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The Salty Trainspotter
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Good Day! I am The Salty Trainspotter (amongst other things) And when I'm not out watching Trains, I'm either Bell Ringing, or I'm just Frazzle (as some people know me as). I hate ironing board seats.
The content on this channel (at the moment!) includes:
Documentations of Bell Ringing trips;
Transportation footage whilst on these said trips..
..and maybe a sneaky Musical Implement Device will be here to treat you!
Rung at 307 Towers in the UK
I'm most active on Instagram, this is where I have and continue to post live travel updates, be it the class of train I'm getting on, to a random registration plate found in the middle of the road. Fun for everyone - go check it out!
I'm also on Twitter and Facebook however I post less frequently here, mostly being promotions for videos. But still worth visiting nonetheless...! FYI If you have a query about Ringing, Transport, Music or something else entirely, please do ask. I will do my best to answer you!
~The Salty Trainspotter :D
The content on this channel (at the moment!) includes:
Documentations of Bell Ringing trips;
Transportation footage whilst on these said trips..
..and maybe a sneaky Musical Implement Device will be here to treat you!
Rung at 307 Towers in the UK
I'm most active on Instagram, this is where I have and continue to post live travel updates, be it the class of train I'm getting on, to a random registration plate found in the middle of the road. Fun for everyone - go check it out!
I'm also on Twitter and Facebook however I post less frequently here, mostly being promotions for videos. But still worth visiting nonetheless...! FYI If you have a query about Ringing, Transport, Music or something else entirely, please do ask. I will do my best to answer you!
~The Salty Trainspotter :D
Addington & Croydon Ringers Trip | Norfolk 2024
I'm back from the dead, again! After a number of months with no videos, Frazzle comes back strong an addition to the "Long-Length Outing" series.
For this installment, we travel back to April for the yearly Addington & Croydon Ringers Trip. Our location for 2024 was Norwich & North Norfolk. We set up Basecamp at the Premier Inn @ Norwich Airport for the weekend. The towers we visited on the trip were (in chronological order): Upper Sheringham, Norwich St Giles, Aylsham, Cromer, Holt, Norwich All Saints Antique Centre & Norwich St Peter Mancroft. The latter two venues do not feature in the documentation.
This will hopefully be the start of another regular upload streak from yours truly. See you all again soon, Ta Ta!
For this installment, we travel back to April for the yearly Addington & Croydon Ringers Trip. Our location for 2024 was Norwich & North Norfolk. We set up Basecamp at the Premier Inn @ Norwich Airport for the weekend. The towers we visited on the trip were (in chronological order): Upper Sheringham, Norwich St Giles, Aylsham, Cromer, Holt, Norwich All Saints Antique Centre & Norwich St Peter Mancroft. The latter two venues do not feature in the documentation.
This will hopefully be the start of another regular upload streak from yours truly. See you all again soon, Ta Ta!
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The Quarter Peal Diary | Ep. 3 | Kingston Upon Thames, Greater London
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Welcome to The Quarter Peal Diary, the show which contains the best moments from the Quarter Peals I've rung. For this episode, we remain on the South Bank of the River Thames, at the Market Town of Kingston Upon Thames. The featured piece is from Sunday 8th October 2023, 1344 changes of Superlative Surprise Major - rung on the Back 8. Tune in next Sunday to find out where the Quarter Peal Diar...
The Quarter Peal Diary | Ep. 2 | Mortlake, Greater London
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Welcome to The Quarter Peal Diary, the show which contains the best moments from the Quarter Peals I've rung. This week we come to South West London, specifically the riverside church at Mortlake, Greater London. The featured piece is from a Quarter Peal containing 1312 Changes of Plain Bob Major Tune in next Sunday to find out where the Quarter Peal Diary shall take us next..!
The Quarter Peal Diary | Ep. 1 | St Olave, Hart Street, City of London
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Welcome to The Quarter Peal Diary, the show which contains the best moments from the Quarter Peals I've rung. For the premier episode, we start with the City of London Church of St Olave, Hart Street. The featured piece is from a Quarter Peal containing 1280 Changes of Bristol Surprise Major. Tune in next Sunday to find out where the Quarter Peal Diary shall take us next..!
Ringer Ollie's Outing to Ipswich 2023
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Ringer Ollie's Outing to Ipswich 2023
Plain Bob Major @ Hampstead, Greater London
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Plain Bob Major @ Hampstead, Greater London
Addington Ringers & Friends Outing to the Isle of Sheppey 2023
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Addington Ringers & Friends Outing to the Isle of Sheppey 2023
Grandsire Caters @ St Albans (St Peter), Hertfordshire
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For this next episode we return to the "Single Tower" videos. Having said that, this was taken from the latest Surrey Strikers (Young Ringers Team of the SACBR) Outing to St Albans. Here, we have a Bob Course of Grandsire Caters at Tower Number 3 - St Peter. Featuring @LapperzClapperz on the tenor.
ART L5 Masterclass @ Birmingham | Day 2 (Sunday Morning Circuit)
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The Daily Uploads continue.. with this installment we have Day 2 of the Birmingham trip. This time it is of the Sunday Morning Ringing Circuit. There is no footage from St Paul's as I went to St Martin's instead. Enjoy the show!
ART L5 Masterclass @ Birmingham | Day 1
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After nearly 3 months of waiting, the episodes covering the Association of Ringing Teachers (ART) Level 5 Masterclass are finally here! This episode is of the journey up on Friday 29th September and the Masterclass itself on Saturday 30th. The next episode will be of the Sunday Morning circuit which took place the following day. *be warned - the last 10 minutes contain the lesser-spotted half-d...
The Salty Trainspotter's Christmas Special 2023
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It's Christmas Day, again! What a cracking year 2023 has been - both in my ringing and non-ringing lives. I've completed my Secondary School Education, and have finished the Autumn Term of my BTEC L3 Music Technology course. Ringing wise, I rang my first peal on Sunday 5th February 2023, what an achievement that was. So far I've rung a total of 14 peals, with the final attempt of the year on Fr...
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (organ cover) | St Paul's URC, South Croydon
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The Christmas Season is here! To celebrate the next 2 weeks, I shall be uploading every single day. Today's episode is of an Organ Cover - with the featured piece being Blinding Lights by The Weeknd. The location for today is St Paul's United Reformed Church in South Croydon. Although there are no bells located here, the spire does contain a handful of speakers which are designed to play record...
I Vow To Thee My Country (organ cover) | St Mary, Barnes
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The Christmas Season is here! To celebrate the next 2 weeks, I shall be uploading every single day. Today's episode is of an Organ Cover - with the featured piece being my favourite thing to play on the Organ: I Vow To Thee My Country (Arranged by Geoff Knorr). This is the organ of St Mary, Barnes - which also contains a quaint ring of 8. Apologies for the rattling noises in the video, the vibr...
North West Ringing Course 2023 | Day 3
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The Christmas Season is here! To celebrate the next 2 weeks, I shall be uploading every single day - starting with the long, long awaited North West Ringing Course series! This episode covers Day 3: Saturday 12th August. The ringing featured is of Accrington & Oswaldtwistle. I was helping on the Stedman Triples course so all featured rings in the NWRC Series are of Stedman Triples and/or Ringin...
North West Ringing Course 2023 | Day 2
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The Christmas Season is here! To celebrate the next 2 weeks, I shall be uploading every single day - starting with the long, long awaited North West Ringing Course series! This episode covers Day 2: Friday 11th August. The ringing featured is of Bispham & Lytham (St Cuthbert). I was helping on the Stedman Triples course so all featured rings in the NWRC Series are of Stedman Triples and/or Ring...
North West Ringing Course 2023 | Day 1
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North West Ringing Course 2023 | Day 1
Barnes Summer Tour | Derbyshire 2023 | Day 4
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Barnes Summer Tour | Derbyshire 2023 | Day 4
Barnes Summer Tour | Derbyshire 2023 | Day 3
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Barnes Summer Tour | Derbyshire 2023 | Day 3
Barnes Summer Tour | Derbyshire 2023 | Day 2
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Barnes Summer Tour | Derbyshire 2023 | Day 2
Barnes Summer Tour | Derbyshire 2023 | Day 1
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Barnes Summer Tour | Derbyshire 2023 | Day 1
The Ringing World National Youth Contest 2023
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The Ringing World National Youth Contest 2023
Just another Wednesday... | Bishopsgate & St Martin-in-the-Fields
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Just another Wednesday... | Bishopsgate & St Martin-in-the-Fields
I Vow To Thee My Country (Jupiter) - Organ Cover
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I Vow To Thee My Country (Jupiter) - Organ Cover
Bell Ringing, except that it's paid | Battersea, Greater London
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Bell Ringing, except that it's paid | Battersea, Greater London
SACBR 8 Bell Practice @ East Molesey, Surrey & SRCY at Shoreditch, Greater London
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SACBR 8 Bell Practice @ East Molesey, Surrey & SRCY at Shoreditch, Greater London
MCALDG N&E District Outing to Reading 2023
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MCALDG N&E District Outing to Reading 2023
St Mary's Twickenham Fair | Bell Ringing & Tower Tour
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St Mary's Twickenham Fair | Bell Ringing & Tower Tour
Tivoli Orbiter & Maxwell Waltzer (offride) | Monty Hammond & Sons Funfair
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Tivoli Orbiter & Maxwell Waltzer (offride) | Monty Hammond & Sons Funfair
The Salty Trainspotter's Coronation Special 2023
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The Salty Trainspotter's Coronation Special 2023
You know, ive never seen anyone ring in a wheelchair but i think thats amazing! 😃😃
you'd think bellringers would have more taste than to start a vid with electro-crp poppage
No no Alysham are lovely tone bells now but probably doesn't make any difference ringing them as there still tricky.
@@christianong3703 I only have an issue with the trebles, much too loud and bright compared to the back 8
Finally!!! I also really hate missing ringing up! Its infuriating for me.
Good to have you back again Frazzle - best wishes from Australia.
Finally a video where you can hear them ringing 12345678910
Treble is a bit light set at backstroke… Bumped off the stay at back in your rounds.
@@tittums I've just realised mr storie is wearing the kyle shirt!!!
@@RingerLuca651what do you mean the Kyle shirt?
God what on earth! Aylsham are worse than before!!!
Agreed!
before what ?? covid? christ?
@@raymondo162 no, before they were retuned and installed
The front bells sound like they on a telephone call
@@MaxTheRinger ikr 🤣🤣🤣
Nice video....... i been watching these London Tram videos all week, heading into London tomorrow. and going across to Wimbledon to see these cool little trains, with a ride on one to the first or second station (Merton road I think) 😎
Thanks! I have to say this was taken years ago (I sound quite different now!) but the tram network is all pretty much the same. Enjoy your tram experience, there is Merton Park and Morden Road tram stops so I guess you mean one of those?
The start of The R.t Honourable Sr Lord Dr Frazzle A. Storie Esq. of Croydon (shithole) ringing career!
Horrid tinny bells.
Please upload more!!!! I am missing your videos
Fraser you are my favourite barnes ringer
Why's that 🤣
As TC of some of these towers, might I respectfully suggest that if you feel they should or could be improved, that you at the very least pay for it and ideally manage the project to do so. While some of these rings do have character, they support a thriving local community and are the result of a lot of hard fundraising and bloody hard work to vastly improve them from their previous incarnations. Criticism would be more accepted if it came from people who actually had some proven track record in fixing the problems they identify. (I have replaced the badly cracked stay left behind at one of the towers).
I certainly would lead said projects if I was in a position to do so, and also if they were projects that I felt were extremely necessary. Me saying that some bells weren't as easy, tuneful or possess a particular characteristic: that isn't to say that I think they shouldn't be, or trying to encourage someone to take action.
Very much my neck of the world! But poor internal acoustics at Didbrook? Sure, they're a little quiet, but they are perfectly clear. They are also infinitely better than pre-rehang - not only the acoustics, but the "go", the ropes, the rope circle, the lighting... just about everything! (For a comparison, go and watch my video on them). I also question your ears when, despite ringing on a vintage 1911 Taylor five, Elkstone come out as "the most tuneful ring of the day" - again, they are infinitely improved from their recent rehang (and are also the first ring in Glos to be externally tuned... sadly your camera has done them little justice here). Stanway are being rung *way* too fast, a poor piece of ringing there. No wonder "it was quite hard work" - the tenors physically couldn't keep up!... Five-bell ringing is an art and discipline, the bells need to be spaced out and controlled.
I was probably referring to the volume at Didbrook, can't remember a thing about them. Elkstone seemed the brightest to me, especially the treble and tenor, singing out the best, unlike Cheltenham St Mark which sounded rather thin. Unfortunately this was recorded in my era of recording on my phone so the quality isn't as good as it would be now, so none of them sound to me in the video like they did on the day
Well done! Are you able to use this for your academic studies?
Well done. Subbed
Sounds like the first quarter of the west minster chime
It is!
Yeah
A sublime hymn
Thanks
dear Frazer I hope all goes well for you at University -you will love it I am the graduate of 2 Australian Universities
Not sure where you got the information that I'm going to University? I don't have any plan to!
sorry I thought you said that - sorry and best wishes anyway. @@Mr_SaltyChip
Nothing says Christmas like a grey wall.
Obviously! In reality it's more blue, just pretend it's a massive version of Tom Scott's hoodie
@@Mr_SaltyChip You mean the former Tom Scott. 😂 Now he’s stopped uploading I think he should be referred to as ‘the former’
@@tittums xDD
interesting history about the church the ringing gets you in. Best wishes from Australia.
Whilst the twelve at Kingston are okay and nothing special, I have always had a fondness for the back eight. I once heard them to a touch of Stedman Triples for evensong and that immediately gave me goose bumps. A very nice ring indeed, but I especially love the back eight.
If my dad was still around, he'd be loving every second of your videos.
Was your dad a ringer?
People like me will stand outside the church with our mouths hanging open in awe wondering, what kind of mind can create such beauty? How is such music humanly possible? And, well, here you are, sharing what you do with us. Truly, I am overwhelmed !!! Thank you for this !!!
When it is done well like this it sounds magnificent!
12 bells
Is Blackmoor going to feature?
I believe I recorded that one so should do, it is in chronological order of course!
Treble ringer is from Heavitree.
No that's Ian Campbell, Ian G Campbell in this quarter is from Putney area.
@@Mr_SaltyChip ohhhhhh i didn't realise 😅
@@Mr_SaltyChip cast by thomas janaway thomas lester philip wrightman and robert caitlin tenor 14cwts
Hart Street are a beautiful I also like Jewry, but the best 8 are St James Clerkenwell, great Gillett bells
Oh without a doubt
@@Mr_SaltyChip 8 bells Mears and stainbank except the tenor which is Whitechapel 11-3-20cwts
Credit to me for giving you the recorder!
I have attempted a quarter on these - sadly it fired out but that’s Stedman for you, thought they were a very nice 8 though!
I scored a very nice QP on these back in October. Although very plain on paper they have that eight bell gem and I would happily go back!
@@RingerThomas We achieved some very nice striking before a bumpy patch worsened - but I would happily come back the next time I'm in London, very nice 8 - I'm split as to whether they are superior to Garlickhythe or not!
@@Ringer_Fran Obviously these are a vintage Whitechapel eight, and Garlickhythe are a modern ring, but they're both similar in terms of weight and tuning. I'm yet to ring at either, but am certain that they're both very good eights.
@@francescogreenslade7793 They are both exceptionally easy light 8s - a delight to ring on
Lovely video can wait for more vids!
Not that crap robotic voice eh
No just me!
@@Mr_SaltyChipAh, this will help me get to sleep!
Pity that none of the towers in Blackpool are ringable.
I've heard that St Chad's Bells can be difficult to ring but you guys did some great striking ;)
I didn't find them particularly difficult myself, you just can't let them drop at handstroke.
It's so nice to see someone who train spots and does ringing like me too! I am glad to have found your channel :)
I always love 10 bell rings and this is an exceptional peal of Whitechapel bells.
Agreed!
@@Mr_SaltyChip whitechapel tenor 24-0-3cwts st albans are also whitechapel hung on 2 levels tenor 21-0-9cwts
Very nice mate, I do apologise that I don’t comment or talk to you very much like I used to do. I’m usually very busy on a college course or visiting some places and friends or I could be commenting or talking to someone else either on UA-cam, Facebook, messenger, WhatsApp or even messages or FaceTime. Very nice video anyway though 🙂👍🏻
No, of course I'm not annoyed that I spelt Your with 're at the end.. definitely not annoyed..
You silly Goose.
They go lovely.
Ipswich St Mary there lovely & St Margaret but Margaret they had a rehung.
Glad it was good👍
gillett and johson whitechapel tenor 23-0-5cwts
a joyful sound.
I've always loved these bells although I've never heard these in real life
yes samuel
Interest Frazzle. As someone who has never experienced campanology before - I wonder if you could explain sometime how is all works - who gives the commands and how do the ringers follow. There are many explanations of church organs and organists demonstrations. I wonder if you could post something like that some time. With very best wishes for you as you enter post school education.
Cheers for the comment! Depending on your location, you could learn to do it yourself! Did you say you're located in Australia? There are quite a few Towers there
Thanks for the reply Frazzle we are in the country 500 kms from Melbourne and Adelaide so would be difficulty to get there - I no longer drive. @@Mr_SaltyChip Best wishes from Australia - Michael.
milton regis are westley group mears and stainbank alfred bowell and james bartlet hung on 3 levels queenborugh are mears and stainnbank the rest anthony bartlet mister abbey are diffrent founders mears and stainbank gillett blend and co willam hatch eastchurch are mears and stainbank john wilnar and joseph hatch sittingbourne are mears and stainbank james bartlet
your timing would have to be spot on every time - good to see how it is done and not just listening to the peel outside. Thanks for posting this Frazzle.
Good bells.