{"id":27,"date":"2018-08-01T22:21:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T21:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eacr.org.uk\/wp\/?p=27"},"modified":"2018-08-01T22:21:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T21:21:32","slug":"mancroft-and-ringing-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eacr.org.uk\/wp\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"Mancroft and ringing relations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four of the peal boards at Mancroft have been beautifully restored to their former magnificence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As I write this I am on the train home from the dedication service and opening of the Mancroft Ringing Discovery Centre. They can tell you better than I can what this project has been about<\/a>, but in brief, they have created a new ring of 8 training bells (dumb bells with a simulator) underneath the magnificent ring of 12 bells in the tower where the first ever peal was rung (at the same time as moving the ringing room up the tower creating a dizzying and spectacular view of the roof). They aren\u2019t the first tower to do something like this (Worcester<\/a> are another good example), and there are lots of other towers where the original bells can be silenced and rung with a simulator.<\/p>\n

However, two big things stood out for me tonight.<\/p>\n

The Mancroft ringers and congregation have endured significant disruption to their church, in part to a project that will never be directly heard. This project has the explicit aim of preserving and promoting ringing for future generations, by providing a dedicated training environment where new and experienced ringers can learn and develop their skills, thus ensuring that ringing itself has a future. The bells of Mancroft, Norwich, East Anglia and the whole world will continue to ring in part because of this project and others like it. They\u2019ve done all of this because they care about the art, not for their own pleasure (although they are a lot of fun to ring). As I\u2019ve already alluded, my comments aren\u2019t meant to take away from the magnificent efforts of ringing teachers all round the world who are doing the same thing in varying circumstances, and with varying support \u2013 I salute you all. I was just taken this evening by the scale of Mancroft\u2019s ambition, foresight and dedication.<\/p>\n

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Note the green middle sections on the sally – much easier where to work out where to catch if you are learning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Interior of the new raised ringing room at Mancroft, with the large feature window under the church roof<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I said that 2 things stood out for me. I was also impressed by their relationship with the church. All too often we talk about strained relations with the churches that we ring at, that have nothing to do with liking or disliking bells, but which can cause no end of pain on both sides of the conversation. St Peter Mancroft and the ringers have a wonderful relationship, that was uplifting to see (even to jaded old ringers like me). The church was heavily supportive of their project, seemed delighted with the results, and were undeniably proud of their own ringers. I\u2019m not a religious person, and I wasn\u2019t brought up in the church. I didn\u2019t start ringing because of the church \u2013 like lots of us, the church is just where bells happen to be. But over the years I have developed a strong affection, admiration and respect for the church and its core aims, and through this have developed my own better understanding of their needs, compared with my own. Tonight put it into focus for me. I want to be like Mancroft. The church and the ringers all want the same thing \u2013 for each other to be happy and successful, and are prepared to support each other in that.
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Magnificent view from the new ringing room, Mancroft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019ll find it hard to sleep when I get home \u2013 lots of food for thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I write this I am on the train home from the dedication service and opening of the Mancroft Ringing Discovery Centre. They can tell you better than I can what this project has been about, but in brief, they have created a new ring of 8 training bells (dumb bells with a simulator) underneath … Continue reading “Mancroft and ringing relations”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eacr.org.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eacr.org.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eacr.org.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eacr.org.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eacr.org.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eacr.org.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.eacr.org.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eacr.org.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eacr.org.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eacr.org.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}