For various reasons it was a quiet month except for the special ringing to celebrate the life of the Queen Mother. A deeply muffled quarter peal of 1260 changes of Grandsire doubles was quickly arranged in the day of her death and the few who could hear it heard some ringing rarely heard. Deeply muffled is similar to half muffled ringing done for Remembrance Sunday or ringing out the old year at New Year, but with both strokes of every bell muffled with leather straps except for the tenor. From a distance one can only hear the tenor slowly tolling but closer in, the rest of the bells will stately fill the gaps between the open tolling.
Other than this quarter peal we have been busy getting our new ringing chamber habitable again Boxes that allow us to compensate for short ropes and short people have had a lick of paint and our notice board has gone up. We still have to sort out coathooks and get our quarter peal boards and methods boards back up on the wall.
Other than this quarter peal we have been busy getting our new ringing chamber habitable again Boxes that allow us to compensate for short ropes and short people have had a lick of paint and our notice board has gone up. We still have to sort out coathooks and get our quarter peal boards and methods boards back up on the wall.
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