Rev. John Orme

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Reverend John Orme, a ringer from Runcorn for many years.  He rang many peals for the Guild across the country, and is recorded on most of the peal boards in Runcorn tower. In his last communication with the tower...

Grappenhall – BRF update 2020

Grappenhall’s complete mix of bells have now been replaced with a brand new 10, all cast in early 2019.  They have been blessed, dedicated and now pealed (5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal in 3h 3m on 13th October 2019), so are now ringing regularly for...

Ivor Nichols

Ivor R. Nichols, former tower captain at St Michael’s Macclesfield, died on Saturday 5th September 2020, just short of his 94th birthday. The funeral will take place on Monday 21st September at St Michael’s at 2.15pm. Numbers attending will be very limited...

Richard Starkie

From Melanie Curwen: I’m sorry to report that Richard Starkie, ringer in Macclesfield, has died at home earlier this week. Although he has been unwell for a while, his death was sudden so there needs to be a post mortem before any arrangements can be made.**UPDATE**...

Guild AGM 2020

Registration is now open for the Guild AGM 2020 Zoom webinar. All documents and information and the link to registrater are on the event page – please click here.

Codeword

Our reader has submitted a codeword . You can download the PDFs from the reading panes below.A hint to the answers: many methods being named after places.Once again thanks to No Mocks Hint for this. Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new...

Cheshire Towers Crossword 2

21st May 2020: Answers are available for the the second crossword. Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab Our reader has submitted a second crossword and bonus Wordsearch puzzle too. You can download the PDFs from the reading panes below. Once...

Bishop of Chester is Mark Tanner

The Rt Revd Mark Tanner has been named by Downing Street as the next Bishop of Chester, succeeding the Rt Revd Dr Peter Forster who retired in September 2019. Read more at chester.anglican.org 12th May 2020.

Chester Branch – May 2020

CHESTER BRANCH COMMUNICATION- MAY 2020 I thought that it was time to communicate to the Branch as there has been no ringing or Branch events for several weeks. The last couple of months have been a time when we have had to accept a great disruption to the usual way we...