On This Day - 8 November

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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 Events for 8th November

YearEventReference
1773The Chapel Youths were a society of ringers from St. Thomas, Stourbridge. They rang “a quarter peal of Bob Majors, 10,080 changes, in six hours twenty-two minutes.” Samuel Green conducted the peal and James Dovey rang the tenor. See October 12, 1775.RW1940/328
1883An attempt for 11,111 changes of Stedman Caters at Fulham by the Ancient Society of College Youths failed after nearly ten thousand changes had been rung. They had rung for 6 hours and 8 minutes when a shift course occurred. See December 8, 1883.nv
1888The Burton-on-Trent Society rang 6,720 London Surprise Major in 4 hours and 39 minutes. This was the longest peal in the method and an excellent accomplishment for a local band.nv
1913Six days after their dedication by the Bishop of Stepney, the bells of St Leonard, Shoreditch were opened. The four trebles had been recast, and the back eight tuned to “Canon Simpson's principle”. One of Warners all-steel frames had been installed similar to the one at Chelmsford Cathedral. See September 27, 1913. The bells, previously restored in 1875, had been unpealable for many years.RW1913/312
1930An ill-fated band rang a peal of 17,687 Grandsire Cinques at Painswick in 11 hours and 36 minutes. To their chagrin, the composition was found to be false shortly afterwards.nv
1935The first peal of Spliced Surprise Major on handbells was rung at Oxhey, Hertfordshire, conducted by H. G. Cashmore. The methods were London and Cambridge and each course was called L,C,L. The Ringing World described the performance: “A new stage in the progress of ringing has been reached.”nv
1941The second occasion on which Holt's Original peal of Grandsire Triples was rung silent and non-conducted on handbells took place on this day at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, rung by members of the Ancient Society of College Youths. See March 11, 1887.RW1992/203
1980Robert B. Smith became the third man to ring 2000 peals with one of Stedman Caters at Lock-ington, Leicestershire. The other four members of the band had all rung over 1000 peals. PPR
1986The first long length to be rung in North America was 11,418 changes of Erin Caters, rung at the Old Post Office, Washington, in 6 hours and 57 minutes. E. J. Futcher arranged the attempt and also composed and conducted the peal. It was the longest length to be rung in the method.RW1987/81

Birthdays for 8th November

1911C William Bond born

First pealers for 8th November

1881First peal rung by James D Drewett. Recorded peal total is 80.
1897First peal rung by Henry [Belgrave] Clayton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1899First peal rung by J A [Heene] East. Recorded peal total is 1.
1900First peal rung by Robert Roffey. Recorded peal total is 34.
1902First peal rung by William Steggall. Recorded peal total is 115.
1902First peal rung by Percy Pindar. Recorded peal total is 1.
1902First peal rung by William [Newmarket] Taylor. Recorded peal total is 1.
1902First peal rung by Thomas H Wiseman. Recorded peal total is 1.
1902First peal rung by Henry Betts. Recorded peal total is 4.
1902First peal rung by Edward [North Elmham] Smith. Recorded peal total is 3.
1902First peal rung by R [North Wingfield] Hall. Recorded peal total is 3.
1902First peal rung by William Hopkinson_jun. Recorded peal total is 9.
1902First peal rung by Henry D Arnott. Recorded peal total is 3.
1902First peal rung by Charles [Lowestoft] Harding. Recorded peal total is 14.
1902First peal rung by Thomas Cartwright. Recorded peal total is 13.
1902First peal rung by William Cartwright. Recorded peal total is 30.
1902First peal rung by Frederick G [Alsager] Edwards. Recorded peal total is 5.
1902First peal rung by James Edwards. Recorded peal total is 5.
1902First peal rung by Herbert Leverton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1902First peal rung by William [Neston] Bradshaw. Recorded peal total is 2.
1902First peal rung by Thomas [Neston] Metcalfe. Recorded peal total is 3.
1903First peal rung by Allen Knight. Recorded peal total is 6.
1904First peal rung by Ephraim Marks. Recorded peal total is 6.
1904First peal rung by Henry Thurlow. Recorded peal total is 1.
1904First peal rung by Charles Rainbird. Recorded peal total is 3.
1904First peal rung by James Capp. Recorded peal total is 1.
1906First peal rung by Sydney [Birch-in-Rusholme] Ryder. Recorded peal total is 2.
1910First peal rung by James [Cardiff] Hole. Recorded peal total is 1.
1911First peal rung by George Clasby. Recorded peal total is 2.
1911First peal rung by Henry J [Dibden] Martin. Recorded peal total is 1.
1913First peal rung by Shirley [Melton Mowbray] Burton. Recorded peal total is 564.
1913First peal rung by William Beeson_sen. Recorded peal total is 4.
1913First peal rung by John Humphrey. Recorded peal total is 3.
1913First peal rung by William Olliver. Recorded peal total is 1.
1913First peal rung by J Henry Churchill. Recorded peal total is 2.
1913First peal rung by William [Condover] Passmore. Recorded peal total is 2.
1913First peal rung by James [Condover] Young. Recorded peal total is 1.
1919First peal rung by Harry Parr. Recorded peal total is 1.
1919First peal rung by Harry Spencer. Recorded peal total is 1.
1919First peal rung by Cecil Coxon. Recorded peal total is 1.
1919First peal rung by Wilfred Heath. Recorded peal total is 2.
1919First peal rung by Harold Vaughan. Recorded peal total is 3.
1919First peal rung by Allen M Hickman. Recorded peal total is 1.
1920First peal rung by Albert S H Sweetzer. Recorded peal total is 3.
1923First peal rung by Phillip Hall. Recorded peal total is 3.
1925First peal rung by George Moore. Recorded peal total is 3.
1925First peal rung by Wilfred J Newman. Recorded peal total is 110.
1925First peal rung by Denis Perry. Recorded peal total is 1.
1927First peal rung by Herbert L Cooke. Recorded peal total is 14.
1927First peal rung by H T Jack Roberts. Recorded peal total is 3.
1928First peal rung by G Robert Jones. Recorded peal total is 6.
1930First peal rung by Thomas H Beeks. Recorded peal total is 3.
1930First peal rung by Albert G Bartholomew. Recorded peal total is 23.
1930First peal rung by Dolly K French. Recorded peal total is 1.
1930First peal rung by Ernest Bowhill. Recorded peal total is 10.
1930First peal rung by C Frederick Pudney. Recorded peal total is 2.
1930First peal rung by William E Farmer. Recorded peal total is 4.
1930First peal rung by William H Hillier. Recorded peal total is 2.
1930First peal rung by Benjamin [Marlborough] Thompson. Recorded peal total is 2.
1930First peal rung by Arthur Yockney. Recorded peal total is 1.
1935First peal rung by Herbert G Carlton. Recorded peal total is 2.
1937First peal rung by Charles Haines. Recorded peal total is 1.
1937First peal rung by Fred Pollitt. Recorded peal total is 1.
1945First peal rung by Percy Gatter. Recorded peal total is 3.
1945First peal rung by Reginald Gatter. Recorded peal total is 2.
1945First peal rung by Edward Piper. Recorded peal total is 2.
1947First peal rung by Margaret Rigby. Recorded peal total is 32.
1947First peal rung by Eric J Sinclair. Recorded peal total is 1.
1947First peal rung by Leslie Boumphrey. Recorded peal total is 544.
1947First peal rung by Lillian M H Caldwell. Recorded peal total is 1.
1947First peal rung by Alex C Scott. Recorded peal total is 3.
1947First peal rung by Neil Shaw. Recorded peal total is 1.
1947First peal rung by Madeleine G Campbell. Recorded peal total is 3.
1947First peal rung by John B Ford. Recorded peal total is 7.
1947First peal rung by Kathleen M A Jones. Recorded peal total is 71.
1947First peal rung by Raymond Winter. Recorded peal total is 72.
1947First peal rung by Robert C Button. Recorded peal total is 36.
1947First peal rung by Roland Beniston. Recorded peal total is 1503.
1948First peal rung by Roy W Franklin. Recorded peal total is 1.
1948First peal rung by Hugh Longland. Recorded peal total is 20.
1948First peal rung by Noel J Longland. Recorded peal total is 1.
1948First peal rung by Royce Longland. Recorded peal total is 1.
1951First peal rung by Rowena J Cooper. Recorded peal total is 9.
1952First peal rung by Ruth Core. Recorded peal total is 7.
1952First peal rung by Phillip Parker. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952First peal rung by Richard Parr. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952First peal rung by Thomas G Henney. Recorded peal total is 2.
1954First peal rung by Rennie Anderton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1954First peal rung by Kenneth Taylor. Recorded peal total is 1.
1955First peal rung by Eric A Fellows. Recorded peal total is 16.
1958First peal rung by Joan M Downing. Recorded peal total is 3.
1958First peal rung by Jane K A Hough. Recorded peal total is 737.
1958First peal rung by Michael V Powell. Recorded peal total is 639.
1958First peal rung by George J Gibbs. Recorded peal total is 3.
1958First peal rung by James R A Muller. Recorded peal total is 26.
1958First peal rung by Kenneth B Williamson. Recorded peal total is 7.
1958First peal rung by Anne Henman. Recorded peal total is 16.
1958First peal rung by Patricia Thompson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1958First peal rung by Timothy A Wooding. Recorded peal total is 178.
1960First peal rung by Cynthia J Shackell. Recorded peal total is 2.
1961First peal rung by Veronica Rees. Recorded peal total is 1.
1961First peal rung by David S Bishop. Recorded peal total is 109.
1962First peal rung by Douglas P Snoswell. Recorded peal total is 21.
1962First peal rung by Maureen P Cubitt. Recorded peal total is 95.
1965First peal rung by Roger Hippisley. Recorded peal total is 64.
1969First peal rung by Anthony C Freeman. Recorded peal total is 6.
1969First peal rung by Dawn Howells. Recorded peal total is 13.
1969First peal rung by George H Campling. Recorded peal total is 4296.
1969First peal rung by Michael J Dew. Recorded peal total is 1165.
1969First peal rung by David I Herring. Recorded peal total is 128.
1969First peal rung by Anthony R Hooper. Recorded peal total is 3.
1969First peal rung by Stephen E Mitchener. Recorded peal total is 52.
1969First peal rung by Allain B Rogerson. Recorded peal total is 3.
1969First peal rung by Sharon Titcombe. Recorded peal total is 2.
1970First peal rung by David L Wilton. Recorded peal total is 5.
1971First peal rung by Sheila A Drew. Recorded peal total is 6.
1975First peal rung by William Cumberlidge. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975First peal rung by Jeremy Proctor. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975First peal rung by Jackie Snape. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975First peal rung by Peter R [Brown Edge] Turner. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975First peal rung by Edgar C Burt. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975First peal rung by Jonathan P K Hiscock. Recorded peal total is 2.
1975First peal rung by Ernest J Langford. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975First peal rung by Peter J Langford. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975First peal rung by Anthony F R Matthews. Recorded peal total is 3.
1975First peal rung by Rex B Tubbs. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975First peal rung by Vivien C Nobbs. Recorded peal total is 90.
1975First peal rung by Patricia A [Hyde] Jenkins. Recorded peal total is 5.
1975First peal rung by Christopher Lamb. Recorded peal total is 68.
1975First peal rung by Caroline M Smith. Recorded peal total is 25.
1975First peal rung by K Roy Allerston. Recorded peal total is 1.
1976First peal rung by Paul W Chambers. Recorded peal total is 2.
1976First peal rung by Thomas W [Great Barrington] Chambers. Recorded peal total is 1.
1976First peal rung by Margaret A Clarke. Recorded peal total is 9.
1976First peal rung by Nichola A Goldsmith. Recorded peal total is 9.
1978First peal rung by Diane Gregory. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980First peal rung by Nicholas J Titterington. Recorded peal total is 6.
1980First peal rung by Sally Hoad. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980First peal rung by Rosemary A Whitcombe. Recorded peal total is 2.
1980First peal rung by Martin P Hill. Recorded peal total is 2.
1980First peal rung by David N Jones. Recorded peal total is 4.
1980First peal rung by Philip Daniels. Recorded peal total is 8.
1980First peal rung by Robert J Money. Recorded peal total is 2.
1980First peal rung by Angela R Mitchell. Recorded peal total is 58.
1980First peal rung by Tracey M Weaver. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980First peal rung by Celia Judge. Recorded peal total is 1.
1980First peal rung by June M Kendall. Recorded peal total is 3.
1980First peal rung by Donald Johnes. Recorded peal total is 5.
1980First peal rung by Beverley A Ward. Recorded peal total is 8.
1984First peal rung by Nicholas J Parkes. Recorded peal total is 548.
1986First peal rung by Michael D Lewis. Recorded peal total is 4.
1986First peal rung by Jeremy W Spiller. Recorded peal total is 1844.
1993First peal rung by Neil G Broderick. Recorded peal total is 57.
1997First peal rung by Stephen Parkin. Recorded peal total is 1.
1997First peal rung by David J Hocker. Recorded peal total is 6.
1997First peal rung by Victoria C Hocker. Recorded peal total is 5.
1997First peal rung by Heather E Phillips. Recorded peal total is 5.
2003First peal rung by David R A Pearce. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014First peal rung by Jason M Fisher. Recorded peal total is 10.
2014First peal rung by Stuart Mallen. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014First peal rung by John J Bissell. Recorded peal total is 7.
2014First peal rung by Benjamin M Haslam. Recorded peal total is 2.
2015First peal rung by Carole Clarke. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015First peal rung by Tish Jeffery. Recorded peal total is 2.
2015First peal rung by Paul J Wedlake. Recorded peal total is 2.
2018First peal rung by Stuart Cracknell. Recorded peal total is 1.
2024First peal rung by Jeremy Bowman. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in towers for 8th November

1842First peal on the bells at West Bromwich, All Saints, Staffordshire. Recorded peal total is 116.
1856First peal on the bells at Armitage Bridge, St Paul, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 24.
1902First peal on the bells at Alsager, Christ Church, Cheshire. Recorded peal total is 36.
1902First peal on the bells at Newmarket, All Saints, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 6.
1904First peal on the bells at Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes, St Martin, Buckinghamshire. Recorded peal total is 10.
1930First peal on the bells at Marlborough, St Mary the Virgin, Wiltshire. Recorded peal total is 47.
1958First peal on the bells at Broughton, St Mary, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 10.
1966First peal on the bells at St Endellion, St Endellienta, Cornwall. Recorded peal total is 7.
1966First peal on the bells at St Kew, St James the Great, Cornwall. Recorded peal total is 4.
1969First peal on the bells at Ashill, Blessed Virgin Mary, Somerset. Recorded peal total is 9.
1969First peal on the bells at Eastham, SS Peter & Paul, Worcestershire. Recorded peal total is 4.
1975First peal on the bells at Whitchurch, St John the Evangelist, Buckinghamshire. Recorded peal total is 8.
1984First peal on the bells at Manaton, St Winifred, Devon. Recorded peal total is 6.
1986First peal on the bells at Eversley, St Mary, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 28.

First peals in method for 8th November

1894First tower bell peal of Dains Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1952First tower bell peal of Buckley Bob Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1954First tower bell peal of Tyburn Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 15.
1957First tower bell peal of Ludlow Delight Minor. Recorded peal total is 2.
1958First tower bell peal of St. Leonard's Doubles. Recorded peal total is 1.
1958First tower bell peal of Winchendon Place Doubles. Recorded peal total is 10.
1962First tower bell peal of Crawley Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1975First tower bell peal of Morbium Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975First tower bell peal of Shirburn Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1976First tower bell peal of November Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 33.
1979First tower bell peal of Wolfram Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1981First tower bell peal of Armistice Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1987First tower bell peal of Twinkie Surprise Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990First tower bell peal of Churchgate Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1991First tower bell peal of Antrim Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 5.
1991First tower bell peal of Jasmine Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 5.
1992First tower bell peal of Queen Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1993First tower bell peal of Lybster Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996First tower bell peal of Ewarton Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002First tower bell peal of Slytherin Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002First tower bell peal of Stanwick Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002First tower bell peal of Vendemiaire Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2003First tower bell peal of Bakewell Treble Bob Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2003First tower bell peal of Ringing Chat Delight Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2005First tower bell peal of Offenham Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2006First tower bell peal of Mahoganous Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2009First tower bell peal of Bratislava-Pressburg Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2012First tower bell peal of Carn Mor Dearg Delight Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2012First tower bell peal of Ray Valley Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2012First tower bell peal of Wanborough Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2014First tower bell peal of Evesham Abbey Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 1.