I’m pleased to announce two new additions to the DRC Communications network…
If you are on Twitter or Facebook, please Follow and Like our pages. We hope that they will be useful to showcase the range of events and activities of the Docklands Ringers and so we therefore also invite you to tweet, post, contribute, mention, tag and hashtag about all your ringing adventures – from practice night to Sunday ringing and from the tower to the pub.
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Just got back from the Camino using the St Jean Pied de Port route. Lots of bells along the way – mostly cracked and none hung for change ringing of course.
These at Larrasoana played a lovely carillon during a vino stop.
These were at Zabaldika, 1 k off the main path, but worth a diversion even on a hot day. If you climbed all the way up to the old church, then all the way up the belfry, you could chime them twice. Got a special stamp on the credencial too! Trying to get ahead on karma.
Saturday, 20 Jun 2015, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Ringers will be grouped by ability and assigned helpers.
Students and helpers will then travel round to each tower as set out below. Rotherhithe have their open church afternoon, and they are keen the tower will be open and the bells ringing during the afternoon, good publicity for ringing!
The number of groups we can run depends on student and especially helpers that come forward to help. Until we know that, planning is very, very tricky!
But in principle we would like to have:
| 2.00 till 3.00 | 3.30 till 4.30 | 5.00 till 6.00 | |
| Group A | St George’s in the East | Rotherhithe | Bermondsey |
| Group B | Rotherhithe | Bermondsey | St George’s in the E |
| Group C | Bermondsey | St George’s in the East | Rotherhithe |
What to do NOW:
From there we can plan and set up groups. It should be a fun day but please let us know whether you will be there so we can plan!!!!
Contact Caroline Prescott (Master of the Northern District of the Surrey Association) directly or via your tower representative for Surrey
We have now spent two days at Bermondsey clearing out the handbell room and simulator area, repairing the ceiling and painting the staircase at the back of the organ leading up to the ringing room, with Mike, Morag and Luigi helping so far.
We are opening up the tower to visitors for the parish fair on Saturday afternoon 20th June and will be running some ‘taster’ events the following Tuesday, and another on the Tuesday after the Bermondsey Carnival on Saturday afternoon 4th July, and hopefully training some new ringers afterwards, so we want the tower to be spick and span and as welcoming as possible.
Today’s work has made a dramatic difference and as Mike says, you will need to bring your sunglasses next time you come to ring. It is just so bright!
We probably need to spend another two sessions freshening up the paintwork on the remaining walls and woodwork, and cleaning up afterwards, so if you know how to use a roller or paintbrush (or would like to learn). Please let Roger know and we will sort out some dates over the next five weeks.
Mike Todd says bring your sunglasses – The staircase behind the organ at St James’
Scarlett, born 2015 and Constance, born 1915.
Stepney bells rang out again after the service on Sunday 12 April in special celebration of the 100th birthday of Constance. The most senior member of the congregation, the birthday girl is pictured here with Father Chris and Scarlett, on that day aged three weeks – the congregation’s youngest member.
Following long touches of some very lovely called changes, Churchwarden Angela came bounding upstairs bearing ebulient thanks from Constance and her two daughters. We were then invited to partake in birthday cake saved especially for the ringers, which added greatly to our enjoyment of ringing for such a special occasion.
Special thanks go to ringing colleagues Tom, Juliet, Alastair and Tony who came from St Vedast Foster Lane, joining Elizabeth, Eva, Jennifer, Julian, Kevin and Mark and enabling us to ring all 10 of Stepney’s fine bells. Nothing less would have been appropriate on such an occasion: needless to say it’s not every day a member of our congregation celebrates 100 years of life. It was a very great honour to ring and contribute to the festivities. Many Happy Returns, Connie!