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The 100th Details are given below of a quarter peal we rang to celebrate the 21st birthday of Caroline Rachael Cotterell, daughter of Judith Cotterell. On 18th June 1989 we rang a quarter peal for her birth. Three ringers rang in both quarter peals and Judith was able to ring in celebration of her daughter’s 21st birthday.
The continuity and commitment of the band at
St James’s has been a feature enjoyed over many years and has contributed in
helping maintain the high standard of ringing that has become traditional.
The impressive array of scaffolding almost filling the inside St James’s has not prevented ringing taking place, as was first thought. Arrangements have been made that allow us access and Sunday Service ringing can still take place even though the Services are at St Mark’s. Thursday practices are also able to take place as long as lighting is available.
Spring Bank Holiday Tour
Six Dursley ringers plus Corinne travelled to Essex for the 27th annual tour, organised this year by Philip and Heather Grover who used to live in Stonehouse and ring with us regularly, and who now live in Newark. The party of 19 was based in the White Hart Hotel in Coggeshall and rang at Writtle (10 bells), Great Baddow (8), Danbury (8) and Terling (8) on the Saturday. After service ringing at Coggeshall (10), Sunday was a free day and several people visited Flatford Mill and Constable country, including the unique set of bells at East Bergholt, rung by hand with no ropes. Visitors are not allowed to ring these bells as the technique is quite different. We met up again at St. Peter’s, Colchester (8) to ring for evensong at another church – similar to us ringing at St. James for a service at St. Mark’s. Monday’s tour took us to Braintree (10), Halstead (8) and Castle Hedingham (anticlockwise 6) before lunch, and then Finchingfield (8), Great Easton (6) and Great Dunmow (8). All the ringing arrangements worked perfectly, even down to ringing early at the last tower (early start = early finish = more time in the bar before dinner) and a good time was had by all. Next year we plan to visit Dorset.
Quarter peal rung at St James’s: On Sunday, 6 June 2010
1250 Jersey Surprise Major in 47 minutes
1 Helen Parker 5 Andrew Binstead
2 Anne Pope 6 Elizabeth Byrne
3 Judith Cotterell 7 Frank Byrne (Conductor)
4 Ian Unsworth 8 Philip Pope
First in method by all
A 21st birthday compliment to Caroline Rachael Cotterell, on 5th June, daughter of Judith Frank Byrne