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Latest newsAutumn newsletter – available to download [18/10/18] Ringing suspended at Finchampstead - pending church inspection [15/10/18] Guild 6-bell striking competition - See results - [6/10/18] 6-bell striking competition See results DraftAGM minutes – available here . [2/3/18] Training needs – survey of all members, see here [4/2/18] Quarter peal volunteers – New volunteer mailing list set up to enable ringers potentially willing to make up numbers for quarter peals to be contacted easily. [23/11/17]. NoticesWidespread ringing on 11 November for the centenary of the Armistice For a full list of events, see the Branch diary. For events in the rest of the Guild, see the Guild diary If you are a Branch member and we don't have your current e-mail address, please contact the Branch Postmaster so we can keep you up to date. |
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 and Bracknell (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 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
A drawing by Stan Scott |
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