President’s Piece
Here we are in November, nearly at the end of the year, the long hot days of Summer seem but a distant memory with the recent arrivals of Storm Austen and Storm Boleo in quick succession. I hope you have not been too affected by these adverse weather conditions of late. Two notable dates come …
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Quarter Peal Week
Guild Quarter Peal Week runs from Saturday 31st October until Sunday 8th November and includes the weekends at either end which gives us time to ring even more quarters! This is a great opportunity to organise some special quarters to help members of your band and branch achieve a first quarter, a first in a …
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From Swanage Tower to Guild Secretary: Meet Julian Newman
Julian Newman, who was elected Guild Secretary at the AGM in May, brings more than 30 years of ringing experience as well as a lifelong enthusiasm for the Guild, its members and the future of ringing across the Diocese. Like many ringers, Julian’s journey began with a chance invitation. In 1995, aged 18, he was …
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There was plenty of cake…
On Saturday 10th October, we had a well-attended practice at two six-bell towers near Sherborne. Everyone managed to navigate the staircase and trapdoor at Leigh and our ringing entertained the people who were decorating the church for Harvest Festival. They were pleased to see lots of young people ringing the bells and asked if they …
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Explaining the Church’s Safeguarding Training requirements
The purpose of this article is not for the SDGR to tell any ringer what to do, but to update all our members on the latest position of the churches we ring in regarding safeguarding training. It explains the new safeguarding training requirements that the Church of England and Diocese of Salisbury expects of anyone …
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Pauline McKenzie’s funeral
The arrangements for Pauline’s funeral are now largely in place. It will take place at the Church of St Andrew, Broadhembury, Devon EX14 3NF on Friday 13th November at 1.30pm. Arrangements for refreshments afterwards are still to be finalised, but it would be a great help to Reg to let him know if you intend …
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All Devizes church bells ring for anniversary
2026 is Devizes branch 125th anniversary year, and many of its experienced ringers attempted quarter peals on four of the area’s towers – including three within earshot of each other…
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Channel Islands Ringing Day
REPORT OF RINGING DAY SEPT 2026 A very successful 6 Bell striking competition and ringing day was held on 19th September at Elizabeth College in Guernsey. Ringers from across the islands came together at EC to ring on the 10 Saxilby simulator bells there and compete in our inter island striking competition. We even had …
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Raising and Lowering – West Dorset
Sue Carter, Training Officer West Dorset Branch, led a basic Raising and Lowering course at the Bradpole Training Centre over 2 afternoons for 7 new learners. Ably assisted by 8 experienced trainers, the students benefitted from one to one tuition allowing Sue to oversee progress and keep everyone on track. Wonderful refreshments including cake were …
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Ken Lessey – 50 Year membership award
Mark Symonds, vice Chair of the West Dorset Branch, joined Bridport ringers on their outing at South Perrott to present Ken Lessey with his Certificate for 50 Years membership of the Guild. Ken taught Mark to ring more than 30 years ago at Whitchurch Canonicorum, before moving to Bridport where he still rings at St. Mary’s whenever …
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New WhatsApp groups for West Dorset’s Thursday Practices
To make communications easier for our Thursday morning Practices at Bradpole Ringing Centre, we’ve created three new WhatsApp groups, one for each session. Follow any of the links below on your phone to add yourself to a particular group. Here you'll find details of how to add yourself to any of the groups …
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Keeping Tower Information up to date
A note for Tower Correspondents and Tower Captains. If information about your tower changes, please would you use the form on this page where you can update information which is published on the website and in the Annual Report
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