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Our next meeting is at Gringley and Clayworth but please note the times are different to those advertised in our original annual programme (due to a wedding at Gringley and visitors at Clayworth) the times are as follows:
Ringing at Gringley (6 bells ) 4pm to 5pm
Tea in Gringley village hall 5pm to 6.15pm — any offers of cakes, sandwiches and savouries would be appreciated
Ringing at Clayworth (8 bells) 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Special methods for experienced ringers are Sandal TB Minor, and Norwich CB Major.
Names for tea to Marian by Thursday 16th September
Only 12 ringers turned up to our August meeting at Thorne but this is hardly surprising as it was the Bank Holiday weekend. The 1925 Taylors bells are very melodic but the difference in size between the very light front bells and the heavy back bells, means that they are not easy to strike well. However we had an enjoyable evening and rang rounds, call changes, Plain Bob Doubles, PB Minor, Grandsire and PB Major.
The inauguration service of the new vicar of St George′s will take place on Thursday 9th September at 7.30pm. Mary Guy is organising the ringing from 6.30pm-7.30pm, please help if you can, as many ringers are unavailable on Thursday evenings. All welcome.
Nathan Fisher has organised a Plain Hunting and Plain Bob Doubles training day on Sat 25th Sept at All Saints Mattersey & Holy Trinity Everton, commencing at Mattersey at 10am. A Ploughman's lunch will be available at the cost of £3. Both learners and helpers are required, but there is a limit on the number of learners. For further information contact Nathan e-mail: nathan.underscore.fisher@gmail.com
15 ringers attended our July meeting at Barnby Dun, since the ringing chamber is small it was quite a squeeze. We rang plain hunting , Plain Bob Doubles & Minor, Little Bob, Double Court, Beverley, Oxford & Stedman. After the ringing we had refreshments in the church, many thanks to Loraine from Estrick for baking the excellent cakes and to Joy for making the tea and coffee.
Julian’s funeral took place on Tuesday 10th August at St George’s Minster, the 8 bells were rung half muffled for an hour before the service by members of our Society. The funeral was emotional but also up lifting, there were at least 150 people present. He will be greatly missed.
Julian McCready's funeral will be held at Doncaster Minster on Tuesday 10th August 2010 at 12.00 noon. Ringing for the service will be 11.00-12.00 anyone who would like to ring would be very welcome.
It is with sadness that we announce that Rev. Julian McCready - ringer and friend, passed away peacefully at Rotherham Hospital at 9.30 am today, Friday 30 July 2010.
Our thoughts are with his family.
Once we know the funeral arrangements we will circulate the details.
Our coach outing to the East Yorkshire coast on 26th June was a lovely sunny day out, enjoyed by all. A total of 30 ringers attended (plus one non-ringer) and we almost covered the cost of the coach and the tower donations. We raised £47 with our raffle on the coach . There was plenty of time to explore Filey and at Scarborough we joined thousands to watch the Armed Forces Day celebrations along the sea front. We enjoyed some good ringing, the bells at Flamborough were lovely and the Church was full of character. The very light Filey bells were fun to ring , whilst the 10 bells at Scarborough were not easy but we did quite well. The best bells of the day were at our last tower which was Norton, these were an absolute pleasure to ring.
A poster for the Central Branch and Barnsley Society joint outing over the Pennines on Saturday 24 July 2010 is available on the download page.
George (our webmaster) has added a new Photographs page to the website.
Click on the Photographs page to view photographs taken by Society members and guests during the year at meetings, events and outings. If you have any photographs for submission to the website, George can be contacted for details by clicking on the Webmaster email link at the bottom of this page.
Details for non-ringers on this years coach outing to the Scarborough area are now available on the download page. Tickets available from Secretary. Please book as soon as possible.
Our May meeting at Hooton Pagnell and Hemsworth was enjoyable and we were joined by a total of 20 bell ringers, at different stages during the evening, including 5 visitors - from Kent, Darton, Hemsworth, Knottingley and Estrick. The estate village of Hooton Pagnell was lovely and was set in beautiful countryside. There was a total of 9 bells, 3 hung for ringing (tenor 6cwt) and 6 hung dead for chiming and tunes. We were welcomed by the Vicar Rev David Lethbridge, who was an ex-ringer and very much regretted that there were not more bells hung for ringing in his church. Ringing the 3 bells was an interesting experience, the treble was awkward to handle but the bells were melodic. We rang rounds, Plain Hunting and Steadman front work. The bells at Hemsworth were very light (8 bells, 7cwt), the front bells were rather flighty but they sounded nice and needed to be rung briskly. We rang call changes, PB Major, Little Bob Major, Grandsire, Stedman and Yorkshire.
Notice of Central Branch outing to North Nottingham on Saturday 19th June 2010. Central Branch (Yorkshire Association) are holding a car outing to North Notts next Saturday, all welcome, details are on the download page.
Details of this years coach outing to the Scarborough area are now available on the download page. Tickets available from Secretary. Please book as soon as possible.
Our April meeting at Harworth and Tickhill was very enjoyable, there were 12 ringers at Harworth and 18 ringers at Tickhill. We rang Woodbine, rounds, call changes, Plain Hunt, Grandsire Doubles and Triples, Plain Bob Major, Double Norwich, Yorkshire and Stedman. Many thanks to Jean and Derek Wagstaff for organising such a delicious tea at Tickhill Church.
A poster with details of the next Yorkshire Association Central Branch meeting is available on the download page.
Service and practice times for ringing at the above towers are available for download. Annabelle will update the list regularly and a copy will be placed on the website download page.
Sixteen ringers attended our March meeting at Adwick. The bells are somewhat challenging but we rang rounds, call changes, plain hunt, Grandsire, Kent, Primrose, Stedman and Oxford. Our thanks to Harold and Joy for giving us such a warm welcome and providing tea and cakes.
The mini outing to Nottingham was a great day out, with 20 ringers participating. We were joined for the whole trip by Richard Westman (who is studying at Nottingham Trent University and rings at most of the towers), the rest of the Westman family rang with us during the afternoon.
It was great fun travelling on the tram between towers, the trams were crowded but we managed to keep together. We were very lucky with the bells, they all went well, were easy to hear and sound lovely. My favourite were the bells of St Leodegarius, Basford (8bells, 14cwt, 1921 Taylors). These were a 1st World War memorial to the fallen men of Basford and our tower contact, Rueben Carlisle (aged 95), was present at the inauguration service in 1921 and had rung there all his life!
We enjoyed a 2 hour lunch break in Nottingham city centre, which gave plenty of time for lunch and exploring. Although we were slightly disappointed not to be able to ring at St Peters (12, 25cwt) in the centre of the city, we did enjoy ringing the 10 bells (16cwt) of All Saints, Nottingham University where we rang call changes, Grandsire Caters, Stedman Caters and Little Bob Royal.
Our AGM on 30th January was very well attended. There were 25 ringers at St George's Minster and 32 people at the AGM afterwards. Many thanks to Rev Julian McCready for taking the Service. In the absence of our elected president Rev Canon Christopher Smith, who has just retired, Roger Smith (our Vice President) chaired the AGM in an efficient manner. The minutes of the meeting will be available shortly on the website. The meeting was followed by a delicious pie and pea supper, which was organised by Sarah Hackett. Evening ringing took place at Bentley, at one point 22 ringers were squeezed into the small tower. The very light bells were in great contrast to the majestic but heavy bells of St George's. We rang call changes and a number of 5 bells methods including St Nicholas and All Saints doubles. Thanks to all those who contributed to making it such an enjoyable event.
3.00-4.30pm ringing at Doncaster St George's Minster (8 bells , 30cwt)
4.30-5.00pm Service in Minster
5.00-7.00pm AGM followed by pie and pea supper
7.30-8.30pm ringing at St Peter's, Bentley (5 bells, 5cwt) special methods
for Bentley- St Nicholas Doubles, All Saints Doubles
All news items, documents and photographs from 2004 to 2009 have been archived. Click on the Archive page link to view and download them.