The South and West District Planning Meeting is at St Mary the Virgin, Harefield on Saturday 11th January at 4.30pm followed by tea, ringing and a quiz.   Please send numbers for tea to Peter Kemp - email hiwug@blueyonder.co.uk or phone 01895 272249 by Wednesday 8th January.     The South & West Quiz night is on Saturday 11th January 2014 at St Mary's Church Hall, Harefield, starting at 7.00pm.  Teams up to 6 people, with £8.00 per person to include supper.  … [Read more...]

The Autumn General Meeting  of the Association was held at St Mary’s Kilburn on Saturday 12th October. General ringing at this new ring of 6 bells followed a striking competition on the back-6 at St   Augustine’s Kilburn, judged by Matthew and Heather Rayner from West Ham. Each team rang two extents of Doubles. In six very good pieces of ringing there were no method mistakes, and the results were as follows: 1. Staines 90% 2. Hillingdon 88% 3. Twickenham 86% 4. Aldgate 84% 5. … [Read more...]

Monica Blagrove, a ringer at Windsor (St John) and, until recently, at Windsor (H. M. Free Chapel of St George), and an Association Member for sixty years, died at home on Friday 25th October, aged 78.   Her funeral will take place on Tuesday 12th November at noon at St Andrew's Church, Clewer, Windsor.  In accordance with Monica's wishes, the ringing before will be in the Continental style by the Clewer ringers.  After the service the bells will be available for general ringing and … [Read more...]

The Autumn General Meeting of the Association will take place on Saturday 12th October 2013 at St Mary's Church, Kilburn, from 5pm, preceded by general ringing and tea.  The full timetable is given below. Notice has been given that a proposed change to the Association rules regarding the election/ratification of members will be tabled.  The amended rule, with additions in bold, is given below. There will also be consideration of changes to the rules of the Association Striking … [Read more...]

At the Autumn General Meeting on 12th October 2013 there will be a proposal to introduce a new Inter-District Striking Competition with a new cup (The Roger Bailey Cup) to replace the current competition for the Audrey Taylor Cup (the plinth of which is now full and covers the period that the Association had three districts). Proposed rules for the new competition are attached here:Roger Bailey Cup Any comments on these rules should be forwarded to: James White jw_home@ntlworld.com. … [Read more...]

To address the compliance requirements of the Charity Commission and to provide Association members and others with details of the activity of the Bell Restoration Fund and its financial performance, the Trustees of the Bell Restoration Fund have decided to produce a standalone document incorporating both the accounts and related officers' reports and background information on the Bell Restoration Fund. This is now available here: BRF Annual Report & Accounts 2012. … [Read more...]

The South & West District is holding a "Local Outing", by visiting a number of towers within the district, on Saturday 5th October.  Details are available under the calendar entry for 5th October.  All (including visitors from outside the Association area) are welcome to join this event. … [Read more...]

The newly formed South & West District of the Middlesex County Association and London Diocesan Guild held its 6 bell striking competition at Norwood Green on Sunday 9th June; the bells were cast by Gillett & Johnston in 1909 and have plain bearings, well greased for the occasion. Seven teams entered and kept their 240 changes to Grandsire or Plain Bob Doubles.   The judge, John Harrison from Wokingham, said every band found it difficult to get a rhythm from these bells but some bands … [Read more...]

The Southern and Western Districts were officially merged at the Association AGM on 27th April, and on 11th May the new South & West District held its first meeting.  The following officers were elected: Chairman: Peter Kemp Ringing Master: John Manley Deputy Ringing Masters: Dorothy Barker and Edward Mould District Secretary: vacant Assistant Secretary: vacant District Treasurers: Janet Baker and Hazel Warren Assistant District Treasurer: Rowena Scott Training … [Read more...]