Haughton Bell Ringing Times April 2023 (Easter Time)

Tuesday 4th April - Reflection Service - No Bell Ringing

Tuesday 4th April - 8pm to 9pm - Silent Ringing Practice (Holy Week)

Saturday 8th April -  8pm (Fire of Easter Service) - Ringing during the service 

Sunday 9th April - 8.30am for a 9am (Easter Celebration Service)

Sunday 16th April - 5.30pm for a 6pm (Evening Worship Service)

Wednesday 19th April - 6pm for a 6.30pm Compline Service in the Church,

Sunday 23rd April - 8.30am Holy Communion - no ringing

Sunday 30th April - 10am to 10.30am (Benefice Holy Communion service at Haughton)

Practices will be every Tuesday Evening at 8pm unless otherwise published.

Alterations are shown in red as previously published.

Haughton Bell Ringers practice every Tuesday evening from 8pm until 9pm. We welcome new ringers, and anyone who would like to visit us to find out more. Please feel free to share this post by text, email or social media

A Royal Knees Up

Haughton Bell Ringers practice every Tuesday evening from 8pm until 9pm. We welcome new ringers, and anyone who would like to visit us to find out more. Please feel free to share this post by text, email or social media

Marion Aranyos

It is with great sadness to announce that Marion Aranyos has passed away.  Marion and Bertie (her late husband) attended the church services regularly, and both were great supporters of the church and our bell ringing. After Bertie's passed, Marion still kept a regular attendance. 

Marion organised the church flowers for many years and would also have the neatly arranged and displayed for every occasion and festival.  Marion did a lovely job arranging our wedding flowers.

R.I.P. Marion

Haughton Bell Ringers practice every Tuesday evening from 8pm until 9pm. We welcome new ringers, and anyone who would like to visit us to find out more. Please feel free to share this post by text, email or social media

The First Quarter Peal at Stafford

I was lucky enough to be offered a rope in the first quarter at Stafford since the bells had been run.  Selwyn Jones had organised it memory of Margaret Jones (his late wife) who sadly died 2 years ago today.

Selwyn and Margaret has donated the new Treble to the project along side Jim and Jean Nixon who had donated the new 2nd.

We rang 1320 Grandsire Cinques (11 bells) with the tenor covering.  The team was as follows:

1Selwyn G Jones

2R Jean Nixon

3Rosemary E Wright

4Wendy Walters

5Jim Nixon

6Margaret Simpson

7Alan Walters (C)

8Tim Hine

9Trevor Lock

10Chris Adams

11Nigel Horritt

12Keith A Brooks

To see the blue line of Grandsire Cinques please click the link below:

https://rsw.me.uk/blueline/methods/view/Grandsire_Cinques

To see the quarter on Bell Board click the link below:

https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1602119

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NSACR Clapper Trapping Spring 2023

To read the the Spring 2023 edition of NSACR ClapperTraping please click the link below:

ClapperTrappings Sprint 2023

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At last they're Back - Stafford Bells Ring Out

It been a lot of hard work and it has seemed like for ever, but Stafford Bells have now been installed and we had the first ring on them this evening.  The 'Try Out' was well attended with ringers coming from afar who has helped along the way.  The first ring was on the old Hanley 10 which hadn't been rung since the 1980's

The next ring was on the ring of twelve.  This is the first ring on twelve bells ever at Stafford.

The third ring was on the light 8.  

It has been a long old road getting here, with many setbacks and a lot of hard work by many people, however full credit has to be given to Nigel Horritt who never gave up as had so much patience in getting the project completed.  The bell ring and handle lovely well and they are going to be a great  asset to the County Town.

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Happy Birthday William

We rang a quarter peal this morning (Tuesday 7th March) for William's Hall 80th Birthday.  William as been a regular member of Haughton Bell Ringers for 20 Years and is a valuable member of our team.  Happy Birthday William.

The Quarter Peal was 1260 St. Remigius and it was completed in 41 minutes.  The ringers were:

1. Trevor Stacey

2. Karen Powell

3. Trevor Lock

4. Jocelyne Lock

The quarter can be seen on the Ringing World Bell Board using this link: BellBoard (ringingworld.co.uk)

The Team

William Cutting his Cake

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Haughton Parish Council

VACANCY: PART TIME CLERK / RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL OFFICER

10 hours per week (to be worked flexibly from home)

Haughton Is a small village in Stafford Borough, located on the A518 between Stafford and Newport, Shropshire, with approximately 450 dwellings and 900 on the electoral roll.

The successful candidate will be required to attend the monthly Parish Council meetings held on the 4th Monday of the month, extraordinary meetings called from time to time and the Annual Parish Meeting.

Applicants should be problem solvers and have experience of committee work, minute taking and keeping financial records together with strong communication, IT and social media skills. A computer and printer will be provided. You should be able to work flexibly to respond to issues as they arise and should live within easy travelling distance of the village. An interest in local community matters and working with volunteers is essential and, while experience of local authority administration would be ideal (CiLCA Trained), training and support will be provided.

Starting salary in accordance with NJC scales of pay, SCP 9 -19 (£12.35- £14.84) subject to any national reviews. Salary will be awarded based on relevant experience. A home working allowance will also be paid subject to eligibility. For an application form, and/or for an informal discussion on the role, please contact the Chairman Cllr. Ian Sunley on 07887 932448 or e-mail: cllr.ian.sunley@haughtonPC-staffs.org.uk.

Further information on our Parish and Parish Council can be found at

https://haughtonpc-staffs.org.uk/ Closing date for applications is 10th April

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