Articles about ringing (for non ringers)

Did you know? : Between 1808 and 1820, payment to the ringers for public ringing averaged £4 per year (roughly £200 in modern money), mostly in beer.

Here are some articles about various aspects of ringing, which have appeared in All Saints Parish Magazine. You can read about how many of them came to be written here .    

• Incomplete music (2025)
•  Ringing reasons (2025)
•  Rescue in the tower (2025)
•  A surprise visitor (2024)
• Ringing in the dark (2024)
• Firefighters in the tower (2024)
• An away day (2024)
• A bit more ringing history (2024)
• Evolution (2024)
• 100 not out (June 2024)
• The voice of the church (May 2024)
• Ringing connections (April ,2024)
• Belfry News (January 2024)
• Renovation & Restoration in the Tower (October 2023)
• History behind a mirror (June 2023)
• Ring for the King (May 2023)
• The new flag (April 2023)
• Smoke (March 2023)
• Open ringing (March 2023)
• Tower news (February 2023)
• An annual custom restored (January 2023)
• Ringers don’t give up easily (November 2022)
• Flying the flag (November 2022)
• The best laid plans ... (September 2022)
• Platinum Jubliee ringing (June 2022)
• Distant tribute (Painswick) (June 2022)
• Former ringers (May 2022)
• Tower news (February 2022)
• A ringing tribute – David Hodgson's 25 years (January 2022)
• Arthur Moss – Bellringer (September 2021)
• The air we breathe – (June 2021)
• Muriel Longhurst: 1936 – 2021 (May 2021)
• The writing on the wall (March 2021)
• Belfry update – That's cool (October 2020
• Belfry update (distanced ringing) (October 2020)
• Anniversary ringing (August 2020) 
• Special ringing for first service (July 2020) 
• Ringing returns (The Wokigham Paper) July 2020)
• Al fresco ringing (Jun 2020)
• War and ringing (Apr 2020)
• Sonning Deanery Ringers AGM (Feb 2020)
• Sorry! (Oct 2019)
• The Belfry's Memorials (Jul 2019)
• Ringing on TV (Apr 2019)
• A peal to work up an appetite (Feb 2019)
• Ring in the New (Jan 2019)
• Ringing Remembers (Nov 2018)
• Bells in Europe (Oct 2018)
• Heritage Day in the tower (Sep 2018)
• Young ringers (Feb 2018)
• Christmas & New Year ringing (Jan 2018)
• APeal for Pudsey (Oct 2017)
• Pealboard restoration (Sep 2017)
• National 12-bell contest at Southwark Cathedral (Jul 2017)
• From the tower (Jane Mellor & ART) (Apr 2017)
• From the tower (development of ringers) (Mar 2017)
• From the tower (2017 dinner) (Feb 2017)
• Christmas ringing (Nov 2016)
• Wokingham Remembers – Six articles about the history of ringing in Wokingham (Autumn 2016)
• Busy time (Sep 2016)
• Installation of gallery screen (Jul 2016)
• Taking bellringing to the people (Jul 2016)
• Birthday bells and ‘candles’ (Jun 2016)
• New book about ringing (Apr 2016)
• Ringing beyond All Saints (Mar 2016)
• New Year ringing (Jan 2016)
• A special year for ringers (Nov 2015)
• A very different All Saints (Inveraray) (Sep 2015)
• Changing times – service ringing (Sep 2015)
• Bellringers worldwide in Hull (Jun 2015)
• Special public ringing (May 2015)
• A ringing opportunity (Mar 2015)
• Ringers in the news  (Jan 2015)
• Ringing on All Saints Day (Nov 2014)
• Mary Cole  (Oct 2014)
• Farewell to Sian  Sep 2014)
• Audibility of the bells  (Apr 2014)
• Tower changes  (Feb 2014)
• Fabian Stedman  (Oct 2013)
• Tower visitors  (Aug 2013)
• Learning to ring at All Saints  (Jul 2013)
• Coronation ringing  (Jun 2013)
• Ringing For England  (May 2013)
• The power of numbers  (Jan 2013)
• Following in her son’s footsteps  (Nov 2012)
• Oli’s first quarter peal  (Sep 2012)
• Farewell quarter peal  (Jul 2012)
• Jubilee ringing  (Jun 2012)
• Ringing changes ‘in hand’  (May 2012)
• Learning the ropes  (Mar 2012)
• Ringers accept the challenge  (Feb 2012)
• Olympic ringing  (Jan 2012)
• Sharing our heritage  (Oct 2011)
• Farewell quarter peal  (Sep 2011)
• Sonning Deanery Ringing Contest  (May 2011)
• National Youth Ringing Contest  (Apr 2011)
• The west window  (Jan 2011)
• What's in a name?  (Sep 2010)
• Money for old rope  (Jul 2010)
• Ringing, wobbling and singing  (Jul 2010)
• View from above  (Jul 2010)
• Rev. FE Robinson commemorated  (Mar 2010)
• Changes in the tower (Feb 2010))
• Gestures with meaning (Jan 2012)
• Living Heritage  (Nov 2009)
• All Saints ringers represent Sonning Deanery  (Oct 2009)
• Remembering ringing roots  (May 2009)
• The new pealboard  (Apr 2009)
• You can't win them all  (Jan 2009)
• Ringing happy birthday Cambridge  (Jan 2009)
• If you go down to the woods ...  (Jan 2009)
• Ringing for All Saints Tide  (Nov 2008)
• Do I hear bells ringing – or is it an illusion?  (O`ct 2008)
• English style bellringing – 400 years of living heritage  (Jul 2008)
• Twin peals at both Wokingham churches  (Apr, May 2008)
• Invasion of the Harlequins  (Feb 2008)
• Tribute to Stewart Gibson  (2008)
• My first quarter peal  (May 2007)
• Tower Maintenance Award  (May 2007)
• Intersecting worlds  (Nov 2006)
• Make Heritage while the sun shines  (Nov 2006)
• Quarter peals for Emma  (Oct 2006)
• Quarter peals explained  (Jun 2006)
• Ringing and the community  (Jul 2006)
• What’s special about 1881?  (Jan 2006)
• Visitors  (Oct 2005)
• Plus ça change – plus c’est la même chose!  (Jul 2005)
• 1945 - 60 years on  (Jul 2005)
• The sound of the bells  (Apr 2005)
• Rededication of the bells  (Jan 2005)
• Looking forward in the tower  (Nov 2004)
• What is tall, green and covered in bells?  (Dec 2002)
• Can you hear the bells?  (Sep 2002)
• A memorable weekend in Inveraray  (Aug 2002)
• Once a year (Feb 1999) 
• Tower changes (Jan 1999)
• Ring In 2000 (Sep 1998)
• Prepared for anything  (Aug 1997)
• Neighbours  (1986?)
• Ringing [in the] News (Sep 1995)
• Celebrating VE Day (Jul 1995)
• Converting the clock (Jan 1994)
• Dedication at Downs Barn (Oct 1993)
• Anniversary bells (Sep 1993)
• Ringing news [New Year] (Feb 1993)
• The 800th Anniversary Peal Board (Jan 1993)
• Belfry (and a half) News (Jun 1992)
• Glimpses of a Life (May 1991)
• Ringing News [travels far] (Jun 1990)
• Remembering a Ringing Cleric (Mar 1990)
• Teaching Experience (Feb 1990)
• A Dedication (Nov 1989)
• Supply and Demand (Sep 1989)
• Ringing – The State of the Nation (Jun 1989)
• Half Muffled Ringing (May 1989)
• Nought to Fifty In One Evening (Apr 1989)
• Ringing news [what people don't realise] (Feb 1989)
• Ringing news – bell frame (Jan 1989)
• Ringing news – busy month (Oct 1988)
• Ringing news – Sound level (May 1988)
• Ringing news – Sound & dust (Apr 1988)
• Ringing news – Failure (Nov 1987)
• Ringing news – Competition on difficult bells (May 1987)
• Ringing news – Competition & practice (Nov 1986)
• Ringing news – Courses (Oct 1986)
• Ringing – sport or art (May 1986)