W. S. Plant
DEATH OF A SHEFFIELD RINGER.
Ringing World Vol 22, Iss 842, p294,
3rd May 1927
DEATH OF A SHEFFIELD RINGER.
On May 3rd, the Ranmoor (Sheffield) company lost a respected and
valued member in tho person of Mr. Wm. S. Plant, who passed away after
an illness lasting 10 days. Deceased, who was in his 68th year, had
suffered for a long period from bronchitis and asthma, and, despite his
more or less ailing nature, his death came as a shock and surprise to
his brother ringers.
Mr. Plant had been with the Ranmoor company for 44 years, having
joined them in January, 1883, and was a member of the Sheffield
District Society and the Yorkshire Association. His peals totalled 29,
rung principally at Ranmoor Church for the credit of the County
Association, and the majority of them were performed under the
conductorship of the late Mr. Sam Thomas.
Although a good ringer, Mr. Plant, was of a retiring
disposition, and did not go far away from home for his ringing, but, so
far as his health would permit, he regularly attended for Sunday
service ringing and on practice nights, his last pull being on Easter
Sunday.
The interment took place on Friday, May 6th, at Fulwood
Cemetery, ringers being present from the local company, St. Marie’s,
Dore, All Saints’ and Sheffield Cathedral. Brother ringers carried him
to his grave, where a course of Grandsire Triples was rung by: A.
Craven 1-2, C. Harrison 3-4, J. E. L. Cockey 5-6, J. Thorpe 7-8, and in
the evening, at St. John’s Church, with the bells half-muffled, a
quarter-peal of Grandsire Triples was rung as a tribute to
his memory
by: J. Osguthorpe 1, A. Craven 2, C. Harrison (conductor)
3, J. Thorpe
4, J. Parker 5, H. Thorpe 6, C. Haynes 7, Wm.
Biggin 8.
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