Author Archives: Phillip George

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”

The power of good public relations. We rang a very smart but poigant quarter peal this morning at Great Gransden for the Hunts District Quarter Peal weekend. https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1846810 About half an hour in and a group from the Cambridge Ramblers came into church and many of them stood and watched us ringing. I waved fromContinue reading “Special Quarter Peal”

We had a super day on Saturday 26th April on our springtime mini-outing to Northants for fifteen ringers and friends. Three towers visited, ringing mostly call changes. Warkton (6. 8cwt) where the east end of the church was rebuilt in 1754 to commemorate the Montagu family. Greeted by noisy sheep adjacent to the churchyard. BellsContinue reading “Mini Outing – Northants”

Easter tide is always a good time to have a spring clean in the ringing room. Although we run the vacuum cleaner around it every month or so, periodically it benefits from other changes too. In the winter the tower west window is drafty and we put up our ‘winter curtain’. Its always nice toContinue reading “Easter 2025”