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[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]
 
[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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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Davis Evan Davis], economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC
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[http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8126000/8126215.stm]
  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Hatton Derek Hatton], politician (email from Geoff Sparling)
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Hatton Derek Hatton], politician (email from Geoff Sparling)

Revision as of 21:33, 15 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]

Evan Davis, economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC [3]

Derek Hatton, politician (email from Geoff Sparling)

Philip Hollobone, MP [4]

Robin McKinley, author [5]

Timmy Mallett, television performer [6]

Norma Major, wife of former Prime Minister [7]

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 [8]

Donald Sinden, actor (email from Bryan McCahey)

Alan Titchmarsh, celebrity gardener [9]

Victoria Wood, playwright & comedian [10]