Shroton and Stourpaine
Our April practice was held at Shroton and Stourpaine, two towers just north of Blandford. Nine young ringers under the age of 18 attended and we rang rounds, call changes,
23 May 2023
Our April practice was held at Shroton and Stourpaine, two towers just north of Blandford. Nine young ringers under the age of 18 attended and we rang rounds, call changes,
At our recent visit to Stourpaine, we were surprised to see “King Charles” and “Queen Camilla”; Bertie the mascot took the opportunity to have his photo taken with them and
The last day of the Coronation weekend was designated the Big Help Out day. Ringers from Lytchett Matravers and Lytchett Minster attended the volunteer festival at Wimborne, to recruit new
Harold Jenkins – ringer and past tower captain at Broadwindsor – died peacefully in his sleep at home on Saturday, 14th January. As well as spending many hours ringing the church
Two ringers from the East Dorset Branch of the Salisbury Guild were nominated for this year’s ART awards. Cathy Neyland from Lytchett Matravers was nominated for the ‘Learning the Ropes
10th August 1923 – 6th January 2023 Dennis was born in Cattistock in 1923 and moved with his family to Leigh when his grandfather bought the village bakery there in
In 1988 Sue and her late husband David retired to Chilfrome near Cattistock in Dorset after a working life spent farming in Cornwall. In 1991 the local team vicar, Tim
2022 Was a challenging year for the ringers of Enford, Fittleton cum Haxton, and Netheravon At the beginning of 2022, Allan Cooke, their tower captain for many years, died after
At the end of September Mere Branch members were very much saddened to learn of the passing of Sheila Porter who had been a well known ringer in the branch
Marlborough’s simple system Why persist in the tedium of crawling around under the bells and fiddling with wing nuts etc (how many times are they dropped and lost?) to wedge