by Rich Westman | Feb 4, 2019 | Mid Cheshire Branch News, BRF, BRF Grappenhall
Grappenhall’s old ring of 8 finish not only the year but their centuries of service to the local community by ringing out a final, triumphant peal of 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major in 2h48 by a Chester DG band, consisting mostly of local ringers. The full...
by Pam Thomson | Feb 4, 2019 | Mid Cheshire Branch News, BRF Grappenhall
GRAPPENHALL St Wilfrid – no ringing until Summer There is now no ringing at Grappenall whilst our old ring of 8 are removed from the tower and replaced by a new ring of 10. This is expected to take until some time in June 2019. Wednesday practices continue and...
by Site Editor | Nov 10, 2018 | Mid Cheshire Branch News, In Memoriam
Sad to announce that Reverend Canon Walter ‘Stanley’ Walker, father of Christina Brewster, has died. Rev’d Canon Walker was Rector at Bromborough 1966 – 1977 (where Christina learnt to ring) and Rector at St Hilary’s Wallasey from 1976 until his retirement in...
by Rich Westman | Jul 16, 2018 | Mid Cheshire Branch News, BRF Grappenhall
Grappenhall are now getting near to their appeal total of £175,000. In order to preserve their quoted costs from the bell founders, they have had to place an order by the end of June. This they did which gets Grappenhall into the bell founders schedule of bells to...
by Rich Westman | Jul 11, 2018 | Mid Cheshire Branch News, BRF Runcorn
The Chester Diocesan Advisory Committee have granted the faculty required by Runcorn to overhaul their bells. It’s a major step forward in the project, which has also submitted an application to the Garfield Weston Foundation’s 60th Anniversary Fund. The...
by Pam Thomson | Apr 22, 2018 | Competitions, Mid Cheshire Branch News
On Saturday April 14th members of the Branch met at Over for the annual 6 bell striking competition. The weather was very kind to us as it was a lovely afternoon, very rare so far in 2018. David Jones from Neston on the Wirral was our judge and he settled himself in...
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