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Saturday 27th June 2009
Lillington Tower Outing 2009 - The 2009 annual Lillington Tower Outing was a lovely day to Buckinghamshire & The Chilterns. - The first tower visited was in Brill Village, All Saints Church from 10:00an to 10:45am, near the town of Thame. The second tower was on the Aylesbury Plain, between Thame and Aylesbury at Cuddington Village. We rang at the tower of St. Nicholas from 11:15 am to 12:00 noon. From Cuddington we continued the short distance to Haddenham Village where we all had our lunch at the Green Dragon public house close to the church in the centre of the village, by the village pond. Unfortunately the pond was full of green algae, making swimming for the ducks difficult. After lunch we gathered at the pond for the customary group photograph, then rang at St. Mary the Virgin from 2:00pm to 2:45pm. The next ring of the day from 3:15pm to 4:00pm was at St Dunston Church, Monks Risborough. Parking near the church was difficult here. We finished the ringing day on the edge of The Chilterns at Chinnor. Ringing at St. Andrew Church from 4:30pm to 5:00pm. Another great days ringing five of our village church bells. Click Here, for a description of the 2009 tower outing.
Sunday 5th October 2008
Quarter Peal - Quarter Peal of Plain Bob Doubles. Rang to celebrate the Harvest Festival Evensong. Click Here For photos and information.
Saturday 21st June 2008
Lillington Church June Jamboree - The 2008 annual Lillington Church June Jamboree. - This year the bell ringers organised a extreme sports event for teddies. Click Here, for photographs of the extreme sports.
Saturday 10th May 2008
Lillington Tower Outing 2008 - The 2008 annual Lillington Tower Outing was to Cambridgeshire. - The first tower visited was St. Ives, All Saints from 10:00an to 10:45am, on the banks of the Great Ouse River near the town centre. The second tower was a short distance upstream to Hemingford Grey. We rang at the stumpy tower of St. James from 11:15 am to 12:00 noon, again on the banks of the River Great Ouse. Many pleasure boats cruised past as we rang. From Hemingford Grey we continued the short distance upstream along pleasant village lanes to Hemingford Abbots, St. Margaret 12:15 to 1:00 pm. After ringing we all had our lunch at the Axe & Compass public house close to the church in the centre of the village. After lunch we travelled along the A14 trunk road to the town of Huntingdon. Here we rang at St. Mary's near the centre of the town. Parking is always difficult in a strange town and Huntingdon is no exception. We were scheduled to ring from 2:45pm to 3:30pm, but the access to the ringing chamber was very difficult up the very uneven and damaged spiral staircase. Our last ring of the day from 4:00pm to 4:45pm was at St Mary Magdalene Church, Brampton. We finished the ringing day with the customary group photograph, before a pleasant journey back to Lillington. Thanks to Martyn for a lift. Great to be the navigator for a change. Click Here, for a description of the 2008 tower outing.
14th to 17th May 2007
Lillington Church Bells & Clock Restoration - Lillington St Mary Magdalene Church Bells - The final stage of the restoration was to install all the new and refurbished bell & clock parts back into the bell chamber and ringing chamber respectively. Only the bell frame and the actual bells had remained in the bell tower. The other bell parts had been transported to the Nicholson Engineering factory at Bridport, Dorset. The clock was refurbished by a different contractor. After restoration, all the fittings were transportation from the works and back into the tower. Click Here, for photos of the clock & bell assembly, also final finished bells ready for ringing.
Saturday 21st April 2007
Lillington Tower Outing 2007 - The 2007 annual Lillington Tower Outing was to Buckinghamshire. - The first tower visited was Newport Pagnell Saints Peter & Paul from 10:00an to 10:45am, on the banks of the Great Ouse River near the town centre. The second tower was a short ride down the A509 road to Olney village. We rang at Saints Peter and Paul from 11:30am to 12:15pm. After ringing we all had our lunch at Olney before travelling to the other side of the Great Ouse River to ring at Clifton Reynes village church, Saint Mary the Virgin. We were scheduled to ring from 2:30pm to 3:15pm, but after we rang the bells up and started to ring rounds, the tenor stay broke, so we had to abort the ringing and continue our travels to Yardley Hastings. Our last ring of the day from 3:45pm to 4:15pm was at St Andrew Church, before a pleasant trip back to Lillington.Click Here, for a description of the tower outing.
12th to 16th February 2007
Lillington Church Bells Restoration - Lillington St Mary Magdalene Church Bells - After many months of planning, obtaining official permission and raising funds, the work started on 12th February 2007 to restore all the bells. All the current ringers assisted Nicholson Engineering of Bridport, Dorset, to remove all the fittings from the tower for transportation to the works for re-furbishment or replacement.Click Here, for photos of the heavy works involved transporting the bell headstocks and bell wheels etc from the bell chamber, down the tower and across the churchyard to the Nicholson van.
Sunday 11th February 2007
Quarter Peal - Quarter Peal of Plain Bob Minor. Rang to celebrate the birth of Ellen Taulbut on 21st January 2007. This quarter peal is the last rang before the major restoration works. See items above and below. Click Here For more photos and information.
Tuesday 6th February 2007
Preparation for Lillington Bells Restoration - The last major work in the tower was in 1927, when the three old bells (cast in 1480, 1625 & 1675) were augmented to eight and hung in a new bell frame. After eighty years constant use, all the moving parts are very worn and so the project to re-hang the bells was started. The first phase of the works is to construct a jib from the top of the tower to lower the bell parts to the ground from the belfry. The same jib will be used to raise the bell parts back into the belfry after the re-furbishment of the worn parts. Click Here For more photos and information
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