Henry Burstow in Sussex - 24 December, 1846
from Reminiscences of Horsham, pages 97-98:
Isaac Aldridge was about the only ringer here who possessed any intelligent idea of change ringing, but he was by no means a really good ringer, as I afterwards understood; most of the time in the belfry was spent in aimlessly ringing or chiming the old Queen's Changes - 1,3,5,7,2,4,6,8, - &c., an occupation that by no means satisfied the ambitions I had engendered and was now nursing; for I had heard of the success of the old Horsham ringers, as set forth above, and of the doings of other ringers round about.
My first knowledge of good ringing was got from the Warnham ringers. On … more >>
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Henry Burstow, Reminiscences of Horsham (Horsham, September, 1911), p. 97-98. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432907310938 accessed: 10 September, 2024
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hide composersbell ringing | performed by Frank Osborne, Ike Aldridge, John Hogsflesh, Michael Charman, Michael Turner, Ned Turner |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 24 December, 1846 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by mallen on Fri, 29 May 2015 14:48:31 +0100