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/