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Rung by the local band to welcome 2025.

Get well compliment to Stuart Piper.

Rung on the back five for Epiphany.

First in method - 3.

Rung for Epiphany Evensong.

1st date touch and longest length for 2.

1st surprise minor inside 2 & 5.

Get well compliment to Stuart Piper

Entertaining the visitors to Croome Park on the 130th anniversary of the formation of the National Trust.

2: First in method

Rung for Sunday service and dedicated to the memory of Avril Boyce, requested by Jayne

First quarter rung on 8 and first quarter of Grandsire Triples - 4

Rung before evening service

Rung in memory of Derek Price on what would have been his 97th birthday.

Derek was Tower Captain at Welland for many years before becoming Tower Captain at Upton. He was a highly skilled and well respected ringer in Worcestershire, and a member of the Association for 70 years. He passed away on Christmas Eve, December 24th 2024, so it was only fitting that we should mark the occasion of his birthday in this way. Derek will be fondly remembered by all who knew him throughout the ringing world.

For Derek Price, 20/01/1928 - 24/12/2024

First QP in tower (3)

Best wishes to Nigel on this, his 80th Birthday.

on Candlemass

1st in method: 4

First Doubles inside and very well rung - 5.

Rung on Candlemas before Familes@4 as a Birthday compliment to the Rector, Canon Garth Nathaniel and and to the Conductor.

For Candlemas.

Sarah has now rung handbell quarters of PB6 on all three pairs.

Rung on the WDCRA “Reeves “ handbells.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

Rung in memory of Jonathan P Hughes on the day after the 42nd anniversary of his birth.

First of Bristol: 5.

100th of Bristol Major: 4

First Quarter Peal: 1

First quarter inside to a triples method & first of Grandsire Triples - 6

Rung before evening service.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

First of Surprise - 3.

17th birthday compliment to Archie.

First in method - 3.

First family Quarter by all.

Rung open in thanksgiving for the life of Joanne Goodwin, former Administrator at the church and faithful follower of Jesus.

Rung prior to morning service.

Rung to celebrate the christening of Evie David

Rung in memory of Ishbel Gair whose funeral is in Dumfries tomorrow.

Ishbel learnt and rang at this tower.

Wishing our friend Stephen Bedford a continuing recovery.

1st peal on 12 bells - 6

250th peal on 12 bells - 2

Marking the 50th anniversary, today, of St Mary Magdalene being vested with the Churches Conservation Trust.

Rung before , and during, celebrations in the Church.

First peal on the restored bells.

Rung on the back five before Families@4

Rung to celebrate the 50th birthday of Simon Franks.

Entertaining the vast numbers of visitors to Croome Park

65th Birthday Compliment to Ian Rowe.

Rung by a band of female ringers from the Redditch & Bromsgrove Deanery to mark International Women's Day - the first time some had rung a quarter with an all female band. Half the ringers were from the Bromsgrove/Stoke Prior/Wychbold Band, the other half were from towers in the Redditch Mission Area.

Believed to be the first quarter by a band drawn from across the Redditch & Bromsgrove Deanery, and hopefully not the last!

In memoriam of Alan Westwood

Remembering Judith Ann Dear, in whose memory these bells were restored, on the anniversary of her death.

Other touches rung: Grandsire Doubles, Stedman Doubles.

First quarter of Grandsire Triples - 6

Rung before Evensong

First on eight bells for 1 and 8

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

Wishing Paul R Smith a speedy recovery.

First Grandsire as C

1st Major as C

Completes Surprise Major Alphabet as Conductor at Morville.

1st Quarter Peal: 6.

1st Quarter Peal on a Treble.

1st Quarter as Conductor.

Rung by Worcester Cathedral Young ringers with a little help from 2 & 4.

Birthday compliment to Richard Pullin.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

100th together: 7 and 11.

200th of Maximus: 5.

Rung after meeting short for practice. Wish YOU were here!!

1st all Grandsire - 3.

1st Quarter: 6

1st Quarter of Doubles: 1.

In Memeory of Peter R Poppitt, Elileen Hopkins & Chris Rowlands.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

1st Rutland - 2. Circled Tower as Conductor - 5.

Rung prior to Familes@4 and in thanksgiving for the life of Sarah's Auntie Di.

Most Doubles - 2 and as C.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

First in method: 3.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

3: 100th QP at tower.

Rung with the bells fully muffled with tenor open at backstroke, following the service of the last hour.

First in the method for all.

1000th quarter for the 5th.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

Rung for St George’s Day.

Birthday compliment to Paul R Smith.

On St Georges Day as a Birthday compliment to Paul.

First Stedman: 3.

Circled tower 12 times: 4.

Rung on the back six as an 18th Birthday Compliment to Isla.

First Quarter - 1.

Huge congratulations to Sharon, who worked so hard, to overcome so many challenges to ring her first quarter for her daughter's 18th birthday. This year's best kept secret!

In memoriam for Pope Francis on the day of his funeral

900th quarter in Worcestershire: 4

Entertaining the visitors to Croome Park.

For the Patronal Festival and to celebrate the election of Rev Kalantha Brewis as one of the chaplains to HM The King.

Rung on the 60th anniversary of the composer's first peal.

Rung before the Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial as part of the Shrawley Village Celebration of the 80th Anniversary of V.E. Day.

Rung prior to Families@4. First intentional Eighth Peal for all and on the bells.

For Evensong and to celebrate the election of Rev Kalantha Brewis as one of the chaplains to HM The King.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

For the 80th Anniversary of VE Day

To Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day

Ringing in Celebration of the

80th Anniversary of VE Day.

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day

With grateful thanks to those who sacrificed so much for our freedom.

To Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day

To celebrate VE Day, and remembering Derek Price of Upton Upon Severn.

Rung to celebrate 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

On the 80th anniversary of VE day.

Also to celebrate the election of the new Pope Leo XIV.

Stuart Piper wishes to be associated with this ringing.

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Local residents of Kinver chiming with the support of Kinver Bell Ringers: Di, Mo, Pauline, Isobel, Ruby.

A shared moment of respect and commemoration on the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Commemorative ringing for the 80th anniversary of VE Day. A shared moment of remembrance, with gratitude and respect.

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day

Celebrating VE Day with general call-change ringing

80 Touch of Grandsire Doubles Celebrating 80th Anniversary of VE Day.

Also including our newest learners who joined in for general ringing.

Freya Mills, Tina Smith, Steve Hall.

Celebrating 80th Anniversary of VE Day

First Quarter conducting more than one method - 5

Ringing from 6.30pm in Celebration of the 80th Anniversary of VE Day

For the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Rung to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.

1st Triples for Millie.

For the 80th anniversary of VE Day

St. John’s Hagley and St. Leonard’s Clent combined band known informally as Clangley Ringers.

First public ring for Evie Billington & Harvey Scarth

Rung at 6.30pm to Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.

Later in the evening Jim Wheeler lit the beacon during the village celebrations at nearby Hallow, just as he did as a young lad in 1945.

Celebrating 80th Anniversary of VE Day

Rung for the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

First at cover on 8.

We rung Rounds and Call Changes, KitKat and Slow Plain Hunt.

On the 80th anniversary of VE Day

Rung for VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations

Nicky Piper wishes to be associated with this ringing

Rung for the 80th anniversary on VE Day and in memory of Sapper William Henry "Harry" Thompson, Royal Engineers 6 Movement Group, who died on active service, aged 21, on 28th June 1940 . Harry was a ringer at this tower. He is buried at Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery Sec. 18. Plot 2. Row C. Grave 1.

Tolling of tenor (80) followed by called changes, Plain Bob Doubles and Plain Hunt to celebrate 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Rounds/Call Changes and Plain Hunt. The bells were also 'fired' to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day.

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. A peal for VE Day was rung on the back ten here 9 May 1945.

The first peal of Royal rung on the 1928 back ten.

The 250th peal in the tower (6 on the 1869 bells, 244 on the 1928 bells).

Rung following the Baptism of Robert George Daykin, to welcome Pope Leo XIV and with best best to the younger members of the band as they enter exam season.

Rung in loving memory of Eric and Ruth Deakin, parents of Kim Macdonald (6), Tower Captain of Stoke Prior and Wychbold churches

First QP with more than one method: 2

Craig has rung all 13 bells to Peals

First Yorkshire - 7

Rung for Evening Service and Bell Sunday

Rung for Bell Sunday, prior to evening service.

First quarter ringing a major method (1) (5) (7).

First quarter rung inside for Plain Bob Major (5) (7).

With the thoughts of the Croome ringers to Roy Mills.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

Rung to celebrate the Golden wedding anniversary of John* and Caroline Westwood. Married at this church, 50 years ago today.

Parents of (2)

*Tower captain of this tower

Rung in loving memory of Mary Bickmore by her ringing friends. Mary died on 12/5/25 aged 92.

Rung in memory of Mary Bickmore, an inspiration to us all.

Conducted by Phil Sagar.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

First of minor inside - 3.

A Birthday treat for the conductor.

50th of London S Major: 4.

Rung on the back five prior to Families@4 as a Golden Wedding compliment to Peter & Chris McLaren, both Readers at this church.

First Quarter for 31 years - 1 - and very well rung!

100th Quarter - 5.

Rung as part of WDCRA Northern Branch Quarter Peal Month. First quarter peal for 1 (aged 11).

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

Second of Bob Doubles inside and getting there (3) !!!

First in Method 2,4,5,6,8. Completes Surprise Major Alphabet - 4th.

First Quarter: 1

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

For Churches Conservation Trust "Hidden Symbol's" event.

First QP: 6

First in two methods 2 & 3

Remembering Liam Hill.

To entertain the visitors to the park with a particularly well struck quarter of doubles.

100th on the bells - 3

With thanks to Mark Wilson for standing down after meeting short for Maximus

Get well to Mark Regan

1100th Quarter Peal - 4th.

Most m/p - 2 and as a C.

Rung following the baptism of Isaac Alan Redfern.

Birthday compliment to Annette Humphrey and Sharon Casserley, members of the local band who both celebrated birthdays this week.

First of Treble Bob at the first attempt: 1

Entertaining the visitors to Croome Park.

Rung as an affirmation of the life of Joe Crocker. our bellringer, who passed away at this start of this year and is remembered and treasured, and always will be, as a ringing member of Martley for many years.

Celebrating the 60th wedding anniversary of Henry & Eunice Maguire. Joan rang for their wedding, here, on 26th June 1965.

Rung to celebrate the ordinations of Sarah Tranter as priest and of Paul Latham as deacon.

First quarter peal at first attempt - 1.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

Rung before Famiies@4

Congratulations to the Worcester Cathedral Young Ringers on winning the Call Changes on Eight group at the RWNYC at Birmingham yesterday and to the Rector, Canon Garth Nathaniel, who recently celebrated his 26th Anniversary of being ordained a priest.

For Evensong

Before the Annual Church Service.

First mimimus: 2.

150th quarter in the tower: 1

80th quarter in the tower as conductor and 300th quarter as conductor overall.

Entertaining the visitors to "Croome-in-the-heat".

Remembering Roy D Mills, a member of the Sunday afternoon Croome band.

Rung in memory of Charles Kerrigan on the evening before his funeral

In memory of Canon Keith Withington.

For the Annual Church Service.

First QP - 6.

First in the method - 3.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

Most methods/Variations 2 & 3.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

First Doubles and Minor - 1,3,4,5 and on the bells.

Rung as a 65th Wedding Anniversary Compliment to Mike & Helen Whitworth

So lovely to find the Whitworth clan waiting to hear the bells rung for this special event.

Also a 30th Wedding Anniversary Compliment to Laurence and Rachel Nicholas.

Laurence reflected that Covid rather overshadowed their Silver Wedding Anniversary, so it was good to mark their 30th Wedding Anniversary with a 'pearl' of a Quarter.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

200th on the bells since restoration.

For the 80th anniversary of VJ Day

For the 80th anniversary of VE day.

Remembering Geoffrey Gichard, Japanese prisoner of war March 1942 - August 1945,father of Linda and grandfather of Rebecca and Michael.

For 80th Anniversary of VJ Day

To commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day; to remember those who came back and those who never returned.

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of VJ day

Marking V J 80th anniversary

For the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

To commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day.

Remembering Phil Bullock, a member of the Chindits, who died in 2017.

Phil was a ringer at Hallow & Grimley.

In memory of Reg Salisbury of Pool House, Great Comberton and his service as a Chindit in Burma in WWII

Marking the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day; the end of WWII.

In recognition of the sacrifice of all those who served in the conflict.

Rung to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day.

In memory of Jean Mountford’s Father who was awarded the Burma Star.

To continue the tradition of celebrating the Birthdays today of Janet and Dave (however, in different years it has to be stressed!) and some times achieved, sometimes not, but this year well rung and reached.

Rung in memoriam Roy D Mills.

Congratulating Polly on her excellent A Level results and securing her first choice at University.

Ruby wedding compliment to Cath and David Butler, 40 years today.

1st Stedman 3 & 5.

1st Stedman as conductor.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

The final Peal on the bells before their restoration

For the Pershore Plum Festival.

First Peal in the method - 4, 5, 8, and 9

Rung on the WDCRA “Reeves” bells.

Rung to celebrate the 16th birthday of Oliver Taylor Edgington. First as conductor - 5.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park

1st treble Bob - 1

375th quarter peal in the tower - 3

First Doubles inside - 2. Well done Emma!

Rung after the national alert and before Families@4.

In thanksgiving for the life of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, who died on the 4th September aged 92.

First quarter peal at first attempt - 1. Dedicated to Shelby.

For Evensong.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

First in method - 3.

1900th QP - 6.

Rung at the start of Heritage Open Day and open tower tours.

First Stedman - 1.

Most p/m/v - 2 and 5.

First April Day - 2 & 5.

80th Birthday compliment to Doug Reah, grandfather of the ringer of the 2nd.

Just checking!

Rung on the WDCRA “Reeves” bells.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.

First on 8: 3 & 8

First Service ring for Suzanne, well done.

Rung to entertain the visitors to Croome Park

First PB5 inside for Kate

To entertain visitors to Croome Park.

First ringing in her home tower for Sally, having learnt to handle a bell at Eckington. Well done Sally

Welcoming Dolly to Worcester.

Circled the tower to peals: 10

To mark the anniversary of the City Charter

100th Peal of cinques - 10

Rung on the middle four with a lead and a cover bell before Families@4@Harvest. Also as an 80th Birthday Compliment to Rhoda Lingard and to celebrate the appointment of Dame Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park

Rung on the WDCRA “Reeves” bells.

Our first handbell quarter together.

Birthday Compliment to Paul Wells

Service ringing sponsored by Garry and Angela Homer and dedicated to them as they celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on 4th October.

500th peal as conductor on tower bells.

In loving memory of Ashley B Wilson of Preston.

Rung prior to the service of Remembrance, Thanksgiving and Hope.

First quarter inside for 31 years - 3.

To entertain the visitors to Croome Park.