Eastern Branch AGM - February 7th Ingoldmells

The AGM was held at Ingoldmells, and it was a pleasure to see it so well attended.

There was ringing both before and after the meeting, and there was also a bell ringers service at St Peter's & St Paul's.

Old Bolingbroke win Church of the Year

Many congratulations to St. Peter and St. Paul's, Old Bolingbroke, who won the National Churches Trust, Church and Community Volunteers Awards for England and were then announced as the overall UK Church of the Year.

Race-Night Fund-Raising Event - Alford - 25 Oct 25

The Eastern Branch Guild Fundraiser was a Race Night held at Alford church hall.

There was a full race card of 9 races, each race having 8 horses. The last race of the night was the 'Betty Collett Cup'. This was a race-off between the winning horses from the previous eight races. The winner of this race was 'Susan Constant', owned by Ian Evans.

Overall, including the raffle, we raised over £817.70 for the Guild's Training and Recruitment Fund.

John Collett 1932 - 2025

We are very sad to report that John Collett passed away in late July at the age of 93. He was a past president of the Eastern branch and played a leading role in ringing in the branch and the Boston area.

He died peacefully just 6 days after being admitted to a hospice.

Eastern Branch Hereford Tour - 3-4 May 2025

On an unbelievable warm and sunny Saturday (especially considering it was a Bank Holiday weekend), 12 LDGCBR members and a former member, Bruce, visited 5 churches in the Hereford area, arranged by Bruce, who is now resident in the area and Colin.

Hereford is surrounded by the Malvern hills, boasts interesting architecture and the River Wye flows from its source in Wales through the City under the Victoria Bridge, built to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.