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Stone District - week beginning May 15 - Staffordshire Newsletter

Posted: 15 May 2014 09:53 AM PDT

Staffordshire Newsletter

Stone District - week beginning May 15 Staffordshire Newsletter Pick up some tips and tricks from the professionals and try out your newly found techniques. It'll be a beautiful competition this month: ... PARISH COUNCIL: The date of the Parish Council Annual Meeting and May Meeting has been changed to TUESDAY, May ...

Villagers saddle-up to renovate church - Oxford Mail

Posted: 15 May 2014 08:04 AM PDT

Oxford Mail

Villagers saddle-up to renovate church Oxford Mail “The church has got some beautiful stained-glass windows. It has a peal of six bells and a really keen group of bellringers. The church itself has been renovated but we have had big problems with the damp. “We've put in a ground source heating system, ... and more »

Poetry Review: MA Showcase and Agnes Lehoczky at Lyric 2014 - ForgeToday

Posted: 15 May 2014 07:24 AM PDT

ForgeToday

Poetry Review: MA Showcase and Agnes Lehoczky at Lyric 2014 ForgeToday She first read 'Walkley', a long piece in which the anonymous Carilloneur guides the passive narrator through specific parts of this quiet suburb, which lacks sound and action – just as the bellringer laments the lack of ringing bells for telling time ...

Street Trinity Handbells celebrates 20 years of ringing - Central Somerset Gazette

Posted: 15 May 2014 02:42 AM PDT

Central Somerset Gazette

Street Trinity Handbells celebrates 20 years of ringing Central Somerset Gazette ... years ago, ending with The British Grenadiers with ten-year-old Isaac Day beating time on a hand drum. Campanologist Roger Harmsworth said: “The mass ringing was a delight to hear, with several hundred bells being played. It was a most enjoyable day.

Church bells blow for Cromer midsummer wedding couple - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

Posted: 15 May 2014 02:03 AM PDT

Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

Church bells blow for Cromer midsummer wedding couple Norfolk Eastern Daily Press The bells, which were taken down and sent away for restoration and retuning after ringing in New Year's Day, had been due back at the end of this month. But steeple keeper Maureen Gardiner said stages of the work had taken longer than ... He has ...

For whom does this bell toll? - Portland Tribune

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:05 AM PDT

For whom does this bell toll? Portland Tribune Only First Congregational's bell rings out over the South Park blocks on Sunday mornings. But that bell tower, basically unchanged ... While some are making contributions — about $85,000 has been pledged so far — the church has decided to ask the ...

Arthur De' Alba William Harris MBE: A lifetime of dedication to the community - Western Daily Press

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:59 AM PDT

Western Daily Press

Arthur De' Alba William Harris MBE: A lifetime of dedication to the community Western Daily Press As a fitting tribute to Mr Harris the bells rang before and after the service. Arthur De' Alba William Harris was born in ... Arthur was made church warden and with Muriel they cleaned the church for many years. Arthur was a supporter of The East ...

Second helping of heritage churches - Lincolnshire Echo

Posted: 14 May 2014 11:18 PM PDT

Lincolnshire Echo

Second helping of heritage churches Lincolnshire Echo As well as the history on offer, other activities will include organ music, bell-ringing, crafts and arts and themed exhibitions – many marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. This weekend Blyton will be featuring memorabilia ...

Enniskillen Cath, Ferman

Posted: 14 May 2014 04:00 PM PDT

Opening doors to the past - Orillia Packet & Times

Posted: 14 May 2014 03:41 PM PDT

Opening doors to the past Orillia Packet & Times The Coldwater Mill and the Coldwater Canadiana Heritage Museum are part of the event, too. You can take a guided walking tour of ... The event starts at 9 a.m. May 24, with the ringing of the school bell at Central School. Bet you didn't know it had ...

Doors are open; come on in - Orillia Packet & Times

Posted: 14 May 2014 03:41 PM PDT

Doors are open; come on in Orillia Packet & Times In total, 14 sites are taking part in Orillia during the weekend, including the OPP Museum, Orillia Public Library, Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia City Centre, Orillia Farmers' Market, St. James' Anglican Church, West Street fire hall and ...

FROM THE PI FILES - Paris Post Intelligencer

Posted: 14 May 2014 09:00 AM PDT

FROM THE PI FILES Paris Post Intelligencer The Rev. LL Cowen, pastor of Paris First Methodist Church in Paris, was featured speaker. Crawford Chambers was elected president of the West ... Opening day would feature the Dunbar Quartet and Bell Ringers. Every day the children would have a woman ...

Earthquakes and the Texas Miracle - D Magazine

Posted: 14 May 2014 08:09 AM PDT

D Magazine

Earthquakes and the Texas Miracle D Magazine She swept its beam over the trees, the creek running past the house, and the dinner bell, adorned with a fading eagle she'd painted years ago. ... “Boy, that's the big conversation at church and everywhere else,” she says. ..... City Hall's phones rang ... and more »

Try your hand at bell-ringing this weekend - Wisbech Standard

Posted: 14 May 2014 07:58 AM PDT

Try your hand at bell-ringing this weekend Wisbech Standard The secrets of church bell-ringing will be laid bare on Saturday (May 17) as the Ely Diocesian Association of Bell Ringers hosts a demonstration event. Comments; Email ... As well as listening to and watching experienced tower bell and handbell ringers ...