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Thu 1 May	to	Sun 11 May	VE Day 80th Anniversary
Thu 8 May	to	Mon 12 May	Election of Pope Leo XIV

Event calendar

May 2025

Thu	1		VE Day 80th Anniversary
			Ringing prior to Colin Lancaster's funeral
			Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild — Basingstoke district practice
			Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association — Cheltenham Minster's first Thurs of the month 10/12 bell practice
			Lancashire Association — Rochdale - 10 Bell Practice
			Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild — S&W Triples Practice at Hanwell
Fri	2		The Very Serious Society — Bell’s Belltastic Bellringing Bank Holiday
			Graham's South Wales Weekend
Sat	3		Ancient Society of College Youths — ASCY Master’s Peal Weekend May 2025
			LACR FYLDE BRANCH VE DAY 80 - Celebratory Ringing
			Ely Assoc. Hunts District — Quarter Peal Weekend
			Winchester District Quarter Peal Fortnight
			Bath & Wells Diocesan Association — Dunster Branch Focus Session.
			Dorset County Association — DCA Practice
			Society of Framland Ringers — AGM - 150th Celebrations - Bottesford
			Lancashire Association — Blackburn Branch Practice
			Four Shires Guild of Bell Ringers — Chipping Campden
Sun	4		Astbury Guild of Ringers — 12 bell practice
Mon	5		Oxford Diocesan Guild — Bell Fund Ringing Day. Old North Berks Branch
Tue	6		10 bell practice St Helen's Ashby de la Zouch
			Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild — S&W 6 Bell
Wed	7		Rochdale Branch VE/QP ringing
			Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild — N&E Minor Methods practice
Thu	8		Yorkshire Association — 150th Anniversary celebrations
			Election of Pope Leo XIV
			Kingswear Dedication
			Bath & Wells Diocesan Association — DUNSTER BRANCH 8 BELL PRACTICE POSTPONED
Fri	9		Guildford Diocesan Guild — Haroldies
			Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild — 12 Bell Method Practice
Sat	10		Bath & Wells Diocesan Association — AGM 2025
			Salisbury Diocesan Guild — Guild Festival & AGM
			Hereford Diocesan Guild — Guild Festival, AGM & Special General Meeting
			Intrepid 2025 canal boat tour
			Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild — Middlesex N&E Quarter Peal Week - Link your quarter here
			Mobile Belfries Trust - Charlton-by-Malmesbury
			Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild — N&E Quarter Peal Week
			Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association — World Record Attempt at Charlton, and Open Towers North Wiltshire
			Guild of Saint Agatha — AGM and outing
			North Wales Association — Gwynedd & West Clwyd Branch Meeting
			Guild of Devonshire Ringers — Mid-Devon 6-bell practice
			Beverley and District Ringing Society — Monthly meeting
			Chester Diocesan Guild — Guild Annual General Meeting
			St David's Diocesan Guild — Striking Competition
			Ely Diocesan Association — Camberide District 6-bell striking compertition: Barrington
			Four Shires Guild of Bell Ringers — Long Compton
Sun	11		International Nurses Day
			Celebration of the life of D John Knight
			Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild — N&E 10 bell method practice
Mon	12		Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Guild — North Notts Monthly meeting
Tue	13
Wed	14		Chiltern Midweek Group — May Quarters
Thu	15		Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild — N&E Plain Doubles to Major Methods practice
			Bath & Wells Diocesan Association — Dunster Branch 8 Bell Practice.
Fri	16		National Guild of Police Ringers — Spring Weekend
			Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild — S&W Surprise Major Practice
			Shropshire Association — Surprise Major Practice
Sat	17		75th aniversary of the first peal of Bristol Surprise Maximus,
			Ely Diocesan Association — AGM and 8 bell striking compertition in the Huntingdon District
			Oxford Diocesan Guild — Mobile Belfries Trust - ODG
			Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild — N&E Quarter Peal Day
			Yorkshire Association - Western Branch at Dewsbury and Mirfield
			Lancashire Association of Change Ringers — Lancaster Branch Practice
			Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers — Calne Branch 10-bell practice at Calne from 10.30 to 12.00
			Ely Diocesan Association — Cambridge District 8 to 8 Bell Practice at Meldreth
			Lancashire Association of Change Ringers — Manchester Branch Practice
			Hertford County Association — Bishop's Stortford District Practice - Anstey (SG9 0BY)
			Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild — Basingstoke district practice
			Hertford County Association — Bishop's Stortford District Practice - Barley (SG8 8JZ)
			Bath & Wells Diocesan Association — Crewkerne Branch Monthly Practice
			Four Shires Guild of Bellringers — Dumbleton
Sun	18		Bell Sunday
			Lichfield & Walsall Archdeaconries Society — Ellis Liam Crutchley baptism.
Mon	19		In celebration of the life of Derrick Bailey
			Chester Diocesan Guild, Wirral Branch. — 8 Bell Practice
Tue	20		Bath & Wells Diocesan Association — Dunster Branch 'Beyond Bob Doubles' Practice
Wed	21		Llandaff & Monmouth Diocesan Association — Association Surprise Major Practice
Thu	22
Fri	23		Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild — N&E Surprise Major
			Hertford County Association — Surprise Major Practice East
			Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild — S&W General Practice
Sat	24		Yorkshire Association - Western Branch at Gargrave and Kirkby Malham
			Truro Diocesan Guild — Central District Practice
			Chester Diocesan Guild, Wirral Branch. — Morning Workshop 4 Surprise Major
		X	Dorset County Association — DCA Surprise Practice – CANCELLED
			Kegworth, Leics, Surprise Practice.
			10 Bell Practice at Worksop St Anne
			Hertford County Association — 10-bell practice - Watford
			Hereford District Practice - Abbey Dore
			Four Shires Guild of Bellringers — Norton
Sun	25
Mon	26
Tue	27
Wed	28		Grappenhall - no practice
			Derby Diocesan Association — Mid Week Ringing
Thu	29
Fri	30		Yorkshire Association - Western Branch — 8/10/12 Bell Practice at Halifax Minster 19:30 to 21:00
Sat	31		Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild — Basingstoke district learners' and improvers' practice
			Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Guild — Guild Surprise Major Practice
			Devon Association of Ringers — 100 Towers Ring Out!
			The Four Shires Guild of Bell Ringers — Longborough