Bert Bissell MBE (9 January 1902[1] – 2 November 1998) was a mountain climber and peace campaigner.
Born at Dudley, Worcestershire, in January 1902, he founded the Young Men's Bible Class at Vicar Street Methodist Church in the town in 1925. The bible class remained at the church for 83 years, relocating to nearby Dixons Green Methodist Church after 31 August 2008 due to the building's deteriorating condition in spite of local opposition to its closure.
Bissell, who worked as a probation officer, led a pilgrimage party from the Bible Class to the summit of Ben Nevis on VJ Day in 1945 and constructed a "Peace Cairn", in later years the subject of some controversy;[2] the expedition from Dudley to Fort William was repeated annually thereafter, a tradition which continued for some 50 years.
At the age of 88, he opened Dudley's new Milking Bank Primary School on 6 November 1990, a year after it first opened to pupils.
He was the subject in 1995 of a biographical article by Stan Hill in The Blackcountryman magazine.[3] In 1997 he published a book, "God's Mountaineer" (Methodist Publishing House, ISBN 1-85852-085-1).
He died in November 1998, aged 96, at Nethercrest Nursing Home in Netherton after fracturing his pelvis in a fall at his home in Selborne Road, Dudley the previous spring. His funeral was held at Vicar Street Methodist Church on 10 November and he was buried in the churchyard at Glen Nevis.
In 2001 a limited edition book, "Bert Bissell Remembered", with contributions by 60 local writers, was published by Fairway Folio. A monument to Bert Bissell stands in Coronation Gardens, Dudley.[4]
BertBissell MBE (9 January 1902 – 2 November 1998) was a mountain climber and peace campaigner. Born at Dudley, Worcestershire, in January 1902, he founded...
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recording. His other theatre credits included The Apple Tree, Cabaret (replacing Bert Convy as Cliff), and Here's Where I Belong. In 1966, he appeared as the title...
about how it will effect his schoolwork. Their boss, Sinclair Bruder (Whit Bissell), is a real tough taskmaster. He constantly rides them for every little...
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(1992) David Lynch (1993) Alfred Hitchcock (1994) Steve Reeves (1994) Whit Bissell (1994) Joel Silver (1995) Richard Fleischer (1995) Sean Connery (1995)...
Wilke as Wallace John A. Alonzo as Miguel Roberto Contreras as Luis Whit Bissell as Chamlee, the undertaker Val Avery as Henry, the corset salesman Bing...
Allyson (1960) as Lieutenant Barnes Johnny Midnight (1960) as Richard Bissell The Twilight Zone (1960, TV series) as Policeman Johnny Ringo (1959-1960)...
Cynthia Eilbacher, Royal Dano, Gregory Walcott, Lance Le Gault, Whit Bissell, Peg Stewart United States B Western Goin' South Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson...
Carlisle, Michael Peña, Ann Cusack, Jean Speegle Howard, Dorothy Lucey, James Bissell, Peter Segal, Marg Helgenberger One Fine Day 20th Century Fox / Fox 2000...
released in Japan I Was a Teenage Frankenstein Herbert L. Strock Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton, Gary Conway, George Lynn USA Drama Fantasy...
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1965 (1965-12-07) 6512 One of Kate Bradley's old swains named Ralph Denton (Whit Bissell) sends a telegram stating that he is coming by the hotel for a few days...
included veteran actors: John Anderson, Richard Anderson, Lyle Bettger, Whit Bissell, Harry Carey Jr., John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Ellen Corby, Royal Dano...
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