Thursday, 8 September 2011

Leeds church gets its bells back
Yorkshire Evening Post
But now they are keen to recruit a new generation of ringers to ding-dong merrily on – and ensure the ancient art continues. They will be hosting a bellringing open day at the church this Saturday, where expert tuition will be given to potential future ...
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Special salute for Waltham Abbey bell-ringer
Hertfordshire Mercury
Born in 1942, Mr Laws moved to Waltham Abbey in 1956, joined the Abbey Church and quickly became interested in bell-ringing. Mr Laws lived for the rest of his life in the town and continued to ring at the Abbey Church, holding the post of tower captain ...
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New Bell For Little Paxton
AboutMyArea
On Thursday last (1st September) 25 people from Little Paxton travelled to The John TaylorBellfoundry at Loughborough to watch a new bell being cast for St ...

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Cathedral bells to ring Imagine
BBC News
Phil Gibby of the Arts Council, which funded the bell ringing, said: "Imagine is a thought provoking project that I think will touch many people in Exeter and across the world.
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Saturday, 3 September 2011

Brave new bells for Christchurch
Anglican Journal
The bells will soon be on their way back to the UK, where they were in cast in 1978 at Taylor's Bell Foundry in Loughborough, the world's largest working ...

Friday, 2 September 2011

Bells ring to mark open day
Droitwich Standard
As part of the festival, the church will be open and eight bell ringers will announce the start of proceedings with a quarter pearl from 10am to 11am. Then, from 11.15am to 4pm, visitors can take a peek around the ringing room and the roof of the tower ...
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Thursday, 1 September 2011

The bells the bells....
Weston & Somerset Mercury
Pupils from Axbridge First School in Moorland Street went to St John the Baptist Church in The Square for a talk about bell ringing. Roy Shallish explained to the children the different bells before the branch gave the children a peel. The bell-ringers ...
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