Bell Ringing at South Hackney, Greater London
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- The fifth and final tower of the Bucks and Berks and Surrey Young Ringers outing to the Hackney area.
St John of Jerusalem Church South Hackney has a ring of eight bells all cast but except the two in 1848 by Charles and George Mears. The two I presume was recast in 1907 by Mears and Stainbank. The bells form a deep, loud, and clunky peal of eight which are a little deafening in the ringing chamber. That said, the ringing chamber is so massive you could have 100 people up there.
The bells are a little difficult to handle, especially for their weight and the surroundings they are in. They are quite oddstruck, making excellent ringing difficult to achieve. That said, the band we had produced a good effort on the bells. Here you will see Luke have a go raising the tenor with Phil supporting him, then a touch of Plain Bob Triples conducted by Peter Jasper, and then followed by the miss and catch on the lower, where you see me help Fraser chime the tenor! We chimed it on the miss and catch a tad earlier, but I gave it an extra check after! Enjoy!
Well done 🎉
Thank you!
I think rounds and call changes, possibly plain hunt was probably a safer option for the band.
It was clear that there were big striking problems from the rounds alone, let alone in method.
When visiting towers, always ring one thing below the capabilities of the weakest member of your band in order to get reasonable striking
It’s not like this was meant to be super prestigious ringing. Although the striking wasn’t incredible we knew the method well enough to ring it! This was also an opportunity for us to practice it where you may get hiccups every now and then.
With all due respect I do think you are perhaps a bit to harsh on them, the striking though not perfect was not terrible and everyone hopefully will improve in time.
We all wish we could ring like the Birmingham band including me.
looks kinda fun how is everyone so serious
How do you mean? We were all in a good and jokey mood but we have to concentrate a lot of the time when ringing so we probably looked serious because of that
As ringers, we have a duty of performing good ringing, and at the end of the day, it is a public performance. If we didn’t concentrate and just thought it was a load of fun, then no good ringing would have been produced and therefore it would have been a wasted day.
It has to be serious because silliness could be dangerous I was taught. Them ropes can be dangerous for those who forget they're attached to tons of cast iron.
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@@Ian_Livesey You've hit the nail on the head.