In Memory Of
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 13 July 2024:
Raymond A Large
of East Grinstead, Sussex, elected 8 July 1961, died 19 July 2023
Donald Trumpler
of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA, elected 1 October, 1988, died 10 June, 2024
Christine M Webb
of Swanley, Kent, elected 22 April 1978, died 25 June 2024
Heather Steere
of Sevenoaks, Kent, elected 19 January 1957, died 13 June 2024
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 10 May 2024:
Ruth Reeves
of Trewalder, Cornwall, elected 18 January 1975, died 10 April 2024
Mary R Andrews
of Bexley, Kent, elected 12 June 1954, died 4 February 2024
Ian S Bennett
of Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire elected 8 July 2020, died 26 January 2024
Thomas W Goodyer
of Sydney, Australia elected 9 September 1953, died 15 February 2024
Jean Nixon
of Stafford, Staffordshire elected 18 January 1969, died 14 February 2024
Joe E G Roast
of Danbury, Essex elected 17 September 1960, died 29 February 2024
Philip P Barker Brown
of Kempsey, Worcestershire elected 7 April 1956, died January 2024
David P Leworthy
of Tenterden, Kent elected 20 January 1973, died December 2023
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 10 January 2024:
June M Mitchell
of Brading, Isle of Wight elected 21 January 1956, died 1 November 2023
Gail E Graves
of Houston, Texas elected 2 March 1994, died 11 November 2023
Maud E Lindsay
of Belfast, Northern Ireland elected 5 October 1991, died 25 December 2023
Adrian Knights
of Needham, Suffolk elected 10 July 1971, died 16 December 2023
Rev Ivan R Howitt
of York, elected 3 April 1982, died 3 January 2024
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 7 October 2023:
S Kathleen M Baldwin
of Watford, Hertfordshire elected 23 October 1952, died 16 August 2023
Wendy Piercy
of Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire elected 4 January 1995, died 20 September 2023
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 7 July 2023:
Roger I Kendrick
of Luton, Bedfordshire elected 11th April 1970, died 24th January 2023
Harry Poyner
of Wissendine, Rutland elected 8th July 1995, died 11th March 2023
Colin W Reed
of Balderton, Nottinghamshire elected 16th December 1961, died March 2023
Janet R Cafe
of Towcester, Northamptonshire elected 13th July 1991, died 10th March 2023
Kevin S Hohl
of Ipswich, Suffolk elected 16th January 1965, died May 2023
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 13 May 2023:
Donald R Marshall
of Anglesey, Wales elected 4th August 1947, died 4th January 2023
Paul J Loxston
of Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire elected 14th April 1973, died 24th October 2022
Christopher B Fynes
of Petworth, Sussex elected 20th January 1968, died 5th January 2023
David Orledge
of Neston, Corsham, Wiltshire elected 18th January 1964
Charlotte Everett
of Garsington, Oxfordshire elected 1st May 1996, died 18th December 2022
Peter J Sawyer
of Torquay, Devon elected 3rd October 1984, died 2nd April 2023
Jean Barnes
of Blackburn, Lancashire elected 12th July 1997, died 2nd March 2023
Harry Poyner
of Oakham, Leicestershire elected 8th July 1995, died 11th March 2023
Gregory T Woods
of Reine Astrid, Belgium, elected 7 October 1995, died 20 February 2023
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 1 October 2022:
David Andrews
of Waverton, Chester, elected 2 April 1977, died 8 April 2022
Yvonne C S Porter
of Plymouth, Devon, elected 18 January 1964, died 18 January 2022
Frank T Blagrove
of Windsor, Berkshire, elected 18 January 1969, died 12 October 2022
Jean Jeffery
of Belfast, Northern Ireland, elected 14 April 1993, died 15 October 2022
Kenmure A Russell
of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, elected 8 July 1972, died 19 October 2022
Joyce Dodds
of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, elected 21 June 1952, died 7 November 2022
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 9 July 2022:
Margaret Chapman
of Marston Bigot, Somerset elected 1 October 1988, died 4 May 2022
William L Exton
of Mapperley, Nottingham elected 18 September 1954, died 31August 2022
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 13 April 2022:
Tom Page
of Aldershot, Hampshire, elected 7 July 1945, died 20 April 2022
William John Munton
of Epsom, Surry elected 20 January 1968
Pamela Latchford
of Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, elected 27 September 1947, died 31st January 2022
Audrey Allaway
of Orpington, Kent, elected 22 January 1949, died 2 December 2021
Patricia Cross
of Gillingham, Kent, elected 18 June 1949, died November 2021
Trevor Cross
of Gillingham, Kent, elected 1 October 1949, died November 2021
Bruce Butler
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, elected 20 January 1968, died 18th January 2022
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 5 January 2022:
Martin Morris
of Alton, Hampshire, elected 15 January 1983, died 26th October 2021
Alan R Baldock
of Magham Down, Sussex, elected 20th January 1962, died 16th December 2021
David J Gay
of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, elected 2nd November 1947, died 29th December 2021
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 2 October 2021:
Helen M Diserens
of Wallingford, Oxfordshire, elected 21st January 1978, Died 4th July 2021
David Pickett
of Cockshutt, Shropshire, elected 10th July 1971, Died 2nd March 2021
T Mark White
of London, elected 20th September 1946, Died 13th July 2021
David G Salter
of ipswich, elected 25th November 1998, Died 9th September 2021
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 10 July 2021:
Kenneth R Ballou
of Framingham, Massachusetts, USA, elected 1 October 1994, died 16 April 2021
Freda D Belson
of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, elected 13 September 1941, died 2 February 2019
A Barry Sullivan
of Lepton, Huddersfield, elected 11 March 1995, died 24 June 2021
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 14 April 2021:
Joy M Eldridge
of Broomhall, Worcestershire, elected 1 July 1987, died 6th April 2021
John M Kemp
of Bengeo, Hertfordshire, elected 8 July 1967, died 4 April 2021
Allan A Paton
of Powys, Wales, elected 14 October 1972, died 18 February 2021
Elizabeth Foster
of Richmond, Yorkshire, elected 6 April 1968, died 19 February 2021
Margaret E Goodyer
of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, elected 4 July 1953, died 29 January 2021
Stella Knight
of Chichcester, Sussex, elected 9 July 1949, died 8 January 2021
Linda C Woodford
of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, elected 5 October 1991, died 16 February 2021
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 6 January 2021:
Thomas M Barlow
of Maidstone, Kent, elected 20 January 1962, died 15 October 2020
Valerie J Howard
of East Grinstead, Sussex, elected 8 January 1992, died 8 October 2020
Colin A Tester
of Chorley, Lancashire, elected 18 November 1957, died 21 November 2020
W Emma S Cundiff
of Sittingbourne, Kent, elected 3 October 1984, died 9 December 2020
Ian Smith
of Darwen, Lancashire, elected 31 July 1976, died 20 December 2020
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 3 October 2020:
Diana M Bridle
of Thatcham, Berkshire, elected 22 April 1978, died 4 August 2020
Michael J Edwards
of Tiptree, Essex, elected 21 March 2000, died 15 April 2020
Sheila Edmondson
of Harpenden, Hertfordshire, elected 14 April 1993, died 9 March 2020
Gillian Flitton
of Oxhey, Hertfordshire, elected 29 September 1951, died 21 December 2019
Alan J Munnings
of Ipswich, Suffolk, elected 10 July 1971, died 8 September 2020
Mary Sales
of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire ,elected 29 September 1951, died 8 April 2020
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 8 July 2020:
Ronald F Diserens
of Betchworth, Surrey, elected 21 April 1951, died 11 June 2020.
John F Oultram
of Frodsham, Cheshire, elected 8 July 1989, died 8 May 2020
William A Brotherton
of Chapel Saint Leonards, Lincolnshire, elected 2 November 2005, died 16 April 2020
Margaret A Bale
of Ashtead, Surrey, elected 1 October 1994, died 18 February 2020
Bernard C Sadler
of Prittlewell, Essex, elected 21 November 1953, died 26 October 2019
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 8 January 2020:
John S Barnes
of Orpington, Kent, elected 28 March 1953, died 19 October 2019
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 13 July 2019:
David J R Martin
of Great Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey, elected 22 January 1949, died 18 December 2018
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 1st May 2019:
Anthony H G Parry
of Würenlingen, Switzerland, elected 17 January 1981, died 21 March 2019
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 9th March 2019:
Rev John R Worsdall
of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, elected 28 March 1953, died 19 October 2018
James M Page
of Hatfield Peverell, Essex, elected 22 January 1949, died January 2019
Peter J Eves
of Writtle, Essex, elected 14 February 1948, died 4 February 2019
Alan H Sturgess
of Fareham, Hampshire, elected 24 April 1954, died 3 February 2019
Jacqueline S King
of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, elected 20 May 1951, died February 2019
Mary Bartholomew
of Leominster, Herefordshire, elected 12 June 1954, died 28 February 2019
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 2nd January 2019:
Frank J Matthews
of Gravesend, Kent, elected 21 January 1950, died 27 October 2017.
Rhian N Bagshaw
of Meopham, Kent, elected 18 January 1975, died 4 November 2017.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 14 July 2018:
Anne R Haskard
of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, elected 2 October 2010, died 15 May 2018.
Jonathan Wilkinson
of Northallerton, North Yorkshire, elected 5 May 1999, died 23 May 2018.
Godfrey M FitzHugh
of Hailsham, Sussex, elected 20 January 1962.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 2nd May 2018:
Margaret Anderson
of Presteigne, Powys, elected 22 April 1978, died 8 April 2018.
Michael J Platt
of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, elected 22 April 1978, died 4 April 2018.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 10th March 2018:
Howard Oglesby
of Brackley, Northamptonshire, 20 May 1957, died 17 December 2017.
Chistine Andrew
of Bristol, elected 8 July 1967, died 19 February 2018.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 3rd January 2018:
Christopher Graves
of Upware, Ely, Cambridgeshire, elected 8 July 1972, died 30 November 2017.
Rupert Caporn
of Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, elected 13 September 1958, died 6 October 2017.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 8th July 2017:
Elizabeth Smith
of Aylsham, Norfolk, elected 18 September 1948, died 30 November 2015.
Sam Letters
of Ballymena, County Antrim, elected 5 October 1991, died 26 March 2017.
Peter Beresford
of Wellington, Somerset, elected 13 September 1958, died 10 May 2017.
Evelyn M Bowen
Elected 28 March 1953, died 7 May 2017.
Kathleen M Brown
of Sapcote, Leicestershire, elected 15 July 1978, died 19 June 2017.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 3rd May 2017:
Jacqueline Downing
of Northampton, Northamptonshire, elected 2 April 1966 died about 2015.
Valerie R Crouch
of Poole, Dorset, elected 4 September 1943 died 5 December 2016.
E Vivian Williams
of Leeds, West Yorkshire, elected 19 January 1957 died 2016.
Joan Gray
of Backwell, Somerset, elected 28 April 1945 died 21 December 2016.
Christopher Roberts
of Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, elected 17 January 1976 died 7 March 2017.
Frank G Bloomfield
of Felixstowe, Suffolk, elected 25 June 1956, died 23 January 2017.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 11th March 2017:
Richard Cowley
of Thrapston, Northamptonshire, elected 18 January 1975 died 5 January 2017
Jill Staniforth
of Leicester, Leicestershire, elected 15 January 1966 died 7 January 2017
Freda Cannon
of Greenwich, Greater London, elected 14 September 1963 died 14 January 2017.
Eric Naylor
of Bath, Somerset, lected 21 January 1950 died 27 January 2017.
Margaret Large
of East Grinstead, West Sussex, elected 15 April 1961 died 4 February 2017.
Ruth Foreman
of Hendon, Greater London, elected 26 May 1962 died 19 February 2017.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 4th January 2017:
Michael E Brown
of Sapcote, Leicestershire, elected 5 July 1978, died 9 November 2016
David Redfearn
of Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, elected 16 January 1971, died 29 November 2016
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 1st October 2016:
Diana J Handley
of Kendal, Cumbria, elected 13 September 1958, died 5 July 2016
Marjorie F Matthews
of Gravesend, Kent, elected 27 November 1950, died 9 August 2016
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 9th July 2016:
M Amy Coburn
of Harpenden, Hertfordshire, elected 27 September 1947, died 19 February 2016
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 4th May 2016:
Donald N Jennings
of Hawley, Hampshire, elected 23 April 1938, died 20 April 2016
George E Williamson
of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, elected 4 February 1952, died 31 August 2012
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 6th January 2016:
The Revd John Shepheard-Walwyn
of Wanganui, New Zealand, elected 17 September 1960 died 12 December 2015
Beryl Nelson
of Mountain View, California, USA, elected 5 October 1993 died 23 October 2015.
Mikaela Howard
of Laguian-Mazous, France, elected 8 July 1961 died 1 August 2015
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 3rd October 2015:
Hannah Hotston
of Bartestree, Gloucestershire elected 2 October 1993 died 20 July 2015.
Frank W Lewis
of Sevenoaks, Kent elected 29 April 1951 died 22 July 2015.
Ronald Noon
of Fakenham, Norfolk elected 13 October 1945 died 3 August 2015.
William Crouch
of Charleston USA elected 4 January 2006 died 18 August 2015.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 11th July 2015:
Revd Geoffrey Harold Brown
of Little Shurdington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire elected Honorary Member 7 October 1995, died 27 May 2015.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 6th May 2015:
M Jo Moreton
of Wakefield, Yorkshire elected 23 November 1994, 15 April 2015.
Dennis Allcock
of North Creake, Norfolk elected 10 July 1999, died 18 March 2015.
F W (Bill) Garner
of Sompting, Lancing, Sussex elected 23 July 1946, died 4 September 2013.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 14th March 2015:
Adrian Semken
of Coggeshall, Colchester, Essex elected 8 July 1972, died 6 March 2015.
Pamela H Humphries
of Cheam, Surrey elected 14 April 1947, died 15 February 2015.
Dennis A Chapman
of Marchwood, Southampton elected 4 January 1980, died 6 February 2015.
A Muriel Reay
of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands elected 18 April 1952, died 19 January 2015.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 7th January 2015:
Neil Belson
of Burnham, Buckinghamshire elected 3 April 1971, died 15 October 2014.
Ruth Maundrell
Elected 29 September 1945, died 10 September 2014.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 4th October 2014:
Reverend Lord Wrenbury
of Dallington, Sussex elected 1 October 1949 died 26 September 2014.
Jean Hall
of Chislehurst, Kent elected 30 March 1935 died 25 September 2014.
Kathryn E Tucker
of Kennesaw, Georgia, USA, elected 4 May 2006 died 24 August 2014.
Catherine M Ladd
of Leeds, Yorkshire, elected 1 July 1981 died 6 August 2014.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 7th May 2014:
W Leslie Weller
of West Grinstead, Sussex, elected 10 April 1965 died 16 March 2014.
The following members were remembered at our last business meeting on 8th March 2014:
Alf Patten
of Sussex, elected 21 January 1950, died 4 January 2014.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 8th January 2014:
Colin Johnson
of Cambridgeshire, elected 8 March 2008, died 30 October 2013.
Monica Blagrove
of Berkshire, elected 18 January 1969, died 25 October 2013.
Shelagh Melville
of Bedfordshire, elected 17 January 1953, died 18 October 2013.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 5th October 2013:
Rosemary Palmer
of Cambridgeshire, elected 20th January 1973, died 31st August 2013.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 13th July 2013:
John Norsworthy
of Berkshire, elected 18th April 1947, died in 2004.
Geoffery Pearson
of Cambridgeshire, elected 12th October 1956, died 25th May 2013.
Judith Ossei-Kumah
of Kent, elected 21st January 1956, died 20th June 2013.
Claudia A Critchley
of Cornwall, elected 8th July 1972, died 1st July 2013.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 1st May 2013:
Betty Robbins
of Staffordshire, elected 27th September 1947, died 14th March 2013.
Christopher E. Slade
of Worcestershire, elected 15th September 1956, died 24th March 2013.
Ronald R Warford
of Northumberland, elected 10th July 1971, died 29th April 2013. Funeral 10 May - see Bellboard
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 9th March 2013:
Howard W Egglestone
of Devon, elected 17th September 1960, died 17th February 2013.
Canon George Smith
of Gloucestershire, elected 6th May 1944, died 17th December 2012.
Roy Walker
of Hertfordshire, elected 8th July 1967, died 12th December 2012.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 2nd January 2013:
Hilda Massey
of Somerset, elected 4th July 1953, died August 2012.
A Ronald Ling
of Hertfordshire, elected 9th April 1949, died November 2012.
Francis R Goddard
of Essex, elected 9th February 1946.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 6th October 2012:
Rev Norman J Smith
of Hampshire, elected 22nd July 1950.
Doris Colgate
of Kent, elected 30th January 1937.
Eric J Brunger
of Norfolk, elected 7th April 1956.
Mark R Rizzo
of Illinois, USA, elected 1st July 1987.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 14th July 2012:
Mary Wells
of Oxfordshire, elected 9th September 1941, died 11 May 2012.
Stephen Nicholson
of Durham, elected 4th April 1990, died 11th May 2012.
Sheila Dobbie
of Kent, elected 4th July 1953, died 28 May 2012.
Alison Regan
of Worcestershire, elected 17th January 1981 (Treasurer 1990), died 12th July 2012.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 2nd May 2012:
Elizabeth Jeffrey
of Kent, elected January 1961, died August 2008.
Desmond G Mayell
of Essex, elected 9th February 1946, died 18th November 2009.
Clifford A Vessey
of Surrey, elected 8th December 1946, died 8th April 2008.
Heather Shorten
of Devon, elected 14th April 1993, died 24th April 2012.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 10th March 2012:
Harry E Wells
of Oxfordshire, elected 30th September 1950.
J Michael Swift
of East Sussex, elected 18th April 1964, died 9th January 2012.
Clive A Brettell
of West Yorkshire, elected 9th October 1971, died 30th January 2012.
Rev John H Greene
of West Sussex, elected 20th January 1973, died 16th January 2012.
Harold W Rogers
of Greater London, elected 30th March 1957, died 17th February 2012.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 4th January 2012:
Harold A May
of Petersfield, Hampshire, elected 2nd April 1945, died February 2010.
Harold Reynolds
of Eastbourne, Sussex, elected 9th October 1971.
Alan Ball
of Bexley, Kent, elected January 1940.
The following member was remembered at our business meeting on 1st October 2011:
Bessie Hacker
elected 29th September 1945, died August 2011.
Dennis Beresford
We were very sad to hear of the passing of Dennis Beresford, of Devon, elected 21st January 1956 (Master 1960-1968 & 1972-1976, Junior Steward 1957, Trustee 1970, CCCBR 1960-1977), died June 2011. An ex Master, Officer and Trustee of the Society, Dennis was responsible for transforming the Society when it was a low point in its history. His funeral was held on Monday 11th July at 2pm at the Church of St James the Less, Huish. The Society was well represented at the funeral and 8 past masters were present.
We remembered Dennis at our business meeting on 9th July 2011 in Skipton, along with other members whose deaths we have recorded:
Laurence V C Knowles
of Egham, elected 14th June 1951, died April 2009
Monica Savage
of Loughborough, elected 17th January 1970, died Feb/Mar 2011
Jack King
of Winchester, elected 4th December 1950, died December 2010
Renée Armstrong
of Essex elected 21st January 1956, died June 2011
Violet Castle
of Hurst, elected 21st April 1951, died December 2000
Bernard Castle
of Wokingham, elected 21st April 1951.
The following member was remembered at our business meeting on 12th March 2011:
Geoffrey Dodds
of St Albans, Hertfordshire, elected 19th October 1946.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 5th January 2011:
Olive Barnett
of Mere, Wiltshire, elected 21st February 1947.
Eileen Sweet
of Harbourne, Birmingham, elected 9th April 1983.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 2nd October 2010:
Frank Arnold
of Norwich in Norfolk, elected 10th October 1970.
Joan Ward
of Greater Manchester, elected 12th September 1956.
Elizabeth Wycherley
of Southend on Sea in Essex, elected 15th January 1972 (Assistant Secretary 1977-1978).
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 10th July, 2010:
Ken Newman
of Kimpton, elected 20th January 1962 (Junior Steward 1964-1965, Senior Steward 1965-1967, CCCBR 1966-1969).
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 13th March, 2010:
Betty Murtagh
of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, elected 4th October 1986.
Beryl Paton
of Dorchester in Dorset, elected 20th January 1973.
Malcolm Tyler
of Weston Flavell in Northhamptonshire, elected 8th July 1972.
The following member was remembered at our business meeting on 6th Janary, 2010:
Jean Sanderson
of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, elected 3rd October 1979.
Robert Stokes
of Minnesota in the USA, elected 10th July 1999.
Phil Tocock
of Dorcester in Dorset, elected 2nd May 1938.
The following member was remembered at our business meeting on 3rd October, 2009:
Kevin Betesta
elected 2nd April 1966.
Carol Hardwick
of Frome in Somerset, elected 8th January 1992.
The following member was remembered at our business meeting on 11th July, 2009:
Caroline Harris
of Horning in Norfolk, elected 11th July 1998.
The following member was remembered at our business meeting on 6th May, 2009:
Patricia Medley
of Chelsea in London, elected 1st April 1992.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 14th March, 2009:
Patrick Harrisson
of Staplehurst in Kent, elected 3rd April 1971.
Monica Martin
of Bendigo, Victoria in Australia, elected 17th January 1953.
Robin Turner
of Melbourne, Victoria in Australia elected 18th September 1954.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 21st January, 2009:
Harry Brown
of Burgess Hill, West Sussex elected in 1949.
Brian Porter
of Hassocks, West Sussex elected 22nd January 1976.
Andrea Purchase
of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
David Reed
of Dorchester, Dorset elected 22nd January 1956.
Ernest Willcox
of Shrewsbury, Shropshire elected 15th May 1954.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 4th October, 2008:
Jean Darmon
of Amersham, Buckingham elected in 1960.
Jocelyn Gardiner
of Great Yarmouth, Norwich elected 12th October 1946.
John Rance
of Crowthorne, Berkshire elected 22nd January 1938.
Peter Romney
of Tonbridge, Kent elected 15th May 1955.
The following member was remembered at our business meeting on 12th July, 2008:
Brian Jeffery
of Edenbridge, Kent elected 7th December 1957.
The following membere were remembered at our business meeting on 7th May, 2008:
Audrey Short
of Taunton, Somerset elected 27th September 1947.
Shirley Rymer
of Calne, Wiltshire elected 19th March, 1953.
Jessie Kippin
of Billericay, Essex elected 27th September 1947.
Sampson Walklate
Chaddesden, Derby elected 30th May 1957.
The following member was remembered at our business meeting on 8th March, 2008:
Shirley Drew
of Norwich, Norfolk elected 23rd January 1960.
The following member was remembered at our business meeting on 9th January, 2008:
Dennis Hall
of Solihull, Warwickshire elected 4th September 1943.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 6th October, 2007:
James Mossop
of Egremont, Cumbria elected 22nd April 1956.
Richard Hedges
of Gillingham, Dorset elected 26th April 1980.
Nancy Bramley
of Wimborne elected 4th January 1989.
Roy Harris
of Reading elected 12th April 1987.
Marion Perryman
of Orwell elected 10th July 1999.
Joan Summerhayes
of Worcester elected 19th March 1953. Senior Steward 1969-1971, 1977-1978. Assistant Secretary 1974-1977.
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 14th July, 2007:
Patricia Doorn
Revd. Prebendary J. G. M. Scott
F William Midwinter
Bill was elected a Member of the Society on 18th September 1954 and was one of the regular attendees in the late 50's early 60's at the Society Annual Dinners along with such stalwarts as the late Jack Millhouse, Jim Raithby, Arthur Chilton, Harold Stevenson etc.
Bill was a Founder Member of the Southwell Guild and Chairman from 1963 to 1979 having deptised for the late Canon R.F. wilkinson for many years before that. It was in his capacity as Chairman that in May 1967 he welcomed the Central Council to its only Meeting held in Nottingham. He was for many years either Master or Tower Secretary at Newark Parish Church and it was in this capacity that he was every ready to welcome visiting ringers with a welcoming smile.
Ill health prevent Bill from ringing in recent years but in 2006 he wrote a book entitled "Once Upon A Time In Nottinghamshire" - Reminiscences of a 90 year old former Amateur Actor and Retired Church Bell Ringer, in which he details much of his life both on the stage and his love of bells and bell ringing. Among the many photographs in the book is one of the ringers taken at a reception in the Sheriff's Office following a peal at St. Peter's Church, Nottingham complimenting Councillor C.W. Judge, Bill's uncle, on being elected Sheriff of Nottingham on 18th May 1970.
Bill was a tall and kindly man and perhaps a measure of his popularity was that he rung not only some 368 peals and in over 900 churches but that his only means of transport throughout his whole life was a bicycle and he was never known to ask for a lift, he just materialised.
Perhaps Bill is best summed up in a comment from Mark Lewis on learning of Bill's death - "I shall always remember the gentle giant who introduced me to bell ringing (and illicit pints at the Ferry on Friday evenings)".
The following members were remembered at our business meeting on 2nd May, 2007:
Ann Bethell
Ann Bethell died suddenly at the age of 57 on Easter Monday. Ann was from Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire and was elected a member to the Society on 14 July, 1973. She was the Assistant Secretary from 1978 until 1981 and rang 42 peals for the Society. We saw her most recently at our recent country meeting at Northfield, where she also rang her last peal. Ann was looking forward to joining members on the current trip to Australia, but unfortunately that was not to be. She was remembered at our May meeting with much affection and sadness.
Alfred House
Alf House was our longest serving member when he died at the age of 94 on the 10th of April, having been elected on 19 January, 1935. Alf was from Chard, Somerset, having learned to ring in Cheshunt, Herts. His 10th peal was a long length (15144) of Plain Bob Major at Bennington in 1933 - then the longest length of Major ever rung; his first Society peal, 4 spliced major at Erith, in 1935, was the first of such for the Society and his last peal was also 4 Spliced at Cattistock, again for the Society, on the 60th anniversary of the Erith peal. He rang around 740 peals, 41 of which were for the Society and 24 of which were with the legendary Bill Pye. Apart from ringing many peals of Stedman Cinques at St Martin in the Fields, he rang over 200 on the 7th at Willesden where many new methods were rung and named. It was good to see Alf at our 250th dinner and more recently at the Exmouth country meeting last year where he renewed many old friendships and many of us were privileged to meet him for the first time. The loss of a real gentleman of ringing.
John F Jennings
John was a quiet man who took his ringing seriously. John spent many years in Woodbridge and was a mainstay of the band there. In later life he and Barbara moved to Wickham Market and supported ringing both there and at Pettistree. Always modest about his own abilities, he was a reliable ringer but not a prolific peal-ringer. Parkinson’s Disease brought an early end to his ringing career and my last memory of him was meeting him at one of the by now renowned Veteran's Afternoons at Debenham where he was among many of his old friends.