Ringing World 5140 (30 October 2009)
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Front cover: Stephen Wood by John Eisel
Stephen Wood was the son of the Vicar of Almondsbury, and was born in 1906. He learned to ring in 1917, the year in which he joined the Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association as a member of Almondsbury tower, although his name does not appear in an annual report until that for 1920, the first report that was issued after 1915.
From the E-Lists
Taylors may have been rescued and the London 12-bell competition contested and won, but it was good to learn, from the ANZAB list, that St Mary's, Sydney, now has a working buzzer.
Salisbury D.G. report
Satellite Navigation Systems and Ordnance Survey Maps were certainly put to full use on Saturday, 15th August by visitors, and indeed even some of our Guild members, seeking the more remote towers of West Dorset. Even so, there were reports of cars driving down the same lanes several times in order to ring at specific destinations. This was the occasion of the Open Day, held annually by the Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers, and hosted this year by the West Dorset Branch.
Letters
CCCBR Bell Rescue Fund – Northampton, All Saints' — Robert Cooles
Jimmy Riadore — David E. G. Shuker
An interesting spectacle — Toby Arkless
Old Boys & Bell Boys on Radio 4 — Paul Ruston
Climate 350 — Gwilym Salmon
350 wasted blows? — Peter Humphreys
Electronic Ringing World — John Gwynne
No "dropage" please — Sue Billinge
An arithmetic approach ... — Robin Woolley
South Stoke tenor bell celebrations and flower festival
Over the August Bank Holiday weekend celebrations were held to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the casting and installation of our tenor bell. Over the three afternoons that the tower and church were open we had in excess of 100 people visiting the clock room and belfry. Many more viewed the flowers in the main body of the church, including an almost life-sized bell made in flowers.
Long length attempt at Heptonstall
Unfortunately the attempt to ring 14688 Glasgow S Major was unsuccessful.
V is for Variable by Simon Linford
Obituary
Henry Ivings 1916 - 2009
Ding dong, double the bells in Clapham by Sue Mann
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has made it possible to do major restoration work to the bells in St James’s Church, Clapham, North Yorkshire. A grant of £22,600 has been awarded to enable five historic bells to be restored and re-hung, a new ringing floor and lighting to be installed and a range of resources purchased.
Ringing Mayor of Elmbridge
In May this year James Vickers, a ringer at St. Mary’s, Stoke D’Abernon in Surrey, was elected as the 2009/2010 Mayor of Elmbridge, the local government borough in which Stoke D’Abernon sits.
CC Bell Restoration Committee
I recently became Chairman of the Central Council Bell Restoration Committee. The context was not what I would have wished for, as it resulted from the sad loss of Carol Hardwick. I hope very much to keep up the good work of Carol, and Kate Flavell before her, but one of the challenges I am facing is a shortage of resources. We were under strength even before the loss of Carol and at the last Council meeting we were unable to secure any more members.
Harold Parkinson – 100 and still keeping an eye on us
In 2009 Harold Parkinson of Bacup, Lancashire, achieved two notable milestones – 70 years’ membership of the Lancashire Association and, in August, his 100th birthday.
A Singapore first?
Hong King Wu found his way into the Learners’ Practice at St Giles-in-the-Fields when he joined the St Martin’s Singers for their practice earlier this year. HK (as he became known) hails from Singapore and was studying for an M.Sc. at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine when he decided to learn to ring.
Grandsire Pig
I thought your readers might like to see how one of our young ringers learnt Grandsire Doubles.
She converted it into a picture of a pig.
Monday Night Handbell group in Washington DC welcomes new members
The Monday Night handbell group of the Washington Ringing Society welcomes new members. Cecily Rock, longtime Washington DC ringer, has joined our ranks, as has Lian von Wantoch, who learned to ring in UK.
Team Taylor
The new team at Loughborough, headed by Peter Hayward, brings together the knowledge and engineering skills of the best in the business.
London 12 Bell Contest Results
ASCY (M) came first.
