Comments by "Roger Smith" (@rogersmith8339) on "1961: Hark! The INCREDIBLE Solo BELL-RINGER | Tonight | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive" video.

  1. That is not bell ringing! It is an awful racket like you hear on the continent. There are people who can ring changes two in hand but they are rather special. This woman is rather "special" in a very different way!
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  2. @Craig Nothing wrong with eccentrics, that is how change ringers are generally viewed these days by those who do not understand the attraction.
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  3.  @original.dwornboy  And that makes a difference? I am sorry, but for this sort of thing to be broadcast now is in rather poor taste. In Victorian times they found entertainment in visiting asylums, are you suggesting it would be fine to broadcast that?
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  4.  @original.dwornboy  Then why does it need to be shown now? Is it not making a fool of the poor lady?
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  5.  @adamm2693  Are you a change ringer? Do you even know what that means?
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  6.  @kitm141  Back in the 60's my best mate from school (who got me into change ringing) was on the children's programme Magpie, ringing the portable campanile in the studio.
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  7.  @kitm141  In those days, "special" people made for good(?) entertainment on TV which I feel was rather cruel. Thankfully we have moved on when it comes to things like that.
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  8.  @Revdrwilliam  I did not say it is how they do it, only that it sounds like it.
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