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VE Day 80
We’re excited to be celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day! We are going to open the tower for visitors on the Bank Holiday (Monday 5th May) – you can climb the stairs and see the bells and watch the … Continue reading
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A New Ringer!
We’re excited to welcome Sydney who has started to learn our ancient and traditional skill of bell ringing. Sydney is quite small at the moment (she’ll grow!) so most of her learning for now is on our small “Wombel” simulator … Continue reading
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All change at the top
Tower Captain Chris has retired Back in 2016, the small band of ringers decided to leave. Chris alone was left and, with a lot of help, particularly from Jane and David, a new team was recruited and taught. We hoped … Continue reading
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No Bells!
St Andrew’s Church is closed throughout July and August while the roof is repaired. There will be no ringing! In addition, if you tried ringing just now, you would hear little apart from the clatter of the ropes because the … Continue reading
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No Ringing
This Thursday (9th May) is Ascension Day and there is a service in church. There will, therefore, be no practice that night (The Parish Annual Meeting is on Thursday 23rd. Depending on just who is available, it is possible we’ll … Continue reading
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We’ve moved!
The Kildwick Ringers’ website has moved from one server to another. I hope that no one will really notice the difference – but my bank balance will benefit from the lower costs! Now to sort out the emails…
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Thursday 2nd November
As the church is holding an All Souls Day service this evening, there will be NO PRACTICE tonight.
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Practice Nights
From 5th October, we will be holding our practices from 7:00-8:30pm instead of half an hour later. It seemed to work well tonight, so that will continue for now. But… No practice next week! The ringers are all going to … Continue reading
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On breaking a stay
Stays are the one part of a bell that are designed to break! They are there to rest the bell when it is perched upside down and ready to ring – but they mustn’t be so strong that they would … Continue reading
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Some busy times
We’ve had some quite busy days recently. For the Western Branch Quarter Peal Day, two of our ringers took part in a significant performance when 14 year-old George very ably conducted his first quarter peal. It was a relatively simple … Continue reading
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