President’s Piece
With the start of the second heatwave of the summer I hope you are managing to keep cool. We can all think of Towers close by which are like ice boxes in the winter but now are a good place to keep cool in. I was recently ringing at Fovant, a tower near to Salisbury, […]
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Case Study: A New Band from Scratch in a Silent Tower
How a new band was created and flourished in a silent tower from both the new ringers’ perspective and that of the training team. Shipton Gorge is a quintessential Dorset village with just 380 souls and a pretty village church perched high up with a view towards the sea. The bells had […]
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Learning to Listen
Here’s a fantastic resource designed to help to develop your listening skills created by Pebworth Ringers, a tower near Evesham in Worcestershire which contains a range of online listening exercises. Highly recommended […]
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Calling all teachers who ring!
The Central Council Young Ringers for Ringing 2030 Workgroup is creating a suite of school lesson plans to raise awareness of ringing in schools. We are hosting a Zoom open meeting to talk through what the project entails, explore the lesson plans and discuss how you can support the project. […]
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Calne Branch Spring Tower Tour
This year’s Calne Branch Spring Tower Tour, ably arranged by Ruth Beavin (our regular tour organiser) saw us visiting the Cotswolds on the 7th June 2025. Six churches scheduled across the day and lunch in the local prison! Our thanks to all the Churches we visited for allowing us to ring and enjoy such a wonderful […]
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Novice Striking Competition - 12 July
This year´s Novice Striking Competition will take place during the afternoon of Saturday 12th July at Motcombe where the delightful 7cwt six are rung from the first floor. The emphasis on the event is that it should be sociable and enjoyable with the opportunity to improve striking and for us all to encourage our Novice ringers. Bands entering are free to choose the ringing of rounds or call changes and those entering will not have previously rung a quarter peal on a treble or an inside bell.
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LEBRF Open Day 2025 - 16th August
Discounted 'Earlybird' tickets are now available for the 2025 LEBRF Open Day which is being held on August 16th. Most of the towers are in the West Dorset Branch (who are organising the day this year) but some towers are also being included from the western part of Dorchester Branch which haven't been included in previous open days and which will make for a very comfortable circuit of the Jurassic Coast and Dorset Downs.
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Dates for your diary
A full listing of Guild events and other notable dates for 2025 is available here on the website
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