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![[Photograph of Writtle tower]](parts/photos/writtle.jpg "Writtle, where the Association was founded")
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
- Ringing World National Youth Contest
Congratulations to the Essex Young Eagles on coming first in the Call-Change category in this year's Ringing World National Youth Contest Read more
- What do you use the website for?
The Comms & PR Workgroup have been looking at our website with a view to modernising it and including new features that will help both existing ringers and anyone stumbling across our site for something new and interesting to do. Read more
- 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
- 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
- Rounds and About no. 103 — August 2022 (2 weeks, 5 days ago)
- R&T Subcommittee meeting minutes: July 2022 (3 weeks, 5 days ago)
- Pauline Millatt: funeral: update (3 weeks, 6 days ago)
- 2022 Association Striking Competition Finals (1 month, 1 week ago)
- Don Crouchman (1 month, 1 week ago)
Recent Association peals
- 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (16m) Rung on Wednesday, 3 August 2022 at Inworth (All Saints), Essex.
- 5040 Plain Bob Triples Rung on Sunday, 31 July 2022 at Loughton (St John the Baptist), Essex.
- 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major Rung on Wednesday, 20 July 2022 at Stanford le Hope (St Margaret of Antioch), Essex.
- 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Rung on Saturday, 16 July 2022 at Terling (All Saints), Essex.
- 5040 Minor (7m) Rung on Sunday, 3 July 2022 at Navestock (St Thomas), 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
- President’s Blog #66 (2 days, 19 hours ago): We have just come back from a thoroughly enjoyable family trip to the inaugural North West Ringing Course.…
- Nottinghan Roadshow interview (1 week, 2 days ago): Charlie Linford interviews Simon Linford about the Nottingham Roadshow So Dad, in between work, learning…
- President’s Blog #65 (2 weeks, 2 days ago): I first went to a ‘Ringing Roadshow’ many moons ago. It was an odd decision at the time, as I didn’t…
- President’s Blog #64 (1 month ago): I don’t usually answer calls from 0800 or 0345 numbers. They’re rarely good news. If it’s important they…
- 2022 Roadshow – website live (1 month ago): The website for the CCCBR 2022 Roadshow in Nottingham on Sunday 4th September is now live https://roadshow.cccbr.org.uk/ …
Further information
Further information can be obtained from the Hon. General Secretary , or in the Association's Annual Report.
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