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 – Siân Haseldine

Siân grew up in Buckinghamshire and her father taught her how to ring at 8 years old. She continued ringing whilst at university and was a member of the Oxford University Society of Change Ringers. Siân joined All Saints when she moved to Wokingham in 2010 and has served as secretary since 2012.
 

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) – Vacant

Please contact the Foreman