Re: Emigrated Hampshire ringer

[John McKendry <jmckendry comcast net>]

Roy,

 "Challenging" was in fact the word I was going to suggest. I can
readily agree with "challenging". I hope I didn't sound too prickly
about it, and thanks to you and Don for letting me grumble.

Regards,
John

On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 00:13 +0000, Roy Lemarechal wrote:
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> John, 
> my apologies. Perhaps I should have said "challenging". 
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> Regards,
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> Roy LeMarechal
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> John McKendry
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> 16/03/2009 23:33 
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> Don Morrison
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> Roy
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> Re: Emigrated
> Hampshire ringer
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>  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)
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> 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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