Master’s Message
Although the sunny days have gone away for a while, we were fortunate to have a beautiful day for the AGM on 10th May at Canford Magna. A wide variety of ringing took place from Call changes to London Surprise Minor by around 70 people who then attended the meeting. The East Dorset team looked […]
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Guild Festival and AGM Review
Photos from the AGM and Report on the proceedings
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Ringer of the Year
Veronica Newman - St James, Trowbridge. Veronica started ringing when she took a break from nursing to start a family in the late 1970s. Since then she has fulfilled many roles for both the Devizes branch and St James Trowbridge including Tower Captain, Vice Captain, Correspondent and, more latterly, one of the chief drivers of our branch presence on Facebook.
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Young Ringer of the Year
2025 Young Ringer of the Year was awarded to Bobby Ashton and announced at the Guild AGM. Below are the nominations written by Tower Captains of Evershot and Beaminster, Gareth Evans and Harry Murley. Bobby was presented with the Young Ringer of the Year Award by West Dorset Secretary, Sylvia Fowler at Evershot. From […]
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Fresh hope for the Band and Bells at Lydlinch
An appeal for new learners and a ‘Tea in the Garden’ event to raise money for bell repairs have secured the short term future of the tower at St Thomas a Beckett Lydlinch, Dorset. Following concerns raised in early 2024 about the condition of its bells and a dwindling number of locals to ring them, […]
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But what should it sound like?
When I was first learning to ring (in fact for a long time after, if truth be told) when ‘good ringers’ spoke about how good or bad the striking was I did what most adults do when they don’t understand something – I nodded sagely in agreement so as to disguise my ignorance! Had I […]
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Ringing Tips for Newer Ringers
Good bell handling and technique is central to good ringing and is at the heart of every goal in the ART Learning the Ropes scheme, at every level. Spending time getting small movements right so that they become part of your muscle memory is absolutely essential and time well spent. In this edition you will […]
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Dry Weather Highlights Archaelological Remains
Salisbury is renowned among ringers as being one of only three cathedrals in the country to not have bells hung for change ringing. This was not always the case – for several hundred years there stood a separate bell tower, in the cathedral close. The recent dry weather has made the location of the 13th […]
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Young Ringers Update
We have nine young ringers taking part in the Ringing World National Youth Contest “grand day out” in Birmingham on 5th July. In addition to ringing call changes on 6 in the competition they are going to be ringing at four other towers, including St Martin’s in the Bullring which has no fewer than 16 bells. A […]
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LEBRF Open Day 2025
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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Guild Handbook now Available
The 2025 Guild Handbook is now being distributed via Branch Secretaries and Towers. If you haven’t already seen a copy it should be arriving in your tower soon. An increasing number of people have requested a digital version of the Handbook and this year we are going to circulate a digital version to members via […]
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Future Ringing Events to Note
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Ring Out For Peace – 8th May
A call for all ringers to join in the National celebration in May. On the 8th May 1945 bells rang out across Britain as the nation took to the streets for Victory in Europe Day, the celebration of the end of six years of the Second World War. Eighty years later people across the country […]
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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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Learners – Guidance on a Change in Procedure
At the Guild AGM on 10 May, the proposed change of Guild Rules was agreed and the changes have now been adopted. The following is intended to help answer any questions regarding how learners are now catered for – I’m grateful to Julia Russell, Devizes Branch Secretary, for her collaboration in the production of these […]
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Channel Islands Striking Competition
The annual April 8 bell striking competition for the Channel Islands Branch was held on 26th April 2025 at St Peters in Guernsey. It was very well attended by ringers from across the islands, Jersey arrived on the Friday and Alderney across the week (unfortunately 2 Alderney ringers were thwarted at the last by fog […]
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Mere Branch Newsletter
The latest edition of our Mere Branch Newsletter
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West Dorset Ringer of the Year
When Tim took up ringing again in 2020, he would happily admit that his ringing was somewhat rusty and, having not rung since the early 90s when he learnt on a medium weight ring of 6 in Winchester, he found himself confronted by a somewhat heavier peal of 8 in Sherborne with its 46cwt tenor. He has progressed from sometimes dubious Grandsire Triples to being able to ring Surprise Major, and
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Joan Edney RIP
Members of the Mere Branch were saddened to learn that Joan Edney of Chilmark had recently passed away. She had been a loyal ringer and supporter of the band at St Margaret of Antioch’s, Chilmark for over 34 years, since its inception in 1976/7, regularly attending practices and ringing for Sunday services each week and […]
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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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Post script: Lost Cup
This cup was found in Canford Magna Church after the Guild Festival last Saturday. Does anybody recognise it? I have it in my custody. Kathryn Kathryn TysonGuild Secretaryemail hidden; JavaScript is required
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