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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”

Our youngest ringer, Josh, is currently learning how to ring Plain Bob Doubles on No2 bell. He is already proficient ringing the treble bell and to help keep his skill level up we organise an occasional quarter peal for him. The Easter school holidays were a suitable time to arrange one because we could fitContinue reading “Four local ringers in quarter peal at Hilton”

Great Gransden ringers had the pleasure and privilege of hosting the Huntingdon District meeting today 15th March 2025. Ringing was from 3.00pm when the bells were beautifully raised in peal. The ringing room soon filled up and ringing master, Andrew Smith, made sure of a varied menu of ringing. Methods included Rounds, call changes, PlainContinue reading “Great Gransden Hosts Hunts District Meeting”

The usual routines of practices and service ringing have been followed during the last few weeks . Tied bell practices have included dodgy call changes, which we have yet to perfect, Plain Hunt of 5 and call changes. There is always some theory too, making use of the white boards. We have recently welcomed visitors.Continue reading “February 2025 Update”

We usually have an end of year social event which takes the form of an evening dinner in either the Prests of George’s house. This year Sue and Ant kindly invited us to their new house and we all agreed that a lunch time buffet would fit the bill perfectly. We decided on 4th JanuaryContinue reading “Christmas Party 2024/5”