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Ringing in the Ears: Navigating Sound in the Bell Tower
Fun with BellsFebruary 09, 202300:41:40

Ringing in the Ears: Navigating Sound in the Bell Tower

Are your bells too loud, or too quiet? Could some simple tips help your hard-of-hearing ringers to cope better in the tower? This podcast sees host Cathy Booth and guests explore the fascinating world of sound. First, Alison and Chris share their experiences of ringing whilst using hearing aids, and come up with some terri...

Let's fix Ringing's 'leaky pipeline'
Fun with BellsFebruary 10, 202200:41:02

Let's fix Ringing's 'leaky pipeline'

This month, show host, Cathy Booth meets with three frank and formidable female ringers to understand the reasons why, although women make up about half of all ringers, they are greatly underrepresented in positions of responsibility and peal ringing, and conducting. Elva Ainsworth, Julia Cater and Tessa Simpson - who hav...

Young autistic bell ringer and historian
Fun with BellsApril 08, 202100:33:33

Young autistic bell ringer and historian

In this fast-paced episode, podcast host Cathy Booth meets 20-year-old ringer, Oliver Lee, and discovers his passion for ringing and ringing history. Oliver is clearly fascinated by all aspects of ringing and takes Cathy on whistle-stop tour of a huge range of ringing-related subjects, ranging from Ellacombe chimes, thro...

Rope-sense not rope-sight
Fun with BellsApril 18, 201900:18:24

Rope-sense not rope-sight

Rebecca has rope-sense when ringing tower bells You may have heard of rope-sight but have you heard of rope-sense? Podcast host Cathy Booth discovers that this highly developed sense of rhythm is just one of the many tools and techniques that has helped Rebecca Legowski on her ringing journey. Rebecca, who has be...