1258 Stedman Caters: Rung onThursday, 5 December 2024 at West Ham (All Saints), Essex. ift.tt/WsbyE7C

What a huge honour for two of our ringers to be invited to ring Great Paul at St Paul’s Cathedral (GB's biggest bell) for the Advent Sunday service. They found it a very surreal experience! How do you get Great Paul going? With a LOT of effort, that's how! #bellringing #stpauls

Who says women can't ring big bells, eh? Here is a beautifully diminutive West Ham Bells ringer showing Britain's biggest bell, Great Paul, who is boss! #gogirl #womeninringing #bellringing #herecomethegirls #yesshecan #bigbells #westham St Paul's Cathedral

Stolen from the Bellringers Group on Facebook. So, what IS the point of bellringers? Other than the obvious - to ring bells - of course... Would love to know your takes, however serious/unserious! #bellringers #whatisthepoint

What a fabulous response and absolutely true. We put the humanity and musicality in the bellringing, and remind everyone that humans are calling them to the church. It's about community, after all. #bellringing

Another one stolen from Facebook - what is the protocol in your tower? We ring up and down almost without fail, for safety reasons (we don't have a spider anyway). We also ask any visitors to do the same. #question #bellringing #healthandsafety #whatdoyoudo

This Friday just gone, we again welcomed 3 beginners who have been coming for a few weeks now, we also had an enquiry from another person who is keen to try in the new year. How exciting! Let's hope our band keeps expanding - the more the merrier. #merryarethebells #bellringing

Sent to us by a friend in Malta who thought we'd appreciate this cathedral bell ringing. Merry Christmas to you all! #bellringing #MerryChristmas #peaceandlove #jinglebells #westham #malta

We will be ringing from 5pm today for the SAINT carol service this evening, featuring All Saints Chorus . Hope to see you there. Service on Christmas day (and on Sun 29th) is at 10.30 am. 🔔 #bellringing #westham #allsaints

Thank you to all who mentioned how much they enjoyed our ringing for the carol service. We rang Bob Minor, Grandsire & Stedman. We'll be ringing from 9.45 am on Christmas Day too. Wishing you all much festive cheer & a peaceful Christmas, from West Ham Bells 🔔🎄#bellringing #joy

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There's no practice this Friday (27th) at our tower, as our band has a well deserved break. There is, however, a service at SAINT West Ham this Sunday 29th at 10.30 am (that's a change of time for the holidays). Have a great Boxing Day everyone 🎁❤️

Last night we rang Rounds on 6, Plain Hunt on 5 & 9 with cover, Call changes on 9 with cover, Grandsire triples, Cambridge Major, Stedman Triples. Add to that teaching our 2 beginners, one of whom rang in the Rounds on 6, so well done to them! 😁 Take care in the cold, everyone.

Great practice last night with our two beginner ringers coming on really well & another ringer returning after a long break. We did lots of handling practice & eased our returner back in with Plain Hunt, some Bob Doubles & ringing down in peal. Service ringing tomorrow am 🔔👍🏻