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 Ringing at All Saints 

• Regular ringing  

• Teaching new ringers  

• Ringing outings  

• Visiting bands  

• Peals & Quarter peals : . . .  Notable peals  : A century of peals  : Quarter peals 

• Striking competitions  

• Handbell ringing 

• The social side of ringing  

• Talks and visits for community groups : . . Talks & projects for schools 

• The Wider World of Ringing  

All Saints ringers 

• The current band: . . . Officers  

• Famous ringers at All Saints : . . . FE Robinson 

• All Saints band over the years : . . .  Known ringers : . . . Known officers 

All Saints bells 

All Saints tower 

• The porch 

• The ringing room  

• The clock room 

• The bell chamber: . . . Installation of sound control 

• The tower roof (and views) 

• Outside the tower 

• Improvements to the tower over the years 

 All Saints history 

• History of ringing at All Saints : . . . 18th century: . . . 19th century . . . 20th century . . . 21st century . . . Read the book 

• Historic artefacts 

Bell Restoration project 

• Background to the project: . . . Timetable: . . . Improving the sound : . . . The result : . . .  Conservation and re-use : . . . Where next - Phase 2   

• Pictures : . . . Before the restoration  : Removing the bells  : Supporting the frame  : Casting new bells  : Rehanging the bells   : Adding the fittings  : Wooden bell mementos  

Visiting All Saints 

• Directions 

• About Wokingham Bell Foundry 

Learning to ring 

•  What's involved?  

• Why learn?  

• When to learn? 

• Learning at All Saints  

About bellringing 

•  How a bell works  

• Ringing in sequence  

• Bell music  

• Change ringing  

• Changeringing methods  

• Learning methods  

•  Performances - courses, touches, quarter peals and peals  

•  Myths about ringers debunked  

About bells 

•  Casting a bell  

• Tuning a bell  

• Bell foundries  

History of ringing 

•  The social context  

• The invention of the bell wheel  

• The birth of change ringing  

• 19th century reform & 20th century progress 

• The rise and fall of bell founders  

• Why in England?  

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Articles about ringing (for non ringers) 

Notices

• Heritage Open Days 2008