Discover Your Bell Ringing History!

Fun with Bells

Why do you ring in a gallery? Who were the ringers whose names are on the peal boards behind you? Where can you find an example of an art deco ringing association certificate?
Host Cathy Booth quizzes knowledgeable guests Chris Ridley and Gareth Davies about the amazing range of historical sources at your fingertips to help answer these questions and more.
Thanks to the hard work and enthusiasm of Chris and the volunteers from the historical and archive working group of the CCCBR there are collections of just about everything - belfry artefacts, newspaper extracts, biographies, rolls of honour, badges, the lot!
Gareth goes on to give some great insight in how historians can make the most of these resources and what we can all do to promote them to the ringing historians of the future. All fascinating stuff.
I think they all deserve a certificate! Yes, there’s a collection of those as well …
Top 5 takeaways

• Access many of the resources mentioned in this episode at the CCCBR website History & Archive (cccbr.org.uk)
• Interested in finding out more and the working groups and getting involved? Check out the webpage Historical and Archive – CCCBR or email [e-mail]
• Intrigued by the illuminated peal books? Take a closer look at the St Martin’s Guild SMG Peal Books | (stmartinsguild.org) and College Youths Peal & Name books · Ancient Society of College Youths digital archive · Ringing Archive (ascy.org.uk) websites
• Why not take photos of your own local peal boards and send them in? Help especially needed in Norfolk, Kent and Scotland – see which peal boards are already included at History & Archive (cccbr.org.uk)
• Why not do a bit of research about your tower and ringers, and share with your local community as part of the Heritage Open Days Homepage (heritageopendays.org.uk)

Sponsor: This podcast is sponsored by the Association of Ringing Teachers (ART). To find out more about learning to ring, learning to teach or other resources to support your ringing go to bellringing.org

Podcast team:
Anne Tansley Thomas
Emily Roderick
John Gwynne
Emily Watts
Cathy Booth
Ringing by:
The Cambridge Youths (supplied by David Richards) and for later episodes, The Liliputters Guild (supplied by Simon Edwards).

Chapters

1. Opening clip (00:00:00)

2. [ Ringing by the Society of Cambridge Youths ] (00:00:12)

3. Introducing the podcast (00:00:19)

4. Introductions (00:00:25)

5. Introduction to the CCCBR Work Group (00:00:49)

6. The Sub Work Groups (00:01:24)

7. The Work Group's Website (00:01:45)

8. Further Sub Work Groups (00:02:38)

9. Reliance on volunteers (00:03:56)

10. Chris' Personal Interest in the Work (00:04:44)

11. The Biographies Project (00:06:10)

12. The Roles of Honour Project (00:08:21)

13. The Certificates and Badges Project (00:09:44)

14. The Newspaper Extracts Project (00:13:53)

15. The Peal Board Recording Project (00:16:48)

16. The Illuminated Peal Books Project (00:19:02)

17. The Work Group's Need for Volunteers (00:19:44)

18. The Move of the Library to Loughborough (00:20:58)

19. The Library Steward (00:22:00)

20. The Future of the Central Council Library (00:22:35)

21. Access to Badges and Certificates (00:23:06)

22. Chris' Choice of When to Visit History (00:23:43)

23. The CCCBR Work groups's Website (00:25:10)

24. Interview with Gareth Davies (00:25:42)

25. The Importance of Preserving Information (00:26:08)

26. The Use of the Work Group's Collections (00:26:23)

27. Encouraging Young Historians (00:26:46)

28. The Importance of Making Connections (00:27:15)

29. How the Work group's collections might be used (00:28:44)

30. Use by Academic Historians (00:31:49)

31. Encouraging Young People to Take an Interest in History (00:35:09)

32. Gareth's Choice of When to Visit History (00:37:18)

33. Thank you to Chris Ridley and Gareth Davies (00:39:03)

34. Credits (00:39:17)