The Guild’s Open Towers Day was held successfully on Easter Monday, 18th April 2022, raising £1,434 split equally between the Guild’s BRF and the fund-raising towards the costs of running the National 12-Bell Striking Contest to be held at Guildford…
Planning the year ahead – an informal blog of the February 2022 Exec
The February meeting is always busy as new District Officers are welcomed to the Executive Committee and budgets are approved. The Guild has lost members during the pandemic, and with the average age creeping upwards, the budget for 2022 assumes…
Roger Pashley appointed as Guild Vice-President
Roger Pashley was appointed to be a Vice-President of the Guild at the Annual General Meeting March. Roger was first elected as the Guild’s Auditor in 1971 and has been re-elected, first as Auditor and later (when the rules changed)…
Holy Week Training Programme 2022
At last, we can run face to face training again. Over recent years Holy Week Training has evolved from 2 or 3 courses on one evening during Holy Week to a Training Programme spreading through April, into May and even…
Ringing Recovers with a busy end to the year – blog of October 2021 Exec Meeting.
This was the first in-person Exec Committee meeting since Covid restrictions were introduced in spring 2020. There was still considerable uncertainty about what ringing was allowed, now and for the foreseeable future, although ringing has resumed in most towers, albeit…
Farnham District ADM – 22 Jan 22 now on Zoom
Owing to the Covid situation, this meeting will now be held via Zoom. Please do not go to Farnborough! The joining details are Topic: Farnham District ADM Time: Jan 22, 2022 05:30 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://us05web.zoom.us/j/86085011608?pwd=TFl6UHl1K2dhTTQzbVhxbVNpWkx0dz09 Meeting ID:…
Postponement of Open Towers Day – Mon 3rd Jan 22
With great regret the Organising Committee has decided to postpone the Open Towers Day planned for 3rd January due to the worsening Covid situation. We feel that it would not be responsible to put the health of our own members and that…
Route announced for Open Towers Day on 3rd Jan 2022
Postponement of Open Towers Day planned for 3rd January 2022. With great regret the Organising Committee has decided to postpone the Open Towers Day planned for 3rd January due to the worsening Covid situation. We feel that it would not…
GS2222 and bellringing
GS2222 is a proposal to amend the Church of England’s Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011. Of particular concern to ringers is proposed changes to the mechanism for church closures. GS stands for General Synod, which is the Church’s equivalent of…
A breath of fresh air – or not? An informal blog of the 12th July Exec meeting
The meeting was keenly awaiting the removal of most Covid restrictions due on 19th July (one week after the meeting). Currently there has been some resumption of Sunday service ringing at many towers (with suitable social distancing and hygiene precautions)…