Dear all,
I am three short for a full band to ring for a wedding at Oundle next Saturday. Wedding is due to start at 1:00pm. We need to meet to ring at 12:45pm, and then again after the service is finished. £25 per rope. Please let me know if you can help.
Nick Elks nick.elks@gmail.com tel :07961 916819
Dear all, there is a second menu for this event, attached
Dear all, a final reminder that Diana Street has organised a ringing event for the afternoon of Sunday 17 September, with the added bonus of a Cream Tea at The Johnson Farm in Old Hurst. All are welcome.
Diana needs to know your tea order by Tuesday 12 September, please.
She has provided the following information (all now confirmed):
12:15pm (bells down) to 1pm Hemingford Abbots PE28 9AL 6 14 cwt in G# (toilet in kitchen area)
1:15pm to 2pm Hemingford Grey PE28 9DF 8 11-2-12 in G# (toilet in kitchen area)
2:15pm to 3pm St. Ives PE27 6DG 8 12-0-4 in G (Portaloo inside South Porch)
3:30pm Tea at Johnson’s Farm Old Hurst (off A141) Church St, Huntingdon PE28 3AF
I will leave a donation at each tower, so £3 each should cover this, please give it to me on the day.
The standard Cream Tea (scone with jam & cream plus tea/coffee) offered by the Tearoom is priced at £7.25, but if you want something more substantial, the whole Steakhouse Afternoon Tea offer is £27 per person, see menu below for other choices. They can cater for special requests and for nut allergy as long as it is stated with order, please. I did have to check out their home-made scones (scone and tea = cream tea) before I made the booking!!
PLEASE NOTE the order the will need to be placed, with Diana, by Tuesday 12th September so she can collate and forward to them in one go please. (please include price to ensure I order correct items for you). Thank you.
Both ringing and non-ringing family members and friends are welcome to join us for afternoon tea at Johnson’s Farm at Old Hurst – we may have a function room to ourselves.
For non-ringers there is the added bonus of the Farm, with its animals, birds and ‘safe distance’ crocodiles to look round for a £3 adult entry fee, including a children’s play park (please have sensible footwear, for the fields part, if there has been any rain), while the rest of us ring!
It should be a lovely afternoon for us all to enjoy together, with the added bonus of food after the ringing workout. I look forward to seeing you all and there is the chance we will get to know each other better.
Thank you and see you then if not before.
Take care, Diana diana_cherryfields@yahoo.co.uk
This is a reminder that this Friday 1st September will be our monthly branch practice at Castor, 1930h
Please come for a chance to ring on eight bells. Novices, experts and all of us in between are welcome.
For surprise ringers lets focus on the core favourites of Cambridge, Yorkshire, Superlative.
I hope you all had a good summer break, time to get back at it!!
James
I need a few more ringers to make up a band to ring for a wedding at Oundle on Saturday 9th September – the wedding service starts at 1:30pm. £25 per rope. Please let me know if you can help.
Nick Elks – nick.elks@gmail.com
We are one ringer short for a quarter peal of Grandsire Triples tomorrow Saturday 19th August 5:30pm at Peterborough St Johns. This is to celebrate the life of James Dyer so it is important that we can ring. If you are able to help then please let me know. Please do contact me if you want to help but feel you might not have enough experience – I really don’t want to have to cancel this important quarter peal.
Some sad news – I have just learnt that James Dyer has recently died after having a brain tumour, aged just 36 years old. James was a Lay Clerk at the Cathedral, singing in the Cathedral Choir and a sometimes bellringer. He lived and worked in Peterborough from 2010 until 2020, and was renowned for driving his Morris Minor in international rallies – usually breaking down in somewhere like Mongolia and having to get the car shipped home. James was always an upbeat character, a very positive person, and a gentleman. He previously dated local radio presenter Thordis Friedricson, and more recently married his girlfriend Keely last year. His funeral is today – 17th August, and his family are asking that donations be made in James name to the Brain Tumour Charity
Dear all, Helen has realised she has put a wrong date in her update, see below.
The Guild’s Summer Festival and 8 bell striking contest takes place on Saturday 9th August September (Secretary having a diary madness moment) in the Towcester branch.
Dear all, please find below Helen’s latest update.
I’m not sure how we manage to be half-way through August, but that sees us looking forward to the Summer Festival in September.
Guild Summer Festival
The Guild’s Summer Festival and 8 bell striking contest takes place on Saturday 9th August in the Towcester branch. Ringing to take place at Weedon (tbc) from 2 pm, Cold Higham from 3 pm and then the contest and tea at Towcester from 4 pm. A short meeting will be followed by evening ringing, also at Towcester.
Branches wanting to enter should get in touch with Simon Dixon by Saturday 2nd September, mailing master@pdg.org.uk
More information and a poster is available on the guild website: https://pdg.org.uk/latest-news/guild-summer-festival-2023
See you there – even if you’re not ringing, it’s an opportunity to try some different bells and socialise with ringers from across the Guild.
Central Council items
President’s Blog looks forward to the meeting in early September. https://cccbr.org.uk/2023/08/04/presidents-blog-82/
The papers for this year’s Central Council meeting are now available. https://cccbr.org.uk/about/annual-meetings/2023-annual-meeting/
Motions to reduce the size of the council and the elections are the most notable items.
Dates for the Diary
Guild 10 Bell Practice Saturday 9th September. 10:30 Daventry
Guild Summer Festival Saturday 9th September Contest 4:00 pm Towcester, for competition, tea, meeting and Evening ringing. Ringing at Weedon Bec from 2pm & Cold Higham from 3 pm.
One change, Northampton have changed their practice location.
Thrapston Branch Practice Thursday 17th August 2:30 Wadenhoe
Rutland Branch 8 bell practice Thursday 17th August 7:30 Uppingham
Daventry Branch Meeting Saturday 19th August 3:00 Everdon 6:30 Dodford (tbc)
Northampton Branch Practice Saturday 19th August 7:00 Coggenhoe
Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 19th August 7:30 Woodford Halse
Peterborough Branch 8 bell Practice Friday 1st September 7:30 Castor
Thrapston Branch Practice Friday 1st September 7:30 Islip
Guilsborough Branch Practice Saturday 2nd September 3:00 Sibbertoft, 6:00 Welford
Rutland Branch 6 bell practice Thursday 7th September 7:00 Great Casterton
See you all at some of these in the near future.
Helen Allton
Secretary: Peterborough Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PDGCBR
Website: www.pdg.org.uk
e-mail: secretary@pdg.org.uk
Telephone: 01832 735 266
Unfortunately there will be no 8 bell practice at Castor on 4 August. The next 8 bell practice will be 1 September. If you are looking for other ringing over the month of August then check out the Guild events page https://www.pdg.org.uk/events
Rutland have their 8 bell practice on Tuesday 1 August. There is a Stedman practice on 12 August.
Enjoy August home or away and see you in a ringing chamber soon!
Jane (Robinson)
Peterborough Branch 