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In addition to the ART courses that I am arranging for next year, I am pleased to announce that I am going to offer a course on conducting, prepared in conjunction with Simon.
This will take place early in the New Year and will consist of a series of short presentations delivered via Zoom, probably early on Tuesday evenings. Each session will only last about half an hour and will start from a complete novice level and get progressively harder. I think that the sessions will make most sense if participants can attend all of them, but hopefully each one should make sense on its own.
The proposed titles for the sessions are
1) Calling Plain Bob
2) Touches of Plain Bob Minor
3) Interpreting printed touches
4) Method construction
5) Coursing orders
6) Sixth-place minor methods and touches on higher numbers
7) The role of the conductor
The materials are yet to be finalised, but if you are interested, please email me so that I can send you more details and an invite to Zoom session in due course.
Dear all, Diana apologises, but Isham postcode is NN14 1HL,
So the updated programme as follows:
Sunday 13th September
1-1:45 Rothwell 10 21cwt NN14 6BQ church with toilets
and the bone crypt will be open for the public including those of us interested
2-2:45 Isham 6 9-1-0 cwt NN14 1HL ground floor, but no facilities
3pm (sharp as they close 4 with 4:15pm lockup!) Bosworth Garden Centre Burton Latimer NN15 5QA.
Food orders have been sent in already (they say there may be space to join us!), but anyone just wishing to come to ring is most welcome, too.
So on the day please give me rope fees (£1:50 per tower visited, this to cover tower donations) and £5 food deposit – balance to be paid to the Garden Centre on the day.
I have tried their fruit scones with jam and clotted cream, and they are good but not huge.
Just a reminder that the Guild 10-bell practice is taking place in Towcester at 10:30 on Saturday morning. Chris Bulleid will be in charge. This would be a good way to start the day and follow up with The Summer Festival in the Culworth Branch, details on the website. We hope to see many of you at both events.
There is a move to create a scratch team for the Summer Festival to complete the Culworth Band so if you are not on a team at present please contactAndrew North <andrew.north@btinternet.com> or ‘Robert Wood’ <robert-m-wood@hotmail.co.uk> to see if spaces still exist.
Happy ringing.
Chris FitzGerald
Treasurer
The Peterborough Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers
I am looking froward to a good day this Saturday in the Culworth Branch, with ringing from 2pm.
We now have teams from Towcester, Daventry, Wellingborough and Guilsborough entered.
Are you planning to be at Brackley on Saturday for the Meeting? Have you booked your Tea with Andrew North<secretary@culworth.pdg.org.uk>?
So if you are coming, but not in one of the Branch Teams above, would you be available and willing to join a “scratch” team?
If so please contact the Culworth Branch team on<secretary@culworth.pdg.org.uk> as soon as possible, or contact Robert Wood on the day at 4pm when the ringing starts at Brackley.
I am sorry to say there has been a change of plan for the ringing. On Tuesday evening, Great Cransley discovered damage to the tower, with masonry on the floor, so could not ring or gain access (as the door has moved 6cm). Sadly Burton Latimer has no-one available to let us in on Sunday afternoon.
So the updated programme as follows:
Sunday 13th September
1-1:45 Rothwell 10 21cwt NN14 6BQ church with toilets
and the bone crypt will be open for the public including those of us interested
2-2:45 Isham 6 9-1-0 cwt NN14 1FX ground floor, but no facilities
3pm (sharp as they close 4 with 4:15pm lockup!) Bosworth Garden Centre Burton Latimer NN15 5QA.
Food orders have been sent in already (they say there may be space to join us!), but anyone just wishing to come to ring is most welcome, too.
So on the day please give me rope fees (£1:50 per tower visited, this to cover tower donations) and £5 food deposit – balance to be paid to the Garden Centre on the day.
I have tried their fruit scones with jam and clotted cream, and they are good but not huge.
Dear all, a reminder that the ever popular Ring for Cream tea will be held on Sunday 13 September and that you need to provide your tea order to Diana by 6pm on Sunday 6 September – email address diana_cherryfields@yahoo.co.uk
Please make your order clear especially re jam and cream with fruit and/or plain scone but not with cheese one. There was some confusion last year. Please specify your drink too, thank you.
Details of the ringing etc., below.
Hilary
Sunday 13th September
1-1:45pm Rothwell 10 church with toilets
and the bone crypt will be open for the public including those of us interested
2-2:45pm Cransley 6 ground floor, but no facilities
3pm (sharp as they close 4 with 4:15pm lockup!) Bosworth Garden Centre, Burton Latimer.
A reminder that on the day please give me rope fees (£1:50 per tower visited, to cover tower donations) and £5 food deposit, with the balance to be paid to the Garden Centre on the day.
The Guild’s Summer Festival is rapidly approaching – it is on Saturday 12th September this year. So what’s happening? Firstly the Culworth Branch have arranged to open a couple of towers for you En Route to the Competition:
2pm Open Ringing at Moreton Pinkney Ring of6, 6cwt, Ground floor
3pm Open Ringing at Whitfield Ring of6, 7cwt, Ground floor
Then at 4pm we all converge on Brackley for the 8-bell Branch Striking Competition, a 13cwt ring.
Each Branch can enter a band to compete for the historic Harry Wooding Memorial Trophy.
Please let Robert Wood know on events@pdg.org.ukby 5th September that you will be entering a Team.
During the Competition the Church Hall will be open serving teas.
Names for Tea please to Andrew North secretary@culworth.pdg.org.uk by 10th September, including any special dietary requirements.
At 6pm we will convene in the Church Hall for a short Business Meeting (Agenda attached)
At the end of the Meeting the Judges will announce their verdict on all the ringing, and the Trophy will be awarded to the winning Branch.
Certificates will also be presented to each Branch entering a team.
Following the Meeting (c. 7:30pm) the bells at Middleton Cheney will be available. Ring of6, 22cwt, Stair
Please do join us for what is sure to be a great day out, even if you aren’t ringing in a team. You can still “grab” 3 towers in the area.
Dear all, a reminder that the ever popular Ring for Cream tea will be held on Sunday 13 September.
Diana needs to know initial numbers for the cream tea by 2pm, tomorrow, Sunday 23 August, so she can book and pay. Then she will take food orders by 6th September. So if you plan to join us, please contact her – email address diana_cherryfields@yahoo.co.uk
See below for Diana’s full message.
Hilary
Unfortunately Sunday trading rules are affecting this event so this year is a cut-down version to fit in with Sunday Service and Garden Centre timings, sorry.
Sunday 13th September
1-1:45pm Rothwell 10 church with toilets
and the bone crypt will be open for the public including those of us interested
2-2:45pm Cransley 6 ground floor, but no facilities
3pm (sharp as they close 4 with 4:15pm lockup!) Bosworth Garden Centre Burton Latimer.
Please order food from menu pictures below and let me know by 23rd August as there is no confirmed booking until I pay the £5 deposit per head, sorry. I will provide them with spreadsheet of orders later.
Diana has tried their fruit scones with jam and clotted cream, and they are good but not huge.
Please make your order clear especially re jam and cream with fruit and/or plain scone but not with cheese one? There was some confusion last year. Please specify your drink too, thank you.
So on the day please give me rope fees (£1:50 per tower visited, to cover tower donations) and £5 food deposit, with the balance to be paid to the Garden Centre on the day.
Dear all, the ever popular Ring for Cream tea will be held on Sunday 13 September. It’s been a bit more challenging to organise this event this year, so a big thank you, as always, to Diana.
See below Diana’s message.
Hilary
Unfortunately Sunday trading rules are affecting this event so this year is a cut-down version to fit in with Sunday Service and Garden Centre timings, sorry.
Sunday 13th September
1-1:45pm Rothwell 10 church with toilets
and the bone crypt will be open for the public including those of us interested
2-2:45pm Cransley 6 ground floor, but no facilities
3pm (sharp as they close 4 with 4:15pm lockup!) Bosworth Garden Centre Burton Latimer.
Please order food from menu pictures below and let me know by 23rd August as there is no confirmed booking until I pay the £5 deposit per head, sorry. I will provide them with spreadsheet of orders later.
Diana has tried their fruit scones with jam and clotted cream, and they are good but not huge.
Please make your order clear especially re jam and cream with fruit and/or plain scone but not with cheese one? There was some confusion last year. Please specify your drink too, thank you.
So on the day please give me rope fees (£1:50 per tower visited, to cover tower donations) and £5 food deposit, with the balance to be paid to the Garden Centre on the day.
