In September 2025 we started a second Bell Club each week. We now have a senior one for any 11 to 16 year-olds, be they existing ringers or new starters having a go. The local Primary School Bell Club is now in its third year, with a new intake of keen learners! In addition, there was [...]
We started Bell Club for primary school children in September 2023, and have run for two whole school years so far. What an adventure it's been, as these fantastic young people learn to ring bells together. It was end of term this week. One moved to secondary school last year, and three more will in September, [...]
A week after sending an exploratory email to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, I received a phone call saying a reporter could come the following day to do a live broadcast for the breakfast show on 4th July...at 7 in the morning! 16 year old Tomas Arana-Tagle was also able to attend, as they wanted to talk to [...]
In recent years, Singapore acquired a ring of English style church bells for change ringing, and a new band of ringers has been forming. We were privileged to meet two of these on 26th June when they came to St Clement's during a visit to England. Kae Chee and Jeffrey rang a quarter peal with us, [...]
Bells rang out across Britain on 8th May 2025, for the 80th anniversary of VE Day. We joined in at St Clement's with an invitation for any ringers to join us, and rang with the bells 'open', that is making their own sounds and not on the simulator. In fact we opened the windows by the [...]
In November we hosted a ringing teacher development day. Run by Lesley Boyle from the Association of Ringing Teachers, this 'Module 2f' course enabled ringing teachers from around the area to share ideas and learn more about teaching the basics of method ringing. A system of mentoring and accreditation is available in the months to follow. [...]
As part of the morning service on 11th August, Father Andrew Day blessed the rehung 'bracket bell', now the 'demonstration bell'. During the blessing, Fr Andrew flicked water onto the bell with a palm leaf, then wafted incense as pictured. The bell was then rung by 6 year old Ellen 'Ned' Richards, watched by the congregation [...]
We are delighted to have a demonstration bell now in the ringing chamber, where the action of the bell can be seen and fully understood. The bell is one of the two original bells from the tower, and is dated 1780. It is small enough for young children to try out safely and have fun with, [...]
On 2nd July, a group of young ringers (some of the Fen Tigers!) rang a quarter peal at St Clement's. All were below the age of 18, and in fact the average age was 14 1/2. The performance lasted 44 minutes, and consisted of 1320 rows of ringing. To keep this right over that period of [...]
On 6th June, a special performance for the anniversary of D-Day was rung as part of our weekly 'Ringing Together' session. The bells were rung in rounds (descending scale), and one by one they dropped out until just the tenor, the heaviest bell, was tolling for those lost in the D-Day landings. This produces a mournful [...]
