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.
| Bill Butler's Blog for 19th March Edit BBB | ||
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| Year | Event | Reference |
| 1888 | The first peal of Duffield Royal was rung at Duffield. It is a principle - all the bells do the same work - invented by Sir A P Heywood. | BN1888/7 |
| 1892 | A long peal of Plain Bob Major, 11,200 changes, was rung in 6 hours and 16 minutes at Speldhurst, Kent. The composer was C H Martin, and the conductor Thomas Card. | nv |
| 1927 | Eight Josephs attempted a peal at Birmingham on St Joseph's Day, but were unsuccessful. | NP |
| 1929 | The first peal in which six Surprise Major methods were spliced together was rung on this day at Willesden by the Middlesex County Association. | nv |
| 1941 | The church of St Alphage, Greenwich was hit by an incendiary bomb and was burnt out. The ten bells were recast in 1954. | nv |
| 1981 | The thatched church at Reedham, Norfolk caught fire and was destroyed. The five bells were saved, however, due to the sound floor, although the ringing chamber and handbells were lost. | nv |
| Birthdays for 19th March | ||
| 1889 | Tom Wilde born | |
| 1923 | Val Grossmith born | |
| Personal Milestones for 19th March | ||
| 1969 | 1000th peal rung by Alfred Ballard | |
| 2011 | 4000th peal rung by J Alan Ainsworth | |
| First pealers for 19th March | ||
| 1905 | First peal rung by Bert Horton. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1927 | First peal rung by Alfred Ballard. Recorded peal total is 910. | |
| 1927 | First peal rung by George E Foster. Recorded peal total is 83. | |
| 1927 | First peal rung by Norman V Harding. Recorded peal total is 492. | |
| 1927 | First peal rung by Percival Dudley. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1932 | First peal rung by Eric G Stevens. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1947 | First peal rung by Donald Cartwright. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1948 | First peal rung by David T North. Recorded peal total is 41. | |
| 1949 | First peal rung by Audrey B Castell. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1949 | First peal rung by Peter F Romney. Recorded peal total is 138. | |
| 1949 | First peal rung by Sidney J Turley. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1949 | First peal rung by William Harrison (Ashton uner Lyne). Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1955 | First peal rung by A Terence Collins. Recorded peal total is 401. | |
| 1955 | First peal rung by Allan J Butcher. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1955 | First peal rung by Audrey M Birt. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1955 | First peal rung by Margaret Layton. Recorded peal total is 11. | |
| 1958 | First peal rung by Brenda Carter. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1959 | First peal rung by David J Wilkes. Recorded peal total is 14. | |
| 1960 | First peal rung by Ian Collins. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1960 | First peal rung by Ian R Slee. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1960 | First peal rung by James J Spraggett. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1960 | First peal rung by Philip C Plant. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1960 | First peal rung by Philip Stevens (Belstone). Recorded peal total is 644. | |
| 1960 | First peal rung by R Jill Southwood. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1962 | First peal rung by Bernard G North. Recorded peal total is 337. | |
| 1962 | First peal rung by Bernard J Stone. Recorded peal total is 1195. | |
| 1962 | First peal rung by Lawrence R Pizzey. Recorded peal total is 411. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by A Colin Banton. Recorded peal total is 430. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by Frederick A Benn. Recorded peal total is 12. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by Ian Birks. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by Janice M Green. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by Liam Benson. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by Michael A Gilbey. Recorded peal total is 11. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by Richard Weeks. Recorded peal total is 20. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by Shirley A Jessop. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1972 | First peal rung by John Cornock. Recorded peal total is 2005. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by Christopher G D Chapman. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by David Manners. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by Michael J Little. Recorded peal total is 148. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by Paul W Vincent. Recorded peal total is 7. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by Robert A Neal (West Wycombe). Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1977 | First peal rung by Steven Kings. Recorded peal total is 17. | |
| 1978 | First peal rung by Robin J Andrews. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1979 | First peal rung by Roger Coles. Recorded peal total is 5. | |
| 1979 | First peal rung by Roger Smith. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Beth T Montgomery. Recorded peal total is 5. | |
| 1982 | First peal rung by Michael D Wood. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1982 | First peal rung by Nigel P Randall. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by James R Gibb. Recorded peal total is 110. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Jill Bramley. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by John H Gibb. Recorded peal total is 66. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Nigel W Thomas. Recorded peal total is 11. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Rosemary S Ovens. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Sheila M Lucas. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Stuart S Lucas. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by T William Bainbridge. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Tom T Dumaresq. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Christopher B Jones. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Christopher M Parkin. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Emily J Wykes. Recorded peal total is 14. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by James W Harmondsworth. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Laurence J Turner. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Tony Bristow. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1992 | First peal rung by Paul K Hodgson. Recorded peal total is 22. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Richard J Lees. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2000 | First peal rung by Dan Tregunno. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2000 | First peal rung by Edd J Whewell. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2000 | First peal rung by Ian E McKelvey. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 2000 | First peal rung by J Chapman Knott. Recorded peal total is 68. | |
| 2000 | First peal rung by Karen E Blaver. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2000 | First peal rung by Madeleine R Cheesman. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 2000 | First peal rung by Martin R Layley. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 2000 | First peal rung by Michael J F Kelly. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 2005 | First peal rung by Gwilym I Price. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2006 | First peal rung by Karl Ryder. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
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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