Sunday 20 September 2015

Good Bye

This blog is closing down. It's been interesting running it but the value it had has been exhausted.

Best wishes to those few who read it regularly and those who promoted it on their own sites. I will leave it in its dormant state for a year before deleting it entirely.

Ian

Wednesday 16 September 2015

Melton Times
Villagers set to enjoy church bells again soon
Villagers at Ab Kettleby will be able to hear their belovedchurch bells ring ... have commented about how much they have missed the church bells. ... of bells and we have added a new tenor bell it will change the key of the peel.
Bury Times
Church chimes in Ramsbottom in honour of the Queen
As she arrived to open the fair on September 9, the church's bell ringers performed to mark the Queen's special day as she became the longest ...

Monday 14 September 2015

Bell-ringing and singing in Barton-under-Needwood
ANYONE looking to join a new choir or to have a go at bell-ringing is invited to join two community groups in Barton-under-Needwood. The Bar-Tones ...
Oxford Mail
Bellringing guild members faced expulsion for betting
Team secretary Roy Goodwin said: “Bellringing is terribly thirsty work and we obviously like to get plenty of refreshment. The social side of the trip is as ...
Ding! Ding! The couple 'obsessed' with ringing bells
Meet a Twizel couple doing their best to keep the ancient art of bell ringing alive in New Zealand. Source: Seven Sharp ...

Sunday 13 September 2015

Bay walk raises nearly £1000 towards bell appeal at Barnoldswick's Ghyll Church
ST Mary-le-Ghyll Church is nearly £1,000 nearer its target of a full "ring" of eight bells after a team of ringers and friends faced a soaking ten-mile slog ...