1260 Plain Bob Doubles
​On Thursday 13th April 2023 in 45 minutes
1    Steve Collins
2    Helen Howell
3    Xavier Howell
4    David Jackson
5    Quentin D. Howell (c)
6    Mike Miller

Rung to celebrate the forthcoming Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on May 7th.
First quarter inside for Third

An impromptu quarter peal attempt as we had the band present and there was no pressure resulting in a pretty quarter being rung and scoring two people their first ever quarter peal attempt. Much praise is due to Xavier who is only 12 ringing the treble which involves moving amount the working bells and to Mike who rang the tenor keeping the beat without errors for so long. It was planned to ring this quarter a little nearer the event but the quarter was then dedicated to the celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

A quarter peal of
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
was rung in 45 minutes 
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Treble Xavier Howell - first quarter
Second Helen Howell
Third Hazel Herschell
Fourth David Jackson
Fifth Quentin Howell - conductor
Tenor Mike Miller - first quarter

Failed attempt at a quarter peal to celebrate the 45th wedding anniversary of David and Hazel Herschell parents of one of our ringers. Sadly not to be today but did result in several very well struck courses of Stedman doubles before time ran out to complete the quarter after two false starts and errors forced it to a stop. Quite a lot of the seven courses rung were nicely struck which made the loss a real shame.

We scored a pleasant and well struck quarter peal this morning to celebrate the Queens 90th birthday. Congratulations to Roy who rang the third bell inside to the plain bob doubles method rung. The whole quarter was well struck and no major errors making it a nice bit of ringing to listen to as well.

On Saturday 11th June 2016 a quarter peal of 1260 Plain Bob Doubles was rung in 42 minutes
1    Hazel Herschell
2    Helen Howell
3    Roy Followell (first inside)
4    David Herschell
5    Quentin D. Howell (c)
6    Richard Dale

Rung to join the nations celebration of the 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

The local band finally achieved a quarter peal. This was to celebrate the birth of the new Prince George of Cambridge but was also dedicated to a new grandson of Hazel, Archie Roberts who was born the very same day as the new Prince. When we had finished it also transpired it the very day of Dick birthday, so the band went down to the Gate Pub to celebrate. A very successful afternoon. Quarter details are in the quarters area of the website.

We are looking forward to 2012 as we have a number of events to ring for. This year sees the 35th anniversary of the bells being installed in the tower as well as of course the Diamond Jubilee year. In addition to this all church bells are going to be rung to celebrate the start of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Recently we have managed to ring the bells at Lea Marston Church for the United Benefice service which is the first time we have rung these three bells for over a year. The belfry has been cleaned and the bells greased and cleared of debris which makes them much more pleasant to ring.

We have developed a new website in an effort to break into this new form of communication. Much effort has been taken to record the details of the quarter peals and peals which have been rung at St Giles since 1977 and these are now available to view online. In addition we have a number of historical photographs and information about the installation of the bells. The site is being used to advertise what the bellringers do as well as to showcase our achievements.

We are on the look out for interesting photographs – is anyone able to offer pictures of our bells going round the village in 1977 on a lorry or being unloaded? We would love to copy them and publish in our history section of our website.