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How Bells are Tuned

Bells aren’t just one note, you know, they actually produce a complex sound of several notes making a chord. If a bell isn’t tuned properly some of the notes of

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West Dorset AGM attendees sat in the church
West Dorset AGM Report

There was a great turnout for the 2025 AGM on the 15th November, this year held at Beaminster. The afternoon started with a service in the church taken by Revd Chris

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Open Day Flyer
Promote your Taster Event

The Central Council has produced a great poster that you can download and use to promote any open events you may be planning.   “Give-it-a-go” events are a great way of

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Milton Lilborne QP
Guild Quarter Peal Week

Thank you to all those who organised, conducted and rang for Guild Quarter Peal Week; 57 quarter peals are listed on Bellboard with contributions from around the Branches beating last

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Ringers outside the tower festooned with remembrance poppies
New Level 5 Achievement

In 2017 a young man called Ben attended an open evening at Heddington to find out about bellringing. Shortly afterwards he started lessons – joined by his Father, Jeroen –

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Learning the Ropes
How to Lead

This short article featured on the ART website focuses on how to lead and explains why the pull off and lead are so important to the rest of the ringing.

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Successful Course

David Godwin (Diocesan Belfry Inspector) and Chris Bush (DAC Consultant) very kindly tutored another very successful Steeple Keeping Course which, on this occasion, was held in Dorset on Saturday 18

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Guild 6 Bell Striking Competition 13 June