Learningtoring - Fun With Bells

What should you do if the number of ringers is falling, your towers are in dire straits, and you need emergency measures to give ringing any kind of future in your area?
This was the problem faced in the Lizard in Cornwall prior to COVID lockdown, and in this episode, podcast host Cathy Booth talks to the team who, against all the odds, have turned the situation around. … …Reviving ringing on the Lizard

Learning to ring

ART helps novice ringers to create new band

The Fun with Bells podcast10 March 20228 March 2022

An interview with Tim Sunter In this inspiring show, podcast host Cathy Booth meets Tim … …ART helps novice ringers to create new band

Learning to ring

ART’s 10th birthday: celebrate with ART’s Founder and Chair

The Fun with Bells podcast4 March 20227 March 2022

An interview with Pip Penney and Lesley Belcher In this special Anniversary episode, podcast host … …ART’s 10th birthday: celebrate with ART’s Founder and Chair

Interview

The Charmborough Ring – a portable belfry : with Roger Booth

The Fun with Bells podcast13 February 20203 February 2023

Not just your average mini-ring, the Charmborough Ring is the heaviest portable ring of bells in the country. Heavier, believe it or not, than some rings of tower bells. … …The Charmborough Ring – a portable belfry : with Roger Booth

Learning to ring

Learning to ring : Lynda Haggie and Annie Longstaff

The Fun with Bells podcast12 December 20191 December 2019

Discover, or rediscover, in this podcast, as host Cathy Booth talks to not one, but to two new ringers currently following the ART Learning The Ropes scheme. … …Learning to ring : Lynda Haggie and Annie Longstaff

Tips Young Ringers

Recording your bells : Charlie Linford and David Richards

The Fun with Bells podcast16 May 201930 January 2022

This episode features a short interview with the 11 year old, Charlie Linford followed by a longer ‘Ask the Expert’ session on recording your bells with David Richards. … …Recording your bells : Charlie Linford and David Richards

Interview

Ringing Remembers project co-ordinator : Vicki Chapman

The Fun with Bells podcast9 May 201923 January 2022

Hear about the organisation of the Ringing Remembers campaign and other work by Vicki Chapman … …Ringing Remembers project co-ordinator : Vicki Chapman

Inclusion

Rope-sense not rope-sight : Rebecca Legowski

The Fun with Bells podcast18 April 201920 February 2022

Rebecca Legowski, who has been blind since birth, talks about the trials and tribulations of learning to ring and achieving her first peal. … …Rope-sense not rope-sight : Rebecca Legowski

Local

Ringing in NZ, Oz and more… : David Smith

The Fun with Bells podcast14 March 201923 January 2022

Hear about the differences between ringing in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, details of the inner workings of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers, becoming an ART tutor and amusing and dramatic anecdotes in this interview with David Smith … …Ringing in NZ, Oz and more… : David Smith

Learning to ring

Ringing ’rounds’ for Armistice Day 2018: Diane Smith

The Fun with Bells podcast7 March 201910 March 2019

Sparked originally from her interest in family history, the national Ringing Remembers campaign inspired Diane Smith to step forward to learn bellringing to honour the 1,400 ringers that lost their lives during the First World War. But what does it feel like to learn a new skill in order to take part in such a high profile event? … …Ringing ’rounds’ for Armistice Day 2018: Diane Smith