Sunday 31 May 2009

Bell ringers to go "full peal": Stetson Chapel bells will ring for ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
... Chicago-area residents Mark Rizzo and Tom Farthing; and Paul Graupner of Carmel, Ind. Free bell-ringing lessons are available from the Kalamazoo College ...
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Saturday 30 May 2009

Bell ringers to go `full peal'Stetson Chapel bells will ring for ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
For a full peal, the chapel's eight bells will ``change,'' meaning each bell will ring one after the other, in at least 5000 different orders, taking about ...
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Church bell-ringers seek new recruits
Shropshire Star - Telford,England,UK
Bell-ringers at a church on the Shropshire border are now looking for new recruits to help keep the bellsringing long into the future. ...
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Monday 25 May 2009

Delight as church bells to ring again
Stoke & Staffordshire - Stoke-on-Trent,England,UK
"It has been the association's ambition for many years to have these bells ringing again in a tower that will welcome bell ringers of all abilities."
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Sunday 24 May 2009

Church bells ring out across city
BBC News - UK
Other churches will join after two minutes and the mass-bell ringing is expected to last for 45 minutes. The University of Bristol was granted its Royal ...
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Bells mark anniversary

TeleText - ‎4 hours ago‎
Church bells will ring out in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bristol University's Royal Charter. The mass bell ringing will echo the chimes the ...

Church bells to celebrate Bristol University anniversary

Bristol Evening Post - ‎May 23, 2009‎
Church bells will ring out across the Bristol on Sunday to celebrate the centenary anniversary of Bristol University. Bells will be rung from noon at ...

Churches to chime for Charter Day

University of Bristol - ‎May 22, 2009‎
At midday on Sunday 24 May, church bells across Bristol will ring to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the University, ...

Friday 22 May 2009

Church bells ring out once more
Craven Herald - UK
The bells, which have been restored to ring full circle, have a unique arrangement allowing the bellropes to descend through the tower wall into the nave ...
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Big Ben: For whom the bells toll
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
These are for change ringing, which is an exclusively English (rather than British) form of bell ringing, with 5500 sets of bells in England and 200 in the ...
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Thursday 21 May 2009

Festival plans taking shape
Malvern Gazette - Worcester,UK
There will be a Flower Festival at St Gabriel's Church from 11am-5pm on both days, and bell ringingwill take place at various times over the weekend. ...
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Wednesday 20 May 2009

An Impromptu Farewell Becomes Britain's Salute
New York Times - United States
One repatriation took place during a bell-ringing practice at the church, and the sound seemed so fitting that now the bells are rung whenever a new hearse ...
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Bells to ring out after decades of silence
Diocese of Lichfield - UK
The news that the bells have been saved and are to be re-hung has been welcomed by the bell ringingcommunity. Frank Beech, Chairman of the North ...
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Sunday 17 May 2009

Celebrations have been held at a 15th Century Devon church to ...
BBC News - UK
A celebration of the return of the bells was held at the church on Saturday, with bell ringing by local campanologists. Vicar, the Rev Peter Bellenes, ...
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Saturday 16 May 2009

Bells play 'anti-religion' song
BBC News - UK
The 13 bells are arranged around 'Great George', a central ringing bell which weighs more than 14 tonnes and can be heard for miles around. ...
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Heather Smith's weekend whirl
Liverpool Confidential - Liverpool,England,UK
... bell ringing team here and we obviously took into consideration sensitivities surrounding the song's lyrical content,” says a cathedral spokesperson. ...
Bell ringers converge on village for ding-dong battle
South Devon Herald Express - Torquay,England,UK
But today bell ringers should be arriving from all over South Devon for an all day bell ringing session to mark the fact that the bells in the old church ...
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Thursday 14 May 2009

Bells ring out for charity appeal
Isle of Wight County Press - Newport,England,UK
By David Newble - Thursday, May 14, 2009 Doreen Gant, from the Motor Neurone Disease Association, enjoys the bell ringing with ringers, from left, ...
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Wednesday 13 May 2009

"Dangerous" church in Bishops Itchington saved by £182000 grant
Leamington Spa Today - Leamington Spa,England,UK
Bell-ringing has not been possible since 1999 and the arch in the chancel - the area where the altar sits - has begun to crack. This week Heritage Lottery ...
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Ringing the changes at Watton-at-Stone
Hertfordshire Mercury - Hertford,Herts,UK
Mr Hill explained: “The point of the open day was to try and show people how the bells work, and to recruit new bell ringers. Bell ringing is an old art, ...
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Saturday 9 May 2009

Ellesmere Port Standard - Ellesmere Port,England,UK

Sam said: "Bell ringing is very different from other types of musical rendition because bell ringers don't actually follow notes on a score. ...
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oday's News Heading south to ring the changes
Journal Live - Newcastle upon Tyne,UK
The project will cost £90000 – money generated through community events, donations, a Lottery grant and the efforts of a small group of bell ringers, ...
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Thursday 7 May 2009

Chance to visit Tiverton belltower
This Is The Westcountry - UK
On offer is a chance to see the bells and the clock and to find out what's involved in bellringing. If the weather allows there will also be an opportunity ...

Monday 4 May 2009

Bethany completes second leg of 100-mile challenge
Isle of Man Today - Isle of Man,UK
Bethany stopped off to do spot of bell ringing at Peel Cathedral and by chance was able to meet her parents at the airport after they flew home from a ...
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Church bells to get £90000 refit
BBC News - UK
Churchwarden Susan Hill said: "Our bell ringers have worked tremendously hard to raise approximately £90000 to carry out this work and we are proud of their ...
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Sunday 3 May 2009

Time to perform in Market Square - Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Circus expert Kevin Burke will be teaching the tricks and skills of the big top all day while visitors can have a go on a bell ringing simulator and listen to some of Northamptonshire's best folk music bands....
Northampton Chronicle and Echo - News - http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=255

Friday 1 May 2009

Scarecrows festival
Great Yarmouth Mercury - Great Yarmouth,England,UK
There will be bell-ringing demonstrations during the day and the chance to have a go yourself. In the church there will be handbell ringing and refreshments ...
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