Traditional Christmas Ringing at St Andrew’s
For more than 60 years, a full 3 hour peal has been attempted at St Andrew’s on Christmas Eve (or as close to Christmas as possible).
2023 was no exception and the bells were rung continuously for 3 hours and 7 minutes to celebrate the Christmas Festival:
Essex Association
St Andrew
Saturday, 23 December 2023 in 3h 7min
5040 Spliced Major (2m)
(3600 Plain Bob; 1440 Cambridge Surprise)
Composed by: R. Baldwin
1 M Louise Booth
2 Marianne R Hayward
3 William M Beech
4 Helen J Carter
5 Jonathan R Slack
6 Andrew P Barham
7 Colin Friend
8 Clive J Stephenson (C)
Rung for the Festival of Christmas.
Also in thanksgiving for the life of James A Bullock formerly of Dagenham who passed away earlier this week, 6 months short of his 100th birthday.