Welcome to the Wotton Branch Website.
We hope you will find regulary updated information here about our branch. Do join us for our practices.
Mary Bliss
We have learnt today (10 May) that Mary Bliss died last night. Mary, a Sharpe Trustee, picked up the work that Frederick Sharpe had started on Gloucestershire bells and her influence on bell work in that part of the UK was significant.
It is too early yet for funeral arrangements, etc, to have been made but details, when known, will be announced in the RW.
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Dursley, Glos
Saturday 12 May 2012 in 00:45 1250 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Helen Parker 2 Jane Bull 3 Judith Cotterell 4 Andrew Bull 5 John Taylor 6 Andrew Binstead 7 Ian Unsworth 8 Frank Byrne (C) Rung in thanksgiving for the life of Miss E. Mary Bliss M.B.E. former Chairman of the G & B D.A. and former Chairman of the Gloucester DAC for which she served 37 years as bell adviser. |
DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE WOTTON BRANCH CLANGOUR MAGAZINE
MAY 2012 AND MARCH 2012 EDITIONS BELOW.
MAY 2012 AND MARCH 2012 EDITIONS BELOW.
| clangour.may_2012_2.pdf |
| march_2012_clangour.pdf |
BRANCH PROGRAMME FOR 2012
| Date | Time | Event |
| Sat Feb 4th | 16:00 - 18:00 | Ringing at Coaley |
| Sat Mar 3rd | 16:00 - 18:00 | Ringing at Chipping Sodbury |
| Sun Mar 4th | Lunchtime onwards | Branch Sunday lunch at Horton Village Hall |
| Sat Mar 10th | All day | Association Spring Training day based at Cirencester and Tewkesbury - see G&B website for details |
| Sat Apr 7th | 15:30
- 15:40 16:00 - 18:00 |
Ringing Alderrley
(1 Bell, 9cwt) - NOW CONFIRMED Ringing at Ringing at Horton - NOW CONFIRMED |
| Sat Apr 21st | All day | G&B AGM, Croome and Penn Competitions hosted by Gloucester Branch |
| Sat May 5th | 15:00 - 20:00 | 15:00 - 16:30
Ringing at Stinchcombe followed by service , branch meeting and refreshments. 18:30 - 20:00 Ringing at Stone |
| Sat May 19th | All day | Branch Outing |
| Thur May 24th | 19:30 - 21:00 | Join weekly practice at Dursley |
| Sat Jun 2nd | 16:00 - 18:00 | Ringing at Wotton-under-Edge |
| Sat Jun 9th | tba | Combined Social Event with Bristol Rural Branch |
| Sat Jul 7th | tba | North Nibley Trophy - see G&B webaite for details |
| Sat Jul 7th | 16:00 - 18:00 | Ringing at Wickwar |
| Sat Aug 4th | 17:30 - 19:30 | Ringing at Slimbridge |
| Fri Aug 10th | tba | Mini Outing - Cycling/Walking |
| Mon Aug 13th | 19:30 - 21:00 | Join weekly practice at Chipping Sodbury |
| Sat Sep 8th | 15:30 - 18:30 | Branch Striking Competition |
| Sat Oct 6th | 16:00 - 18:00 | Ringing at Yate |
| Sat Oct 13th | All day | G&B Advanced Training Day based around Wotton-under-Edge - see G&B website for details |
| Oct 20th - Oct 28th | All week | G&B Peal and Quarter Peal Week |
| Tue Oct 23rd | 19:30 - 21:00 | Join weekly practice at Woyyon-under-Edge |
| Sat Nov 17th | 15:00 - 20:00 | 15:00 -
16:30
Ringing at North Nibley followed by service, tea and AGM 18:30 - 20:00 Ringing at Tortworth |
| Sat Dec 8th | 15:00 - 20:00 | 15:00 -
16:30
Ringing at Upper Cam followed by Carol Service and refreshments 18:00 - 20:00 Ringing at Dursley |
| 2013 | ||
| Sat Jan 5th | 16:00 - 18:00 | Ringing at
Berkeley (subject to availibility of the bells) (Reserve Tower Warmley if Berkeley unavailable) |
| WOTTON BRANCH COMMITTEE 2011 - 2012 | |
| CHAIRMAN | Alex Reeves |
| SECRETARY | Anita Matthews |
| RINGING MASTER | John Cornock |
| ASSISTANT RINGING MASTERS | David Matthews and Phill Payne |
| TREASURER | Fen Marshall |
| PUBLICITY OFFICER | Adrian Davis |
| MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE | Richard Bartlam |
| NEWS SHEET EDITORS | Nikola Gawlor |
| COMMITTEE MEMBER | John Ludlow |
