At one time The Ringing World had a feature called On This Day where notable events from the past were listed.
Unfortunately, the events weren't related to ringing. This web page is a ringing version of On This Day.
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Bill Butler has agreed to supply his collection of events that happened on this day. These complement the automated extracts from PealBase.
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| Year | Event | Reference |
| 1900 | The first non-conducted peal on ten bells was rung on handbells in “The King and Crown”, Leicester. John Lancashire, George Cleal, Samuel Cotton, William Willson and John Buttery rang 5010 Stedman Caters at their sixth attempt. | nv |
| 1981 | A peal of 5024 Cambridge Surprise Maximus rung at Hereford was the 2,000th peal of Surprise to be rung on handbells. | nv |
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| 1969 | 1000th peal rung by C Kenneth Lewis | |
| First pealers for 8th October | ||
| 1931 | First peal rung by Fred Rix. Recorded peal total is 8. | |
| 1931 | First peal rung by George Batterbee. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1948 | First peal rung by Peggy Lamb. Recorded peal total is 6. | |
| 1949 | First peal rung by Fred Cowling. Recorded peal total is 18. | |
| 1949 | First peal rung by John Campbell. Recorded peal total is 21. | |
| 1949 | First peal rung by John J Fielding. Recorded peal total is 34. | |
| 1949 | First peal rung by John Sterry. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1950 | First peal rung by Jack Shuttleworth. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1950 | First peal rung by John Bracken. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1952 | First peal rung by Robert D Stroud. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1953 | First peal rung by Gordon Peck. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1953 | First peal rung by Harry B Fuller. Recorded peal total is 147. | |
| 1953 | First peal rung by Henry Ivings. Recorded peal total is 31. | |
| 1954 | First peal rung by George W Howlett. Recorded peal total is 67. | |
| 1955 | First peal rung by Valerie M Tumber. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1955 | First peal rung by W Rosemarie Hide. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1960 | First peal rung by Andrew S Hudson. Recorded peal total is 258. | |
| 1960 | First peal rung by K John Panter. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1960 | First peal rung by Peter A Slight. Recorded peal total is 193. | |
| 1961 | First peal rung by Nicholas R J Tumber. Recorded peal total is 8. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by David C Brown. Recorded peal total is 4966. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by Martyn Matthews. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by W Robert Hare. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1967 | First peal rung by Geoffrey J Clark. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1975 | First peal rung by Peter J Mack. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by Andrew N Bowmer. Recorded peal total is 6. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by Colin G Haworth. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by Jane M Bowmer. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by Jeffery Young. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by Michael Denmark. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by Paul T Barns. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by Paul W Botting. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1978 | First peal rung by Derek J Camm. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Sonia C Roche. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by David E Coleman. Recorded peal total is 64. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Frances Bourne. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Mark A Fewster. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Ros Haines. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Shaun Giltrap. Recorded peal total is 5. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Simon J Howell. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1984 | First peal rung by Brenda M Greenland. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by Samantha L Hall. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Andrew G Glover. Recorded peal total is 19. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Andrew R C Kelso. Recorded peal total is 123. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Deborah J Hale. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Frances Cunningham. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Jacky Lawton. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Michael A Curnow. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Pamela Bragg. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Pat N Storr. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Rachel E Maynard. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Rachel M King. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Sue L Taylor. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Graham A Johnson. Recorded peal total is 6. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Helen E Rudge. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by John H Johnson. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Lucy C Johnson. Recorded peal total is 5. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Simon C Bickersteth. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2000 | First peal rung by Deborah M Hay. Recorded peal total is 23. | |
| 2000 | First peal rung by Zoe J Goodwin. Recorded peal total is 10. | |
| 2005 | First peal rung by Alastair E MacLachlan. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2005 | First peal rung by Alexandra J Marchbank. Recorded peal total is 41. | |
| 2005 | First peal rung by Emma L Baxter. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2006 | First peal rung by Edward Donnen. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 2008 | First peal rung by Tom Britten. Recorded peal total is 32. | |
| 2011 | First peal rung by Amy L M Gill. Recorded peal total is 6. | |
| 2011 | First peal rung by Anthony P Matthews. Recorded peal total is 9. | |
| 2011 | First peal rung by Patrick W J Deakin. Recorded peal total is 141. | |
| 2011 | First peal rung by Wendy Gill. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 2014 | First peal rung by Thomas W Johnson. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 2015 | First peal rung by Lisa Clarke. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2016 | First peal rung by Kevin D Clifton. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
If you think an event should be included in On This Day or you believe that an event is incorrect please email otd@pealbase.co.uk
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