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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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, [...]
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 [...]
Six children from Park Street C of E primary school have been having fun with an after-school Bell Club. Over the last 10 weeks they have been learning to handle a bell, visited the bell chamber, and rung tunes on handbells. We'll be continuing next term!
Our monthly practices for young ringers (under 19) are now well established and are held on the second Monday of each month from 6.00 - 7.00pm. This month's benefited from being in half term week so we started half an hour earlier than usual, with 10 young ringers attending. Our other regular event, a training course [...]
