P91/28/78

Belfry Committee minute book containing minutes of annual and extraordinary minutes of the Belfry Committee and ringers. Including press cuttings and papers re meetings, dinners, and ringing activities etc. 1882-1919, 1934-5

1882 - 1935

From: 1882 To: 1935

Regular business includes election of new members and probationers, signed acknowledgments of rules, use of funds, imposition of new rules, and reports of ringing. Occasional business includes: 1882 Dismissal of old ringers and election of a new team, new rules etc., with (p.6) printed ringers' rules of 1870, (p. 14) new rules of June 1882, and (p. 28) letter re Christmas subscriptions for the ringers 1882 [see also P91/28/79a) and P91/28/79b) below] 1884-5 Repairs to the bells following accidents in the belfry (broken clappers); including note of estimate for new bells at St. Andrew's church 1890 Visit of the Bedfordshire Association of Change Ringers 1898-9 Minutes re rehanging of bells and other work in the belfry by Messrs. Webb & Bennett [minutes entered on pp. 112-115] See also P91/28/82-3 1903 First peal of 5040 changes by a Leighton band 1906 Gift of 12 handbells [For minutes 1919-1934 see P91/28/81] 1934-5 Restoration of bells With (at front) summary index

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LEIGHTON BUZZARD, church bells, bellringing, newspapers, Bedfordshire Association of Church Bell Ringers