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UNESCO status for bell ringing?Sorry to be a party-pooper, but what conceivable difference will it make? UNESCO recognition surely won't result in a rush of people wanting to learn to ring. (Nor will it improve my bell-handling.)
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Do you have to be 'churchy'?"Ringing welcomes everyone, including those with and those without a faith." Ringers certainly do, but does the Church? As a firmly non-Anglican, Quaker agnostic who rings on Sunday mornings, I do feel rather guilty as I creep out of the door after we've finished ringing. I suspect I may not be alone in that.
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Ringing Courses Value-For-Money (RW Letter)"It is being the one-learner surrounded by an experienced band that is so brilliant about these courses." Absolutely: no disrespect to my local band, but ringing with a band when I know that everyone else is going to be absolutely in the right place all the time means that I can just concentrate on place-counting, striking and fitting in.
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Wedding ringing chargesNot so far as I am aware. There's a separate tower fund for such things as routine maintenance.
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Wedding ringing chargesIn our tower of six, the fee is £20 per rope plus £20 for church funds: we ring in and out. We rarely have weddings, so I give my £20 to the tower fund – if we had two weddings every week I might think differently about that!
Frank Cranmer
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