[Stretham-rec] Christmas REC sessions 21st December

[StrethamRec Teachers]

Dear Ringers,

*🎄Christmas Band Practice!*
Join us this Saturday for our final Christmas band practice of the year,
complete with mince pies and mulled wine!
Come along for some festive fun – we can’t wait to see you there!
*Christmas jumpers and bobble hats welcomed!*

🔔Stretham REC is open for bookings for bell handling and band practice
sessions this coming Saturday 21st December.

Times:

   - 10am 1-2-1 bell handling
   - 10:45am 1-2-1 bell handling
   - 11:30am-1:15pm band practice


If you would like to book any of the sessions (*including band practice*)
please reply to *strethamrec at elyda.org.uk <strethamrec at elyda.org.uk> *by
*Wednesday*.
I will do my best to fit you in at the time you ask for however this may
not always be possible, I will confirm places on Thursdays.
All students are asked to give a donation in to the box of £3 and to sign
the register book.
*YOU MUST let us know ASAP if you are unable to attend your session for
whatever reason!*

❗From January we will be increasing our asking donation cost to £4 per
session (what can you do these days for £4...?!!)

*🧩Last chance to order a jigsaw for guaranteed delivery for Christmas!*
Ely Diocesan Association of Church Bellringers jigsaw puzzle, contact me to
order at:

stepjigsaw at gmail.com

They are £25 (plus £4 P&P if you require)
It will make the most amazing gift or for all the family to enjoy doing
over the Christmas holidays! Or anytime of year really!
These are *LIMITED EDITION* so once they have gone.... they have!

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HANDBELLS?
If you are interested in learning to ring handbells please let me know as
this is something we are considering running if there is enough interest!

🐯The Fen Tigers

If you know any young ringers in your towers please let them know about
this!
*Next Young Ringers Meeting*:

   - 13th January at St Clements, Cambridge

For all the young ringers in the area no matter of ringing ability just
come along and meet other ringers!
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Christmas Gift Idea!
📖 Foolish Youths and Substantial Rewards

*A social history of bellringing in Cambridge*

*By Gareth Davies*

Bells once dominated the soundscape of Cambridge, ringing out for everyone
from parliamentary candidates to lottery winners. The bellringers turned
their pastime into a lucrative business, and ringing played a part in the
customs of the university and local government – and only lastly the church.

What did John Hall do with a dead cat? Why did James Bennet ‘pocket the
cucumber’? Who was the first woman to become a Cambridge bellringer? Meet
the fascinating cast of characters who have rung the bells since the
sixteenth century. They woke the town at 4am, were fined if they failed to
turn out at fifteen minutes notice, and rang for secular events while
church services were in progress: the not-so-distant past challenges a
modern understanding of what it means to be a bellringer. Foolish Youths
and Substantial Rewards provides a unique perspective on bellringing and
life in Cambridge over 500 years.



 "This compelling new book by Gareth Davies is a veritable masterpiece. It
is the kind of book that is difficult to put down because, as reader, you
keep wanting to know what happens next."
- Frank King, University Bellringer, Cambridge

*📖 CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND TO PURCHASE
<https://www.ringingworld.co.uk/purchase/shop/foolish-youths-and-substantial-rewards.html>
📖*


📅 *SAVE THE DATE!*
Saturday 29th March 2025
Put it on your calendar! We at STEP are planning on hosting a Tower Open
Day!
Watch this space 😃

Kindest regards,
*Louise Webber*
Stretham REC admin

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strethamrec at elyda.org.uk
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