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    My Britain

    Mar 11, 2022 2 minutes
    PORTRAITS BY GARETH IWAN JONES

    Andrew Deamer

    Ringing Master at Wells Cathedral for six years, until January 2022

    I started bell-ringing 40 years ago and. My parents were churchgoers, and I was fed up with being in the choir. Once I started bell-ringing I worked out that it meant I was paid for my hobby, and I got to go to the pub aged 15…so that was good really.

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