Author Archives: Phillip George

Ringing over the Christmas period is as follows: Thursday 18th December Practice Night from7.30pm to 9.00pm Saturday 20th December Date Touch starting at 10.00am Sunday 21st December Ringing from 4.15pm for Carol Service at 5.00pm Tuesday 23rd December Quarter Peal by local ringers to celebrate 25 years since the bells were rehung. Christmas Eve RingingContinue reading “Christmas Ringing 2025”

We’ve had a busy month preparing for our Rusty Ringers tower open day which was on Saturday the 8th November. We had advertised it on the village email system and Facebook group as well as on Black Cat Radio. Personal invitations to former ringers helped boost visitor numbers although only twenty attended an this wasContinue reading “Rusty Ringers, Pizza Party and Remembrance Sunday”

On Saturday the 8th of November we will be holding a social event for our former ringers. We hope to contact as many as possible by email, social media or word of mouth and invite them to visit the church tower for a cup of tea and a chat. They will be able to visitContinue reading “Rusty Ringers Get Together”

We were able to leave the bells up after our practice on Thursday the 4th September ready for a visiting team of ringers on Friday. The ringers were from Pickering and their repertoire included Cambridge and London). We were please to receive compliments about the bells and a request to come and ring a quarterContinue reading “Two lots of visitors and a Wedding!”

A few people have been away on holidays recently and we have only had seven on the last two practice nights. Keen to make the best of our resource we rang a 480 of Plain Bob Doubles on each occasion. This gave us an opportunity to ring longer lengths which helps consolidate our method learning.Continue reading “Plain Bob Doubles on Practice Nights”

As the last week of term approaches, Barnabas Oley CofE School in Great Gransden is preparing for Founders Day. The school was founded by the Rev Barnabas Oley, fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge (now Clare College), and vicar at Great Gransden from 1633 until his death in 1685. He also built the vicarage house andContinue reading “Year 6 Visit the Tower”

On midsummer’s day some of our ringers took part today in a striking competition at the Huntingdon District Ringing Festival held at Hemingford Abbots. Six teams entered from different churches and we were in the call-change section. The team rang very steadily and in their typcal determined style under the leadership of tower captain, SheilaContinue reading “Ringers Win Call Change Competition”

Sunday the 15th June was designated as Music Sunday and ringers and singers were busy during the day. Our first ringing was for the morning service, and as usual, three ringers left the ringing room early for their next duty – singing in the choir. After the service we were delighted to welcome Dane andContinue reading “Visitors from Arizona and Music Sunday”

Bell ringers all over the country were asked to ring from 6.30pm to 7.30pm on Thursday the 8th May to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Our own ringers were able to do this which conveniently fitted in with a Fish and Chip supper in Little Gransden Village Hall at 8.00pm! The bells wereContinue reading “Ringing for VE80”