Henry Burstow in Horsham - the 1800's

from Reminiscences of Horsham, pages 98-99:

Ned Proposed that he, Gadd, and I should walk to Ockley, four miles away, and try a ring there, as the best to be done under the circumstances, and this we did. With three of the Ockley ringers we rang a 720 plain bob right through without a word. When we had finished old Gadd looked at me: "Do you mean to say you've never rung that peal before?" he asked. "I've never tried before," I replied. I was delighted to find that I had made a good impression upon so important an individual, and it resulted in a warm open invitation to Newdigate as often as I liked to go. I went there regularly and …   more >>
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Henry Burstow, Reminiscences of Horsham (Horsham, September, 1911), p. 98-99. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432907888642 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Horsham

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Henry Burstow
Bellringer, Shoemaker
1826-1916

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Experience Information

Date/Time the 1800's
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by mallen on Fri, 29 May 2015 14:58:08 +0100