District Events  

This is an advanced practice for experienced ringers who:

• can already ring Surprise Major inside
• or have rung the treble to Surprise Major and have learned Cambridge S Major
• or have rung Surprise Minor and would like to extend this to Major,

Focus methods: Cambridge, Yorkshire, Superlative, Lessness, Bristol, plus spliced.

Donation of £2 per ringer requested.

Dates for future practices: All 3rd Sundays (apart from December) on alternate months, as follows: 16 April, 18 June, 20 August, 15 October, 3 December. 14:30 - 16:30  Venues tbc.

Ring a First in February

Have you decided what "First" you or your band would like to achieve? Ringing any First any time in February will be great.  However, this year there will be a particular focus on Quarter Peals, with a
 

This could be a First Quarter, a first in something you haven't rung to a Quarter Peal before or maybe a first as conductor.

It may be that this can be organised with your local ringers, in which case please do go ahead and arrange it!  However, if not, but you would like to attempt a Quarter Peal

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Alternatively, do please have a chat with me at your District ADM!

Please note: we can't guarantee to meet your requests, but we'll do our best with the resources available!
 

Association Annual Subscriptions

A reminder that these are now due please and can be paid directly into the Association Bank account if you don't pay by Standing Order.
Account Name:           Bedfordshire Association of Church Bell ringers
Sort Code:                   30-94-47
Account number:        01418488
Please use your home tower name as reference
Don't forget to Gift Aid if you can!
For further details, including subscription rates, please see: https://www.bacbr.org.uk/association/business/subscriptions/

Review of the Association: Progress Report

There will be an opportunity to comment on these at the forthcoming ADMs, or please email president@bacbr.org.uk by 31 January. We will then be sending proposals to the Charities' Commission for approval, prior to a vote at the Association AGM on 20 May.

Ring for the King!

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the bells of every tower in Bedfordshire could be rung for the Coronation of King Charles III on or around Saturday 6 May! Please put this date in your diaries (if you haven't already) so that you are available to ring at your own tower and to assist at others!

Record of Bedfordshire Association Peals

As you may be aware, in 1975 Michael Orme undertook considerable research to ascertain the total number of peals rung by the Bedfordshire Association up to 31 December 1974. More recently Richard Hillson has undertaken further research. Taking into account information which exists today, it appears that 2,189 peals (2,141 on tower bells and 48 on handbells) were rung by the Association by this date.

These peals can now all be viewed on BellBoard.  It likely of course that this figure may still be inaccurate, not least because some peals are likely to have been unrecorded or still awaiting discovery

A very big thank you to Richard for all his hard work on this! 

If you would like a copy of the spreadsheet with details of the research, and / or might be interested in continuing Richard's research, please do get in touch!