News Practices cancelled There will be no practices on 24th and 31st December 2014. Normal arrangements will resume on 7th January 2015 with practices at All Saints. Posted by Graham Paul on 04/12/2014 Quarter peal rung at All Saints A quarter peal of 1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor was rung before the 6pm evening service at All Saints on 2nd November. The bells were rung half-muffled as it was All Souls Day. The ringers taking part were: Graham Paul 1, Bridget Paul 2, Robin Hickmott 3, Colin Brown 4, John Lindsay 5, Greg Jordan 6. Greg Jordan conducted the quarter peal which took 43 minutes to complete. Posted by Graham Paul on 03/11/2014 Fifth Wednesday practice in October 2014 With the permission of the local ringers, the fifth Wednesday practice in October 2014 will take place at St Peter & St Paul, Weedon Bec. The practice will begin at 7.30pm and we shall be joining the local ringers. Posted by Graham Paul on 18/10/2014 Maintenance work Early in September a strand of the tenor rope at All Saints broke below the salley and a substitute had to be put on while the broken rope was spliced. The replacement rope also broke, but fortunately, the original rope had by now been repaired and was therefore put back. However as the lower end of the rope seems to be of poor quality a new rope has been ordered. Work has also been carried out on the tenor clappers at All Saints and St Giles to try and eliminate or reduce the oddstruckness of both bells. The work is considered to have been partially successful. On 30th October, the clappers St Peter's were greased by Cecil Swann, Colin Brown and Graham Paul. Posted by Graham Paul on 01/10/2014 Quarter peal attempt fails An attempt was made to ring 1440 Kent Treble Bob Royal on Sunday evening, 7th September. at All Saints. Unfortunately the attempt came to a premature halt after about ten minutes ringing when the tenor rope broke below the salley. After the rope had been replaced a long touch of 880 Kent Treble Bob Royal was rung with the band standing as follows: 1 Nick Chatt; 2 Jennie Higson, who conducted the ringing; 3 Bridget Paul; 4 John Lindsay; 5 Nick Parsons; 6 Giles Willson; 7 Graham Paul; 8 Robin Hickmott; 9 Andrew Dodd; 10 Steve Borman. Posted by Graham Paul on 09/09/2014 Page 16 of 27 PREV | NEXT