Devon Call Change Ringing at Purton, Wiltshire

[@505LandOfEntrapment]

OMG! Listening from Virginia, USA!

[@al251049]

Lifts my soul, thank you so much.❤

[@falcons1988]

I could listen to queens at 3:00 all day. Beautiful striking on a beautifully sounding change.

[@Bellr1nger]

Great video Simon. Thanks again for all your hospitality. It was a day to remember.

[@chriswilson8191]

Lord God, Billy Bob. I've heard change ringing before, but these folks seem to be challenging dimensional boundaries with their harmonics. I wouldn't be at all surprised if unexpected metaphysical manifestations followed them home. I wish there were some opportunities for learning change-ringing where I live, only hain't no bells.

[@alastairashford7919]

Just wonderful!

[@infinitetrinity2436]

How in the world did you do this??? It was Beautiful!!! Thank you so much!!! My mind is blown away!!!🤔😳😘💜

[@KosTomas]

Amazing ❤️

[@ianjamesian6453]

Wish the video could be shown in full and not keep cutting out with photos would be nice to of seen a video hearing all the changes being rung

[@paulmorley8984]

Beautiful!

[@EngPheniks]

3:23 - "Ah! Christmas socks" 🕺🏻🧦🧸

[@irenec4876]

At Pulborough the 7 (G#) is 7cwt and the Tenor (8 F#) is 14cwt. Massive jump there

[@simonbellringer]

Big weight jumps on tenors aren't unusual - take Redcliffe, say (25cwt to 50cwt!), or Liverpool (55 to 82 - there are numerous other towers which have an oversized tenor making the jump bigger than it needs to be. It is very unusual to have such a weight gap in the middle of the circle, and especially when the tenors are all quite closely aligned in weight.

[@petergraves2085]

The first minute sounded cacophonous. It sounded as the bells were hanging down at rest and had to be first brought up. Otherwise = a glorious sound. Or - more appropriately = sounds. I used to do the same ringing at All Saints, Parramatta (Sydney, Australia).

[@jamesperry4841]

Isn't it really risky to have your wrist through the tail? Unlikely I know, but what happens if you have a bad ring and break the stay. I know someone who was ringing somewhere new and the stay broke on him.

[@realbranchipaolo]

Really good peal

[@dloidean5940]

Remembering Connie Black Engle, our Angell

[@Ben-uj6qk]

Nice raise up. Just fire it at the start!

[@BigBobTheNewBellRinger]

Can anyone explain to a new bell ringer why there are so many things that these guys do which is against the "best practice" technique? Hands apart, slipping the hand down the rope at back stroke, hand through the loop etc. All these things "wrong" yet they are considered some of the best in the business!

[@Sam76889]

Good question!

[@nord1486]

Who’s the bit of totty on the 2 not keeping her hands together at backstroke?

[@NoTengoIdeaGuey]

Can't imagine what happens if you start to mess up in the middle, just shrug and say, I guess I'll try harder tomorrow.

[@cbjgdicad1]

Is there anything more English?

[@josephhill12790]

What is odd about these?

[@simonbellringer]

They are a strange ring of bells - I really love them and they sound great! But the weights are weird (they are basically 4 trebles and 4 tenors - look on Dove!), they are a real mix of dates and founders, the 5th is hard work and the 6th is oddstruck. It's not just one thing but a number of little characteristics. Hard work, but worth it for the reward!