St Dunstan’s bell ringers
The bell ringers of St Dunstan’s Church, Mayfield meet every Tuesday evening for practice from 20.00 – 21.15 and ring for Sunday morning worship from 09.30 – 10.00.
We also ring for weddings and other special events.
The Tower Captain, Richard Barraclough can be contacted at:
rich2barr@yahoo.co.uktel tel:07971 629299
or Susan Ellis, Tower correspondent susellis@aol.com tel: 01892 784026
New members are always made welcome and full training is given.
Ringers Outing 2011
Latest news:
2012 is going to be a busy time for us, with a number of special events coming up – some national, with others of a more local nature.
The next few weeks will see:
Queen Elizabeth’s Anniversary of Accession
We are affiliated to the Sussex County Association of Change Ringers, which is split into 4 regional divisions. As part of the celebrations for the Queen’s 60th anniversary of accession, the Eastern Division have set a target to collectively ring 6o Quarter Peals between 6th February (the date of Accession) and the end of February.
So, on Thursday 23rd February, Mayfield (with the help of 2 ringers from St Denys at Rotherfield), will, hopefully, ring a Quarter Peal, starting at 8.00pm. This will involve ringing 6 bells in sequence, for 1,260 times without any repetition in the order of the bells, and will last just over 40 minutes.
St George’s Day
On 23rd April, like many bell-towers throughout England, we will take part in a campaign to ring out for St. George’s Day, called ‘Ringing for England’. We will be ringing at 6.00pm.
For any Archer’s fans among you, the BBC may well be giving publicity to this event via that programme.
Striking Competition
On Saturday 28th April, Mayfield has been asked to host the County striking competition. This involves teams of bell-ringers from across Sussex, each ringing for about 5 minutes, and being marked by an expert ringer on how well the bells are rung. It could be a very interesting afternoon, particularly as the hosts, we have to provide a suitable ‘bell-ringers tea’. There is a great expectation for such teas so we have a lot to live up to!
