The Ringing World 5285 (10 August 2012)
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Ringing World National Youth Contest 2012
at St Paul’s Church, Birmingham
by James Forster
Exactly one week after some of the country’s most gifted ringers gathered at Melbourne to contest the Taylor Trophy, talented young ringers from high-and-wide flocked to Birmingham to compete for their very own Whitechapel Trophy. Not only was Birmingham bustling with hoards of ringers on Saturday 30th June, but the Olympic Torch had come to town. Bell-ringing may not be an Olympic sport (yet), but the Ringing World National Youth Contest was providing its own special opportunity for enthusiastic young ringers to test themselves against their peers, push the limits and perhaps defy the odds. And for those who hold lofty ambitions to truly excel, they arrived in a city which was brimming with pride ...
The G. & B. conductor holds the Whitechapel Trophy
Chief Judge's Comments by Simon Linford
A contestant's perspective by Alice Scott
Face to Face with the teams by Sue Lucas
Letters
The London Olympic Bell – Stuart Harrison
Reply – Kathryn Hughes
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Reading bells on Radio Berkshire by Chris Phillips
Olympic serendipity ticket by Suzanne Creighton & Peter Jasper
Olympic ringing – week 11 by John Harrison
Bells feature in opening of new school building at Devizes in Wiltshire by Chris Newbold
Devon Young Ringers’ fun and food by Lynne Hughes
School’s out for Stephanie
Peal of the first true Stedman Triples
by Linda Foddering
Bernard Groves rings his 5,000th peal
by Katharine & Graham Firman
Phil and Gwen Rogers’ Ruby Wedding
A Week of Alphege’s Millennium in Solihull
by Clive Day
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Obituary
Harold Neilson
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