<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">I'd hazard a guess that the first date touches were very short and so didn't merit much celebration.... </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">;-)</span><br></span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">John </span></font><br></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 18:10, John Harrison <<a href="mailto:john@jaharrison.me.uk">john@jaharrison.me.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Does anyone know when the first date touch was rung?<br>
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There's nothing in the Ringing World index earlier than the 1990s but I<br>
was ringing date touches in the 60s and we didn't invent the idea so I<br>
assume it was much earlier.<br>
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