Christmas Tree Festival 2009

Another succesful Christmas Tree Festival with the Bellringers finishing as joint winners with The Crafty Cupcake

The ringers have been busy this weekend both with our entry to the Christmas Tree Festival and also ringing to open the Festival. Watch out for the pictures!

What Next

I understand John is already thinking about next year - it'll be a tough outing to beat!

Seriously I certainly had a great day out - my personal thanks to everyone who came and made it so much fun

Regards,

Phil.

(and Ann & Becky!)

And Finally....

St Peter and St Pauls, Weedon Bec.

The Church had a more modern fell although it dates back to the 1800's. Incidentally the Parish share here was £12,603 - If I were the guys at Nether Heyford I'd demand a recount!

The ringing room was on the ground floor and there were 8 bells here.

Our final efforts included:

Rounds & Call Changes

Grandsire Triples

Rounds & Call Changes

Rounds

Plain Bob Major

Grandsire Triples

St Mary's Staverton

St Mary's Staverton. A lovely village, lovely Church and great bells (all 6 of them)! (Well John and I liked the bells - I think everyone else did too - you can leave your own comments!)

Here we rang

Rounds & Call Changes

Grandsire Doubles

Bob Doubles

Rounds

Stedman

Bob Doubles

and more Rounds & Call Changes

More All Saints Braunstone

The ringing room was very well furnished here - even the boxes were carpeted!

We tried to do the surroundings justice by ringing:

Bob Doubles
Rounds & Call Changes
Stedman Doubles
Bob Doubles
Rounds
Rounds & Call Changes
Grandsire Doubles

Then we were off again.....

All Sants, Braunstone

After lunch we hurried down the road to All Saints.

Although the Church had a more modern feel than some we visited it clearly has a long history

The village of Braunston lies between the towns of Rugby and Daventry on the Warwickshire-Northamptonshire border. It is an important location on the Inland Waterways Network, the meeting point of the Grand Union and Oxford Canals.

Although the church had a more modern feel tha some we visited it clearly has a long history (and a tall spire!) ...

"Early records show that in 1552 there were 'iiij bells in ye steeple & a sanct' (sanctus) bell'. In 1672 these ancient bells were cast into a ring of six by Richard Keene of Woodstock. No 3 was recast in 1681, founder unknown. All six bells were again recast by John Briant of Hertford in 1811 and hung in an oak frame. So far as we know the bells and frame were transferred into the present building in 1849. The weight of the largest (tenor) bell is about 15 1/2 cwt, - ringers still describe bells in Imperial measure. For the younger generation this is 784 kg., just over three quarters of a tonne. In 1922 the bells were retuned and installed in the present all-metal frame and fittings by John Taylor of Loughborough."