We are sorry to record the death from cancer of Ron Diserens, a Guild member at Dorking since 1980. Ron rang 1411 peals, 98 as conductor, and among his achievements was to ring a peal on all 366 days of…
Guild Report for 2019 (issued March 2020)
The Guildford Diocesan Guild report for 2019 (Issued at the Guild AGM on 14th March 2020) is available as a pdf document here: Guild Report 2019 The report is encrypted to protect personal details, so you will require a password…
Coronavirus – Covid-19
The CCCBR has issued the following advice: Many people are concerned about the effects of the current Coronavirus outbreak and what impact that has on us and our ringing activities. Whilst the CCCBR cannot offer any professional medical advice, we…
Team Leatherhead is famous
In 2018 when we rang to celebrate the centenary of the end of WWI I was asked by the ‘Pageant Master Bruno Peek’ to send him a photo of us all. I did so and promptly forgot about it. Scroll…
Holy Week Training – 6th/7th April 2020
Some excellent training events are being held in the forthcoming Holy Week (when traditionally, we refrain from ringing). These are Listening skills How to ‘read’ a composition as set out in the Ringing World Diary and elsewhere Understanding Plain Bob…
Margaret Bale
It is with great sadness that we report the untimely death of Margaret Bale on 18th February, after a short illness. Our deepest condolences go to her husband Mike, daughter Jacqueline, son Richard and their respective families. Margaret was a…
Adjustable Clappers at Crondall
The Crondall ringers were concerned that some of their bells were very odd-struck and they wanted to make improvements. Some of the bells are fitted with ‘twiddle pins’ that allow the clappers to be set up to strike accurately. However,…
Losing Emails in Junk
Several users have complained that they are not receiving messages from their District Email Group. This can happen when your email client (Outlook, webmail or other) rejects ‘bulk’ email. The District email groups have more than 100 members, so a…
Loughborough Bell Foundry Appeal
The Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust is working to secure a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to preserve the historic buildings of the bell foundry. However they need to raise £1.1m from other sources to secure the Lottery grant. They…
From Claire Allen, our new Young Ringers Organiser
Hello, my name is Claire, and I have recently taken over organising the Guildford Young Ringers group. I ring at St Michael’s in Aldershot, but can also be occasionally spotted at Farnborough, Farnham or Eversley! My main aspiration for the…