Thursday, 20 October 2011

Bell a loss after going through the ringer
Perth Now
"Even today, the Bell Tower is the world's largest musical instrument and attracts around 62000 visitors a year.'' Ms Fulker added that the tower was rated as one of the best bell ringing facilities in the world. * The Bell Tower will remain open til ...
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Biddenham church calls for more bellringers
BBC News
Bellringers at a Bedfordshire church have organised a recruitment drive to stop the tradition from dying out in the village. St James Church in Biddenham ...
Plea for more parish bellringers
BBC News
"We should have enough to ring at least half a dozen of the bells then," he said. St James has eight bells, with six dating from 1787 and two from 1986. They are rung before Sunday services and at weddings by the bell ringing team, which currently ...
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Monday, 17 October 2011

Kingston church aims for gold with Olympic bell-ringing song
Surrey Comet
The All Saints bell-ringers will be the first performers of songs for The New Music 20x12 – 20 new pieces of music each lasting 12 minutes. Kate Flavell, president of the Central Council of ChurchBell-Ringers and member of the All Saints team, ...
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Friday, 14 October 2011

Frank White
Telegraph.co.uk
Alfred had become interested in bells in 1818 when he learned the art of campanology after the three bells at nearby Appleton Church were recast into a Ring of Six by Thomas Mears. He began work on rehanging bells, constructing oak bell frames in the...
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St Lawrence Church, Abbots Langley, is seeking bell ringers
Watford Observer
By Amie Mulderrig » On Saturday, October 15, villagers are invited to try their hand at ringing bells at St Lawrence Church in the High Street. David Harris, who has helped organise the session, said: “Bell ringing is a dying art in villages. ...
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Bell-ringing to open Cultural Olympiad year
BBC News
a collaboration between sports men and women and a string quartet - will premiere in March A new church bell-ringing composition will bring in the new year as part of the Cultural Olympiad. Howard Skempton's Five Rings Triples will premiere at the All ...
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