It includes five levels that cover bell handling, listening, rope-sight, understanding jargon and the theory of change ringing, plus a directory for finding teachers, history and notes on technique.

After four decades as steeple keeper at Vale Church in Guernsey, 84-year-old John David is handing over the ropes. Mr David ...

Firefighters used a rope system because the church's spiral staircase was too steep for a stretcher A teenager has been rescued by fire crews after he became tangled in a church's bell-ringing ropes.

The traditional method of bell ringing in Britain involves pulling a rope that swings the bell through a complete 360-degree rotation to create its distinctive chime. However, the practice faces ...

Amid chanting, the monk with the thick rope fell to the ground on his back ... bell around 10:40 p.m. Over two hours, they will ring the bell 108 times, the number of worldly desires that humans ...