Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Minster bells will toll again in Sunderland
Sunderland Echo
The two new bells have been cast and are with the others in Derbyshire and they were built by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, who made Big Ben. ...

Thursday, 12 May 2011

Bell's peal for the royal wedding
Saffron Walden Reporter
Initial plans to ring a quarter peal to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29 were in doubt because of demand from other nearby towers for experienced bell ringers to help with their royal wedding day peals. ...
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Bell ringers look to chime with success in Lottery cash bid
Walsall Advertiser
The core bell – the single bell which chimes at Sunday services – is also in need of work. Bell ringer Ann Jones, who has been part of the church's bell-ringing group for six years, said: "We will be putting some money from our own restoration fund ...
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Saturday, 7 May 2011

Bell ringing and keeping the art of campanology alive in Birmingham
The Birmingham Post
We climb 65 steps up a narrow and winding staircase of St Paul's Church in the Jewellery Quarter, before reaching the ringing chamber where he explains how a crush on a young female bell ringer led to his involvement in campanology as a youngster. ...
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Thursday, 5 May 2011

Pictures: Birmingham Mail reporter gets a lesson in bell-ringing
Birmingham Mail
HAVING rung bells for more than 40 years – and with his bell-ringing school based at St Paul's – Richard was the perfect person to show me the ropes. We climbed 65 steps up a narrow and winding staircase before reaching the ringing chamber where ...
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Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Some right royal ringing!
Biggleswade Today
The St Andrew's Bell-ringers completed a peal of Plain Bob Major, which took two hours and 54 minutes to complete. An eight-strong team gathered at St Andrew's Church in Biggleswade to ring the peal. Brothers Anthony and Alan Smith and Kate Scott, ...
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Sunday, 1 May 2011

BBC Blue Peter
Blue Peter - Andy, Helen and Barney lift the lid on the royal wedding, with exclusive access to Westminster Abbey and some of the people who will be taking part in William and Kate's big day.