Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Ringers in competition
Tavistock Times Gazette
THE bells will be ringing out from Tavistock's St Eustachius Church this Saturday, October 1 when at least ten bellringing teams from around Devon will be ...
Slideshow: Dramatic pictures of rescue from Great St Mary's tower
Cambridge News
A dramatic rescue was made after a woman was trapped in the bell tower of Cambridge's Great St Mary's Church. The woman in her 60s collapsed in a bell ringing chamber yesterday afternoon and had to be hoisted through a window. ...
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Wanted: one team of bellringers
Fenland Today
Trying to recruit a bellringing team ST Peter and St Paul's Church, in Wisbech, has the district's only ten-bell tower but for years it has suffered from a lack of bellringers. Now an urgent plea for new ringers has been put out to get the historic ...
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Friday, 16 September 2011

Hearing the bells as real a-peel
Wetherby Today
The minimum age for a bell ringer is 11 and I'm told that the oldest bell ringer that Wetherby has had was the late Harry Mason who was still ringing well into his 80s. If you are interested or would like to know more about bell ringing, contact David ...
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Bellringers need new members
Oxford Mail
Bellringer Anthony Hughes, 70, is vice-captain of the group, and said bells had always been rung to mark major events. He said: “There will be a surge in bellringing around the Jubilee. It would be great to be full strength for it. ...
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Bells to stay silent for a little longer
Worcester Standard
"I'm really excited about the bells ringing again." Some of the money needed for the additional work has been found through pledges from the Worcester and District Change Ringing Association's Belfry Repair Fund and the Barron Bell Trust.
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Sunday, 11 September 2011

Bells must remain silent for a bit longer
Worcester News
By Sarah Davies » IT will be a little longer before people living in St John's hear church bells ringingout over the 'village in the city' once more. The completion of the restoration of the bell tower at St John-in-Bedwardine Church in Worcester was ...
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