On the Internet (particularly on YouTube), you’ll find hundreds of hours of videos about bell ringing.\u00a0 At a time when we can’t get our twice-weekly “fix” ourselves, here’s a chance to look at some:<\/p>\n
CCCBR Compendium<\/a> Oddities and Wonders of Bellringing<\/a> Stedman Caters<\/a> (7 min) Bell Ringing: It’s Harder Than It Looks<\/a> (15 min) How to make a bell<\/a> (10 min) Kildwick MiniRingers<\/a> (2 min) On the Internet (particularly on YouTube), you’ll find hundreds of hours of videos about bell ringing.\u00a0 At a time when we can’t get our twice-weekly “fix” ourselves, here’s a chance to look at some: CCCBR Compendium The Central Council of … Continue reading
\nThe Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (that’s a title which rolls easily off the tongue!) has put together a compilation of videos.\u00a0 It’s a huge wide variety of things, ranging from an hour or so (I found “Bells of Cambridge” fascinating) to several that last just a minute or so.\u00a0 As a MiniBell founder, I went straight to the casting of the enormous Olympic bell!<\/p>\n
\nThe CCCBR has done a second compilation.\u00a0 No long videos here (there’s one 12 minute one).\u00a0 No. 19 – Cornish handbells ringers pleased me.\u00a0 An interesting take on call changes and “lapping” (but we’ll not do it like that at Kildwick without some really<\/strong> <\/em>good padding on the floor!)\u00a0 Our young ringers need to look at No. 8 too!<\/p>\n
\nHandbell lapping is a Victorian parlour game.\u00a0 The ringers sit in a curved line and pass the bells between them, placing them on each other’s laps.\u00a0 This is as impressive an example as I have seen.\u00a0 Watch the lady on the right.\u00a0 She never lets go of the bell at the end – that’s because “Caters” only involves eleven bells and the twelvth stays at the back, covering.<\/p>\n
\nThere are several documentaries about learning to ring.\u00a0 I’ve chosen this one because it is local to Kildwick.\u00a0 Ant Smith learns to handle a bell in the tower at Silsden before moving on to ring at Bradford Cathedral.<\/p>\n
\nPersonally, I find the commentary to this rather annoying!\u00a0 However, it does explain the process of bell casting very well.<\/p>\n
\nCouldn’t finish without this!\u00a0 A rather dated video of the first ever MiniRingers, ringing Plain Hunt on the mat.\u00a0 This was filmed in December 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"