Stedman Cinques at St Mary le Bow, C London

[@SarahCattell-v3j]

Absolutely beautiful, this is how bells should be rung, perfect striking, I was watch the chap who was ringing the no 11 bell, his is the the most perfect style of ringing I've ever seen in all my years of being a bellringer, well done to all the ringers that day, a perfectly rung quarter peal 👏👏

[@DylanSmith_15]

I could listen to them all day. They are superb!!

[@kiwibellringer9729]

You don't know happy it makes me to see proper bellringing take place in England again! May they ring on!

[@simonbellringer]

Likely not as happy as I (and many others!) are to actually be taking part in proper bellringing again! ;-)

[@kiwibellringer9729]

@@simonbellringer oh god no, i probably don't even come close! :)

[@Steven_Rowe]

Simon, THANKYOU. A peal of bells I love. Brings joy and a touch of sadness to me. It was Bill Theobald and my Dad Ernest J Rowe who hung these bells. I have vivid memories in December 61 ( I was 8) of one evening going to Bow, dad and Theobald were doing finishing touches. At the entrance to the belfry was a makeshift cabin for the BBC cameraman to use. The tenor was up and there was a temporary hammer arranged on a vertical stand so that Prince Phillip could toll the bell to open the bells They are a wonderful classic Whitechapel heavy 12. It was such a shame that the pre war Gillett peal were destroyed, now they would have been the jewel in the crown.

[@simonbellringer]

Steve, I knew you would appreciate this. It is always a privilege to ring here. They are a truly superb heavy ring of bells, although I do wonder what might have been, had the G&J ring survived the Blitz.

[@Steven_Rowe]

@@simonbellringer I'm sad they didn't survive, Gillett bells are wonderful. Have you rung at At James Clerkenwell? They are a beautiful Gillett 8 Croydon Minister is a Gillett 12 where I have never rung.

[@Steven_Rowe]

@@simonbellringer i have a video from the belfry, I had 83k views, I added the link from your video to mine as that was some cracking and very well struck Stedman Cinques.

[@Mr_SaltyChip]

@@Steven_Rowe Croydon Minster is my 2nd home tower. Haven't rung all 12 since April of last year due to restoration work and the numbers haven't been worth getting the back 3 up yet.

[@Steven_Rowe]

@@Mr_SaltyChip I think Gilletts are gems Unusual name the salty trainspotter. No doubt you like trains like my beloved Gresley pacifics

[@cammontag]

What a stunning peal 🤩really, I’m speechless!

[@simonbellringer]

They are truly super bells. Amongst the best!

[@FrancescoBarbieri15]

Very good bells! Great video! Good job!!

[@DrpanProductions]

AHH so nice to see you able to upload again. Been missing your uploads

[@simonbellringer]

Ahh, thank you, that's so nice to hear! I have 2 others to come from the Festival, and hopefully I'll be able to start filming and uploading again a bit more regularly now

[@BristolVRchap]

The more I listen, the better it gets. Superb ringing!

[@simonbellringer]

Almost as good as Bishopsgate? ;-)

[@ringerpaul3118]

Beautiful, just beautiful!

[@simonbellringer]

Thanks Paul, I am glad you approve! Good to meet you too, hopefully we can ring again together at some point :-)

[@ringerpaul3118]

@@simonbellringer I do! It was so good to be able to meet in person, even if I did miss you the first time round! I rang the 8 there on Saturday kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4PYimmppryChJI

[@ΝΙΚΟΣΠΟΔΑΣ-γ3λ]

@@simonbellringer the 11th and tenor have purple clappers

[@davros_adl8155]

That is a hum-only tenor at points- but in just the right way that they still sound brilliant

[@spuds4t]

Such was the rythm on the ringing the chap on the tenor might well have been ringing triples on his local eight bell hometower

[@RingerThomas]

Good old Davo on the tenor!

[@Bellr1nger]

Solid piece of striking! Great to hear bells ringing again after Lockdown. Who was ringing in this touch?

[@simonbellringer]

Thanks Scott - was good to be back. Hope to see some from your band appearing again soon! The band details appear from 7:58

[@RingerJack]

We're you ringing? I will upload a video of me ringing at the Ringing World National Youth Contest in Worcester in September 2021 with me ringing some bells in Worcester and the Cathedral.

[@simonbellringer]

Yes - I was privileged enough to be invited into this. I rang the 6 :-) Will look forward to that - sadly I cannot make the Contest this year :-( Worcester Cathedral also sound amazing but are very tough. Definitely an experience!

[@RingerJack]

@@simonbellringer that's OK.

[@joycejnn]

Stop bending knees and bending forward otherwise excellent