The Central Council has published an update at https://cccbr.org.uk/coronavirus/ on their discussions with the Church of England authorities to ensure a safe and timely return to ringing.   The CC’s set of guidance notes on assessing and mitigating Covid-related risks associated with…

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…

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update from the Central Council (11 May 2020) The Central Council has released a new summary of the current Church of England guidance and CC advice on reducing the COVID-19 risk in towers. It has also launched a…

Central Council Position Statement / Guidance on COVID-19 (5 May 2020) This position statement issued by the Central Council deserves as wide a circulation as possible. While I am sure we are all looking forward to a time when we…

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Ivan J M Saunders, one of the Guild’s Vice-Presidents, on 4th April 2020. Ivan was born in 1938 in Danbury, Essex, and began his ringing career at the age…

Five bands competed in the Guild’s annual 6-bell striking contest at Puttenham on 14th March 2020. The test piece was 180 changes of Doubles or Minor or 6 minutes of call changes, judged by Jeremy and Sheila Cheesman. Three of…

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…

We are sorry to announce the sad news that Pam Bird, a Vice-President of the Guild, died peacefully in her sleep at Winton House Nursing Home in Nether Wallop, Hants, on Monday 9th March aged 86. Pam rang at Hersham for…

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…

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…