Isabella Scott pulls on a bell rope during a performance at Mitchell ... UC maroon-colored cushion, to avoid burns. The other ringers, each staring ahead, wait for their moment, then do the ...

MARTIN POPE How hard can ringing a church bell be? Pull rope downwards, listen out for chime from somewhere up above in bell tower, release rope, repeat. On average, eight hours of practice to ...

Church bell-ringers will be silent at Christmas for the first time in centuries after their ropes were eaten - by squirrels. St Erth Parish Church has held a festive service since the the 15th ...

This Bell Rope was made by William Houghton in 1974, he was my Boson in the R.N.X.S. He started as an appentice sailmaker on the "Themopylae" when he was aged 13 the sister ship of the Cutty Sark.

Each rope swings a wheel far overhead, and on each wheel is a bell. The soft handles, called sallies, fly up through holes in the room’s ceiling as the wheels haul on them, an army of fuzzy ...