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”
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Great Gransden Hosts Hunts District Meeting
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”
February 2025 Update
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”
Ringing Update as we Look Forward in 2025
With Christmas behind us we are back in the tower for our normal weekly practices and will soon be looking forward to the spring and new ringing challenges. The year has already started well with Tricia ringing her first quarter peal. This was on Monday the 6th January when we decided to hop over theContinue reading “Ringing Update as we Look Forward in 2025”
Christmas Party 2024/5
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”
We wish you a Happy Christmas 2024
We have had a good ‘ringing year’ and some plans have already been made for 2025. In the meantime, here is a video featuring some of our ringing during 2024, and we wish you all a Happy Christmas and New Year.
Sunday School Chime the Bells
The Sunday School for over 8 year olds is held in the Ringing Room during the morning church service. I have worked closely with the leaders making sure that everything in the room is safe for the children. One of the leaders asked if it would be possible for the children to visit the restContinue reading “Sunday School Chime the Bells”
Christmas Tintinnabulation
We occasionally hatch new plans in our continual engagement with the local community. As we all look forward to Christmas we decided to open up our practice night on the 12th December to anyone from the benefice who might lke to visit us in the ringing room. The church Christmas tree lights were on toContinue reading “Christmas Tintinnabulation”
Ringing Seminar on the Future of Bell Ringing
Nationally, there are only 30,000 bell ringers. There are many reasons why numbers are in decline. Most ringers are aware of the chellenges that we face in manitaining local ringers and developing and improving our skill levels. To help consolidate some ideas for progress in sustaining ringing Gransden Ringers arranged a seminar inviting all ringersContinue reading “Ringing Seminar on the Future of Bell Ringing”
Hexham Abbey ringers visit Gransden, we ring a cracking quarter peal, and our ringers and families make a visit to Taylor’s bell foundry during our autumn tour.
The autumn has been a busy time for us. Having hosted Norton ringers on the 12th October, we welcomed ringers from Hexham Abbey on the 26th. Their visit was arranged by Ruth Kemsley, one of our occasional visitors on a Thursday practice night. There were about a dozen in the group and they rang theContinue reading “Hexham Abbey ringers visit Gransden, we ring a cracking quarter peal, and our ringers and families make a visit to Taylor’s bell foundry during our autumn tour.”
Great Gransden Bell Ringers 