Someone out there might be interested in this?
Whilst working at St Mary's church Stockbury a few years back, works within the tower required the removal of some softwood timber panelling. Written in pencil on some of these timber strips were a series of names and ages, four individual and one collective group, all dated September 19th 1889. Extra info is given on the collective group, which includes the individual names, as it includes the wording 'Ringers of this Parish'. Though the inscribed parts of the panelling was temporarily 'saved', my concern is that these may well be lost, stolen, if they survived the tower works at all. It would be interesting to see why this date marked a special occasion for Stockbury as a church, a parish, or even a national event?
Any clues?