Battle of
Trafalgar 200th Anniversary Ringing
in the Lewisham
District
The following
ringing took place in the district. Please let me know if anything else took
place so I can add it here. Ringing that took place around the County can be
found here.
SS. Peter and Paul, Ash by Wrotham
We rang for Trafalgar and
ringers and supporters were rewarded with a bottle of specially brewed beer.
St. Martin of Tours, Chelsfield
A quarter of Bob Minor was
rung on 22nd October
St. Paulinus, Crayford
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Saturday 22nd
October |
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1260
Plain Bob Minor in 42mins |
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1. |
Rachel Backhouse |
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2. |
Brenda Barton |
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3. |
Carol Eastaugh |
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4. |
Andrew Sinclair |
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5. |
Rupert Cheeseman (C) |
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6. |
Mark
Backhouse |
Rung to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of
Trafalgar.
Holy Trinity, Dartford
General ringing took place on
Saturday prior to a civic service held in the church to commemorate the battle.
Bells ring for Nelson
Bell ringers in Dartford
joined the rest of the world to celebrate Nelson's victory at Trafalgar.
Participants
at Holy Trinity Church joined the sound of chiming bells across the globe to
mark the battle's 200th anniversary.
Church
bells were used in 1805 to ring out the news of the victory.
This
time they were sounded throughout the Trafalgar weekend, starting in New
Zealand and ending at the Falkland Islands.
The
celebrations were organised by the Nelson Commemorations Committee in
conjunction with the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers.
From Dartford Messenger, Thurs 27th
October 2005.
St. John the Baptist, Eltham
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Sunday 23rd
October |
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1260
Grandsire Triples in 43mins |
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1. |
Peter Skinner |
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2. |
David Holdridge |
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3. |
Rupert Cheeseman |
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4. |
Diane Reynolds |
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5. |
Andrew Sinclair |
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6. |
Len Morley |
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7. |
Ian Mills (C) |
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8. |
Len
Dumper |
Rung to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the
Battle of Trafalgar, also as a farewell tribute to Len Dumper, ringer of Eltham
for 34 years.
St Alfege, Greenwich
The BBC sent along a
cameraman to take some shots prior to the start of the peal. These were then
briefly used on the 1 o'clock news.
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Friday 21st
October |
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5200 Stedman Caters in 3hr
9mins |
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Comp:
R C Kippin (Arr D P Hilling) |
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1. |
Alan D Flood |
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2. |
Christopher H Rogers |
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3. |
Fr David A Gibbons |
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4. |
Michael J Uphill |
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5. |
Rupert J Cheeseman |
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6. |
Nigel R Parsons |
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7. |
David P Hilling (C) |
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8. |
Colin J E Wyld |
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9. |
Matthew J Hilling |
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10. |
Michael
R Worthington |
Rung to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of
Trafalgar.
St Mary, Horton Kirby
General ringing on 23rd
October
St John the Evangelist, Penge
A peal was attempted here on
Saturday morning but came to grief in the 2nd extent.
SS Peter & Paul, Shoreham
6 bells fired; rounds and
call changes on 8 on 23rd October
Page last updated: 30 October 2005