In early August 2015 I met with the bell engineer Mathew Higby at Harrington and later at All Hallows churches to inspect the towers for the possible hanging of rings […]
Author Archives: Sue Thomas
Bridget Kelly, Tower Captain – St Patrick’s Bampton Tower reports on the latest targeted session: Another great Target Session – moving on from Plain Hunt on 5 to Bob Doubles. […]
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All Saints bell ringers team up with the National Trust Heritage Open Days On Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th September the Cockermouth bell ringers held an open tower event. The […]
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Oct
(In which the new President muses over listening versus talking, how long it takes to knit a hat, and when is the right time to rename a method) I have […]
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Ken Parkinson and his wife June were a lovely couple who were very much part of the church of St James in Barrow. June was in the choir and Ken […]
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The Church of St John the Evangelist in Workington, was the perfect venue for a memorial concert for Pat and Gareth Evans on 16th September. The golden columns of the […]
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There is to be a Memorial Concert to remember Pat and Gareth Evans at St John’s Church, Workington on 16th September at 7pm. This musical celebration of their lives is […]
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The ringers of All Saints Church, Cockermouth will be joining in with the Heritage Open Days – a national festival of history and culture (https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk). In the past, these have […]
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Following a service for the blessing of the restored bells by Bishop James Bell on 30th July, the bells were available for general ringing. Ringers came from all over the […]
St Patrick’s Bampton have a great band of ringers at varying levels of experience. Although not all felt able to return after COVID for various reasons, over the last […]
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