Taken with permission from Bellringing in Cornwall Facebook page: I regret to have to share the news that my uncle, former Captain of St Columb tower Alan Rodliffe, passed away yesterday morning aged 84. A farmer and lifelong resident of St Columb Major parish, he...

We regret to inform you all that Eric Hearle, one of our stalwart ringers for many years, sadly passed away on Tuesday 24 th October following a short illness. Our love and thoughts are with his wife Barbara and their family.  

Following attending the Improvers practice at Poundstock yesterday I was so pleased to receive an email from Rob Corney saying that Julian Trick has kindly offered to take on the position. They hope to make this a permanent appointment at their AGM in 2024. Fantastic...

The Northern Improvers took place on an absolutely glorious day at Tintagel - a really good attendance with lots of members from different towers well represented. The following day I went over to Pillaton to Steward in the belfry at their Heritage Open Day. Many...

St Buryan is probably on most bellringers bucket lists to visit – being the heaviest ring of 6 in the world! I was fortunate to be able to visit St Buryan on their practice night this week, my thanks to the band for being so welcoming! There were many ringers in...

Since I've started in the role of acting public relations officer, I’ve heard lots from ringers who'd like to recruit, and retain, people into their towers so that they can keep ringing. Ringing means so much to so many people on different levels doesn't it?  Whether...

I was fortunate enough to meet the lovely Christine Iles at the Guild BBQ at St Erme last month. I had previously been in contact with her about possibly arranging a visit to Stithians for some of the Truro students, to expand their experience and widen their...

Since taking up my post less than two weeks ago, I’ve been busy arranging visits across the Guild – watch this space as I hope to be in a tower near you soon! I kicked off my tour last night, with a trip to the Eastern District and was welcomed at St Dominic. St...

A calmer few weeks since the last blog although I feel a lot has been achieved! I am so pleased that we are now able to fill another position within our Guild.  As already posted, Jemma H joins us as acting Education Officer. I, and the rest of the team, look forward...

Good news, thanks to Hayley the Guild has a new acting Education Officer, Jemma Hoare. More details about Jemma can be found on the Education page of the website. Owen – Guild President