New bellringing band to start work in September at cathedral where 30 campanologists were sacked last autumnThe bells of York Minster, which have been silent for almost a year since the controversial dismissal of 30 campanologists, will chime again next month with a fresh team of ringers in place. The new band, which includes some former volunteers, has been selected by the minster and a new head bellringer, Angela Mitchell, who was appointed in June. More than 40 applications were received from bellringers in York and from the wider region, the cathedral said. Minster sources claimed the bellringing team was in the hands of a “fiefdom”. Despite fears of a silent Christmas, the minster’s bells pealed for Nine Lessons and Carols on 22 December thanks to volunteer campanologists from elsewhere in Yorkshire.

Source: The Guardian August 22, 2017 16:41 UTC