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Steeple Keeping Course 11 July 2026
Despite it being a very warm day, our Guild Steeple Keeping Course was successfully held on Saturday 11 July 2026 tutored by David Godwin (Guild Belfry Advisor) and Chris Bush (DAC Bells Advisor). The morning session was held at Edington
Introducing our new Guild Training Officer, Julia Russell
Julia Russell was elected as the Guild Training Officer at the recent Guild AGM and is looking forward to making a contribution to the development of ringing within the diocese. She (and her daughter Sophie) learnt to ring in 2009
Odd-struck bells and how to ring them better
As we develop as bell ringers we may often hear more refined and experienced ringers talk about a bell being “odd-struck”. They may offer us advice such as, “you need to pull that one in at handstroke” or “keep off
Learning from online videos
There is a quite remarkable video recording on YouTube of a band from Birmingham ringing Stedman Triples while blindfolded.
Spending 10 minutes listening to this and reflecting on the lessons we can learn from it will pay dividends on our
An Afternoon of Ups and Downs
Two very successful courses in Raising and Lowering in Peal during March have seen, in all, 8 students spending a whole afternoon being put through their paces. Each course had 4 students with 5 or 6 experts who patiently rang
Giving Ringers a Sound Start
Although this event is now passed, this article contains so many fine ideas about this initiative that it will make inspirational reading for anyone who is interested in recruitment and development of new ringers. Bell ringing was always on my
Ringing Up & Down – Notes, Hints & Tips
Following the recent publication of the well-received downloadable posters about raising and lowering in peal we were forwarded the following excellent piece by Martin Spittle of the Truro Diocesan Guild of Ringers. Originally produced for his own ringers, it has
CCCBR – What Do They Do for Us?
Answer: Quite a lot, actually… …including Bell Handling Posters! Our Guild is affiliated to the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (thankfully shortened to CCCBR!). You may have heard of them — or perhaps wondered what they actually do for
