Famous bellringers
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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]
- Timmy Mallett, television performer[11]
- Norma Major, wife of former Prime Minister[12]
- Patrick Mayhew, politician[13]
- Robin McKinley, author[14]
- Ian McMillan, poet[15]
- Frank Muir, entertainment writer and performer[16]
- Monty Noble, Australian cricket captain 1903-4[17], (email from Jim Shepherd)
- Maggie Philbin, television presenter (email from Bryan McCahey)
- Paul Revere, American revolutionary[18]
- Jon Shanklin, discovered the hole in the ozone layer in 1985[19]
- Donald Sinden, actor (email from Bryan McCahey)
- Alan Titchmarsh, celebrity gardener[20]
- Victoria Wood, playwright & comedian[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]
People who may have given ringing a try but don't seem to have stuck with it
This section is not intended to be comprehensive, but to note people where the name keeps coming up in conversation as purportedly a famous person who rang
- John Lennon, musician[28]: 'The current Tower Captain at St Peter’s , Nick Willasey, told us that: “John Lennon did attend a couple of bell-ringing practices around 1957 – but didn’t take it up, as the then Tower Captain suggested that bell-ringing may not be for him, as John was not keen on doing what he was instructed to do!” '
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
- ↑ Ringing the changes at Cookham
- ↑ Guildford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers - Chertsey District Newsletter January 2008
- ↑ Kent County Association of Change Ringers - Lord Patrick Mayhew
- ↑ Robin McKinley's Blog. Days in the Life
- ↑ The Big Issue - Ian McMillan: How to Impress Female Bell Ringers
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ John and bell-ringing at St Peter's Church
