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I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to
ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...ingers-to-ring Thank you! Bill |
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On 15/10/16 04:16, Bill Wright wrote:
I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...ingers-to-ring Thank you! Bill Having been a resident of York (OK ****ed student) I most certainly have signed it! Can you give us some background? Comments suggest new Dean is a ****er |
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Bill Wright wrote:
I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" Alternatively keep them silent ... http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-noise-pollution-from-church-bells |
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On 15/10/2016 04:16, Bill Wright wrote:
I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...ingers-to-ring Thank you! Bill I have just signed too. Jim |
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On Saturday, 15 October 2016 04:16:37 UTC+1, Bill Wright wrote:
I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...ingers-to-ring Thank you! Bill Signed! |
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In message , Tim Watts
writes On 15/10/16 04:16, Bill Wright wrote: I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. Having been a resident of York (OK ****ed student) I most certainly have signed it! +1 -- Graeme |
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On 15/10/2016 04:16, Bill Wright wrote:
I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...ingers-to-ring Thank you! Having lived in another cathedral city, and very much within earshot of the bells, I would not want them stopped, but some days they went on and on and on... Extremely tedious and annoying after an hour or more. Wouldn't be so bad if they rang out a tune of some sort... -- Rod |
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In message , polygonum
writes Having lived in another cathedral city, and very much within earshot of the bells, I would not want them stopped, but some days they went on and on and on... Extremely tedious and annoying after an hour or more. Wouldn't be so bad if they rang out a tune of some sort... I don't mind peals of bells, but I've rarely been able to discern any sort of tune. It wouldn't be too had if they put out a nice, steady rhythm - but the clangs are usually all jerky. -- Ian |
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On 15/10/2016 09:48, Graeme wrote:
In message , Tim Watts writes On 15/10/16 04:16, Bill Wright wrote: I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. Having been a resident of York (OK ****ed student) I most certainly have signed it! +1 + another -- F |
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On 15/10/2016 10:26, Ian Jackson wrote:
I don't mind peals of bells, but I've rarely been able to discern any sort of tune. It wouldn't be too had if they put out a nice, steady rhythm - but the clangs are usually all jerky. Some sadist at BBC radio 4 has recorded peals of bells from various UK churches and they are often played late at night just as one is dropping off to sleep. My observation is that either ALL bell ringers are failed musicians who cannot hold a tune, the bells are only 'played' to drive off the devil or they should not be considered as a musical instruments - or a combination of all three. Its much the same with bagpipes. Considered by the Scots as a weapon of war but some fool thought they could get a pleasant tune from them. -- mailto: news {at} admac {dot] myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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The daft part for me is that while any new ways of working are being sorted
out, I see no harm at all to allowing the current people to carry on ringing. Its just some stupid person jobsworth type again. Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Bill Wright" wrote in message ... I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...ingers-to-ring Thank you! Bill |
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alan_m wrote:
Some sadist at BBC radio 4 has recorded peals of bells from various UK churches and they are often played late at night just as one is dropping off to sleep. I that doesn't get you, R4 joins the World Service which remains a spoken service which is fine for dropping off to ... until some schools "music and movement" programme wakes you up at about 3am. |
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On 15 Oct 2016 08:23, Andy Burns wrote:
Bill Wright wrote: I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" Alternatively keep them silent ... http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-noise-pollution-from-church-bells Indeed yes. -- Flying on Per Ardua ad Astra |
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On 15/10/16 10:47, alan_m wrote:
On 15/10/2016 10:26, Ian Jackson wrote: I don't mind peals of bells, but I've rarely been able to discern any sort of tune. It wouldn't be too had if they put out a nice, steady rhythm - but the clangs are usually all jerky. Some sadist at BBC radio 4 has recorded peals of bells from various UK churches and they are often played late at night just as one is dropping off to sleep. My observation is that either ALL bell ringers are failed musicians who cannot hold a tune, the bells are only 'played' to drive off the devil or they should not be considered as a musical instruments Of course church bells - rung the English way as changes - are not a musical instrument. If you stopped being upset that they are not, you might get a shade more interest out of listening. You will be a lot more sorry if this country ever goes fully Islam. http://www.thatsfake.com/birmingham-...5-times-a-day/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3jNZvlOLsA Not even communist Soviet union abused public address systems as badly. - or a combination of all three. Its much the same with bagpipes. Considered by the Scots as a weapon of war but some fool thought they could get a pleasant tune from them. -- it should be clear by now to everyone that activist environmentalism (or environmental activism) is becoming a general ideology about humans, about their freedom, about the relationship between the individual and the state, and about the manipulation of people under the guise of a 'noble' idea. It is not an honest pursuit of 'sustainable development,' a matter of elementary environmental protection, or a search for rational mechanisms designed to achieve a healthy environment. Yet things do occur that make you shake your head and remind yourself that you live neither in Joseph Stalins Communist era, nor in the Orwellian utopia of 1984. Vaclav Klaus |
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On 15/10/16 11:12, Andy Burns wrote:
alan_m wrote: Some sadist at BBC radio 4 has recorded peals of bells from various UK churches and they are often played late at night just as one is dropping off to sleep. I that doesn't get you, R4 joins the World Service which remains a spoken service which is fine for dropping off to ... until some schools "music and movement" programme wakes you up at about 3am. Worse is to leave the TV on low and be woken at 4 a.m. by extremely loud adverts fir nutri********, slimming and fitness equipment and - well there was something else - oh yeah. Pop songs of the 50s and 60s, the complete catalogue. -- "Women actually are capable of being far more than the feminists will let them." |
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alan_m wrote: Some sadist at BBC radio 4 has recorded peals of bells from various UK churches and they are often played late at night just as one is dropping off to sleep. Bells on Sunday are recorded by members of the public and sent in to the BBC. And as the name suggests, the only time they are played at night is on Sunday. But it's the bum note on Sailing By which stops me dropping off. ;-) -- *We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 04:16:34 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote: Thank you! Thank you! Signed -- Alan White Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent. By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland. Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather |
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In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes In article , alan_m wrote: Some sadist at BBC radio 4 has recorded peals of bells from various UK churches and they are often played late at night just as one is dropping off to sleep. Bells on Sunday are recorded by members of the public and sent in to the BBC. And as the name suggests, the only time they are played at night is on Sunday. But it's the bum note on Sailing By which stops me dropping off. ;-) I wasn't aware of the bum note. However, the pitch of Sailing By does seem to fluctuate (wow) - like an old tape recording where either the tape or the drive belt (or both) has stretched. The theme tune to Doctor Zhivago was rather similar. -- Ian |
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On 15/10/2016 12:46, Ian Jackson wrote:
I wasn't aware of the bum note. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01hvk0x -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
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On 15/10/16 13:17, Robin wrote:
On 15/10/2016 12:46, Ian Jackson wrote: I wasn't aware of the bum note. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01hvk0x First time I've ever heard the bass on that! -- "I am inclined to tell the truth and dislike people who lie consistently. This makes me unfit for the company of people of a Left persuasion, and all women" |
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 04:16:34 +0100, Bill Wright wrote:
I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...-minster-bell- ringers-to-ring I heard about this. There is clearly some heavy politics behind this - I'd love to know the inside story. -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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Bob Eager wrote: On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 04:16:34 +0100, Bill Wright wrote: I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...-minster-bell- ringers-to-ring I heard about this. There is clearly some heavy politics behind this - I'd love to know the inside story. My wife. on hearing the story, said " The Dean must be a woman - they don't know how to manage". -- from KT24 in Surrey, England |
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In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote: In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes In article , alan_m wrote: Some sadist at BBC radio 4 has recorded peals of bells from various UK churches and they are often played late at night just as one is dropping off to sleep. Bells on Sunday are recorded by members of the public and sent in to the BBC. And as the name suggests, the only time they are played at night is on Sunday. But it's the bum note on Sailing By which stops me dropping off. ;-) I wasn't aware of the bum note. However, the pitch of Sailing By does seem to fluctuate (wow) - like an old tape recording where either the tape or the drive belt (or both) has stretched. The theme tune to Doctor Zhivago was rather similar. You do need a radio you can hear the bass on. Maybe not with some bedroom radios. About 2/3rds in, the bass plays a bum note - then nothing for a couple of bars before starting again. IIRC the story, the piece was recorded in one take when there was some time left at the end of a recording session. So says quite a bit for pro musicians that it sounds as good as it does, if that was the first they saw of it. No wow here. I've got the original on a mood music CD somewhere - and it's a very decent recording. But I've no idea how the individual announcers played it in over the years, especially the 'back timed' versions. It's quite possible they used carts at one time, and they could certainly wow. -- *If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Tim Streater wrote: Bugger that. We do change ringing in this country, much better. I've heard continental bells trying to do a tune, rather hard with only (say) six notes. It just sounds stupid. And if you don't like village church bells, don't move to a village. Church about a mile away was popular for funerals. And on some, they tolled a 'bell'. But sadly, via a speaker, wound up to severe distortion point. Rather like those calls to prayer you hear in some countries. Not heard it recently, so hopefully the speaker got buried too. -- *The more people I meet, the more I like my dog. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 15/10/2016 13:41, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
IIRC the story, the piece was recorded in one take when there was some time left at the end of a recording session. So says quite a bit for pro musicians that it sounds as good as it does, if that was the first they saw of it. There is another story - that it was a deliberate mistake on _that_ recording leaving another, perfectly accurate, recording to be broadcast to tell the subs to prepare for war without the Red team noticing any special comms :) -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
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If any reader thinks bell ringing in the UK is not an art then they
should try the awful row that they call bell ringing in France. Suicidal feelings ain't the word for it! -- Woody harrogate3 at ntlworld dot com |
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Robin wrote: On 15/10/2016 13:41, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: IIRC the story, the piece was recorded in one take when there was some time left at the end of a recording session. So says quite a bit for pro musicians that it sounds as good as it does, if that was the first they saw of it. There is another story - that it was a deliberate mistake on _that_ recording leaving another, perfectly accurate, recording to be broadcast to tell the subs to prepare for war without the Red team noticing any special comms :) You've been watching too much Trump. ;-) -- *Warning: Dates in Calendar are closer than they appear. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"Tim Streater" wrote in message
.. . In article , polygonum wrote: On 15/10/2016 04:16, Bill Wright wrote: I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he Having lived in another cathedral city, and very much within earshot of the bells, I would not want them stopped, but some days they went on and on and on... Extremely tedious and annoying after an hour or more. Wouldn't be so bad if they rang out a tune of some sort... Bugger that. We do change ringing in this country, much better. I've heard continental bells trying to do a tune, rather hard with only (say) six notes. It just sounds stupid. And if you don't like village church bells, don't move to a village. So, another one who thinks anyone who doesn't like church bells shouldn't live within about half a mile of any church. That's really quite difficult in the UK. But ain't that just typical of the absolute arrogance of the bellringing fraternity? No hint of appreciating that some people don't like them. No understanding that they are a bloody nuisance. And no understanding that they are in fact breaking the law. They are louts of the aural world, just as I would be if I played gangsta rap at the same volume and for the same duration. All that matters to them is what they want to do. |
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Norman Wells wrote: So, another one who thinks anyone who doesn't like church bells shouldn't live within about half a mile of any church. That's really quite difficult in the UK. But ain't that just typical of the absolute arrogance of the bellringing fraternity? No hint of appreciating that some people don't like them. No understanding that they are a bloody nuisance. And no understanding that they are in fact breaking the law. Very difficult to find anywhere in the UK without considerable background noise during the day. Traffic. Planes. Kids playing. Even nature in one form or another. Just how often does this bell ringing take place that you find it offensive? -- *If at first you don't succeed, try management * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
... In article , Norman Wells wrote: So, another one who thinks anyone who doesn't like church bells shouldn't live within about half a mile of any church. That's really quite difficult in the UK. But ain't that just typical of the absolute arrogance of the bellringing fraternity? No hint of appreciating that some people don't like them. No understanding that they are a bloody nuisance. And no understanding that they are in fact breaking the law. Very difficult to find anywhere in the UK without considerable background noise during the day. Traffic. Planes. Kids playing. Even nature in one form or another. Just how often does this bell ringing take place that you find it offensive? He's busy looking for Esmeralda and will get back to you ASAP. |
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On 15/10/16 16:22, Norman Wells wrote the uisual load of bolloo9cks cf:
So, another one who thinks anyone who doesn't like church bells shouldn't live within about half a mile of any church. Any church with bells, that actually rings them I live within half a mile of three churches, No bells. That's really quite difficult in the UK. No, its actually harder tro live away from a mosqiue than a church with bells. But ain't that just typical of the absolute arrogance of the bellringing fraternity? No hint of appreciating that some people don't like them. No understanding that they are a bloody nuisance. And no understanding that they are in fact breaking the law. They are louts of the aural world, just as I would be if I played gangsta rap at the same volume and for the same duration. Wait till the country is under sharia law. All that matters to them is what they want to do. AS it is to you, it seems. -- "Corbyn talks about equality, justice, opportunity, health care, peace, community, compassion, investment, security, housing...." "What kind of person is not interested in those things?" "Jeremy Corbyn?" |
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On 15/10/2016 13:32, charles wrote:
My wife. on hearing the story, said " The Dean must be a woman - they don't know how to manage". It just goes to prove that the church were correct in attempting to exclude women from positions of power with their organisation :) -- mailto: news {at} admac {dot] myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 04:16:34 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote: I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...ingers-to-ring Thank you! I'm curious to have an appreciation as to why you think this is important. It is a genuine question and I assume you are not a York bellringer, though you may be of course in which case you'd have a vested interested. -- AnthonyL |
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In message , Zephirum
writes: On 15 Oct 2016 08:23, Andy Burns wrote: Bill Wright wrote: I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" Alternatively keep them silent ... http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-noise-pollution-from-church-bells Indeed yes. As is often the case, the Pythons had it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBBlRB1HH2g -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; he who dares not is a slave." - Sir William Drummond Above all things, use your mind. Don't be that bigot, fool, or slave. |
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On 15/10/16 16:22, Norman Wells wrote:
"Tim Streater" wrote in message .. . In article , polygonum wrote: On 15/10/2016 04:16, Bill Wright wrote: I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he Having lived in another cathedral city, and very much within earshot of the bells, I would not want them stopped, but some days they went on and on and on... Extremely tedious and annoying after an hour or more. Wouldn't be so bad if they rang out a tune of some sort... Bugger that. We do change ringing in this country, much better. I've heard continental bells trying to do a tune, rather hard with only (say) six notes. It just sounds stupid. And if you don't like village church bells, don't move to a village. So, another one who thinks anyone who doesn't like church bells shouldn't live within about half a mile of any church. That's really quite difficult in the UK. But ain't that just typical of the absolute arrogance of the bellringing fraternity? No hint of appreciating that some people don't like them. No understanding that they are a bloody nuisance. And no understanding that they are in fact breaking the law. They are louts of the aural world, just as I would be if I played gangsta rap at the same volume and for the same duration. All that matters to them is what they want to do. ********. I like bells. |
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message ... alan_m wrote: Some sadist at BBC radio 4 has recorded peals of bells from various UK churches and they are often played late at night just as one is dropping off to sleep. I that doesn't get you, R4 joins the World Service which remains a spoken service which is fine for dropping off to ... until some schools "music and movement" programme wakes you up at about 3am. It shouldnt be hard to organise a decent system that turns the radio off when you are asleep. Fades it down over a few minutes so that doesnt wake you up. |
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On 15/10/2016 17:59, AnthonyL wrote:
On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 04:16:34 +0100, Bill Wright wrote: I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...ingers-to-ring Thank you! I'm curious to have an appreciation as to why you think this is important. It is a genuine question and I assume you are not a York bellringer, though you may be of course in which case you'd have a vested interested. The same reason as I think BBC left wing bias is interesting. Bill |
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On 15/10/2016 23:54, Rod Speed wrote:
"Andy Burns" wrote in message ... alan_m wrote: Some sadist at BBC radio 4 has recorded peals of bells from various UK churches and they are often played late at night just as one is dropping off to sleep. I that doesn't get you, R4 joins the World Service which remains a spoken service which is fine for dropping off to ... until some schools "music and movement" programme wakes you up at about 3am. It shouldnt be hard to organise a decent system that turns the radio off when you are asleep. Fades it down over a few minutes so that doesnt wake you up. I find all this rather odd. When I go to bed I turn the lights off and silence anything that is making an interesting noise. I don't want any interesting sounds because they would distract me from my great pleasure, which is allowing my imagination to roam freely. Uninteresting noise doesn't matter. I'm lucky in that I can immerse myself in any scenario that I fancy with good control, once my eyes are closed. My dad had this ability and could also close his eyes and describe what he saw. For instance he could give a detailed commentary on everything seen from a bicycle on a ride from Bentley to Idle Stop in the 1930s. When he was alive he had vivid dreams, as do I. I once went into his room and he was talking in his sleep. He was conducting a public meeting in Ireland about a forthcoming agricultural show. When I appeared he introduced me to the committee and I was obliged to join in. It was an odd experience. I do miss him so much. Bill |
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On Saturday, 15 October 2016 17:59:57 UTC+1, AnthonyL wrote:
On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 04:16:34 +0100, Bill Wright wrote: I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...ingers-to-ring Thank you! I'm curious to have an appreciation as to why you think this is important. It is a genuine question and I assume you are not a York bellringer, though you may be of course in which case you'd have a vested interested. -- AnthonyL There is a general trend to attack all our traditions. It's part of the lefty attempt to create a world socialist state. As is the EUSSR |
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 23:38:05 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote: On Saturday, 15 October 2016 17:59:57 UTC+1, AnthonyL wrote: On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 04:16:34 +0100, Bill Wright wrote: I just signed the petition "Allow the York Minster bell ringers to ring!" and wonder if you could add your name too. The more support we can get the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition he http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...ingers-to-ring Thank you! I'm curious to have an appreciation as to why you think this is important. It is a genuine question and I assume you are not a York bellringer, though you may be of course in which case you'd have a vested interested. -- AnthonyL There is a general trend to attack all our traditions. It's part of the lefty attempt to create a world socialist state. As is the EUSSR Well Bill is clearly in support and we've had views from some on why they hate the bells being rung and I was curious as to what Bill liked about it. Disappointingly his response in another post is unhelpful but I guess some folk simply enjoy the English traditions that give this country its identity which others would see sterilized. -- AnthonyL |
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