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The following are people that members of the general public might have heard of who are known to have rung: | The following are people that members of the general public might have heard of who are known to have rung: | ||
− | [http:// | + | *[[Wikipedia: Ed Balls|Ed Balls]], politician<ref name = "Ed Balls">[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4496720/Ed-Balls-gives-answers-probing-questions.html Daily Mail - ‘Bell ringing is fascinating. I did it for years in my teens': Ed Balls gives his definitive answers to our most probing questions]</ref> |
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Kate Barker|Kate Barker]], economist<ref name="Kate Barker">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/2790348/Bank-of-England-The-nine-people-who-set-UK-interest-rates.html The Telegraph - Bank of England: The nine people who set UK interest rates]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:John Betjeman|John Betjeman]], poet<ref name="John Betjeman">[http://nottoomuch.com/?page_id=2434 not too much - Betjeman]</ref>, (email from Bryan McCahey) | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Jo Brand|Jo Brand]], comedian<ref name="Jo Brand">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2005/08/23/jo_brand_lifestyle_feature.shtml BBC - Jo Brand: a Kentish maid]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Louise Brealey|Louise Brealey]], journalist & actor (pathologist Molly Hooper in the BBC Series, Sherlock)<ref name="Louise Brealey">[https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2012/jan/22/louise-brealey-molly-sherlock-interview The Guardian - Louise Brealey: 'I don't think Molly is really Sherlock's type']</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:John Bunyan|John Bunyan]], author of "Pilgrim's Progress"<ref name="John Bunyan">[http://www.sounddoctrine.net/Classic_Sermons/John%20Bunyan/grace_abounding.html Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners]</ref> | ||
+ | *Ian Hay Davison<ref name="Ian Hay Davison Welcomed">[http://www.dulwich.org.uk/college/news-events/2015/09/16/ian-hay-davison-welcomed-as-a-fellow-of-dulwich-college Dulwich College - Ian Hay Davison Welcomed as a Fellow of Dulwich College]</ref>, former chief Executive of Lloyds of London<ref name="Ian Hay Davison">[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/the-kippertie-maker-who-triumphed-over-maxwell-1259302.html Independent - The kipper-tie maker who triumphed over Maxwell]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:John Harrison|John Harrison]], clockmaker, "Longitude"<ref name="John Harrison">[http://www.lucytune.com/radnums.html Radical Numbers]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Derek Hatton|Derek Hatton]], politician (email from Geoff Sparling) | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Philip Hollobone|Philip Hollobone]], MP<ref name="Philip Hollobone">[http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Hollobone_Philip.aspx Conservatives - Philip Hollobone]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Robin McKinley|Robin McKinley]], author<ref name="Robin McKinley">[http://www.robinmckinley.com/blog.php Robin McKinley's Blog. Days in the Life]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Ian McMillan|Ian McMillan]], poet<ref name="Ian McMillan">[http://www.bigissue.com/features/5415/ian-mcmillan-how-to-impress-female-bell-ringers The Big Issue - Iam McMillan: How to Impress Female Bell Ringers]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Timmy Mallett|Timmy Mallett]], television performer<ref name="Timmy Mallett">[http://www.brillianttv.co.uk/timmymallett/bells.html The Utterly Brilliant Timmy Mallett - New Bells at Holy Trinity Church Cookham]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Norma Major|Norma Major]], wife of former Prime Minister<ref name="Norma Major">[http://stpeterschertsey.f2s.com/ChertseyDistrict/news/jan08.htm Guildford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers - Chertsey District Newsletter January 2008]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Frank Muir|Frank Muir]], entertainment writer and performer<ref name="Frank Muir">[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mjsbZ6eTeQoC&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=%22frank+muir%22+bell+ring&source=bl&ots=i-15a27JzH&sig=uusV56eopUZseKEbENqY_YX8XMg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj21NbOg6TOAhUkDcAKHdkMCiEQ6AEIOTAF#v=onepage&q=%22frank%20muir%22%20bell%20ring&f=false pp 54-5 Muir, Frank 'A Kentish Lad', Corgi Books, 1998]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Monty Noble|Monty Noble]], Australian cricket captain 1903-4<ref name="Monty Noble">The Ringing World, 2 May, 1913</ref>, (email from Jim Shepherd) | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Maggie Philbin|Maggie Philbin]], television presenter (email from Bryan McCahey) | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Paul Revere|Paul Revere]], American revolutionary<ref name="Paul Revere">[http://oldnorth.com/bellringing/ The Old North Foundation - Bell Ringing]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Jon Shanklin|Jon Shanklin]], discovered the hole in the ozone layer in 1985<ref name="Jon Shanklin">[https://www.bas.ac.uk/profile/jdsh/ British Antarctic Survey - Jonathan Shanklin]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Donald Sinden|Donald Sinden]], actor (email from Bryan McCahey) | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Alan Titchmarsh|Alan Titchmarsh]], celebrity gardener<ref name="Alan Titchmarsh">[http://www.my-tool-shed.co.uk/blog/2011/07/alan-titchmarsh-celebrity-gardener-profile/ MyToolShed.co.uk - Alan Titchmarsh]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Victoria Wood|Victoria Wood]], playwright & comedian<ref name="Victoria Wood">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqq6DOMCto4 Victoria Wood - Live at the Albert 2001]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Patrick Mayhew|Patrick Mayhew]], politician<ref name="Patrick Mayhew">[http://kcacr.org.uk/lord-patrick-mayhew/ Kent County Association of Change Ringers - Lord Patrick Mayhew]</ref> | ||
− | + | == People taught to ring for a broadcast performance only == | |
− | [http:// | + | *[[Wikipedia:John Barrowman|John Barrowman]], TV personality on the [[Wikipedia:Royal Jubilee Bells|Royal Jubilee Bells]] as part of the 2012 [[Wikipedia:Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant|Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant]] |
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Peter Benson (actor)|Peter Benson]], actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls<ref name="For Whom the Bell Tolls">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0598853/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl IMDb - Heartbeat, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Plot Summary]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Dugald Bruce Lockhart|Dugald Bruce Lockhart]], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead<ref name="Ring Out Your Dead">[http://midsomermurders.org/ringout.htm Midsomer Murders - Ring Out Your Dead]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Jamie de Courcey|Jamie de Courcey]], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead<ref name="Ring Out Your Dead">[http://midsomermurders.org/ringout.htm Midsomer Murders - Ring Out Your Dead]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Evan Davis|Evan Davis]], economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC<ref name="Evan Davis">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8126000/8126215.stm Today - Evan's lesson in bell ringing]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Peter Davison|Peter Davison]], actor in [[Wikipedia:All Creatures Great and Small (TV_series)|All Creatures Great and Small]] (3 episodes - specific episode in which he rings not yet identified) | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Ade Edmondson|Ade Edmondson]], comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director<ref name="Ade Edmondson">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJNQJQHA5v4 ITV Daytime - Ade Edmondson]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Ardal O'Hanlon|Ardal O'Hanlon]], comedian in I've Never Seen Star Wars<ref name="Ardal O'Hanlon">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rms97 I've Never Seen Star Wars - Ardal O'Hanlon]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Geoffrey Hughes|Geoffrey Hughes]], actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls<ref name="For Whom the Bell Tolls">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0598853/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl IMDb - Heartbeat, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Plot Summary]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:David Lonsdale|David Lonsdale]], actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls<ref name="For Whom the Bell Tolls">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0598853/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl IMDb - Heartbeat, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Plot Summary]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Lyndsey Marshal|Lyndsey Marshal]], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead<ref name="Ring Out Your Dead">[http://midsomermurders.org/ringout.htm Midsomer Murders - Ring Out Your Dead]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Francis Matthews_ (actor)|Francis Matthews]], actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls<ref name="For Whom the Bell Tolls">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0598853/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl IMDb - Heartbeat, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Plot Summary]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Adrian Scarborough|Adrian Scarborough]], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead<ref name="Ring Out Your Dead">[http://midsomermurders.org/ringout.htm Midsomer Murders - Ring Out Your Dead]</ref> | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Chris Serle|Chris Serle]], broadcaster for 'In at the Deep End ' (BBC TV) (emails to change-ringers list) | ||
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Gwen Taylor|Gwen Taylor]], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead<ref name="Ring Out Your Dead">[http://midsomermurders.org/ringout.htm Midsomer Murders - Ring Out Your Dead]</ref> | ||
+ | *Seamus Whitty<ref name="Seamus Whittey biog">[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1469301/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm IMDb - Seamus Whittey]</ref>, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead<ref name="Ring Out Your Dead">[http://midsomermurders.org/ringout.htm Midsomer Murders - Ring Out Your Dead]</ref> | ||
− | + | ==References== | |
+ | <references/> |
Revision as of 10:15, 24 May 2017
The following are people that members of the general public might have heard of who are known to have rung:
- Ed Balls, politician[1]
- Kate Barker, economist[2]
- John Betjeman, poet[3], (email from Bryan McCahey)
- Jo Brand, comedian[4]
- Louise Brealey, journalist & actor (pathologist Molly Hooper in the BBC Series, Sherlock)[5]
- John Bunyan, author of "Pilgrim's Progress"[6]
- Ian Hay Davison[7], former chief Executive of Lloyds of London[8]
- John Harrison, clockmaker, "Longitude"[9]
- Derek Hatton, politician (email from Geoff Sparling)
- Philip Hollobone, MP[10]
- Robin McKinley, author[11]
- Ian McMillan, poet[12]
- Timmy Mallett, television performer[13]
- Norma Major, wife of former Prime Minister[14]
- Frank Muir, entertainment writer and performer[15]
- Monty Noble, Australian cricket captain 1903-4[16], (email from Jim Shepherd)
- Maggie Philbin, television presenter (email from Bryan McCahey)
- Paul Revere, American revolutionary[17]
- Jon Shanklin, discovered the hole in the ozone layer in 1985[18]
- Donald Sinden, actor (email from Bryan McCahey)
- Alan Titchmarsh, celebrity gardener[19]
- Victoria Wood, playwright & comedian[20]
- Patrick Mayhew, politician[21]
People taught to ring for a broadcast performance only
- John Barrowman, TV personality on the Royal Jubilee Bells as part of the 2012 Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
- Peter Benson, actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls[22]
- Dugald Bruce Lockhart, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead[23]
- Jamie de Courcey, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead[23]
- Evan Davis, economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC[24]
- Peter Davison, actor in All Creatures Great and Small (3 episodes - specific episode in which he rings not yet identified)
- Ade Edmondson, comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director[25]
- Ardal O'Hanlon, comedian in I've Never Seen Star Wars[26]
- Geoffrey Hughes, actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls[22]
- David Lonsdale, actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls[22]
- Lyndsey Marshal, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead[23]
- Francis Matthews, actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls[22]
- Adrian Scarborough, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead[23]
- Chris Serle, broadcaster for 'In at the Deep End ' (BBC TV) (emails to change-ringers list)
- Gwen Taylor, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead[23]
- Seamus Whitty[27], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead[23]
References
- ↑ Daily Mail - ‘Bell ringing is fascinating. I did it for years in my teens': Ed Balls gives his definitive answers to our most probing questions
- ↑ The Telegraph - Bank of England: The nine people who set UK interest rates
- ↑ not too much - Betjeman
- ↑ BBC - Jo Brand: a Kentish maid
- ↑ The Guardian - Louise Brealey: 'I don't think Molly is really Sherlock's type'
- ↑ Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
- ↑ Dulwich College - Ian Hay Davison Welcomed as a Fellow of Dulwich College
- ↑ Independent - The kipper-tie maker who triumphed over Maxwell
- ↑ Radical Numbers
- ↑ Conservatives - Philip Hollobone
- ↑ Robin McKinley's Blog. Days in the Life
- ↑ The Big Issue - Iam McMillan: How to Impress Female Bell Ringers
- ↑ The Utterly Brilliant Timmy Mallett - New Bells at Holy Trinity Church Cookham
- ↑ Guildford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers - Chertsey District Newsletter January 2008
- ↑ pp 54-5 Muir, Frank 'A Kentish Lad', Corgi Books, 1998
- ↑ The Ringing World, 2 May, 1913
- ↑ The Old North Foundation - Bell Ringing
- ↑ British Antarctic Survey - Jonathan Shanklin
- ↑ MyToolShed.co.uk - Alan Titchmarsh
- ↑ Victoria Wood - Live at the Albert 2001
- ↑ Kent County Association of Change Ringers - Lord Patrick Mayhew
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 IMDb - Heartbeat, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Plot Summary
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 Midsomer Murders - Ring Out Your Dead
- ↑ Today - Evan's lesson in bell ringing
- ↑ ITV Daytime - Ade Edmondson
- ↑ I've Never Seen Star Wars - Ardal O'Hanlon
- ↑ IMDb - Seamus Whittey