Current Tower Officers

Contact details

Tower Foreman – John Harrison 

John grew up in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire where he learnt to ring in 1959. He was tower captain briefly before studying and ringing for three years in Cambridge. He married and moved to Wokingham in 1967. He has held most tower offices at All Saints, and is also active in the wider world of ringing training, running courses at Deanery, Diocesan and national level. He is a member of the Central Council of Church Bellringers, served on its Education Committee for 14 years (as chairman from 2000-2007) and currently serves on both its Public Relations and Biographies Committees. He is Training Co-ordinator for Sonning Deanery, and chairman of the Oxford Diocesan Guild Education Committee. From 1999-2007, he wrote a monthly column on training in The Ringing World, now published in four volumes. He has written four other books for ringers, as well as a book for non-ringers on the history of ringing in Wokingham . He received a Civic Award from the Mayor of Wokingham in 2006, for services to the community through bellringing.
 

 Deputy Foreman – Steve Smith

Steve Smith started ringing in 1963 in Southampton, having originally heard the sound of church bells as a small boy drifting across the town of Keynsham, spelt K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M (for those who remember Radio Luxembourg). He's a member of the Oxford University Society and joins in each year with their 'Golden Oldies' reunion tour. He's lived in Wokingham since 1983 and has been actively involved in the All Saints tower ever since.
 

Ringing Master – Nigel Mellor

  Nigel has been a bellringer for over 35 years, having been trained by the choir master of St Mary's Church Scarborough. Singing and ringing have played a major part in his social life, and he was a member of All Saints choir for 5 years and before being formally elected a member of All Saints' Bellringers when his family moved to Wokingham in 1996. He served as Deputy Foreman from 2000 - 2002.
 

Secretary – Katie Tutcher

 Just elected, details awaited.
 

Treasurer – Jon Tutcher

  Jon grew up in Somerset and learnt to ring in Ilminster (23cwt 8) in 1967 (ringing lots of Grandsire Triples and call changes!) He studied at London University where he rang for a couple of years as a ULSCR member. Jon moved to Wokingham in 1977 and started ringing with the All Saints band in 1980, becoming a member in 1981. He has previously held all tower offices: Foreman and Secretary (twice each) and Deputy Foreman and Steeple keeper.
 

 Steeple Keeper (looks after the hardware) – Neil Curnow

Neil learned to ring while at York University in the late 70’s, starting at the Arts Centre and then at York Minster (hence my style!). After graduation in 1979 he moved to Chelmsford to work at Marconi’s research labs and rung around Chelmsford (Sandon , Great Baddow and Chelmsford cathedral) where he learned to ring surprise minor, major and royal. While there, he rang the standard 41 surprise methods in a number of quarter peals. Neil moved to Farnborough and joined the local tower in 1984, spending the next 20 years there. While at Farnborough, he rang a number of peals including the standard 8, Norman Smith’s 23, Neil’s own compositions of half lead spliced major from 8 to 23 methods and variable hunt half lead spliced in the standard 8. During this time he also regularly visited Guildford cathedral and learnt to ring spliced surprise maximus. Neil joined the All Saints’ band during 2007 and is also an active handbell ringer (methods) in a local group. He has been a helper at the Hereford ringing course for 20+ years., and on the Central Council ringing course for a number of years. He has been deputy ringing master at Farnborough and district representative on the Guildford Guild training committee, which he chaired for a few years.