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Hot springs, dolphins and Portugal's highest mountain: Discover the Azores - Express.co.uk

Posted: 30 May 2014 04:12 PM PDT

Express.co.uk

Hot springs, dolphins and Portugal's highest mountain: Discover the Azores Express.co.uk Men in flat caps play dominoes and smoke cigarettes. Women dressed up in twinsets and pearls saunter along the narrow pavement clutching wicker shopping baskets. A church bell peals softly in the distance as the bow-tied waiters bring out endless ...

134-year-old train bell at home in steeple in Hamburg church - Buffalo News

Posted: 30 May 2014 03:15 PM PDT

134-year-old train bell at home in steeple in Hamburg church Buffalo News When the old steeple at Trinity Episcopal Church in Hamburg had to come down last year, parishioners knew they wanted the new one to have a belfry. And it happened that ... The bronze bell was cast in 1880, 12 years before Trinity Church was established. and more »

Bells, chimes still ring out in Holy City - Lincoln Journal Star

Posted: 30 May 2014 02:38 PM PDT

Bells, chimes still ring out in Holy City Lincoln Journal Star Neighborhoods in Lincoln hear chimes or bells from First-Plymouth Congregational, the Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Saint Paul United Methodist, Southminster United Methodist and others. Nancy Gergen Savery, wife of my eldest son Doug, is a pianist, ...

Church bells chime once again in Horley - Banbury Guardian

Posted: 30 May 2014 11:05 AM PDT

Banbury Guardian

Church bells chime once again in Horley Banbury Guardian Mrs Tite paid tribute to the efforts of fundraising co-ordinator Mike Patching, without whom she said the project would not have been sewn up. The new bells and the frame were made at The Loughborough Bell Foundry and, despite dating to 1706, the ...

A place for all nations - Financial Times

Posted: 30 May 2014 10:36 AM PDT

A place for all nations Financial Times Perhaps not many visitors to the church or café notice a stone plaque set into the porch wall that reads as follows: “This church, built by Sir Christopher Wren, consecrated on July 13 1684, damaged by enemy action on October 14 1940, was rededicated ...

Boyertown Seeks to Restore Historical Bell Tower - bctv.org

Posted: 30 May 2014 10:30 AM PDT

Boyertown Seeks to Restore Historical Bell Tower bctv.org July 10, 2014 at 2 p.m. will mark the 94th anniversary of the first operation and bell strike of Boyertown's iconic Bell Tower Clock, located at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 35 West Philadelphia Avenue, Boyertown. To honor the anniversary, members ... Boyertown community members seek to save historic clock tower The Mercury all 2 news articles »

Boyertown community members seek to save historic clock tower - The Mercury

Posted: 30 May 2014 10:14 AM PDT

Boyertown community members seek to save historic clock tower The Mercury Both the clock and bell tower have significant historical value. Said to be the second-oldest bell in the United States, the original clock hung in the belfry of the Union Church, now the site of National Penn Bank, at the corner of Philadelphia and ... and more »

Rescuers go high for Christ Church bell ringer - Times Colonist

Posted: 30 May 2014 07:14 AM PDT

Rescuers go high for Christ Church bell ringer Times Colonist He was able to thank all the firefighters involved on Thursday and give them a tour of the bell tower, including a demonstration on bell ringing. There are 10 bells at the cathedral, some weighing a tonne, which are rung by bell ringers pulling on ropes. and more »

Rescuers go high for bell ringer - Times Colonist

Posted: 30 May 2014 07:07 AM PDT

Rescuers go high for bell ringer Times Colonist He was able to thank all the firefighters involved on Thursday and give them a tour of the bell tower, including a demonstration on bell ringing. There are 10 bells at the cathedral, some weighing a tonne, which are rung by bell ringers pulling on ropes.

Bell ringing could raise $$ - Gothenburg Times

Posted: 30 May 2014 06:37 AM PDT

Bell ringing could raise $$ Gothenburg Times Every time I walk past the fire hall, I get the urge to ring the bell on the pole in front. My idea would be for some energetic, organizational folks (unlike myself) to have a raffle for wannabe bell ringers to get a chance at winning an opportunity to ...

RED BANK: BON JOVI TALKS UP SOUL KITCHEN - redbankgreen

Posted: 30 May 2014 04:53 AM PDT

RED BANK: BON JOVI TALKS UP SOUL KITCHEN redbankgreen ... the American Association of University Women used book sale continues every Saturday (except holidays) in the spacious basement of the Old First Church in Middletown. 06.01 - An Evening of Handbells at Tower Hill Church As part of the free Tower ... and more »

ARMY CORPS MAPPING NAVESINK RIVER FLOOR - redbankgreen

Posted: 30 May 2014 04:07 AM PDT

ARMY CORPS MAPPING NAVESINK RIVER FLOOR redbankgreen ... the American Association of University Women used book sale continues every Saturday (except holidays) in the spacious basement of the Old First Church in Middletown. 06.01 - An Evening of Handbells at Tower Hill Church As part of the free Tower ...

What's happening in New West? Events calendar - May 29 - The Record (New Westminster)

Posted: 30 May 2014 03:47 AM PDT

What's happening in New West? Events calendar - May 29 The Record (New Westminster) Block party and silent auction, St. Aidan's Presbyterian Church, 1320 Seventh Ave., 2 to 6 p.m. Includes a bouncy castle, popcorn and cotton candy machine, silent auction, music. Hot dogs, hamburgers and beverages available by donation ... Tinnitus is ...

Celebrity auctioneer Charlie Ross ENGPNL00120120228092629 - Buckingham Advertiser

Posted: 30 May 2014 03:11 AM PDT

Buckingham Advertiser

Celebrity auctioneer Charlie Ross ENGPNL00120120228092629 Buckingham Advertiser Family fun day at Garth Park, 1pm to 4pm, cakes, crafts, hot dogs, bouncy castles, nail-painting, face-painting, balloon-modelling, skate park competition, climbing wall. Lillingstone Lovell. Open gardens, noon to 6pm, 18 gardens, visit historic church ...

Support for the Bell Tower wings its way across the Atlantic - Evesham Journal

Posted: 30 May 2014 01:06 AM PDT

Evesham Journal

Support for the Bell Tower wings its way across the Atlantic Evesham Journal EVESHAM'S Bell Tower Appeal has been reaching far and wide and has even been getting support from across the Atlantic. When residents of Evesham's twin town, Evesham in New Jersey, were asked if they would like to support the Bell Tower Appeal, they ... Get in the running to help Bell Tower Evesham Observer all 2 news articles »

Swell bells return to West Parish - Barnstable Patriot

Posted: 29 May 2014 06:30 PM PDT

Barnstable Patriot

Swell bells return to West Parish Barnstable Patriot Griff Gall shared this interesting story of handbell ringing's Boston roots: In 1902, Margaret Shurcliff of Beacon Hill accompanied her father on a trip to England to refurbish shuttered tower bells found around Boston. There they met the director of ...

CofE Clears way for Women Bishops*Three TEC Bishops to Retire*ACNA Grows ... - Virtue Online

Posted: 29 May 2014 05:55 PM PDT

CofE Clears way for Women Bishops*Three TEC Bishops to Retire*ACNA Grows ... Virtue Online Their sounds have echoed from the towers of the National Cathedral for 50 years. But on this Memorial Day afternoon, some feel like it's gone on that long, just today. "They can be pretty loud...actually, it's one of the complaints I have about living ...

It's green-for-go as AsparaFest kicks off - Evesham Observer

Posted: 29 May 2014 04:26 PM PDT

Evesham Observer

It's green-for-go as AsparaFest kicks off Evesham Observer ... hold it somewhere with more space. Tickets for Asparafest are on sale now from £6 and the profits from all tickets sold will be donated to the Evesham Bell Tower Appeal. Visit www.asparafest.co.uk for more information, a full programme and camping ...

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS? - redbankgreen

Posted: 29 May 2014 03:02 AM PDT

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS? redbankgreen ... a Rock the River Waterfront Stage (hosted by Musicians on a Mission), plus Navesink River cruises, an Artisan's Alley, kiddie rides, and more. Click for link to more details. 06.01 - An Evening of Handbells at Tower Hill Church As part of the free ... and more »

Charlie Daniels at Times Union Center this weekend - The Saratogian

Posted: 28 May 2014 07:52 AM PDT

Charlie Daniels at Times Union Center this weekend The Saratogian ... sparkling on the blue grass/Or the wind stir the wheat fields on a hot Kansas afternoon/Or driven the lonely stretches of old Route 66/Have you ever heard the church bells peal their call to worship/On an early Sunday in some small town in the deep ... and more »

AsparaFest is here as the Vale celebrates Gras - Evesham Journal

Posted: 28 May 2014 12:40 AM PDT

Evesham Journal

AsparaFest is here as the Vale celebrates Gras Evesham Journal ... is our second year and we have put more into it in terms of the number and variety of performances and demonstrations." Tickets for Asparafest are on sale now from £6.00. The profits from all tickets sold will be donated to the Evesham Bell Tower ... and more »