Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St. Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?

Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.

Tony Smith <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St.
> Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>
> Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in in
> Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>

They all had the clap?

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
<agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:

>Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St. Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>
>Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.

You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?

Nick

On Tue, 03 Jan 2023 17:04:29 +0000, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> a
gribouillé dans la poussière...

>On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
><agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St. Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>>
>>Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>
>You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
>restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
>just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?

I think we've heard from or of them in the last couple of years, if only in
conversation between Neil and Shula.

I was reminded of the New Year bell-ringing in Furneux Pelham. It was
delivered by one small, drunken, man, known as Bill (I think - my memory
for names is awful and getting worse) who had been drinking and singing in
the pub all evening - as he often did. He had to climb up inside the tower
and link one rope to a foot, and two others to his hands and, surprisingly,
produced a tuneful noise. How he got out and rolled home (a few yards)
without damaging himself, I've no idea.
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On 3.1.23 17:04, Nick Odell wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
> <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St. Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>>
>> Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>
> You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
> restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
> just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?
>
> Nick

Was Bert a bell ringer? I thought it was Neil and Shula in recent years
and I can imagine the first of these is getting on a bit - he is 65 you
know - and the latter would have to be at the end of a very long piece
of rope.

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:35:53 +0000, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:

>On 3.1.23 17:04, Nick Odell wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
>> <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St. Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>>>
>>> Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>>
>> You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
>> restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
>> just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?
>>
>> Nick
>
>Was Bert a bell ringer? I thought it was Neil and Shula in recent years
>and I can imagine the first of these is getting on a bit - he is 65 you
>know - and the latter would have to be at the end of a very long piece
>of rope.

I think you are right. He was a churchwarden, I think, but now you
mention it, I don't think he rang any bells.

Nick

Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:35:53 +0000, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 3.1.23 17:04, Nick Odell wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
>>> <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St.
>>>> Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in
>>>> in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>>>
>>> You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
>>> restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
>>> just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?
>>>
>>> Nick
>>
>> Was Bert a bell ringer? I thought it was Neil and Shula in recent years
>> and I can imagine the first of these is getting on a bit - he is 65 you
>> know - and the latter would have to be at the end of a very long piece
>> of rope.
>
> I think you are right. He was a churchwarden, I think, but now you
> mention it, I don't think he rang any bells.
>
> Nick
>

Doesn’t ring any bells with me either.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 07/01/2023 08:29, Mike McMillan wrote:
> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:35:53 +0000, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 3.1.23 17:04, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
>>>> <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St.
>>>>> Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in
>>>>> in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>>>>
>>>> You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
>>>> restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
>>>> just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>
>>> Was Bert a bell ringer? I thought it was Neil and Shula in recent years
>>> and I can imagine the first of these is getting on a bit - he is 65 you
>>> know - and the latter would have to be at the end of a very long piece
>>> of rope.
>>
>> I think you are right. He was a churchwarden, I think, but now you
>> mention it, I don't think he rang any bells.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>
> Doesn’t ring any bells with me either.
>
Pull the other one.

john

John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 07/01/2023 08:29, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:35:53 +0000, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3.1.23 17:04, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
>>>>> <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St.
>>>>>> Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in
>>>>>> in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
>>>>> restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
>>>>> just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>> Was Bert a bell ringer? I thought it was Neil and Shula in recent years
>>>> and I can imagine the first of these is getting on a bit - he is 65 you
>>>> know - and the latter would have to be at the end of a very long piece
>>>> of rope.
>>>
>>> I think you are right. He was a churchwarden, I think, but now you
>>> mention it, I don't think he rang any bells.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>
>> Doesn’t ring any bells with me either.
>>
> Pull the other one.
>
> john
>

Will it go like the clappers if I do?

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

John Ashby wrote:

>On 07/01/2023 08:29, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:35:53 +0000, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3.1.23 17:04, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
>>>>> <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St.
>>>>>> Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in
>>>>>> in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
>>>>> restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
>>>>> just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>> Was Bert a bell ringer? I thought it was Neil and Shula in recent years
>>>> and I can imagine the first of these is getting on a bit - he is 65 you
>>>> know - and the latter would have to be at the end of a very long piece
>>>> of rope.
>>>
>>> I think you are right. He was a churchwarden, I think, but now you
>>> mention it, I don't think he rang any bells.
>>
>> Doesn’t ring any bells with me either.
>>
>Pull the other one.
>
Some people just won't be tolled.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham
'48/33 M B+ G++ A L(-) I S-- CH0(--)(p) Ar- T+ H0 ?Q
chris@cdixon.me.uk @ChrisJDixon1
Plant amazing Acers.

Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
> John Ashby wrote:
>
>> On 07/01/2023 08:29, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:35:53 +0000, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 3.1.23 17:04, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
>>>>>> <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St.
>>>>>>> Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in
>>>>>>> in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
>>>>>> restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
>>>>>> just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>> Was Bert a bell ringer? I thought it was Neil and Shula in recent years
>>>>> and I can imagine the first of these is getting on a bit - he is 65 you
>>>>> know - and the latter would have to be at the end of a very long piece
>>>>> of rope.
>>>>
>>>> I think you are right. He was a churchwarden, I think, but now you
>>>> mention it, I don't think he rang any bells.
>>>
>>> Doesn’t ring any bells with me either.
>>>
>> Pull the other one.
>>
> Some people just won't be tolled.
>
> Chris

Then show them the ropes.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 07/01/2023 10:06, Mike McMillan wrote:
> Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>> John Ashby wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/01/2023 08:29, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:35:53 +0000, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3.1.23 17:04, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
>>>>>>> <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St.
>>>>>>>> Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in
>>>>>>>> in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
>>>>>>> restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
>>>>>>> just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Was Bert a bell ringer? I thought it was Neil and Shula in recent years
>>>>>> and I can imagine the first of these is getting on a bit - he is 65 you
>>>>>> know - and the latter would have to be at the end of a very long piece
>>>>>> of rope.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think you are right. He was a churchwarden, I think, but now you
>>>>> mention it, I don't think he rang any bells.
>>>>
>>>> Doesn’t ring any bells with me either.
>>>>
>>> Pull the other one.
>>>
>> Some people just won't be tolled.
>>
>> Chris
>
> Then show them the ropes.
>

After which they can sally forth if it's not too much treble.

john

John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 07/01/2023 10:06, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>>> John Ashby wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 07/01/2023 08:29, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:35:53 +0000, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 3.1.23 17:04, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
>>>>>>>> <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St.
>>>>>>>>> Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in
>>>>>>>>> in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
>>>>>>>> restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
>>>>>>>> just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Was Bert a bell ringer? I thought it was Neil and Shula in recent years
>>>>>>> and I can imagine the first of these is getting on a bit - he is 65 you
>>>>>>> know - and the latter would have to be at the end of a very long piece
>>>>>>> of rope.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think you are right. He was a churchwarden, I think, but now you
>>>>>> mention it, I don't think he rang any bells.
>>>>>
>>>>> Doesn’t ring any bells with me either.
>>>>>
>>>> Pull the other one.
>>>>
>>> Some people just won't be tolled.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>
>> Then show them the ropes.
>>
>
> After which they can sally forth if it's not too much treble.
>
> john
>

That would be grand Sire!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 07/01/2023 12:41, Mike McMillan wrote:
> John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 07/01/2023 10:06, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>> Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>>>> John Ashby wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 07/01/2023 08:29, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>>>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:35:53 +0000, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 3.1.23 17:04, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
>>>>>>>>> <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St.
>>>>>>>>>> Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in
>>>>>>>>>> in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
>>>>>>>>> restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
>>>>>>>>> just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Was Bert a bell ringer? I thought it was Neil and Shula in recent years
>>>>>>>> and I can imagine the first of these is getting on a bit - he is 65 you
>>>>>>>> know - and the latter would have to be at the end of a very long piece
>>>>>>>> of rope.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think you are right. He was a churchwarden, I think, but now you
>>>>>>> mention it, I don't think he rang any bells.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Doesn’t ring any bells with me either.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Pull the other one.
>>>>>
>>>> Some people just won't be tolled.
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>
>>> Then show them the ropes.
>>>
>>
>> After which they can sally forth if it's not too much treble.
>>
>> john
>>
>
> That would be grand Sire!
>

If I may chime in here for a change, Stedman might bob in to bump the
stay aways.

--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> On 07/01/2023 12:41, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> John Ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On 07/01/2023 10:06, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>> Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>>>>> John Ashby wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 07/01/2023 08:29, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>>>>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:35:53 +0000, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 3.1.23 17:04, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:53:01 -0800 (PST), Tony Smith
>>>>>>>>>> <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Wasn't there a thread a while back about the bells of Ambridge St.
>>>>>>>>>>> Stephen's? Or was it those of the cathedral?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Anyway, unless I blinked and missed it, the New Year was not rung in
>>>>>>>>>>> in Ambridge this year, nor any lack of ringers mentioned.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You'll have to remind me: did the bellringing stop because of Covid-19
>>>>>>>>>> restrictions and just never start up again? Or did the scriptwriters
>>>>>>>>>> just lose interest once Bert Fry was no longer active?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Was Bert a bell ringer? I thought it was Neil and Shula in recent years
>>>>>>>>> and I can imagine the first of these is getting on a bit - he is 65 you
>>>>>>>>> know - and the latter would have to be at the end of a very long piece
>>>>>>>>> of rope.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think you are right. He was a churchwarden, I think, but now you
>>>>>>>> mention it, I don't think he rang any bells.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Doesn’t ring any bells with me either.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pull the other one.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Some people just won't be tolled.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> Then show them the ropes.
>>>>
>>>
>>> After which they can sally forth if it's not too much treble.
>>>
>>> john
>>>
>>
>> That would be grand Sire!
>>
>
> If I may chime in here for a change, Stedman might bob in to bump the
> stay aways.
>

The idea has its’ a peal Jenny.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan