Rose Nightingale started learning to ring at the age of 34, after accompanying a friend (who did not feel brave enough to go by herself) along to a practice night. After a couple of weeks, Rose’s friend decided that ringing was not for her after all, but Rose had made new friends in the tower and enjoyed the social side, so she stuck with it, with the aim of perhaps just learning to ring simple rounds and call changes for services and weddings. Fast forward 12 years and she’s still ringing and has worked as a part-time administrator for ART since 2015.
This entry was written in September 2021.
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