Most climbing roses bloom at least twice each growing season: first on older branches and then on the current season’s growth. Pruning them while dormant in mid- to late winter will encourage plenty of late-season flowers. I like to begin my pruning by removing as much foliage as possible from each rose. This helps prevent disease by removing dormant fungal spores and allows me to see the rose’s branching structure as I prune. Once I can see what I’m dealing with, I remove any diseased, injured, or spindly branches, cutting them away flush with the cane from which they emerge. If any of the older, woody canes have failed to bloom well during the previous season, I will prune them off, too. Any canes that have outgrown their support will get a preliminary trim to set them back inbounds. I will also remove any crossing or awkwardly placed branches.

Yup, the same answer can be found almost word for word on finegardening.com Most climbing roses bloom at least twice each growing season: first on older branches and then on the current season’s growth. Pruning them while dormant in mid- to late winter will encourage plenty of late-season flowers. I like to begin my pruning by removing as much foliage as possible from each rose. This helps prevent disease by removing dormant fungal spores and allows me to see the rose’s branching structure as I prune. Once I can see what I’m dealing with, I remove any diseased, injured, or spindly branches, cutting them away flush with the cane from which they emerge. If any of the older, woody canes have failed to bloom well during the previous season, I will prune them off, too. Any canes that have outgrown their support will get a preliminary trim to set them back inbounds. I will also remove any crossing or awkwardly placed branches.

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brilliant!

Or is this where you got your info from BG? Perfectly fine but acknowledge.

I normally research various sources besides my own brain, Thank you Mg. :)

Do you know which varieties of roses you have?
Depending on where you are in the UK you might want to leave pruning until early spring. In the Midlands, I've always used Mothering Sunday as my rose pruning weekend (holding off until Easter in really cold years).
You could reduce some of the height/bulk after flowering is over and before the winter winds get under way, to reduce the risk of the whole thing being blown about too much - depends what it is climbing up and whether it's tied in).
Pruning by thirds (ie hard cutting back one in three stems) will ensure that there is always old and new wood in a plant.

Snag is Bathgate a lot of the info on the www is duff or contradicts itself. If I don't know the answer myself I personally don't answer unless the RHS bible is totally clear on!

I think that the issue is, Bathgate, that if you read the item again you will see that it says "'I' do this, 'I' do that, 'I' do the other" making it read as if it is Bathgate's own experience coming over. In fact, it is the experience of someone completely different and by copying their words, without acknowleding the source, you are commiting plagiarism‎ which is totally unacceptable.

Bulb: Bathgate did do this and Bathgate did do that. I've already acknowledged Mg's comment long before you chimed in, but thanks.