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Branch_Open_Day 11th June 2011 For some reason I did not take many pictures, probably because we were too busy. Article in the July 2011 newsletter

 

Combined practice with Wotton Branch June 4th 2011 at Stone, see article in the July 2011 newsletter


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Branch train the teachers course April 30th at Frampton Cotterell.
The course was conducted by Steve Coleman and the trainee was Bernard Durant
who had never touched a bell rope in his life before.
There were 13 trainers and potential trainers present who can vouch that Bernard
was ringing his bell unaided and setting it in two hours.
To the left are the people who attended the course.
Article in the June 2011 Newsletter
Bristol Rural Branch is conducting a recruitment campaign for new bell ringers, you may have seen in the local press, local magazines and news sheets that we are recruiting bell ringers. In our area which covers an area from Bitton in the East to Olveston in the west, Filton in the south to Tytherington in the north. Whilst we have been advertising we will be  having an open day at Frampton Cotterell  St Peter’s Parish Church on June the 11th for new and potential ringers to come along have a look at the bells,  if they wish be shown how to ring a church bell and have a go under tuition. In  anticipation of this and hopefully a lot of new potential ringers we held a Teach the Trainers course  for the ringers  who will train new recruits . On the day the trainer instructed a potential ringer who had never even touched a bell rope before in his life to ring alone in two hours. This is not so say the learner will not have to practice a lot more to be a competent member of a church band.. The branch currently has a number of towers with out any ringers at all and some towers with reduced numbers where visiting ringers make up the numbers so they can ring all the bells which in this branch is maximum of eight bells.

Wills Tower Bristol Visit 21st August 2010 Combined Branch Practice with Bristol Branch.
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Quiz Night 2010

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Carol Service at Winterbourne 2009
This picture was or will be a competition for a caption in the February Newsletter

Bristol Rural at Gloucester Cathedral September_2009.

Training Day at Frampton 19/09/2009




Pictures of the Association AGM tea at Coalpit Heath April_25th_2009

The team that represented Rural Branch in the 2009 Penn Trophy
competition at Warmley on the 25th of April 2009.
Left to right Bryn Shackleton, Gary Crisp, Sue Jay, Trish Donald, Martin Blanchard, Bryan Hardwick, Arch Andrews and Chris Greef.
The team came eighth out of eleven.
















   

Branch Event
Skittles Night 7th March 2009
Rising Sun Frampton Cotterell

It was a good evening organised by Chris our chairman and his wife Gill. We had about 36 people sign up and a couple more turned up on the night.
Whilst the skittling took place Hannah and Domonic were the stickers up  and did a very good job apart from Domonic  using his phone and texting whilst play was
in progress. We managed three rounds of skittles with an intermission for food and drinks after the second round. There was a lot of mingling and chat going on
during the games and from the reports to date everyone had a very pleasant evening.
As always their is a winner and the losers, Peter Johnson of Tytherington had the highest score and the ladies highest score went to Lyn Angell, there was not a
a lowest score prize but there were lots of contenders competing for that prize.
As I said before a very good evening well organised and executed by Chris and Gill who were thanked by the secretary as well as thanking the
two people who worked all evening sticking up the skittles Hannah Fowles-Sweet and Domonic Hardwick.
The pictures above are of Brian Angell without his hat having just bowled, and Chris with some of the bowlers buying there raffle tickets.  

 

The Cyclists
The brave souls who raised £400.00 for the Abson treble fund. from right to left Henry Taysom, Martin Blanchard,
Norman Shanks, Alan Clark, Kathy, Sandra Goodwin, Elaine and Clive Powell.

 

The branch toolkit held by bell advisor Gary Crisp, it can be loaned to any tower who thinks it might need to use it.


 

Rural Branch at Gloucester Cathedral for Service Ringing Sunday September 23rd 2007

Rural Branch Members and Friends Gloucester Cathedral 24th September 2006


Kent Treble bob ringers and helpers at a training day at Olveston 14/01/06,. there was also another group at Almondsbury but no picture was  taken.

Open Day June 11th 2005


Martin Pearson Tower Correspondent at Mangotsfield receives the Best kept Tower award from the Very Rev'd Dean of Bristol, and Les Usher receives one of the
G & B Ringing Master's Clapper awards for their entry in the Croome Trophy. For a more comprehensive report see the May  Newsletter to be published on the 27th of April 2002.
Both events took place at the G & B AGM held in the Bristol Cathedral School Hall on Saturday April 13th.

Some of the Cirencester  Training day ringers back in the Hall at Watermoor for a well deserved cup of tea.
March 11th 2000