5039 Titanic and Stedman Cinques for Titanic100
A peal rung on the bells on which I learnt to ring, with at least one ringer I know ringing. Rung on the eve of RMS Titanic striking an iceberg.
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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
Tonight saw eight ringers gather at the Church of St Nicholas, Carrickfergus for a Quarter Peal attempt. When I was in England, such events were rather routine, but here in N. Ireland it seems like it is a big event to even attempt such things. We started about five past eight and managed ten minutes, then realised that two bells had crossed in the method. Then we tried again and managed about fifteen minutes. And the method: Plain Bob Triples. Stood up again, some of us drove back to Belfast, others were heading to the pub. At least tomorrow we have a … Continue reading Quarter lost
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