Melton District

Melton District has had 3 meetings this quarter, the first was slightly out of District at Hickling where we had a good turn out and enjoyed ringing the 8 bells there. Our May meeting at Saltby (which normally attracts an excellent turn-out)  was so poorly attended it was abandoned and the Somerby meeting was only a bit better with 7 (briefly 8) of us turning up although we had some nice ringing especially from David Wicks who had an excellent couple of courses of St Simons which he has been learning for the past few months. 

I hope that attendance increases again soon and our regulars and new members come along. The monthly meetings do take some organising and are there for the benefit of all our members so there is always a good range of ringing to support development.

In early June within our South Croxton/Burrough Benefices, we were asked to run another end of term School Activity session, this time at Great Dalby with the year 11’s. We had 18 children visit the church to learn about the bells and the history of bellringing. They all had a go at chiming the lighter bells, sketched a picture of our model bell and then ring basic tunes on a set of ‘easy to ring’ handbells (courtesy of ‘Amazon’). The teachers reported back that the kids had had a great time and the hope is that this increases awareness and interest in the church and the bells in our local communities.

The next LDG Melton District meetings are Ashby Folville – 18th July, Twyford – 15th August and Long Clawson – 19th September. All meetings start at 7pm and everyone is welcome. 

Pete Brown
Melton District Secretary