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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 28th August

Year	Event	Reference
1944	William H Fussell, organiser of the first “Great Adventure”, died aged 82. He was the 12th person to ring one thousand peals. His total was 1151. See September 16, 1861, April 10, 1882 and September 19, 1934.	PPR
1969	A series of thefts of bells from churches in Essex culminated with the theft of four bells from St Mary's, Little Oakley, near Colchester, all with the inscription “Miles Graye made me” and the dates 1612, 1615, 1633, 1652.	RW1969/703
1982	Rev Brian Harris rang his one-thousandth peal, Yorkshire Surprise Major at Abbots Bromley, Staffs. He was the 91st person to achieve one thousand peals.	PPR

Birthdays for 28th August

First pealers for 28th August

1894	First peal rung by John Royle. Recorded peal total is 1.
1895	First peal rung by James Dix. Recorded peal total is 1.
1899	First peal rung by Hubert Eden. Recorded peal total is 295.
1904	First peal rung by Thomas Whiting. Recorded peal total is 12.
1909	First peal rung by Percy J Spice. Recorded peal total is 238.
1912	First peal rung by Sidney Anstead. Recorded peal total is 20.
1912	First peal rung by Samuel Newman. Recorded peal total is 6.
1920	First peal rung by William G Birch. Recorded peal total is 2.
1920	First peal rung by Frank H Gibbs. Recorded peal total is 1.
1920	First peal rung by John Jarman. Recorded peal total is 3.
1920	First peal rung by Thomas W Scott. Recorded peal total is 2.
1920	First peal rung by Reginald H Parker. Recorded peal total is 1.
1924	First peal rung by Cyril M Mitchell. Recorded peal total is 16.
1926	First peal rung by Stanley C J Ashman. Recorded peal total is 1.
1926	First peal rung by William Baker. Recorded peal total is 5.
1926	First peal rung by John E Metcalfe. Recorded peal total is 50.
1927	First peal rung by F Charles Goodman. Recorded peal total is 329.
1927	First peal rung by Wilfred G Saunders. Recorded peal total is 216.
1928	First peal rung by Thomas Collins. Recorded peal total is 51.
1930	First peal rung by Cyril Crone. Recorded peal total is 1.
1934	First peal rung by Bryan Booth. Recorded peal total is 1.
1934	First peal rung by Ernest Weller. Recorded peal total is 2.
1938	First peal rung by Charles Bower. Recorded peal total is 8.
1939	First peal rung by Frank Heely. Recorded peal total is 1.
1947	First peal rung by Brenda Fells. Recorded peal total is 18.
1948	First peal rung by Edward A Dixon. Recorded peal total is 9.
1948	First peal rung by Hubert E Ashley. Recorded peal total is 170.
1952	First peal rung by Allan Simpson. Recorded peal total is 50.
1952	First peal rung by Joan E Simpson. Recorded peal total is 50.
1954	First peal rung by Graeme A Hughes. Recorded peal total is 9.
1954	First peal rung by Hugh Vennell. Recorded peal total is 22.
1954	First peal rung by Charles Dyment. Recorded peal total is 1.
1954	First peal rung by Clive E Marchant. Recorded peal total is 2.
1954	First peal rung by Geoffrey R Marchant. Recorded peal total is 27.
1954	First peal rung by Dennis G Miller. Recorded peal total is 7.
1957	First peal rung by Maurice E Downs. Recorded peal total is 239.
1957	First peal rung by Colin Dring. Recorded peal total is 2.
1958	First peal rung by Joan M Dawson. Recorded peal total is 27.
1958	First peal rung by Alison M Bayley. Recorded peal total is 91.
1960	First peal rung by Irene Bradshaw. Recorded peal total is 1.
1964	First peal rung by Neil Margerison. Recorded peal total is 2.
1965	First peal rung by Judy A Stocker. Recorded peal total is 3.
1965	First peal rung by Robert C Hawtree. Recorded peal total is 112.
1965	First peal rung by Terence G Hill. Recorded peal total is 25.
1965	First peal rung by John F Thorne. Recorded peal total is 438.
1966	First peal rung by Lynne I Clowe. Recorded peal total is 10.
1967	First peal rung by Jennifer M Armeson. Recorded peal total is 138.
1970	First peal rung by Philippa Garrard. Recorded peal total is 2.
1971	First peal rung by Paul S Seaman. Recorded peal total is 1491.
1971	First peal rung by Norman P Hancock. Recorded peal total is 4.
1971	First peal rung by Elizabeth M Gardner. Recorded peal total is 2.
1971	First peal rung by Geoffrey A Round. Recorded peal total is 1.
1971	First peal rung by David J R Broadhead. Recorded peal total is 2.
1971	First peal rung by Robert A Michie. Recorded peal total is 28.
1971	First peal rung by Neil A Westman. Recorded peal total is 75.
1972	First peal rung by Ian G Lowe. Recorded peal total is 1.
1973	First peal rung by Christopher G Howard. Recorded peal total is 2.
1974	First peal rung by Jennifer M Parkinson. Recorded peal total is 25.
1974	First peal rung by Eileen V Sweet. Recorded peal total is 21.
1974	First peal rung by J Michael Foster. Recorded peal total is 1.
1975	First peal rung by Mario A Price. Recorded peal total is 4.
1975	First peal rung by Andrew P Roe. Recorded peal total is 1.
1976	First peal rung by Peter M Webster. Recorded peal total is 2.
1976	First peal rung by Edward J Maddex. Recorded peal total is 2.
1976	First peal rung by Graham A Darke. Recorded peal total is 20.
1976	First peal rung by Helen Leith. Recorded peal total is 1.
1977	First peal rung by Christopher J Cattaway. Recorded peal total is 10.
1978	First peal rung by Gladys E Clements. Recorded peal total is 1.
1979	First peal rung by Joseph E Dickinson. Recorded peal total is 1.
1979	First peal rung by Keith B Roberts. Recorded peal total is 22.
1979	First peal rung by Sandra A Penson. Recorded peal total is 4.
1979	First peal rung by Paul J R Daybell. Recorded peal total is 334.
1982	First peal rung by Michael J [Raithby] Smith. Recorded peal total is 187.
1982	First peal rung by Lee Greenwood. Recorded peal total is 6.
1982	First peal rung by Alex W Flather-Morgan. Recorded peal total is 1.
1982	First peal rung by Gail E Graves. Recorded peal total is 19.
1984	First peal rung by David G Carling. Recorded peal total is 361.
1984	First peal rung by Simon H C Rice. Recorded peal total is 10.
1984	First peal rung by Kate J Scott. Recorded peal total is 14.
1985	First peal rung by Gail Lewis. Recorded peal total is 3.
1985	First peal rung by Peter J Townsend. Recorded peal total is 595.
1987	First peal rung by Barbara Skilleter. Recorded peal total is 3.
1988	First peal rung by Adam V Turner. Recorded peal total is 1.
1988	First peal rung by James W Turner. Recorded peal total is 4.
1988	First peal rung by Nigel J Turner. Recorded peal total is 1.
1992	First peal rung by Alan J McBurnie. Recorded peal total is 7.
1993	First peal rung by Sarah M Tilley. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First peal rung by Jackie W Tutt. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First peal rung by Michael A Young. Recorded peal total is 2.
1993	First peal rung by Stephen P Hooper. Recorded peal total is 6.
1993	First peal rung by Helen R Fox. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First peal rung by Elizabeth J Richards. Recorded peal total is 1.
1993	First peal rung by Rachel H Prince. Recorded peal total is 6.
1993	First peal rung by Valerie A Wayte. Recorded peal total is 2.
1993	First peal rung by Peter W McEvoy. Recorded peal total is 12.
1993	First peal rung by Penelope J V Sharpe. Recorded peal total is 1009.
1995	First peal rung by John [Hatfield] Nicholson. Recorded peal total is 10.
1995	First peal rung by Ralf Rashbrook. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996	First peal rung by Michael P Dennis. Recorded peal total is 4.
1998	First peal rung by Angela M Branch. Recorded peal total is 4.
1999	First peal rung by Matthew J Baines. Recorded peal total is 4.
1999	First peal rung by Jonathan J Rider. Recorded peal total is 67.
1999	First peal rung by Kevin A Carter. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999	First peal rung by Toni [Bermondsey] Jones. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999	First peal rung by Kelvin J Stanley. Recorded peal total is 1.
1999	First peal rung by M Morag Todd. Recorded peal total is 4.
1999	First peal rung by R Michael Todd. Recorded peal total is 2.
2000	First peal rung by Malgosia E Hobson. Recorded peal total is 1.
2000	First peal rung by Rachel A Bradley. Recorded peal total is 1.
2000	First peal rung by Zoe L Bradley. Recorded peal total is 1.
2004	First peal rung by Brian [Llandeilo] Price. Recorded peal total is 1.
2008	First peal rung by Peter M Davey. Recorded peal total is 1.
2010	First peal rung by Benjamin J Wigmore. Recorded peal total is 5.
2013	First peal rung by Victoria C Gillman. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015	First peal rung by Jenny G Robertson. Recorded peal total is 6.
2019	First peal rung by Ben Mackervoy. Recorded peal total is 2.
2020	First peal rung by Callum J Clark. Recorded peal total is 10.
2023	First peal rung by Eliza O C Newton. Recorded peal total is 4.
2024	First peal rung by Eden Turner. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in towers for 28th August

1821	First peal on the bells at Worcester, St Helen, Worcestershire. Recorded peal total is 63.
1849	First peal on the bells at Southampton, Holy Rood, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 7.
1875	First peal on the bells at Bramley, Holy Trinity, Surrey. Recorded peal total is 21.
1883	First peal on the bells at Sowton, St Michael & All Angels, Devon. Recorded peal total is 37.
1910	First peal on the bells at Gestingthorpe, St Mary, Essex. Recorded peal total is 45.
1912	First peal on the bells at Blaenavon, St Peter, Monmouthshire. Recorded peal total is 120.
1920	First peal on the bells at Alveley, St Mary the Virgin, Shropshire. Recorded peal total is 15.
1927	First peal on the bells at Claines, St John the Baptist, Worcestershire. Recorded peal total is 181.
1930	First peal on the bells at Much Hadham, St Andrew, Hertfordshire. Recorded peal total is 27.
1939	First peal on the bells at Grinton, St Andrew, Yorkshire. Recorded peal total is 8.
1952	First peal on the bells at Nymet Tracey, Bow, St Bartholomew, Devon. Recorded peal total is 17.
1954	First peal on the bells at Aldeby, St Mary, Norfolk. Recorded peal total is 15.
1960	First peal on the bells at Walkhampton, St Mary the Virgin, Devon. Recorded peal total is 12.
1961	First peal on the bells at Launceston, St Thomas the Apostle, Cornwall. Recorded peal total is 5.
1971	First peal on the bells at Drewsteignton, Holy Trinity, Devon. Recorded peal total is 8.
1971	First peal on the bells at Wicken, St Lawrence, Cambridgeshire. Recorded peal total is 3.
1978	First peal on the bells at Winthorpe, St Mary, Lincolnshire. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in method for 28th August

1949	First tower bell peal of Wordsworth Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 16.
1954	First tower bell peal of Enfield Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 10.
1968	First tower bell peal of Hungerford Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 13.
1971	First tower bell peal of Ringwood Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1976	First tower bell peal of Walton-le-Dale Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1977	First tower bell peal of Argyll Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 12.
1978	First tower bell peal of Dehra Dun Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
1979	First tower bell peal of Silsden Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 7.
1982	First tower bell peal of Evenley Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
1982	First tower bell peal of Southern Cross Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 5.
1988	First tower bell peal of Perth Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1988	First tower bell peal of Ticknall Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 3.
1989	First tower bell peal of Bellingdon Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 1.
1989	First tower bell peal of Fenland Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 4.
1993	First tower bell peal of Sacrewell Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
1995	First tower bell peal of Methoda Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
1996	First tower bell peal of Hundert Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
2000	First tower bell peal of Quercus Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
2000	First tower bell peal of Rowarth Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002	First tower bell peal of Marfa Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2003	First tower bell peal of Jarn Mound Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 2.
2004	First tower bell peal of Brickyard Cottage Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
2004	First tower bell peal of Tettenhall Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2004	First tower bell peal of Thorpe Tilney Fen Surprise Maximus. Recorded peal total is 1.
2006	First tower bell peal of Christ Church Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 3.
2007	First tower bell peal of Manthorpe Delight Royal. Recorded peal total is 2.
2012	First tower bell peal of Knipton Alliance Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2013	First tower bell peal of Kirk Yetholm Alliance Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014	First tower bell peal of Carn Eighe Delight Royal. Recorded peal total is 1.
2014	First tower bell peal of Totnes Castle Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.