Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Tong bells to ring out again
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
The six bells were removed from the tower at St James's Church in September before being taken to John Taylor's Bell Foundry in Loughborough.

Sunday, 12 February 2012

Monmouthshire and Brecon Canals: Bells celebrate anniversary
BBC News
Celebrations have been held to mark the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canals. Enthusiasts recreated the original opening of the waterway in 1812 at Pontymoile Basin with church bells sounding along the route.
Bells ring out to celebrate Monmouthshire canal's 200 years
South Wales Argus
This initial bell started the ringing of church bells from Pontymoile Basin to Brecon in one direction and from Newport to Cwmcarn in the other. Church bells were also sounded from Hay-on-Wye to Brecon. The celebrations continued at Pontymoile Basin ...
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Ringers go nuts as squirrel silences the bells
Bedfordshire News
A church bell more than 400 years old and weighing half a ton was silenced . . . by a squirrel. The group of ringers turned up at St Mary the Virgin Church in Goldington Road, Bedford, for their normal Sunday morning service last weekend.
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Friday, 10 February 2012

Ringing in the changes as church bells chime
This is Somerset
Inside are 10 people laughing and chatting together, this cheerful collection is the Radstock Bell Ringers who are looking for committed new members to join them for regular practices and performances. Sid Johnson, 77, first began ringing bells as a ...
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Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Church marks landmark day
This is Staffordshire
BELLS will ring out from a church for three hours today to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne. HONOUR: Ray Daw is leading a bell-ringing event in honour of the Queen. Stoke Minster, in Stoke, from 9.30am.
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Bells ring out in jubilee year
Salisbury Journal
By Jill Harding » BELLS were ringing out across south Wiltshire today to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne. Bell ringers at churches across the diocese rang the bells to mark Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee year.
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