The Queen visits Exeter Cathedral.
Wednesday 1 May 2002.

The Queen's visit to Exeter at the start of her Golden Jubilee Tour included a visit to Exeter Cathedral to watch a show by some of the children of Exeter entitled "Impressions of Exeter". As the Queen emerged from the Cathedral after the performance there was a fanfare immediately followed by the ringing of the Cathedral bells.

The ringers had arrived some hours before, most by 4.30pm, to allow time for security checks and then to raise the bells. The ringers then had the best view of all watching over the crowds below from the balcony at the top of the west front. Eventually it was time for us to ring at 7pm and a successful long-length quarter peal was rung so that the bells would still be ringing as the Queen returned through the centre of Exeter to St David's station.

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Exeter Cathedral
Wed 1 May 2002
1709 Stedman Cinques in 1 hour 27 mins
1 Howard Egglestone
2 Sue Sawyer
3 Wendy Campbell
4 Peter Bill
5 John Hill
6 Lester Yeo
7 Pauline Champion
8 Ian Campbell
9 Matthew Hilling (C&C)
10 Andrew Nicholson
11 Michael Mears
12 Ian Avery

 

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