Famous bellringers
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]
- John Lennon, musician[11]
- Robin McKinley, author[12]
- Ian McMillan, poet[13]
- Timmy Mallett, television performer[14]
- Norma Major, wife of former Prime Minister[15]
- Patrick Mayhew, politician[16]
- Frank Muir, entertainment writer and performer[17]
- Monty Noble, Australian cricket captain 1903-4[18], (email from Jim Shepherd)
- Maggie Philbin, television presenter (email from Bryan McCahey)
- Paul Revere, American revolutionary[19]
- Jon Shanklin, discovered the hole in the ozone layer in 1985[20]
- Donald Sinden, actor (email from Bryan McCahey)
- Alan Titchmarsh, celebrity gardener[21]
- Victoria Wood, playwright & comedian[22]
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[23]
- Dugald Bruce Lockhart, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead[24]
- Jamie de Courcey, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead[24]
- Evan Davis, economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC[25]
- 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[26]
- Ardal O'Hanlon, comedian in I've Never Seen Star Wars[27]
- Geoffrey Hughes, actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls[23]
- David Lonsdale, actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls[23]
- Lyndsey Marshal, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead[24]
- Francis Matthews, actor in Heartbeat: For Whom the Bell Tolls[23]
- Adrian Scarborough, actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead[24]
- 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[24]
- Seamus Whitty[28], actor in Midsomer Murders: Ring out your dead[24]
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
- ↑ John and bell-ringing at St Peter's Church
- ↑ Robin McKinley's Blog. Days in the Life
- ↑ The Big Issue - Iam McMillan: How to Impress Female Bell Ringers
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 IMDb - Heartbeat, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Plot Summary
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 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
