When my husband and I started conducting in our young tower, we agreed that I would conduct Plain Bob and he, Grandsire. We did not know at that stage that

I feel I am the stereotype female ringer who always rings  round the front end and has done virtually no conducting! I suppose it was the case that I found

I learnt to ring a bell aged 12, the daughter of a ringer, but really started my ringing journey from the age of 16. I cannot say that any of

I think there are several reasons for the imbalance, some valid, and some definitely not. Women are generally physically weaker than men, and this feeds into the idea that women

Two women/girls in our tower were encouraged to ring the Tenor (15 1/2 cwt) and made a habit of it (though neither progressed to turning it in - yet).  In

Why is it that there is an even gender balance among ringers in the early stages of ringing, but the gender distribution changes at more “advanced levels”?

I got

I think some of the problems are from a wider societial view of how women 'should' act. I've rung in two towers, the first where I learnt to
ring and

Several of the stories published so far hit on something really crucial, I think, which is that as a ringer, and particularly as a visiting
ringer, one is often asked

In 1999 I moved to a new city, not knowing a soul, for work after college. I didn’t ring for 6 months but missed it so much I joined a

I was ringing at a cathedral after a 12-bell. The person running the ringing and asked, in a cheeky way, if I would be ok Ringing the tenor.  I defo

I think part of the problem (of women not having as many opportunities as men) is misplaced protectiveness to females, coming from those in charge. I have noticed females being

I was asked into a peal at Ambleside, a lovely 32 cwt 8 in Cumbria, and if I wanted the tenor.  I said, "Sure, let's ring Stedman".  The organiser said

Very recently, my husband and I were set a question about how I felt about ringing a perfectly ordinary 15cwt tenor.  The answer was on a scale of 1 to