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Welcome to the web site of the Essex Association of Change Ringers
Founded at Writtle, near Chelmsford, in 1879 the Association predates the Diocese of Chelmsford by some 35 years. Its boundaries are those of the old county of Essex prior to 1st April 1965. With a membership of over 1000, the Association is committed to the furtherance of the work of the Church by ringing bells, promoting bells and bell ringers, and keeping the bells of Essex churches ringing. This is achieved by giving help and advice in the maintenance of bell installations, by making grants available for restoration and improvement projects, and by offering opportunities for training and advancement in 'method ringing'.
Featured items
- 67th EACR Annual Dinner, 8th October 2022
Tickets are now on sale for the Association's 67th Annual Dinner, on Saturday 8th October 2022 at Benton Hall Golf & Country Club. Read more
- Queen's Jubilee
With less than a month to go, arrangements should be well in hand for ringing to mark HM Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. Whilst the whole weekend lends itself to plenty of celebratory ringing it has been agreed that a focus for collective bellringing should coincide with the Service of Thanksgiving being held at St Paul’s on Friday 3 June at 11.30am. Read more
- Bells on Sunday – Guide to making a recording
Every week on BBC Radio 4, at about 05:43 on a Sunday morning and repeated on Monday at 00:45 a two-minute snippet of bellringing is aired. Ringing ranges from 5 to 12 bells and when possible is related to an event or date of importance. Clips for broadcast are selected from quite a limited BBC collection so over the years many recordings are repeated. It would be great to get some new recordings and particularly from towers that have never featured before. Read more
- Heritage Open Days will be back between 9-18 September 2022
Hosting an open tower during Heritage Open Days is an excellent way to recruit and show your local community what bellringing is all about. Read more
Recent additions
- 67th EACR Annual Dinner, 8th October 2022 (1 week, 1 day ago)
- Annual Dinner 2022 (1 week, 1 day ago)
- 2022 Annual Dinner booking form (1 week, 1 day ago)
- Queen's Jubilee (1 week, 2 days ago)
- R&T Subcommittee meeting minutes: April 2022 (2 weeks, 4 days ago)
Recent Association peals
- 5088 Zalicat Delight Major Rung on Sunday, 1 May 2022 at Terling (All Saints), Essex.
- 5070 Superlative Surprise Major Rung on Saturday, 23 April 2022 at Great Baddow (St Mary the Virgin), Essex.
- 5008 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Rung on Friday, 22 April 2022 at Ardleigh (St Mary the Virgin), Essex.
- 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Rung on Wednesday, 6 April 2022 at Mistley (St Mary and St Michael), Essex.
- 5040 Plain Bob Triples Rung on Sunday, 27 March 2022 at Writtle (All Saints), Essex.
Master's blog
- Returning to Ringing Somebody pointed out to me recently that I hadn’t posted in this blog since May 2021. That is sadly true.…
- Ringing Recovery – the next phase The Central Council has issued new guidance which many of you will have already seen, setting out its…
- The merry-go-round of bellringing and Covid I am so over Covid now! As rates of Covid infection rise again, and we enter a twilight zone of semi-lockdown,…
- Navigating a Return to Ringing Dear RingerAs we start to think about re-starting face to face church services, and possibly even real…
- Ways to keep ringing when you can’t ring…. Many of you will have seen Beth Johnson’s fantastic post on EACR notices, highlighting ways to stay engaged…
Central Council news
- Technical & Taxonomy Workgroup: Review of Method Extension (5 days, 2 hours ago): The relationship between methods on different numbers of bells (stages) has been explored for as long…
- President’s Blog #59 (6 days ago): I have written another book! It can be found directly here and linked via the CC website here. As previously…
- HM Queen’s Jubilee (1 week, 1 day ago): With less than a month to go, arrangements should be well in hand for ringing to mark HM Queen Elizabeth…
- Central Council Weekend Accommodation (1 week, 3 days ago): Plans are coming together for the CCCBR Weekend in Nottingham between 2-4 September. For those who like…
- President’s Blog #58 (2 weeks, 4 days ago): On Easter Sunday morning we were sitting having a coffee in the central square in Sorrento, when at five…
Further information
Further information can be obtained from the Hon. General Secretary , or in the Association's Annual Report.
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