Difference between revisions of "Famous bellringers"

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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere Paul Revere], American revolutionary [http://www.oldnorth.com/history/bellringing.htm]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere Paul Revere], American revolutionary [http://www.oldnorth.com/history/bellringing.htm]
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Sinden Donald Sinden], actor (email from Bryan McCahey)
  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Titchmarsh Alan Titchmarsh], celebrity gardener [http://www.my-tool-shed.co.uk/blog/2011/07/alan-titchmarsh-celebrity-gardener-profile/]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Titchmarsh Alan Titchmarsh], celebrity gardener [http://www.my-tool-shed.co.uk/blog/2011/07/alan-titchmarsh-celebrity-gardener-profile/]
  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Wood Victoria Wood], playwright & comedian [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqq6DOMCto4]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Wood Victoria Wood], playwright & comedian [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqq6DOMCto4]

Revision as of 13:21, 14 August 2011

The following are people that members of the general public might have heard of who are known to have rung:

John Betjeman, poet (email from Bryan McCahey)

Jo Brand, comedian [1]

John Bunyan, author of "Pilgrim's Progress" [2]

Derek Hatton, politician (email from Geoff Sparling)

Philip Hollobone, MP [3]

Robin McKinley, author [4]

Timmy Mallett, television performer [5]

Norma Major, wife of former Prime Minister [6]

Frank Muir, entertainment writer and performer(pp 54-5 Muir, Frank 'A Kentish Lad', Corgi Books, 1998)

Monty Noble, Australian cricket captain 1903-4 (email from Jim Shepherd)

Maggie Philbin, television presenter (email from Bryan McCahey)

Paul Revere, American revolutionary [7]

Donald Sinden, actor (email from Bryan McCahey)

Alan Titchmarsh, celebrity gardener [8]

Victoria Wood, playwright & comedian [9]