[Stretham-rec] Stretham REC 5th October & NEW info!

[StrethamRec Teachers]

Good afternoon!

Please read new information below!

This Saturday is our district meeting at Landbeach, a recently augmented to
6 bells church! Tutors will be on hand to help anyone, so do come along no
matter your ringing ability! Tea/Coffee/Cake will be there 😃
3pm to 5pm
CB25 9GD
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Stretham REC is open for bookings for bell handling and band practice
sessions this coming 5th October.

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 DO NOT reply to this email but reply to *strethamrec at elyda.org.uk
<strethamrec at elyda.org.uk>*.
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!*

❗You may be interested in this:

The Fen Tigers
*Next Young Ringers Meeting*:
14th October 17:30 at St Clements in Cambridge.

For all the young ringers in the area no matter of ringing ability just
come along and meet other ringers bruh!

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>
 📖

⭐An exhibition 'Bellringing in Cambridge' is running from Monday 16
September until Saturday 12 October in Michaelhouse cafe on Trinity St,
just a few doors down from Great St Mary's. The exhibition is free.
It celebrates the tercentenary of the Society of Cambridge Youths,
bellringers at Great St Mary's since 1724. It explains church bellringing
in general so is of interest to non-ringers too, but in particular it talks
about the Society's activities over the last 300 years. You will see a huge
variety of faces (some familiar!) and documents telling the story of the
ringers, including eminent townspeople and those proficient in the 'art',
how they developed not just their ringing but the lucrative business of
touting their skills in exchange for money. At one stage a ringer could
earn the equivalent of £6k a year! Also did you know that the bells were
not routinely rung for Sunday services until 1928? Visit the exhibition and
find out more!

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‼️TWO PLACES LEFT!
Please note change of date for the *Plain Bob Doubles* course at the REC,
it is now going to be held on 16th November, 11:30am - 1:15pm. Please email
me to book a place, places are limited.
strethamrec at elyda.org.uk

Kindest regards,
Louise Webber
Stretham REC admin

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strethamrec at elyda.org.uk
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