Deadline for receipt of nominations for Young Ringer’s Award
Today is the last day for submitted nominations for the 2023 Young Ringer's Award.
Today is the last day for submitted nominations for the 2023 Young Ringer's Award.
St James Whitehaven are opening their normal practice night to a wider cluster of towers in the vicinity on Friday 31 March 2023, 19:00 - 21:00. Come and ring in an easily accessible tower with nearby ringers. There are 12 bells, so if you haven’t rung on ten or twelve bells before, now’s your chance [...]
Following our successful hosting of two M1 ART courses last year, the Guild is delighted to be hosting another teaching course to be held at Appleby. This course shows new and experienced teachers how to support their students and develop the necessary foundation skills for good ringing and then move forward to ringing changes. You will [...]
The annual Dalemain marmalade festival is taking place over the weekend and as previously, there will be a theme of bells in the festival based on the nursery rhyme "oranges and lemons say the bells of St Clements". The Border mini-ring will be present and bellringers are actively encouraged to support the ringing activities. We [...]
Our Guild AGM is being held at Greystoke this year. Timings are 13:30 - 14:30 Ringing at Great Salkeld 15:00 - 16:00 Ringing at Greystoke 16:30 Service at Greystoke 17:00 Bring and share tea, Greystoke village hall AGM business meeting will follow the tea in the village hall. Parking is available in the village hall. [...]
For ideas of special things to ring, and where to link performances, please go to the Central Council website.
The striking competition will be held in the afternoon at Crosthwaite/Keswick. The Judge this year will be Simon Percy from Lancaster. There are the usual two competitions - the Call Change Band and the Method Band competition. You should enter the competition appropriate for the ringing your band normally does. The competition is just for [...]
With everything going on with Ring for the King the week before, we hope this event will help galvanise bellringing, church and community, and be another excellent way of keeping new recruits involved after the coronation. With thanks to Revd Max Drinkwater, hymns/songs, readings, poetry and other music have been listed on the Bell Sunday website. This [...]
Monthly surprise major practice. Baseline of Cambridge and Yorkshire up to std 8 spliced, and a special method of Glasgow. For more details please contact Norman Brock at nbrock@sky.com.
We’re heading off to Lancashire this month, starting at the hexagonal tower of Hornby with its eight bells before moving on to the splendid ten at Lancaster Priory. Unfortunately St Peter’s Cathedral is having ceiling works done which precludes us from ringing there – but doesn’t preclude lunch at a favourite watering hole, “The White [...]