THE RINGING WORLD INDEX 2007
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Abbotskerswell, Devon
call change competition 1214
Abingdon, Oxon
St Helen’s 140, 186-7
Abington, Northampton 108
‘ABZ of Sacred Cows’
Quarrels 463
accents 358
account books 209-11
Ackroyd, Sir Cuthbert 273, 274
Acle, Norfolk 385-7, 950
‘Acle stabilised’ 385-7, 950
Adams, John 132
Adams, Edward H 1161, 1163
Adcock, Bill
50th birthday 304
Addingham, W Yorks
special quarter 24
Admiralty Court 1276
aerial masts – see ‘radio masts’
Alblasserdam, Holland 848
Albury, Guildford, Surrey 902
Allexton, Leics
restoration of church 30
Alton, Hants
first peal on the bells 190
‘Always different, always the same’ 183-5, 188
‘America’s other Liberty Bell’ 993-5
Ammerlaan, Antony 256
Anderson, Judy 53-5, 68
Andrews, Kerri 205
Annable, Benjamin 829
ANZAB
festival in W Australia 848
ANZAC Day 1136
‘Appreciation of Bellringing’ (poem, 1907) 1167
Archer, Janet 553
architects 224, 238, 239, 263, 311
Arkless family quarter 1057
Arnold, Notts
tenor replaced 680
Arnold, Stan
90th birthday 99
arson 1167
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics
first peal since augmentation 954
Ashill, Norfolk
winning call change team 632
Ashover, Derbys
award celebration quarter 430
ringing at 1192
Aslett, Hilary 653
‘First Ladies’ Peal Remembered’ 729-30
Aspenden, Herts
special quarter 297
association reports 466
asthma 1267
Aston Clinton, Bucks
youth day 703
Atkins, Val 225
auctions 825-6
AUGMENTATIONS 109-110
Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs 896; Crediton, Devon 79; Sharnbrook, Beds 53-5, 68
Australia/New Zealand
ringing (1907) 1071
Avery family competition winners 1214
Ayres, Ray
‘Memories of P L T – Part 1’ 1283-6
Baden-Powell, Robert 240
Badger, James 1043
Badminton estate muniments 1042, 1043, 1045
book lists 1045
Bagley, David 584
Bailey & Co of Salford 850
Bailey, George 1139, 1140
Bailey, Richard 559
Ball, Clifford 135
Balmain, NSW, Australia 158
Bampton, Devon, ringing centre 213
banners 49
Banton, Colin 1283
‘Foundry Focus – Taylors Eayre & Smith …’ 105-111
Banwell, Somerset
special quarter 1153
Barber, William H 240, 286, 334
barn owls (and other birds) 1024, 1071, 1119, 1191
Barnes, Roger 381, 383
Barnoldswick, Lancs 1094
barrel locking nut retainer plunger 929
Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincs
augmentation 896
first peal since augmentation 1122
Barton on Humber
St Peter’s 612
BATH
Abbey Ales brewers 412
Bathwick 263
special quarter 747
St Stephen’s, Lansdown 161
BATH & WELLS D A
Axbridge 1153
Bridgwater
quarter peal fortnight 43, 1178-9
Chew
quarter peal fortnight 405
Dunster
Annual Dinner 532
Ilchester
secretary retires 1136
St Andrew’s Day Master & Deputies’ quarters 104
Six-bell striking competition 869
Taunton
AGM 111
outing to Bath 930
striking competition 298
BATTY 26th anniversary reunion 1052
Bawdeswell, Norfolk 974
Baxendale, John 877-8
Bayton, Tim 603
Beamish, Arthur 1163
Beamish, Dorothy 1163
Beasley, Clara 729-30
Beaufort, Dukes of 1042-3, 1045-6
Beck, Adrian P and Robert E 1137
Beckbury, Shrops 158
Beddington, Surrey 831
BEDFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION
125th anniversary quarter peals 407
Ridgman Trophy winners 701
young ringers 703
Beeching, Cyril
50 years member of Kent C A 99
BEER
Abbey Ales brewers 412
bell pub tour 364
Check Inn, Wroughton, Wilts 112-3, 162
taste notes 555, 664
‘BEER MATTERS’
‘Bellringer Maximus’ 1188
‘Doing Porridge’ 852
challenge from Geoff Dodd 853, 902-3
Second-hand Prose 235
On the Home Front (part 1) 555
On the Home Front (part 2) 664
Beeston, Notts
special quarter 361
Beetschen, Matthew 540
Belcher, Eva N 729-30
belfry accidents 90
‘Belfry Reform …’ 305-8
comment 363
belfry rules 283, 389, 997
bell acoustics, experiments in 1070
Bell, John 1237
Bell News 334, 903
article 1181
DVD 1157
bell restoration issues 112, 286-7 (see also, ‘King’s Lynn’ and ‘Stanton St John’), 311
Bell, Robert D 747
BELLFOUNDERS
Annson 999, Ashton 156, Bagley 68, 110, 281, 282, 1041, 1045, 1186, 1288, Barwell 1028, Bilbie 356, 433, 1035, 1129, Bolton 109, Bowell 110, 1288, Brasier 999, Brend 387, 756, Briant 81, 110, Campanii 902, Carr of Smethwick 771, Catlin 891, 1277, Cauchi 106, Chapman & Mears 25, 109, Clibury 1028, Cockey 99, Cornille-Havard 1068-9, Dawe 999, Day 280, Dobson 602, Dowton 1129, Draper 70, Eayre 110, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, Eijsbouts 133, 311, 1068-9, Evans 31, 697, Finch 108, Foster 1129, Gefferies 43, Gillett & Johnston 68, 183, 185, 385-6, 387, 481 (anniversary), 484, 602, 1040, 1133, 1164, 1276, 1279,1280, 1285, Grasmayr 1068-9, Hancox 1259, Hodson 927, Holdfield 999, Huntbach 682, 1259, Janaway 1139, Johanes de York 999, John of Gloucester 108, 1157, John of Lynn 756, Keene 108, Kipling 602, Knight 602, Lester 1277, Lester & Pack 108, 634, Lewis, T C 491, 1264-7, Llewellins & James 43, 1129, Lott 43, McShane 106, 994, Martin 108, 1259, Mears 43, 680, 849, 928, 999, 1035, 1138-40, 1260, Mears & Stainbank 93, 99, 483, 502, 607, 1035, 1072, 1129, 1229, 1266, 1273, 1284, Midworth 680, Mitchell 1259, 1260, Murphy 559, 1023,
(BELLFOUNDERS cont)
Nayler, Vickers & Co (steel bells) 1278, 1279, Newcombe 68, 110, 1028, 1284, 1288, Norris 110, Norton 99, 1276, Oldfield 109, 110, 612, 682, 757, Osborn 80, 108, 110, 757, Paccard 196, Pack and Chapman 901, Pannell 99, Pennington 502, 697, Purdue 43, 1070, 1072, 1129, Pyatkov 1068-9, Revere 336, Rudhall 109, 209, 257, 258, 280, 682, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1045, 1233-4, 1260, Ruetschi 1068-9, Salisbury Foundry 1129, Sanders 1041 Smith 634, Stadler 697, Swain 891, Taylor of Oxford 282, Taylors Eayre & Smith – see separate entry, Wallis 1129, Warner 43, 68, 99, 109, 136, 214, 239, 258, 287, 634, 635, 697, 891, 1035, 1129, 1266, 1278, 1284, Wartsila (ships’ propellor foundry) 133, Watt 7, Watts 59, 999, 1259, 1260, 1284, 1286, 1288, Wells 602, 1129, William of Norwich 974, Wilnar 1277, Wroth 1035, Wymbish 1129
Bellfounders’ Conference 1068-9
follow-up correspondence 1118
bellframes, conservation and listing of 131, 162, 287
bellframes, structure 385-7
bellhandlling 1087
bellhandling and bicycling 1063
BELLHANGERS– see Berry, Hayward Mills, Higby, Joyce and Bullock, Nicholson Engineering, Parkinson, Parkes, Paul, Ridley, Turner, Whites
bellhanging Veronese style 1211-2
bell-oil 985
Bellringer, The 879, 903
BELLS
auctioned 328, 356, 433; Belgian 1285; Big Ben 1284; buoy 1284; condition of 431; Great Paul 413, 1285; Great Tom 413; largest 105, 133, 311; listing of (see also ‘Council for the Care of Churches’ and ‘English Heritage’) 112, 131, 134; medieval 156, 821, 823; mutilation of 41; recovered 1087; rung by treadling 821, 823; steel 1278, 1279; stolen 853; 13th century 156; ‘unringable’ 490, 539, 711, 830
Bells and belfries of Dorset, The 461-2, 464
‘Bells and Firemen’ 277
Bells in your care 283
Bell’s Life in London 1296, 1297
Bells of Cornwall, The 650
Bells of St German’s, The 136
Bells of Shandon, The 257
Bells of the Isle 215, 240
Beltower 2008 1087
Bennett, C E 57
Bennett, G
‘St Andrew’s – A Christmas tale’ 1287-8
Bennett, Neil
‘Norman Smith’s 23 .. Spliced ..’ 321-3
comment 466
Benson, J W 256
Berry & Co of Malvern 108, 109
BEVERLEY & DISTRICT
quarter peal week 43
ringing walk 603
‘Beverley & District … 60th ..Celebrations’ 181-2
Beverley Minster chimes 417
Bex, Ivy
100th birthday 303
Bianco, Stella 1112, 1256
Bickerton, Rod 391
‘Bicknor bongs again’ 1233-4
Bicknor, forest of Dean 1233-4
Biggin Hill, Kent 328
Biggleswade, beds
special quarter 1083
‘Billy Butlin’s Bells’ 777-8
Bird, Patrick J 728
Birkirkara, Malta 107
Birks, Gordon R
1000th peal 313
Birmingham, Alabama
first peal on the bells 219
Birmingham, Bill 1087
BIRMINGHAM, W MIDLANDS
St Barnabas, Erdington, fire 1039, 1167
St Francis Church, Bourneville 135
St Laurence, Northfield 562
St Martin’s
peal of Stedman Triples (1830) 1296
St Paul’s, Jewellery Quarter 108
Birmingham University Society
Annual Dinner 515
Birney, Alan J 1094
Bishop Ramsey Bell Ringers
Founders’ prize 1089-93
Blaenavon, Gwent
special quarter 1128
Blagrove, Frank and Monica
Golden Wedding peals 90
Blair, Alan 133, 902
‘Heavy four-octave carillon in Kiev’ 20-1
‘Tuba Dei’ 821, 823
Blandy, Charlie
first peal aged 12 740, 752
Blomfield, Arthur William 1264
blue line 560
Blurton, Lauren D 1253
Bob Major (Reginald Harrison) 215
Bodmin, Cornwall 579
Bolland, George 526
Bolton-by-Bowland, Lancs 110
Bonham’s Auction House 328
Bono, Edward de 1087
Borrett, Charles E 56, 57
Borrett, Edgar 57
Borrett, Harry J 57
Botley, Hants
first peal on the bells 142
Bournville Centenary Celebration 135
Bottisham, Cambs
special quarter 46
Boyce, Stephen 1094
Bracegirdle, Robert 897-8
Bradpole, Dorset
trip to Norfolk 4
Brady, John 588
Brailsford, Derbys
50th anniversary of treble 280
Brampton, Cumbria
special quarter 71
Branston, Lincs
Woodside Campanile 275
bras 262
Braven, Hilda 826
Braven, Uriah 826
Brazenose Society, Stamford 1284
Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery
history of bellfounding and ringing in Breconshire 224
Bredon Hill 1070
Bredon, Worcs 1070
Brewood, Staffs
CRB checks 139, 239
Briggs, S 1143
Brington, Huntingdon
dedication of bells 999
BRISTOL (see also BATTY)
St Stephen’s
12 Bell Contest 609-11
St Stephen’s Guild (early 20th century) 807
British and Irish Chime Barrel Mechanisms 413
BROADCASTS
Eggheads 704; Flog It! 304; Music Matters 103; North West tonight 136; Songs of Praise 75; The Weekender 1232
Brockenhurst, Hants
first peal on the bells 189
Bromham, Wilts
special quarter 328
Bromley, Kent 1276
Brompton Yorks 158-9
Brompton Ralph, Somerset 158
special quarter 1011
bronchitis 1267
Brookes, Anthony 388
Brough, Revd Sarah 155
Broughton, Lincs
scouting centenary 969-70
Brown, Annie 1143
Brown, Kenneth L 950
Builder, The 1278, 1279
builders 263
Bullen, Charles W 57
Bundy, John E
50th anniversary of first peal 145
Bunton, George P 57
Bunyan, John 306, 467
bureaucracy 1166
Burley – see ‘Leeds’
Burman, James 949
Burrows, George 777
Burstow, Surrey
special quarter 1179
Burton, John E 57
Bury, Talbot 1277, 1278, 1279
business plans 517
Buswell, Alan 268
Butler, Bruce and Eileen
Canterbury tour 832
‘WAGOS’ tour 773
Butler, William
special peal 168
Button, Roger 1209-12
Byrne, Elizabeth 847
Cadbury, George 135
call changes 538
conducting 758
‘called home’ 711, 783
CAMBRIDGE
Perse School old girls’ quarter 205
University Guild tour 1147
Camp, John – see ‘From the E Lists’ 1262
Campanology 903
Campbell, John 951
Campbell, Wendy 77-9
Cameron, Revd Donald 1059
Campton, Beds 232
dedication of new bells 728
first peal on the new bells 813
reflections: fundraising effort 801-5
Cann, Richard
50 years of ringing 1088, 1093
Canterbury chimes 417
Canterbury, Kent
American visitor learns to ring 153
St George the Martyr 1276
Cardington, Shropshire 109
cards
Christmas, with bells on 1071;
commemorative 258;
‘Carer of the Year’, Essex 52
Carless, Paul 1-3
CARILLONEURS
Ball, Clifford 135; Brookes, Anthony 388; Colletti, Stefano 135; Denyn, Jef 1285; Jordan, Eric 1285; Latour, Patrice 844; Lombaert, Aime 135; Workman, Trevor 388; Zwart, Boudewith 135
CARILLONS
George Cadbury Carillon School 135; heavy, four-octave 20-1; Kiev 20-1; Llanfyllin, Powys 917; St Helen’s, Merseyside 388; Taylor’s, Queen’s Park 1285 (see also, Taylors Eayre & Smith);York Minster 1064
Carlisle, Cumbria
Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity 109
clapper, lost 775 and found 824
replacement clapper works 1037
CARLISLE D G
striking competition 727
young ringers 252, 727
Carlyle, Bob
50 years’ ringing 125
Carnell, Peter 4
Caroline of Brunswick 80-1, 112
Carpenters, Worshipful Company of 227
Carr, Derek J 825-6
cars
modern 968, worst 799
Carshalton, Surrey
special quarter 559
Carter Ringing Machine 356, 1035
Casserley, Richard 968
Castel Novo ne’ Monti 902
Castle, Steve 31
Castledine, Professor Sir George 704
catalogues of change ringing mss (1907) 829
Catholic Emancipation 388
Cattermole, Paul 391, 418, 466, 490, 1112
(ed.) Wymondham Abbey… 605
Cattistock, Dorset
belfry icon 557-8
Catworth, Cambs 158
Cawley, David 876-7, 1047
‘Hell Fire Corner’ 1276-80
‘Centenary .. Coventry DG ..’ 1161-6
CENTRAL COUNCIL 443
AGM
SUPPLEMENT 437-60
Agenda 440
Annual Report 2006 441-59
Committee Reports – see under name of committee
Minutes of 2007 Meeting 856- 60, 871
Weekend 25-28 May 2007 583, 585-6
Welcome to Cheltenham 535
COMMITTEES
Administrative 443-4, 859
Bell Restoration 448-9, 614, 638, 859-60, 1095, 1191
Fred Dukes International Bell Fund 612, 1235
Biographies 449-50, 860, 1208
Education 450, 465, 860, 1289
Information and Communications Technology 450, 860
Library 450-1, 662, 860
Methods 272, 419, 431, 451, 860
Peal Compositions 451, 860
Peals Analysis 451-4, 860, 860
Public Relations 454-6, 860, 1069, 1143, 1191, 1205, 1207, 1215, 1263
Publications 363, 392, 457, 860
Records 458-9, 491, 860
Redundant Bells 444-5, 859
Ringing Centres 445-6, 859, 902, 1093, 1119
Ringing Trends 107, 446-7, 859, 1020-1
Tower Stewardship 419, 448, 859
Towers and Belfries 329, 447, 859
LIBRARY
Friends’ Essay No 14 381, 383 MEETINGS WITH OTHER BODIES
Council for the Care of Churches 134, 444
English Heritage 131, 443-4, 655
PEALS (1907) 544
RECRUITING poster and leaflet 1065, 1069, 1143, 1191, 1215
RESCUE FUND FOR
REDUNDANT BELLS 459, 860, 1023
STEWARDS
Carter Ringing Machine 442
Dove Database 860
Rolls of Honour 443
‘Central Council, The trouble with the’ 533-4
comments and further corre- spondence 562, 588, 614, 638, 662, 710, 758
Chadwick, Canon Clifford 1280
Chaffcombe, Somerset 466
Change Ringing: the history of … 363
Channel Islands 876-7, 1047, 1119 (see also separate islands)
charity, registration as 215, 1191
Charlton Down, Dorset
special handbell quarter 531
Charlton-on-Otmoor, Oxon
50th anniversary peal 193
Cheltenham, Glos
half peal 527
welcome to Central Council 535
Cherington, Warwicks 281-3
‘Cherington’s Bells’ 281-3
Cherrington, Worcs 110
Cheshire Mid-Week Crisis Group 99
‘Chest diseases …’ 1267-8
CHESTER D G
Chester
quarter peal fortnight 866-7
competitions 819, 952
Derbys quarter peal day 573-4
East
quarter peal festival 479
first lady Master 952
Mid Cheshire
quarter peal fortnight 46
Wirral
Listening Skills Course 664
quarter peal fortnight 1201
Chester, Mike 1165
Chesterfield, Derbys 1167, 1238,
Chevening, N Kent 580
Chiddingfold, Surrey