In the Wider Ringing Community

There seems to have been a sudden flurry of bell ringing related media on the internet in the last month or so.

The BBC has had two different radio broadcasts relating to bells:

Bells That Still Can Ring: An exploration of John Taylor & Co’s bell foundry in Loughborough and some of their most iconic bells – including Great Paul at St Paul’s Cathedral and AC/DC’s ‘hell’s bell’. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001fwcz

Laura Barton’s Note on Music: The music writer presents a seasonal edition of her series of meditations on different aspects of music – featuring bells. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g8rt

Over on YouTube Historic England has produced a video on the Bells of Brierley Hill, and how they are an audible indicator of life in the town.

And The London Transport Museum channel has produced a video on bellringing following their episode on Whitechapel:

Fun with Bells has produced a two part episode on ringing in redundant churches.

Ringing in Redundant Churches (part 1)

And there was a segment on the ITV News on how bellringing needs more recruits:

https://www.itv.com/watch/news/why-the-tradition-of-church-bell-ringing-is-under-threat/fwyjbz5

Meanwhile an official Ring for the King website has been created to help with recruitment for the upcoming coronation: https://ringfortheking.org/

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