Staplehurst Bellringers Report February 2026

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As usual, January was a rather quiet month for the Staplehurst ringers following the busy Christmas and New Year schedule, and February looks set to be the same. 

We will be holding an additional practice on Monday, 9th February, from 7.30 – 9 pm and will hopefully be ringing for the Ash Wednesday service on 18th February. Otherwise, we will only be ringing on our normal Tuesday practice evening and for the regular Sunday Services.

Meanwhile, remember that we will always welcome new faces at our Tuesday practice, so if you are at a loose end and want to see what bell ringing is all about, please do come along from 7.30 pm onwards or contact me on 07718 216762 for more details.

Roy Barclay

Tower Secretary

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Staplehurst Bellringers Report January 2026

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The Staplehurst Bellringers hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and wish you all the best for the New Year.

The early copy deadline for this issue means that this report was written before the start of the Christmas festivities, but by the time you read this, we will be approaching the end of what is always a busy time for our ringers.  In addition to the normal Sunday Services, we will also hopefully have rung for the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols on Sunday 21st December, the Christingle Service on Christmas Eve, for Midnight Mass and on Christmas Morning. We will also have enjoyed our traditional New Year’s Party, this year kindly hosted again by Sue and Chris Bassett, and will have “rung in” 2026. As to the future, on Monday, 12^th January, we will be holding an additional practice between 7.30 – 9 pm. Otherwise, we will just be ringing on our normal Tuesday practice evening and for the regular Sunday services. 

Roy Barclay

Tower Secretary

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Staplehurst Bellringers Report December 2025

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On Tuesday, 4th November, we held our Tower AGM, at which our Tower Captain Steve Bassett, Assistant Tower Captain Daniel Brady, Steeplekeeper Chris Bassett, Treasurer Sallyann Barclay and Secretary Roy Barclay were all re-elected.  We thank them all for their work over the past year.

The rest of the year is going to be a busy time for our ringers.  Firstly, we are planning to hold an additional practice for our more advanced ringers on Monday, 8th December, from 7.30 – 9 pm. Christmas also brings a number of extra services that we will be ringing for. In addition to the normal Sunday morning services, we plan to ring for the Nine Lessons and Carols on the evening of Sunday 21st December, the Christingle Service and Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, and the Christmas Morning Service. We also hope to ring in the New Year 2026 in the traditional way.

Finally, the Staplehurst Bellringers would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Roy Barclay

Tower Secretary

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Staplehurst Bellringers Report November 2025

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Staplehurst Ringers and their families were well-represented at the Friends of All Saints Lego Festival held in the church on Saturday, 27th September.  Builds were on display from Steve Bassett, his wife Becky and children Erin and Jake, from Daniel Brady and his son William, from Andrew and Debbie Brady and from Tyler Pengelly.  Congratulations to young Tyler, whose Church Bells and Church Tower won the award for the best entry in the 16 years and under category, whilst the winner of the over 16 category was Daniel Brady’s representation of Hogwarts Castle.

On Tuesday, 4th November, we will be holding our Tower AGM at which we will be electing our tower officers for the coming year, so ringing will be somewhat curtailed that evening.

We will be ringing on Remembrance Sunday, but at the later time of 10 am, for the 10.45 am service. Otherwise, we will be ringing for the regular Sunday services and on our normal Tuesday evening practice. 

Roy Barclay

Tower Secretary

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