Biography Sheet [ completed in . . . . ]
Please use this form to tell us about yourself and what you have done.
Use the boxes to type your replies. The boxes will expand to fit what you type.
Personal Information
Please fill in this section, so we can identify you.
Surname
Title
Christian name(s) in full
Previous surname(s):
Commonly used name (if different from above)
Date of birth
Place of birth
Ringing Information
Personal history
Date started
ringing:
Where:
Who taught
you to ring:
Towers of which you have been or are a member:
Dates:
Societies of which you have been or are a member (other than non-resident elected for a peal):
Dates:
Offices held
Tower:
Office held:
Dates:
Branch/District:
Office held:
Dates:
Association/Guild/ Society:
Office held:
Dates:
Statistics
First quarter peal date:
Where:
Method:
First peal date:
Where:
Method:
First quarter conducted
date:
Where:
Method:
First peal conducted date:
Where:
Method:
Current
Peals rung:
totals: Total (Tower / Hand)
Peals conducted:
Total (Tower / Hand)
Quarter peals rung:
Total (Tower / Hand)
Quarter peals conducted:
Total (Tower / Hand)
Number of towers
rung in:
Notable ringing achievements
Please describe briefly your other ringing related achievements.
Ringing performances (such as local band peals, long lengths, heavy bells rung to a peal, multi-method peals)
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Other ringing achievements (such as composing peals, teaching bands from scratch, organising bell restoration projects, organising
ringing courses, writing ringing related books, etc.)
Ringing-related activities and interests
Please describe other things you do, or are interested in that relate to ringing, but not directly involving performance, teaching,
composition, etc
Ringing related activities (such as work with bell maintenance, bell work for the church or the trade, ringing history, research on bells,
etc)
Central Council Information
Type of membership (Representative / Honorary / Additional / Life):
Society represented:
Committee served on:
From:
From:
To:
To:
Significant role or task undertaken
for the committee:
Non-ringing activities
We would very much like to know something about what you do and have done outside of ringing. Ringers have all sorts of other
interests, and it helps build a richer picture to know about them.
Please tell us about your other interests (occupation and/or hobbies) in the space below.
Notable achievements outside ringing.
Qualifications, professional affiliations, honours, etc
Please mention any skills and experience outside ringing that might help the council
Photograph
If you have not sent us a recent photograph of yourself, please include one when sending this form, i.e. attach an electronic copy to your
e-mail (or send a print, preferably postcard size, if you post your form).
Data Protection Act 1988
Please note that the details which you have provided on this form will be held in a manual filing system and may be held on a computer.
This data will be processed by the Biographies Committee of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. The data (excluding your date
and place of birth) may be provided to other bell ringers upon request in connection with articles to be published in 'The Ringing World'
and other ringing publications. If you wish to obtain a copy of the data processed, a description of the purposes for which they are being
processed, a description of any potential recipients of the data, or any information as to the source of the data, please contact Patricia
Halls, 10, Fairbourne Drive, Mickleover, Derby DE3 0SA. Please note that the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers is entitled to a
statutory fee for the provision of this information.
By e-mailing this form to the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers, or by signing a paper copy of this form, you give your consent to
your personal data being processed in the manner set out above and as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests of the
Council.
Signed ____________________________
Date ______________
Please e- mail your completed form to: chairman@biographies.cccbr.org.uk
Or print it, sign it and post it to: John Harrison, 2 Murdoch Road, Wokingham, Berks, RG40 2DA UK