Peal attempt hyped in ON's weekly newsletter

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Each Sunday following the 11am worship service, our bell ringers ring in a 
tightly controlled manner to produce precise variations in their 
successive striking sequences, a process known as “change ringing.” Every 
year on “Christ the King” Sunday (this coming Sunday!), the group sets out 
to complete a “full peal” of our beautiful bells.



A full peal is a non-stop sequence of a minimum of 5,000 changes where 
each sequence is different and cannot be repeated on seven or more bells. 
This takes around three hours to ring and is the bell ringers’ equivalent 
of a marathon, requiring concentration and stamina to complete the peal.



Peals are often rung for special celebrations, such as Royal births or 
weddings or to mark

local events, or just for pleasure. Ringers enjoy ringing peals for the 
sense of achievement

provided and for the highest possible standard of ringing that can often 
be achieved during

such long periods.



We thank our bell ringers and wish them every success in this year’s 
attempt at a full peal!<<

   Also this weekend at Old North, brass polishing on Saturday morning and 
some silver on Sunday afternoon.

Laura Dickerson