Westbury-on-Severn bell tower restoration boost BBC News "The heaviest ring of six bells in the county are now on target to ring again for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee [in 2012]," he added. "It's so important that we get these bellsringing again. They're local Gloucester bells made by Abraham Rudall, ... See all stories on this topic »

Church needs £80000 for ambitious renovation
Ledbury Reporter
The new set of bells has already been cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London and will be installed in due course. The old bells will be kept and ...

Campsea Ashe: Bells a blessing for church after theft
East Anglian Daily Times
Three bells had been removed from the church last year for restoration and another three were made at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London as part of the ...

Bells Ring Out at Beverley St. Mary's AboutMyArea A new exhibition at the Treasure House, Beverley, looks at the fascinating world of church bell ringing, researched by members of the Beverley & District Ringing Society and the Beverley Town Handbell Ringers. The sound of church bells is iconic to ... See all stories on this topic »

Coordinated bell ringing planned
Abilene Reporter-News
Teams of change ringers pull on hanging ropes to play the church bells, timing their yanks just so. One might think that there are plenty of bell towers out there for these unorthodox musicians to practice their trade, but it's quite the opposite. ...
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Visit Furness party town
NW Evening Mail
Stan Walmsley, tower captain of the St Mary's bell ringers, said: “Most people in Dalton like to hear the sound of their parish church bells but we must ensure that sufficient new ringers are trained, because no ringers means no ringing and then the ...
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BELLS ring out after two year silence
But now, two years on, the bells have been restored at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and returned to St Botolph's. Derek Wilkinson, 75, captain of the bells, ...

A REAL APEEL Blackpool Gazette (press release) Eve feature on the bellringers of St. Michael's Church in Kirkham. Pictured in the belltower are Heather Stewart, Sarah Yates, Terry Williams, Brian Giltrow, John Blott and Ken Jagger. PIC BY ROB LOCK 31-5-2011 THIS Fylde group really have chance to... See all stories on this topic »

St. James' Episcopal Church has a nice ring to it: Marietta resident helps to ...
Marietta Daily Journal
The change ringing bells are named after saints. 'Dunstan' is among the bells, which weigh between 247 and 593 pounds and are tuned in the key of C. Williams holds a wooden replica of a changeringing bell at the church. He is blind, and says he relies ...
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Full peal finally heard in Truro
Falmouth Packet
For the past five months the cathedral bells have been silent as the bell foundry firm, Taylors of Loughborough, carried out work to install the new bells. ...

Cathedrals newest bells ring out over Truro
BBC News
For the past five months the cathedral's bells had been silent while bell foundry firm, Taylors of Loughborough, carried out the installation work. ...

Bells ring at Stately Home
Evesham Journal
But now Worcestershire Change Ringing Association has restored them to working order. Bell ringer Paul Smith said: “The bells are such an important part of the Croome estate, it has been hugely satisfying to work on a project that has brought them back ...
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Leah gains bell-ringing accolade Weston & Somerset Mercury The 11-year-old Gordano School student started bell-ringing three years ago after a family friend introduced her to the age-old skill. She attends Tuesday evening practice sessions at St Peter's Church in Portishead and then rings at Sunday services. ... See all stories on this topic »

Wanted: bell-ringers for Limerick's churches Limerick Leader (press release) Members of the Bell ringers from Bell Ringers of St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Clement's Redemptorists Church ringing the Bells in St Mary's Catherdral Limerick (Picture Brian Gavin Press 22) MAYOR Maria Byrne has said efforts to preserve a ... See all stories on this topic »

Bells... what is the a-peal?
The Sun (SEAN HAMILTON, secret campanologist)

Many of the bells in the UK, including Big Ben and the ones in St Paul's cathedral, were cast in Whitechapel Bell Foundry, East London, which has been going ...

Bellringers barricaded over noise

BBC News - ‎3 minutes ago‎

A group of touring bellringers were locked in a North Yorkshire church tower by an irate villager who took offence to their noise. The team had travelled from Oxfordshire to play the bells at Saint John the Evangelist Church in Sharrow on Sunday when ...

Bell-ringers trapped in village ding-dong

Telegraph.co.uk - Nigel Bunyan - ‎10 hours ago‎

An irate pensioner who imprisoned a group of bellringers in a 150ft high belfry may find himself the subject of an injunction if the residents of a picturesque village manage to identify him. By Nigel Bunyan The mysterious `Mr Crotchety` is thought to ...

Angry senior citizen locks bell ringers in British church tower

Herald Sun - ‎16 hours ago‎

An embarrased Yorkshire church has apologised after the bell ringers were locked in the tower and police said they are investigating. Picture: AP Source: AP A GROUP of professional bell ringers was locked up in a British church tower by a fed up senior ...

Bell ringers locked in belfry by angry pensioner

Mirror.co.uk - Paul Byrne - ‎16 hours ago‎

SIX bell ringers were stunned when an elderly man stormed into the church, gave them an ear-bashing then locked them inside. He ranted about the din before wedging the belfry door shut. ...

Ding dong row as southern bellringers are trapped

The Guardian - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎

Yorkshire apologises for furious villager apparently driven mad by bells. And by far the most expensive house in Bishop Auckland could be yours Nice but noisy. A big church bell. Photograph: Robert Szwedowski/Rex Features Oh dear what can the matter be ...

Pensioner barricades bell-ringers in Yorkshire church tower over village noise...

Daily Mail - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎

By Daily Mail Reporter A livid pensioner confronted a group of six professional bell-ringers before locking them in a church tower after the noise took its toll. The unknown elderly man swore at the group having climbed the narrow staircase to the ...

Bellringers locked in church tower by annoyed pensioner

Metro - ‎2 hours ago‎

The bells really did take their toll on a man searching for some peace and quiet after he locked a group of ringers in a church tower. The unknown man confronted the group of six while they practised a three-hour peal at St John the Evangelist church ...

Angry Elderly Man Locks Noisy Christian Musicians in Church Tower

Christian Post - Daniel Blake, Christian Post - ‎3 hours ago‎

A group of professional church bell-ringers have been threatened and then locked in a church tower May 28, 2011 by…an angry pensioner! The group of six bell-ringers had traveled all the way from south to ...

Bell-ringers barricaded by irate pensioner

Ripon Today - ‎4 hours ago‎

A TEAM of bell-ringers found themselves barricaded inside a church tower after an irate pensioner took the law into his own hands in a protest over noise. The unidentified man, thought to be in his 70s or 80s, struck as the campanologists were ...

Woman tells of belfry rescue

The Northern Echo - Andy Walker - ‎8 hours ago‎

A WOMAN has told how she rushed to the aid of a group of bellringers after they were locked in a churchtower by an irate pensioner. Sandra Price released the six-strong group, aged between 45 and 65, after they were imprisoned in the ...

BELLRINGERS LOCKED IN CHURCH IN A DING-DONG OVER THE NOISE

Express.co.uk - Paul Jeeves - ‎16 hours ago‎

THE sound of church bells ringing out on a Sunday evening was hardly music to the ears of one furious villager. Driven mad by the noise, the angry pensioner stormed into the church and climbed up to the belfry, swearing at the team of ...

Angry villager locks bellringers in church

ChristianToday - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎

An elderly man fed up with the sound of church bells took drastic action on Sunday when he locked a team of bellringers inside the church where they were practising. The unidentified man climbed the steps to the belfry of Saint John the Evangelist, ...

Fed-up villager locks bell ringers in Sharow church tower

The Press, York - Richard Catton - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎

A TEAM of bell ringers found themselves locked in a North Yorkshire church tower by a pensioner, after he seemingly took offence to the sound of their ringing. The man, believed to be in his 70s or 80s, climbed the narrow staircase ...

Bellringers locked in belfry over noise row

Darlington and Stockton Times - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎

A TEAM of bellringers were locked in a church tower by an unknown pensioner after he seemingly took offence at the noise. The man, believed to be in his 70s or 80s, climbed the narrow staircase to the belfry of Saint John the Evangelist Church, ...

Angry Elderly Man Locks Noisy Christian Musicians in Church Tower
Christian Post
The group of six bell-ringers had traveled all the way from south to north England especially to perform their talents. However, the noise from the bell-ringing did not impress the elderly man, who climbed the narrow winding staircase in the tower of ...
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Bell ringers locked in belfry by angry pensioner
Mirror.co.uk
Sandra Price, 69, said: “I heard banging and thought it was a peculiar way of bell ringing. Then I heard them shout, 'We're trapped'.” Rosemary Triffitt, 60, who invites campanologists to St John the Divine in Sharow, North Yorks, said: “I apologise. ...
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Bell-ringers trapped in village ding-dong Telegraph.co.uk “We know there's a history of somebody complaining about the bell-ringing here, so I'm wondering whether it's the same person. “If that's true, last week he'd have heard the ringing on Tuesday, then Wednesday and then the full three-hour peal on Sunday ... See all stories on this topic »

Ding dong row as southern bellringers are trapped
The Guardian
Not an old lady locked in the loo this time, but an entire group of bellringers locked in a belfry by a local villager who couldn't stand their din. That's bad enough. But the incident is worse because the church at Sharow near Ripon is in the north, ...

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Pensioner barricades bell-ringers in Yorkshire church tower over village noise ... Daily Mail 'I removed the wood and opened the door and there were the bell ringers! 'They were relieved to see me. They said they were a third of a way through their peal when a man appeared, shouting and swearing. 'He was being very, very nasty and threatening ... See all stories on this topic »