Nottingham University Society of Change Ringers

The aims of the society[2] are: In late 1957, a number of students (inc. Roger Baldwin and John Underwood)[3] came to study at the University of Nottingham who were already experienced bellringers.

The inaugural meeting was held on 29 January 1958 and the Nottingham University Society of Change Ringers (NUSCR) was formed.

[8] Surprisingly the money mounted up much more quickly than expected and discussion began to centre on whether it might be possible to augment the bells to ten also.

In 1999, members of the Society helped to lower the eight bells out of the tower (the heaviest being 3/4 ton or 760 kg) and removed the old oak bellframe.

[10] All Saints’ Church Tower also houses a small service bell, weighing approximately 1 cwt, cast by John Taylor & Co. in 1866.

Bernard Baines, the then Honorary President of the Society, and was hung in the tower at the same time as the rehanging of the 8 bells in 1999.

On 7 March 2019, a band formed entirely of undergraduate students rang a quarter peal of "Plain Bob Caters" to celebrate their return to the tower.