(Posted on behalf of Diana Day): 23 intrepid explorers from Dallington, Brightling and Warbleton, (bellringers and friends) made their way to Whitechapel in East London to visit the Bell Foundry. This is one of only two foundries still in existence in the UK. Here we were shown around by the owner Alan Hughes, on a [...]
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Whitechapel Bell Foundry Outing
Posted in Dallington Bellringers on March 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Quarter Peal March 2012
Posted in Dallington Bellringers, St Giles Church on March 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
[Posted on behalf of Diana Day] Dallington Bellringers rang a 1/4 peal for David and Marion Bysouth for their 60th Wedding Anniversary, on 10/03/2012. They lived in Three Cups until very recently, where David was the local wheelwright, they moved up the road to Punnetts Town last year. David has been a bellringer at Warbleton [...]
Bell ringers news February 2012
Posted in Dallington Bellringers, Groups on February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
(posted on behalf of Diana Day) The bellringers have been busy just lately. We have rung 2 x 1/4 peals at St Giles, Dallington. First on 30/01/2012 we rang 1260 changes of Plain Bob Doubles This was John Day’s first as conductor and the first on the bells by a local band. The ringers were; [...]
Report of Bell Maintenance course
Posted in Dallington Bellringers, St Giles Church on November 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Report from Margaret McCarthy, forwarded by Diana Day) It is well known that the structure of a church tower needs constant maintenance, but so do the bells that live inside. With this in mind David Cleverly, David Wilson and myself along with would-be steeple-keepers from Dallington, Brightling, Hailsham and Northiam went off to All Saints [...]
Report of Bell Ringing Course October 2011
Posted in Dallington Bellringers on November 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Report by Chris Miscampbell, forwarded by Diana Day ) Bell Ringing Class: ‘Moving on from Rounds’ – Friday 28th and Saturday 29th October 2011. I arrived at Hailsham Church along with five other hopefuls from various parts of Sussex at 10.00 on Friday morning, all looking to improve our bell ringing skills. My class was [...]
Dallington Bellringers Quarter Peal
Posted in Dallington Bellringers, Groups, St Giles Church on October 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Posted on behalf of Diana Day): The Dallington Bellringers rang a quarter peal at St Giles on Thursday 6th October, to mark the occasion of John and Penelope Wrenbury’s Golden Wedding anniversary on that day. The quarter peal comprised 5 extents and 60 changes of Grandsire Doubles, and 5 extents of Plain Bob Doubles in [...]
