Thursday 30 August 2012

Peal of bells will be heard for first time
Ledbury Reporter
A BELL-ringing centre of national importance could be established at a church near Ledbury. St John the Baptist Church, Yarkhill, has played a significant part in the history of English church bell-ringingand a fund-raising drive for its tower and ...
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Tuesday 28 August 2012

Paralympics to be marked by Tyneside Bell Ringers
News Guardian
All the publicity surrounding bell ringing has resulted in both towers having an influx of new learners and have had to hold extra training nights at both towers to make sure learners were up to the standard for the special celebrations. Bell ringing ...
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Bells all set to ring out again in Hanley
This is Staffordshire
THE sound of church bells ringing across the city centre could be set to return after more than 20 years. Developers Church Converts want to overhaul the tower at Hanley's St John's Church and transform it into a venue to teach school children and ...
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Friday 24 August 2012

Church's new bells could be ringing this year
Worcester News
THE SOUND of bells ringing out over the Barbourne area of Worcester to celebrate a church's anniversary has moved a step closer to fruition. St Stephen's Church has welcomed the ring of eight bells to the parish which are hoped to be fully working in ...
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'Bell claims do not ring true' say readers
Your Local Guardian
The Epsom bell-ringing community has responded with vigour after a reader questioned why no bells had peeled on the opening day of the Olympic Games. Two weeks ago an anonymous reader wrote to the Epsom Guardian complaining about the lack of ...
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Wednesday 22 August 2012

Church bell to chime again
Peterborough Telegraph
After four years of silence due to damage and safety risks, the church bell of Coates is set to ring once again thanks to a donation from the Friends of Holy Trinity. At the previous quinquennial inspection of Holy Trinity it was discovered that the ...
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Tuesday 21 August 2012

Morpeth residents urged to join bell-ringing event
ChronicleLive
LOCAL people are being urged to help celebrate the start of the London Paralympic Games by taking part in a mass bell-ringing event next week. Hand bells will be rung in the Market Place at 12.20pm on Wednesday, August 29, for five minutes, and all are ...
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Monday 20 August 2012

Bell ringers and a belfry to feature in annual Berkeley Show
Gazette Series
Local bell ringers are bringing the Charmborough Ring to the Bank Holiday show, now in its 111th year. The Berkeley Show will be held at its usual location at the Berkeley Castle Meadows, on Monday, August 27. This year, the arrival of the Charmborough ...
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Friday 17 August 2012

Bell-ringers raise cash for tower wheel repair
Dartmouth-Today
Dartmouth's 'marathon' bell-ringers have raised enough cash to get the clappers going again in St Petrox Church. Earlier this year, a 14-strong band of bellringers hiked the one-mile route between St Petrox Church and St Saviour's Church – 26 times.
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Wednesday 15 August 2012

Ringing out for new bell
This is Gloucestershire
CHIMES from a new bell will be heard ringing out from St Michael's Tower for the first time in 56 years this year. In 1956, the 10 bells in the bell tower of the Church of St Michael were taken down when the main body of the church that once stood on ...
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Tuesday 14 August 2012

Bellringers of Belper welcome the Games with musical art
Belper News
A Belper church welcomed the Olympic Games to Britain by taking part in a national bell-ringingproject organised by a leading modern artist. On Friday July 27, 21 ringers aged between three and 75, chimed church bells in the ringing chamber of St ...
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Ringing in a new love of an old tradition
Crawley Observer
I decided to go along to meet the bell ringers on Thursday night (August 2) to learn a little about a tradition that has been going for centuries and have a go myself. As I crunched up the path to the church I realised I already had an idea in my mind ...
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Friday 10 August 2012

Church bells ring in Olympics
Sleaford Today
The bell ringing team at St Andrew's Church, Cranwell took part in the 'All The Bells' event, ringing their bells to bring in the London 2012 Games. The ringers taking part were Naomi Smith, Trevor Bush, Lynn Smith, Pauline Silvester, Linda Everard ...
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Thursday 9 August 2012

Not bellringing, this one's about silencing the bells of Kendal town hall.

Town bells silenced after ringing out for 120 years because guesthouse owner ...
Daily Mail
What on earth is the point of ringing bells every 15 minutes through the night? This isn't about one person spoiling it for everyone else - it's about someone who was probably speaking for lots of people who were afraid to complain and rock the boat ...
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Tuesday 7 August 2012

Church bells rung to mark Olympic opening ceremony
Henley Standard
Mrs Bennett said the bell-ringers were keen to be part of the occasion and she wore a London 2012 T-shirt given to her by her granddaughter. Bob Partridge, ringing master at St Peter and St Paul, said: “We thought it was very good to be able to participate in ...
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Bells of St. Andrews reverberate
Delmarva Now
Clockwise from left, Jeni Francois, Harrit Mather, John Prebble, Phil Simmonds, Chris Bennett and Ross Finbow ring the bells at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Princess Anne. They are members of England's Sheffield University Guild of Bell Ringers who ...
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Sunday 5 August 2012

Bells set to ring for 7 hours
This is Plymouth
To get involved in the bell ringing festival, competent individual ringers are encouraged to partake in the marathon event by contacting St Mary's tower captain, Mary Nicholls, by calling 01752 200053. There is no charge and a certificate will be given.
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Bell ringers to play Princess Anne
Delmarva Now
PRINCESS ANNE -- A group of English change bell ringers that are part of England's Sheffield University Guild of Bell Ringers will travel to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Princess Anne on Monday to ring the church's six change ringing bells as part of their ...
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Saturday 4 August 2012

Bells ring out for London 2012
Hucknall Today
At St Mary's, it was decided to ring the bells twice — in the morning and the evening — because five ringers would be available for the first session and a further five for the second. n OUR PHOTO shows tower captain Robert Naylor with the church's ...
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Lottery windfall could help the bells to ring out again at Foxley, near Reepham
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
An enthusiastic band of some 15 people – many of them complete novices – has been learning toring in readiness for a project to restore the six bells in the tower of the parish church. They were last rung more than a quarter of a century ago and only very ...
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Friday 3 August 2012

Bells ring out for Olympics
Isle of Man Today
The bell ringers were taking part in UK artist Martin Creed's idea for welcoming the Games by ringing bells of any kind – as quickly and loudly as possible – for three minutes from 8.12am on Friday July 27. In Ballabeg, a group of Women's Institute members ...
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Bell-ringing group looking for new members
Crawley Observer
BELL-RINGERS at Worth Church, Crawley, were among thousands of people across the country who sounded their bells at 8.12am on July 27 to welcome the Olympics to the UK. On Thursday (August 2), Obby reporter Amie Morrell went along to meet the ...
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Thursday 2 August 2012

Bellringers welcome in Olympics in Caterham
This is Surreytoday
Bell-ringers from St Mary's and St John's churches joined forces to ring an Olympic peal at precisely 8.12am on Friday at St John's Church, in Clareville Road. Then the ringers assembled on the roof as Noel Gibbin, tower captain at St John's, hoisted the Union ...
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Bells ring out to mark the start of the Olympic Games
This is Cornwall
ST IVES welcomed the start of the London 2012 Olympics with a ringing of bells that was echoed across the nation. Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed made the call for the bells to ring out last Friday to mark the start of the Olympic Games. ​. From left ...
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Halstead: Bell ringers mark start of the Olympics
Halstead Gazette
Halstead: Bell ringers mark start of the Olympics. Bell ringers put on a show for residents to mark the official opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Churches throughout the UK were asked to ring their bells for three minutes at 8.12am last Friday to mark ...
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Bell-ringing for Olympics was beautiful
This is Somerset
This was the event that evoked emotion and was the crowning glory for me. I am also very much aware that it was only made possible by those people who gave freely of their time and effort. So thank you very much to the bell ringers of Westbury-sub-Mendip ...
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Wednesday 1 August 2012

WEST DORSET: Church bells chime to herald the start of the Olympics
Bridport and Lyme Regis News
BELL ringers in West Dorset joined in the national chimes to herald the start of the Olympics. They included groups at St Mary's in Burton Bradstock and eight members of the Bradpole team at Holy Trinity Church. They rang at 8.12am on Friday, July 27 to join ...
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Bells ring out across Sedgemoor to mark London 2012
This is The West Country
Exactly 12 hours before the spectacular Opening Ceremony got under way in London, bells across Somerset were rung at 8.12am. At St Mary's Church in Cannington, seven bell-ringers braved the early start to ring out peals marking the occasion. A similar ...
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Opening of the games signalled by bells ringing across nation
West Sussex County Times
As the Olympic torch made its way on the last leg of the relay in London, Big Ben chimed for the longest period in 60 years and bicycle bells, hand bells and church bells rang across the nation. Among those joining in the celebration were the bellringers of St ...
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Witham: Church celebrates Olympics with bell ringing
Braintree and Witham Times
Bell ringers at a church played their part in a national celebration to mark the beginning of the Olympic Games. People gathered at St Nicolas Church, on Chipping Hill, Witham, on Friday morning to make as much noise as possible. As well as church bell ...
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Young bell-ringers celebrate London 2012
Mid Sussex Times
Among them were young ringers at Holy Trinity Church, Hurstpierpoint who joined in a mass participation art project called 'All the Bells', the brainchild of Turner Prize-winning artist-musician Martin Creed, who wanted “all the bells in the country rung as ...
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