Friday
31st December 1999
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On Friday night Dec 31st before midnight,
the bells were rung half muffled for the close of the millennium.
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The Ringers on this occasion were:
Pauline T. Heath, Nick P. D. Harrison, David Williams
Robin L Story, Peter Scott, Elaine Scott
Iain Scott, Alf Greenwood, Janet Greenwood
David Brown, Ben Hodges
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Saturday
1st January 2000
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After midnight Saturday morning 1st Jan,
the bells were rung open to welcome the dawn of the third
millennium.
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The Ringers on this occasion were:
Pauline T. Heath, Nick P. D. Harrison, David Williams,
Robin L Story, Peter Scott, Elaine Scott
Iain Scott, Alf Greenwood, Janet Greenwood
Ben Hodges, Janet Else, Peter Else
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During Saturday,
a quarter peal of 1260
Grandsire Triples
was rung for midday service
to welcome the dawn of the twenty first century
also to commemorate
the centenary of the establishment of the Protectorate of Northern
Nigeria
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The ringers who rang for the millennium
1999/2000
Peter Scott
Janet Else, Ben Hodges, Iain Scott, Nick Harrison, Alf Greenwood
Jan Greenwood, Elaine Scott, Peter Else, Robin Story
Pauline Heath, David Williams
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Note:
This is only 99 years after the last 'close of the
century' celebrations, on 31/12/1900, see notes
as this time the celebrations are for end
of the "1900's", and commence of the "2000's"
(with its software 'Y2K bug' implications), rather than the
end of the 2nd /start of the 3rd
millenium, [which would be 31/12/2000 - 01/01/2001!]. |