Scrapbook 2

Having been so impressed with the Ringing World 1911 - 1941 disc that I got for my birthday in 2011, I got the new Bell News disc that Christmas, though it wasn't until 2013 that I started to build up a second large scrapbook of cuttings. At 103 cuttings, this is even larger than the RW scrapbook, and includes some really entertaining snippets, all about Worcestershire ringers, towers, bell-projects, letters, compositions, etc. Some of the larger extracts may have to be opened as pdf files.

BN 1898. Unfortunately, I think this is false!

BN 17th August 1895.

BN 1882

BN 1889. Account of a peal at Hanbury

BN 1890

BN 1890. An outing to the Upton area. Interestingly, the bells at Upton-on-Severn were still in the 'Pepperpot' at this point - the distinctive continental style tower of the old church, which still stands today. Though the new church was built in 1878, the bells weren't transferred there until their augmentation to eight in 1902.

BN 1891. Chance remark about a peal at St. Helen's, Worcester in 1824

BN 1891. About territorial associations

BN 1891. Problems with the bells at St. Helen's, Worcester

BN 1891. Lionel Longney - notable local ringer and conductor - responds to a letter from 'J' (which unfortunately I don't have)

BN 1891. J's venomous response

BN 1891. Letter from John Smith about the sudden unavailability of Worcester towers for AGM day

BN 1891. Peals analysis for the WDCRA, with a friendly criticism of Worcester ringing from the editor (himself a Wigornian)

BN 1891. Letter from William Page about the difficulty of arranging ringing at Worcester towers. The church that Page generally refers to is St. Helen's. Interesting reference to an augmentation at St. John's the following autumn - this didn't actually happen until 1930

BN 1891. Lost peal at Bromsgrove

BN 1891. Lost peal of Holt's Original at St. Helen's, Worcester

BN 1891. Meeting at Pershore and ringing in South Worcestershire

BN 1891. Worcester ringers visit Herefordshire and are made unwelcome

BN 1892

BN 1892. Death of Worcester ringer, George Hobbs

BN 1893. The first peal at Worcester Cathedral

BN 1893. Birth of the Worcester Cathedral Guild

BN 1893. Forming the Worcester Cathedral Guild

BN 1893. Return to ringing at Martley

BN 1893. Ringing at Ombersley and Worcester

BN 1893. The difficulty of the Cathedral bells

BN 1894. Visit to Inkberrow

BN 1894. Touches by the Cathedral Guild

BN 1894. Interesting length at St. Helen's, Worcester

BN 1895. I added in the first single at Wrong, as this had been omitted from the original. Rung at St. Helen's, Worcester that year (possibly reduced to 5152.) It was the first time in decades that a peal had been rung in the City of Worcester conducted by its composer

BN 1895. Lost peal at St. Helen's, Worcester

BN 1895. Quarter peal at Malvern Priory

BN 1896. Advert from Bill Page

BN 1896. Friction with the Archdeacon

BN 1896. Cathedral Guild dinner

BN 1896. Compliments to Worcester

BN 1896. WDCRA quarterly meeting at Evesham

BN 1897. A jolly Cathedral Guild dinner

BN 1897. Letter from Lionel Longney requesting information about early peals of Stedman Triples

BN 1897. Longney's annoyed response to Bradney's letter (unfortunately I don't have Bradney's letter)

BN December 1897. William Page changes address

BN 1897. Visit to Ripple, written by William Page

BN 1897. WDCRA quarterly meeting at Oldswinford

BN 1897. William Page cobbler request

BN 1898

BN 1898. Editorial taking the Worcester clergy to task for the state of the rings of bells in the city

BN 1898. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the first peal in Hereford (1840) was rung by a Worcester band. The first peal of Surprise in Hereford (1925) was also rung by a largely West Worcestershire band

BN 1898. WDCRA quarterly meeting at Stourbridge, with some tension

BN 1899

BN 1900. Letter from William Page about handbell ringing

BN 1900. The new ring at Hallow

BN 1900. Lionel Longney is not pleased about Hallow being peal-snatched. "St. Mary's" is probably St. Mary's church, Sansome Walk (now flats)

BN 1900. New ring at Malvern Link

BN 1900. Outing to Madresfield

BN 1900. Pancake Day and mention of Old St Martin's, Worcester

BN 1901. Notice of WDCRA AGM

BN 1901. WDCRA AGM, with comments about Hallow. Note that Old St Martin's ring of six was still ringable then, and that the service was held in St. Andrew's church (of which now only the "Glover's Needle" remains)