VJ Day 75 - Ringing of the Barnham Broom Church Bells

On Saturday 15 August 2020 a group, including Bell Ringers and Bell Restoration Committee members, gathered in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Barnham Broom to mark the 75th anniversary of VJ Day (Victory over Japan) commemorating the end of the Second World War.

 

A two minutes silence was observed at 11am, followed by the reading, "Cry for Peace", read by the Tower Captain, Jill Tinsey, after which the restored Tenor bell chimed 75 times, rung by Ben Curtis. Ben was the last person to ring our bells before they were lowered and taken away for restoration. He also rang our bells using the restored Ellacombe chimes on the evening of 8 May 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

 

With thanks to Ben and his family for the video of the full 75 chimes

 

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=607984403445534

 

There are also two short videos from outside the church

 

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=875984699594099

 

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1162440927473727

 

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Ringing for VJ75

On Saturday 15 August 2020 the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Barnham Broom will join in the National programme for the 75th anniversary of VJ Day (Victory over Japan) commemorating the end of the Second World War. 

After the two minutes silence at 11.00am, one of our newly restored bells will be chimed 75 times starting at 11.02am. 

Any villagers wishing to hear the bells from the Churchyard are required to maintain Social Distancing. 

We hope that the wind will be in the right direction so the bells may be heard across the village.

 

https://ve-vjday75.gov.uk/vjday/

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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
https://www.facebook.com/657200797757593/videos/644405693081111/

The sound of the bells striking 7
https://www.facebook.com/barnhambroomchurchbellsappeal/videos/2628711604117796/

Ben using the Ellacombe Chimes
https://www.facebook.com/657200797757593/videos/1695182347297177/

With thanks to Ben Curtis and his family for the videos and permission to publish them

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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.

Film premiere of The Bells of Barnham Broom

The story of how we achieved our goal of restoring and ringing our Bells to celebrate the Centenary of the Armistice in November 2018 has been captured on camera.

The film of   “The Bells of Barnham Broom” will be shown on the 3^rd January at Barnham Broom Village Hall NR9 4BU.

Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start.  

The film will be presented by Producer Richard Kennan.

Entrance is free and refreshments will be available after the show.

JUNE TO DECEMBER 2019 UPDATE

With the safety of our bell ringers and visitors to our bells in mind, we’ve used our surplus funds on repairs to the bell tower stairs and West Window. The window repairs were done in time for the bells to ring for our Carol Service on Sunday 8^th December and then again for the School Carol Service. Monday night ringing practices are now back in Barnham Broom.

 

Our bells will be ringing on Christmas Morning ahead of the service.

As well as human visitors to the bell chamber, we have had a blue tit which seemed to like taking selfies on one of the cameras and a long eared brown bat which has taken up residence and is now in hibernation.

On the 3^rd January, the film of The Bells of Barnham Broom will be shown at Barnham Broom Village Hall NR9 4BU. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start.  The film will be presented by Producer Richard Kennan. Entrance is free and refreshments will be available after the show.

Our Barnham Broom Community Fund events committee are continuing to bring the village together in social events that help raise funds for the local community.  Since June there has been a chance to meet the Community Fund events committee, an Afternoon Tea and Open Gardens, a Village Fun Day, a Yard Sale, a Quiz Night and Prize Bingo. Most recently the Christmas Capers event included a special visit from Father Christmas and entertainment by The D'Capo choir and the Windmill Handbell Ringers. The next event will be a Quiz Night in March 2020.

Our thanks to the bell ringers for ringing the bells at services throughout the year and to all who continue to support us.

JANUARY TO MAY 2019 UPDATE

Ringing on Easter Sunday

Our bells are now ringing regularly: ahead of services, by visiting ringers and to help train our ringers on Monday evenings. There was a full peal of bells rung on 6th March which took 2 hours 38 minutes for the 5,040 changes.

See https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1274541 for details. The only other full peal was rung in 1970.

As well as ringing out to welcome everyone to the Licensing of Rev Dr Louisa Pittman as Assistant Curate on 27th March, they rang again in a quarter peal after the service.

Our ringers are also joining others to ring ahead of se

The ringers outing route

rvices at other local churches, such as Garvestone and Reymerston. Some joined other local ringers for a ringers outing to visit and ring at 7 churches in Suffolk on Saturday, 11th May.

Having received the final refunds from the taxman on top of the final payment of our Heritage Lottery Fund grant, our committee met again in April to agree how the funds in hand could extend our restoration project. With the safety of our bell ringers and visitors to our bells in mind, repairs to the bell tower stairs and window sill are our priority. With the Wi-Fi issue resolved, the cameras installed in the bell tower are now in action.

As the Barnham Broom Community Fund, our events committee are continuing to bring the village together in social events that help raise funds for the local community.  Following on from a recent quiz, there will be:

Saturday 15th June 2pm to 4pm at the Village Hall. A chance to meet up over a cuppa and cake and talk about what sort of events you would like to see in the future and volunteer your help.

Saturday 29th June 3pm to 5pm.  Afternoon Tea at Home Farm with Tea, cakes and a raffle. Entry on the door. £5 per person £2.50 children under 12.

  

Sunday 11 August 12noon to 5pm at the Village Hall and Playing Fields. A Village Fun Day with lots of fun for all the family. Children's entertainer Stevie Spud, games and races for everyone, BBQ by Barnham Broom Golf & Country Club, Beer Tent by The Bell Public House, tea and cakes, ice cream and lots more. Free Entry.

Please come and support our events. A chance to meet up, have fun and support our community.