St George’s Day 2008 in Nottinghamshire.
On Monday 21 April BBC Radio Nottingham received a text from a listener who
felt we didn't celebrate St. George’s Day enough in this country. So, the radio
station’s breakfast presenter, Andy Whittaker, wanted to find a collective way
for listeners to celebrate the day. He decided that at 8.15am on April 23rd
listeners would celebrate St. George’s Day by ringing a bell of any kind - door
bells, bike bells, ornamental bells, school bells, bus bells, church bells the
possibilities were endless!
After many phone calls and e-mails to tower contacts principally in the greater
Nottingham area, given the short amount of time between the request and the day
itself, we managed to achieve a radio interview and some handbell ringing
demonstrating rounds on the morning before St George’s Day. On the day itself
the radio station had reporters in two churches at 8.15 a.m. recording the
ringing and talking to ringers plus other interviews with ringers local and
national in the run up to 8.15a.m.
To hear all about it go to :-
http://www.zen75906.zen.co.uk/bells/