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2024
16/11/2024 – Peals rung for the Society's Peal weekend
13/07/2024 – Write up from the July Country Meeting in Strensall and Towthorpe Village Hall
13/07/2024 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
19/03/2024 – 2023 Newsletter is now available
03/02/2024 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day
03/02/2024 – Photos from the Not The Dinner Day
2023
18/11/2023 – Peals rung for the Society's Peal weekend
28/10/2023 – Write up from the London 12 Bell Striking Competition at St Magnus the Martyr
12/10/2023 – Update Transport for London travel app as TFL widget has been decommissioned. For more information see TFL tech forum
07/10/2023 – Write up from the AGM
07/10/2023 – Photos from the AGM
09/09/2023 – Write up from the Informal Dinner
09/09/2023 – Photos from the Informal Dinner
08/07/2023 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Loughborough, Leicestershire
08/07/2023 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
21/06/2023 – Midlands practices added to website
18/05/2023 – Updated top and bottom menu urls to friendly urls
16/04/2023 – 2022 Newsletter is now available
20/03/2023 – Updated nomination forms uploaded to website
20/03/2023 – Codebase added to github
16/03/2023 – Upgrade deprecated php code to version 8
23/02/2023 – Removed our Yahoo Groups from our social networking page. On October 13, 2020 Yahoo announced they would be shutting down Yahoo Groups on December 15, 2020. For more information see Yahoo! Groups
04/02/2023 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)
04/02/2023 – Photos from the Not The Dinner Day
2022
19/11/2022 – Peals rung for Peal weekend
22/10/2022 – Write up from the London 12 Bell Striking Competition at St. Paul's Cathedral
10/09/2022 – Write up of the 275th Anniversary Dinner
10/09/2022 – Photos from the Triennial Dinner
09/07/2022 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Royal Hillsborough, Northern Ireland
08/07/2022 – Automated public previous minutes page Previous minutes
19/04/2022 – 2021 Newsletter is now available
05/02/2022 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)
05/02/2022 – Photos from the Not The Dinner Day
10/01/2022 – Officers Peal Challenge
2021
20/11/2021 – Peals rung for the Society's Peal weekend
23/10/2021 – SRCY placed 7th in London 12 Bell Striking Competition at St Mary-le-Bow
02/10/2021 – Write up from the AGM
17/04/2021 – Postings
01/03/2021 – Officers statement
06/02/2021 – Write up from the Not The Dinner Day Quiz
06/02/2021 – Updated Safeguarding Policy
2020
17/12/2020 – 2019 Newsletter is now available
21/11/2020 – Write up from the Not The Peal Weekend Quiz
21/11/2020 – A Peal was rung for the Society's Peal weekend
17/03/2020 – Coronavirus updates
20/02/2020 – George Pipe Biography
19/02/2020 – Ringing Master Appointment advert for Merton and Colliers Wood
01/02/2020 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)
2019
17/12/2019 – 2018 Newsletter is now available
16/11/2019 – Peals rung for Peal weekend
01/11/2019 – Peal weekend further information
26/10/2019 – Write up from the London 12 Bell Striking Competition at All Saint's Kingston
19/10/2019 – John Barnes
05/10/2019 – Write up from the AGM
14/09/2019 – Society held its Informal Dinner . There are some photos of the event
05/08/2019 – SRCY on Instagram
13/07/2019 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Beverley, East Yorkshire
01/06/2019 – Write up from the "Show of Strength" 50th anniversary
09/03/2019 – Removed our our Google+ account from our social networking page. Google have announced it is to shut down Google+ for consumers in April 2019 due to low usage
09/03/2019 – Write up of the March Country Meeting in Redhill, Surrey
02/02/2019 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)
25/01/2019 – Contact form updated to include Google's reCAPTCHA to reduce spam and abuse, for more information see reCAPTCHA
21/01/2019 – New Search Society Peals form - You can now search peals in our database
20/01/2019 – New https://peals.srcy.org.uk Society subdomain site - where you can view Society peal statistics
2018
18/12/2018 – 2017 Newsletter is now available
17/11/2018 – Peals rung for Peal weekend
10/11/2018 – New Peal weekend statistics function implemented
02/11/2018 – Bellringers who Fell in the First World War talk
01/11/2018 – Re-dedication of St Paul's Cathedral Bells
27/10/2018 – Write up from the London 12 Bell Striking Competition at St Michael’s Cornhill
06/10/2018 – Write up from the AGM
08/09/2018 – Write up of the Triennial Dinner
08/09/2018 – Photos from the Triennial dinner
14/07/2018 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Worcester, Worcestershire
25/05/2018 – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) page added to website
25/05/2018 – Updated nomination forms uploaded to website
19/05/2018 – Society won the National Devon Call changes competition
29/04/2018 – SRCY site updated to be ssl (Secure Sockets Layer) secure, for more information about ssl see https://info.ssl.com/
14/04/2018 – All Society Peals have been added to website
10/03/2018 – Write up of the March Country Meeting in Farnham, Surrey
03/02/2018 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)
2017
18/11/2017 – Peals rung for Peal weekend
28/10/2017 – Write up from the London 12 Bell Striking Competition at St Leonard's Shoreditch
28/10/2017 – Photos from the London 12 Bell Striking Competition
07/10/2017 – Write up from the AGM
07/10/2017 – Photos from the AGM
09/09/2017 – Write up of the Informal Dinner
09/09/2017 – Photos from the Informal Dinner
08/07/2017 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Melbourne, Derbyshire
08/07/2017 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
11/03/2017 – Write up of the March Country Meeting in Warnham, West Sussex
28/02/2017 – 2016 Newsletter is now available
04/02/2017 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)
04/02/2017 – Photos from the Not The Dinner Day
2016
19/11/2016 – Peals rung for the Society's Peal weekend
22/10/2016 – Write up from the London 12 Bell Striking Competition at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
01/10/2016 – Write up from the AGM
01/10/2016 – Photos from the AGM
10/09/2016 – Write up of the Informal Dinner
10/09/2016 – Photos from the Informal Dinner
09/07/2016 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Wylam, Northumberland
09/07/2016 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
16/05/2016 – New - Society merchandise page
12/03/2016 – Write up of the March Country Meeting in Hitchin, Hertfordshire
24/02/2016 – 2015 Newsletter is now available
06/02/2016 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)
05/02/2016 – New - Society leading peal ringers page for the year
2015
21/11/2015 – Peals rung for the Society's Peal weekend
24/10/2015 – Write up from the London 12 Bell Striking Competition at St Giles Cripplegate
03/10/2015 – Write up from the AGM
03/10/2015 – Photos from the AGM
19/09/2015 – Write up of the Triennial Dinner
19/09/2015 – Photos from the Triennial dinner
11/07/2015 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Wimborne, Dorset
11/07/2015 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
27/06/2015 – SRCY come 5th in the National 12 Bell final at St Peter Mancroft, Norwich
21/03/2015 – 2014 Newsletter is now available
18/03/2015 – Dennis R Allcock
14/03/2015 – Write up of the March Country Meeting in Kettering, Northamptonshire
14/03/2015 – Photos from the March Country Meeting
07/02/2015 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)
25/01/2015 – Muriel Reay
17/01/2015 – Society Name Book now available online
15/01/2015 – Society Peal Books (1748-1969) now available online
14/01/2015 – Central Council Decisions on peal ringing, methods and calls Consultation paper
2014
15/11/2014 – Peals rung for Peal weekend
25/10/2014 – SRCY placed 2nd in London 12 Bell Striking Competition at St Mary-le-Bow
04/10/2014 – Write up from the AGM
04/10/2014 – Photos from the AGM
19/09/2014 – Report from the Ringing Road Show at Newbury
13/09/2014 – Write up of the Informal Dinner
03/09/2014 – Add to Calendar function now available on Calendar page
12/07/2014 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Oxford, Oxfordshire
12/07/2014 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
28/06/2014 – SRCY come 2nd in the National 12 Bell final at Christ Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire
28/06/2014 – Photos from the Results of the National 12 Bell Final at Christ Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire
28/04/2014 – 2013 Newsletter is now available
26/03/2014 – New St Andrews Holborn page created
22/03/2014 – SRCY qualify for the National 12 Bell final at Oxford
20/03/2014 – Washington Cathedral , Bells 50th anniversary
19/03/2014 – North America Gathering May/June 2014 Update
08/03/2014 – Write up of the March Country Meeting in Portsmouth, Hampshire
08/03/2014 – Photos from the March Country Meeting
17/02/2014 – New St James, Clerkenwell page created page created
01/02/2014 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)
01/02/2014 – Photos from the Not The Dinner Day
24/01/2014 – Scanning of the Society's historical minutes has been completed
15/01/2014 – Website updated to be mobile friendly
2013
23/11/2013 – 2012 Newsletter is now available
16/11/2013 – Peals rung for Peal weekend
15/11/2013 – North America Gathering May/June 2014, Ringing weekend for SRCY members . May 30 to June 1.
26/10/2013 – SRCY placed 1st in London 12 Bell Competition at St Magnus the Martyr
05/10/2013 – Write up from the AGM
05/10/2013 – Photos from the AGM
14/09/2013 – Write up of the Informal Dinner
14/09/2013 – Photos from the Informal Dinner
13/07/2013 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland
13/07/2013 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
04/07/2013 – Write up of a Peal in two places - Derby and Edinburgh
09/03/2013 – Write up of the March Country Meeting in Hertford, Hertfordshire
09/03/2013 – Photos from the March Country Meeting
02/02/2013 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)
02/02/2013 – Photos from the Not The Dinner Day
2012
28/11/2012 – New nomination form in the Membership section
17/11/2012 – Peals rung for Peal weekend
12/11/2012 – All minutes over 20 years old (that have been scanned) are available in the Public SRCY Minutes page.
06/10/2012 – Write up from the AGM
06/10/2012 – Photos from the AGM
08/09/2012 – Write up of the Triennial Dinner
08/09/2012 – Photos from the Triennial dinner
04/08/2012 – SRCY come third in Widecombe-in-the-Moor Competition
14/07/2012 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Sapcote, Leicestershire
14/07/2012 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
01/06/2012 – Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the Society gave a Loyal Address
30/05/2012 – Inter-Society Striking Competition was held against the ASCY
08/05/2012 – Clothing available to purchase DEADLINE for orders: Thu 31 May
30/03/2012 – 2011 Newsletter is now available
24/03/2012 – Society won the National 12 bell eliminator at Stourbridge
14/03/2012 – Bells of St Dunstan-in-the-West were consecrated.
14/03/2012 – Photos from the Bells of St Dunstan-in-the-West were consecrated
10/03/2012 – Write up of the March Country Meeting in Basingstoke, Hampshire
10/03/2012 – Photos from the March Country Meeting
22/02/2012 – Planned site downtime this weekend
04/02/2012 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)
04/02/2012 – Photos from the Not The Dinner Day
2011
21/12/2011 – 50th anniversary of the dedication of Bow bells .
28/11/2011 – Details of this year's London Ringers Advent Carol Service and Social
19/11/2011 – Peals rung for the Society's Peal weekend
22/10/2011 – Write up from the London 12 Bell Striking Competition at Shoreditch
01/10/2011 – Write up from the AGM
01/10/2011 – Photos from the AGM
01/10/2011 – The Officers section updated
10/09/2011 – Write up of the Informal Dinner
10/09/2011 – Photos from the Informal Dinner
16/08/2011 – SRCY on Social Networks
09/07/2011 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Skipton, North Yorkshire
09/07/2011 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
02/07/2011 – We're sorry to announce the passing of Dennis Beresford . He'll be remembered at the July Country Meeting
10/06/2011 – 2010 Newsletter is now available
06/06/2011 – Details about the St Dunstan-in-the-West project - act now if you want to be involved
05/06/2011 – Details for the Informal Dinner are now available - sign up by Aug 19
03/06/2011 – New orders for clothing available - order by Friday 3 June
17/05/2011 – Inter-Society Striking Competition was held against the ASCY
26/03/2011 – SRCY host the National Youth Contest as part of the Ringing World Centenary celebrations.
13/03/2011 – Write up of the March Country Meeting in Devizes, Wiltshire
13/03/2011 – Final report on the Australia Trip
13/03/2011 – Photos from the SRCY members in Australia
05/02/2011 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)
05/02/2011 – Photos from the Not The Dinner Day
08/01/2011 – Teenage band rang a peal for the Society
05/01/2011 – Write up from the January Business Meeting
2010
29/11/2010 – SRCY hosts the London Ringers Christmas Social
20/11/2010 – Peals rung for the Society's Peal weekend
09/11/2010 – Updated Library list
06/11/2010 – Cumberland's 2nd in Tawstock Shield
30/10/2010 – Write up from the London 12 Bell Striking Competition at St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London
02/10/2010 – Write up from the AGM
02/10/2010 – Photos from the AGM
18/09/2010 – Open House taking place at two SRCY towers
11/09/2010 – Write up of the Informal Dinner
11/09/2010 – Photos from the Informal Dinner
10/07/2010 – Write up from the July Country Meeting in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire
10/07/2010 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
26/06/2010 – SRCY come 2nd in the National 12 Bell Final
07/06/2010 – Updated Library list
24/05/2010 – Frank Rivett fundraising walk
16/05/2010 – ESRCY Striking Competition
15/05/2010 – Joint peal day with ASCY - 15 May 2010
08/05/2010 – Clothing available to purchase
07/04/2010 – Inter-Society Striking Competition was held against the ASCY
27/03/2010 – Society won the National 12 bell eliminator at Shoreditch
20/03/2010 – West Midlands Spring Get Together
13/03/2010 – Write up of the March Country Meeting in Bitterne Park, Hampshire
07/03/2010 – Reduced service with SRCY site
16/02/2010 – 2009 Newsletter is now available
06/02/2010 – Photos from the Not The Dinner Day
12/01/2010 – New dates for your 2010 diary
2009
07/12/2009 – Information about London Ringers Christmas Service and Social
03/12/2009 – Search the SRCY Composition Database
21/11/2009 – Peals rung for the Society's Peal weekend
24/10/2009 – Write up from the London 12 Bell Striking Competition report at St Magnus the Martyr
04/10/2009 – The Officers section updated
03/10/2009 – Photos from the AGM
19/09/2009 – SRCY retain Trinity Shield in National Devon Call change challenge
12/09/2009 – Write up of the Triennial Dinner
06/09/2009 – The ESRCY had a picnic afternoon
11/07/2009 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Stamford, Lincolnshire
11/07/2009 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
04/07/2009 – Results of the National 12 Bell Final at St Paul's
20/05/2009 – First Cumberland to Conquer Everest
20/05/2009 – Inter-Society Striking Competition was held against the ASCY
02/05/2009 – Centenary of first peal of Surprise by a lady ringer
14/03/2009 – March Country Meeting - Pulborough, East Sussex
14/03/2009 – Photos from the March Country Meeting - Pulborough, East Sussex
03/03/2009 – SRCY qualify for 12 Bell Final at St Paul's
16/02/2009 – 2008 Newsletter is now available
16/02/2009 – Donate page created
02/02/2009 – An Aussie Steward
19/01/2009 – Information about the July Country Meeting
19/01/2009 – Information about the Anniversary Dinner
16/01/2009 – Information about the March Country Meeting
13/01/2009 – Information about Not The Dinner Day
2008
15/11/2008 – Peals rung for the Society's Peal weekend
22/10/2008 – New Past and Present Officers page
11/10/2008 – Muriel Reay's 90th Birthday , a Cumberland perspective
05/10/2008 – The Officers section updated
04/10/2008 – Write up from the AGM
04/10/2008 – Photos from the AGM
27/09/2008 – Ladies succeed at Exeter
13/09/2008 – Peals rung for the 2008 Informal Dinner
13/09/2008 – Photos from the Informal Dinner
05/09/2008 – Write up from the Ringing Roadshow
05/09/2008 – Photos from the 2008 Ringing Roadshow
05/09/2008 – Information about the SRCY stand at the Ringing Roadshow
10/08/2008 – PayPal available for the Informal Dinner
12/07/2008 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Norwich, Norfolk.
12/07/2008 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
28/06/2008 – 12 Bell Final Result
17/05/2008 – Information about Celebrate!-in-the-Fields
23/04/2008 – Inter-Society Striking
Competition was held against the ASCY
23/04/2008 – Photos from the SRCY vs ASCY striking competition
21/04/2008 – An appeal for helpers for Celebrate!-in-the-Fields
04/04/2008 – Job descriptions for each of the Officers now in each of their pages
29/03/2008 – SRCY qualify for National 12-bell striking contest final
10/03/2008 – 2007 Newsletter is now available
07/03/2008 – SRCY in the Big Apple
07/03/2008 – Photos from the North American members gathered in New York City.
18/02/2008 – Websites first birthday
31/01/2008 – Clothing shopping page created
22/01/2008 – Information about the St Martin-in-the-Fields peal boards
14/01/2008 – Sound of SRCY members ringing at Spitalfields
14/01/2008 – New nomination form in the Membership section
2007
26/11/2007 – Calendar page is created
17/11/2007 – Peals rung for the Society's Peal weekend
17/11/2007 – SRCY gathering in New York - March 2008
09/11/2007 – SRCY in New York
09/11/2007 – Photos from the SRCY in New York
30/10/2007 – About Us section created
30/10/2007 – Activities moved to Archive
25/10/2007 – SRCY members in the Lakes District
06/10/2007 – Write up from the AGM
06/10/2007 – Photos from the AGM
03/10/2007 – Update on St Martin-in-the-Fields
12/09/2007 – Information about the forthcoming Eastern Practices
08/09/2007 – Write up of the Informal Dinner
08/09/2007 – Photos from the Informal Dinner
07/09/2007 – Membership summary
debate
01/09/2007 – SRCY win the
Trinity Shield
28/08/2007 – Eastern practices listed
10/08/2007 – Hand bells in the Bush
27/07/2007 – Update on the Membership Debate
31/05/2007 – SRCY members in Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire
26/05/2007 – Oliver and Mary Cross' Wedding
26/05/2007 – Photos from the Oliver and Mary Cross' Wedding
15/05/2007 – Inter-Society Striking Competition was held against the ASCY
11/05/2007 – Write up of the July Country Meeting in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
11/05/2007 – Photos from the July Country Meeting
21/04/2007 – Final report on the Australia Trip
16/03/2007 – SRCY peal of Stedman Caters at Isleworth
10/03/2007 – Write up of the March Country Meeting in Birmingham
10/03/2007 – Photos from the March Country Meeting
08/03/2007 – SRCY Anniversary Peal at Stepney
25/02/2007 – SRCY Ladies mark Muriel Reay's 1000th peal
24/02/2007 – SRCY in
Derby
03/02/2007 – Write up of Not The Dinner Day (NTDD)