The George Williams Memorial Library is situated in the ringing chamber of Winchester Cathedral and is available for readers and borrowers when the tower is open for ringing, and by appointment at other times. If I am not present, a number of the Winchester ringers are authorised to provide access to the books. The system for loans provides a standard loan period of eight weeks, with a liberal renewal policy for serious studies and special problems. The only exceptions are the bound copies of Guild annual and triennial reports for which, because of their unique importance, loans must be specially approved by me.
That part of the collection of archive material held at the Hampshire Record Office has the reference 20M94DI and is available for study. Catalogues of the archive held with the Library at Winchester Cathedral and at the HRO, and of the book collection are on the W&P website.
A significant acquisition this year was a copy of The Bell News Index by Cyril Wratten published by Alan Ellis of Vancouver. This will complement the Guild’s complete set of The Bell News and Ringers’ Record and will aid research.
I am willing to assist Guild members with their researches and whenever possible would prefer to supply reprints of articles from The Bell News or The Ringing World so the volumes remain available for reference in the Library. These reprints may also be made available in an on-line archive of relevant historical material that I have created on the W&P website.
I would like to thank my predecessor, Jack Walters, for his excellent work over the past five years and the Winchester Cathedral ringers for their continuing support.
| Income | Expenditure | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £.p | £.p | ||
| Balance b/f | 61.91 | The Ringing World | 52.00 |
| From Central Fund | 65.00 | Bell News Index | 50.00 |
| Gift | 20.00 | Locksmith | 39.75 |
| Interest | 0.02 | Balance c/f | 5.18 |
| £146.93 | £146.93 | ||
Tony Smith