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Xmas Ringing:
24/25th December 2009 |
We rang for midnight mass on Xmas eve, with mince pies and sparkling wine,
and again at 9.00am on Xmas Day.
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Xmas Dinner:
16th December 2009 |
14 of us went to the Talaton Inn for a very enjoyable meal, with helpful and friendly staff
and very reasonable prices.
Grace and Derek organised the usual quiz,
and Trevor told a humourous poem, accompanied by raucous laughter.
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Funeral of Don Salter:
5th October 2009 |
Sadly, our ex-tower captain died in September, and we rang before and after the funeral,
followed up, the following week, with a quarter peal in his memory, by visiting ringers.
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Annual Outing:
4th July 2009 |
We hired a minibus and went to Plymouth, ringing at Laira, St Andrew and St Budeaux,
plus Bickington on the way there and Ugborough on the way back.
There were 18 of us including Anne and Geoff who went by car.
Twas a very enjoyable day.
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Mini-Outing:
21st March 2009 |
We had a very successful outing to ring the bells at Whimple, Broadclyst, Clyst Honiton,
Aylesbere and Ottery St Mary.
We were blessed with beautiful weather, a delightful pub lunch at Broadhembury, and most importantly,
we enjoyed each other's company.
We were lucky to be joined, at Ottery, by the Branch Ringing Master, who
enabled us to ring a touch of Plain Bob Triples, to round off a most enjoyable day.
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Front Row: Sue, Janet, Jean, Pam
Middle: Trevor, Paddy, Kath, Sandra, Terry
Back Row: Geoff, Keith, Derek, Lisa, Alan
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Quarter Peal:
27th February 2009 |
Richard scored his first quarter peal, on tenor behind, at Buckerell.
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Quarter Peal:
20th January 2009 |
Janet scored her first quarter peal, on tenor behind, on the front 6 in Honiton.
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Annual Report:
February 2009 |
As usual we have had a busy year.
We rang regularly for Sunday services, even when we only had four ringers.
Regular practices have been held throughout the year,
and we continue to host to the monthly Doubles For All practices and Listening Practices.
We have had a number of visiting bands during the year, to ring method and call-changes, for outings, peals, quarters.
Recruitment:
At the end of November, we gained four new learners who want to ring the bells at Combe Raleigh.
They are now all ringing rounds with us, so we are hoping we will be able to count them amongst our regular band.
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Xmas Dinner:
10th December 2008 |
Six of us and two visitors enjoyed a dinner at The Talaton Inn, followed as usual by a quiz and a raffle,
thanks to Grace.
Numbers were down on last year, probably due to late organisation.
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Quarter Peals:
22nd November 2008 |
Sandra scored her first quarter peal, ringing tenor behind, and doing pretty well for a first attempt.
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Charter Day
Open Day:
26th July 2008 |
We started at 9.00am by erecting the Guild Mini-Ring, and then
opened the Charter Day celebrations with ringing (on tower bells) at 9.30am.
The morning and afternoon was spent on the mini-ring, which was enjoyed, with varying degrees of success,
by many young visitors, and we were very fortunately blessed with fine weather.
The tower was also open for a number of ringing demonstrations at mid-day but, sadly,
we don't appear to have gained any new ringers.
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Striking Competition:
19th July 2008 |
This year we came a creditable second in the East Devon Branch 6 bell Striking Competition at Offwell,
and both Sandra and Janet, entered in our B team after only one year of ringing.
We ended an enjoyable day with a buffet and skittles at the Heathfield Inn in Honiton.
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Annual Outing:
5th July 2008 |
We visited
West Coker 8, 12 cwt,
Bradford Abbas 6, 13-2-21,
Cerne Abbas 6, 13-0-8,
Martinstown 6, 8-1-4 and Bradpole 8, 15-1-0,
with lunch at Cerne Abbas and Fish & Chips, tea, beer etc. at Bridport.
Apart from the coach being bigger than ordered and starting late, it was a great day out.
The bells/ropes were not the easiest at Bradford Abbas or Cerne Abbas, but Bradpole were delightful.
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Mini-Outing:
15th March 2008 |
We rang at Shute, Musbury, Feniton and Buckerell, with a pub lunch at The Old Inn, Kilmington.
We rang a number of doubles methods and lots of Plain Hunt for our regular learner Sandra who is progressing well.
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Annual Report:
February 2008 |
As usual we have had a busy year.
We rang regularly for Sunday services, even when we only had four ringers,
and we are very pleased to count amongst our ringers Jim Crabb,
who struggles up the stairs, twice, nearly every week.
We have held regular practices throughout the year,
and are now hosts to the monthly Advanced Doubles practice and the new monthly Listening Practice.
We have had a number of visiting bands during the year, to ring method and call-changes, for outings, peals, quarters.
Recruitment:
Sandra started ringing and Janet re-started after the June Open Day and they have now both rung for Sunday services,
and have already progressed to Plain Hunt.
Marissa has also joined us, having recently re-started ringing after a long break.
A 'Free Lessons' story which appeared unexpectedly in a local newspaper and has led to John taking up the challenge.
So, with four promising learners, who started this year, and another three talking of starting in the new year,
things are definitely looking up.
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QP for Don Salter:
5th January 2008 |
Ringers from the tower and across the branch rang a Quarter Peal of Grandsire Triples in honour of Donald Salter,
with thanks for 18 years as Tower Captain and a life-time of ringing,
including 16 years as Deputy Branch Ringing Master.
Don has unfortunately had to give up ringing due to ill health,
although we hope he will soon recover to be able to ring with us again.
Don was presented with a plaque to commemorate the event.
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Peter, Derek, Don, Jim and Jean
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Xmas Dinner:
12th December 2007 |
An enjoyable meal at The Awliscombe Inn, with a quiz and a raffle, thanks to Grace,
which raised £25 towards tower funds.
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Honiton 750
Open Day:
28th July 2007 |
Another successful open day, although sadly none of the new starters has stayed the course on this occasion.
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Striking Competition:
14th July 2007 |
We were the winners of the East Devon Branch 6 Bell Striking Competition at Feniton.
The band were 1. Kathy Matthews, 2. Pam Bailey, 3. Paddy Priscott, 4. Keith Matthews (C), 5. Derek Ballard
and 6. Terry Rowland, and we rang Grandsire Doubles.
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Festival Open Day:
9th June 2007 |
We held a successful open day, when we showed visitors the bells,
gave two demonstrations of Raising, Call Changes, a Touch of Plain Bob, and Lowering,
plus a few 'have a go' sessions for non-ringers.
We are hopeful that this will have resulted in at least one new recruit.
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Annual Outing:
16th June 2007 |
This year we visited the Bideford area, with ringing at Fremington (6) 8-3-19, Westleigh (6) 11-0-8,
Northam (8) 14-0-25, Appledore (8) 10-3-26 and Great Torrington (8) 14-3-4,
a lunch stop in Bideford and time for tea/supper in Great Torrington.
Everything went pretty much to plan.
We were 15 ringers and getting on for 25 non-ringers.
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Bells Overhaul:
May 2007 |
Nicholson Engineering carried out maintenance including replacing clapper bushes.
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Branch AGM:
10th February 2007 |
We hosted the Branch AGM. A total of 26 attended the meeting and most attended the ringing before hand.
Memorable incidents included one broken rope, one broken stay pin,
a blown fuse on the organ and a tripped fuse in the kitchen.
Apart from that it was a great success and a few stayed to ring afterwards,
when we managed, among other things, Cambridge S Minor.
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Peter, Jim Crabb, Graham Fish, Grace, Derek, Paddy and Don Salter,
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