{"id":16810,"date":"2025-09-21T21:05:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T20:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hornchurchbells.co.uk\/main\/?p=16810"},"modified":"2025-09-17T21:12:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:12:52","slug":"bells-rung-for-vj-day-80th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hornchurchbells.co.uk\/main\/2025\/09\/21\/bells-rung-for-vj-day-80th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bells Rung for VJ Day 80th\u00a0Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">80 years ago, Victory Over Japan (VJ) Day marked the surrender of Japanese forces, which essentially ended the Second World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0August 2025, the 80<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of VJ Day was commemorated at St Andrew\u2019s with a special ringing of the bells at 6.30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was part of a national event with bell ringers across the country ringing together at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had 10 ringers taking part and one piece of ringing is listed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dove.cccbr.org.uk\/tower\/14513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Hornchurch<\/strong>, Essex<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">St Andrew<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Friday, 15 August 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rounds and Call Changes on 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Roller-coaster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">1&nbsp;Michelle Stephenson&nbsp;(C)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">2&nbsp;Valerie Swain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">3&nbsp;Angela Harvey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">4&nbsp;Adam Carpenter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">5&nbsp;Charles Page<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">6\u00a0Kim Mullan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">7&nbsp;Clive Stephenson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">8&nbsp;James Riley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">9&nbsp;Gavin Carpenter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">10&nbsp;Mark Lendon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Rung to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the day, a quarter peal was also rung to mark the occasion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dove.cccbr.org.uk\/tower\/14513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Hornchurch<\/strong>, Essex<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">St Andrew<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Friday, 15 August 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1260<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Plain Bob Minor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">1&nbsp;James P Riley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">2&nbsp;John M Church<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">3&nbsp;Carys E Hayward<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">4&nbsp;Helen J Carter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">5&nbsp;Marianne R Hayward<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">6&nbsp;Clive J Stephenson&nbsp;(C)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Rung to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The photo shows the ringers taking part in the quarter peal.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hornchurchbells.co.uk\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250815-WA0000.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image of six ringers outside the entrance to St Andrew's Church\" class=\"wp-image-16811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hornchurchbells.co.uk\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250815-WA0000.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, 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