HRGB Northwest Rally

Bury Grammar School

Saturday 18th March 2017

Members of 14 Northwest Teams joined for a Spring Rally at Bury Grammar School Infants Division on a wet spring day. It was an opportunity to try out the competition winning pieces written especially for the 50th Birthday of the HRGB as massed ringing. The AGM of the North West region was held and two new honorary life members, Anne Hopley and Linda Parkington were announced. The pieces the teams played ranged from William Gordon favourites to film and TV themes with everything inbetween. John Partington gave us an interesting insight into the beginning of English Handbell Ringing and the first competitions and rallies. A further article featuring his recollections is planned for both the website and Oyez, the newsletter of the Northwest Branch of the HRGB.