Message from the Master
What a busy month we have had! Firsts Week was a success with over 120 people achieving something for the first time, the young ringers have been practising for the Ringing World Competition in London in July and the Guild Festival and AGM took place in Trowbridge on May 11th. One of the Festival highlights […] |
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Latest from around the Guild...
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New Guild Membership System
As you probably know, following an overwhelmingly positive vote at the recent AGM, our new Membership System, Membermojo, was formally adopted. All that’s left to do is for all members to register on the system. The vast majority (including everybody reading this website) will be able to register themselves and that’s what we are now […] |
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Fundraising Tower Open Day – LEBRF
Saturday, 17th August 2024 Our annual tower open day in aid of the Guild’s Llewellyn Edwards Bell Restoration Fund is this year centred around the county town of Dorchester and includes 16 towers, some of which have not been available for open days for many years, with the day tour culminating with Sherborne Abbey – […] |
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Young Ringers Update
On Saturday 27th April we held a successful practice at Thornford and Longburton, two six-bell towers near Sherborne. Six young ringers attended, including three who came along for the first time. We enjoyed ringing rounds, call changes and plain hunt, as well as Plain Bob and Grandsire Doubles, Plain Bob Minor and Cambridge Minor (well […] |
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Ringing Out for Peace – 6th June
We want to encourage as many towers as possible to join the national “Ring Out For Peace” commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings on the 6th June. It doesn’t have to be anything elaborate – 5 minutes of rounds would be absolutely fine – although I do know many are planning commemorative […] |
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Royal Garden Party
Janet Ranger-Dennis, Chair of Dorchester Branch, has been a volunteer with Dorset Police for more than ten years, since the inception of the Victims Bureau in 2013. “I am passionate about supporting victims of crime, providing them with regular updates about the investigation into the crime.” She is also a Role Player for trainee officers, […] |
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Tower of the Month – Westbury
Westbury is famous for its White Horse, a 180-foot (55 metre) high figure cut into the side of the Bratton Downs in 1772. Visible for 15 miles in good weather, the horse has become the symbol of the town as well as its best-known feature. However, what many don't know is the Church of All Saints, located just off the Market Place in the oldest part of the town, contains the third heaviest ring of eight in the world, widely considered to the finest ring of its kind in the country. Just how did a small Wiltshire town become the home of such a prestigious and large set of bells? Read on to find out! |
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Book of the Month
Sound management The Towers and Belfries committeeA Central Council publication This month’s review is a pamphlet on sound management, produced by the Towers and Belfries committee of the Central Council of Church Bell Rangers. At 12 pages long it’s not intended to be a detailed technical reference. It’s more of an overview of the subject, […] |
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Steeplekeeping Course
Ringers from nine different West Dorset towers attended our Steeple Keeping Course at Beaminster. After a brief chat in the Ringing Chamber we headed up into the Bells. Nick Baker went through each area in the Bell Chamber. He talked us through different parts of the bells, and frame, that should be checked. He suggested how often […] |
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Bridport Bells Centenary Appeal
In 1924 the eight bells of St. Mary’s Church Bridport were recast and rehung in their 15th century tower. Now, in 2024, after 100 years of being rung, they are in need of renovation to keep them ringing sweetly for the next 100 years. The weekend of 25-26th May marks the launch of Bridport’s centenary bell appeal to […] |
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April Quarter Peals
The following 49 Quarter Peals were rung in the Guild during April 2024. (Information taken from Bellboard – entries marked Salisbury Diocesan Guild and Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers) Monday, 1 April 2024 Silton (St Nicholas), Dorset 1296 Bourne Surprise Minor Monday, 1 April 2024 Preston (St Andrew), Dorset 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major Monday, 1 April 2024 Cucklington […] |
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2024 Festival and AGM Report
Glorious sunshine set the tone for a wonderful day of activity in celebration of ringing in the Guild with our Festival and AGM this year being hosted by Devizes branch. In the morning there were two workshops being held in the Wiltshire county town of Trowbridge: one for Hand Bell Ringing and the other for […] |
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Cartoon by John Fry, Sherborne
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