Graham Bushnell-Wye

Graham Bushnell-Wye, a ringer at Sandbach, died on 25th October 2022 after a long illness. Graham learned to ring at Goostrey during the Ringing Remembers campaign leading up to the Armistice anniversary in 2018. He adopted Sandbach as his tower and always felt...

Doreen Edwards

Miss Avice Doreen Edwards,  a life member of the Guild, died on 29th September 2021. She had celebrated her 99th birthday on September 25th. Doreen rang at many towers,  and was a member of Christ Church, Crewe.The funeral is at St Mary’s Church,...

Robert Holloway

Robert Holloway, long-time ringer at Congleton, died on 6th August 2021. The funeral is at Macclesfield Crematorium at 12.12pm on the 1st September 2021. Numbers are limited by the ongoing pandemic restrictions and only 48 are allowed to attend the service...

Goostrey July 2021

Life for the bell ringers of St Luke’s Goostrey has never been so quiet as during the pandemic of 2020/21. But all that is about to change. Like all activities that rely on bringing together teams of people, church bell ringing has not been permitted since March 2020....