Astbury St Mary’s Bellringers

27/09/2026

Yesterday we rang to celebrate the Marriage of Alison Jayne Stanley to Rodney Thomas Scott … congratulations to the new Mr & Mrs Scott. Wishing you every happiness for your future together 🔔😊🔔

12/09/2026

Congratulations to today’s newly weds. George Christopher Gibson & Megan Rose Sheard. Such a privilege to ring the bells out loud for your special day. Wishing you much love and happiness now, forever and always. 🔔💞🔔

12/09/2026

It was a pleasure to welcome a visiting band from the Belper area this morning. Hopefully they’ll be back to ring a qtr peel soon 😊🔔😊

08/09/2026

Congratulations to George Basford on your 200th Tower. Thank you for letting me be part of it with you. Very apt…St George’s in Hyde 🔔. A local tower near where I grew up. Such a lovely welcoming band. Where to next? 🔔😊🔔

03/09/2026

Pleasant branch meeting last night. Not too many in the tower but we certainly had enough for some practice. One of the newer ringers was getting to grips with bell 5 on Plain hunt doubles, hopefully plenty more practice in the coming weeks.
We then did a touch of Bob Doubles, Steadman, a touch of Grandsire (first time for me) and Bob Minor the rope sight is coming along.

Huge thanks to the members of the South Branch who came and enabled the learning and progression to continue. Open practice every Wednesday 7.30-9 (someone’s normally at the tower from 6pm) Brach practice 1st Wednesday of the month. Ringers / non ringers are always welcome 🔔😊🔔

29/08/2026

The rain didn’t stop a beautiful wedding today. The bells rang out across Astbury. Congratulations to Madeline Annie-Rose & David Mark Walters. We wish you every happiness for your future together 🔔😊🔔

06/08/2026

We had a lovely evening ringing at Branch practice last night. Stedman, Cambridge, London, Rounds, Back rounds, Plain hunt, Plain Bob Doubles and a few touches of Bob doubles (well done to V, Mark, myself and Margaret on the touches). It was also lovely to have some visitors.

Just a reminder Open practice every Wednesday 7-9 with the added bonus of a branch practice on the first Wednesday of every month. The more the merrier 🔔😊🔔

18/07/2026

2nd Church of the day St Mary’s, Tutbury with Tutbury Castle in view where St Mary Queen of Scott’s once resided 🔔🔔🔔

18/07/2026

18/07/2026

Lovely first Tower … St Mary’s, Uttoxeter this morning 🔔🔔🔔