Saturday 9 May 2020

VE75 Ringing of the Barnham Broom Bells

The ringing of the Barnham Broom Bells using the Ellacombe Chimes to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

The sound of the bells from outside
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The sound of the bells striking 7
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Ben using the Ellacombe Chimes
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With thanks to Ben Curtis and his family for the videos and permission to publish them

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Friday 8 May 2020

Ringing for VE75

Listen out for the bells of Barnham Broom at 7pm tonight.

With the slight change to the church restrictions we have been given permission to do this.

As well as restoring our bells, we restored the Ellacombe Chimes.
This is a way for one person to ring all our bells via a set of ropes and hammers.

Ben Curtis was the last person to ring our bells before they were lowered and taken away for restoration.
He will be ringing the bells this evening using the Ellacombe chimes to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.