Skipton – the towering yellow jersey
June 15, 2014
Small? Medium? Large? No, it had to be 5 square metres for Skipton Church. Love it. Maillot jaune.
Category: Bellringing
Dewsbury Minster Fest and Wombel
June 15, 2014
Dewsbury Minster Fest was a rip-roaring success on Saturday 14 June. Bells were part of it. But there was so much more to do aswell.
Well done Derek and Ronalda and all the team at Dewsbury for their hard work and enthusiam.
This was a fringe event for the Yorkshire Festival. Formal advert available via the link at the foot of this post.
It attracted good crowds to come and have a go at huge range of activities from drumming to creative writing, from biscuit dressing to bicycle yarnstorming, from learning ukelele to learning handbells. And trying church bells up the tower and on the Wombel training bell.
We were also joined by local press from Dewsbury and Huddersfield so watch out for stories in the papers.
More photos on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dewsbury-Minster-Festival-2014/1424435387807226
And the advert for the event on the Yorkshire Festival site is below:
http://festival.yorkshire.com/events/art-and-culture-yorkshire-festival-at-dewsbury-minster
Ant Learns to Ring in a Month
June 3, 2014
Check out the YouTube film below.
Ant Smith sets out to learn bellringing in a month.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IJGSdn6KNk
He goes to learn at Silsden (which just happens to be on Stage 2 of Le Tour de France in Yorkshire). His goal is to be good enough to ring at Bradford Cathedral within a month?
The film is entitled “Bellringing: It’s Harder Than It Looks”. Find out if it really was.
Credits on the YouTube site as follows
Presented by Ant Smith
Produced and Directed by Adam Bacon
Giro d’Italia – question for the Methods Committee
June 1, 2014
Keen eyed fans of Bells and Bikes in Adelaide spotted symptoms of bellringers in the Giro d’Italia this week. The questions are (1) what is this method marked up on the wall and (2) does it pass the qualifying criteria for a true method?
All Creatures Great and Small – Grinton Church
May 25, 2014
As all eyes turn to the new West End production of that TV favourite “All Creatures Great and Small”, so Yorkshire bellringing fans may remember 1990…
That was the year the cameras came to Grinton church to film part of the final episode of the series.
Grinton, of course, is reinforcing its credentials now as the church at the foot of one of the key climbs of Stage 1 of this year’s Tour de France in Yorkshire.
Here’s the church and the ringing footage from 1990.
Coxwold Cyclists Church Service
May 25, 2014
Bellringers required for 10th May 2015 for the next Coxwold Cyclists Church Service. Beautiful church with 3 bells.
This is a nationally supported event run by CTC Teesside. This year it featured as a fringe event in the Yorkshire Festival ahead of Le Tour de France in Yorkshire. Click the link below to see the advert on the Yorkshire Festival site.
http://festival.yorkshire.com/events/coxwold-cyclists-church-service
On Sunday May 11th, over 300 pedal cyclists from across Yorkshire and Teeside, converged on the village of Coxwold, east of Thirsk, for their 88th annual Service of Remembrance at St. Michaels Church, beginning at 1.30 pm.
The small 14th century church was filled with a sea of multicoloured jerseys. Cyclists acted as bell ringers, sidesmen, offertory collectors, lesson readers, choristers and organist. Local residents and visitors to the area were welcomed to come and join the group.
The service was led by the Rector, the Rev. Liz Hassall. The guest preacher was the Rt. Rev. Glyn Webster, Bishop of Beverley.
Organised rides to the service were arranged by local CTC members, from Hull, York, Leeds, Malton and Teesside.
Refreshments were on sale in Coxwold village hall from 11 am, and after the Service.
Would you like to be part of it next year? Let Paul Hepworth know by email to:
paul hepworth <paul@hepworth77.freeserve.co.uk>
Alan Titchmarsh on Bellringing
May 19, 2014
As all eyes turn to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show here’s a link to a piece in the Telegraph from 2013 where Alan Titchmarsh, gardening hero, explains change ringing and how he first rang at the age of 11.
Alan rang at All Saints Ilkley which is, of course, on the race route of Le Tour de France in Yorkshire on Saturday 5 July.
This week, viewers of BBC TV may well see Alan in the vicinity of the Le Tour de Yorkshire artisan garden at Chelsea, designed by Alistair Baldwin for Welcome to Yorkshire.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/10520214/Alan-Titchmarsh-the-bells-of-waiting-advent-rings.html
http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/exhibitors/gardens/Le-Tour-de-Yorkshire
Harrogate St Wilfrids
May 17, 2014
Spotlight on Harrogate St Wilfrids. A truly beautiful church. Check out the sites below:
http://www.yorkshire.com/view/attractions/harrogate/st-wilfrid-s-church-243607
http://www.riponandleedsbells.org.uk/st%20wilfrid.htm
99 Ideas for Churches Near The Route
May 1, 2014
Find out how churches all along the route of Le Tour are planning to get involved. Offering drinks to fans, hosting concerts, making quiet prayer spaces available and of course bellringing. Loads more ideas and stories on the excellent website below:
http://www.lechurchletour.org/
St Wilfrid’s York – this week’s Bells on Sunday
April 25, 2014
Tune in this Sunday 27 April for BBC Radio 4 Bells on Sunday http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006sgsh . This weekend you will hear a touch of Bristol Surprise Royal from St. Wilfrid’s York http://www.stwilfridsyork.org.uk/
Fans of Bells and Bikes will of course spot that York is on the Le Tour De France race route in Yorkshire. Sunday 6 July 2014 to be exact Le Tour Yorkshire.
Which Yorkshire tower will be next… It could be you… #bepartofit
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