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| Karen Bradley, the culture secretary, says 1,400 bellringers will take part to ring bells across the country on 11 November 2018 | |
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| Sun 12 Nov 2017 06.01 GMT | |
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| Scores of bell ringers will be recruited to help commemorate 100 years since the end of the first world war in 2018. | Scores of bell ringers will be recruited to help commemorate 100 years since the end of the first world war in 2018. |
| Bells will ring out in unison from churches and cathedrals in villages, towns and cities across the country on 11 November next year. Big Ben will also strike at 11am to mark the centenary of Armistice Day. | Bells will ring out in unison from churches and cathedrals in villages, towns and cities across the country on 11 November next year. Big Ben will also strike at 11am to mark the centenary of Armistice Day. |
| The campaign Ringing Remembers will recruit a total of 1,400 campanologists for the event, the same number that lost their lives during the conflict. | The campaign Ringing Remembers will recruit a total of 1,400 campanologists for the event, the same number that lost their lives during the conflict. |
| Culture secretary Karen Bradley said: “On 11 November 1918 the ringing of church bells erupted spontaneously across the country, as an outpouring of relief that four years of war had come to an end. | Culture secretary Karen Bradley said: “On 11 November 1918 the ringing of church bells erupted spontaneously across the country, as an outpouring of relief that four years of war had come to an end. |
| “I am pleased that to honour that moment and the 1,400 bell ringers who died in the war, we will be recruiting 1,400 new bell ringers to take part in the commemorations next year.” | “I am pleased that to honour that moment and the 1,400 bell ringers who died in the war, we will be recruiting 1,400 new bell ringers to take part in the commemorations next year.” |
| Church bells across the UK, which were restricted throughout the war, rang out when armistice was declared on 11 November 1918. | Church bells across the UK, which were restricted throughout the war, rang out when armistice was declared on 11 November 1918. |
| The communities secretary, Sajid Javid, said: “As the centenary commemorations draw to a close, our priority is to make sure we continue to keep the history of the first world war alive for generations to come, even as it falls out of living memory.” | The communities secretary, Sajid Javid, said: “As the centenary commemorations draw to a close, our priority is to make sure we continue to keep the history of the first world war alive for generations to come, even as it falls out of living memory.” |
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