Yesterday, a full peal was rung at the Parish Church of Our Lady & St Nicholas, Pier Head, Liverpool, for the Titanic Centenary. The details can be found on Campanophile. Our Lady & St Nicholas’ is the Parish Church of … Continue reading Titanic Peal rung at Our Lady & St Nicholas, Liverpool Pier Head.
Bowling, Bell ringing, and Bangor. Three B’s, two friends, and two hobbies all in one evening. Continue reading playing with rope but not with balls
It is that time of the year when we as a nation remember. I suspect that by the time you read this blog, it will nearly be time for the two minutes’ silence at 11 a.m. GMT, that is the eleventh hour of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, remembering the time when the guns fell silent at the end of the Great War. I hope to be at the Cenotaph next to Belfast City Hall, where last Sunday PA MagLochalainn and others from the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association laid a wreath in the shape of the pink … Continue reading A time to remember
It’s Friday and when I was a teenager, Friday night meant bell practice night. We never got to hear Lady Gaga ringing out from the St Patrick’s in Ballymena, even with the new ring of 12 hanging there. We were more used to the gentle sound of the ‘middle six’ and sometimes if we were lucky to hear the sound of the 12 bells being rung. It is always a pleasure to hear the bells of St Patrick’s ringing out, the pleasure is now tinged with sadness at the illfeeling that was created when FODS toured Northern Ireland and one … Continue reading it’s five o’clock on friday – it’s bell night
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