Your Bells Team

The Tower Captain of St. John's

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​Hello my name is Wood Schofield and I am very proud to be St John's Sharow Tower Captain.  It is a great privilege to ring the bells at St John's,  to continue the long standing tradition of ringing bells within the parish.  We have a 'young' band and we continue to make progress in the art of ringing.  New ringers are always welcome.  I am very excited about the prospect of the bells being renovated.  

I also participate in the music of the church,  playing my trumpet and am an enthusiastic contributor to the hospitality at St John's,  making Seville marmalade,  various cakes,  scones and canapes.

Tower Correspondent and Fundraiser

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Hi, my name is Bridget Taylor-Connor, since 2012 I’ve been St John’s Tower Correspondent, meeting and greeting visiting bellringers and making sure the bells of St John’s are an integral part of Sharow village life.
In 2020 the bell tower was shut as the bells were covered in pigeon guano and unfit to ring . Wanting to have bells available to ring for local and national events, I co-ordinated “Sharow Bells Restoration: Appeal for a Peal” which successfully raised funding to clean the bells and the tower. I’m now liaising with bell specialists and funders to recast the bells and move the ringing room lower in the tower. If you love the sound of bells ringing in Sharow and would like to help fund “Sharow Bells Restoration: Appeal for a Peal" please get in touch.

Ringing Master

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Hello, my name is David Bell and I am the Ringing Master at St. John’s Sharow. I have been a church bellringer for over 50 years, having learned to ring as a teenager in Cumbria. Since then I have rung at many towers all over the country. My career was in teaching and having retired after 35 years I found myself becoming a member of The Association of Ringing Teachers.
Before moving to North Yorkshire I was Tower Captain at St. Mary’s, Tysoe in South Warwickshire, where I really enjoyed sharing my enthusiasm for ringing with complete beginners as well as those wishing to advance their skills. We have four grandchildren and enjoy spending time in their company; two live in Horsforth and two in London. I also enjoy DIY, so should I say did: our last home was a 16th century farmhouse which need complete renovation.
 

Nota bene:

St John's is proud to be an inclusive church. We welcome everyone; irrespective of disability, economic power, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, learning disability, mental health, neurodiversity, or sexuality. Please get to know us across Church Teams, the Ministry Team, The Parochial Church Council of Friend's of St John's. You may not see yourself represented yet, but fist appearances are only that, and you'd be very welcome to join our community.