Notice of ADM on Saturday 31 March 2012
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- Published on Sunday, 18 December 2011 17:05
- Written by Anne Newman
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Notice of The Marches ADM on Saturday 31 March 2012
10.30 - 11.30am Wigmore 6 bells, 8-2-0cwt SO412690
11.45am - 12.45pm Leintwardine 8 Bells, 13-2-0 SO404740
Lunch at The Lion, Leintwardine
2.30 - 3.30pm Marches Teaching Belfry The Fire Ring in the Forge is situated in the South Shropshire hills adjacent to Hopton Heath Station on the Heart of Wales Line.
CRAVEN ARMS, SY7 OQD
The Fire Ring is in a building which for many centuries was a blacksmith's forge and remains of this trade can still be seen in the beams and walls of the belfry. It possesses a light ring of 8, tenor 65 lbs. in C cast by Taylors of Loughborough in 1996, a dumb bell designed to simulate the behaviour of a tower bell of some 3-4 cwt for handling practice, and a simulator which can be connected to this dumb bell for individual method practice. The belfry also can be used as a teaching room and a set of handbells, reference books and the computer programme 'Abel' are available.