Tower Tidy

A small number of ringers took on the mammoth task of cleaning the three chambers of All Saints' Tower. Sarah Seaman, Shelia Smith, Mark Tweedie, Lee Fox and Aaron Hall swept, hoovered, dusted and polished the Tower throughout the four hour cleaning marathon. The result was a spotless tower in which in will be a pleasure to ring.

The ringers also took the opportunity to treat the six ropes in the tower with rope lubricant, to help preserve the ropes. This was a rather messy job but good fun. The ringers got to ring in their tidy tower on Friday. Click here to see some photos from the day

Bells Ring out 2013 and In 2014

As the last few minutes of 2013 ticked away the bells of All Saints rang out to wish it farewell and as the year faded out so did the bells. On the stroke of midnight the tenor bell struck 12 before the remaining five bells joined in to sing out joyfully to welcome 2014. Some beautiful rounds and call changes were rung with one or two ringers breaking out in a sweat due to the speed of the ringing! Once we finished ringing a bottle of champagne was produced and with a loud pop the ringers toasted in the New Year. Then came another tower tradition the singing of Auld Lang Syne in the porch!
The New Year band consisted of Ted Conyers, Mark Tweedie, Helen Watson, Fiona Joisce, Richard Joisce, Janet Pender-Cudlip, Michael Pender-Cudlip, Lee Fox and Tower Captain Aaron Hall. Victoria Joisce took on the important duty of Time Keeper!

Carol Service Ringing Sponsored in Memory of Brian Peebles

Sunday,15 December, 2013
The ringing which took place prior to the Christmas Carol Service was sponsored in memory of Brian Peebles, who passed away 15th November 2013 aged 66. The ringing was sponsored by his niece Gillian Hall, whose son Aaron is Tower Captain.

Christingle Service Ringing Sponsored in Memory of Margaret Batten

The ringing which took place prior to the Christmas Eve Christingle Service was sponsored in memory of Margaret Batten, who passed away 29th October 2013 aged 64. The ringing was sponsored by his niece Gillian Hall, whose son Aaron is Tower Captain.

Teddy Bear Zip Wire 2013

June saw the return of our ever popular  Teddy Bear Zip Wire. Sadly the weather wasn't as kind as it had been to us in previous years, however we still had plenty of brave bears come along with their families. The zip wire had to this year take up its second residence inside the church as it was far to windy to send the teddy bears (as well as Lee and Mark) to the tower roof. We made an impressive £300 considering the awful weather we had on the day.
Thanks you need to be said to everyone who came along and supported the day making it the fantastic success it is. A big thank you also to all those who gave up their time to help run stalls, games and refreshments. We wouldn't be able to do it without you. Click here to see the photos

Practice Night at Beetley

With the on going work at Swanton Morley Church the ringers decided to move the practice for one week to Beetley. There are 8 bells at Beetley with the Tenor weighing just over 4 cwt (slightly lighter then our number 3 bell). Due to their weight Beetley bells can be very interesting to ring, however the small band that rang on Friday managed to ring some well struck bob doubles and st Martins on them. It is hoped that in the coming months the Swanton Morley Bell Ringers will make it a regular practice over at Beetley.

First Sunday Service Ringing

Congratulations to Victoria Joisce and Janet Yeoman who have both rung in recent weeks for their first Sunday Services at All Saints. This is an important milestone for all ringers at Swanton Morley. Both ringers have made huge progress since practices restarted in January.