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 28th March Edit BBB | ||
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| Year | Event | Reference |
| 1750 | The Society of Cumberland Youths rang the first peal of New Bob Triples at St Leonard's, Shoreditch. George Partrick was the conductor. | CuY7 |
| 1891 | Two new trebles, cast by Whitechapel for St Peter, Caversham, were dedicated on this Easter Eve. The opening touch was 720 of Double Norwich Court Bob Major; none of the band, with the exception of Rev G F Coleridge who was a curate here, had rung the method before. | nv |
| 1902 | The first peal of Surprise to be rung on handbells by only four people took place on this day, when William Pye conducted 5056 changes of New Cambridge Surprise Major. | nv |
| 1919 | George V and Queen Mary visited the Whitechapel Bell Foundry to see the casting of the two new trebles for the eight at Westminster Abbey. | RW2009/347 |
| 1936 | The first peal in seven Spliced Surprise Major methods was rung at St Mary's, Staines, conducted by E C S Turner. | nv |
| 1977 | An arsonist set fire to the church of St Margaret, Downham, Essex with its ground floor ring of six. Although the church was unusable, the tower, frame and bells were saved, the only casualties being the ropes and one ground pulley. | RW1977/306 |
| 1981 | A peal of Double Darrowby Surprise Major was rung at New Arlesford, Hants. It is an unusual method; the treble dodges eleven times in each dodging position, making each plain course a quarter peal in length, or 1,344 changes long. | nv |
| 1992 | Revd Kevin M Price called Parker's Twelve-Part peal of Grandsire Triples twice to make a peal of 10,080 changes at Hawkshead, Cumbria. It took 5 hours and 41 minutes. | RW1992/407 |
| Birthdays for 28th March | ||
| First pealers for 28th March | ||
| 1921 | First peal rung by Frank W Lack. Recorded peal total is 50. | |
| 1926 | First peal rung by William H Saunders. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1931 | First peal rung by William Warren (Taunton). Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1932 | First peal rung by Arthur E Hunter. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1938 | First peal rung by Charles N Edwin. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1947 | First peal rung by Mollie Marsh. Recorded peal total is 23. | |
| 1948 | First peal rung by Charles H J Gravette. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1951 | First peal rung by John Hodgson (Darley Dale). Recorded peal total is 6. | |
| 1953 | First peal rung by James J Griffin. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1953 | First peal rung by Joyce A Fishlock. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1953 | First peal rung by Kenneth H J Dyke. Recorded peal total is 5. | |
| 1953 | First peal rung by Richard A E Harbour. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1953 | First peal rung by Ronald J Cox. Recorded peal total is 22. | |
| 1953 | First peal rung by Victor Jellings. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1957 | First peal rung by Brian T H Dawson. Recorded peal total is 34. | |
| 1959 | First peal rung by Jennifer S Saunders. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1959 | First peal rung by Valerie Green. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1964 | First peal rung by Christine Birks. Recorded peal total is 13. | |
| 1964 | First peal rung by Warless Dodds. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by David J Ley. Recorded peal total is 19. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by J Paul Coad. Recorded peal total is 48. | |
| 1967 | First peal rung by Martin J Corry. Recorded peal total is 54. | |
| 1967 | First peal rung by Richard J Moore (Bitton). Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1967 | First peal rung by Susan A Dye. Recorded peal total is 79. | |
| 1968 | First peal rung by Michael J Fletcher. Recorded peal total is 10. | |
| 1970 | First peal rung by Corinne M Dickson. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1970 | First peal rung by William J Beeching. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1971 | First peal rung by Ian Lockwood. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1971 | First peal rung by Ian P Fowler. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1971 | First peal rung by Jonathan D Peters. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1973 | First peal rung by Elane Robb. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1974 | First peal rung by Dawn Grundy. Recorded peal total is 139. | |
| 1974 | First peal rung by John F Clayton. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1976 | First peal rung by Michael J de C Henshaw. Recorded peal total is 611. | |
| 1979 | First peal rung by Helen M Martin. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1981 | First peal rung by Carol L Dawes. Recorded peal total is 44. | |
| 1981 | First peal rung by Mark D Anderson. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1981 | First peal rung by Rosemary Werry. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1985 | First peal rung by Simon C Cottingham. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1986 | First peal rung by John M Wright. Recorded peal total is 45. | |
| 1986 | First peal rung by Paul Crawford. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1986 | First peal rung by Rachel Webb. Recorded peal total is 12. | |
| 1986 | First peal rung by Richard Sheeran. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by Anne Lowen. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by David J Gammon. Recorded peal total is 15. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by Jennifer M C Day. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by John K Maddams. Recorded peal total is 58. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by Mark J Kenyon. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by Sarah J Lake. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by Timothy J Eyles. Recorded peal total is 38. | |
| 1990 | First peal rung by William V L Avery. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1992 | First peal rung by Evelyn Kirby. Recorded peal total is 12. | |
| 1992 | First peal rung by Penny Stoddard. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1992 | First peal rung by Philip M Watson. Recorded peal total is 21. | |
| 1992 | First peal rung by Stephen J Bailey. Recorded peal total is 119. | |
| 1993 | First peal rung by Daniel R Courtney. Recorded peal total is 9. | |
| 1993 | First peal rung by Trevor A Cotterell. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Ian Wisbey. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Peter R Nicholas. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1998 | First peal rung by G Roy Wilton. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1998 | First peal rung by Penelope J Hares. Recorded peal total is 9. | |
| 1998 | First peal rung by Robert J Ingamells. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 2005 | First peal rung by A John Stanworth. Recorded peal total is 82. | |
| 2005 | First peal rung by Elspeth S Jones. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2005 | First peal rung by Isobel C Barrett. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2005 | First peal rung by Tony Fuller. Recorded peal total is 5. | |
| 2006 | First peal rung by Andrew Hardiman. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2006 | First peal rung by Kyle Ellis. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2009 | First peal rung by Emily Jayne Howells. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2009 | First peal rung by Ian G White. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2009 | First peal rung by James W Perrins. Recorded peal total is 43. | |
| 2009 | First peal rung by Jill Harris (Brecon). Recorded peal total is 5. | |
| 2009 | First peal rung by Ken Morgan. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2009 | First peal rung by Louise C Munday. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2009 | First peal rung by Mark Burt. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 2009 | First peal rung by Mathew Davies. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2009 | First peal rung by Mike Lewis. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 2015 | First peal rung by Graham R Munday. 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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