It is very sad to hear of the deaths of Ian Burroughs and Tony Evans, two long standing ringers in the Peterborough Branch, and I thought ringers might want to know the arrangements for their funerals

Many people will have known Ian as the Tower Captain at Barnack, and will have rung with him in the past. His funeral is at 1pm on Tuesday 11 October at Barnack. Bells will be rung after the service.

Tony was a key member of the band at Castor for many years, and he was the instigator of a teaching facility at Castor, that then became the Castor Ringing School. His funeral is at Castor on Monday 17 October at 2.45pm. Bells will be rung by the Castor band.

As the current Head Tutor of the School, I propose to ring one or more Quarter Peals in Tony’s memory, comprising ringers who were taught to ring by Tony. If you are interested in joining us, please will you let me know through the following link, https://petbells.org.uk/contact/events-organiser/ and I will ensure that all those who want to are included in any ringing we organise.

Best wishes,

Hilary Hardie

Dear Ringers,

A reminder that Diana Street has organised a ringing event for the afternoon of Sunday 11 September, with the added bonus of a Cream Tea at The Willow Cafe, Central Park in Peterborough.   

Both ringing and non-ringing family members and friends are welcome to join us for afternoon tea at The Willow Cafe, Central Park, Peterborough – we have the function room to ourselves!! Parking is free in Park Crescent (far side of the park) PE1 4DX and then walk into the park itself aiming for the centre (green grass ’roundabout’ with Weeping Willow tree) where The Willow Cafe is located.

Please advise Diana Street (email: diana_cherryfields@yahoo.co.uk) on attendance and your clear choice of menu from : The Willow Cafe menu  by Sunday 28h August, (later than originally requested) so she can let them know numbers and orders.

If you want to join us just for tea, we are meeting at the Willow Cafe at 4pm.

The timing of the ringing is: 

1:30-2:15pm       Yaxley (6) upstairs  toilet (3)

2:30-3pm            Stanground(6) GF  toilet       

3-15-3:45pm       Fletton (5) GF        toilet       

We will leave a donation at each tower, so £3 each should cover this, please give it on the day.

Example from menu:

Scones, jam, clotted cream                                    £4:50

choose drink  from menu  eg pot of tea                   £2.30  

Full cream tea (sandwiches, scone, chosen drink)    £14:50 

Vegetarian alternative cream tea and drink                £14:50

If you prefer cake(s) of the day then please order that (eg £3.10) and a drink choice from the menu.

If anything is not clear then please get in touch with Diana.

I looking forward to seeing you all then.

Take care

Diana

Dear Ringers,

Diana Street has organised a ringing event for the afternoon of Sunday 11 September, with the added bonus of a Cream Tea at The Willow Cafe, Central Park in Peterborough.   All are welcome.   She has provided the following information:

The timings are: 

1:30-2:15pm       Yaxley (6) upstairs  toilet (3) confirmed

2:30-3pm            Stanground(6) GF  toilet       confirmed

3-15-3:45pm       Fletton (5) GF        toilet        confirmed

We will leave a donation at each tower, so £3 each should cover this, please give it on the day.

Both ringing and non-ringing family members and friends are welcome to join us for afternoon tea at The Willow Cafe, Central Park, Peterborough – we have the function room to ourselves!! Parking is free in Park Crescent (far side of the park) PE1 4DX and then walk into the park itself aiming for the centre (green grass ’roundabout’ with Weeping Willow tree) where The Willow Cafe is located.

Please advise Diana Street (email: diana_cherryfields@yahoo.co.uk) on attendance and your clear choice of menu from : The Willow Cafe menu  by Thursday 25th August so she can let them know numbers and orders. They will be busy over the bank holiday weekend and need to ensure ingredients supply, as they make all of their own food. Thank you.  (The owner of the cafe is my neighbour’s daughter)

Example from menu:

Scones, jam, clotted cream                                    £4:50

choose drink  from menu  eg pot of tea                   £2.30  

Full cream tea (sandwiches, scone, chosen drink)    £14:50 

Vegetarian alternative cream tea and drink                £14:50

If you prefer cake(s) of the day then please order that (eg £3.10) and a drink choice from the menu.

If anything is not clear then please get in touch.

I have ‘tested’ the afternoon tea and needed ‘doggy-bag’ boxes to bring the rest of the food home for the next day!

Thanks a lot.

I looking forward to seeing you all then.

Take care

Diana

Dear all, unfortunately the Branch Outing on 20 August has been cancelled as insufficient ringers signed up by the deadline of today to make it a successful event.

I hope to see you all soon,

Hilary

Dear all, a reminder that we are ringing at the following Towers on the Branch Outing on 20 August. Everyone is welcome to join us.

If you haven’t already, please let me know if you would like to attend to through this link – Branch Events Organiser.

I now have the menu for lunch, and need to place orders on Friday 12 August. If you want lunch, please let me know in your email confirming attendance, and I will then send you the menu. It’s a bit too ling to put int his post!

Best wishes,

Hilary

Peterborough Branch Outing 20 August 2022

Dear all, the details of Towers we will be visiting on the Branch Outing on 20 August are below. I do hope you will be able to join us. Please let me know if you would like to attend to through this link – Branch Events Organiser.

The pub where we are having lunch in Fenstanton is just updating it’s menu. If want lunch, please let me know in your email confirming attendance, and I will then send you the menu.

Peterborough Branch Outing 20 August 2022

The popular annual Branch Outing returns this year and the date for this is Saturday 20 August. 

I am contacting towers around Huntingdon to put together the programme, and as soon as I have them confirmed I will let you know.

In the meantime, please put the date in your diary, and let me know if you would like to join us.

Hilary Hardie, Events Organiser – hilary.hardie@btinternet.com

Dear all, unfortunately, having told you yesterday that the Branch was planning an outing on 21 August, I have been notified that the date clashes with a rearranged Guild event, so we can’t go ahead on that date.  It may now be better to postpone until 2022.

Best wishes,

Hilary Hardie

Events Organiser

Now we are able to ring and socialise again, your Branch Committee thought it would be a good idea to organise an all day Branch outing and lunch in August. The date for this is Saturday 21 August.

I am contacting towers around Huntingdon to put together the progrramme, and as soon as I have them confirmed I will let you know.

In the meantime, please put the date in your diary, and let me know if you would like to join us.

Hilary Hardie, Events Organiser – hilary.hardie@btinternet.com

I know lockdown is making lots of things difficult, but I can’t help but think there is something to be said for able to attend two different branch AGMs on the same day, all from the comfort of your own home, cup of tea in hand. Technology still can’t fix it so that I could attend two different meetings at the same time, but I’m sure someone is working on that. So far all the branches that I’ve been able to attend have had a successful AGM, and I hope that those still to do so are equally as successful. 

And, being the beginning of the new year, I’m sure the Guild and branch treasurers would want me to remind you that subs are now due. Contact your branch treasurer for details of how to pay within your branch. 

Guild Updates

Just a reminder that the 2020 Guild Quiz remains available. Entries are due in by the end of the month, so there’s still time to enter. Available from your branch, or from Guild Secretary (secretary@pdg.org.uk). Quizzes are £1 each, and contain 100 questions to amuse, bemuse and confuse. 

Mental Health

January can be hard on people’s mental health. This year may be even worse with the added pressures of lockdown hanging over us. With that in mind, the diocese marked the 17^th January as Wellbeing Sunday. There are resources available to help take stock and maybe boost your mental health. That’s also where ringing can help, by staying in touch with fellow ringers and having something to focus the brain on. Try learning a new method or reading on some theory of ringing. There’s plenty of information out there if you wanted to explore a topic further. See the article in CrossKeys for more support. https://crosskeysmag.org.uk/?p=4410

Training Times

Test your knowledge of plain hunt with this quiz from ART. https://www.facebook.com/PDGCBR/posts/191535699118495

Next comes dodging some tips on how to dodge in a non-dodgy way. https://www.facebook.com/PDGCBR/posts/191537699118295

Local Knowledge

The Guild has had an enquiry from a lady trying to trace her Great Grandfather. He served in the Police force and was stationed across the county, including Kettering, Oundle, Paulerspury, Daventry and East Haddon, Northampton, Pottersbury and Naseby. He retired from the police in 1931.  In the newspaper cutting she has, he is described thus: “While at Naseby he was well known as a bellringer.” If anyone has any information that may be relevant, you can leave a reply on her blog, or contact me and we’ll get the information to her.  https://tonilouiseabram.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/albert-edward-william-clarke/

I’m always amazed at what delights are hidden in so many of our churches. This gem is in Stowe Nine Churches. https://www.facebook.com/nationalchurchestrust/posts/5664448826913908

Your next lockdown project?

Looking for something to keep you busy in the latest lockdown? This Lego based video could be the creative spark you’ve been looking for. https://youtu.be/6d-np6zYRqM

It’s a maths/art mashup, try creating a 4th order permutahedron and how funky can you make it look? See here for what one is and how to create it. https://youtu.be/iK5b_rww7mo

Central Council Updates

The President published his latest blog. https://cccbr.org.uk/2021/01/13/presidents-blog-25-2/  Along the same lines, I’ve finished the Christmas cheese mountain, but still  have sprouts left (much to Mr Secretary’s disgust). 

ART and the Central Council have published edition 2 of their Survival & Recovery newsletter. It is attached and also available here: https://cccbr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Survival-Recovery-Newsheet-Issue-2.pdf

Puzzle corner

There are a number of methods named after hills in this selection of treble bob minor methods. Can you navigate your way around them and scale the heights of success? https://www.facebook.com/PDGCBR/posts/230517878553610

A number of ringers were asked to describe common ringing terms. What might they be trying to describe in this word cloud? https://www.facebook.com/PDGCBR/posts/227011495570915

Can you fill in the blanks in the number sequences? The missing rows are indicated by stars. https://www.facebook.com/PDGCBR/posts/226296245642440

I hope to see some more of you over the next few weeks at the remaining Guild AGMs. 

Thanks

Helen

Helen Allton

Secretary: Peterborough Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers

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e-mail: secretary@pdg.org.uk