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The ringers were greatly shocked to hear of the sudden passing of Andrew Fogg on the 7th July. Andrew had been a member of the church choir for 27 years and was a personal friend of many of the ringers. The choir and ringers have close ties, there being some members in both camps. AndrewContinue reading “Ringing for Andrew Fogg”

It isn’t often that we see so many young ringers together. They tend to be few and far between, mainly in ones and twos in a few isolated towers. Sunday 16th July was a special day for us at Great Gransden because we welcomed a dozen or so young ringers, with their parents/mentors, to meetContinue reading “Young Ringers Meeting”

Most of the things we do are routine. We meet for ringing every week on a Thursday evening and hold tied bell practices too to hone our skills in bell control and theory of ringing. We sometimes take for granted the enjoyment of the fellowship of ringing, something which I am sure we all valueContinue reading “A Story of the Last Four Weeks in the Tower”

We had a super practice last night. Our usual repertoire was rung, being call changes, Plain Hunt and Plain Bob Doubles, but there were thirteen ringers in the tower including Catherina and new visitor, Ruth. A couple of our local ringers are away and any chance of Grandsire 5 is away with them, but asContinue reading “Two Visitors Makes for Grandsire Doubles!”

Saturday 20th May 2023 – ringing for the wedding of Martin and Maggie, the first wedding of the year for us. The bells were rung up in the morning and we all arrived in good time to sit quietly exchanging conversation as we waited patiently, watching proceedings in the church from the ringing room. ItContinue reading “Ringing for a Wedding”

Wow! We have had a great weekend Ringing for the King. We started on Saturday the 6th May at 9.00am with general ringing for all our ringers when we were joined by some family members too. The ringing included Call Changes, Plain Bob Doubles, and we fired the bells. On Sunday we rang for theContinue reading “Coronation Ringing”

We arrange at least one outing every year to vist a few towers within about an hour’s drive. We decided on an early adventure this year, with an option for a second one later, and on this occasion we travelled to north west Essex. Tricia volunteered to organise the day and she and I andContinue reading “Spring Outing – 22nd April 2023”

During our practice on Thursday 30th March we proudly peresented membership certificates to Josh and Mirjam. Mirjam was elected as a member of the Ely Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers in November 2022 and Josh in March 2023. The aim of the Association during the last twelve months was to elect 125 new members,Continue reading “Association Membership Certificates”

Well, what a busy and exciting time we are having in the tower at the moment. Josh has just achieved his level one certificate in the Learning the Ropes scheme. This is quite a tough call which covers all the basic skills required to safely handle a bell. Josh has worked hard and has alsoContinue reading “A Level 1 Certificate and Two more New Learners”

The local history society, The Gransdens Society, invited us to give a talk about the bells on Tuesday 21st February 2023. It was a pleasure to be there and an excellent opportunity to describe the history of the installation and explain why we ring. It was entitled “The Church Bells and Ringers of Great GransdenContinue reading “Presentation to The Gransdens Society”