Firing of the bells to ring out 2018

The ringers at St Mary's usually have a special New Year's Eve practice. As has become custom on these special practices, we "fired" the bells as the last bit of ringing we do to ring out the old year. This involves trying to get all the bells to sound almost simultaneously, which is difficult to do. Here is a video with the last bit of firing as we ended our ringing for 2018.

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  • @djl5424
    @djl54249 ай бұрын

    It must've been match day because that's the A-Team!

  • @willrumsey9178
    @willrumsey91785 жыл бұрын

    Wish I could ring here

  • @alisonkempski9634
    @alisonkempski96342 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful! Does the term "fired" have a particular significance or meaning in campanology? I ask as I have come across the term in a 19th century letter where is says that the church bells were "fired" to celebrate the birth of a royal prince.

  • @murray-lukepeard6850

    @murray-lukepeard6850

    2 жыл бұрын

    It means all the bells strike at the same time (0:23) rather than one after another as at the beginning and from 0:55 onwards. Intended to mark occasions such as the new year, or indeed the birth of a prince.

  • @alisonkempski9634

    @alisonkempski9634

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@murray-lukepeard6850 Thank you - really interesting!

  • @murray-lukepeard6850

    @murray-lukepeard6850

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alisonkempski9634 Occasions for celebration, that is (NYE, Royal Princes etc), even sometimes a celebration of the life of someone recently departed (or even less recently but still present in the mind of the community).

  • @alisonkempski9634

    @alisonkempski9634

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@murray-lukepeard6850 It is referred to in 1864 in a book of family letters which create a vivid picture of life in a North Somerset village: "I do not know whether the Burnhamites (a local small town) had any public rejoicing on the occasion of the happy birth of the young prince. I believe in this parish the bells were “fired”on account of that event. The beautiful Princess of Wales is dear to the heart of all Englishmen, and long may she be spared to witness the happiness of her descendants as they grow up both in years and goodness."

  • @nickpodas5636
    @nickpodas56363 жыл бұрын

    they sound similar to st andrew

  • @toastedbutter4316

    @toastedbutter4316

    3 жыл бұрын

    They are tuned in the same key which is C#

  • @davros_adl8155

    @davros_adl8155

    5 ай бұрын

    but they certainly go a lot better!