, with a multitude of ‘firsts’ to celebrate within our parish we were able to use Christ Church’s Welcome Weekend to our advantage. Ann and Amanda…
Yorktown – Combine your practice with those of other towers
In the autumn of 2019 we at Yorktown organised a ‘home and away’ combined practice with the band at Epsom Common. It gave both bands the chance to ring somewhere different on a practice and get out of the routine…
Recovery at Merrow
When lockdown regulations and periodic relaxations have allowed over the past 18 months, we have managed to toll the tenor or ring up to 3 of our 6 bells for several local occasions and national commemorations, most recently to mark…
Guild towers open for Heritage Open Days 2021
Each year people are encouraged to experience local history, architecture and culture for free. This is an ideal opportunity to showcase bells and bell ringing and do a sly bit of recruitment along the way. Well done to the following…
Recruitment advice from Shalford
When I retired/was made redundant, I really thought I ought to recruit a new band, something I had been putting off. Five regulars (and visitors on Mondays) really isn’t good, so I… a. borrowed the Guild’s “Learn the ropes” recruitment…
Gloucester & Bristol Ringing Summer School, 23 – 29 August 2021
During lockdown last year, the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association held a very successful on-line Summer School comprising a wide variety of seminars aimed at ringers hoping to improve their ringing skills, develop their band or just for general interest.…
Service Ringing Restarts at Egham
We have started ringing for services again. The service times have changed and the new ringing times are: 08.30 – 09.00 10.00 – 10.30 Practices are still on Thursdays 19.45-21.15. The first Thursday in the month is set aside for…
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