The Clapper ~ 1980-1989

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Vol. 7 No. 2, January, 1980 (Labeled Vol. 6 No. 1)

  • Exchange regarding political situation in Quebec and ringing
  • "Plain Bob, Variable Hunt
  • E.W. Izard Memorial Fund

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Vol. 7 No. 3, April, 1980 (Labeled Vol. 6 No. 2)

  • St. Martin's Philadelphia bells installed -- 14th in the U.S.A.
  • Old North ringing on Walter Cronkite's Evening News
  • Proposed amendments to the Constitution

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Vol. 7 No. 4, July, 1980 (Labeled Vol. 6 No. 3)

  • Announcement of St. James Guild Annual Dinner, Hendersonville
  • Announcement of NAGCR Peal Record Reference Service
  • Call for more PR materials for Guild Scrapbook

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Vol. 8 No. 1, October, 1980

  • Letter of Transition from PR Officer to Secretary-Treasurer
  • Minutes of AGM on August 31 in Houston
  • Annual Report of NAGCR from June 1979-June 1980
  • Notes of CCCBR meeting taken from the RW
  • Review of AGM
  • Letters to the Editor
  • "The Practice of Change Ringing in the United States: The Historical Record" by Robert E. Coughlin
  • Obituary for Fred J. Westlake
  • Announcement of Christmas Card fund drive for Church of the Advent, Boston
  • CCCBR Public Relations Report
  • Advisory Committee formed for ring of bells at St. John the Divine in NYC

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Vol. 8 No. 2, January, 1981

  • First peal on the Mitchell Ten
  • Letters from Officers
  • Area Reports
  • "Heaviest and Lightest Pealed in a Day"
  • AGM Site Selection Article
  • "The Method Column -- Carter's Triples"
  • "Tale Ends"
  • Area Reports
  • "Belfrymanship"
  • NAG Constitution
  • Letter from Bishop of Quebec

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Vol. 8 No. 3, April, 1981

  • Reprint from Harper's Weekly
  • Area Reports
  • "Two from Boston, Or How I Learned to Love Maggie"
  • Exchange of letters about relative role of Canadian ringers in the Guild
  • "Tale Ends"
  • "Bell Ringing by Computer"
  • Response to "Carter's Principle"
  • "Xenomania Surprise Major"
  • Review of Bob Smith's "Standard Methods"
  • Discussion of plans for the restoration of Immanuel Church, New Castle
  • Plans for AGM in Hendersonville

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Vol. 8 No. 4, July, 1981

  • Philadelphia Ringing Weekend
  • Early History of Immanuel Church, New Castle
  • Area Reports
  • "There and Back -- The Journey of 2 Bellringers"
  • First ringers meeting in Laramie, Wyoming
  • Notice of Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon at the Riverside Church, NYC
  • "The First Peal in Canada: Story of Vancouver's Bells" condensed from RW article of 1916
  • Agenda for upcoming AGM

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Vol. 9 No. 1, October, 1981

  • Report of Hendersonville AGM
  • AGM Course Questionnaire Results
  • Minutes of the AGM
  • Geoff Davies Declines HLM and outlines future tasks for the Guild
  • Letters from Officers
  • Review of "Strike Twelve '78" tape
  • "Excerpts from the Diary of a Texas Ringer"
  • "Tale Ends"
  • Fund Drive for Immanuel Church and the offer of the clappers of the old ring
  • "A Ring of Bells"
  • Area Reports

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Vol. 9 No. 2, January, 1982

  • Plea for dues payment
  • Standing Committees of the NAGCR
  • "Too Proud to Snool?"
  • "Will Ragland Rite Again"
  • Questionnaire about NAG purposes and activities

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Vol. 9 No. 3, April, 1982

  • First Peal at Old North
  • Replies on the matter of the meaning & means of the NAGCR
  • "Will's Wit"
  • Profile of William Theobald
  • Progress at Immanuel Church

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Vol. 9 No. 4, July, 1982

  • Local Peal at Victoria, B.C.
  • More letters about conflict over Guild purpose and means
  • "Ringing Logistics" by WJ Kollar
  • "It's William Again"
  • "Starting Surprise"
  • Proposals to amend the Constitution

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Vol. 10 No. 1, October, 1982

  • Report of AGM & Philadelphia's 10th anniversary
  • Minutes of the AGM
  • Peal Tour Song Book & Report
  • "The Rabbit's Guild"
  • "Bells for Peace across the World"
  • "From Here to Here and In -Between"
  • "Bells are Instruments, Ringers are Musicians"
  • "Synergisms"
  • "On Conducting"
  • "Points to Ponder"

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Vol. 10 No. 2, January, 1982

  • Obituaries for Fred Price and A. Patrick Cannon
  • "Rabbit's Guild Fears Victimisation"
  • Plain Bob Minor Discussion
  • "William!"

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Vol. 10 No. 3, April, 1983

  • Victoria Bells Dedicated
  • St. Michael's Bells, Charleston
  • "Alice's Adversaries in the Belfry" reprinted from 1956 RW
  • Ditchley Gift of Bells to the US Congress
  • New Ring in Abilene
  • Little Grandsire Triples

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Vol. 10 No. 4, July, 1983

  • Washington DC Post Office Ring -- History, Dedication
  • "Queen's Birthday Frolics"
  • Little Grandsire Caters
  • "On Conducting -- Part Two"
  • New Constitution and ByLaws

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Vol. 11 No. 1, October, 1983

  • AGM in Calgary Report & Photos
  • AGM 1983 Minutes
  • "New Ringers Learn the Ropes"
  • Name Change for "The Clapper"?
  • Dedication of the Ditchley Bells, Old PO Building, DC
  • Area Reports
  • Letters to the Editor
  • "Little Grandsire"
  • "Tale Ends"
  • "The Origins of Our Art"
  • "On Conducting: Plain Courses of Plain Bob"

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Vol. 11 No. 2, January, 1984

  • Tenth Anniversary of Melrose Bells
  • Area Reports
  • "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" by James R. Lawson
  • The Riverside Carillon
  • "Ring Out Wild Bells" by A. Tennyson
  • Puzzle #3
  • Tale Ends
  • Boston Ringing Weekend
  • "Closet Catholic, Anyone?"
  • Future Ringing Events
  • Little Grandsire Caters
  • Sound Insulation in Belfries

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Vol. 11 No. 3, April, 1984

  • Dedication of the bells of Kalamazoo College
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & Quarter Peals
  • Tale Ends
  • Statements Introducing new officers
  • Proposed new Constitution & ByLaws
  • AGM Ringing Course Survey Form

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Vol. 11 No. 4, July, 1984

  • First Peal at Kalamazoo
  • Area Reports
  • Tale Ends
  • Puzzle #5
  • "Date Quarters and Round Blocks"
  • Washington Bells: 20 Year Perspective
  • Peals & QPs
  • Letters to the Editor
  • CCCBR report

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Vol. 11 No. 5, October, 1984

  • Report & Photos of DC AGM
  • Minutes of 1984 AGM
  • Membership Certificate offered
  • Handbell Census Form
  • Letters to the Editor
  • "Beryl's Travels"
  • Tale Ends
  • "Go Grandsire Caters"
  • Last Chance Puzzle
  • Peals & QPs
  • List of all NA Towers

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Vol. 12 No. 1, Jamuary, 1985

  • Dedication of Texarkana bells
  • Update on proposed Texas rings
  • Plans for 1985 AGM in Boston
  • Area Reports
  • Tale Ends
  • Bell Fund Concert for Cambridge MA
  • Schedule for Quebec City Weekend

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Vol. 12 No. 2, April, 1985

  • Miami bells dedicated
  • Area Reports
  • Obituary of Bill Risinger
  • "Teaching Change Ringing to the Masses"
  • Tale Ends
  • Charts for ringing simple methods
  • "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Composing PB Major"
  • NAG Striking Competition Announcement
  • Peals & QPs
  • Complete List of Bells of North America

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Vol. 12 No. 3, July, 1985

  • Area Reports
  • "It's William Again"
  • "Measuring Odd-Struck Bells"
  • About Founders and Foundries
  • Member Profile: Don Morrison
  • Letter from the President
  • Proposal for Dues Change
  • Upcoming Events
  • Central Council Minutes
  • Peals & QPs
  • Tale Ends

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Vol. 12 No. 4, October, 1985

  • Report & Photos of AGM in Boston
  • Minutes of 1985 AGM
  • Area Reports
  • Tale Ends
  • Officer Candidate Statements
  • “Abilene Revisited”
  • Report of the Quebec City Weekend
  • Australian BiCentennial Planning for 1988
  • Peals & QPs

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Vol. 13 No. 1, January, 1986

  • Letter from the President
  • Tale Ends
  • Area Reports
  • “A Mid-(& Trans-) Atlantic Tower Grab”
  • Announcement of Striking Competition
  • Plans for AGM in Victoria in late August
  • Maps & Directions to Smith College tower
  • Peals & QPs

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Vol. 13 No. 2, April, 1986

  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • “Doubles Ringing”
  • Plans for Quebec City Weekend
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Proposal to Purchase a Computer to Produce The Clapper
  • Report from CCCBR PR Committee
  • Striking Competition Details
  • AGM Course Plans

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Vol. 13 No. 3, July, 1986

  • First Local Peal at Kalamazoo
  • Letter from the President
  • AGM in Victoria Details
  • Old North Peal Lottery
  • Area Reports
  • Photos & Report of
  • Quebec City Weekend
  • Report from CCCBR PR Committee
  • Doubles Ringing Continued with Compositions & Table of Names
  • Peals & QPs

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Vol. 13 No. 4, October, 1986

  • Letter from the President
  • AGM Photos & Report
  • Minutes of 1986 AGM
  • CCCBR Report
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • Middleton's Cambridge
  • "Belfrymanship" Reprinted from 1977

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Vol. 14 No. 1, February 1987

  • NAG Band Rings Record Length of Erin Caters
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • Letters to and from Editor
  • Tale Ends
  • "Martin on Cambridge"
  • CCCBR PR Committee Report

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Vol. 14 No. 2, May, 1987

  • Historical Account of 1894 Restoration at Old North
  • Tale Ends
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Letters from Officers
  • "Dutch Change Ringers?"
  • Erin Triples Long Length Attempt
  • "Stoecklin Wins Fellowship"
  • "Heard in the Tower"
  • "Ringing on Bodies"
  • Wakeland to Do Tower History
  • "Ancient Society Established in America"
  • CCCBR PR Report
  • Plans for Kalamazoo AGM

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Vol. 14 No. 3, August, 1987

  • Plans for the Kalamazoo AGM
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • Report of Quebec City Weekend
  • Report of 1986 Striking Competition
  • Notice of Old North Peal Lottery
  • "A Visit Down Under"
  • Report of CCCBR Meeting
  • NAG Scores Long Length of Double Dublin
  • "The Twisted Grapevine"
  • "Tale Ends"
  • Notices
  • Report of CCCBR PR Committe

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Vol. 14 No. 4, October, 1987

  • Ringing Tours Highlight NAG Summer
  • MIdwest Group Brings "Grand Cicadas" Tour East
  • Ringers, Chocaholics Converge on Boston; Madcap Weekend Ensues
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • 1987 AGM Report
  • Proposal for HLM of Martyn Harbott
  • Officers' Reports
  • "NAGing GOSSIP"
  • Notices

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Vol. 15 No. 1, Winter, 1988

  • Raleigh Peal Dedicated
  • Letter from the President
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • NAG Tour Report
  • Letters to the Editor
  • CCCBR PR Committee Report

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Vol. 15 No. 2, Spring, 1988

  • Area Reports
  • Letter from the President
  • Peals & QPs
  • "Award to Ringer"
  • "Things Overheard"
  • Plans for Quebec AGM
  • Popular Peal Compositions: Stedman Caters

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Vol. 15 No. 3, Summer, 1988

  • "St. Mark's, Philadelphia: Bells on Trial
  • Area Reports
  • Quebec City AGM Details
  • Old North Peal Lottery Announcement
  • Transvaal and Zimbabwe Guilds Welcomed
  • Quebec City Ringing Weekend Report
  • Peals & QPs

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Vol. 15 No. 4, Autumn, 1988

  • Advent Scores 100th Peal
  • A "Delight" to Remember, Or, 5 Englishmen Go Mad in Houston
  • Report of Quebec City AGM
  • Minutes of the 1988 AGM
  • Minutes of the 1987 AGM
  • Officers' Reports
  • Area Reports
  • "A Real Ringing Weekend: Farthing-Stibal Wedding"
  • Peals & QPs
  • In Memory of Alice Dickinson
  • Muncians Meander Down Under
  • Editorial Mailbag

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Vol. 16 No. 1, Winter, 1989

  • The Bells of St. Michael's, Charleston
  • Letters
  • Survey of Towers in Scotland
  • Renegade Americans in Scotland
  • Area Reports
  • "OK Things to Think about during Peals"
  • "Things Not to Think about during Peals"
  • Essex Association Tours North America
  • Striking Competition Announcement
  • Bicentennial Peal Boards in Place at Last
  • Letters
  • Announcement of First Three Towers Festival
  • Peals & QPs

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Vol. 16 No. 2, Spring, 1989

  • Arthur Nichols: A Passion for Bells
  • From the President
  • From the Overseas Liaison
  • Contributor Guildelines
  • Houston AGM Plans
  • "Toward Better Striking"
  • "Computers and Composition"
  • Area Reports
  • "Fun, Surf, and Sun -- Almost"
  • Revised 1988 Peal Analysis
  • Peals & QPs
  • Hursley Restoration Appeal

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Vol. 16 No. 3, Summer, 1989

  • NAGCR's First Live Striking Competition
  • Three Towers Festival at Little Rock
  • Letters
  • Houston AGM Details
  • Abilene Update
  • "Eight Ringers in a Boat"
  • "E Maurice Atkins: A Treat of Major for the New Conductor"
  • "Arthur Howard Nichols -- A Passion for Bells -- Part 2
  • Area Reports
  • Contributor Guidelines
  • Old North Peal Lottery
  • Quebec City Ringing Weekend Report
  • American Ringers North of the Severn: Tour '89
  • Peals & QPs
  • Back Issues Available

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Vol. 16 No. 4, Autumn, 1989

  • "Post-AGM Syndrome Afflicts Flow Chart Queen, or Warm Welcome in Houston"
  • Letters
  • Minutes of the 1989 AGM
  • Candidate Statements
  • Officers' Reports
  • "A Passion for Bells -- Part 3"
  • Area Reports
  • Peals & QPs
  • "Three Towers in a Week"