Sussex County Association
Holy Trinity Bosham

Sunday 18th November 2007
1260 Plain Bob Doubles in 43 minutes

Treble: Karen Wallace⁺
2: Carol Bishop
3: Mandy Rodgers^+†
4: Jane West
5: Don Ramsay (c)
Tenor: David Hanwell

Rung in celebration of
The Diamond Wedding Anniversary of
HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

⁺ 1st quarter peal  ^† 1st quarter peal inside

September 2007

Our annual outing took us to some of the delightful villages in the Meon Valley for a full day's ringing. More ...

April 2007

Bosham hosted a call change competition on Saturday 14th April on behalf of Western Division SCACR and seven teams gave up a warm, sunny spring day to enter. Pagham gave a bravura performance to win the competition, which was most ably judged by Richard Verrall.  Bosham entered two bands, coming second in the main category and third in the novice.

Thanks to all who participated and a special thank you to the ladies who organised the excellent buffet that ran throughout the afternoon.

March 2007

BBC Southern Counties TV has broadcast a most interesting introduction to ringing that was recorded locally at Ringmer. Click here to watch it.

January 2007

Many thanks to Rosemary and Jeremy Grindle who have kindly donated carpeting for the ringing chamber, thus replacing the ancient remnants that we have been accustomed to and for arranging for it to be fitted. It is an immense improvement, verging on the luxurious.

December 2006

A new set of muffles has been made by Wilf Grove. Secured with velcro rather than buckles they are much easier to fit than their predecessors and came in a beautifully embroidered bag

Big Wilf's Bell Muffles

November 2006

Work on the bells has been completed and normal ringing resumed on Thursday 16th November.

Nicholson Engineering's very capable bell hanger Mark supervised the work whilst Dave, our steeple keeper and ringing master Don provided additional labour at the dismantling and re hanging stages.

The following work was undertaken:
All the bells were lifted to facilitate refurbishment of the bearings.
All the clappers were removed, annealed and refaced then repainted and fitted with new hinge pins, pads and bushes.
Bell no. two was dismantled, an additional insulation pad was fitted to improve its hanging radius and the crown staple and clapper were extended.

Nicholson Engineering Ltd

September 2006

Due to essential maintenance, the first for 27 years, the bells will not be rung between Sunday Service on 22nd October and practise night on Thursday 16th November when ringing will resume from 7.15pm.

June 2006

The Bosham ringers boarded the traditional minibus to inflict their particular brand of ringing on the residents of the Isle of Wight. More...

March 2006

Tower Secretary Joan King presented the tower's annual report to the PCC.

November 2005

John Hollis
1924-2005

The bellringers are very sad to report the death of John Hollis.  He died in hospital from a heart attack after a major operation.

John started ringing when he retired from the Royal Navy and was a member of Westbourne tower.  He came regularly to Holy Trinity, Bosham on practice nights.  He was an excellent teacher and many young ringers have benefitted from his instruction in both towers.

Three years ago he became a member of Bosham tower and rarely missed Sunday ringing.  He also made himself available for weddings.

His funeral service was held at St John the Baptist, Westbourne on Friday 11th November.  The church was full with many people standing.  Most of Bosham's ringers attended and joined with Westbourne's ringers both before and after the service as a tribute to him.

Joan King