Maintenance Course
Please see attached poster for our maintenance course – Saturday 18th October, Wantage Church, Oxfordshire, 10am to 3pm.
- Inspection and maintenance
- Working safely in a tower
- Rope management – identifying wear points
- Guide frames
- Improving the ringing circle
- Sound control
- Improving bells – clapper alignment, odd-struckness
**Please do not reply directly to this email… details of how to sign up are on the poster.**
Dry Weather Belfry Checks
In the last week, we have been notified of four dry weather incidents:
- Wooden frame distortion causing a bell to hit the frame
- Headstock shrinkage causing a badly loose gudgeon
- Stay nuts nearly falling off
- Wheel nuts falling off
Please see my email dated 14th May 2025 for dry weather checks.
Regards,
Anthony Williamson
Towers and Belfries secretary
