Bell Ringing
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Bell Ringing
I
have been interested in ‘ringing’ since January the 14th 1991. It was
at this time that I attended a ringing lesson at St Peters, Fordham in
Cambridgeshire. I
was 10 at the time. I
rang my first peal on June the 14th 1993 one month before my
thirteenth birthday. I
maintained a steady ringing programme until end of 2000 when I took a break
from ringing. In
October 2001 I joined the Nottingham University Society of Change Ringers
(NUSCR). In February 2002 I was elected as Master of the Society. Towers
- St Peter
and St Mary Magdalene, Fordham, Cambridgeshire (8, 15-0-10). My ‘home’ tower. Fordham is the tower in which I learned to ring. Fordham has a fine ring of eight bells. Fordham is a tower that I would recommend to any visiting ringer to the area as the practice nights are well attended with a wide variety of methods being rung. I still enjoy my visits to Fordham, as the atmosphere is as welcoming as the first practice that I attended. - All Saints,
Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (8, 17-0-00) This
is the home tower of the Nottingham Society of Change Ringers (NUSCR). The
band practices on Tuesday nights between 19:00 and 20:30. The
bells of All Saints were re-hung in 1998 by NUSCR and are now a good ring of
eight bells. There
is currently a project to augment the bells from eight to ten more
information can be found at www.nuscr.org Bell Ringers
Me (See
photograph)
I
thought I’d better start with me. A.S.H. (See
photograph)
A.S.H. otherwise known
as Andrew Hartfield in the real world. Assistant master of NUSCR, great bloke
but has an inability to get drunk. Fine for him but not good when I try and
keep up. Ellen
Ellen is the social
secretary of NUSCR and always gives great advice when it’s needed “I think
it’s time you stopped drinking Phill” being one of the more sensible
examples. Also remarkably funny. Events
NUSCR
came third in the 2002 Southwell Diocesan Guild, Crawford Cup Striking
competition held at Keyworth, Notts. . The
band was as follows:
The
test piece was 360 changes of Plain Bob Doubles. We accrued 40 faults. Clarke
Walters judged the competition. A
quarter peal was rung the previous evening at Long Eaton as a practise. The
band was as the competition and the quarter was Plain Bob Doubles with
Grandsire as extents 5, 6, and 60 changes after extent 6. Records
Unfortunately
I haven’t kept any! However, I’ll get peals and quarters together when I have
time and resources. |
This is the NUSCR band that rang a quarter peal of Belfast
Surprise Major at Greasley, Notts on Sunday 10/02/2002. (l to r,
1.A. Whitehouse, 2.T. Poole (Conductor), 3.C.
Horritt, 4.T. Langton, 5.B. Kipling, 6.A. Wignell, 7.P. Wilding, 8.A.
Cairns)
Our esteemed Assistant Master A.S.H proving that he is
indeed truly independent! |
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