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| Ringing in 1896 |
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| Cox also records the following: (The numbers have been changed to reflect those bells of the eight current bells actually being referred to). |
| The fifth is rung daily at 1 p.m. as "Dinner Bell". |
| The Gleaning Bell was rung during harvest for some thirty or forty years, at 7 a.m. and p.m., the fifth bell being probably the one used. This practice ceased about 1885, or 1886. |
| The Pancake Bell is rung at noon on Shrove Tuesday; the fourth and sixth are used, to imitate the sound "Pan-cake." |
| The Death Knell: Tenor used for adults, the seventh for children under fourteen. Tellers: three blows on each bell = a male; two on each = a female. The age of the deceased is tolled in scores; that is, a pause is made at the end of each score completed; and, if the odd number over exceed ten, another pause is made at the completion of the last ten (e.g., 73 = 20, 20, 20, 10, 3). |
| On Sundays, the fourth and fifth are rung at 8 a.m. Half an hour before the Morning Service the third is chimed for a few seconds, and the fourth and fifth before the Afternoon and Evening Services; after which all the bells are chimed for fifteen minutes; then, while chiming is continued on the other bells, the tenor is raised as Sermon Bell, and rung with the others for ten minutes; for the last five minutes the third is rung alone. |
| Ringing at Christmas, Easter, and Whitsuntide; also at Harvest Thanksgiving, Choral Festival, and Queen's Birthday; midnight ringing on New Year's Eve. Also ringing after weddings, if allowed, and paid for. |
| Many thanks to the Rev. J.P.Langley, Vicar. |
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The Olney band of ringers near north porch 1900
The Olney band of ringers 1900
The Olney ringers at Bedfordshire Assoc. meeting 1900 |
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