Jersey campanologists welcome Olympic bell ringing
BBC News
A group of Jersey campanologists believe an idea by artist Martin Creed to have people around the British Isles ring bells on the first day of the Olympics will help them recruit new members. The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers in the UK said ...
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Nurses, school children and a giant bell to bring fun start to the Games
Evening Standard
A 27-tonne bell - much larger than Big Ben - will be rung at 9pm on July 27, at the start of the ceremony. Now being struck at Whitechapel Foundry, it will be engraved with a line from a speech by Caliban in The Tempest: "Be not afeard, ...
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London 2012 Olympics: Shakespeare theme to lead 'Isles of Wonder' Olympic ... Telegraph.co.uk The London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony will begin with the ringing of the biggestbell in Europe and will feature a tribute to the NHS, with a performance by hundreds of nurses. Off with a bang: when China hosted the Olympics in 2008 the Beijing ... See all stories on this topic »

CHIDEOCK: Sounds of bells to return to Chideock
View Online
The residents of Chideock can look forward to the sound of bells ringing across their village once more. The campaign to raise the £70000 needed to repair the bells of St Giles Church has been a resounding success. After a year of intense fundraising, ...
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Pupil's winning design for repatriation bell Witney Gazette She will also get to see it being made at London's White-chapel Bell Foundry, which cast Big Ben. She will be the guest of honour at the unveiling ceremony, ...

Tower Hamlets' city bid gains momentum as Olympic athlete pledges ... EastLondonLines The 23 year old 400m specialist, joins the likes of the City of London, Canary Wharf Group, Tower of London and the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, ...

Church fire tale for Wargrave Local History Society members Wokingham Times The collection of bells at Wargrave was made by Henry Knight and recast in 1903 by Mears and Stainbank at Whitechapel Bell Foundry.

Story of chapel's handbells has a nice ring to it
Brantford Expositor
Since we have eight bells, there are, theoretically, 40320 permutations of an eight-bell sequence we could play. This is called an extent and would take only 19 hours to accomplish! I think not. We do look forward though to incorporating change ringing ...
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Bells ring out for Diamond Jubilee Bexhill Observer BELLS will be ringing out over Bexhill's Old Town next month when St Peter's bellringers take part in a countywide celebration to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, 60 years to the day that HRH commenced her reign. The Eastern Division of the... See all stories on this topic »