Obituary: Peter Bell


Obituary: Peter Bell (1938-2009)

Pete learnt to ring at Nettleham in 1969 and he remained a very loyal and valued member of the band until he left the village in 1998. He worked hard to master handling a bell and although he did not find change ringing easy, he persevered until he was able to comfortably ring plain courses of Bob Doubles on the second, but his great contribution to ringing in Nettleham was his utter reliability as a treble ringer. He rang in many of our quarters, either on the treble or drumming behind, and his highlight was his quarter of Bob Doubles on the second. He has the ambition to ring in the winning team at a Branch Striking competition, but sadly the rest of us were unable to help him realise this.

He was a sincere churchman, and after ringing for morning service at Nettleham, he would get a taxi to St Swithin's church in Lincoln where he sang in the choir.

Pete was a great character who will be sadly missed by all who knew him. R.I.P.