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| Newton Longville | St Faith | 8 |
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Branch events here:
| August 17, 2007 | Branch Practice | |
| February 18, 2005 | Branch Practice | |
| June 12, 2004 | Branch Centenary | and Guild Festival |
| December 20, 2002 | Branch Practice | Premier S Major |
| July 20, 2001 | Branch Practice | Note change of venue |
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| Description | Miss M J Young |
| Approx Date | 1947 |
| Full report | Married at St. Faith's, Newton Longville.
Miss Mary Joan Young, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Young, of "Dunromin", Newton Longville, was married at St. Faith's Church on Saturday last to Mr. William Osborne Langridge, only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Langridge, of Emscote, Shepperton.
During the war the bride worked for the LMS, and the last 12 months had worked at Tattenhoe Camp. The bridegroom served over 5 years in the RAF.
The Rev. J. H. Sutters conducted the ceremony, and a large congregation sang the hymns "The voice that breathed o'er Eden" and "Love Divine, all love excelling", together with the 67th Psalm, "God be merciful unto us and bless us". Mr. S. Smith was organist and he played Mendelshon's Wedding March as the couple left the church.
The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a white satin dress with orange blossom head-dress and veil and carried a shower bouquet of red roses. She wore a gold cross and chain.
Her attendants were Miss Gladys Young (bride's sister), Miss Beryl Cox and Miss Joyce Mead (bride's friends), Miss Betty Twells (bride's cousin) Miss Christine Viccars (bride's cousin) and Miss Eileen Francis (bridegroom's neice).
Miss Young, Miss Mead and little Christine wore dresses of blue silk, with coronets to match, while Miss Cox, Miss Twells and little Eileen wore dresses of lemon silk with coronets to match. The older bridesmaids carried bouquets of sweet peas with trailing fern, and the two little ones had posies. Christine and Eileen wore silver bracelets. Miss Young and Miss Twells silver brooches and the two older attendants had hair brushes, all gifts of the bridegroom.
The bridegroom's gift to the bride was a dressing set.
The bride's mother wore a brown floral dress with brown accessories, and the bridegroom's mother wore a navy blue dress with navy accessores. Mr. Colin Young (bride's brother) was best man and Mr. Robert Young (bride's brother) was groomsman.
On leaving the church the bride was presented with a lucky horseshoe and a wooden spoon by Alan Young.
Over 70 guests attended the reception at Newton Longville School.
The three-tier wedding cake was made by the bride's mother and iced and decorated by a friend.
After the reception the couple left for their future home at Shepperton, the bride travelling in a duck-egg blue and white two piece with white accessories.
Amongst the useful gifts were cheques from the residents of the Tatenhoe Hostel and the manageress.
For a period during the war the bride was a bell-ringer, so when the bridal couple left the church, the bells were gaily rung by Mr. H. Hopkins, Mr. A. James, Mr. F. Flowerdew, Mr. W. Denman, Mr. R. Smith, Mr. J. Rogers, and Mr. H. Young (bride's father) |
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Who has circled the tower to peals:
Who has rung the most peals here:
| Harry Sear | 10 | May 24, 1919 |
| Richard Nichols | 9 | May 24, 1919 |
| Harry Hopkins | 7 | May 24, 1919 |
| Thomas R Henry | 6 | December 30, 1906 |
| George Cox | 5 | December 30, 1906 |
| P David Taylor | 3 | June 9, 1979 |
| George F Hoad | 3 | December 30, 1906 |
| Arthur E Powell | 3 | April 22, 1906 |
| George W Holland | 3 | October 12, 1968 |
| Edmund J Hobbs | 2 | May 24, 1919 |
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The figures below show the difference, in cents, between each bell and what it should be to be in tune with the tenor.
A positive figure shows that the bell is sharp, a negative figure shows that it is flat. There are 100 cents between notes on the scale.
History of bells in this tower:
| | | 1 of 8 Mears & Stainbank | |
| | | 2 of 8 Mears & Stainbank | |
| | 1 of 6 W & J Taylor | 3 of 8 W & J Taylor | |
| | 2 of 6 W & J Taylor | 4 of 8 W & J Taylor | |
| | 3 of 6 W & J Taylor | 5 of 8 W & J Taylor | |
| | 4 of 6 W & J Taylor | 6 of 8 W & J Taylor | 6 of 8 Mears & Stainbank |
| 2 of 5 John Briant | 5 of 6 John Briant | 7 of 8 John Briant | |
| | 6 of 6 W & J Taylor | 8 of 8 W & J Taylor | |
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Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"
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