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Latest newsBusiness meeting minutes available to download [19/11/24] Autumn Newsletter - available to download [5/11/24] Guild 6-bell competition at Shottesbrooke – results and picture. [5/100/24]. New links to resources added – Running a tower, Belfry upkeep and Belfry projects. See links . [10/8/24] Change of venure – June 15 practice now morning at Wokingham All Saints – see diary [4/6/24] Summer newsletter – available to download [2/6/24] Results & picture of 8-bell competition here [20/5/24] Practice cancelled on 18 May Clash with Guild AGM & 8-bell competition [2/5/24] Results & pictures of 6-bell striking competitionm here [21/4/24] Papers for AGM available to download [16/2/24] Results of 8-bell striking competition here . [20/1/24] Autumn newsletter – available to download [21/10/23] Resource download – New resource area created. [19/9/23] 6-bell striking competition results and pictures [24/4/23] Newsletter updated – Spring [19/4/23] Successful 'firsts day' – see details [25/3/23] Draft minutes of AGM available to download [26/2/23] Striking competition results – see details [20/11/22] Sonning Deanery competed in the Guild 8-bell striking competition – See details and picture . [22/5/22]
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About the BranchSonning Deanery Branch serves the bellringers of 17 churches with bells hung for full-circle English-style ringing in southeast Berkshire, roughly covering the Church of England Deaneries of Sonning, Bracknell and part of Maidenhead (see map ). The Branch offers its members a comprehensive range of services . It is one of 15 branches in the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers (ODG), which is the largest territorial ringing society in the world, with around 2500 members. ODG represents bell ringers in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, which together comprise the Diocese of Oxford. It is affiliated to the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers . Rules of the ODG apply to Sonning Deanery Branch, supplemented by Sonning Deanery Branch rules. For more information on Guild services, see the main ODG website. The Guild charges a modest annual subscription for resident members, due in January. Find out moreContact a local tower if you would like to see ringing in action, or if you are interested in learning to ring. For more information on the web, see: |
Ringing towers in Sonning Deanery Branch
A drawing by Stan Scott Ringing is progressively returning to normal after the restrictions of the pandemic, with ringing for many services and practices across the Branch. |
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