Calling all ringers
Suffolk Free Press
A CALL has gone out for bell ringers to get ringing for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Derek Rose, from the Suffolk Guild of Ringers, says that Sudbury is short of campanologists – to give people who study bells their correct name – and ...
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Halesowen's historic bells will be ringing out for the Jubilee
Halesowen News
Halesowen's renowned St John the Baptist Church bellringers are preparing to take part in the celebrations which will see church bells ringing out up and down the country. The first bell will be rung at 3pm on Sunday on the Queen's barge on the Thames ...
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Jubilee: Brothers ringing out Jubilee peel East Anglian Daily Times By Ross Bentley Wednesday, May 30, 2012 TWO brothers with more than 100 years' experience of church bell-ringing between them will be leading an attempt to ring all the church bells in Suffolk this holiday weekend as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee... See all stories on this topic »

Jubilee joy as church bells ring out again shropshirestar.com One of the bells was made for Queen Anne in 1707, while the second dates back to the 14th century. But such was the tower's state of disrepair that it had been impossible to ring them both at the same time. Now, at 3pm on Sunday, they will join ... See all stories on this topic »

Bellringers set for jubilee celebration Maidenhead Advertiser Bellringers who proudly rang when the Queen ascended to the throne in 1952 will pull the ropes again on her diamond jubilee. Doreen Young and Kathleen Horne from Maidenhead have been bellringing almost every week of Her Majesty's 60-year reign. See all stories on this topic »

Bellringers set for jubilee celebration Maidenhead Advertiser Bellringers who proudly rang when the Queen ascended to the throne in 1952 will pull the ropes again on her diamond jubilee. Doreen Young and Kathleen Horne from Maidenhead have been bellringing almost every week of Her Majesty's 60-year reign. See all stories on this topic »

Queen's Diamond Jubilee bell ringers rehearse on Thames barge
Telegraph.co.uk
As preparations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee continue, bell ringers in London practise on board a barge on the River Thames. The Belfry barge will lead the Queen's jubilee flotilla on June 3rd in what's expected to be one of the most spectacular ...
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Diamond Jubilee Pageant bells ring out in rehearsal

ITV News

The first Diamond Jubilee river rehearsal of the bell ringers on the Belfry barge has taken place on the Thames. The barge will lead the Queen's Jubilee flotilla and carries eight church bells which will peel out across London as the procession makes its way up the Thames.

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Bell ringer and author Mary Bliss remembered

Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
She was considered Gloucestershire's leading authority on bell ringing, and, in 1986, co-authored The Church Bells of Gloucestershire with Frederick Sharpe, which she completed by herself when he died before it could be finished.

Appeal for new Stedham bellringers
Midhurst and Petworth Observer
Bellringers at Stedham are appealing for new members after bidding farewell to three long-standing colleagues. Recently ringers at St James' Church gathered together to celebrate the retirement of tower captain Geoff West and ringing master John ...

First river rehearsal of bell ringers on Jubilee Belfry barge ITV News The first river rehearsal of the bell ringers on the Belfry barge on the Thames is to take place. The Belfry barge will lead the Queen's jubilee flotilla and will carry eight enormous church bells which will peel out across London as the procession ... See all stories on this topic »

Summer of celebrations will be a great time to visit
Vancouver Sun
Whitechapel Bell Foundry A centrepiece of June 3rd flotilla will be the Belfry Barge and its eight bells that will be rung along the route. Each named after Royal Family members, the largest of these is a half-ton clanger called Elizabeth.
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Restored bells will ring out for jubilee
This is Leicestershire
A new peel of six bells will ring out at a village church to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Thebells in the historic St Andrew's Church in Peatling Parva, near Lutterworth, have undergone a £40000 revamp. The original peel of five bells has ...
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New bell will ring in Jubilee Lutterworth Mail John Davies, Dilys England, Tim Davies (13), Anita Higginson, Brian Higginson, Rev Emma Davies, Roy England and Ben Davies (11) before the bell ringing at St Andrew's church in Peatling Parva. (Picture: Andrew Carpenter/001403-99) A CHURCH in a ... See all stories on this topic »

Diamond Jubilee Events On Wight Island Pulse Island-wide: Between 12 noon and 3pm the Island Church Bell Ringers aim to havebells ringing to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee by using the 14 towers where bells are hung for 'full circle' ringing (this enables the traditional English 'change ringing' ... See all stories on this topic »

Appeal to rope in fresh bellringers
This is Gloucestershire
ANYONE who wants a chance to ring music from the rafters can sign up to join the Leckhampton bell ringers. St Peter's Church is appealing for people who want to start a new hobby. The team is happy to teach anyone the skill. Practice is on Mondays from ...
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Help the bells ring out at jubilee party
Ilkley Gazette
The appeal of ringing the bells at Ilkley's oldest church will add to the festivities over the jubilee weekend. Bell ringers at All Saints Church, Church Street, are running have-a-go-sessions for party-goers who fancy trying their hand at sounding one ...
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Bell ringing event
Cotswold Journal
ST Peter's bell ringers will be holding an open morning as part of the Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts. The event will be held on Saturday, June 2, from 10am to noon and there will be a video link between the belfry and the ringing chamber so ...
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Jubilee peal will herald historic summer for bellringers
The Leader - Wrexham & Flintshire news
Now members of the bellringing team are busy preparing to use their campanology skills to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. And the 15th century church tower will also be shining bright as it will be used for a Jubilee beacon to light up the night sky ...
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Special church bells return in time for jubilee
This is Cornwall
Supporters raised £36000 to re-tune the bells, including the complete re-casting of its John Havilan bell of 1729 – now proudly stamped as the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee bell. The work was done at the famous Taylor Bell Foundry, in Loughborough ...
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A bell-ringing controversy Telegraph.co.uk The other week I found myself stepping unexpectedly into a bell-ringing controversy myself. I was pleased as punch to be invited to open and close a sponsored 12-hourbell-ringing marathon in Netherbury, West Dorset, where Mrs Spencer and I have a ... See all stories on this topic »

The sound of bells will be ringing out
Worcester News
A project is under way to install a ring of bells at St Stephen's Church which will be rung on weddings, celebrations and important days in the church calendar. The bells were given to the church to mark its 150th anniversary this year.
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The Prince of Wales visits the Whitechapel Bell Foundry to see the ...
The Prince of Wales visits the Whitechapel Bell Foundry to see the new Royal Jubilee Bells. 15th May 2012. The Prince of Wales struck a name for himself today ...
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Church bells to be rung for three hours for torch
This is Somerset
To celebrate the Olympic torch passing through the town, the bell ringers of Shepton Mallet Parish Church are going to ring a full peal of 5040 changes. The historic event next Tuesday will take about three hours to complete.
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Old Coulsdon church bells ringing again after repairs
This is Croydon
A CHURCH'S chimes are ringing out again after a spell of more than six months of silence. Thebells at St John the Evangelist in Old Coulsdon were sounding last weekend, after being out of action while a new ringing chamber floor was built.
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Try your hand at bell-ringing (From Ledbury Reporter)
A CHURCH near Malvern is offering people a chance to try out the art of bell- ringing.
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Norwich bell project gets $100000 from probate court surplus fund
TheDay.com
Norwich will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the proclamation on New Year's Day with a re-enactment of the city's original celebration - ringing all city bells for an hour along with a 100-gun salute. City Historian Dale Plummer, co-chairman of the ...
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Try your hand at bell-ringing
Malvern Gazette
A CHURCH near Malvern is offering people a chance to try out the art of bell-ringing. The bells ringers at Madresfield Church are holding two open days to encourage people to have a go. Stephanie Smith-Cooper said: “You don't have to be a church-goer ...
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New generation of bell-ringers keep tradition alive in Steyning
Shoreham Herald
“After meeting David Kirkcaldy at the Steyning Showcase earlier this year, I was intrigued to try my hand at bell ringing. David is the master of the Sussex County Association of Change Ringers and teaches at a practice session at St Andrew's every...
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Prince of Wales Inspects Bells To Be Rung at Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
International Business Times
The Prince of Wales visited Whitechapel Bell Foundry on Tuesday (May 15) to view the Royal Jubilee Bells. The eight bells will play a significant role in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant on June 3, where they'll be rung from a floating bellfry.
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Prince of Wales inspects bells
Sky News Australia
The church bells, named the Royal Jubilee Bells, will be housed in a floating bell tower during the procession, believed to be a first for the River Thames. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry has been busy creating the bells, named the Jubilee Bells, ...
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Prince sounds bell named Charles
The Press Association
The royal heard it chime during a visit to an ancient London foundry to see a peal of eight bells that will take pride of place at the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. They have been cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and after the pageant will be ...
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Prince sounds bell named Charles
The Press Association
The royal heard it chime during a visit to an ancient London foundry to see a peal of eight bells that will take pride of place at the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. They have been cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and after the pageant will be ...
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Ringing the bell for centenary Biggleswade Today More than 200 visitors helped The Bell Ringers of St Andrew's Church in Shortmead Street to mark the centenary of the church bells. The Chapter House at the church was the venue for the event on Monday last week (May 7), which included tea, ... See all stories on this topic »

Ding-dong battle of the bells
Canterburypeople
By susanhubbard | Sunday, May 13, 2012, 13:24 A Canterbury team of bellringers from St Stephen's Church won a ding-dong battle against other ringing bands yesterday. The annual six-bell striking competition was open to all bell towers in Canterbury ...
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Ding-dong battle in Whitstable
Whitstablepeople
By susanhubbard | Sunday, May 13, 2012, 13:08 A bellringing team from St Alphege Church, Whitstable, came third out of six teams in a ding-dong battle yesterday. Bellringers of St Alphege Church, Whitstable, came third in a district contest.
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LET THE BELLS RING LOUD AND PROUD
Express.co.uk
Here in this Cornish hamlet our church bells give us the greatest pleasure. Not only do they chime on Sundays but the bell ringers also practise every tuesday evening and the sound of the peals ringing out over fields and sea is indescribably beautiful ...
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Ancient church bell rings out in Clitheroe again after restoration Clitheroe Today Further investigation revealed that the bell was originally cast for Youlgreave Parish Church of All Saints in Derbyshire. It is believed to have been hung there as the largest bell until 1870 when it was then sent to Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London ... See all stories on this topic »

First repair for six 1840 Nottinghamshire church bells BBC News Six bells at one of the oldest churches in Nottinghamshire have been lowered for the first time since 1840 as part of a restoration project. The bells from St Michael's, at Airham, near Newark, will be retuned and restored at Taylor's Bell Foundry in ... See all stories on this topic »

Mike repeats accession ringing role for jubilee
This is Somerset
He will ring a whole peal – lasting two-a-half-hours – at 6pm on Saturday, June 2, and a quarter peal at 5pm on the Sunday. "Bellringing has always been my first love and has come before everything," he said. "It will be an honour and I'm glad I'm ...
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Bellringers praise Mr Moss' sterling work
Midweek Herald
Silence reigned when bell ringers gathered at Colyton parish church last week. 'Mum' was the word as they travelled from across East Devon to spring a surprise on retiring tower captain Dennis Moss. He has stepped down after leading the team at St ...
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Repaired Warwick church set for Summer Serenade
Leamington Observer
By Kevin Unitt 09/05 Updated: 09/05 07:29 THE BELLS are ringing once again at a Warwick church and a concert on Saturday night (May 12) is expected to take it another step towards completion of a major fund-raising drive. Bell ringing stopped in early ...
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VIDEO: For a century, Hingham tower's rare bells have been pealing thanks to ...
The Patriot Ledger
By Gary Higgins For the past 100 years, bell ringers have climbed into the 70-foot-high Hingham Memorial Bell Tower, which was dedicated in 1912 to honor Hingham's founders on the town's 275th anniversary. The 10 bells in the brick tower next to the ...
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Tribute set up to city industrialist
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Mr Penn is famous for bell-making and cast more than 250 bells for churches all over the country. His foundry was on a site close to the present magistrates' court and was active throughout the first quarter of the 18th century. His bells were floated ...
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Summoned by bells: don't plan a lie-in as chimes herald a summer of festivities

The Guardian

The church bells of Stepney in east London will ring again this summer after being recast... But they will not chime alone. In an extraordinary national season of bellringing, they will be joined by tower bells across Britain as they sound next month to celebrate the Queen's diamond jubilee, and then, in July, at the opening of the Olympics.

Woodbridge: St Mary's Church bells set to ring again East Anglian Daily Times Its bells have had to remain silent throughout the work, which started in August last year. However, the first phase is now complete and members of the church's bell-ringingteam have been back in action. The bells, which have rung out over Woodbridge ... See all stories on this topic »

Give ER a bell! The belfry barge that will be making a Royal Jubilee ding-dong ... Daily Mail The eight bells are each named after a senior member of the Royal Family, - Elizabeth, Philip, Charles, Anne, Andrew, Edward, William and Henry. They were all cast at the Whitechapel Foundry where Big Ben was made. Heavy metal: Chief bellringer Dicmon... See all stories on this topic »

Church chimes complaint withdrawn
The Press Association
A century of marking time every 15 minutes came to an end with a notice banning the bell fromringing out between 11pm and 7am. But despite the enforced silence the couple's sleepless nights were only just beginning. The council decision attracted a ...
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New bellringers turn up to have a go
Buckingham Advertiser
The open morning on Saturday, April 14, was held as a chance for people to find out about bellringing and have a go themselves. There was an exhibition on the history ofbellringing and most of the village bellringing team were on hand to demonstrate.
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Bell ringers across the nation to celebrate jubilee and Olympic celebrations The Guardian In an extraordinary national season of bellringing, they will be joined by tower bells across Britain as they sound next month to celebrate the Queen's diamond jubilee, and then, in July, at the opening of the Olympics. The Whitechapel foundry cast new ... See all stories on this topic »

Local firm is given ringing endorsement
This is Kent
JCC Engineering has been handed a key role in the spectacular river pageant along the Thames, in which more than 1000 boats will sail to the sound of jubilant bell-ringing. The Fircroft Way firm is building the 12-tonne metal frame that will secure the ...
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Ringing the changes for church window
This is Somerset
There has however been only one documented church window in England celebrating the art of campanology – bells and bell-ringing. Only one until now, that is. Shepton Mallet stained glass artist John Yeo has designed, painted and installed a bell ...
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Kremlin bell ringers to perfect "presidential ringing" for Putin's inauguration
Interfax-Religion
Moscow, May 4, Interfax - Bell ringers will use all three tiers of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower for ringing at a patriarchal prayer service in the Kremlin Annunciation Cathedral on May 7, the day of the newly elected Russian President Vladimir Putin's ...
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Bells at Anmer in Norfolk will ring out for Queen's Diamond Jubilee Norfolk Eastern Daily Press We are still raising money for the maintenance of the bells and there are plans to put another one up there.” Among those to donate to the appeal were the Queen and Prince Charles. The bells were restored by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London, ... See all stories on this topic »

Rare chance to climb tower and see this view
Spalding Guardian
As they go up the tower, visitors will also see the church's eight bells, rung each Sunday as well as for weddings and special occasions by a dedicated team of bell ringers. Sue Slater is Tower Captain and her team of bell ringers range from ...
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