Monday 19 January 2015

Telegraph.co.uk
Quiet revolution saves church chimes
Telegraph.co.uk
The church tower is the tallest in Hertfordshire; the soft peal of its six bells ring out across the surrounding village, lulling residents to sleep and waking ...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/joe-shute/11355098/Quiet-revolution-saves-church-chimes.html

Tuesday 13 January 2015


The Argus
Church bell tower work needs funds
More than a million pounds is needed to complete emergency repairs to St Peter's Church in Brighton and an appeal to raise the money has been ...

Midweek Herald
£75000 needed for new bells at Combe Raleigh
Members of the Coombe Raleigh Bell Project who are looking to raise money for new church bells. Ref mhh 5045-03-15AW. Picture: Alex Walton.

Monday 12 January 2015


Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Celebrating 300 years since 'first true peal' was rung on Norwich church's bells
Bell ringing at St Peter Mancroft where the 300th anniversary of the first peal will be celebrated during 2015. Steeple keeper Peter Sawyer with the ...

Sunday 11 January 2015


It's a rather unholy din
Lewes District Council has received noise complaints about bell ringing in 2011, 2012 and last year – but only gave advice. The authority has also ...
[ This is not as dramatic a story as the headline suggests!]

Thursday 8 January 2015


TravelPulse
5 Mind-Blowing Bell Towers Around the World
You would too if you heard the music that transpires when its 18 bells known as the Swan Bells ring in perfect harmony from 12:30-2 p.m. every ...

Wednesday 7 January 2015


On This Day: 25 Years Ago
Bell-ringer Mr George Ridgway puts his best foot forward when it comes to ringing the chimes at his local church. But after 70 years of ringing the ...

Melton Times
Waltham villagers keep tradition for start of 2015
During 2014 the team of bell ringers took part in five weddings and on September 3, they remembered 75 years since the outbreak of World War Two.

Monday 5 January 2015


Detroit Free Press
15000-bell quest takes Birmingham artist around globe
She has photographed cowbells, telephone bellschurch bells, school bells, bells that hang around the necks of elephants and camels, bells on the ...
[This is not about changeringing, but is an unusual story about bells]

Neighbourhood news
St Lawrence Church Bell Ringers - The Bells of St Lawrence's Church have been rung since they were first installed in 1624. They need additional ...

Thursday 1 January 2015


BBC News
Ufton Nervet St Peter's church bells ring after 15 years
The bells of a redundant Victorian church in Berkshire are to peal again for the first time in exactly 15 years. The bells of the former Church of St Peter's ...