Ringing the single bell at Holy Trinity, Shaw, Oldham

[@ljs888]

rope jumped off the wheel. Valuable lesson...keep your rope taught!! Same thing happened to me ringing the tenor to a peal in my home tower. 20 mins in an the rope jumped off the wheel and the sally stayed there. Got it under control eventually ....Everyone else rang 5040 changes....the tenor rang 5050...!!

[@pretorium]

If that happened you peal was false. I had one set up last year because a bell dropped...it was only out of control for 6 blows but it struck twice in the same row.

[@TheDangerblonde]

Op

[@timmeh1507]

Lovely bell - Rob has muscles! Scary moment when it stops dead though...

[@frsdonahue]

Never knew this was such hard work. I rang 3 ton 'Conrad' for years, and he was a dream to ring. This bell is much lighter.

[@AshleyMonck]

Where is Conrad?

[@mjgriff74]

That last "of f*ck" bit made me smile but well recovered! Churches should rent their towers out and advertise them as gyms. £15 per month to go and learn how to bell ring has got to be a lot more fun than going to the gym.

[@ringerowen4039]

You don’t pay to learn bell ringing it’s a volunteer job

[@BellringerBen]

Lots of room for more bells!!! It's odd how its the only bell in the tower and that it is 23 hundredweight and it sounds fantastic!

[@SarahCattell-v3j]

I thought that too when I first saw this video. Maybe they did intend to have more bells hung there when they had that one put in but ran out of money who knows 🤷‍♀️but it would be interesting to find out though

[@theflamegaming6973]

My grand father when I was small he learned me how to ring the bell at Lebanon and now he’s dead

[@Armando.Krijnen]

Love it! Great video! greetings from The Netherlands!!

[@rondamico7802]

Last Christmas Eve I was pulling the bell which is a Rumsey & Co no 33 and the bell wheel rubs the stand frame. They were support rods to keep the big a shaped frames straight but they have pulled loose. Anyway the wheel is cast iron and the a frame is also. Its rusts and the wheel causes the bell to stick when it is pulled. The rope was old and it snapped while I was pulling with both hands trying to get the bell out of its bind. When it snapped, my still grasping hands hit my nose and nearly broke it and I was knocked to the floor on my back with my legs up in the air. My head nearly missed a church pew when I fell back.

[@kyletheringer]

I’m planning on ringing there when Covid is over what’s it like to ring please mate?

[@jacobparry6212]

I don't think they ring it it's probably stuck

[@1BODGER95]

Furthermore, I would like to add that the bell, as well as being renowned for being uneasy to ring, has not been rung full circle for many years. The "Fighting" you see is called "checking", my desperate attempt to get the clapper to strike the leading edge of the bell, as opposed to the following edge. unfortunately my efforts were in vain. Like I said. Come and ring here and show it who's boss.

[@Drobium77]

That was the best GTFU I've seen :-) I'm just starting to learn and it's amazing how it makes you feel to ring :-) I've started on the tenor at St lawrence in Ansley and they've yet to teach us hoe to ring the bell up :-D I'm looking forward to it though :-)

[@RingerJamie]

Drobium77 I should know but I don’t know what GTFU means what does it mean? 😂

[@josephhill12790]

It means get the fuckers up

[@adamm2693]

it actually does, hehe - its meant to refer to bells which are heavy, such as tenors, and often, ones that can't be rung up right

[@1BODGER95]

Sorry about that, I preffered standing where I was rather than the wobbly floor boards.

[@JointedStudios]

Damn, How old that bell must have been sitting there... There probably used to be other bells there.

[@simonbellringer]

Superb bell!! Nice video too :-)

[@nerminsari1397]

The Tone is between es1 and e1 so i think its es1 +140,4

[@Dzwonek05]

Is this bell unringable now?

[@ringerowen4039]

No I don’t think so

[@kyletheringer]

@@ringerowen4039 i think it is i asked them if i can go ring it and they said its broken apparently so i think its unsafe to ring

[@1BODGER95]

Why are you shooting a porn film? SIR - with all due respect, from your comment I can tell straight away you're either not from the UK, are not a change ringer, or are a European noise maker when it comes to ringing. I invite you to ring at this tower to face the difficulties I faced regarding the new chiming hammer and the plain bearings.

[@heinrichkonrad3789]

Nice sound in the slow-motion!!!

[@CammyTheCamera]

6:41 i could see a split second, there certainly was something loose going on there.

[@StevenBlakemore1994]

what is the weight and not of this bell?

[@crkvenazvonahr8668]

e' around 900kg

[@KingCobraJFS]

what note is this bell it sounds awesome

[@fredmills368]

Eb

[@1BODGER95]

23-2-4, and somewhere around E I would have thought.

[@irenec4876]

Bodger Bell Ringer sounds a bit more like Eb

[@cwmderw]

I'm from the uk. Pure welsh. I ring the bell in our local church in Llanidloes. I got to admit I have only been ringing for 3 to 4 months. So on my behalf I am sorry. She does look like a heavy bell, what weight is she? Yea would love to have a go ringing that bell but I am still learning to raise and lowering the bell. I can ring when the bell is raised and do rounds and call changes. If you let me know where you are in the uk and if I am ever around your area I would be happy to ring. Rhys

[@andreasnielsen4437]

Is it common to ring the bells manually in GB? In Denmark, the practice was outlawed about ten years ago due to work place safety regulations. Now all bells are rung using remotes.

[@fredmills368]

It is

[@ringeradam4575]

The way we ring actually requires that they be hand-rung.

[@zeamoz]

That is really sad. Bells have been rung by hand for many hundreds of years. An old Christian tradition which should continue.

[@1BODGER95]

...... 100 tonnes? I think that needs revising.

[@RingerJamie]

Bodger Bell Ringer think he is joking because a tower would probably fall down in a 100 tone (like 2200cwt) bell was ringing full circle!!! 😂😂😂

[@jasonburnet9181]

Is the bell right above you?

[@zeamoz]

That is why he looked so worried when it acted mad at 6'40'' :)

[@1BODGER95]

well said sir, I will second that, and oh dear, was it really that obvious? showed it my mum before the upload, along with others, and you're the first to notice. Towers like this really are the best optiong for your "idea" ;) how's things any how?

[@LauraBellringer]

Haha!! 6:38 the look on your face!

[@fredmills368]

It looks like an absolute buggar to get up

[@mauvestinger1410]

The bell is tuned right?

[@ringerowen4039]

It’s double striking

[@fredmills368]

WE KNOW!

[@kiwibellringer9729]

That’s because it’s up wrong. Chill Fred. But yes, try not to state the obvious.

[@ringerowen4039]

@@kiwibellringer9729 alright sorry I’m only a beginner I’m obviously gonna state obvious things

[@kiwibellringer9729]

@@ringerowen4039 I don’t think you need to worry after a year mate 😂

[@ringerowen4039]

@@kiwibellringer9729 yes but I haven’t rung for 6 months and have only rung for 3 months in total so...

[@lukemeanwell3260]

it was up wrong

[@ringerowen4039]

It went up wrong

[@Owentheringer2024_yt]

The bell went up wrong

[@irfrapg]

How did that happen at 6:38

[@ringeradam4575]

The rope got jammed for a few seconds

[@kyletheringer]

He didn’t put enough pull and it slipwheeled

[@cwmderw]

Got to admit. In that video you don't ring a bell like that, that is all wrong. They make it look like there fighting with it and no control what so ever. Someone with get hurt sorry to say. Be smooth with her, show her who's boss.

[@melefonuafoou6918]

that rope was amost going to brack you have to be careful of that rope because if that brack it will go in its own and they will ranout of ropes and its stuck for now and its close for now in 25,463,53,6475 years

[@pretorium]

Hmmph...that's my rope on there you're wrecking!.....Think its time I paid a visit to take it off if its that hard work.

[@ringerowen4039]

What do you mean?

[@ringerowen4039]

No you don’t I think you’ll find you don’t own the rope whoever owns the tower and bell does

[@kyletheringer]

@@ringerowen4039 it might be his there originally wasnt 1 and then 2 people came and put 1 on so it might be his

[@Owentheringer2024_yt]

6:41 rope slipped

[@christianong3703]

Ahhhh slipped wheel

[@irenec5398]

6:38

[@ΝικοςΠοδας-τ7ξ]

hohoho taylors in 1876 23-2-4cwts

[@pretorium]

....and it was up on the wrong side...... and at 6:38 if you had pulled the hand stroke it wouldn't have slipped the wheel...other than that it was fine...lol

[@nathandavis3002]

tabitha emmett such a bell does not exist.

[@hellisla]

1st attempt at 0.50 that's terribly awful technique

[@fieldbaber9246]

You raised it wrong.

[@tigsemmett7016]

he make bell ringing seem hard when it not im 13yrs old i ring on a 100 tonnes bell at my church it not that hard

[@kaidenmccreath4269]

100 tonnes? Where is this please

[@MaxTheRinger]

What does Gftu mean

[@kyletheringer]

Its a term some people use when ringing up it stands for get the f***ers up

[@MaxTheRinger]

@@kyletheringer oh