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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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Barker Kate Barker], economist [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/2790348/Bank-of-England-The-nine-people-who-set-UK-interest-rates.html]
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*[[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>
 
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*[[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>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Betjeman John Betjeman], poet (email from Bryan McCahey)
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*[[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)
 
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*[[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>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Brand Jo Brand], comedian [http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2005/08/23/jo_brand_lifestyle_feature.shtml]
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*[[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>
 
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*[[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>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Brealey Louise Brealey], journalist & actor (pathologist Molly Hooper in the BBC Series, Sherlock)
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*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>
[http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2012/jan/22/louise-brealey-molly-sherlock-interview]
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*[[Wikipedia:John Harrison|John Harrison]], clockmaker, "Longitude"<ref name="John Harrison">[http://www.lucytune.com/radnums.html Radical Numbers]</ref>
 
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*[[Wikipedia:Derek Hatton|Derek Hatton]], politician (email from Geoff Sparling)
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bunyan John Bunyan], author of "Pilgrim's Progress" [http://www.sounddoctrine.net/Classic_Sermons/John%20Bunyan/grace_abounding.html]
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*[[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>
 
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*[[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>
Ian Hay Davison, former chief Executive of Lloyds of London [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/the-kippertie-maker-who-triumphed-over-maxwell-1259302.html]
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*[[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>
 
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*[[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>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison John Harrison], clockmaker, "Longitude". [http://www.lucytune.com/radnums.html]
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*[[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>
 
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*[[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>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Hatton Derek Hatton], politician (email from Geoff Sparling)
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*[[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)
 
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*[[Wikipedia:Maggie Philbin|Maggie Philbin]], television presenter (email from Bryan McCahey)
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Hollobone Philip Hollobone], MP [http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Hollobone_Philip.aspx]
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*[[Wikipedia:Paul Revere|Paul Revere]], American revolutionary<ref name="Paul Revere">[http://oldnorth.com/bellringing/ The Old North Foundation - Bell Ringing]</ref>
 
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*[[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>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_McKinley Robin McKinley], author [http://www.robinmckinley.com/etc/interview_20hundred.php]
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*[[Wikipedia:Donald Sinden|Donald Sinden]], actor (email from Bryan McCahey)
 
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*[[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>
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McMillan_%28poet%29 Ian McMillan], poet [http://www.bigissue.com/features/5415/ian-mcmillan-how-to-impress-female-bell-ringers]
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*[[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>
 
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*[[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>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timmy_Mallett Timmy Mallett], television performer [http://www.brillianttv.co.uk/timmymallett/bells.html]
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Major Norma Major], wife of former Prime Minister [http://stpeterschertsey.f2s.com/ChertseyDistrict/news/jan08.htm]
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Muir Frank Muir], entertainment writer and performer (pp 54-5 Muir, Frank 'A Kentish Lad', Corgi Books, 1998)
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Noble Monty Noble], Australian cricket captain 1903-4 (email from Jim Shepherd)
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Philbin Maggie Philbin], television presenter (email from Bryan McCahey)
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere Paul Revere], American revolutionary [http://www.oldnorth.com/history/bellringing.htm]
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Shanklin Jon Shanklin], discovered the hole in the ozone layer in 1985
 
 
 
[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/Victoria_Wood Victoria Wood], playwright & comedian [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqq6DOMCto4]
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
== People taught to ring for a broadcast performance only ==
 
== People taught to ring for a broadcast performance only ==
  
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barrowman John Barrowman], TV personality on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Jubilee_Bells Royal Jubilee Bells] as part of the 2012 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Diamond_Jubilee_Pageant Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant]
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*[[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]]
 
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*[[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>
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Benson_%28actor%29 Peter Benson], actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0598853/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl]
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*[[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>
 
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*[[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>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugald_Bruce_Lockhart Dugald Bruce-Lockhart], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead
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*[[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>
[http://midsomermurders.org/ringout.htm]
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*[[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)
 
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*[[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>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_de_Courcey Jamie de Courcey], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead
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*[[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>
[http://midsomermurders.org/ringout.htm]
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*[[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>
 
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*[[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>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Davis Evan Davis], economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC  
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*[[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>
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8126000/8126215.stm]
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*[[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>
 
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*[[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>
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Davison Peter Davison], actor in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Creatures_Great_and_Small_%28TV_series%29 All Creatures Great and Small](3 episodes - specific episode in which he rings not yet identified)
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*[[Wikipedia:Chris Serle|Chris Serle]], broadcaster for 'In at the Deep End ' (BBC TV) (emails to change-ringers list)
 
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*[[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>
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardal_O'Hanlon Ardal O'Hanlon], comedian in I've Never Seen Star Wars [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rms97]
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*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>
 
 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Hughes Geoffrey Hughes], actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0598853/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl]
 
 
 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lonsdale David Lonsdale], actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0598853/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl]
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Marshal Lyndsey Marshal], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead
 
[http://midsomermurders.org/ringout.htm]
 
 
 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Matthews_%28actor%29 Francis Matthews], actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0598853/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl]
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Scarborough Adrian Scarborough], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead  
 
[http://midsomermurders.org/ringout.htm]  
 
 
 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Serle Chris Serle], broadcaster for 'In at the Deep End ' (BBC TV) (emails to change-ringers list)
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Taylor Gwen Taylor], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead
 
[http://midsomermurders.org/ringout.htm]
 
  
[http://www.modernartistsgallery.com/artistdetails/89_SeamusWhitty.php Seamus Whitty], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead
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==References==
[http://midsomermurders.org/ringout.htm]
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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:

People taught to ring for a broadcast performance only

References

  1. 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
  2. The Telegraph - Bank of England: The nine people who set UK interest rates
  3. not too much - Betjeman
  4. BBC - Jo Brand: a Kentish maid
  5. The Guardian - Louise Brealey: 'I don't think Molly is really Sherlock's type'
  6. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
  7. Dulwich College - Ian Hay Davison Welcomed as a Fellow of Dulwich College
  8. Independent - The kipper-tie maker who triumphed over Maxwell
  9. Radical Numbers
  10. Conservatives - Philip Hollobone
  11. Robin McKinley's Blog. Days in the Life
  12. The Big Issue - Iam McMillan: How to Impress Female Bell Ringers
  13. The Utterly Brilliant Timmy Mallett - New Bells at Holy Trinity Church Cookham
  14. Guildford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers - Chertsey District Newsletter January 2008
  15. pp 54-5 Muir, Frank 'A Kentish Lad', Corgi Books, 1998
  16. The Ringing World, 2 May, 1913
  17. The Old North Foundation - Bell Ringing
  18. British Antarctic Survey - Jonathan Shanklin
  19. MyToolShed.co.uk - Alan Titchmarsh
  20. Victoria Wood - Live at the Albert 2001
  21. Kent County Association of Change Ringers - Lord Patrick Mayhew
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 IMDb - Heartbeat, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Plot Summary
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 Midsomer Murders - Ring Out Your Dead
  24. Today - Evan's lesson in bell ringing
  25. ITV Daytime - Ade Edmondson
  26. I've Never Seen Star Wars - Ardal O'Hanlon
  27. IMDb - Seamus Whittey