Local ringers will be sad to hear of the death of Jane Singleton, who learnt to ring in London but rang her first quarter of Grandsire (Doubles?) in Islip, where she had lived in The Rise, on 10 November 1968. Subsequently she moved to Fringford and after her marriage to Chris (whom she taught with their daughter Elinor) she rang at Bicester and Caversfield for many years always volunteering for weddings and special occasions and joining Branch outings when she could. As Fay Harris says, ‘Jane was a very good ringer and remembers her useful pointers e.g. in Grandsire, pass the treble, pass the next bell (must be the other hunt bell) and do something with the next – then work out where you are!’
Jane encouraged many to ring – with medical friends in the early days in Islip – and records show the peal of Grandsire Triples on 4 July 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the NHS and the first peal in the method for the Guild of Medical Ringers. Again, as Fay says, ‘You could always rely on Jane: somehow she was just there’.
Her funeral will be at 2pm on Wednesday 1st October at North Oxfordshire Crematorium, Tackley – anyone planning to attend should let Jeremy Adams or Teresa Carter know.
