On 26 January 2018, five members of the Bicester Branch and Louise Brown, a former resident of Bicester Branch, rang 1260 Grandsire Doubles in 37 minutes as an 80th birthday compliment to Willie Haynes, President of the Bicester Branch.
The details are:
1 Louise Brown 4 Steve Vickars
2 Kathryn Grant 5 Richard Haseldine (c)
3 Teresa Carter 6 Michael MacArthur
We rang at Islip where Willie had been ‘temporary’ Tower Captain from 1983-1993. Apart from being President of the Bicester Branch, Willie has been a member of the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers since 1951, as well as serving on many of its committees, and has been Tower Captain at Charlton-on-Otmoor for an impressive number of years.
Willie appeared to be very pleased with the team’s efforts, as he bought everyone a drink at the Red Lion afterwards.
Here’s to the next 80 years, Willie!
