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Ringing Times
Services:
Sundays in January & July
Other Sundays |
8.30am - 9.00am
9.15am - 10.00am |
Weddings
(when requested)
About 50 weddings a year. |
15 minutes before
a wedding and
10 minutes following the wedding |
Practices
Wednesday Evenings
|
5.30pm - 8.00pm |
The Bells
In May 1984, Mr Laith Reynolds (Vice President of the Australian
& New Zealand Association of Bellringers) approached the Christ
Church Parish Council offering the gift of a peal of six bells as
a memorial to his brother Frank William Reynolds who died in 1972
at the age of 37.
The bells, cast by Gillett and Johnson of Croydon, Surrey, England,
came from the church of St Paul's Canonbury, Islington, London.
They had been installed there in 1920 as a memorial to those who
gave their lives in WW1. The church was eventually deconsecrated
and the eight bells were removed by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
The two lighter bells are now the 3rd and 4th bells of the ring
of eight at Rockingham Town Hall.
The original set of ropes was donated by Christ Church Grammar School
in the school colours of blue and gold.
Details of the Bells |
| Bell
|
Note (B flat
major scale) |
Diameter
of bell - cm |
Weight of bell
- kg |
| No
1 |
G |
55.9 |
135 |
| No
2 |
F |
60.9 |
173 |
| No
3 |
E
flat |
65.1 |
187 |
| No
4 |
D |
68.6 |
220 |
| No
5 |
C |
74.9 |
277 |
| No
6 |
B
flat |
83.5 |
390 |
Contacts
Tower Captain
Mary Townsend
Deputy Tower Captains
Sue Gillett
Jayne Hodgkin
|
(08) 9389 1154
jomatown@bigpond.net.au
(08) 9383 3169
(08) 9446 2220 |
We are a very friendly group of ringers and welcome new
and current bellringers.
It can take from one to six months to master the art of bellringing.
Following the practice on the third Wednesday of the month, we go
to a local restaurant for a meal where partners are very welcome.
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