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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 2nd April

Year	Event	Reference
1760	One of the earliest peals of Minor was rung at Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk by the local band. They rang seven different methods, John Morley being the bob-caller.	H&A/363
1815	Five local ringers, together with one from nearby Darton, rang 10,080 Minor in fourteen 720s at Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, conducted by William Blackburn. The peal took 5 hours and 25 minutes. Later that year the local ringers at Darton rang one of 10,800 changes in fifteen methods. For Wath's retaliatory gesture see February 27, 1816.	nv
1827	The St James' Society rang the first peal for the society with one of Grandsire Triples at St Stephen, Coleman Street.	nv
1888	Two attempts to ring a double length peal were made on this day. The first was at Wrexham, where an attempt for 10,008 Grandsire Caters failed after 2 hours and 38 minutes when the eighth rope broke. The other peal was at Coddenham, Suffolk, where William Dye shepherded a band through 10,176 Kent Treble Bob Major in 5 hours and 55 minutes. It was the first time any of the band had rung over 10,000 changes.	nv
1912	Clement Glenn rang his 100th peal on handbells and became the second ringer to achieve this number. William Pye had been the first to score a hundred nearly a year before. See May 23, 1911.	RW1912/241
1923	The Suffolk Diocesan Guild founded.	nv
1927	The greatest gathering of ringers up to this date took place at the Croydon Bell Foundry when Cyril Johnston invited the ringers of England to tea. More than 1200 turned up. They were also invited to tour the works and inspect the gigantic carillon Gillett and Johnston had made for Canadian Houses of Parliament at Ottowa. A special supplement had to be issued with the Ringing World so great was the enthusiasm.	RW1927/216
1977	An attempt to ring the extent of Major on handbells took place at 29 Hanley Road, Southampton. It was called round by the conductor, William S Croft, after 11 hours 8 minutes and 25,088 changes. This was the greatest length ever rung on handbells and the third longest peal achieved. See December 27, 1977.	RW1977/355
1988	A handbell band composed of Messrs D C Brown, P Mounsey, E J Fucher and J N Hughes-D'Aeth rang eight peals in a day. They rang all the standard eight Surprise Major methods, starting the first just after midnight and concluding the eighth at 11.24 p.m., having spent 18 hours and 34 minutes ringing.	nv

Birthdays for 2nd April

First pealers for 2nd April

1898	First peal rung by Ernest [Smethwick] Brown. Recorded peal total is 30.
1898	First peal rung by Joseph Faulkner_sen. Recorded peal total is 60.
1908	First peal rung by Bert W Channell. Recorded peal total is 3.
1910	First peal rung by Frederick J Hardy. Recorded peal total is 81.
1910	First peal rung by Harold Finch. Recorded peal total is 17.
1910	First peal rung by Alfred South. Recorded peal total is 36.
1910	First peal rung by Horace Patrick. Recorded peal total is 8.
1910	First peal rung by Frederick W Wilkin. Recorded peal total is 10.
1910	First peal rung by Richard J Caswell. Recorded peal total is 2.
1910	First peal rung by George [Whitbourne] Jones. Recorded peal total is 3.
1910	First peal rung by Sidney Lewis. Recorded peal total is 3.
1910	First peal rung by William Morris. Recorded peal total is 3.
1910	First peal rung by George [Whitbourne] Soley. Recorded peal total is 4.
1910	First peal rung by Henry Warman. Recorded peal total is 3.
1894	First peal rung by George H Sparrow. Recorded peal total is 19.
1914	First peal rung by Archibald Birch. Recorded peal total is 2.
1921	First peal rung by Tom Fielden. Recorded peal total is 2.
1921	First peal rung by John [Todmorden] Lord. Recorded peal total is 1.
1921	First peal rung by Pryce Taylor. Recorded peal total is 50.
1921	First peal rung by William E Williams. Recorded peal total is 53.
1921	First peal rung by William [Middlesbrough] Jones. Recorded peal total is 10.
1921	First peal rung by Hubert Field. Recorded peal total is 2.
1921	First peal rung by Frederick [Ipswich] Mason. Recorded peal total is 1.
1923	First peal rung by Edward Crocker. Recorded peal total is 5.
1923	First peal rung by Tom Curtis. Recorded peal total is 6.
1923	First peal rung by Tom Cummings. Recorded peal total is 1.
1923	First peal rung by Alfred Darvill. Recorded peal total is 1.
1923	First peal rung by Rupert Gomme. Recorded peal total is 1.
1924	First peal rung by Roy Linter. Recorded peal total is 6.
1927	First peal rung by Hawthorn Morris. Recorded peal total is 3.
1927	First peal rung by William Weaver. Recorded peal total is 3.
1932	First peal rung by Hubert Smith. Recorded peal total is 19.
1932	First peal rung by Anthony E F Trotman. Recorded peal total is 11.
1932	First peal rung by Horace Tyler. Recorded peal total is 4.
1934	First peal rung by Marjorie C Hibbert. Recorded peal total is 20.
1934	First peal rung by George H Childs. Recorded peal total is 1.
1934	First peal rung by Alec Gammon. Recorded peal total is 149.
1934	First peal rung by Henry E Compton. Recorded peal total is 1.
1934	First peal rung by William H Compton. Recorded peal total is 51.
1934	First peal rung by Francis J Cubberley. Recorded peal total is 17.
1934	First peal rung by Walter [Kempsey] Curtis. Recorded peal total is 1.
1936	First peal rung by Leslie Dixon. Recorded peal total is 2.
1938	First peal rung by Walter R Felgate. Recorded peal total is 23.
1938	First peal rung by Frank Miller. Recorded peal total is 11.
1945	First peal rung by Benjamin Barker. Recorded peal total is 37.
1945	First peal rung by Walter [Derby] Shaw. Recorded peal total is 26.
1945	First peal rung by Walter Steen. Recorded peal total is 23.
1945	First peal rung by Ronald F Burford. Recorded peal total is 4.
1945	First peal rung by Kenneth W H Felstead. Recorded peal total is 95.
1945	First peal rung by John Orme. Recorded peal total is 27.
1947	First peal rung by Barbara Seccombe. Recorded peal total is 1.
1948	First peal rung by William R White. Recorded peal total is 11.
1948	First peal rung by Ivor Sparks. Recorded peal total is 1.
1949	First peal rung by Audrey A Timms. Recorded peal total is 8.
1949	First peal rung by Norman Mallett. Recorded peal total is 286.
1949	First peal rung by Michael Poole. Recorded peal total is 2.
1949	First peal rung by Percival K Waterman. Recorded peal total is 1.
1949	First peal rung by Reginald J Rees. Recorded peal total is 1.
1949	First peal rung by J Goddard. Recorded peal total is 1.
1949	First peal rung by Kathleen Roberts. Recorded peal total is 3.
1951	First peal rung by Mary Colegate. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952	First peal rung by Leonard Burnett. Recorded peal total is 2.
1952	First peal rung by Derek Reeks. Recorded peal total is 2.
1952	First peal rung by John [Sowton] White. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952	First peal rung by Frederick Willmington. Recorded peal total is 1.
1952	First peal rung by Phyllis Willmington. Recorded peal total is 1.
1949	First peal rung by Percy Waterman. Recorded peal total is 4.
1955	First peal rung by Edward G Burrows. Recorded peal total is 4.
1955	First peal rung by Patricia A M Halls. Recorded peal total is 2590.
1955	First peal rung by Eric W Wheeler. Recorded peal total is 1.
1955	First peal rung by Kenneth Burdett. Recorded peal total is 52.
1956	First peal rung by Aidan E Butcher. Recorded peal total is 23.
1956	First peal rung by F John Nelson. Recorded peal total is 339.
1956	First peal rung by Leslie N Melton. Recorded peal total is 197.
1956	First peal rung by W Cyril Wixey. Recorded peal total is 2.
1956	First peal rung by Llewellyn T Sly. Recorded peal total is 6.
1956	First peal rung by Nicholas I Wright. Recorded peal total is 33.
1960	First peal rung by David W Parkin. Recorded peal total is 256.
1960	First peal rung by George E Tebbutt. Recorded peal total is 3.
1960	First peal rung by Ian N Goldthorpe. Recorded peal total is 5.
1960	First peal rung by June Whitcher. Recorded peal total is 1.
1960	First peal rung by A Clive Berry. Recorded peal total is 3.
1960	First peal rung by Geoffrey T Horritt. Recorded peal total is 206.
1960	First peal rung by Michael F Sims. Recorded peal total is 3.
1964	First peal rung by Margaret Humphreys. Recorded peal total is 2.
1966	First peal rung by William Porte. Recorded peal total is 2.
1966	First peal rung by E Guy Slater. Recorded peal total is 95.
1966	First peal rung by Kay J Tremeer. Recorded peal total is 3.
1966	First peal rung by Anita J Nickells. Recorded peal total is 1.
1966	First peal rung by Janet Yates. Recorded peal total is 1.
1967	First peal rung by Roger K Boultbee. Recorded peal total is 6.
1968	First peal rung by Gillian R Glover. Recorded peal total is 93.
1968	First peal rung by Timothy C Hine. Recorded peal total is 316.
1972	First peal rung by John T Green. Recorded peal total is 2.
1975	First peal rung by R Arthur Marsh. Recorded peal total is 2.
1975	First peal rung by Maurice W Southworth. Recorded peal total is 585.
1977	First peal rung by Jonathan Williams. Recorded peal total is 1.
1977	First peal rung by Hilary C Pawley. Recorded peal total is 29.
1977	First peal rung by Fiona A Hartley. Recorded peal total is 40.
1978	First peal rung by Nigel Pope. Recorded peal total is 3.
1983	First peal rung by Tanya D Paul. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First peal rung by Debbie Gail Roper. Recorded peal total is 2.
1983	First peal rung by T Neville T Towers. Recorded peal total is 1.
1983	First peal rung by Mark A Watkinson. Recorded peal total is 2.
1988	First peal rung by Douglas Sant. Recorded peal total is 1.
1989	First peal rung by Carol Kingston-Ward. Recorded peal total is 1.
1990	First peal rung by Mayonne J Coldicott. Recorded peal total is 2.
2000	First peal rung by Susan Benzon. Recorded peal total is 1.
2000	First peal rung by Andrew Galbraith. Recorded peal total is 1.
2000	First peal rung by Elaine J Galbraith. Recorded peal total is 2.
2005	First peal rung by Julie A Boagey. Recorded peal total is 2.
2005	First peal rung by Claire L J Downs. Recorded peal total is 3.
2005	First peal rung by Janet M Risdale. Recorded peal total is 4.
2005	First peal rung by Philip D Hopkins. Recorded peal total is 241.
2014	First peal rung by Helena M Thorpe. Recorded peal total is 210.
2016	First peal rung by Keith A Davies. Recorded peal total is 3.
2016	First peal rung by Edward R C Martin. Recorded peal total is 1.
2022	First peal rung by Jamie M Watson. Recorded peal total is 2.
2023	First peal rung by Matthew W Goodship. Recorded peal total is 19.

First peals in towers for 2nd April

1760	First peal on the bells at Walsham le Willows, St Mary, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 22.
1832	First peal on the bells at Kelsale, St Peter, Suffolk. Recorded peal total is 115.
1858	First peal on the bells at Helmshore, St Thomas, Lancashire. Recorded peal total is 88.
1858	First peal on the bells at Musbury, St Michael, Devon. Recorded peal total is 4.
1877	First peal on the bells at Dunster, St George, Somerset. Recorded peal total is 73.
1877	First peal on the bells at Quedgeley, St James, Gloucestershire. Recorded peal total is 193.
1888	First peal on the bells at Christchurch, Holy Trinity, Hampshire. Recorded peal total is 142.
1888	First peal on the bells at Hoghton, Holy Trinity, Lancashire. Recorded peal total is 132.
1888	First peal on the bells at Ightham, St Peter, Kent. Recorded peal total is 33.
1888	First peal on the bells at Wells, St Cuthbert, Somerset. Recorded peal total is 52.
1910	First peal on the bells at Tyldesley, St George, Lancashire. Recorded peal total is 39.
1910	First peal on the bells at Warkton, St Edmund, Northamptonshire. Recorded peal total is 52.
1910	First peal on the bells at Whitbourne, St John the Baptist, Herefordshire. Recorded peal total is 19.
1921	First peal on the bells at Wistaston, St Mary the Virgin, Cheshire. Recorded peal total is 417.
1923	First peal on the bells at Beedon, St Nicholas, Berkshire. Recorded peal total is 28.
1923	First peal on the bells at Great Kimble, St Nicholas, Buckinghamshire. Recorded peal total is 5.
1927	First peal on the bells at Astley, St Mary the Virgin, Warwickshire. Recorded peal total is 7.
1927	First peal on the bells at Bickleigh, near Tiverton, St Mary, Devon. Recorded peal total is 18.
1927	First peal on the bells at Creswell, St Mary Magdalene, Derbyshire. Recorded peal total is 239.
1927	First peal on the bells at Gaulby, St Peter, Leicestershire. Recorded peal total is 17.
1932	First peal on the bells at Maiden Newton, St Mary, Dorset. Recorded peal total is 69.
1949	First peal on the bells at Enford, All Saints, Wiltshire. Recorded peal total is 6.
1949	First peal on the bells at Yatesbury, All Saints, Wiltshire. Recorded peal total is 10.
1960	First peal on the bells at Halkyn, St Mary the Virgin, Flintshire. Recorded peal total is 3.
1983	First peal on the bells at Addlethorpe, St Nicholas, Lincolnshire. Recorded peal total is 12.
2016	First peal on the bells at Bratton, White Horse Ring, Wiltshire. Recorded peal total is 1.
2017	First peal on the bells at Tewkesbury, Shed, Gloucestershire. Recorded peal total is 1.

First peals in method for 2nd April

1964	First tower bell peal of Framley Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 4.
1968	First tower bell peal of Old Hudibras Doubles. Recorded peal total is 3.
1971	First tower bell peal of Jump Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 6.
1982	First tower bell peal of Stansted Mountfitchet Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 6.
1984	First tower bell peal of Canklow Surprise Royal. Recorded peal total is 3.
1997	First tower bell peal of Avril Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 9.
1997	First tower bell peal of Janvier Delight Major. Recorded peal total is 7.
2002	First tower bell peal of Bowes-Lyon Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2002	First tower bell peal of Ringstead Delight Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
2005	First tower bell peal of Golden Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.
2008	First tower bell peal of Brownie Dyke Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 3.
2012	First tower bell peal of Barnoldswick Treble Bob Minor. Recorded peal total is 1.
2015	First tower bell peal of Monmouth Castle Surprise Major. Recorded peal total is 1.