Re: Emigrated Hampshire ringer

[John McKendry <jmckendry comcast net>]

 You have to be careful about forwarding email that calls Hingham's
bells "nasty", because there is one Hingham ringer on the Boston
ringers' list. Cohasset was originally a parish of Hingham. So I
certainly do not begrudge the Boston contingent whatever efforts they
make to invite Ms. Eisenhauer to ring with them, but I count her a
Hingham local and hope you all won't mind if I also get in touch with
her and invite her to visit my tower. I could argue that we need
competent ringers more than Boston does, but that's pretty pathetic, so
I won't stoop to it.

John (from Hingham)

On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 10:55 -0400, Don Morrison wrote:
> I moved away from Boston over three years ago now, but I am forwarding
> this message the mailing list the Boston ringers use so they can
> "pull". I expect them to be persuasive. She sounds as if she would be
> a great asset to the band. Cohasset is a relatively easy trip into
> Boston.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Roy Lemarechal
> <roy_lemarechal uk ibm com> wrote:
> >
> > Don/Eddie,
> > last September the former tower captain of Winchester cathedral, Carrie
> > Eisenhauer, emigrated with her non-ringing American husband to USA. 
> > They are
> > living in a place called Cohasset which is just a few miles west of 
> > Hingham.
> >
> > Several times she has talked about going ringing again but I don't 
> > think she
> > has yet tried. It may be just a case of getting over the first hurdle 
> > of
> > finding out ringing times, making first contact, then coming into 
> > Boston.
> > The trouble is she has always been very derogatory of her own ringing
> > ability and may need a little push to get her started.
> >
> > Carrie started ringing late in life. She was one of the more mature
> > millennium recruits (around 50 at the time). However, she is the best 
> > of
> > those older recruits that I came across. She has rung 1/4s up to CS8, 
> > YS8,
> > Stedman9 and Grandsire11 and one peal (of Grandsire Caters).
> >
> > She knows that Hingham are nasty bells and that Advent and Old North 
> > are
> > good and that is where I've been trying to get her to go. Rather than 
> > me
> > trying to push her, I wonder if one of you might be able to pull her.
> > Possibly some "one-off" occasion for which you need an extra ringer.
> >
> > I've no idea how you would find it out but her email address is
> >  carriee53 aol com
> >
> > I don't know what your band is like in Boston these days but she would 
> > make
> > a useful addition to it. Not only a handy ringer but very sociable in 
> > the
> > pub too. She was a regular visitor to Bishopstoke and on her last 
> > practice
> > with us she insisted on buying all the beer all evening afterwards!!
> >
> > If you do make contact with her, don't initially tell her I had any
> > involvement in trying to get her back ringing.
> >
> > Hoping I find you both well.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Roy LeMarechal
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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