Bellringing at St James Recruits Urgently required
Members of the St James community will be aware that there is a ring of six bells in the church tower that are rung for Sunday services, special church events such as weddings and secular events which effect the community.
Bell Ringing is a group activity much as a local orchestra or football team and needs a group of committed people to be performed. It is a skill that takes some weeks or even months to learn to control the bell rope and keep the spacing of the bells even and accurate before going on to learn our ringing “methods” (the equivalent of tunes ).
We are in need of new people to join us to help in the performance of our ancient (it has been performed for over 400 years in our current “English” style ) craft. Recruits will benefit from one to one teaching, Joining a small but active community of friendly Christian people, it is an active but not strenuous pastime (If you can climb the stairs and are aged between 10 and 70 there is a place for you). As you progress the ability to join in with other active Bell Ringers in the area and ring ever more challenging “Methods” will test your mental as well as physical skills. We also hold social events such as our Annual Skittles competition between all the local towers, outings to visit other areas and ring at new towers which usually end in an evening meal at a pub on the way home.
If you are interested in joining us, please get in touch.
Please let us know if you would like to join in with us
Lawrence Bignell – Tower Captain 07860 830761 or lawrence@lbts.co.uk
Dave Hammonds Branch Education Officer 07967 424715 or davehammonds@live.co.uk