Originally founded in 1995, we used the handbells belonging to the village church and worked from an alpha notation system. In 2002 we received a grant from the National Lottery Awards for All, followed in 2008 by a grant from the Midland Co-op Community Dividend and in 2011 a grant from the Northants Empowering Councillors Scheme. These grants, combined with funds raised by the group enabled us to purchase our three octave set of Whitechapel handbells and associated equipment.

 

We now play from standard staff notation music and thanks to recent generous grants from our local District Councillor, we have been able to purchase more sheet music to expand our repertoire.

 

We now have a 4 octave set of Suzuki Handchimes to complement the bells and are gradually introducing these to our performances.