A pocket sized guide with over 150 simple compositions in basic methods, includes short touches through to quarter peal length. Designed to be used at short notice with easily remembered touches. Updated 2025 with additional touches and method suggestions.

Will you call a touch please Bob

A beginners guide to conducting methods. Takes a more in-depth look at understanding the art of conducting methods. Includes detailed guidance of what a conductors responsibility are, explaining observation and non observation bells, calling positions, correcting mistakes and transposition

Manual of belfry maintenance covers a wide range of topics relevant to the maintenance of church bells – towers, bells, frames, sound control, the faculty system, fault finding etc supported by nearly 100 technical drawings and colour photographs.

Splicing Bell Ropes Illustrated. A step-by-step guide to splicing bell ropes with 31 illustrations in full colour. Explains the different types of rope materials, tools required and how to create different lengths of splice for both top end and tail end.

Beginners Plain Bob, Beginners Grandsire & Beginners Stedman.

Everything you need to know about ringing the methods in convenient pocket sized books.

Beginners Plain Bob & Grandsire – A pocket size guide with straight forward easy to understand explanations of what all the bells do when the treble leads.

Beginners Stedman – Everything you need to know about learning the beautiful principle of Stedman in a pocket sized guide.

From understanding all of the terminology used to explain the bell work through to calling a simple touch.

Michael B Davies (2007, CC), £6.00, ISBN 0-900271-88-4, x+169pp

Ringing biographies of 28 notable ringers with 40 illustrations.

A regional survey of the eighteenth century.