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Forenames:Eric
Surname:Billings
Date of Birth:June 29, 1938
Place of birth:Northampton
Trade or profession:Distribution Manager
Began ringing:1956
at:St. Edmund, King and Martyr, Northampton
First peal:May 18, 1957
Method:Plain Bob Doubles
Tower:St. Edmund, King and Martyr, Northampton
Other towers:Dallington, Northampton
CC offices held:Whilst on the Central Council he served on the Bell Restoration Committee for many years from 1977.
Society offices held:Eric was the Peterborough Guild Secretary and Treasurer 1962-1972 and from 1973 to 1977 he was the Guild Secretary. When the Central Council visited Northampton in 1965, Eric was responsible for many of the arrangements for the visit.
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Date of death:July 18, 2006
Age: 
Where buried: 
 Billings

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Societies represented

YearMember TypeBiographies RecordsCCCBR Minutes
1962Society RepresentativePeterborough Diocesan GuildPeterborough Diocesan Guild
1963Society RepresentativePeterborough Diocesan GuildPeterborough Diocesan Guild
1964Society RepresentativePeterborough Diocesan GuildPeterborough Diocesan Guild
1965Society RepresentativePeterborough Diocesan GuildPeterborough Diocesan Guild
1966Society RepresentativePeterborough Diocesan GuildPeterborough Diocesan Guild
1967Society RepresentativePeterborough Diocesan GuildPeterborough Diocesan Guild
1968Society RepresentativePeterborough Diocesan GuildPeterborough Diocesan Guild
1969Society RepresentativePeterborough Diocesan GuildPeterborough Diocesan Guild
1970Society RepresentativePeterborough Diocesan GuildPeterborough Diocesan Guild
1971Society RepresentativePeterborough Diocesan GuildPeterborough Diocesan Guild
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