Branch and Guild Jubilee Celebrations
This page contains pretty much all of the information so far received from the individual branches, on what they did to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Right at the bottom is the Guild celebration at Wragby, along with some pictures.
This page is pretty much a work in progress and may well get added to as more information comes in. Please watch this space.
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West Lindsey Branch - Jubilee Ringing
Stow, Lincolnshire
1� Sue Faull
Rung to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee |
Willingham by Stow, Lincolnshire
1� Sue Faull (C) For the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations |
Scawby, Lincolnshire
1 Catherine A Ward, For the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations |
Messingham, Lincolnshire
1 Joy Till
Rung to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. |
Bottesford, North Lincolnshire
1 Alix Harland Rung to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. |
Saxilby, Lincolnshire
1 Emma Williams Rung to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee |
Messingham, Lincolnshire
1 Jenny Kirkby Rung to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II |
Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire
1 Jenny Kirkby Rung to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II |
Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
1 Delia E Heppenstall
Rung to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II |
Scotter, Lincolnshire
1���Pamela Cook
Rung for the Diamond Jubilee. |
Jubilee ringing at Gainsborough consisted of a peal attempt which was stopped, after some excellent ringing, at the halfway stage due to a miscall.
Also at Willingham we rang for the Jubilee service. This involved Sue Faull, Laura Bates, Mark Discombe, Marisa Raisborough, Mark Raisboroough, Joe Raisborough, Harry Whitehead, Katie O'Dell.
Southern Branch - Jubilee Ringing
St. John's and All Saints Stamford, Ringing for the Jubilee, 4th June 2012
The bells of St John's and All Saints Stamford were rung on Monday 4 June 2012 consecutively for 20 minutes each as part of the "Ringing Down the Welland Valley" event organised in celebration of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. Ringing started at Sibbertoft in the Peterborough Guild at 9.00am and bells in towers on either side of the valley were rung in order at 20 minute intervals finishing at Surfleet at 8.40pm.
Photo of ringers at All Saints |
Photo of ringers at All Saints |
Ringers at St John's were: Rebecca Goff, Miles Dibsdall, Kate Riley and John M.
Ringers at All Saints were: Rebecca Goff, Angus Russel, Norman Norris, Christine Taylor, Miles Dibsdall, Rachel Cummins, Mick Allman, Joan Payne and Alan Payne, Also in support was Abi Cummins.
Alan Payne
St. Andrew's, Rippingale, Ringing for the Jubilee, 2nd June 2012
General Ringing for HM Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee and for Wedding of Nicola and Richard
(l. to r.) Treble: Peter Pugh, 2nd: Peter Emingham,
3rd: Brenda Donaldson, 4th: Nigel Travis,
5th: Mark Mumby, Tenor: Alan Donaldson
St. Andrew's, Rippingale, Ringing for the Jubilee, 3rd June 2012
Quarter Peal of Single Oxford Minor in 43 minutes. Rung in celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee
(l. to r.) 4th: Nigel Travis, 3rd: Brenda Donaldson,
5th: Mark Mumby, 2nd: Tina Wells,
Tenor: Nigels Saxton-Howes (C), Treble: Alan Donaldson
S Denys, Silk Willoughby, Ringing for the Jubilee, 5th June 2012
Members of the Southern Branch of the Lincoln Diocesan Guild rang the bells at Silk Willoughby from 2.30pm to 3.30pm on Tuesday 5 June 2012 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
(l to r ) Alistair Cherry, Barry Jones, Joan Payne,
Alan Payne, Gill Hardy, Graham Hardy
Young Jubilee ringers
Congratulations to four of our newest recruits:
Charlotte Beaver, Samantha Bacon, Annmarie Saxton-Howes and Carl Fraser.
These young people have only been learning to ring since mid March this year but were able to take part in our celebratory Jubilee ringing on Sunday 3rd June (at Sempringham - see below). This is a huge achievement for them and gives us great hope for the future of church bell ringing in the Billingborough group of parishes. Campanology is unfortunately a dying art, so if you would like to give these youngsters a �run for their money� please contact me for further details - we always have room for new learners or returning ringers.
Tina Wells
Horbling, Lincolnshire
Tina Wells
Rung to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee and also for the 10am Service. The ringers
all wore red, white and blue in honour of the occasion |
Sempringham, Lincolnshire
Tina Wells For the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations |
Morton, Lincolnshire
Mike Maughan For the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations and for the 4:30pm evening service. |
Diamond Jubilee Peal - Bourne Abbey, Wednesday 6th June 2012
Bourne Abbey ringers successfully rang a full peal on the Abbey bells on Wednesday 6 June to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of H.M. the Queen. The peal, organised by Joan Payne, started at 9.35am and took 2 hrs 55 min to complete the 5040 changes. It is intended to record the details of the peal on a board in the ringing chamber where other boards hang recording previous significant events. The details are as follows
Lincoln Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers
Bourne, Lincolnshire
St. Peter & Paul
Wednesday 6th June 2012 (in 2 hours and 55 minutes)
5040 Surprise Minor
(being 1 extent each of York, Durham, Ipswich, Bourne, Surfleet, Beverley and Cambridge)
1 Alan G Payne
2 James E Benner
3 Matthew J S Payne
4 Benjamin F Ricketts
5 Michael Maughan (C)
6 P Barry Jones
Rung to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II
Alan Payne
15/6/2012
Additional photographs of Southern Branch ringing
Sempringham
Sempringham 2nd June 2012
Sempringham 2.6.2012 (Alan giving quiz answers - THANK you ALAN for a brilliant quiz and for all the tremendously hard work you and Joan and others put in to make the day a success)
Langtoft
Langtoft 3rd July 2012 |
Langtoft 3rd July 2012 |
Langtoft 3rd July 2012 |
Langtoft 3rd July 2012 |
Langtoft 3rd July 2012 |
Langtoft 3rd July 2012 |
Langtoft 3rd July 2012
Langtoft 3.6.2012 Open ringing (Stuart (TC) & Carole Butler, Jim Haw, Andy Hallam, Liz Burman, Stewart Mason, Alan Black and Lois Webb Photos: 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 009 011
Greatford
Greatford 5th July 2012 |
Greatford 5th July 2012 |
Greatford 5.6.2012 Quarter peal, Camb 6 and Bev 6. (Joan Payne, Lois Webb (TC), Ben Ricketts, Terry Maddison, Barry Jones and Alan Payne (C) Photo: 015
West Deeping
Langtoft 3rd July 2012
West Deeping 5.6. 2012 Open ringing (Brenda and Alan.. Andrew Usborne, Lois Webb Kay and Terry Maddison, Ben Ricketts. (TC) Photo 0013
Uffington
Uffington 5.6.2012 Open ringing (Chris Goodwin, Gill, Helen (Boaler,) John Macmenemey, Kate Riley, Lois Webb)
Northern Branch - Jubilee Ringing
Here are some pictures of the Northern Branch ringing on Jubilee Day. Not sure which tower this is. It didn't say. These are a selection of pictures taken by Eliseu Roig. Eliseu has chosen to do these in black and white for a more dramatic effect. For more examples of Eliseu's work, visit his website at www.eliseuroig.com
Northern Branch Ringing |
Northern Branch Ringing |
Northern Branch Ringing |
Northern Branch Ringing |
Northern Branch Ringing |
Northern Branch Ringing |
Elloe Deaneries - Ringing down the Welland
On Monday 4th June 2012 church bells were rung 'down the river Welland' from it's source at Sibbertoft to the Wash. The ringing started early in the morning and continued throughout the day, finished in the evening with ringing at Surfleet and finally Fosdyke. 19 ringers were joined by Surfleet villagers, shown in my photo, as all 12 bells were rung for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Annette Rhodes then provided a hot dog supper in a suitably decorated Fraiser Room next to Surfleet church. On the way home we saw the beacon had been lit.
The Beacon at Surfleet |
The Ringers |
Central Branch
An epic amount of ringing has been submitted by Chris Woodcock in association with the Jubilee celebrations. Time being against me somewhat (webmaster) I have converted the whole lot to PDF and linked to it here
Eastern Branch
This rather nice poster was submitted by the Eastern Branch concerning the Jubilee ringing at Alford. Please click here to see it.
Guild Jubilee Celebrations - 5th June 2012
The day started with the individual branches making their way through their own territory, ringing at towers along the way, until we eventually converged on the church of All Saint's at Wragby. For the next hour, a variety of ringing took place from rounds and call changes to some Surprise Minor, a bit of something for everyone.
Later on we moved over to the Town Hall for the rest of the celebration and the Guild Photograph. Unfortunately the webmaster was unable to report on the events at the town hall, so Alistair Cherry has kindly penned the following paragraphs.
"The Diamond Jubilee long weekend ended with a guild event at Wragby on Tuesday 5th June attended by ringers from across the Lincoln Guild, following individual ringing by 5 of the different branches. The event was well attended by members of all branches, who rang together at Wragby church before moving on to the town hall for tea.
After tea, there were a variety of activities in the town hall, including tune ringing on bell plates and handbells (provided by Mick & Betty Stracey, Sue Faull and Ian and Joy Till), a chance to try out ringing on a mini ring, provided by Alistair Donaldson, and several games including Jenga, which proved louder than any of the bell related activities!"
Harry Minns from Caistor was celebrating his 96th Birthday this week as well as ringing for the Jubilee celebrations. Harry cut the Guild cake, baked to celebrate the occasion.
Many thanks to all those who participated and for those who provided the activities and the tea and coffee, which was provided by Dot Mason, and Gill and Alison Gladman.
And now here are some pictures.
The Guild Photograph. Please click on this
for a (very) large version
Some more pictures of the Guild celebrations, these by Alistair Donaldson
Harry Minns |
Guild Celebrations |
The Maplestead Mini Ring |
Ringing on the bell plates |
Ringing on the Maplestead
Mini Ring
I'm confident that an excellent day was enjoyed by everyone who attended. Many thanks all those who strived to make it such an excellent day.
Jonathan Clark (Webmaster)