No sooner had we published April’s Tower Talk than we knew with certainty that another one had to go out, and soon! There is so much going on at every level of ringing, some of it the ordinary day to day banter using Skype and WhatsApp, but a lot of it excitingly experimental. We have tried to cover as broad a range as we can; from technological developments right through to a St Martin’s Guild Bake-off, songs, poems and webinars, a handbell tutorial using red and blue pens and reflections of how ringing gives us a sense of identity – there is something for everyone. If you’re just discovering all this for the first time, we have developed some handy ‘How To’ visual guides. At the very least it’s a hello from your community to let you know that while ringing may have stopped, ringers haven’t and their ingenuity and sociability seems boundless. So dip in and take part, if you’re not already!
» Download the May 2020 Edition of Tower Talk
Alongside its regular features, this edition of Tower Talk includes:
- Bells and Belonging
- Behind the scenes at Tower Talk
- Ringing at Home
- Puzzle Corner
- The True Story of Ringing in World War II
- You Can YouTube
- YouTube Competition
- Want to be a YouTube Star?
- Webinars – two reviews
- No ringing? At all?
- The Zoom Room Song
- Keeping a Band Motivated
- How do you stay in touch?
- ‘Staying in touch’ posters
- Merry Christmas, Bell Ringers
- Base Camp to Summit – Virtual Handbells
- Ringing with Pens
- When can we next ring together?
- St Martin’s Guild – “Going online”
- Learning online – a student’s view
- Some of the 50 Ringing Things you can do now!
- Challenging Times
If you have enjoyed TOWER TALK why not print off or forward this edition for your ringers so that they feel part of this amazing community which stretches right around the world.
Ruth Suggett
Editor, Tower Talk