At the beginning of August, Paula organised a ringing outing for the St Clement's 'Ringing Together' learners, and by all accounts it was very successful indeed. Supported by some experienced ringers, they rang at St Andrew the Great, St Edward's, and St Bene't's, before well earned refreshments in the Eagle. I hope they do another one [...]
We have had some very welcome visitors this week. First there was Yolande from Calgary, Canada; an ART teacher who has been with us before. It was lovely to see her again, teach with her, and pass a couple of lessons over to her. She is pictured with her diagram to illustrate efficient rope control. Then [...]
Welcome to the new website! After several years, the original website using outdated Joomla software was starting to show its age, and was difficult to update. Linda Johnson is a professional website developer, and has kindly created this site for us, with some input from her husband Dave. Huge thanks are due to them. They are [...]
On a sunny Saturday in the spring, we took some young ringers to ring at other towers... by boat on the Cam! We were privileged to go aboard the floating home of Matilda and her family. Ringing was at Chesterton, Fen Ditton and Horningsea. The best bit was that the young people all sat on top [...]
Barry and Lynne were invited to give the keynote address on the theme of St Clement's ringing centre, at the Essex course in Witham. This is an annual non-residential four-day intensive ringing course. In something of a double act, Barry spoke in detail about setting up our ringing centre, then Lynne gave a brief guide to [...]
We use the 'Learning the Ropes' scheme to progress learners through the foundations of bellringing and into change ringing. Paula Heaney recently became the first at St Clement's to achieve Level 4, by ringing a quarter peal of 1260 changes on a 'working bell' following a complicated path. Others are not far behind. Who will be [...]
The current year 5's and 6's in bell club can all handle a bell and ring slightly wobbly rounds. They were delighted to ring for the school's Easter service which was held at St Clement's, the sound of the bells greeting the arriving pupils, staff and parents. Three of them have only been ringing for two [...]
Lynne was recently asked to give a talk at the annual conference of the Association of Ringing Teachers in Loughborough. The subject was St Clement's ringing centre, both how it was set up and the current activities. Nikki Thomas from our 'sister' project, the Mancroft ringing discovery centre, did likewise; and we were joined by Hayley [...]
Two of the mothers of our bell club children have decided to start ringing themselves. Along with a third mother-and-daughter combo, they supported their mums in ringing rounds during half term.
St Clement's has good relations with 'Artspace 5-7' gallery on Portugal Place behind the church. Lynne's interest in a series of sculptures by Richard Bray resulted in her developing a musical interpretation of the sculptures on handbells. A special open evening was put on at the gallery for the performance. Lynne and Barry were joined by [...]
