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On 6/4/2018 6:00 PM, Ed Futcher via
Boston-change-ringers wrote:
Old North has changed to a paid entry site. ( http://oldnorth.com/plan-a-visit/)
. Please see the note below, and if you encounter any issues
please let me know so I can work with people at Old North. In
particular, let's make sure that visitors are aware of this
and are accompanied to the ringing chamber.
I propose a modified version of the system used in the 1980s,
which is similar to what happens at the Advent now. At that time,
the tower door remained locked throughout practice. If ringers
arrived late (visitors or regular ringers), they flipped the light
switch (just like the notification after the Sunday service or a
wedding), and someone would go down to let them in. . From the note
below, the doorkeeper educators would be expected to recognize those
of us who tend to be there, and let us in. This way, visitors could
get in without one of us spending lots of time hanging about
downstairs waiting. We could add this information ("ask the
educator to flash the light") to our NAGCR listing and maybe Dove's
online, so that visitors would know what to do.
Laura Dickerson
Today we moved to paid
admission at Old North. I don't expect that it will
have any impact on the ease with which the ringers
access the tower, but I did want to give you a
heads-up. We are now asking our educators to be
mindful that our visitors are wearing their admission
stickers. If we find that there is repeated confusion
or that the ringers are asked a lot if they need help
finding the admission booths, then we can talk about
whether we generate some sort of badge or card for the
guild members.
If at all possible, when
you have guests for the ringing chamber, could a member
of the guild either provide their names in advance OR
wait downstairs to bring them up? I want your guests to
have an easy and hospitable entrance to the tower too.
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