The latest edition of In Touch has been published, including articles on the branch training day and quarter peal weekend. Find out more about our WWI bell ringers as well as news from the towers.
Author: Gary
Newport Pagnell QP on YouTube
A five minute extract of the quarter peal of 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major rung at Newport Pagnell on Sunday 16th November 2014.
Newport Pagnell, 16th November 2014
1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major
1 Hazel Dallen
2 David Phillipson (c)
3 Alison Willgress
4 Ian Willgress
5 Lesley Belcher
6 Doug Hird
7 Alan Marchbank
8 Simon Read
NBB QP Week Starts – Update 16/11/14
The branch quarter peal week started auspiciously last night with a fine quarter peal of Plain Bob Minor at Emberton.
Emberton, 7th November 2014
1320 Plain Bob Minor
1 Lesley Belcher
2 Sam Haslam
3 Wendy Haslam
4 Roy Keeves
5 Phil Haslam
6 Tony Gray (c)
Rung to celebrate the Diamond Wedding anniversary of Olive and Keith Haslam on 6th November 2014
Woughton on the Green, 9th November 2014
1440 Kent & Oxford Treble Bob Minor
1 Brian Baldwin
2 Christina Tribble
3 Martin Smith
4 Martin Petchey
5 Peter Tribble
6 Simon J O Head (C)
Half muffled, in commemoration of the fallen from this village. First in the method 1,2,3,4,5
Olney, 10th November 2014
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
1 Judy Gay
2 Liz Sheaf (1st in method inside)
3 Doug Hird (c)
4 Roger Gay
5 Scott Ayers
6 Charles Knight
Rung half muffled for Remembrance
Wicken, 11th November 2014
1280 Cambridge S Major
1 Ray Vickers
2 Ann Fletcher
3 Ann Birch (1st of Surprise Major)
4 Nick Read
5 Lesley Belcher
6 Andrew Spencer
7 Ruth Stokes
8 Chris Stokes (c)
Rung in fond memory of Robert George a loyal ringer at Maids Moreton
Newport Pagnell, 12th November 2014
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
1 Keith Wagstaff (1st on treble)
2 Nick Read
3 Nicki King
4 Charles Knight
5 Doug Hird (c)
6 Liz Wagstaff (1st on tenor behind)
Downs Barn, 15th November 2014
1280 Cambridge S Major
1 Graham Bartholomew
2 B Douglas Hird
3 Lesley J Belcher
4 Angela Blackburn
5 Roger Gay
6 Gary Reading (1st surprise major)
7 David Phillipson
8 Simon Read (c)
Wavendon, 15th November 2013
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
1 Cerys Louise Dallen
2 Hannah Crombleholme (c)
3 Hazel E Dallen (c)
4 Paul Cromleholme (c)
5 Peter Tribble (c)
6 Patricia Caryl Rosewell
First Quarter Peal for the Wavendon Tower since the new band was created in 2012. We would like to also associate the quarter peal with Brian Baldwin who has been instructing the band since formation.
Hanslope, 15th November 2014
1260 Grandsire Triples
1 Helen Dear
2 Alan Cozens
3 Brian Berry
4 Anthony Gray (c)
5 Ian Thompson
6 Nicholas Gray
7 Roy Keeves
8 Andrew Timms
First Quarter Peal – Treble
Rung for Branch Quarter Peal Week
A 100th Birthday compliment on 7th November for Emily Keeves, mother of 7th
In memory of Derek Ward who passed away on 12th November, brother-in-law of 6th
Newport Pagnell, 16th November 2014
1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major
1 Hazel Dallen
2 David Phillipson (c)
3 Alison Willgress
4 Ian Willgress
5 Lesley Belcher
6 Doug Hird
7 Alan Marchbank
8 Simon Read
Farewell Peal for David Phillipson
Oxford Diocesan GuildDowns Barn, Milton Keynes, Bucks
Cross and Stable
Saturday, 18 October 2014 in 2 hr 47 (6-0-10)
5088 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Stephen J Ivin
1 B Douglas Hird
2 Lesley J Belcher
3 Julie A Haseldine
4 Ruth Stokes
5 Alan J Marchbank
6 Christopher C Stokes
7 Andrew Haseldine (C)
8 David Phillipson
Rung to say farewell to David Phillipson, wishing him luck in his move to Australia (again.)
Circled tower (1)
Ringing up and down in peal – course report
A total of ten learners and eighteen helpers attended the Branch course on ringing up and down in peal on Saturday.
There were two morning sessions held at Loughton and Milton Keynes Village and two afternoon sessions at Bradwell and Wavendon with lunch at the Talbot in Loughton in between. Each session was led by a different leader – all of whom were very experienced in ringing and teaching – and they were assisted by a number of helpers who were able to stand with the participants and talk them through the raising and lowering.
Several of the participants were also keen to learn how to lead up and down and by the end of the day they had all managed to do so successfully. It was quite a tiring day for those who attended both the morning and afternoon sessions and no doubt there were a few aching muscles on the Sunday morning! But it was all worth it as everyone made progress during the day and were all much more competent in ringing up and down in peal by the end of the course.
Ringing up and down in peal – course notes
Here are the learning notes from the ringing up & down in peal branch course held on 11th October 2014.
This document is a compilation of resources readily found on the internet. There are some great videos on the internet which demonstrate what the course notes describe.
Ringing up (a single bell)
Ringing up in peal
Ringing down
You will find many other examples on the internet.