Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers
There is not going to be a set time to ring for the Coronation. At the moment we don’t have an indication of the time of the Service at Westminster Abbey, although it is expected to either start at 11 or 11.15. Many bands are planning to ring in the run up to the service (when time is confirmed), however ringing is encouraged at any time convenient to the ringers and Church. As more information is announced we will update accordingly but the time was not known as at 30th March..
The March Branch Practice shall take place at Nettlebed.
All abilities welcome.
A reminder that the Reading Branch AGM is on Saturday 8th February, and all members are both welcome and encouraged to attend.
For more details, visit https://reading.odg.org.uk/wordpress/agm-2020/
The November branch practice sees us return to St Margaret, Mapledurham. Last time we were there for the monthly Saturday meet, I decided to cycle the only route I knew – a very steep climb up the hill from Caversham, followed by an equally scary decent into Mapledurham. I wasn’t much looking forward to the return journey until a fellow ringer informed me of a reasonably flat route that could be taken using a bike. Why not try it out yourself this Saturday (9th November) and join us for a ring? All abilities welcome.
Here’s a map of the route described above, starting from Reading station:
A trial run of the highly requested midweek Brnach practice shall begin on Thursday 9th May between 1430 and 1600.
These practices are for EVERYONE – if you can rng a bell, please do come!
Diana has been hard at work putting together what seems like a bumper edition of the Reading Branch Newsletter. Everyting from Striking competions to Armistice rining. There also appear to have been many outings recently. Find a copy at your local tower, or download using the link below to read it now!
You may have noticed that the images shown at the top of each page are the three central Reading towers. This is no coincidence. They were all taken within about 15 minutes of each other on a nice clear day last year.
Ideally, we would have a photo of every tower in the branch. These would then rotate randomly, ensuring all towers in the branch would get equal positioning at the top of our website. This is where we need your help. We are looking for colourful (ideally with a blue sky) photos of your local tower to include at the top of the page. Most camera phones are capable of taking photos of sufficient quality, so why not get a quick snap on a Sunday morning and send it in?
If you have a photo you would like to see on the site, please send it to webmaster@reading.odg.org.uk
We look forward to seeing the whole branch represented on our home page!