Dear all
The training committee of DRC would like your input into the training programme for the coming year. Please could members contribute by completing this survey.
The training committee is meeting next on Sunday 17th January, and so we would appreciate your responses by then.
You can access the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SGT5GQJ
Best Wishes
Gill
Twenty five years ago the tower of St James’ Bermondsey was in scaffolding. The heavy old ring of 10 bells dating from 1823 had been removed, as they had become derelict and a new ring of 6 bells had just been cast in the Whitechapel Bellfoundry. They were rung for the first time in February 1991. Two more were added to complete the current ring of 8 bells in November 1991.
Over the years we have taught many people to ring on these bells and we plan to hold a reunion of the ringers in November 2016 to mark the 25th anniversary. Over 40 people attended the 20th anniversary reunion 5 years ago.
The old ring of 10 bells were restored and two more were added to make a ring of 12 bells, which were installed in St James’s Cathedral, Toronto, Canada. Three of our ringers travelled to Canada to attend the dedication weekend, including ringing for a special service attended by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on 27th June 1997.
The new bells
The old bells leave
The 20th Anniversary
After the previous evening’s festivities, fifteen ringers turned out to ring in the new year at Noon on the ten bells at St Alfege Greenwich and afterwards the eight bells at St John’s Deptford on new year’s day, one of the ringers ringing for the first time in 30 years!
Many thanks to Gill for a great job of organisation so that we were able to ring for Carol Services in nine churches on Sunday . Well done, everyone! Thanks also to Joe for hosting our annual Christmas party. It was fantastic to see so many people come together! Merry Christmas!
By ringing inside to a quarter of Grandsire Doubles at Isle of Dogs, Andrew Booth has become the 28th person to achieve Level 5 of Learning the Ropes and qualifies for a prize under the ART Awards scheme.
The Association of Ringing Teachers is now moving out of its set up phase. Going forward the focus will be less on delivering ITTS courses and is shifting to supporting the 250+ and growing number of members who have gained Accreditation. Thanks to the generosity of various parties, the inaugural ART Awards will be presented at the Annual Conference at Loughborough Bell-foundry on Saturday 12th March 2016.
One of the Awards is for all those who have achieved Learning the Ropes Level 5, who will be invited to a centrally-organised weekend event: The Learning the Ropes Masterclass. This will be run in the second half of 2016 by a team of hand-picked, top flight ringers and will be designed to provide opportunities that are not normally available locally. Travel and accommodation will be arranged/paid for participants based in the mainland UK.
Andrew thanks all those who have helped him reach this milestone over the last couple of years and with twelve of our other ringers at various stages on the pathway, we hope that they too will qualify for similar awards over the next year or two. We look forward to celebrating their success.
http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=984637
The band after the quarter, Andy, Mike, Morag, Drew, Bridget, Roger.
Roger