Hoskins Memorial Church, Lithgow
Hoskins Day Ringing 2024
The Saturday band: Greg, Catherine, Tony, Marianne, Alan and Hannah
The QP band anti clockwise from front left in ringing order: Elaine, Stephen, Hannah, Colin, Jeff(C) and Tony
For Hoskins Day this year we rang before and after the 11am service, joined the lunch provided by the church and then rang a quarter peal. The day before was a Parish open day to celebrate 100 years of the Parish Centre. We were asked to ring for that and six of us rang for an hour from 10am - and we might have a new recruit from the people who came to watch and listen.
For the quarter peal, local ringers, Hannah Musgrove and Tony Pipe, were joined by four ringers from Turramurra in Sydney, including Jeff Price who conducted the mixed doubles. One method Hannah had never rung and one she had rung only a few plain courses 35 years ago! It was Tony's first quarter covering for doubles.
It is 25 years since the first ringing of the bells, which also involved a quarter peal that Hannah rang in.
Thanks to Elaine, Colin, Stephen and Jeff from Turramurra for joining other locals on the Sunday, and Marianne from Katoomba for joining us on the Saturday.
Hannah Musgrave
17 October 2024
Returning to ringing in a pandemic
In order to resume any face to face church services or groups, a Safety Plan was required to be submitted for approval by the Uniting Church, both the local church council, the Synod and the wider Presbytery.
So in early June, I put together a plan for resumption of limited service ringing in consultation with the Lithgow ringers, which has been reviewed and approved for use at the first trial Sunday service at Hoskins Uniting Church, Lithgow, on July 5th.
Our safety plan is in the format provided by the Church and contains their requirements, with the added practical solutions specific to ringing in our tower situation. At this stage we are limited to a maximum of 6 local ringers and no visiting ringers, and will only ring for 15 minutes. (Interestingly, and perhaps luckily, this aligns to the recently published Central Council advice).
Our plan will be reviewed after Sunday, and regularly, until we are able to, one day, resume normal ringing. Hopefully we will be able to ring regularly for services if the trial service on Sunday is a success.
Hannah Musgrave
30 June 2020
Images of our Church and Tower
Taken by Maria Vandersman October 2020
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