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  Bellringing


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
Vicki Hodgkin

(08) 9389 1154
jomatown@bigpond.net.au


(08) 9383 3169
0409 966 990
 
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.