12-bell ringing: London 12 Bell Competition 1128
see also National 12 Bell Striking Contest
'43-ers: Phillips, Marlene 532; plaque 501, 627
Ab Kettleby, Leics, S James 1081–1083
Abel (software) 1253–1255, 1274
accreditation see ITTS
Adelaide Ringing School 1224–1225, 1226
Administrative Committee see under Central Council Committees
Advent: 'Thought for the week' 1323
Africa: bells as memorials, WW1 550–552; Mandela, Nelson 104; 'News Review' 755
see also Kilifi, Kenya, Africa, S Thomas
ageing and ringing: "Mid-Week Geriatrics" 19; recruitment 1283 (let); 'Thought for the week' 199, 297, 1031
Ainsworth, Dr Marion S. (obit) 211, 220
Ainsworth, Elva (contrib) 224, 356, 1184
AJB (Barnfield, A. J.): 25 Years Ago 1031 (let)
(author) A Scrapbook of Bellringing 1223
(contrib) 965
see also 'Down the Pub'; 'The Residents' Lounge'
Aldershot, Hants, S Michael Archangel 865
Aldwick, W Sussex, S Richard 936
Aley, William H. (Bill) (obit) 68
Almondsbury, Glos, S Mary V 1013 (let)
'Alternative Hobbyist': dancing with bells on 1256; "Drink in 1000" 1306–1307; National Trust volunteer 1208; vintage tractor ploughing 1156–1157
America see United States
Anderson, Winifred: MBE 779
anniversaries: Barrow & District Society 481; Beacham, David 1300; Becket, Anne and David's wedding 1073; Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Angela 405, 784–785; Butterfield, William 1019; Chelmsford, Essex, Cath Ch of S Mary V, S Peter & S Cedd 719; D-Day 652, 821; Devonshire Ringers Guild 933, 935; Evans, Revd Stanley 1280–1281; Haslam, Keith and Olive's diamond wedding 1240; Holborn, Gr London, S Giles in the Fields 230 (let), 466 (let), 560–562, 992; Hook, Ronald and Isabel 316; "The Lads" peals 977–978; Lincoln, Lincs, Cath Ch of BVM 1294; Magna Carta 157 (let), 531; Martin, Alan and Pat's golden wedding 1245; Merton College, Oxford 212, 1075; Middleton, Gr Man, S Leonard 1057–1059; Munden, Alan and Liz's 40th wedding 1170; Oxford DG Bell Fund 1009–1012; Pegg, Dick and Daphne's diamond wedding 995; Pershore, Worcs, Abbey Ch of Holy Cross 568; Rose, Hilary and Mike's wedding 749; Rothera, David and Sue's wedding 1019; Shakespeare's birth 495; Shrewsbury, Shrops, S Chad bells' 685–687; Southampton University Guild 876; Tibenham, Norfolk, All Saints 640; Washington, DC, USA, Cath Ch of S Peter & S Paul 913–917, 918 (let), 967 (let); Wormingford, Essex, S Andrew 743
see also World War I commemorations
Anthony, Anne (contrib) 580
Antiques Roadshow (BBC TV): van Dyck portrait 49–50, 52, 79 (let), 584, 764
ANZAB: Christchurch, SI, New Zealand 751; Festival 2014 152, 738–739; 'News Review' 755
appeals see fund raising
Archbishop Tenison CE High School bells 580
Arditti, Paul (obit) 126
Armed Forces peal 197, 199
Armitage, Geoff (contrib) 956
Army Guild: Armed Forces peal 197, 199
Around Ringers: Devon 2014 1020
ART (Association of Ringing Teachers) 277–279; "Better basics boost beginners" 101, 110–112 (let), 133 (let); charity status 531; "difficult questions" debate 525–526, 576, for ongoing debate see under ITTS; 'Learning the Ropes' 19, 149, 173, 224, 1324; Ringing Roadshow 892; strategic changes 919; Youth Group Toolbox 32
art work: Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red (Cummings) 1148; fantasy bell tower card 304; Gloucester, Glos, S Mary de Crypt 467–468; Liverpool, Mers, Our Lady & S Nicholas, Pier Head 753; mystery 18thC painting 200, 254 (let), 335 (let); van Dyck portrait 49–50, 52, 79 (let), 584, 764
Arthur Hoare Memorial Competition 1103
ASCY see College Youths, Ancient Society of
Ashworth, Colin (obit) 20, 23
Aslett, Hilary (contrib) 1208
Aspland, Andrew R. 575
Assoc of Ringing Teachers see ART
Aston Clinton Ringing Centre 1240
Atkinson, John (obit) 578
Atlanta, GA, USA, S Luke 336
Attwood, Jim 85
Audley, Helen (contrib) 732
Audsley, Herbert E. 716
augmentations: Ab Kettleby, Leics, S James 1083; Roos, ER Yorks, All Saints 732, 1132–1133
Austin, Brian 17
Australia: Adelaide Ringing School 1224–1225, 1226; Bathurst, NSW, Australia, Cath Ch of All Saints 906; England-Australia tourism 271; Melbourne, VIC, Australia 1110, 1135; Sydney, NSW, Australia, Cath Ch of S Andrew 917; Sydney Ringing School 1176; Turramurra, NSW, Australia, S James 1223
Averham, Notts, S Michael & All Angels 1229–1231
awards: Bell Club Awards 1134 (let); Leicestershire County Council Award Scheme 231; Marmalade Awards 1035; Perth, WA tourism award 1152; Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 1199; 'Tail Ends' 827
Awbridge, Hants, Clock House Bells 508, 1207 (let)
baby boomers 604
Badby, Northants, S Mary 598
Badcock, Reginald Charles (obit) 504
Bagley, David (contrib) 577
Bailey, Roger: memorial weekend 155; 'remembered' 716
Baines, Betty: MBE 3
Baker, David (contrib) 623
Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, S David, Glanadda 248
Banister, William 235, 1307
Banwell, Som, S Andrew: Summer Trip 1026; World War I 840
barbecues 1175, 1207 (let), 1234 (let)
Barford, Warks, S Peter 1276
Barnes, John (contrib) 1232–1233
Barnes, Peter G.: 80th birthday 174
Barnfield, A. J. (AJB): 25 Years Ago 1031 (let); A Scrapbook of Bellringing 1223
Barrow & District Society: 10th anniversary 481
Barrow in Furness, Cumbria: bells project 1323; S James Gt 71, 225–228, 297
Basford, Hazel (contrib) 1052
Bashford, Alfred 1259
Basingstoke, Hants, S Michael 846
Bateman, Donald (contrib) 1177–1181
Bates, David B. (contrib) 1057–1059
Bath & Wells DACR: 100 Years Ago 754; Devrell, Peter J. 725; QP f/night 476; Somerset, Wilts & Dorset peal week 924
Taunton branch: ringers, young 159
Bath, Som, Christ Church, Walcot 235, 1152
Bath, Som, S Michael, Twerton on Avon 683
Bathurst, NSW, Australia, Cath Ch of All Saints 906
Battle of Mons (WW1), Cheshire Regiment 1028–1029
Baulcombe, Harry (contrib) 854
Bayeux Cathedral: Peace bell 652
BBC see broadcasts
BBC Music Magazine 128
Beacham, David 1133, 1300; (contrib) 501
Beale, Janice (contrib) 801
bearings 514 (let); 100 Years Ago 333, 530, 544; self-aligning 333, 530; York, N Yorks, Cath & Metropolitical Church of S Peter (York Minster) 360, 406 (let)
Beaudesert, Warks, S Nicholas 73–75
Beaufoy, Helen (contrib) 32, 824
Becket, Anne and David 1073
Bedford, Beds, S Paul: 10 Years Ago 324
Bedfordshire Assoc: Ringing World National Youth Contest 709; young ringers 607, 609
Biggleswade District: QP day 347
beer advertising 1207 (let), 1234 (let), 1283 (let)
'Beer Matters' 492; "Beside still waters..." 728; 'Cider Matters' 1075; "Monkey Business... and Dark Arts" 1206; "Multum in parvo" 625; "musings" 1289
belfries 155
bell casting see bell founding
Bell Club Awards 1134 (let)
bell founders: in Carmarthen, Wales 1122–1124; Royal Eijsbouts 205; Royal Petit & Fritsen 205; Whitechapel Bell Foundry Ltd 279, 336, 1277–1279
see also John Taylor & Co
bell founding: Bath, Som, Christ Church, Walcot 1152; Bowditch, Richard Frederick (obit) 647–648; Christchurch Cathedral, SI, New Zealand 69, 333; porous bell 882; Virginia Theological Seminary 336, 1277–1279; Worcester (1200-1640) 688–691
Bell Funds: Fred E. Dukes International Bell Fund 1228; Keltek Trust 2013 129–131; Oxford DG 1009–1012
bell hangers: White, Alfred 852, 1002–1004
bell noise levels 357–358
see also sound of bells
bell restoration see restoration projects
Bell Restoration Committee see under Central Council Committees
bell tuning 376, 1110 (let); Michaelchurch Escley, Herefs, S Michael 1039–1040, 1062 (let)
BellBoard (website): peal location descriptions 515; 'The Residents' Lounge' 626, 884
Bellringers' Hymn 223
The Bellringing (folksong) 555
bells, unringable see unringable bells
Benbow, Harriet (contrib) 867
Benn, Tony (obit) 352
Bennett, James 8
Bennett, Joan (obit) 372
Bere Regis, Dorset, S John Bapt 1051
Berkeley, Glos, S Mary V 1196
Besselsleigh, Oxon 1002–1004
Beverley & District Ringing Society 1146
Beyton, Tim 821, 905, 1264
Bilston, W Mids, S Leonard 1134 (let)
Binns, Peter (contrib) 608
biodiversity 1273
Biographies Committee see Butler, Bill; Central Council Committees
Birchington, Kent, Waterloo Tower, Quex Park 626
Birmingham School of Bell Ringing 829–831, 880–881, 908–909
Birmingham University Society (BUSCR): "49 years on" 1044
Birmingham, W Mids, S Martin (Bullring) 78 (let)
25 Years Ago 31, 51, 530
Birmingham, W Mids, S Nicolas, King's Norton 984
birthdays: band of Southwold on Sea, Suffolk, S Edmund K&M 1228, 1252, 1259 (let); Barnes, Peter G. 174; Brown, Ron 846, 852; Bugler, Roger 424; Churchill, Winston 1282; Datson, Jean 1040; Dowling, George 123; Dunn, Jim 984; Flavell, Paul 45; "in Kent and Sussex" 597; Marshall, Mike 221; Matthews, Keith 28; Nicholson, John 183; Payne, Joan 1300; Rothera, David 176; Sanderson, Doreen 1128; Tomlinson, Brian 352; Vickers, Ray 1213; Vivian, Beaut 1320; Westwood, Ken 1116; Whitehead, Mavis 200
Blagrove, Monica (obit) 37, 44
Bletsoe, Beds, S Mary 992
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red (Cummings) 1148
Blundell, Giles (contrib): Stedman Tercentenary Celebration 29
see also 'News Review'
bolt failure, on clappers 835 (let), 890 (let), 941 (let), 966 (let), 991 (let), 1063 (let)
Bonham, George 200
'Book Review': Order and Disorder in the Early Nineteenth Century (Central Council) 181; A Scrapbook of Bellringing (Barnfield) 1223
books: bookshops 384; Central Council publications 1222; Edwardian notebook 108–109; An English Baby Boomer: My Life and Times (Hall) 604; Medieval Women (Layser) 941 (let); "Ringing Book Titles" jigsaw 888; The Sound of Bells (Shepherd) 1275; Stedman - an account of his life (Eisel) 30; Suffolk's Churches Great and Small 380–382; Time in Rutland (Ovens and Sleath) 1006; The Turret Clock Keeper's Handbook (McKay) 397
Booth, Richard (contrib) 584, 961–963, 965
Booth, Roger (contrib) 1253–1255, 1274
Boston, Lincs, S Botolph 55
Boumphrey, Margaret (obit) 46, 1305
Bowditch, Richard Frederick (obit) 640, 646, 647–648
Boyce, Charlotte 821, 905, 1264
Boyce, Les (contrib) 933, 935
Brading, IoW, S Mary V 79
Bradpole Ringing Centre 1187
Bragg, Susan 44
Bray, Anne (contrib) 1053
Breadsall, Derbys, All Saints 764
Brecon, Powys, Wales, S Mary 7 (let)
Bricheno, Lucy (contrib) 884
Brindle, Frank (obit) 148
British Pathé films 611–612
broadcasts: Antiques Roadshow 49–50, 52, 79 (let); BBC Essex Radio 645; Christmas 32; German radio programme 352; Great British Railway Journeys 104; litter 636 (let); Panorama 628; Pudsey Bear at Coventry Cathedral 1195; television age ratings 911; Tour de France ringing 757–762
Brock, Dennis 24
Brown, Alan 612, 624
Brown, Christopher and Jacqueline 860–861
Brown, David (contrib) 386
Brown, Ron: 90th birthday 846, 852
Bucknell. Ian D. (contrib) 536–537
Bugler, Roger 424
Bullard, George 127
Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Angela 405, 784–785
bureaucracy 1158 (let), 1182 (let)
BUSCR (Birmingham University Society): "49 years on" 1044
Bushey, Herts, S James: restoration 21
Butler, Bill (contrib) 716; Bennett, James 8; Coles, Charles Thomas 134; Fearn, George Ernest 463, 539 (let); Golden, Frank Nolan 1016; Jenkins, Edward 1136, 1158 (let); Morris, Ernest 229, 281 (let); Poole, Harold Joseph 334, 359 (let); Roberts, Charles William 586; Thomas, John 920, 966 (let), 991 (let), 1013 (let)
Butterfield, William 1019
Buttery, John 'Jack' 500, 501
Cadoxton juxta Neath, Neath PT, Wales, S Catwg 389
calendar, Ringing World 1146
call changes: Devon formulae 182 (let); quarter peals 990 (let), 1063 (let)
Camberwell, Gr London, S Giles 1257
Cambridge University Guild (CUGCR): Guild Week 2014 1301; silent and non-conducted peal 1302
Campanophile (website) 1276
Campling, George (contrib) 20, 23
Campton, Beds, All Saints 1194
Canada: "Arthur and the Colossus" tour 1247, 1248
Care of Churches Bells Committee (CCC)
10 Years Ago 111
carillons: 50 Years Ago 720; in northern France 677, 681; "Thank you" 1200; using tower bells to imitate 1084–1085
Carless, Paul 31
Carlisle, Cumbria, Cath Ch of Holy & Undivided Trinity 385
Carmarthen, Carms, Wales, S Peter 1122–1124
cars 578
Carter, Donald: 4000 QPs 266
Carter, John (obit) 1174
Carter, Richard P. J. (contrib) 4–5, 268
Carter, Valerie (obit) 268
Castle Bromwich, W Mids, SS Mary & Margaret 400
Cater, Gail (contrib) 1112
Cater, Roger (contrib) 485–486
cats: 'Poet's Corner' 1227
Cattermole, Paul 1204
Cawley, David (contrib) 461–462, 1280–1281, 1318–1320
CCCBR see Central Council
'CD review': ART Youth Group Toolbox 32; peal recording 1285
centenaries see anniversaries; World War I commemorations
Central Council: 100 Years Ago 578, 633; 116th AGM 430–436, 943; 117th AGM 427, 653, 656–660, 706, 756, 763 (let), 942–947, 959; 118th AGM 661; Accounts 2013 438–440, 943; affiliation fees 503–504, 538 (let), 562 (let); Annual Report 2013 427–429, 437–460, 943; book publications 1222; Carter Ringing Machine Collection 458; communications 30–31 (let); "difficult questions" 514–515 (let), 525–526, 538 (let), 576, 587–588 (let), for ongoing debate see under ITTS; Dove's Guide 458–459; "End of year message" 1281; English Heritage 531, 1195; Kent CA 533–535; member nominations 430; non-methods 490–491 (let), 1284 (let); Order and Disorder in the Early Nineteenth Century (Central Council) 181; Rescue Fund for Redundant Bells 459; and Ringing Roadshow 887, 985–986, 988–989; Rolls of Honour 425, 458; special strategic meeting 803, 809 (let)
Central Council Committees: 117th AGM elections and reports 659–660, 945–947, 959; history 408
Administrative Committee: 117th AGM 659, 945; Report 2012 433; Report 2013 441–443; special strategic meeting 803, 809 (let)
Bell Restoration Committee: 117th AGM 660, 946; Report 2012 434; Report 2013 455–456; Ringing Roadshow 1007; unringable rings 581–583, 585–586, 611 (let)
Biographies Committee: 117th AGM 660, 946–947; Report 2012 434; Report 2013 456–457; see also Butler, Bill
Compositions Committee: 117th AGM 660, 947; Report 2012 435; Report 2013 457
Education Committee: 117th AGM 660, 947; Report 2012 435; Report 2013 457–458
Information and Communications Technology Committee: 117th AGM 660, 947; Report 2012 433–434; Report 2013 458
Library Committee: 117th AGM 659, 945–946; Report 2012 434; Report 2013 442–443
Methods Committee: 50 Years Ago 1135; 117th AGM 659, 946; 2014 decisions 281 (let), 465 (let), 489–490, 490–491 (let), 527–528, 538 (let), 539 (let); non-method blocks 692 (let), 702–703, 740 (let), 786 (let), 1284 (let); "Non-Methods Committee" 1284 (let); Report 2012 434; Report 2013 443–444
Peal Records Committee: 117th AGM 659, 946; 2014 decisions 490; correction to peals analysis 600; Report 2012 434; Report 2013 444–447
Public Relations Committee: 117th AGM 659, 946; commemorative plaques 1233; December meeting 1288; July meeting 793; media 301; public perception of ringing 764–765; Report 2012 434; Report 2013 447–451
Publications Committee: 117th AGM 659, 946; 2014 changes 502; Report 2012 434; Report 2013 451–452
Redundant Bells Committee: 117th AGM 659, 946; Report 2012 434; Report 2013 452
Ringing Centres Committee: 117th AGM 659–660, 946; Report 2012 434; Report 2013 452–453
Ringing Trends Committee: 117th AGM 660, 946; Report 2012 434; Report 2013 453
Tower and Belfries Committee: 117th AGM 660, 946; belfries 155; chiming and clock hammers 258; garters 651; "go" of a bell 949; gudgeons 762; Report 2012 434; Report 2013 453–454; ringing rooms 103; roofs 727; rope holes 24; rumbles 810; sliders 706; "Wobblemeter" 1133
Tower Stewardship Committee: 117th AGM 660, 946; Report 2012 434; Report 2013 454
certification see ART (Association of Ringing Teachers); ITTS (Integrated Teacher Training Scheme)
Chambers, Neve 756
Chandler, Steve (contrib) 1196
Channel Islands: Jack Worrall Memorial striking competition 956–957; split from Winchester Diocese 109; World War I commemoration 940
Chatham Bells, Kent 125
Chediston, Suffolk, S Mary 744
Cheesman, Sheila (contrib) 1228
Chelmsford, Essex, Cath Ch of S Mary V, S Peter & S Cedd 719
Cherry, Lord Chief Justice: 100 Years Ago 776
Chesson, Nicholas (Nick) John (obit) 506, 848
Chester DG: striking competition 1063–1064
Cheshire Branch: QP festival 478
Wirral Branch: QP f/night 96
Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury 1207 (let), 1234 (let)
child protection: 10 Years Ago 157; RW Safeguarding Policy 154
Chiltern Midweek Group 539–540 (let), 549
chiming hammers 258
Christchurch, SI, New Zealand: bell founding 69, 333; bell-shaped planters 484, 502; fund raising 710; handbells 67; new tower 1260; old bells 332; transitional ringing facility 750–751
Christmas: 50 Years Ago 32; 100 Years Ago 1282; festive engineering 47; ghost story 1321, 1323; Hamilton, NI, New Zealand, Cath Ch of S Peter the Apostle 67; under Oliver Cromwell 1317; Ringing World puzzle competitions 171, 1290; Shrawley, Worcs, S Mary 346; "When peal chimes and bells for Christmas" 1305
Church Bells (newspaper 1870-1906) 1128
Church Times (newspaper) 29, 1324
Churchill, Winston 1282
'Cider Matters' 1075
Cirencester, Glos 412
City of London, new Sheriffs 777
clappers, wooden 835 (let), 890 (let), 941 (let), 966 (let), 991 (let), 1063 (let)
Clark, Geoffrey James (obit) 268
Clarke, Stephen (contrib) 484, 649
Cleal, George 812
Cleobury Mortimer, Shrops, S Mary V 156
Clifton, Graham (contrib) 1156–1157
climate change 779
clock hammers 258
clocks: "a short story" 1206–1207; Cleobury Mortimer, Shrops, S Mary V 156; Petworth, W Sussex, S Mary 528
closures (rings): Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, S David, Glanadda 248
Coatsworth, Brian (obit) 1126
Codling, Ros (contrib) 1124
Coggeshall, Essex, S Peter ad Vincula: striking competition 765
Colchester, Essex: St George's Day 645
Coleman, James (contrib) 1315–1316
Coleman, John (contrib) 201–203
Coles, Charles Thomas 134–138, 205 (let)
Coles, Lynda R. (contrib) 1087–1088
College Youths, Ancient Society of (ASCY): "afloat" 981; Annual Dinner 2013 4–5, 13; "Dinner weekend - a view from continental Europe" 1286–1288; elections 2014 1199; Leicestershire peals 972; in South Wales 412; tour 2014 1092; World War I 937–938
100 Years Ago: cricket 787; new master 1235; new officers 1212; no annual dinner 1213
Collins, Judy (contrib) 956–957
commemorative ringing: Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Angela 405, 784–785; D-Day 70th Anniversary 652; George, Prince of Cambridge 41; Houghton on the Hill, Leics, S Catharine 1008; publicity 1288; St George's Day 645; 'Thought for the week' 959
see also World War I commemorations
competitions, Ringing World: Christmas 2013 solutions 171; Christmas 2014 puzzles 1290; writing 715
complaints about bell noise 1234 (let), 1257
composing
for carillon 1200
palindromic peals 7 (let)
Stedman: "A Minor Monster" 1285; "Going in" variation 891 (let); "The Monster" 1027, 1039 (let), 1110 (let)
Compositions Committee
see under Central Council Committees
computers/ technology: Abel (software) 1253–1255, 1274; Campanophile (website) 1276; odd struckness meters 382–383 (let); replacing jobs 802, 851; simulators, ringing 1253–1255, 1274, 1283 (let); in striking competitions 252–253, 281–282 (let), 310 (let); Trident (software) 1312–1313
concerts: Westminster, Gr London, S Stephen 254
conductors
1000 peals: Ridley, John R. 924
2000 peals: Salter, David G. 411
'First Peal as Conductor': Bardsley, Oliver P. 1209; Barker, Peter W. H. 1237; Birt, Nigel G. 313; Booth, Louise 638; Bradley, Timothy P. 696; Haseldine, Kevin R. 1211; Hitchings, Tina 838; Hodgson, Andrew D. 717; Hughes, Denise A. 493; Jenkins, Christopher D. 1091; Kemble, Matthew 993; Kirton, Peter G. 922; Lawson, Gareth L. M. 208; Lipscombe, Simon E. 838; Mulvey, John F. 742; O'Hagan, Michael 1018; Pearson, Matthew S. 969; Pipe, Henry J. W. 639; Ramsbottom, James P. 1043; Smith, Alistair A. F. 233; Storey, Jonathan D 663; Watkins, James J. 718
Cook, Colin (contrib) 1125
Cooper, Chris K. (contrib) 325, 326–327
Cooper, Martin L. (contrib) 1229–1231
Cooter, William 267, 270–271, 491 (let)
Corfield, Corrie 298
Cork, Ireland: West Cork Weekend 2014 778
Corke, Rex (obit) 324
Corless, Megan (contrib) 875
Cornish, Francis (contrib) 804
Coronel Battle (1914) 1182 (let)
'corrections', Ringing World: '43-ers 627; Almondsbury, Glos, S Mary V 1013 (let); CC 117th AGM 706; Chiltern Midweek Group 549; "Getting Bells Restored" 763 (let); Gloucester, Glos, S Mary de Crypt 610–611 (let); Lindoff, Gabriel 359 (let); National 12 Bell Striking Contest 335 (let); new variation 312; peals 8, 138, 340, 971, 1016; Roadshow 931, 1013 (let); Thomas, John 1013 (let)
Couperthwaite, W. John (contrib) 502
courses, teachers/teaching see ITTS
Coventry DG: Beaudesert, Warks, S Nicholas