Summary of peal records for C Kenneth Lewis

Year Tower Tower Hand Hand Year Tower Tower Hand Hand Rung Cond Rung Cond Rung Cond Rung Cond

1934 5 0 0 0 1968 30 22 21 10 1935 18 1 0 0 1969 22 9 24 14 1936 25 3 0 0 1970 24 9 34 22 1937 42 15 0 0 1971 19 10 27 22 1938 34 16 2 2 1972 16 12 27 24 1939 25 14 1 1 1973 20 15 19 13 1940 3 3 6 6 1974 23 15 22 16 1941 0 0 6 5 1975 22 14 45 27 1942 0 0 3 2 1976 23 13 36 25 1943 0 0 0 0 1977 17 1 30 14 1944 0 0 0 0 1978 25 14 16 9 1945 13 7 5 4 1979 22 10 27 13 1946 20 7 8 8 1980 26 13 31 22 1947 3 1 0 0 1981 22 13 29 18 1948 46 20 0 0 1982 21 12 26 14 1949 50 16 1 1 1983 15 9 27 19 1950 45 14 0 0 1984 15 9 26 21 1951 39 20 0 0 1985 16 10 12 6 1952 35 15 0 0 1986 21 11 22 11 1953 38 12 0 0 1987 18 11 22 11 1954 44 18 0 0 1988 23 8 14 6 1955 32 25 0 0 1989 15 4 7 3 1956 26 17 0 0 1990 16 4 12 7 1957 31 21 0 0 1991 14 4 10 2 1958 30 17 0 0 1992 20 4 9 6 1959 28 16 0 0 1993 13 2 4 4 1960 27 15 0 0 1994 3 3 0 0 1961 28 13 0 0 1995 1 0 0 0 1962 34 11 5 3 1996 1 0 0 0 1963 28 12 0 0 1997 0 0 2 0 1964 24 9 2 0 1998 0 0 1 1 1965 26 10 6 2 1999 0 0 1 1 1966 23 10 12 5 2000 0 0 1 1 1967 25 14 13 7 2001 0 0 1 1

TOTAL 1370 633 655 409

TOTAL PEALS RUNG 2025

TOTAL PEALS CONDUCTED 1042

1 5 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket Sat, 5th May 1934 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Sat, 29th December 1934 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5040 Minor 5040 Treble Bob Minor (3m: (1) Kent, Oxford Treble Bob (2, 3) Oxford Treble Bob (4-6) Kent (39m: (1) Chepstow, Dover, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay Delight (2) Treble Bob (7) Plain Bob) Rostherne, Ely, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone Delight (3) Crowland, 1 Ronald Hough Canterbury, Abbeyville, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (4) 2 C Kenneth Lewis Willesden, Old Oxford, Taxal, Marple, College Bob IV, Newdigate Delight 3 Arthur Whiting (5) Charlwood, Wragby, Braintree, Humber, Neasden, St Albans Delight (6) 4 Norman Hough Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Morning Star, Ockley Treble 5 Alfred Frost Bob; Disley Delight (7) Capel, Oxford, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, 6 Sidney Hough (C) Kingston Treble Bob) First peal in 3 methods: 1. First peal: 2. First peal in 3 methods away from 1 C Kenneth Lewis treble: 4. Rung on the occasion of the annual Royal May Day festival. 2 James Fernley 3 James A Milner 2 4 Wilfred Stevenson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Walter W Wolstencroft BUXTON, Derbyshire, Christ Church 6 John Worth (C) Sat, 28th July 1934 in 2 hrs 41 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. This peal contains the greatest number of methods yet rung in seven true and 5040 Treble Bob Minor complete extents. (18m: (1) Disley Delight (2) Trowell, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (3) Poynton, Old Oxford, Bocking, Willesden Delight 6 (4) Grove, Neasden Delight (5) College Exercise IV, Wragby Delight (6) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Oxford, Capel, Sandal Treble Bob (7) London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Treble Bob) Sat, 12th January 1935 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 1 Robert Ashmore 5088 Superlative Surprise Major 2 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. N J Pitstow 3 James A Milner 1 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Walter W Wolstencroft 2 James Fernley 5 George W Biddulph 3 Wilfred Stevenson 6 John Worth (C) 4 Lionel Clough First peal in 18 methods: 1, 2, 5. 50th peal: 5. This was also the 100th tower 5 James A Milner in which he has handled a rope. Rung on the eve of the church's anniversary. 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 7 William Fernley 3 8 John Worth (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal of Surprise: 1. First peal in the method: 4, 5. Rung on the GOOSTREY, Cheshire, St Luke anniversary of the wedding of Mr and Mrs W W Wolstencroft, of Ashton Sat, 1st September 1934 in 2 hrs 41 mins. Tenor 6 cwt. under Lyne. 5040 Treble Bob Minor (21m: (1) Willesden, Marple, Newdigate, College Bob IV, Old Oxford (2) 7 Braintree (3) Wragby, Neasden, St Albans, Charlwood (4) Kent (5) Ockley, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Morning Star, Duke of Norfolk (6) Norbury, College Exercise (7) Capel, SUTTON, Cheshire, St James Oxford, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston) Sat, 19th January 1935 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 1 Sidney Hough sen 5040 Treble Bob Minor 2 C Kenneth Lewis (40m: (1) Melandra, Castleton, Bucknall Peveril, Beeston, Leasowe Delight 3 James A Milner (2) Chepstow, Dover, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay Delight (3) 4 Wilfred Stevenson Rostherne, Ely, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone Delight (4) Crowland, 5 Albert V Rees Canterbury, Abbeyville, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (5) 6 John Worth (C) Marple, Newdigate, Taxal, Old Oxford, College Bib IV, Willesden Delight First peal in 21 methods: 2. The ringer of the 5th had not previously rung (6) Braintree, Charlwood, Humber, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (7) any of the methods outside of the Oxford group. Ockley, Morning Star, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob; Disley Delight) 4 1 C Kenneth Lewis GLOSSOP & DISTRICT ASSOCIATION 2 James Fernley GLOSSOP, Derbyshire, St James, Whitfield 3 James A Milner Sat, 8th December 1934 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 5 Walter W Wolstencroft Comp. J Reeves 6 John Worth (C) 1 James L Buckley This peal contains the greatest number of methods yet rung in seven true and 2 Fred Marsden complete extents. 3 James A Milner 4 C Kenneth Lewis 8 5 Arthur Whiting CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Fred Booth DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary 7 John Worth (C) Sat, 9th February 1935 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 8 Wilfred Stevenson 5040 Treble Bob Minor First peal in the method: 1, 2, 6. First peal on eight: 4. First peal of Major (42m: (1) Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Dover, Fotheringay Delight; Hull away from the treble: 5. Surprise (2) Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone, Ely Delight; Bourne Surprise (3) Melandra, Castleton, Bucknall, Peveril, Beeston, Leasowe Delight (4) Crowland, Abbeyville, Canterbury, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (5) Marple, Taxal, Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Delight (6) Braintree, Humber, Charrlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (7) Ockley, Morning Star, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob; Disley Delight) 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 James Fernley 3 James A Milner 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 John Worth (C) This peal contains the greatest number of methods yet rung.

1 9 14 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 16th February 1935 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 17th August 1935 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5248 Carisbrooke Surprise Major Comp. A Knights (No. 61) Comp. G Baker 1 C Kenneth Lewis 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 James Fernley 2 James Fernley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Lionel Clough 4 Lionel Clough 5 James A Milner 5 James A Milner 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 7 William Fernley 7 William Fernley 8 John Worth (C) 8 John Worth (C) Rung as a 25th birthday compliment to the conductor. This composition is 100th peal to be rung at this church. The first peal in the method. now rung for the first time. 15 10 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Sat, 5th October 1935 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 23rd February 1935 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5040 Treble Bob Minor Comp. Charles Middleton (4m: 2 extents Kingston, London Scholars' Pleasure; 1 extent Sandal; 2 1 C Kenneth Lewis extents Oxford) 2 William Fernley 1 John H Brierley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Fred Marsden 4 Lionel Clough 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5 James A Milner 4 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 E V Cox 5 James A Milner (C) 7 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 Arthur Whiting 8 John Worth (C) First peal of Minor: 2. The ringers of 3 and 6 are members of the local band. Arranged for the Revd E V Cox. This is the first peal in which any of the local band have taken part. Rung in honour of the completion of 50 years' ringing a the above church by Mr John 16 Wood, leader of the local band, and a member of the Chester DG since its CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD inception. NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 26th October 1935 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 11 5152 London Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. T B Worsley HYDE, Cheshire, St George 1 Wilfred Stevenson Sat, 2nd March 1935 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 2 C Kenneth Lewis 5088 London Surprise Major 3 William Fernley Comp. James W Washbrook 4 James A Milner 1 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Lionel Clough 2 James Fernley 6 James Fernley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 7 Walter W Wolstencroft 4 Lionel Clough 8 John Worth (C) 5 James A Milner First peal of Surprise inside: 2. Rung to commemorate the 10th anniversary 6 William Fernley of the dedication of the bells. 7 Walter W Wolstencroft 8 John Worth (C) 17 First peal in the method: 1. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MOTTRAM-IN-LONGENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael 12 Sat, 2nd November 1935 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Treble Bob Minor PRESTBURY, Cheshire, St Peter (17m: (1) Newdigate, Old Oxford Delight (2) Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Sat, 16th March 1935 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Willesden Delight (3) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans Delight (4) Ockley, 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (5) St Albans, Comp. Charles Middleton Wragby Delight (6) Capel, Sandal, Oxford Treble Bob (7) London Scholars' 1 C Kenneth Lewis Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob) 2 James Fernley 1 Lionel Clough 3 Wilfred Stevenson 2 William Fernley 4 Lionel Clough 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5 James A Milner 4 James Fernley 6 William Fernley 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 7 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 James A Milner (C) 8 John Worth (C) 100th peal: 2. First peal of Minor on the bells. First peal in 17 methods as First peal in the method: 1. 250th peal: 7. conductor. Rung after meeting short for Major.

13 18 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary TAXAL, Cheshire, St James Thu, 16th May 1935 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. Wed, 6th November 1935 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5040 Minor 5040 Treble Bob Minor (9m: (1) Charlwood, Neasden Delight (2) St Albans, Wragby Delight (3) (9m: Charlwood, Neasden Delight (2) St Albans Delight (3) Wragby Capel Treble Bob (4) Sandal Treble Bob (5) London Scholars' Pleasure Delight (4) Capel, Sandal Treble Bob (5) London Scholars' Pleasure (6) Treble Bob (6) Kingston Treble Bob (7) Oxford Treble Bob) Kingston Treble Bob (7) Oxford Treble Bob) 1 William Atkinson 1 Arthur Hibbert 2 Stanley Ardern 2 Fred Marsden 3 Adam T Marsland 3 James A Milner 4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Adam T Marsland 5 Ernest Bennett 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 James A Milner (C) 6 Arthur Whiting First peal attempt: 1. First peal in 9 methods: 2, 6. First peal as conductor. Rung in honour of the Royal Wedding.

2 19 24 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 23rd November 1935 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 11th January 1936 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. A Knights (No. 122) Comp. A Knights (No. 61) 1 C Kenneth Lewis 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 James Fernley 2 James Fernley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 William Fernley 4 Lionel Clough 5 James A Milner 5 James A Milner 6 Lionel Clough 6 William Fernley 7 Walter W Wolstencroft 7 Walter W Wolstencroft 8 John Worth (C) 8 John Worth (C) Rung in connection with the centenary celebrations of Norbury Sunday Rung as a farewell peal to the curate, the Revd Lawrence Wood, who has Schools. This composition is now rung for the first time. removed to Bishop's Stortford. Also for the 38th anniversary of the wedding of Mr and Mrs W W Wolstencroft. 350th peal: 8. 100th peal as conductor. 20 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 25 SUTTON, Cheshire, St James CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 14th December 1935 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. BUXTON, Derbyshire, St Peter, Fairfield 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Sat, 18th January 1936 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. (36m: (1) Melandra, Castleton, Peveril, Beeston, Leasow Delight (2) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Chepstow, Dover, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay Delight (3) Rostherne, (46m: (1) Ockley, Capel, Duke of Norfolk, Sandal, College Exercise, Ely, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone Delight (4) Crowland, Abbeyville, London Scholars' Pleasure, Norbury, Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob; Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (5) Newdigate, Marple, Old Carisbrooke, Donottar, Wath, Pontefract Delight (2) Melandra, Castleton, Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Delight (6) Charlwood, Braintree, Peveril, Beeston, Leasowe Delight (3) Dover, Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (7) Ockley, Morning Star, Duke of Fotheringay Delight (4) Ely, Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob; Disley Delight) Delight (5) Crowland, Abbeyville, Canterbury, Combermere, Vale Royal, St 1 C Kenneth Lewis Werburgh Delight (6) Marple, Newdigate, Old Oxford, Taxal, College Bob 2 James Fernley IV, Willesden Delight (7) Braintree, Charlwood, Neasden, Humber, St 3 James A Milner Albans, Wragby Delight) 4 Wilfred Stevenson 1 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 2 James Fernley 6 John Worth (C) 3 James A Milner 4 Wilfred Stevenson 21 5 Walter W Wolstencroft CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 John Worth (C) NORBURY (Hazel Grove) , Cheshire, St Thomas This is the greatest number of methods yet rung in a peal. There were 78 Sat, 21st December 1935 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. changes of method. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. C Middleton 26 1 Thomas Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 C Kenneth Lewis BURBAGE, Buxton, Derbyshire, Christ Church 3 James Fernley Sat, 8th February 1936 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. 4 William P Deane 5040 Treble Bob Minor 5 James A Milner (10m: (1) Kent Treble Bob (2) Neasden, St Albans Delight (3) Charlwood, 6 Lionel Clough Wragby Delight (4) Capel, London Scholars' Pleasure Treble Bob (5) 7 William Fernley Sandal Treble Bob (6) Sandal, Kingston Treble Bob (7) Oxford Treble Bob) 8 John Worth (C) 1 Arthur Hibbert First peal inside in the method: 2. Rung for the wedding of Mr T G Hawkins 2 Alexander Richardson and Miss Ida Wolstencroft, which took place at St Peter's, Ashton under 3 C Kenneth Lewis Lyne, the same day. 4 George Ashmore 5 Wilfred Stevenson 22 6 James A Milner (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal in 10 methods: 1, 2, 4. 25th peal together: 3, 6. STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St Mary Thu, 26th December 1935 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 27 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Charles Middleton CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John the Evangelist 1 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 29th February 1936 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 2 Ernest Bennett 5040 Treble Bob Minor 3 Lionel Clough (7m: Burton, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford, 4 James A Milner Kent) 5 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Stanley Noble 6 David Vincent 2 Milly Feather 7 George W Biddulph 3 John Worth (C) 8 John Worth (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis Rung after meeting short for Royal. 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 Wilfred Stevenson 23 First peal in 7 methods: 1, 2. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St George Thu, 26th December 1935 in 3 hrs 39 mins. Tenor 30 cwt. 5000 Plain Bob Royal Comp. J Reeves 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Ernest Bennett 3 James Fernley 4 James A Milner 5 Frank Twigg 6 Lionel Clough 7 Wilfred Stevenson 8 David Vincent 9 George W Biddulph 10 John Worth (C) 3 28 33 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 7th March 1936 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 9th May 1936 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major 5152 London Surprise Major Comp. J S Wilde Comp. T B Worsley 1 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Alfred Barnes 2 John Worth (C) 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 James Fernley 4 James Fernley 5 James A Milner 5 James A Milner 6 Lionel Clough 6 William Fernley 7 Walter W Wolstencroft 7 Walter W Wolstencroft 8 William Fernley 8 John Worth (C) This composition is now rung for the first time. 34 29 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Sat, 23rd May 1936 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. Sat, 14th March 1936 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. 5040 Treble Bob Minor 5040 Plain Bob Minor (52m: (1) Ockley, Capel, Duke of Norfolk, Sandal, College Exercise, 1 Marion Crossley London Scholars' Pleasure, Norbury, Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob; 2 Arthur Hibbert Carisbrooke, Donottar, Wath, Pontefract Delight (2) Hexham, Surfleet, 3 James A Milner Berwick, Beverley, Primrose, Cambridge Surprise; Waltham, Burslem 4 Walter W Wolstencroft Delight (3) Kentish, Berkeley, Edinburgh, Pembroke, Oswald, Barham 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Delight; Waterford, Berwyn Treble Bob (4) Melandra, Castleton, Peveril, 6 Arthur Whiting Beeston, Leasowe Delight (5) Crowland, Canterbury, Abbeyville, First peal attempt: 1. First lady to ring a peal on the bells. First peal inside: Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (6) Marple, Newdigate, 2. First peal on the bells since they were rehung. The ringers of 1, 5 and 6 Taxal, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Delight (7) Braintree, are members of the local band. Charlwood, Humber, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight) 1 James A Milner 30 2 James Fernley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 C Kenneth Lewis CONGLETON, Cheshire, St Peter 4 Wilfred Stevenson Sat, 28th March 1936 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 5088 London Surprise Major 6 John Worth (C) Comp. James W Washbrook The greatest number of methods yet rung to a peal. There were 112 changes 1 William Carnwell of method. Rung on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of the church 2 John E Wheeldon becoming a separate parish. 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 James Fernley 35 5 James A Milner CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Lionel Clough NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 7 Wilfred Stevenson Sat, 30th May 1936 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 8 John Worth (C) 5184 Bristol Surprise Major First peal in the method: 1, 2. First peal in the method on the bells. Comp. A Knights (No. 171) 1 C Kenneth Lewis 31 2 James Fernley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 John E Wheeldon DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary 4 Wilfred Stevenson Sat, 11th April 1936 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 5 James A Milner 5040 Treble Bob Minor 6 Lionel Clough (9m: (1) Charlwood Delight (2) St Albans, Wragby Delight (3) Charlwood, 7 William Fernley Neasden Delight (4) Capel, Oxford Treble Bob (5) Sandal, Oxford Treble 8 John Worth (C) Bob (6) London Scholars' Pleasure Treble Bob (7) Kingston, Oxford Treble Arranged for Mr J E Wheeldon who had not struck a blow in the method Bob) before starting the peal. 1 William Atkinson 2 C Kenneth Lewis 36 3 Adam T Marsland CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Ernest Bennett BUXTON, Derbyshire, St Peter, Fairfield 5 John Worth Sat, 6th June 1936 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 6 James A Milner (C) 5040 Treble Bob Minor Rung in honour of the wedding of Mr A Arden a member of the local band (9m: (1) Charlwood, Neasden Delight (2) St Albans, Wragby Delight (3) to Miss A Brown which took place at this church earlier in the day. Capel Treble Bob (4) Sandal Treble Bob (5) London Scholars' Pleasure Treble Bob (6) Kingston Treble Bob (7) Oxford Treble Bob) 32 1 Arthur Hibbert CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Robert Ashmore REDDISH, Lancashire, St Elisabeth 3 Fred Marsden Sat, 25th April 1936 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 12 cwt. 4 Alexander Richardson 5184 Bristol Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Arthur Knights (No. 171) 6 James A Milner (C) 1 Alfred Barnes First peal inside: 2. It is 41 years since Mr Ashmore started ringing. Rung in 2 William Fernley honour of the wedding of Mr E Ellison secretary of the local tower. There 3 C Kenneth Lewis were 8 changes of method. 4 James Fernley 5 James A Milner 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 7 Lionel Clough 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method on the bells.

4 37 41 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas BUXTON, Derbyshire, St Peter, Fairfield Sat, 20th June 1936 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Mon, 24th August 1936 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5040 Treble Bob Minor Comp. A Knights (No. 61) (7m: St Albans, Wragby, Neasden Delight; Sandal, Kingston, London 1 Richard E Jones Scholars' Pleasure, Oxford Treble Bob) 2 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Arthur Hibbert 3 James Fernley 2 Alexander Richardson 4 Walter W Wolstencroft 3 Adam T Marsland 5 James A Milner 4 Eric Ellison 6 Lionel Clough 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 John Worth (C) 6 James A Milner (C) Arranged for the wedding of PC S Hough of Knutsford to Miss I J Rung half muffled as a token of respect and esteen for Mr Robert Ashmore Williamson, which took place prior to the peal at the above church. The 'father of the local band', who was laid to rest earlier in the day at this church. bridgegroom is a member of the CDG. 42 38 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary Sat, 5th September 1936 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. Sat, 11th July 1936 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 5040 Treble Bob Minor 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (68m: (1) Chepstow, Rostherne, Balmoral, Wilmslow, Skipton, Knutsford, (30m: (1) Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone Delight (2) Ely, Fotheringay, Bogedone Delight; Hull, Bourne Surprise; Nelson Treble Crowland, Abbeyville, St Werburgh Delight (3) Combermere, Vale Royal Bob (2) Newdigate, Charlwood, Old Oxford, Neasden, College Bob IV, St Delight (4) Newdigate, Marple, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Albans, Wragby, Willesden, Braintree, Marple, Humber, Taxal, Clarence, Delight (5) Charlwood, Braintree, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (6) Elston Delight; Morning Star Treble Bob (3) Ockley, Capel, Duke of Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob (7) Norfolk, Sandal, College Exercise, London Scholars' Pleasure, Norbury, Ockley, Morning Star, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob; Carisbrooke, Donottar, Wath, Pontefract Bob; Disley Delight) Delight (4) Hexham, Surfleet, Berwick, Beverley, Primrose, Cambridge 1 Joseph Whittaker Surprise; Waltham, Burslem Delight (5) Kentish, Berkeley, Edinburgh, 2 William Fernley Pembroke, Oswald, Barham Delight; Waterford, Berwyn Treble Bob (6) 3 James A Milner Melandra, Castleton, Bucknall, Peveril, Beeston, Leasowe Delight (7) 4 C Kenneth Lewis Crowland, Canterbury, Abbeyville, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh) 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 1 James A Milner 6 John Worth (C) 2 James Fernley First peal in more than 7 methods: 1. There were 88 changes of method. The 3 C Kenneth Lewis thanks of the band are due to Mr W Fernley who stood in at the last moment. 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 39 6 John Worth (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD This is the greatest number of methods yet rung in seven true and complete MARKET DRAYTON, Shropshire, St Mary extents. There were 138 changes of method. Sat, 8th August 1936 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 43 Comp. Charles Middleton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Thomas Price MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 2 Wilfred Stevenson Sat, 10th October 1936 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Treble Bob Minor 4 William J Chester (23m: (1) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Morning Star, 5 James A Milner Norbury Treble Bob; Disley Delight (2) Marple, Taxal, Willesden Delight 6 William Weatherby (3) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV Delight (4) Braintree, Humber, 7 Alan M Hickman Wragby Delight (5) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans Delight (6) Capel, 8 John Worth (C) Sandal, Oxford Treble Bob (7) London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford First peal of Surprise Major: 1, 7. First peal of Surprise on the bells. Treble Bob) 1 Lionel Clough 40 2 Wilfred Stevenson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 John Worth MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 4 James A Milner Sat, 22nd August 1936 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 6 Arthur Whiting (66m: (1) Chepstow, Rostherne, Balmoral, Wilmslow, Skipton, Knutsford, 100th peal: 4. First peal in 23 methods: 6. First peal in 23 methods as Fotheringay, Bogedone, Ely Delight; Nelson Treble Bob (2) Charlwood, conductor. There were 57 changes of method. Newdigate, Neasden, Old Oxford, St Albans, College Bob IV, Wragby, Willesden, Braintree, Marple, Humber, Taxal, Clarence, Elston Delight; 44 Morning Star Treble Bob (3) Capel, Ockley, Sandal, Duke of Norfolk, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD London Scholars' Pleasure, College Exercise, Kingston, Norbury, Oxford NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Treble Bob; Carisbrooke, Donottar, Wath, Pontefract Delight (4) Hexham, Sat, 24th October 1936 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Surfleet, Berwick, Beverley, Primrose, Cambridge Surprise; Waltham, 5184 Bristol Surprise Major Burslem Delight (5) Kentish, Berkeley, Edinburgh, Pembroke, Oswald, Comp. A Knights (No. 56) Barham Delight; Waterford, Berwyn Treble Bob (6) Melandra, Peveril, 1 Richard E Jones Beeston, Leasowe, Castleton, Bucknall Delight (7) Crowland, Combermere, 2 Wilfred Stevenson Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville, Canterbury Delight) 3 James Fernley 1 James A Milner 4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 James Fernley 5 James A Milner 3 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Lionel Clough 4 Wilfred Stevenson 7 William Fernley 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 8 John Worth (C) 6 John Worth (C) Rung on the 11th anniversary of the opening of the bells. This is the greatest number of methods yet rung in seven true and complete extents. There were 138 changes of method.

5 45 50 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HYDE, Cheshire, St George ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter Sat, 31st October 1936 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Sat, 9th January 1937 in 3 hrs 14 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. 5024 Bristol Surprise Major 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. J S Wilde Comp. James S Wilde 1 C Kenneth Lewis 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 William Fernley 2 William Fernley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 4 Lionel Clough 5 James A Milner 5 James A Milner 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 Thomas G Hawkins 7 Lionel Clough 7 Walter W Wolstencroft 8 John Worth (C) 8 John Worth (C) This composition is now rung for the first time and contains the 6th the First peal in the method on the bells and first since their rehanging by Taylor extent right at 12 course ends. & Co. The 'go' of the bells leaves nothing to be desired.

46 51 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD STRETFORD, Lancashire, St Matthew NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 7th November 1936 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Sat, 16th January 1937 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5088 London Surprise Major 5600 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. James W Washbrook Comp. Charles Middleton 1 Joseph Whittaker 1 Joseph Whittaker 2 William Fernley 2 James Fernley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Alan D Steele 4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 James A Milner 5 James A Milner 6 Lionel Clough 6 Lionel Clough 7 Walter W Wolstencroft 7 William Fernley 8 John Worth (C) 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 1. First peal in the method on the bells. First peal inside in the method: 3.

47 52 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE & DISTRICT ASSOCIATION MOSSLEY, Lancashire, St George NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, Staffordshire, St Giles Sat, 14th November 1936 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Sat, 23rd January 1937 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Arthur Craven Comp. Charles Middleton 1 Joseph Whittaker 1 Alan D Steel 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 William Carnwell 3 Wilfred Stevenson 3 John E Wheeldon 4 Alan J Brown 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 5 Thomas Hurd 6 James A Milner 6 James A Milner 7 Lionel Clough 7 George W Biddulph 8 John Worth 8 John Worth First peal in the method: 1, 2, 4. First peal of Major as conductor. Rung as a compliment to Alderman Sydney Myott, now serving his third term as Mayor of Newcastle, his previous years of office being 1908-9 and 48 1935-6. He is an homary member of the association. First peal of Surprise as CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD conductor. NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 5th December 1936 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 53 5472 Superlative Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. T B Worsley MANCHESTER, Cathedral 1 William Fernley Sat, 20th February 1937 in 3 hrs 29 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. 2 James Fernley 5080 Kent Treble Bob Royal 3 Wilfred Stevenson Comp. Arthur Knights (No. 290) 4 C Kenneth Lewis 1 C Kenneth Lewis 5 James A Milner 2 William Fernley 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 3 James Fernley 7 Lionel Clough 4 James A Milner 8 John Worth (C) 5 Harry Parker 6 Lionel Clough 49 7 David Vincent CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 John Worth (C) SUTTON, Macclesfield, Cheshire, St James 9 Walter W Wolstencroft Sat, 2nd January 1937 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 10 Charles H Page 5040 Treble Bob Minor This composition is now rung for the first time. Arranged for the conductor's (35m: (1) Chepstow, Balmoral, Fotheringay, Skipton, Dover Delight (2) 27th birthday. Rostherne, Wilmslow, Bogedone, Knutsford, Ely Delight (3) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville Delight (4) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden, Marple Delight (5) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby, Braintree Delight (6) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Morning Star Treble Bob (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob) 1 James A Milner 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Thomas Taylor 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 John Worth (C) 50th peal: 2. First peal in 35 methods: 3. There were 52 changes of method.

6 54 59 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION TAXAL, Cheshire, St James MILES PLATTING, Manchester, St John the Evangelist Sat, 27th February 1937 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Mon, 29th March 1937 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5040 Treble Bob Minor 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major (5m: (1) Capel (2-3) Sandal (4) London Scholars' Pleasure (5) London Comp. W Harrison Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford (6) Kingston (7) Oxford) 1 Joseph Hall 1 Cyril Bowden 2 William Brammer 2 Arthur Hibbert 3 Herbert McKinnell 3 Alan J Brown 4 Joseph Saunders 4 Joseph Whittaker 5 Frank Reynolds 5 James A Milner 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Alan J Brown First peal attempt: 1. First peal in 5 methods inside: 2. First peal in 5 8 David Vincent methods: 3. Alan Brown had never rung four of the methods prior to starting First peal of Kent Major: 3, 5. First peal on eight bells: 4. for the peal. 60 55 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WARBURTON, Cheshire, St Werburgh NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 3rd April 1937 in 3 hrs 19 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Sat, 6th March 1937 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. Arthur Knights Comp. W Sottanstall 1 Joseph Whittaker 1 James Fernley 2 James Fernley 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Frank Bonner 4 William Fernley 4 William Fernley 5 James A Milner 5 James A Milner 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 7 Lionel Clough 7 Lionel Clough 8 John Worth (C) 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 1. First peal of Major on the bells. First peal of Kent Major: 2. First peal attempt: 3. 61 56 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD SALFORD, Lancashire, Sacred Trinity SUTTON, Cheshire, St James Tue, 20th April 1937 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Sat, 13th March 1937 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 1 George A Bell (25m: (1) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville 2 Frank Reynolds Delight (2) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden, Marple 3 John Hassell Delight (3) Charlwood, Braintree Delight (4) Neasden, St Albans, Wragby 4 Herbert McKinnell Delight (5) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Morning 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Star Treble Bob (6) Capel, Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob (7) Sandal, 6 Alan J Brown London Scholars' Pleasure, Oxford Treble Bob) First peal attempt: 1. First peal inside: 3. Rung as a birthday compliment to 1 Joseph Whittaker Master Peter David Vincent. 2 John Worth 3 Thomas Taylor 62 4 Wilfred Stevenson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 6 James A Milner Sat, 1st May 1937 in 3 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. There were 54 changes of method. Rung as a birthday compliment to the 6176 Bristol Surprise Major treble ringer. First peal in 25 methods as conductor. Comp. James S Wilde 1 Joseph Whittaker 57 2 William Fernley LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 3 Wilfred Stevenson GORTON, Manchester, Brookfield Unitarian 4 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 20th March 1937 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 5024 Bristol Surprise Major 6 James Fernley Comp. James S Wilde 7 James A Milner 1 William Fernley 8 John Worth (C) 2 Wilfred Stevenson Rung in honour of the forthcoming Coronation. A birthday compliment to 3 James Fernley the ringer of the 7th. Longest length in the method by all the band. This 4 C Kenneth Lewis composition, which contains the 6th its extent wrong and right in 5-6 at 12 5 James A Milner course ends, is now rung for the first time. 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 7 Lionel Clough 63 8 John Worth (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD This composition is now rung for the first time. First peal of Surprise on the NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas bells. Sat, 8th May 1937 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 58 Comp. Charles Middleton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Wilfred Stevenson MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 2 Frank Bonner Sat, 27th March 1937 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. 3 James Fernley 5040 Minor 4 Walter W Wolstencroft (7m: College, St Clement's, Double Bob, Reverse Bob, Canterbury Pleasure 5 James A Milner Bob, Fulbeck Bob, Plain Bob) 6 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Eric Wrigley 7 William Fernley 2 Arthur Hibbert 8 John Worth (C) 3 Alan J Brown First peal attempt of Surprise: 2. Rung in honour of the Coronation. 4 Arthur Whiting 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 James A Milner First peal: 1. First peal inside of 7 methods: 2. First peal of 7 methods: 3. Rung on the occasion of the wedding of Mr J Costigan, a member of the local band, which took place at this church prior to the peal. 7 64 69 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD SALFORD, Lancashire, Sacred Trinity KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist Tue, 11th May 1937 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Fri, 21st May 1937 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5040 Minor 5040 Minor (3m: 2 extents Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) (3m: 3 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 1 extent Plain Bob) 1 Harold Hollingsworth 1 David Vincent 2 William Brammer 2 John Hassell 3 Alan J Brown 3 Norman Hough 4 Christopher Gudgeon 4 Frank Reynolds 5 Frank Reynolds 5 Alan J Brown 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal in 3 methods: 1. First peal in 3 methods inside: 2.

65 70 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin BOLTON, Lancashire, Holy Trinity Wed, 12th May 1937 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. Mon, 24th May 1937 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. 5040 Treble Bob Minor 5040 Stedman Triples (5m: (1) Capel, Kingston (2) Capel, London Scholars' Pleasure (3) Capel, Comp. Thurstans' Four-part Sandal (4) Sandal (5) London Scholars' Pleasure (6) Kingston (7) Oxford) 1 Arthur Heywood 1 William Atkinson 2 Thomas B Worsley 2 Arthur Hibbert 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 William Pye 4 Albert Bancroft 5 Peter Crook Sen 5 Thomas Ramsey 6 Peter Crook_Jun 6 James A Milner (C) 7 Christopher Gudgeon (C) First peal in 5 methods: 5. 8 James Turner 50th peal: 6. 66 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 71 MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Wed, 12th May 1937 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 5040 Doubles Sat, 5th June 1937 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. (2m: 30 extents Grandsire; 12 extents Plain Bob) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 1 Mrs F Osbaldiston Comp. William Pye 2 Samuel Graham 1 Joseph Whittaker 3 Eric Wigley 2 William Fernley 4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Norman Heaps 5 Arthur Whiting (C) 4 James Fernley 6 Frank Osbaldiston 5 C Kenneth Lewis First peal attempt: 1, 6. First peal inside: 3. First peal as conductor. First 6 James A Milner peal of Doubles by all the band. This is the first peal on the bells rung by an 7 Christopher Gudgeon entirely local band. 8 Wilfred Stevenson 9 Lionel Clough 67 10 John Worth (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal on 10 bells: 1. First peal of Surprise Royal: 2, 4, 5, 6, 9. REDDISH, Lancashire, St Elisabeth Sat, 15th May 1937 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 72 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Comp. J S Wilde SALFORD, Lancashire, Sacred Trinity 1 Alfred Barnes Tue, 8th June 1937 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 2 James Fernley 5040 Minor 3 Stanley Noble (4m: (1) Oxford, Kingston Treble Bob (2) Kingston Treble Bob (3) Oxford 4 Joseph Whittaker Treble Bob (4,5) Kent Treble Bob (6,7) Plain Bob) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Harold Hollingsworth 6 Alan J Brown 2 John Hassell 7 James A Milner 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 William Fernley 4 Herbert McKinnell First peal of Major inside: 3. 5 Norman Heaps 6 Alan J Brown 68 First peal in 4m: 1, 2, 4, 5. Rung after meeting short for Major, F Reynods LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION kindly stepping down. ST HELENS, Lancashire, St Helen Mon, 17th May 1937 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5040 Little Bob Royal Comp. Christopher Gudgeon 1 John Booth 2 Joseph Leatherbarrow 3 John Potter 4 James W Grounds 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Stanley N Harrison 7 Harry W Howard 8 Cecil Raddon 9 Joseph Ridyard 10 Christopher Gudgeon (C)

8 73 77 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE & DISTRICT ASSOCIATION BUXTON, Derbyshire, St Peter, Fairfield UTTOXETER, Staffordshire, St Mary Sat, 12th June 1937 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Thu, 24th June 1937 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5120 Staffordshire Surprise Major (73m: (1) Kentish, Berkeley, Edinburgh, Pembroke, Oswald, Barham, Comp. Arr C Kenneth Lewis Melandra, Beeston, Chelsea, Peveril, Leasowe Delight; Waterford, Berwyn 1 Alan D Steel Treble Bob (2) Chepstow, Rostherne, Morning Star, Wilmslow, Skipton, 2 William Carnwell Knutsford, Fotheringay, Bogedone, Ely Delight; Hull, Bourne Surprise, 3 John E Wheeldon Nelson Treble Bob (3) Charlwood, Newdigate, Neasden, Old Oxford, St 4 Thomas Hurd Albans, College Bob IV, Wragby, Willesden, Braintree, Marple, Humber, 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Taxal, Clarence, Elston Delight; Morning Star Treble Bob (4) Capel, 6 Wilfred Stevenson Ockley, Sandal, Duke of Norfolk, London Scholars' Pleasure, College 7 James A Milner Exercise, Kingston, Norbury, Oxford Treble Bob; Carisbrooke, Donottar, 8 John Worth Wath, Pontefract Delight (5) Hexham, Surfleet, Berwick, Beverley, First peal in the method: 1, 5, 7. 200th peal: 8. The first peal in the method Primrose, Cambridge Surprise, Waltham, Burslem Delight (6) Rossendale, by the Association within its own territory. Lightfoot, Stamford, Wearmouth, Annable's London, Netherseale Surprise (7) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville, 78 Canterbury Delight) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 James A Milner NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 2 James Fernley Sat, 26th June 1937 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5120 Plain Bob Major 4 Wilfred Stevenson Comp. J S Wilde 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 1 James Fernley 6 John Worth 2 Mrs James Fernley This is the greatest number of methods yet rung in 7 true and complete 3 Frank Bonner extents, and is also the maximum number of Treble Bob methods which can 4 C Kenneth Lewis be spliced into seven extents. 142 changes of method. 5 Joseph Whittaker 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 74 7 James A Milner LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 8 John Worth (C) MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist First peal attempt: 2. First peal in the method: 3, 4, 5. Rung as a birthday Tue, 15th June 1937 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. compliment to the Revd F Bonner. Mrs Fernley taking a rope at short notice. 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Comp. Thomas B Worsley 79 1 Oswald J Hunt CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 James Fernley PRESTBURY, Cheshire, St Peter 3 Alan J Brown Sat, 10th July 1937 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 4 Christopher Gudgeon 5040 Grandsire Triples 5 Thomas B Worsley (C) Comp. Matthew's 12 part 6 David Vincent 1 Joseph Whittaker 7 C Kenneth Lewis 2 James Fernley 8 Norman Heaps 3 Thomas Potts Rung for the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Norman Heaps. 4 Walter W Wolstencroft 5 C Kenneth Lewis 75 6 James A Milner CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 John Worth (C) BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 8 Ernest Furbank Wed, 16th June 1937 in 3 hrs 31 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. First peal in the method: 1, 5. 5056 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. J Lockwood 80 1 David Vincent CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 John Hassell GREAT BUDWORTH, Cheshire, St Mary & All Saints 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 7th August 1937 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 4 Frank Reynolds 5184 Cambridge Surprise Major 5 Herbert McKinnell Comp. Heywood's variation of Middleton's 6 Sidney Hough Sen 1 Joseph Whittaker 7 Alan J Brown 2 Frank Bonner 8 William Shuker 3 James Fernley First peal of Major: 2. First peal on the bells. 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Harry Parker 76 6 Wilfred Stevenson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 James A Milner DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 8 John Worth (C) Sat, 19th June 1937 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. First peal of Surprise: 5. First peal of Surprise on the bells. 5040 Treble Bob Minor (9m: (1) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans Delight (2) St Albans, Wragby, 81 Charlwood Delight (3) Capel Treble Bob (4) Sandal Treble Bob (5) London CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Scholars' Pleasure (6) Kingston Treble Bob (7) Oxford Treble Bob) NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 1 William Atkinson Sat, 14th August 1937 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 2 Frank Bonner 5184 Bristol Surprise Major 3 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Thomas B Worsley 4 Albert Bancroft 1 Frank Bonner 5 Eric Ellison 2 Thomas B Worsley (C) 6 James A Milner (C) 3 James Fernley First peal in 9 methods: 2, 4. 9 changes of methods. Rung to commemorate 4 C Kenneth Lewis the centernary of the installation of the present peal of bells. 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 William Fernley 7 James A Milner 8 John Worth First peal in the method as conductor. A birthday compliment to Miss Ethel Fernley.

9 82 86 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Sat, 21st August 1937 in 2 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. Mon, 18th October 1937 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (19m: (1) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury (2) (23m: (1) Norbury, Morning Star, Disley (2) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, Newdigate, Old Oxford (3) College Bob IV, Willesden, Marple (4) College Exercise (3) Marple, Taxal, Willesden (4) Old Oxford, College Bob Charlwood, Neasden (5) St Albans, Wragby, Braintree (6) Capel, Sandal (7) IV, Newdigate (5) Braintree, Humber, Wragby (6) Neasden, St Albans, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford) Charlwood (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston) 1 Frank Bonner 1 James Fernley 2 John Worth 2 Frank Bonner 3 Joseph Whittaker 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Albert Bancroft 4 Albert Bancroft 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 John Worth 6 James A Milner (C) 6 James A Milner First peal in 19 methods: 1, 4. First peal in 19 methods as conductor. 21 First peal in 23 methods: 2. Rung fully muffled as a last token of respect and changes of method. esteem for Mr H Haythorn, a valued member of the local band and Guild. 72 changes of method. 83 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 87 CHURCH LAWTON, Cheshire, All Saints CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 18th September 1937 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Sat, 23rd October 1937 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Comp. Arthur Knights 5040 Stedman Triples 1 Walter Longman Comp. Heywood's Transposition 2 Frank Bonner 1 James Fernley 3 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Frank Bonner 4 James Fernley 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5 William Fernley 4 William Fernley 6 James A Milner 5 James A Milner 7 Lionel Clough 6 Lionel Clough 8 John Worth (C) 7 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 1. First peal in the method on the bells. Rung in 8 Joseph Whittaker honour of the wedding, earlier in the day, of Mr G Biddulph, a member of the local band. 88 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 84 MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Virgin Mary, SS George & Denys CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 4th December 1937 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 5003 Grandsire Caters Sat, 25th September 1937 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 12 cwt. Comp. W T Elson 5024 London Surprise Major 1 Wilfred Stevenson Comp. W Harrison 2 Frank Bonner 1 James Fernley 3 James Fernley 2 James A Milner 4 William Fernley 3 Frank Bonner 5 James A Milner 4 William Fernley 6 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 John Worth (C) 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 8 David Vincent 7 Lionel Clough 9 Samuel Jones jun 8 John Worth (C) 10 Lionel Clough A birthday peal to the conductor's wife. First peal in the method: 2, 10. First peal of Grandsire Caters: 3, 4, 5, 6.

85 89 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD POYNTON, Cheshire, St George ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter Sat, 9th October 1937 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Mon, 13th December 1937 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5088 London Surprise Major (17m: (1) Ockley, Norbury (2) Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise (3) Old Comp. James W Washbrook Oxford, College Bob IV (4) Newdigate, Willesden (5) Charlwood, Wragby 1 Wilfred Stevenson (6) Neasden, St Albans (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, 2 William Fernley Kingston, Oxford) 3 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Arthur Hibbert 4 James Fernley 2 Frank Bonner 5 James A Milner 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth (C) 4 Albert Bancroft 7 Lionel Clough 5 Eric Ellison 8 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 James A Milner First peal in 17 methods inside: 2. First peal in 17 methods: 5. First peal on 90 the bells. 42 changes of method. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER, Cheshire, Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary Sat, 18th December 1937 in 3 hrs 24 mins. Tenor 30 cwt. 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal Comp. John Cater 1 Robert Sperring (C) 2 Walter J Battle 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Harry Parker 5 John E Bibby 6 John Cook 7 James Morgan 8 Richard D Langford 9 George W Biddulph 10 John Worth First peal of Royal: 2. First peal on the bells since they were augmented to ten by the Guild in celebration of the Jubilee. 250th peal: 7.

10 91 95 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints FAIRFIELD, Buxton, Derbyshire, St Peter Sat, 8th January 1938 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. Sat, 26th February 1938 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (25m: (1) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville (35m: (1) Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay, Dover Delight (2) Delight (2) Ockley, Morning Star Treble Bob (3) Duke of Norfolk, College Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone, Ely Delight (3) Crowland, Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (4) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville Delight (4) Newdigate, Willesden, Marple Delight (5) Charlwood, Braintree Delight (6) Neasden, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden, Marple Delight (5) Charlwood, St Albans, Wragby Delight (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby, Braintree Delight (6) Ockley, Duke of Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob) Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Morning Star Treble Bob(7) Capel, 1 Norman Meakin Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob) 2 Ernest Bennett 1 James A Milner 3 Thomas Taylor 2 Joseph Whittaker 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Joseph Whittaker 4 Ernest Bennett 6 James A Milner 5 Walter W Wolstencroft First peal in 23 methods: 1. First peal in 23 methods inside: 5. 52 changes of 6 John Worth method. First peal in 35 methods. 53 changes of method.

92 96 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Sat, 12th February 1938 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. Sat, 5th March 1938 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5040 Treble Bob Minor (17m: (1) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk Treble Bob (2) College Exercise, (19m: (1) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob Norbury Treble Bob (3) Willesden, Newdigate Delight (4) Old Oxford, (2) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Delight (3) Marple College Bob IV Delight (5) St Albans, Charlwood Delight (6) Neasden, Delight (4) Braintree Delight (5) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Wragby Delight (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Delight (6) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob Oxford Treble Bob) (7) Oxford Treble Bob) 1 Mrs J Fernley 1 Cyril Bowden 2 James Fernley 2 Albert Bancroft 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Thomas Taylor 4 Albert Bancroft 4 Joseph Whittaker 5 Wilfred Wilde 5 Wilfred Wilde 6 James A Milner (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of Minor: 1. First peal in 19 methods: 1. 19 changes of method.

93 97 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas FAIRFIELD, Buxton, Derbyshire, St Peter Sat, 19th February 1938 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 12th March 1938 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 5040 Minor Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (2m: 4 extents Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 1 R Edward Jones 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Frank Bonner 2 Eric Ellison 3 Frank Twigg 3 Alexander Richardson 4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Roy Phillips 5 William Fernley 5 George Ashmore 6 Lionel Clough 6 James A Milner 7 James A Milner First peal attempt: 5. 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 2, 3. Rung as a 28th birthday compliment to the 98 conductor. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD TAXAL, Cheshire, St James 94 Sat, 19th March 1938 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St Mary (25m: Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville Thu, 24th February 1938 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Delight (2) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Newbury, Morning 5079 Stedman Caters Star Treble Bob (3) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden, Comp. Charles W Roberts Marple Delight (4) Charlwood, Braintree (5) Neasden, St Albans, Wragby 1 James Fernley Delight (6) Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob (7) 2 Jack Tipper Capel, Oxford Treble Bob) 3 Frank Bonner 1 Joseph Whittaker 4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Frank Bonner 5 Edward Jackson 3 Thomas Taylor 6 James A Milner 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 David Vincent 5 Wilfred Wilde 8 Allen S Gordon 6 James A Milner 9 John Worth (C) First peal in 25 methods: 2. 80 changes of method. 10 Norman Heaps First peal of Stedman Caters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. A birthday compliment to Mrs N Heaps.

11 99 104 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD SUTTON, Cheshire, St James NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire St Thomas Sat, 26th March 1938 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Sat, 28th May 1938 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5088 Superlative Surprise Major (39m: (1) Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay, Dover Delight (2) Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone, Ely Delight (3) Crowland, 1 Joseph Whittaker Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville, Canterbury Delight (4) 2 James Fernley Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden, Marple, Taxal Delight 3 Frank Bonner (5) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby, Braintree, Humber Delight (6) 4 C Kenneth Lewis Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Morning Star, Disley 5 William Fernley Delight (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford 6 Walter W Wolstencroft Treble Bob) 7 James A Milner 1 James A Milner 8 John Worth (C) 2 John Worth First peal in the method: 3. 200th peal for the Guild: 8. 3 Thomas Taylor 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 105 5 Joseph Whittaker CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Ernest Bennett REDDISH, Lancashire, St Elisabeth First peal in 39 methods: 3, 5, 6. 100th peal: 4. 25th peal as conductor. 110 Sat, 4th June 1938 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. changes of method. A 21st birthday compliment to J Whittaker. 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. H Law James 100 1 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 William Fernley NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 3 Frank Bonner Sat, 2nd April 1938 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 4 James Fernley 5088 Rochester Surprise Major 5 Lionel Clough Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 6 Ernest Bennett 1 C Kenneth Lewis 7 James A Milner 2 William Fernley 8 John Worth (C) 3 James Fernley 4 Frank Bonner 106 5 Ernest Bennett CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 James A Milner NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 7 Lionel Clough Sat, 2nd July 1938 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 8 John Worth (C) 5152 London Surprise Major First peal in the method by all the band and in the county. Comp. T B Worsley 1 Joseph Whittaker 101 2 Lionel Clough CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Frank Bonner ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 4 James Fernley Sat, 9th April 1938 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5184 Rochester Surprise Major 6 Walter W Wolstencroft Comp. W Harrison 7 James A Milner 1 William Fernley 8 John Worth (C) 2 Frank Bonner A birthday compliment to Revd F Bonner. 3 Lionel Clough 4 Walter W Wolstencroft 107 5 John Worth (C) LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 6 C Kenneth Lewis MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 7 James A Milner Tue, 12th July 1938 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 8 Ernest Bennett 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major First peal in the method: 4. First peal in the method inside: 6. First peal in Comp. C Kenneth Lewis the method on the bells. 1 Alfred Barnes 2 William Brammer 102 3 William Shuker CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Albert Ford NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 16th April 1938 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 6 Herbert A McKinnell 5088 London Surprise Major 7 John Hassell Comp. James W Washbrook 8 Frank Reynolds 1 William E Fletcher First peal in the method: 4. Rung for the Manchester centenary celebrations. 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Lionel Clough 4 Frank Bonner 5 Percy Swindley 6 John Worth (C) 7 James A Milner 8 Ernest Bennett First peal in the method: 1.

103 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LYMM, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Sat, 23rd April 1938 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. H Law James 1 Joseph Whittaker 2 Ernest Bennett 3 James Fernley 4 Frank Bonner 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 7 Jack L Millhouse 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method on the bells. 12 108 113 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Sat, 16th July 1938 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. Sat, 13th August 1938 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Spliced Minor 5040 Minor (84m: Freiston, Candlesby, Butterwick, Tattershall, Benington, Langton, (20m: (1) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Morning Frampton, Alford, Denton, Poynton, Sutton, Chelford, Wrangle, Leake Star Treble Bob (2) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden, Alliance, Bastow Little Court (2) Double Oxford Bob, London Bob, Lytham Marple Delight (3) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (4) Bob, Thelwall Bob, St Clement's Bob, College, Childwall Bob, Wavertree Capel, Kingston Treble Bob (5) Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure Treble College, Fulbeck Bob, Canterbury Pleasure Bob, Double Bob, Reverse Bob, Bob (6) Oxford Treble Bob (7) Kent Treble Bob) Plain Bob (3) Rostherne, Chepstow, Wilmslow, Balmoral, Knutsford, 1 Charles W Lawton Skipton, Bogedone, Fotheringay, Ely Delight; Nelson Treble Bob; Bourne, 2 Miss E M P Fethers Hull Surprise (4) Newdigate, Charlwood, Old Oxford, Neasden, College 3 Thomas Taylor Bob IV, St Albans, Willesden, Wragby, Marple, Braintree, Taxal, Humber, 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Elston, Clarence Delight; Morning Star Treble Bob (5) Ockley, Capel, Duke 5 Joseph Whittaker of Norfolk, Sandal, College Exercise, London Scholars' Pleasure, Norbury, 6 James A Milner Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob; Carisbrooke, Donottar, Pontefract, Wath First peal in 20 methods: 1. 27 changes of method. Delight (6) Surfleet, Hexham, Beverley, Berwick, Cambridge, Primrose Surprise; Burslem, Waltham Delight (7) Berkeley, Kentish, Pembroke, 114 Edinburgh, Barham, Oswald Delight; Berwyn, Waterford Treble Bob) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 James A Milner MOTTRAM IN LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael 2 James Fernley Sat, 20th August 1938 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5280 London Surprise Major 4 Ernest Bennett Comp. J W Parker 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 1 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 2 James Fernley The greatest number of methods yet rung to seven true and complete extents. 3 Frank Bonner 178 changes of method. Denton, Poynton, Sutton and Chelford Alliance 4 James A Milner rung for the first time. 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 William Fernley 109 7 John Worth (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Ernest Bennett NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas First peal in the method on the bells. Sat, 23rd July 1938 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5120 Plain Bob Major 115 Comp. J S Wilde LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 1 C Kenneth Lewis MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 2 Arnold Worth Sat, 27th August 1938 in 3 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 3 John Worth 5082 Grandsire Cinques 4 Frank Bonner Comp. Peter Crook 5 Eric B Harkley 1 C Kenneth Lewis 6 James A Milner 2 John Mulliner 7 James Fernley (C) 3 Albert Ford 8 Lionel Clough 4 Peter Crook First peal: 2. First peal as conductor. 5 William Pye 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 110 7 Andrew Thompson LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 8 John Worth (C) MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 9 Frank Yates Tue, 2nd August 1938 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 10 Frederick R Williams 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major 11 Richard Benson Comp. J Reeves 12 James Turner & George Pye 1 Joseph Hall First attempt for a twelve-bell peal: 1, 2, 3, 7, 9. First peal of Cinques: 4. 2 David Vincent First twelve-bell peal as conductor. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Herbert McKinnell 116 5 William Brammer LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 6 John Hassell MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 7 Joseph Ridyard Tue, 20th September 1938 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 12 cwt. 8 Norman Heaps 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Major Rung for the anniversary of the tenor ringer's wedding. 1 George A Bell 2 Herbert McKinnell 111 3 John Hassell CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 5 William Brammer Mon, 8th August 1938 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 6 William Pye 5184 Bristol Surprise Major 7 William Shuker Comp. Arthur Knights (No. 171) 8 Frank Reynolds 1 Joseph Whittaker First peal of Major: 1. First peal in the method: 2, 3, 6, 8. First peal in the 2 Frank Bonner method on the bells. 3 James A Milner 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 William Fernley 7 Lionel Clough 8 John Worth (C)

112 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry Sat, 13th August 1938 in 2 hrs 26 mins. Tenor size 13. 5040 Plain Bob Doubles 1-2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Ivan B Gardiner First peal in hand: 3-4. First peal of Plain Bob Doubles by all. 13 117 121 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary the Virgin GORTON, Manchester, Lancashire, Brookfield Church Sat, 1st October 1938 in 3 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. Sat, 10th December 1938 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5088 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 5040 Little Bob Major Comp. John Worth Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 William Fernley 1 John Worth 2 James Fernley 2 Edward F Mawby 3 Vernon Sykes 3 James A Milner 4 Ernest Bennett 4 Alfred W Frost 5 Herbert Davenport 5 Alan J Brown 6 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Frank Reynolds 7 Walter W Wolstencroft 7 Joseph Whittaker 8 Joseph Whittaker 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9 Albert Ford Rung for the 235th anniversary of the old Gorton Chapel. First peal in the 10 James A Milner method by all. 11 Charles H Page 12 John Worth (C) 122 First peal on 12 bells: 1, 8. First peal of Maximus: 2, 3, 6, 9. First peal on 12 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD tower bells: 4. First peal of Maximus in the method: 12. First peal of STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St Mary Maximus as conductor. Mon, 26th December 1938 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5021 Grandsire Caters 118 Comp. W Walmsley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 2 Arnold Worth Sat, 8th October 1938 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 3 Frank Reynolds 5088 London Surprise Major 4 Jack Tipper Comp. James W Washbrook 5 Joseph Whittaker 1 Joseph Whittaker 6 Albert Ford 2 C Kenneth Lewis 7 John Worth 3 Frank Bonner 8 Allen S Gordon 4 Walter W Wolstencroft 9 Lionel Clough 5 William Fernley 10 James A Milner 6 Charles Sharples First peal of Grandsire Caters: 2, 5. First peal of Caters as conductor. 7 James A Milner 8 John Worth (C) 123 First peal in the method: 6. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 119 Mon, 26th December 1938 in 3 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5016 Plain Bob Maximus REDDISH, Lancashire, St Elisabeth Comp. John Reeves Sat, 22nd October 1938 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 1 C Kenneth Lewis 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 2 William Fernley Comp. H Johnson 3 James A Milner 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Wilfred Matthews 2 William Fernley 5 Alan D Steele 3 G Leonard Burgess 6 Frank Reynolds 4 Frank Bonner 7 Lionel Clough 5 Charles Ollier 8 Albert Ford 6 Joseph Whittaker 9 Joseph Whittaker 7 James A Milner 10 David Vincent 8 Peter Laflin 11 George W Biddulph First peal in the method: 3. 12 John Worth (C) First peal in the method on 12 bells: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9. First peal on 12 bells: 5, 6, 120 7, 11. First peal of Maximus: 10. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 124 Sat, 5th November 1938 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5056 Bristol Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Comp. G R Pye Tue, 27th December 1938 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 1 Joseph Whittaker 5040 Plain Bob Doubles 2 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Ivan B Gardiner 3 Frank Bonner 2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 4 Walter W Wolstencroft 3 Samuel Graham 5 John Worth (C) 4 Wilfred Wilde 6 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 William Fernley First peal on tower bells: 1, 2. 8 James A Milner Rung as a birthday compliment to Mr G Sellars, verger at St Thomas, and 125 for the 30th anniversary of the opening of the eight bells. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry Fri, 30th December 1938 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor size 14. 5040 Grandsire Doubles 1-2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Ivan B Gardiner First peal of Grandsire Doubles by all.

14 126 131 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas DAVENHAM, Cheshire, St Wilfrid Sat, 31st December 1938 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Mon, 13th March 1939 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5120 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 5040 Plain Bob Minor Comp. T B Worsley 1 Harry W Howard 1 Joseph Whittaker 2 Herbert McKinnell 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Harry Parker 3 Albert Ford 4 John Hassell 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 William Fernley 6 David Vincent 6 James A Milner 7 Lionel Clough 132 8 John Worth LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION First peal in the method: 3. MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall Sat, 18th March 1939 in 3 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 127 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. John Worth DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 7th January 1939 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 2 James Fernley 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 3 William Robinson (20m: (1) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden, Marple 4 James A Milner Delight (2) Charlwood, Neasden, Braintree Delight (3) St Albans, Wragby 5 William Fernley Delight (4) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, Morning Star Treble Bob (5) College 6 Andrew Thompson Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (6) London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston 7 Lionel Clough Treble Bob (7) Capel, Sandal, Oxford Treble Bob) 8 Albert Ford 1 Harry Parker 9 Frederick R Williams 2 Albert Bancroft 10 Charles H Page 3 Thomas Taylor 11 Richard Benson 4 John Worth (C) 12 John Worth (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis First peal of Maximus: 3, 6, 11. First peal in the method on twelve bells: 7. 6 James A Milner First peal of Maximus on the bells. First peal in more than one method: 1. 70 changes of method. 133 128 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD POYNTON, Cheshire, St George SANDBACH, Cheshire, St Mary Sat, 25th March 1939 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Sat, 11th February 1939 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5024 Bristol Surprise Major 1 Ivan B Gardiner Comp. J S Wilde 2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 1 Joseph Whittaker 3 Arnold Worth 2 Ernest Bennett 4 Harry Parker 3 Frank Bonner 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 William Fernley 6 Joseph Whittaker 5 James Fernley First peal of Minor: 1, 2. First peal of Bob Minor inside: 4. 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 James A Milner 134 8 John Worth (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 129 Sat, 8th April 1939 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints (3m: 2 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) Sat, 18th February 1939 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. 1 Ivan B Gardiner 5040 Minor 2 Jocelyn B Gardiner (3m: 3 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 1 extent Plain Bob) 3 Thomas Taylor 1 Frank Walters 4 Frank Bonner 2 Albert Bancroft 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Joseph Whittaker 4 Wilfred Wilde First peal in more than one method: 1, 2. First attempt for Treble Bob: 1, 2. 5 Edmund Walters Rung on the occasion of the retirement of Mrs J B Wood, of the local band, 6 James A Milner after 55 years of devoted service. First peal, and first attempt at Kent: 1, 5. 135 130 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD AMBLESIDE, Westmorland, St Mary NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Mon, 10th April 1939 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 32 cwt. Sat, 25th February 1939 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5024 London Surprise Major 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. G Lindoff Comp. Frank Bennett 1 Thomas B Worsley 1 Joseph Whittaker 2 George R Newton 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 James Fernley 4 Edwin Jennings 4 Frank Bonner 5 Ralph G Edwards 5 William Fernley 6 Frank Varty 6 James A Milner 7 John Worth 7 Tom Wilde 8 James C E Simpson (C) 8 John Worth (C) First peal of London: 5. First peal of London in Westmorland.

15 136 141 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD SALFORD, Lancashire, Sacred Trinity MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints', Belfry Thu, 13th April 1939 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Sat, 27th May 1939 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5040 Plain Bob Minor Comp. J E Burton 1-2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 1 George Pye 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Harold Hollingworth 5-6 Ivan B Gardiner 3 Frank Reynolds First peal of Minor in hand by all the band. 4 George A Bell 5 William Brammer 142 6 Burley Walshaw CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 William Shuker NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 10th June 1939 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. First peal on the bells since rehanging. 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 137 1 Jocelyn B Gardiner CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Joseph Whittaker TAXAL, Cheshire, St James 3 James Fernley Sat, 15th April 1939 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Minor 5 William Fernley (29m: (1) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville, 6 Peter Laflin Canterbury (2) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden, Marple, 7 James A Milner Taxal (3) Wragby, Braintree, Humber (4) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans 8 John Worth (C) (5) Ockley, Morning Star, Disley (6) Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, First peal of Major with a Treble Bob bell: 1. First peal in the method: 2, 4, Norbury (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford) 6, 7. 1 Albert Bancroft 2 John Worth 143 3 Thomas Taylor LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) SALFORD, Lancashire, Sacred Trinity 5 Joseph Whittaker Tue, 13th June 1939 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 6 James A Milner 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Comp. H W Wilde 138 1 Harold Hollingworth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 David Vincent DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 3 John Hassell Sat, 29th April 1939 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 4 Frank Reynolds 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5 Herbert McKinnell 1 Jocelyn B Gardiner 6 Joseph Ridyard 2 Ivan B Gardiner 7 Alan J Brown (C) 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 C Kenneth Lewis 4 J Anthony Beaumont First peal in the method: 1, 5. First peal in the method as conductor. 5 Albert Bancroft 6 James A Milner 144 First peal away from the treble: 2. First peal: 4. First peal of Bob Minor: 5. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Rung as a welcome to Revd Frank Bonner, who has just commenced duties MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints as a curate at Disley. Also as a birthday compliment to J A Milner. Sat, 17th June 1939 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Minor 139 (39m: (1) Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Chepstow Delight (2) Ely, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight (3) Canterbury, FAIRFIELD, Buxton, Derbyshire, St Peter Abbeyville, Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (4) Sat, 13th May 1939 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Taxal, Marple, Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Delight 5040 Minor (5) Humber, Braintree, Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (6) (9m: (1) Wragby (2) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, (3) Capel, Kingston, Disley Delight; Morning Star, Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, (4) London Scholars' Pleasure, (5) Sandal, (6) Kingston, (7) Oxford) Norbury Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, 1 Frank Bonner Kingston Treble Bob) 2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 1 Jocelyn B Gardiner 3 Eric Ellison 2 Frank Bonner 4 Albert Bancroft 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 John Worth 6 James A Milner 5 Joseph Whittaker First peal in 9 methods: 2. Rung in connection with the centenary 6 James A Milner celebrations at this church. First peal in 39 methods: 1, 2. 65 changes of method. Rung in honour of the birth of a daughter to the Revd F S Spackman, Vicar of this parish, and Mrs 140 Spackman. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD FAIRFIELD, Buxton, Derbyshire, St Peter Sat, 20th May 1939 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5040 Minor (17m: (1) Ockley, Norbury (2) Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, (3) Newdigate, Willesden, (4) Old Oxford, College Bob IV, (5) Charlwood, Wragby, (6) Neasden, St Albans, (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford) 1 Albert Bancroft 2 Frank Bonner 3 Thomas Taylor 4 Eric Ellison 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 James A Milner Rung in connection with the centenary celebrations at this church. 49 changes of method.

16 145 149 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin POYNTON, Cheshire, St George Sat, 24th June 1939 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. Sat, 22nd July 1939 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Minor 5040 Minor (46m: (1) Plain Bob, Double Bob, Reverse Bob, Fulbeck Bob, Canterbury (57m: (1) Double Oxford, London Bob, Thelwall Bob, Lytham Bob, St Pleasure Bob (2) Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Balmoral, Chepstow Delight Clement's Bob, College Bob, Childwall Bob, Wavertree College (2) Plain (3) Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight (4) Abbeyville, Bob, Double Bob, Reverse Bob, Fulbeck Bob, Canterbury Pleasure Bob (3) Canterbury, Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (5) Dover, Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay Delight (4) Ely, Marple, Taxal, Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Delight Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone Delight (5) Canterbury, (6) Braintree, Humber, Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (7) Abbeyville, Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (6) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, Duke of Norfolk, London Scholars' Pleasure, Taxal, Humber, Marple, Braintree, Newdigate, Charlwood, Old Oxford, College Exercise, Kingston, Norbury Treble Bob; Carisbrooke, Donottar, Neasden, College Bob IV, St Albans, Willesden, Wragby, Elston, Clarence Wath, Pontefract Delight) Delight; Morning Star Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Ockley, Capel, Duke of 1 Albert Bancroft Norfolk, Sandal, College Exercise, London Scholars' Pleasure, Norbury, 2 James Fernley Kingston Treble Bob; Donottar, Carisbrooke, Pontefract, Wath Delight) 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Jocelyn B Gardiner 4 John Worth 2 James Fernley 5 Joseph Whittaker 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 James A Milner 4 John Worth First peal in 46 methods: 1, 5. 89 changes of method. Rung on the occasion 5 Joseph Whittaker of the wedding of Mr A Rowbotham, a member of the local band, to Miss K 6 James A Milner Marsh. First peal in 57 methods: 1, 5. First peal in 57 methods inside: 6. 136 changes of method. 146 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 150 BROUGHTON, Staffordshire, St Peter CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sun, 25th June 1939 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Sat, 5th August 1939 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 1 Thomas Price 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 2 Frederick Price Comp. Charles Middleton 3 C Kenneth Lewis 1 William Fernley 4 William J Chester 2 Joseph Whittaker 5 John Worth (C) 3 James Fernley 6 Edward V Rodenhurst 4 Walter Shaw 7 Albert Ford 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Arthur Pritchard 6 John Worth First peal in the method: 1, 2. First peal in the method inside: 8. First peal in 7 James A Milner the method on the bells. 8 Jack L Millhouse (C) First Surprise peal: 4. First peal of Cambridge Major: 8. 147 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 151 MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 8th July 1939 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. BOLLINGTON, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 5040 Grandsire Doubles Sat, 26th August 1939 in 3 hrs 21 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. 1 Eric Wigley 5184 Spliced Treble Bob Major 2 Edward F M Samson (2m: Kent, Oxford) 3 Albert Bancroft Comp. J S Wilde 4 Wilfred Wilde 1 Ivan B Gardiner 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 6 James A Milner 3 Thomas Taylor First peal attempt: 2. First peal of Grandsire Doubles: 3, 4, 6. 4 Miss Edna M P Fethers 5 John Worth 148 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 7 Charles W Lawton MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Virgin Mary, SS George & Denys 8 Joseph Whittaker Sat, 15th July 1939 in 3 hrs 29 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. First peal of Major: 1. A 21st birthday compliment to Miss E M P Fethers 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal and rung to celebrate the birth of a daughter to the curate Revd Ollier and Comp. H W Wilde Mrs Ollier. 1 William Fernley 2 James Fernley 152 3 Herbert Davenport CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Thomas B Worsley NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 5 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 14th October 1939 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 6 David Vincent 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 7 James A Milner Comp. John Reeves 8 Percy Swindley 1 Mrs J Fernley 9 James H Riding 2 James Fernley 10 John Worth (C) 3 William Fernley First peal in the method: 8. Rung to celebrate the birth of a son and heir to 4 Frank Bonner Mr G W Biddulph, of Lawton, Cheshire, until recently Ringing Master of 5 C Kenneth Lewis the Crewe Branch of the Chester DG. 6 James A Milner 7 Lionel Clough 8 John Worth (C) First peal of Surprise: 1. Rung in honour of the wedding of Mr Alan James Kendal to Miss Margaret Edith Humphreys. The bride is the daughter of the Revd A J Humphreys, Vicar of Norbury and Rural Dean. The peal was also a welcome to the curate, the Revd Selwyn Gummer.

17 153 159 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church Sun, 7th January 1940 in 2 hrs 8 mins. Tenor size 14. Thu, 11th July 1940 in 2 hrs 8 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1-2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 1-2 Edward Cowperthwaite 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Ivan B Gardiner 5-6 Cyril Crossthwaite First peal: 1-2. First peal on handbells: 5-6. 154 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 160 MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints', Belfry LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Sun, 14th January 1940 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor size 15. PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 5072 Plain Bob Major Wed, 17th July 1940 in 2 hrs 4 mins. Tenor size 15. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1-2 J Anthony Beaumont 1-2 G Alec Dimmock 3-4 Jocelyn B Gardiner 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Cyril Crossthwaite 7-8 Ivan B Gardiner First peal in hand: 1-2. Witness: Edward Cowperthwaite. First peal of Major: 1-2. First peal of Major in hand by all the band. First peal in the method as conductor. This composition is now rung for the first 161 time. Rung for the wedding of Mr H B Adshead of Dulwich to Miss M H LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Gordon which took place on the 8th inst. PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church Wed, 18th September 1940 in 2 hrs 6 mins. Tenor size 15. 155 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Edward Cowperthwaite KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 17th February 1940 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5-6 Cyril Crossthwaite 5040 Minor First peal of Treble Bob: 1-2. First peal of Treble Bob in hand by all the (4m: 2 extents Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 1 band. extent Plain Bob) 1 Jocelyn B Gardiner 162 2 J Anthony Beaumont LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 3 John Hassell PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 4 Alan J Brown Sun, 23rd March 1941 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor size 15. 5 Frank Reynolds 5040 Plain Bob Major 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (arrangement) First peal in 4 methods: 2. 25th peal: 3. Rung for the wedding of Mr N 1-2 Edward Cowperthwaite Hough, a member of the local band, to Miss M Shaw. 3-4 Cyril Crossthwaite 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 156 7-8 E Roger Martin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal in the method: 1-2, 3-4. First peal on handbells: 7-8. First peal of SUTTON, Cheshire, St James Major in hand by all except the conductor. First handbell peal of Major in Mon, 25th March 1940 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. the district. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Arnold Worth 163 2 John Worth LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 3 Frank Bonner PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 4 Edna M P Fethers Sun, 27th April 1941 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 15. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Minor 6 Charles W Lawton (7m: Norbury, College Exercise, Duke of Norfolk, Kingston, London First peal of Surprise on the bells. First peal of Cambridge Minor by all Scholars' Pleasure, Sandal, Oxford) except the ringer of the 2nd. 1-2 Edward Cowperthwaite 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 157 5-6 Cyril Crossthwaite CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal in seven methods in hand by all. First peal in seven methods in the BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin district. Wed, 27th March 1940 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 14 cwt. 5024 Kent Treble Bob Major 164 Comp. H Dains LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 2 Charles Edwards Sun, 3rd August 1941 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. 3 J Anthony Beaumont 5056 Plain Bob Major 4 John Hassell Comp. J R Pritchard 5 Frank Reynolds 1-2 Edward Cowperthwaite 6 Herbert McKinnell 3-4 Cyril Crossthwaite 7 R D St John-Smith 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 David Vincent 7-8 John H Crampion Rung for the wedding of the Revd J W Hollingshead, curate at Bowdon, and First peal in hand: 7-8. Miss L M Boulton, which took place at Harrow, Middlesex, the same day. 165 158 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry Sun, 31st August 1941 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 20th April 1940 in 2 hrs 8 mins. Tenor unspecified. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5040 Plain Bob Minor Comp. John R Pritchard 1-2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 1-2 Cyril Crossthwaite (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 Edward Cowperthwaite 5-6 Ivan B Gardiner 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis Rung in honour of the wedding of Mr S Graham, a member of the local 7-8 E Roger Martin bands, to Miss J Fielding, and of Mr J Ashton to Miss N Fielding, which First peal as conductor in the method and in hand. took place at the church earlier in the afternoon.

18 166 172 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church POYNTON, Cheshire, St George Sat, 29th November 1941 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size unspecified. Sat, 21st July 1945 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (7m: (1) Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise Treble Bob (2) College (17m: (1) Newdigate, Willesden Delight (2) Old Oxford, College Bob IV Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (3) Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Delight (3) Charlwood, Wragby Delight (4) Neasden, St Albans Delight (5) Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob (4) Sandal, Oxford Treble Bob (5) London Newbury, Ockley Treble Bob (6) College Exercise, Duke of Norfolk Treble Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob (6) Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob Bob (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford Treble (7) London Scholars' Pleasure, Oxford Treble Bob) Bob) 1-2 Edward Cowperthwaite 1 Alan A Potts 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Walter W Wolstencroft 5-6 Cyril Crossthwaite 3 James A Milner First peal of Spliced Treble Bob Minor by the Association. First peal of 4 J Anthony Beaumont Spliced Treble Bob Minor in hand by all the band. Rung after meeting short 5 Alan J Brown for Major. 44 changes of method. 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Forty-eight changes of method. 167 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 173 PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION Sun, 14th December 1941 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor size 14. SHREWSBURY, Brewery Road, Chester Street 5056 Plain Bob Major Tue, 7th August 1945 in 1 hr 58 mins. Tenor size 11. Comp. C Crossthwaite 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1-2 Edward Cowperthwaite 1-2 A Edward Reeves 3-4 Cyril Crossthwaite 3-4 F Hector Bennett 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 William Taylor First peal in hand: 1-2, 3-4. First peal in hand: 7-8. 174 168 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church Sat, 11th August 1945 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 21st February 1942 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 15. 5184 Bristol Surprise Major 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Comp. A Knights (13m: (1) Willesden, College Bob IV, Old Oxford Delight (2) Wragby, St 1 John P Fidler Albans, Neasden Delight (3) Norbury, College Exercise Treble Bob (4) 2 James Fernley College Exercise, Duke of Norfolk Treble Bob (5) Kingston, Oxford Treble 3 James A Milner Bob (6) London Scholars' Pleasure, Oxford Treble Bob (7) Sandal, Oxford 4 Alan J Brown Treble Bob) 5 William Fernley 1-2 E Roger Martin 6 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Peter Laflin 5-6 Cyril Crossthwaite 8 John Worth (C) First peal in 13 methods in hand by all the band. First peal in 13 methods by First peal in the method: 4, 7. the Association. 39 changes of method. 175 169 SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD SHREWSBURY, Brewery Cottage, Chester Street STOCKPORT, Cheshire, Belfry of St George, Heaviley Thu, 16th August 1945 in 1 hr 53 mins. Tenor size 11. Sun, 1st March 1942 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5040 Plain Bob Royal 1-2 A Edward Reeves Comp. Ernest Morris 3-4 F Hector Bennett 1-2 Alfred Barnes 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Allen F Bailey (C) 176 7-8 Peter Laflin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9-10 John Worth HYDE, Cheshire, St George First peal on 10 handbells: 3-4, 9-10. Sat, 25th August 1945 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 170 Comp. T B Worsley LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 1 Alan A Potts PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 2 Mary Elkins Mon, 29th June 1942 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 3 James A Milner 5056 Plain Bob Major 4 William Fernley Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 John Worth 1-2 William Taylor 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 Cyril Crossthwaite 7 John P Fidler 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Peter Laflin 7-8 E Roger Martin First peal: 2.

171 177 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Belfry of Christ Church Sat, 12th May 1945 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Tue, 4th September 1945 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5040 Plain Bob Major Comp. Charles Middleton Comp. E Maurice Atkins 1 William Fernley 1-2 Alan A Potts 2 David Vincent 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Alan J Brown 5-6 John Worth (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Anna Sellors 5 James A Milner First peal of Major in hand: 1-2. 6 Tom Wilde 7 John Worth 8 Peter Laflin

19 178 183 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall Sat, 15th September 1945 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. Sat, 10th November 1945 in 3 hrs 31 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5007 Stedman Caters 1 Peter Laflin Comp. Arthur P Heywood 2 Edward Holdsworth 1 John Worth (C) 3 James A Milner 2 C Kenneth Lewis 4 J Anthony Beaumont 3 Mary Elkins 5 Alan J Brown 4 Alan J Brown 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 William Pye First peal of Bob Minor: 1. First peal: 2. 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 7 Andrew Thompson 179 8 Charles H Page SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION 9 Peter Laflin COALBROOKDALE, Telford, Shropshire, Holy Trinity 10 Richard Benson Sat, 6th October 1945 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. First peal of Stedman: 3. 5040 Plain Bob Royal Comp. Henry J Tucker 184 1 Miss P Fletcher SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION 2 E Dennis Poole SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, Brewery Cottage, Chester Street 3 Alfred S Bayley Mon, 19th November 1945 in 2 hrs 2 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor 5 F Hector Bennett 1-2 Edward Reeves 6 George A Packer 3-4 F Hector Bennett 7 Edward V Rodenhurst 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Richard D Langford 9 Walter Lago 185 10 Arthur Pritchard (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal of Royal: 1, 5. DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Fri, 23rd November 1945 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 180 5040 Treble Bob Minor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (9m: (1) Charlwood Delight (2) Neasden Delight (3) St Albans Delight (4) NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Wragby Delight (5) Capel, Oxford Treble Bob (6) Sandal Treble Bob (7) Sat, 13th October 1945 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 1 Arthur Taylor Comp. A Knights 2 John N Smith 1 David Vincent 3 James A Milner 2 C Kenneth Lewis 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 James A Milner 5 George Ashmore 4 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 Alfred John Lee 5 Alan J Brown First peal: 1, 6. 6 Peter Laflin 7 Charles F Bailey 186 8 John Worth (C) SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, St Chad 181 Sat, 1st December 1945 in 3 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 39 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Belfry of Christ Church Comp. G Lewis Sun, 14th October 1945 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 1 C Kenneth Lewis 5152 Plain Bob Major 2 John W Griffiths Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (arrangement) 3 F Hector Bennett 1-2 Alan A Potts 4 Harry F Holding 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 George A Packer 5-6 John Worth 6 G Leonard Hewitt 7-8 Gerald Farrer 7 Richard D Langford 8 Edward V Rodenhurst 182 9 Percy Swindley LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 10 George Jones MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Virgin Mary, SS George & Denys 11 Arthur Pritchard (C) Sat, 27th October 1945 in 3 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. 12 John Worth 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Royal First peal on 12 bells: 2, 3, 5, 11. First peal of Kent Maximus: 4, 6, 7, 8. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (arrangement) 1 Mrs C W Lawton 187 2 William Fernley SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) COUND, Shropshire, St Peter 4 Harry F Holding Sat, 15th December 1945 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5 George A Packer 5040 Plain Bob Minor 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 1 Charles E Edwards 7 Richard D Langford 2 Ethel M Duppa 8 Alan J Brown 3 A Edward Reeves 9 Richard Benson 4 William H Lloyd 10 Peter Laflin 5 Arthur Pritchard First peal of Royal: 1. First peal of Oxford Royal: 2, 3, 6, 8, 9. First peal of 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Royal as conductor. First peal of Minor: 1. First peal: 2.

20 188 194 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St George NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Wed, 26th December 1945 in 3 hrs 33 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. Sat, 23rd February 1946 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Grandsire Triples 5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Comp. Parker's Twelve-part Comp. Ernest Bennett 1 Mrs C W Lawton 1 Basil Jones 2 C Kenneth Lewis 2 James Fernley 3 Edward Jackson 3 William Fernley 4 John Worth (C) 4 Alan J Brown 5 Peter Laflin 5 Jack L Millhouse 6 Alan J Brown 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 David Vincent 7 Peter Laflin 8 Samuel Graham 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 1, 8. First peal in the method: 1. Rung for the wedding of Mr William Hartley and Miss Margaret Kettle. 189 SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION 195 SHREWSBURY, Brewery Cottage, Chester Street CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Mon, 7th January 1946 in 1 hr 48 mins. Tenor size unspecified. ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 5040 Plain Bob Minor Sat, 9th March 1946 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1-2 A Edward Reeves 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 3-4 F Hector Bennett Comp. Charles Middleton 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Stephen L Parry 2 Fred Dunkerley 190 3 Walter W Wolstencroft CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Alan J Brown NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 5 Jack L Millhouse Sat, 2nd February 1946 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 6 John Worth (C) 5088 London Surprise Major 7 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. James W Washbrook 8 Peter Laflin 1 Basil Jones 2 James Fernley 196 3 William Fernley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Alan J Brown BOWDON, Cheshire, 15 Priory Road 5 Jack L Millhouse Mon, 25th March 1946 in 2 hrs 1 min. Tenor unspecified. 6 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Plain Bob Minor 7 Peter Laflin 1-2 Mary Elkins 8 John Worth (C) 3-4 Alan J Brown First peal: 1. First peal in the method: 4. First peal in the method inside: 7. 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal in hand and first in the method: 1-2. 191 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 197 MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 9th February 1946 in 3 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. MARPLE, Cheshire, Belfry of All Saints' Church 5088 Kent Treble Bob Maximus Sun, 31st March 1946 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor unspecified. Comp. John Worth 5040 Minor 1 John Worth (C) (3m: 2 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 2 William Carnwell 1-2 J Anthony Beaumont 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 Jocelyn B Gardiner 4 Mary Elkins 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Herbert Ludkin 6 Walter W Wolstencroft 198 7 Alan J Brown CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Peter Laflin BOWDON, Cheshire, 15 Priory Road 9 Albert Ford Mon, 1st April 1946 in 1 hr 52 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 10 Frederick R Williams 5040 Plain Bob Minor 11 Charles H Page 1-2 Mary Elkins 12 Richard Benson 3-4 Alan J Brown First peal of Treble Bob Maximus: 2, 4. 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 200th peal: 5-6. 192 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 199 SUTTON, Cheshire, St James CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 16th February 1946 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 5040 Minor Sat, 6th April 1946 in 3 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. (3m: 2 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 5019 Stedman Cinques 1 John W L Slack Comp. John Carter 2 Alan A Potts 1 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Joseph Whittaker 2 Jack Tipper 4 Mrs C W Lawton 3 John Holdsworth 5 Stanley Noble 4 Peter Laflin 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 John E Bibby 6 Charles H Page 193 7 Samuel Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 David Vincent MARPLE, Cheshire, 9 Parkfield Avenue 9 Alan J Brown Tue, 19th February 1946 in 1 hr 58 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 10 Percy Swindley 5040 Doubles 11 John Worth (C) 1-2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 12 Victor Norbury 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of Stedman Cinques: 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 12. 5 Ivan B Gardiner

21 200 207 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, 15 Priory Road NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Mon, 15th April 1946 in 1 hr 53 mins. Tenor size unspecified. Wed, 17th July 1946 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 1-2 Mary Elkins Comp. James S Wilde 3-4 Alan J Brown 1 Geoffrey Howell 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Alan A Potts 3 Basil Jones 201 4 Mrs C W Lawton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 James Fernley POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 6 Charles W Lawton Sat, 20th April 1946 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 7 J Anthony Beaumont 5040 Plain Bob Minor 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Arthur Snape First peal: 1. First peal inside: 3. Rung on the occasion of the visit of their 2 Mary Elkins Majesties the King and Queen in Cheshire. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Edward Holdsworth 208 5 Jocelyn B Gardiner LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 6 Alan J Brown WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark First peal: 1. Sat, 27th July 1946 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 202 Comp. William Pye CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Mary Elkins HYDE, Cheshire, St George 2 William Fernley Sat, 27th April 1946 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 18 cwt. 3 Tom Groombridge jun 5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 4 John E Bibby Comp. Joseph W Parker 5 James A Milner 1 John Worth 6 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Jenny Pym 7 Alan J Brown 3 Mary Elkins 8 Tom Wilde 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9 Ralph G Edwards 5 Alan J Brown 10 John Worth (C) 6 Tom Wilde First peal of Cambridge Royal: 1, 7, 9. 7 David Vincent 8 Peter Laflin 209 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 203 NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Thu, 1st August 1946 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, 7 Vernon Street 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Fri, 3rd May 1946 in 1 hr 59 mins. Tenor size unspecified. Comp. Arthur P Heywood 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Basil Jones 1-2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 2 James Fernley 3-4 James Fernley 3 T Groombridge jun (C) 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Jack L Millhouse 204 6 Cyril Brett-Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 David Vincent BOWDON, Cheshire, 15 Priory Road 8 John Worth Mon, 13th May 1946 in 2 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor 210 1-2 Mary Elkins CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 Alan J Brown BOSLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 3rd August 1946 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 5 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 205 (25m: (1) Bourne Surprise; Kirk, St Albans Delight (2) Disley Delight; LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Morning Star, Norbury Treble Bob (3) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College NEWCHURCH, Culcheth, Lancashire, St Peter Exercise Treble Bob (4) Marple, Taxal, Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Sat, 1st June 1946 in 3 hrs 14 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Bob IV, Willesden Delight (5) Braintree, Humber, Charlwood, Neasden, St 5056 Plain Bob Major Albans, Wragby, Delight (6) Capel, Sandal Treble Bob (7) London Comp. John R Pritchard Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob) 1 Francis M Laflin 1 Alan A Potts 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Mrs C W Lawton 3 Charles Edwards 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Mary Elkins 4 J Anthony Beaumont 5 Mrs C W Lawton 5 Charles W Lawton 6 Charles W Lawton 6 Joseph Whittaker 7 Richard Elkins First peal in 25 methods: 1, 2, 4, 5. 72 changes of method. 8 Richard Benson First peal: 1. First peal of Plain Bob Major: 4.

206 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 6th July 1946 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Comp. G H Cross 1 Basil Jones 2 Alan A Potts 3 James Fernley 4 Mary Elkins 5 William Fernley 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Alan J Brown 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method inside: 2. 22 211 216 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BRADFORD, Yorkshire, St Peter STAYLEY, Stalybridge, Cheshire, St Paul Mon, 5th August 1946 in 3 hrs 29 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Sat, 16th November 1946 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5040 Grandsire Triples Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. J J Parker 1 G Ronald Edwards 1 Robert Lees 2 James Fernley 2 John Simister 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 4 Mary Elkins 5 George Ledsham 5 Sydney Hodgson 6 Cyril Valentine 6 John Worth (C) 7 Ronald H Dove 7 Tom Wilde 8 John Worth 8 Alfred Roberts 9 Ralph G Edwards 10 James C E Simpson (C) 217 First touch of Cambridge Royal: 5. First peal of Cambridge Royal: 6. Rung CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD in memoriam, James Mowson, a ringer for 54 years. HYDE, Cheshire, St George Sat, 26th April 1947 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 212 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION Comp. James Wilde COALBROOKDALE, Telford, Shropshire, Holy Trinity 1 Doreen Wilde Sat, 10th August 1946 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 2 Francis M Laflin 5120 Kent Treble Bob Royal 3 Mrs C W Lawton Comp. J Shaw 4 Mary Elkins 1 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Charles W Lawton 2 Mary Elkins 6 Charles E Tomlinson 3 F Hector Bennett 7 Tom Wilde 4 Frederick Price 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Thomas Price First peal: 1. First peal inside: 2. First peal of Treble Bob Major: 4. Rung as 6 Edward V Rodenhurst an 80th birthday compliment to Mr H T G Lee, churchwarden at the time 7 George E Oliver the bells were retored in 1920. 8 E Dennis Poole 9 Howard Howell 218 10 Arthur Pritchard (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal of Kent Treble Bob Royal: 2. BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Sat, 11th October 1947 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 213 5056 Plain Bob Major LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Comp. John R Pritchard MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 1 Jean C Brown Sat, 7th September 1946 in 3 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 2 Mary Elkins 5120 Kent Treble Bob Royal 3 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. J Shaw 4 Frank Arrowsmith 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Herbert McKinnell 2 George R Newton 6 Joan Morris 3 Peter Laflin 7 A Richard Elkins 4 David Vincent 8 Alan J Brown (C) 5 Laurence J Williams First peal: 1, 4. 6 John E Spice 7 Edwin C Birkett 219 8 Richard Benson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 Frank Varty MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 10 James C E Simpson Sat, 6th December 1947 in 4 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. First peal of Royal on the bells. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Charles J Sedgley 214 1 Joseph Whittaker CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Alan A Potts TAXAL, Cheshire, St James 3 James Fernley Sat, 12th October 1946 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 4 John E Bibby 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5 Cyril Valentine 1 James A Milner 6 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Yvonne Botham 7 Walter Allman 3 Arthur Taylor 8 James C E Simpson 4 Arthur Hibbert 9 George Ledsham 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 Eric J Gilbert 6 Alfred John Lee 11 Ralph G Edwards First peal: 2. First peal inside: 3. First peal in the method: 6. 12 John Worth (C) First peal of Surprise Maximus: 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12. First twelve-bell peal: 215 2, 7, 10. First peal of Cambridge Surprise Maximus for the Guild. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 220 Sat, 19th October 1946 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5184 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Comp. A Knights (No. 56) Sat, 3rd January 1948 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 1 Basil Jones 5088 London Surprise Major 2 James Fernley Comp. James W Washbrook 3 William Fernley 1 Sidney Hough jun 4 Alan J Brown 2 Alan A Potts 5 James A Milner 3 R D St John Smith 6 Peter Laflin 4 James Fernley 7 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 John Worth (C) 6 Peter Laflin Rung for the 80th birthday of Mr Jack Bancroft, a member of the local band. 7 Joseph Whittaker 8 John Worth (C) First peal of London: 1.

23 221 226 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MIDDLESEX COUNTY ASSOCIATION ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter & LONDON DIOCESAN GUILD Mon, 12th January 1948 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. LONDON, St Giles in the Field, Holborn 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Sat, 15th May 1948 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. Comp. J W Parker 5088 Superlative Surprise Major 1 Vernon Sykes Comp. N J Pitstow 2 James Fernley 1 Frederick E Dukes 3 Tom Wilde 2 John E Bibby 4 Selwyn Dearden 3 James Bennett 5 David Vincent 4 Andrew C Sinfield 6 R D St John Smith 5 Leonard Bowler 7 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 C Henry Harding 8 Fred Dunkerley 7 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal in the method: 1. 8 Walter Allman First peal of Surprise: 1. 100th peal: 8. 100th peal as conductor. Circled the 222 tower: 3. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD FAIRFIELD, Buxton, Derbyshire, St Peter 227 Sat, 17th January 1948 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. MIDDLESEX COUNTY ASSOCIATION 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor & LONDON DIOCESAN GUILD (17m: (1) Newdigate, Willesden Delight (2) Old Oxford, College Bob IV ACTON, Middlesex, St Mary Delight (3) Ockley, Newbury Treble Bob (4) Duke of Norfolk, College Mon, 17th May 1948 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Exercise Treble Bob (5) Charlwood, Wragby Delight (6) Neasden, St 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major Albans Delight (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Comp. Charles Middleton Oxford Treble Bob) 1 Christopher Wallater 1 Alexander Richardson 2 John E Bibby 2 Arthur Hibbert 3 Frederick A Finch 3 James A Milner 4 A Gilbert G Thurlow 4 Eric Simpson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Jack Bray 6 Alfred John Lee 7 Nolan F Golden (C) First peal in 17 methods: 1, 6. First peal in 17 methods inside: 2. 49 changes 8 Walter Allman of method. Circled the tower: 3.

223 228 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Sat, 24th January 1948 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Thu, 20th May 1948 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5040 Plain Bob Major 1 Stella P Wain Comp. John Carter 2 Doreen Wilde 1 Herbert Ludkin 3 Mary Elkins 2 Frederick E Dukes 4 Norman Hough 3 Mary Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 David Vincent 6 Alan J Brown 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal: 1. First peal in the method and of Minor: 2. 6 Alan J Brown 7 Douglas Kirkpatrick 224 8 Cecil Raddon LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION First peal: 7. MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist Mon, 9th February 1948 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 229 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. T B Worsley DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1 William Pye Sat, 29th May 1948 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 2 R Mary Elkington 5040 Kent Treble Bob Minor 3 Mary Elkins 1 Mavis Botham 4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 James A Milner 5 Richard Benson 3 Eric Simpson 6 Harold Walker 4 Mary Lewis 7 Albert Ford 5 Arthur Hibbert 8 R D St John Smith (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal in the method: 1, 2. For the induction of the Revd W B James as vicar.

225 230 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket WARBURTON, Cheshire, St Werburgh Sat, 8th May 1948 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Wed, 9th June 1948 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5024 London Surprise Major (20m: (1) Marple, Willesden Delight (2) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Comp. C J Sedgley Bob IV Delight (3) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans Delight (4) Braintree, 1 Alan J Brown Wragby Delight (5) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise Treble Bob 2 Alan A Potts (6) Morning Star, Norbury Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London 3 Wilfred Stevenson Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob) 4 James Fernley 1 Mary Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Yvonne Botham 6 David Vincent 3 James A Milner 7 John Worth 4 Eric Simpson 8 Leslie G Brett (C) 5 Arthur Hibbert 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal in 20 methods: 1, 4, 5. 49 changes of method.

24 231 235 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 12th June 1948 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Thu, 12th August 1948 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 5152 Stockport Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (arranged) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (arranged) 1 James A Milner 1 James A Milner 2 James Fernley 2 Alan A Potts 3 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Alan A Potts 4 James Fernley (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 George A Packer 6 John Worth 7 Charles W Lawton 7 Peter Laflin 8 John Worth (C) 8 Joseph Whittaker 9 Peter Laflin Rung as a compliment to Mr W W Wolstencroft, whose method has now 10 Joseph Whittaker been rung for the first time. This method is No 299 in Corrigan's Collection First peal in the method by all the band and for the Guild. First peal of of Surprise Methods. Surprise Royal on the bells. 236 232 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 14th August 1948 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 3rd July 1948 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 14 cwt. 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal 5152 Belgrave Surprise Major Comp. G Lindoff Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (arranged) 1 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Arthur Hibbert 2 Sidney Hough jun 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Mrs C W Lawton 3 James A Milner 4 Frances Laflin 4 James Fernley 5 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 7 John Worth (C) 7 Charles W Lawton 8 Charles W Lawton 8 Joseph Whittaker 9 Peter Laflin First peal in the method on the bells. First peal in the method by all the band. 10 Joseph Whittaker Rung as a farewell peal to the curate, the Revd Basil Hamer, LLB, MA. Rung for the silver wedding of the Revd and Mrs A Clarke in place of the false peal rung on July 17th 1948. 233 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 237 MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 6th July 1948 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Sat, 21st August 1948 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Comp. Arthur Knights 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Stephen L Parry Comp. Charles Middleton 2 Fred Dunkerley 1 James A Milner 3 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Hilda M Stobbs 4 James Fernley 3 Margaret Fidell 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 James Fernley 6 Peter Laflin 5 Wilfred Stevenson 7 Charles W Lawton 6 C Kenneth Lewis 8 John Worth (C) 7 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 1, 2, 7. First peal of Bristol on the bells. To 8 Joseph Whittaker celebrate the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs F Mellor of Moorseide. 238 234 BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WRAXALL, Somerset, All Saints HYDE, Cheshire, St George Sat, 28th August 1948 in 3 hrs 33 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. Sat, 7th August 1948 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5088 London Surprise Major 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. James W Washbrook Comp. Charles Middleton 1 Royston G Bryant 1 William Fernley 2 Alan A Potts 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 John E Bibby 3 Alan A Potts 4 J Edward Cawser 4 James A Milner 5 W Norman Park 5 Arthur Hibbert 6 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Sidney Hough jun 7 John Worth (C) 7 Alan J Brown 8 Leonard Trevor 8 Peter Laflin First peal in the method: 5. For the wedding of Mr G D Lawton and Miss D 239 Wilde. BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION LONG ASHTON, Somerset, All Saints Sun, 29th August 1948 in 3 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 30 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. C H Hattersley 1 Donald G Clift 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 J Edward Cawser 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Eric J Gilbert 6 Walter Allman 7 James C E Simpson 8 Leonard Trevor 150th peal on tower bells: 1. First peal in the method on the bells.

25 240 245 BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION CHEW MAGNA, Somerset, St Andrew CURRY RIVEL, Somerset, St Andrew Mon, 30th August 1948 in 3 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 28 cwt. Fri, 3rd September 1948 in 3 hrs 14 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. Charles H Hattersley Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 Alfred E Reeves 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Leslie W G Morris 2 Leonard Trevor 3 Ralph G Edwards 3 Arthur Firth 4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Leslie W G Morris 5 Arthur Firth 5 Ralph G Edwards 6 George Ledsham 6 George Ledsham 7 Leonard Trevor 7 Walter Allman 8 James C E Simpson (C) 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Surprise on the bells. First peal in the method on the bells.

241 246 BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION CHEWTON MENDIP, Somerset, St Mary Magdalene CREWKERNE, Somerset, St Bartholomew Mon, 30th August 1948 in 3 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. Sat, 4th September 1948 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5088 Rochester Surprise Major Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Walter Allman 1 George Ledsham 2 Alan A Potts 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 J Edward Cawser 4 John E Bibby 4 John E Bibby 5 J Edward Cawser 5 Eric J Gilbert 6 Eric J Gilbert 6 Walter Allman 7 John Worth 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson First peal in the method as conductor. First peal in the method on the bells. First peal in the method: 1, 3, 5, 7. First peal in the method as conductor. First peal in the method in the county and for the Association. 242 BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 247 WELLS, Somerset, St Andrew BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION Tue, 31st August 1948 in 4 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 56 cwt. YEOVIL, Somerset, St John the Baptist 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Sat, 4th September 1948 in 3 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 40 cwt. Comp. William Pye 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 1 George Ledsham Comp. William Pye 2 C Kenneth Lewis 1 James C E Simpson 3 Leslie W G Morris (C) 2 Arthur H Reed 4 John E Bibby 3 Donald G Clift 5 Arthur Firth 4 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Eric J Gilbert 5 John E Bibby 7 Walter Allman 6 J Edward Cawser (C) 8 W Norman Park 7 Arthur Firth 9 Leonard Trevor 8 Leslie W G Morris 10 James C E Simpson & John Worth 9 Walter Allman First peal of Surprise on the bells and the 'heaviest' peal of Surprise yet rung. 10 Wilfred Williams First peal of Cambridge Royal: 3. 243 BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 248 MELLS, Somerset, St Andrew CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Wed, 1st September 1948 in 3 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 5088 London Surprise Major Sat, 11th September 1948 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Comp. James W Washbrook 5152 Ramsey Surprise Major 1 Alan A Potts Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 John Worth 3 Ralph G Edwards 2 Alan A Potts 4 J Edward Cawser 3 Wilfred Stevenson 5 George Ledsham 4 James Fernley 6 W Norman Park 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Walter Allman 6 James A Milner 8 Leonard Trevor 7 Peter Laflin First peal in the method as conductor. First peal of Surprise on the bells. 8 Joseph Whittaker The first peal in the method. 244 BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 249 DITCHEAT, Somerset, St Mary Magdalene LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Thu, 2nd September 1948 in 3 hrs 34 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 5024 London Surprise Major Fri, 17th September 1948 in 3 hrs 29 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. Comp. H Law James 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 1 George Ledsham Comp. F Dench 2 Arthur Firth 1 James Fernley 3 C Kenneth Lewis 2 C Kenneth Lewis 4 W Norman Park 3 John E Bibby 5 Leslie W G Morris 4 Mrs H J Poole 6 Walter Allman 5 Wilfred Stevenson 7 John Worth (C) 6 Cyril Valentine 8 Ralph G Edwards 7 John Worth First peal in the method on the bells. 8 David Vincent 9 Walter Allman 10 Harold J Poole (C)

26 250 255 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD POYNTON, Cheshire, St George BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Sat, 2nd October 1948 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Sat, 30th October 1948 in 3 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5088 Plain Bob Major (10m: (1) Braintree, Wragby (2) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans (3) Capel, Comp. Alan J Brown Oxford (4) Sandal, Oxford (5) London Scholars' Pleasure, Oxford (6) 1 Stella P Wain Kingston, Oxford (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Oxford) 2 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Francis M Laflin 3 Neville A Brown 2 Sidney Hough jun 4 Jean C Brown 3 James A Milner 5 Frank Arrowsmith 4 Eric Simpson 6 David Vincent 5 Arthur Hibbert 7 Roy Broome 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Alan J Brown (C) First peal of Minor: 1. First peal of 10 methods inside: 2. First peal of Major: 1. First peal inside: 4. First peal: 7.

251 256 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 9th October 1948 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 6th November 1948 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5088 Rochester Surprise Major Comp. Charles H Hattersley Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Sidney Hough jun 1 Arthur Hibbert 2 Alan A Potts 2 James A Milner 3 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 6 John Worth (C) 7 Peter Laflin 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph Whittaker 8 Joseph Whittaker First peal in the method: 1, 3, 7. 252 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 257 MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 12th October 1948 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Sat, 13th November 1948 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 5024 London Surprise Major 1 Peter Laflin Comp. H Law James 2 Alan A Potts (C) 1 Mrs C W Lawton 3 R D St John Smith 2 Alan A Potts 4 James Fernley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Charles W Lawton 6 Wilfred Stevenson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 John Worth 6 John Worth (C) 8 Joseph Whittaker 7 Peter Laflin First peal of Surprise as conductor. 8 Joseph Whittaker

253 258 YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION LEEDS, Yorkshire, St Peter MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist Sat, 23rd October 1948 in 4 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 40 cwt. Mon, 15th November 1948 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Frederick Dench Comp. A J Pitman 1 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Neville A Brown 2 Alan A Potts 2 Miss J Houldswoth 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Frank Barraclough 4 John E Bibby 4 R Mary Elkington 5 Eric J Gilbert 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 J Edward Cawser 6 Harold Walker 7 Walter Allman 7 Alan J Brown 8 George Ledsham 8 David Vincent 9 Ernest A Thorpe First peal in the method: 1, 2, 3. 10 Ralph G Edwards 11 John Worth 259 12 James C E Simpson (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal of Surprise Maximus: 6, 9. 100th peal: 8. ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Sat, 20th November 1948 in 3 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 254 5088 Rochester Surprise Major LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Comp. C Kenneth Lewis MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 1 Eric J Gilbert Mon, 25th October 1948 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 2 George Ledsham 5184 Cambridge Surprise Major 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Charles Middleton (Heywood's variation) 4 John E Bibby 1 William Pye 5 James C E Simpson 2 Mary Walshaw 6 Walter Allman 3 R Mary Elkington 7 John Worth 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Ralph G Edwards 5 Arthur Tomlinson First peal in the method inside: 2. First peal in the method on the bells. 6 Alan J Brown 7 Peter Crook 8 Harold Walker First peal in the method: 1, 2, 3.

27 260 264 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Tue, 23rd November 1948 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Mon, 27th December 1948 in 3 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 5280 New Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Alan J Brown Comp. 5 Course Black 1 Joan Morris 1 George Ledsham 2 Alan J Brown 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 David Vincent 3 Edward Jenkins 4 Neville A Brown 4 John E Bibby 5 Cecil Raddon 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Walter Allman 7 Roy Broom 7 John Worth (C) 8 Harold Walker 8 Peter Laflin First peal in the method: 1, 7. 9 Charles W Lawton 10 Joseph Whittaker 261 11 Ralph G Edwards CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 James C E Simpson NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas First peal of Surprise Maximus: 8, 9. First peal of Surprise Maximus inside: Sat, 4th December 1948 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 10. First peal of New Cambridge Surprise Maximus for all the band, on the 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor bells, and for the Guild. (35m: (1) Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone, Ely (2) Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay, Dover (3) Crowland, Combermere, Vale 265 Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville (4) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Exercise, Norbury, Morning Star (5) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Wragby, Braintree (6) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden, Thu, 30th December 1948 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Marple (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford) 5056 Plain Bob Major 1 William Fernley Comp. John R Pritchard 2 James Fernley 1 Joan Brentnall 3 James A Milner 2 Arthur Hibbert 4 Wilfred Stevenson 3 James A Milner 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Sidney Hough jun 6 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis Rung on the 25th anniversary of the first 35 method peal. 55 changes of 6 John Worth (C) method. 7 Wilfred Stevenson 8 Peter Laflin 262 First peal: 1. 300th as conductor. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HYDE, Cheshire, St George 266 Sat, 11th December 1948 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5152 Spliced Surprise Major WRENBURY, Cheshire, St Margaret (7m: 736 Cambridge, Aldenham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Belgrave; 448 Sat, 1st January 1949 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Ramsey; 1024 Rutland: 160 com) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (arranged) 1 David Vincent 1 James A Milner 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Alan A Potts 3 Peter Laflin 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 Alan J Brown 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 6 John Worth Rung as a welcome to Mr and Mrs G G Vincent, married at Mossley, 7 Peter Laflin Congleton, on December 25th. 8 Joseph Whittaker First peal of Spliced Surprise Major: 2, 5, 7, 8. First peal of Spliced Surprise 267 in seven methods, by all the band, by the Guild and on the bells. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 263 Sat, 19th February 1949 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5408 Bristol Surprise Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad Comp. Thomas B Worsley Sat, 18th December 1948 in 6 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 1 Peter Laflin 10080 Bristol Surprise Major 2 Wilfred Stevenson Comp. Arthur Knights 3 James A Milner 1 Peter Laflin 4 James Fernley 2 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Wilfred Stevenson 6 Alan A Potts 4 John E Bibby 7 Joseph Whittaker 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 John Worth (C) 6 Walter Allman 7 John Worth (C) 268 8 Joseph Whittaker LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION This composition, rung for the first time, contains the 60 course ends with WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark the tenors together. Longest length for all except the ringers of the treble and Sat, 26th February 1949 in 3 hrs 31 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 4th. 5040 Belgrave Surprise Royal Comp. Leslie W G Morris 1 Alan A Potts 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Edward Jenkins 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Walter Allman 7 Cyril Valentine 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) 9 Joseph Whittaker 10 John Worth First peal of Royal in the method by all the band, for the Association and in the North of England. Rung without previous practice.

28 269 274 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASTER, Lancashire, St Mary MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 12th March 1949 in 3 hrs 36 mins. Tenor 30 cwt. Sat, 7th May 1949 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5024 London Surprise Major 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. H Dains Comp. William Pye 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 James A Milner 2 John E Bibby 2 Mrs C W Lawton 3 Wilfred Stevenson 3 James Fernley 4 Walter Allman 4 Alan A Potts (C) 5 Peter Laflin 5 Wilfred Stevenson 6 Joseph Whittaker 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 John Worth 7 Joseph Whittaker 8 James C E Simpson 8 Charles W Lawton First peal in the method on the bells. 9 John Worth 10 Ralph G Edwards 270 First peal of Surprise Royal: 2. First peal of Surprise Royal as conductor. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 275 Sat, 26th March 1949 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 5000 Rochester Surprise Royal MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist Comp. John Worth Mon, 9th May 1949 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 1 John Worth (C) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 2 Peter Laflin Comp. Charles Middleton 3 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Derek Ogden 4 Alan A Potts 2 Harold Walker 5 Walter Allman 3 Mary Walshaw 6 C Kenneth Lewis 4 R Mary Elkington 7 Joseph Whittaker 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Charles W Lawton 6 Alan J Brown 9 Edward Jenkins 7 David Vincent 10 James C E Simpson 8 Richard Benson The first peal of Surprise Royal with extending Bob leads to be rung in the First peal of Treble Bob: 1. First peal in the method: 8. North of England. 276 271 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Virgin Mary, SS George & Denys Sat, 14th May 1949 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Sat, 9th April 1949 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal (25m: (1) Combermere, Vale Royal (2) Crowland, St Werburgh, Abbeyville Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (arranged) (3) Willesden, Newdigate, Old Oxford (4) Marple, College Bob IV (5) 1 Mrs C W Lawton Braintree, Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby (6) Morning Star, 2 Wilfred Stevenson Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury (7) Oxford, Capel, 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston) 4 Alan A Potts 1 James A Milner 5 Charles W Lawton 2 Alexander Richardson 6 John Worth 3 Sidney Hough jun 7 Peter Laflin 4 Eric Simpson 8 Joseph Whittaker 5 Arthur Hibbert 9 Herbert O Chaddock 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 John E Turley First peal in 25 methods: 2, 3, 4, 5. First peal of Surprise Royal: 1. First peal of Cambridge Surprise Royal: 5. First peal of Surprise Royal as conductor. 277 YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 272 LEEDS, Yorkshire, St Peter LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Sat, 4th June 1949 in 4 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 40 cwt. MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 5016 Plain Bob Maximus Sat, 16th April 1949 in 4 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. Comp. John Reeves 5024 London Surprise Major 1 Edward Jenkins Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 2 Charles J Sedgley 1 Peter Laflin 3 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Alan A Potts 4 John E Bibby 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Ralph G Edwards 4 John E Bibby 6 W Norman Park 5 Walter Allman 7 Frederick Seagar 6 James C E Simpson 8 Walter Allman 7 Joseph Whittaker 9 Ronald H Dove 8 John Worth (C) 10 George E Symonds First peal on the heavy eight. 11 James C E Simpson (C) 12 Cecil W Pipe 273 First peal of Bob Maximus: 5, 6, 8, 9. First peal in the method on the bells. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HYDE, Cheshire, St George Sat, 30th April 1949 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5088 London Surprise Major Comp. James W Washbrook 1 Sidney Hough jun 2 James A Milner 3 Alan A Potts 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 7 Joseph Whittaker 8 Peter Laflin Birthday compliment to Mr J A Milner.

29 278 283 YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD RIPON, Yorkshire, SS Peter & Wilfrid BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Mon, 6th June 1949 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 16th July 1949 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 James C E Simpson 1 Jean C Brown 2 Margaret Fidell 2 Alan N Brown 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 John E Bibby 4 Roy Broom 5 Thomas J Lock 5 Frank Arrowsmith 6 Walter Allman 6 Douglas Kirkpatrick 7 Arthur D Cook 7 David Vincent 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) 8 Alan J Brown 9 Thomas H Francis First peal in the method: 2, 4, 5, 6. A wedding compliment to Miss Joan 10 George E Fearn Morris, a member of the local band and Mr G Heath. First peal of Surprise Royal: 2. First peal of Surprise Royal on the bells. 284 279 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION WHITFIELD, Glossop, Derbyshire, St James the Great WETHERBY, Yorkshire, St James Sat, 30th July 1949 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Mon, 6th June 1949 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5056 Superlative Surprise Major 5040 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. James S Wilde (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1184 Cambridge; 1280 London; 1376 Superlative: 112 1 James A Milner com) 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Walter Allman 3 Sidney Hough jun 2 Leslie W G Morris 4 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Margaret Fidell 5 Arthur Hibbert 4 John E Bibby 6 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Peter Laflin 6 Edward Jenkins 8 Joseph Whittaker 7 Thomas J Lock First peal in the method: 5. 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Spliced Surprise Major in 4 methods. First peal of Surprise on 285 the bells. LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION WIGAN, Lancashire, All Saints 280 Mon, 1st August 1949 in 3 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5024 Bristol Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence Comp. Charles W Roberts Fri, 1st July 1949 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 1 June Henshaw 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 2 Edward Jenkins Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis 1 George Ledsham 4 John E Bibby 2 John E Bibby 5 Walter Allman 3 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 4 Walter Allman 7 Peter Laflin 5 Cyril Valentine 8 James C E Simpson (C) 6 Eric J Gilbert First peal of Surprise on the treble: 1. 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) 286 First peal in the method by all the band except the conductor and on the bells. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 281 Fri, 5th August 1949 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5024 London Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Sat, 9th July 1949 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 1 John E Bibby 5440 Bristol Surprise Major 2 Wilfred Stevenson Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3 Cyril Valentine 1 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Henry O Baker 2 James A Milner 5 Walter Allman 3 Alan A Potts 6 C Kenneth Lewis 4 James Fernley 7 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 James C E Simpson (C) 6 John Worth A belated 80th birthday compliment (july 26th) to Mr Charles Edwards, of 7 Peter Laflin Bowdon, sometime Master of the Hereford Diocesan Guild. 8 Joseph Whittaker Rung with double calls throughout, (i e a bob when the treble is in 7-8 is 287 followed by one when she is in 1-2. The first peal in the method to be rung in CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD this fashion. NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 6th August 1949 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 282 5088 Spliced Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (4m: 1056 Bristol; 2688 London; 672 Cambridge, Superlative) FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence Comp. Charles W Roberts Fri, 15th July 1949 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 1 James A Milner 5120 Watford Surprise Major 2 Alan A Potts Comp. Harold G Cashmore 3 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Henry O Baker 4 James Fernley 2 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Peter Laflin 3 George Ledsham 6 Joseph Whittaker 4 Eric J Gilbert 7 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Walter Allman 8 John Worth (C) 6 Ralph G Edwards 7 John E Bibby 8 James C E Simpson (C) 150th peal: 5. First peal in the method on the bells, for the Guild and by all the band. Rung without previous practice. 30 288 293 YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION SUFFOLK GUILD WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, All Saints STOWMARKET, Suffolk, SS Peter & Mary Sat, 13th August 1949 in 3 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. Mon, 29th August 1949 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5040 Pudsey Surprise Royal 5152 Liverpool Surprise Major Comp. William Barton Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 Alfred Ashton 1 George W Pipe 2 Edward Jenkins (C) 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 W Eric Critchley 4 John E Bibby 4 John E Bibby 5 Peter Laflin 5 Walter Allman 6 William Barton 6 J Edward Cawser 7 Alfred Smith 7 Wilfrid F Moreton 8 Joseph Whittaker 8 James C E Simpson 9 Walter Allman 50th peal: 1. First peal in the mehtod: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7. 125th peal as conductor. 10 James C E Simpson First peal in the method in the county and for the Guild. First peal of Surprise: 1. 300th peal of Surprise: 2. First peal of Pudsey Surprise Royal in the county and by the Association. 294 SUFFOLK GUILD 289 HENLEY, Suffolk, St Peter LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Tue, 30th August 1949 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Virgin Mary, SS George & Denys 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Sat, 20th August 1949 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 5000 Rochester Surprise Royal 1 William J G Brown Comp. G R Newton 2 J Edward Cawser (C) 1 Edward Jenkins 3 Ralph G Edwards 2 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Peter Laflin 3 Wilfred Stevenson 5 John Worth 4 John E Bibby 6 Alan A Potts 5 John Worth 7 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Peter Laflin 8 Wilfrid F Moreton 7 Joseph Whittaker 8 Walter Allman 295 9 Ralph G Edwards SUFFOLK GUILD 10 James C E Simpson (C) SUDBURY, Suffolk, All Saints First peal of Royal in the method: 4, 9. First peal of Royal in the method Tue, 30th August 1949 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 28 cwt. inside: 5. First peal of Royal in the method as conductor. First peal of 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major Rochester Royal in the tower and for the Association. A wedding Comp. Arthur Craven compliment to Mr P M J Gray and Miss J Houldsworth. 1 George E Symonds 2 Alan A Potts 290 3 C Kenneth Lewis SUFFOLK GUILD 4 Leslie W G Morris HADLEIGH, Suffolk, St Mary 5 J Edward Cawser Sat, 27th August 1949 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 28 cwt. 6 Wilfrid F Moreton 5088 Guildford Surprise Major 7 Peter Laflin Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 8 John Worth (C) 1 Frank Willis-Betts First peal in the method: 3. First peal in the method on the bells. 2 Arthur Firth 3 J Edward Cawser (C) 296 4 C Kenneth Lewis SUFFOLK GUILD 5 James C E Simpson UFFORD, Suffolk, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 6 Ralph G Edwards Wed, 31st August 1949 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 7 Wilfrid F Moreton 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 8 John Worth (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Superlative, Cambridge: 109 com) First peal in the method by all the band and on the bells. Comp. A J Pitman 1 George W Pipe 291 2 John E Bibby SUFFOLK GUILD 3 James C E Simpson HENLEY, Suffolk, St Peter 4 W Eric Critchley Sat, 27th August 1949 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5024 London Surprise Major 6 Arthur Firth Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 7 Ralph G Edwards 1 Alan A Potts 8 Wilfrid F Moreton 2 C Kenneth Lewis First peal of Spliced Surprise: 1, 4. First peal of Spliced Surprise on the bells. 3 Wilfrid F Moreton 4 Walter Allman 297 5 Arthur Firth SUFFOLK GUILD 6 Leslie W G Morris BECCLES, Suffolk, Bell Tower 7 J Edward Cawser Wed, 31st August 1949 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 8 James C E Simpson (C) 5000 Rochester Surprise Royal Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 292 1 Arthur Firth SUFFOLK GUILD 2 C Kenneth Lewis FRAMSDEN, Suffolk, St Mary 3 John Worth Sun, 28th August 1949 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. 4 John E Bibby 5024 London Surprise Major 5 Peter Laflin Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 6 Joseph Whittaker 1 William Wightman 7 J Edward Cawser 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Walter Allman 3 Leslie C Wightman 9 Ralph G Edwards 4 John E Bibby 10 James C E Simpson (C) 5 J Edward Cawser First peal of Royal in the method: 1, 7. First peal in the method on the bells. 6 Leslie W G Morris 7 Arthur Firth 8 Ralph G Edwards

31 298 302 NORWICH DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION SUFFOLK GUILD WYMONDHAM, Norfolk, SS Mary & Thomas of Canterbury MILDENHALL, Suffolk, St Mary Thu, 1st September 1949 in 3 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Sat, 3rd September 1949 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. Arthur Craven Comp. J W Parker 1 J Edward Cawser (C) 1 Peter Laflin 2 Alan A Potts 2 John E Bibby 3 Henry O Baker 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 4 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Leslie W G Morris (C) 6 Leslie W G Morris 6 John Worth 7 Ralph G Edwards 7 Henry O Baker 8 Joseph Whittaker 8 Ralph G Edwards 9 Walter Allman 299 10 Joseph Whittaker NORWICH DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION First peal of Surprise Royal inside: 7. First peal of Surprise Royal on the NORWICH, Norfolk, St Peter Mancroft bells. Thu, 1st September 1949 in 3 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 37 cwt. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 303 Comp. C J Sedgley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 C Kenneth Lewis STAYLEY, Stalybridge, Cheshire, St Paul 2 Alan A Potts Sat, 8th October 1949 in 3 hrs 14 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. 3 Ralph G Edwards 5040 Grandsire Triples 4 John E Bibby Comp. J J Parker 5 Arthur Firth 1 Robert Lees 6 J Edward Cawser 2 Tom Wilde 7 Walter Allman 3 Albert Hodgson 8 Leslie W G Morris 4 Alfred Roberts 9 Peter Laflin 5 Sydney Hodgson 10 Joseph Whittaker 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 11 James C E Simpson (C) 7 Sidney Hough jun 12 John Worth 8 Percy Walton First peal of Surprise Maximus: 5. First peal of Triples in the method: 7. First peal of Triples as conductor. To commeroate the 110th anniversary of the deddication of the church: also a 300 compliment to Canon B B Slater, MA, CA, on the completion of 25 years as NORWICH DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION Vicar. REDENHALL, Norfolk, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Fri, 2nd September 1949 in 3 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 304 5120 Spliced Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (8m: 1440 London, Rutland; 640 Bristol; 320 Cambridge; Lincolnshire, CHESTER, Cheshire, Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary Pudsey, Superlative, Yorkshire: 120 com) Sat, 15th October 1949 in 3 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. Comp. A J Pitman 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 1 Henry O Baker Comp. William Barton 2 J Edward Cawser 1 Frank Varty 3 C Kenneth Lewis 2 John W Griffiths 4 John E Bibby 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 6 Leslie W G Morris 5 Ralph G Edwards 7 John Worth 6 Percy Swindley 8 James C E Simpson (C) 7 Walter Allman First peal of Spliced Surprise Major in 8 methods by all the band, for the 8 James C E Simpson Association and in the county. 9 John Worth 10 Edward Jenkins (C) 301 First peal of Yorkshire Surprise Royal: 1, 2, 6. First peal in the method on SUFFOLK GUILD the bells. BURY ST EDMUNDS, Suffolk, Cathedral of St James Sat, 3rd September 1949 in 3 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 30 cwt. 305 5040 Lindsey Surprise Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. J Edward Cawser BROMBOROUGH, Cheshire, St Barnabas 1 James C E Simpson Sat, 15th October 1949 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 2 Alan A Potts 5024 London Surprise Major 3 Arthur Firth Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 4 John E Bibby 1 Edward Jenkins 5 J Edward Cawser (C) 2 John E Bibby 6 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Walter Allman 7 John Worth 4 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Peter Laflin 5 John Worth 9 Joseph Whittaker 6 Frank Varty 10 Ralph G Edwards 7 Ralph G Edwards First peal in the method by all the band, in the county and for the Guild. 8 James C E Simpson (C)

32 306 310 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark HYDE, Cheshire, St George Sat, 22nd October 1949 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. Sat, 19th November 1949 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1 Peter Laflin 1 Alan A Potts 2 Alan A Potts 2 Jack L Millhouse 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Tom Wilde 4 John E Bibby 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Frank Varty 6 John Worth (C) 7 Walter Allman 7 Peter Laflin 8 Eric J Gilbert 8 Joseph Whittaker 9 James C E Simpson A 27th birthday compliment to Mr H Laflin son of the 7th ringer. 10 Ralph G Edwards 300th peal: 1. First peal in the method on the bells, in the county and by the 311 Association. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Belfry of Christ Church 307 Sat, 3rd December 1949 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 17. LINCOLN DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Plain Bob Royal LINCOLN, Blessed Virgin Mary & St Hugh Comp. Edward Francis Sat, 29th October 1949 in 3 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 1-2 Alan A Potts 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Geoffrey M Mayer 5-6 John Worth 2 Charles McGuiness 7-8 Peter Laflin 3 C Kenneth Lewis 9-10 Joseph Whittaker 4 Alan A Potts First peal of Royal in hand: 1-2, 9-10. First peal of Bob Royal as conductor. 5 Sydney A Chambers A birthday compliment to the ringer of 7-8. 6 John E Bibby 7 Walter Allman 312 8 Jack L Millhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 John Worth MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 10 John Walden Sat, 10th December 1949 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 11 Edward Jenkins 5080 Kent Treble Bob Royal 12 James C E Simpson (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis First peal of Yorkshire Maximus: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9. 100th peal together: 6, 12. 1 Anne Worth First peal of Yorkshire Surprise Maximus as conductor. 2 John Worth 3 James A Milner 308 4 Sidney Hough jun CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 6 Jack Barker Sat, 5th November 1949 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 7 Wilfred Stevenson 5088 Deva Surprise Major 8 Edward V Rodenhurst Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 9 Alan A Potts 1 June Henshaw 10 Joseph Whittaker 2 James A Milner First peal in the method: 1. 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Alan A Potts 313 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 John Worth NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 7 Peter Laflin Sat, 17th December 1949 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 8 Joseph Whittaker 5120 Spliced Surprise Major The first peal in the method. (8m: 1440 London, Rutland; 640 Bristol; 320 Cambridge, Superlative, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Rutland: 120 com) 309 Comp. Albert J Pitman CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Arthur Hibbert WARBURTON, Cheshire, St Werburg 2 Alan A Potts Sat, 12th November 1949 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 3 Wilfred Stevenson 5088 London Surprise Major 4 James A Milner Comp. Henry Dains 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Eric J Gilbert 6 Joseph Whittaker 2 Walter Allman 7 Peter Laflin 3 C Kenneth Lewis 8 John Worth (C) 4 John E Bibby First peal of Spliced Surprise: 1. First peal of Spliced Surprise in 8 methods: 5 John Worth 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. First peal of Spliced Surprise in 8 methods in the county and 6 James C E Simpson for the Guild. 7 Frank Varty 8 Edward Jenkins 314 Non-conducted. This is the first non-conducted peal of London Surprise CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Major by the Chester Diocesan Guild and in the county. BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Mon, 26th December 1949 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. John Worth 1 John Worth 2 Anne Worth 3 June Henshaw 4 Mary Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Wilfred Stevenson 7 Alan A Potts 8 Alan J Brown First peal in the method: 2, 4.

33 315 319 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Tue, 27th December 1949 in 3 hrs 34 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Sat, 11th February 1950 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Rochester Surprise Maximus 5024 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. Gabriel Lindoff (14m: 704 Aldenham; 608 London; 544 Cambridge; 416 Superlative; 384 1 James Fernley Rutland; 352 Yorkshire, Belgrave; 320 Lincolnshire, Ramsey; 288 Pudsey; 2 Alan A Potts 256 Blackburn; 192 Painswick, Bristol; 96 Premier: 156 com) 3 Wilfred Stevenson Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 1 James A Milner 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Edward Jenkins 6 Edward Jenkins 3 Alan A Potts 7 Walter Allman 4 James Fernley 8 James C E Simpson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9 Peter Laflin 6 John Worth 10 Joseph Whittaker 7 Peter Laflin 11 Ralph G Edwards 8 Joseph Whittaker 12 John Worth (C) The first peal in 14 Spliced Surprise Major methods by all the band, in the 250th peal: 3. First peal of Rochester Surprise Maximus by all the band, for county and by the Guild. A farewell peal for the ringer of the third, who the Guild and in the county. joined HM Forces on February 16th.

316 320 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HAYFIELD, Derbyshire, St Matthew HYDE, Cheshire, St George Sat, 31st December 1949 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Sat, 11th March 1950 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. Middleton's Comp. G R Pye 1 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Eric J Gilbert 2 Anne Worth 2 Edward Jenkins 3 James A Milner 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 5 Alan A Potts 5 Walter Allman 6 John Worth (C) 6 James C E Simpson 7 Peter Laflin 7 John Worth 8 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Ralph G Edwards Umpire: Tom Wilde. 500th peal: 7. This is the first silent peal of Bristol. 317 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 321 STALYBRIDGE, Cheshire, St Paul CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 7th January 1950 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 5088 London Surprise Major Sat, 18th March 1950 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. Comp. James W Washbrook 5040 Treble Bob Minor 1 June Henshaw (5m: 1 extent Capel Treble Bob; 2 extents Sandal, London Scholars' 2 James A Milner Pleasure Treble Bob; 1 extent Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob) 3 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Frances M Laflin 4 Peter Laflin 2 Dorothea Way 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 James A Milner 6 Alan A Potts 4 Alexander Richardson 7 John Worth (C) 5 George H Ashmore 8 Joseph W Whittaker 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal in the method: 1. First peal in the method on the bells. First peal: 2. A 21st birthday compliment to the ringer of the 2nd.

318 322 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church MOSSLEY, Lancashire, St George Sat, 4th February 1950 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Fri, 24th March 1950 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Rutland Surprise Royal 5024 Belgrave Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Henry W Wilde 1 Alan A Potts 1 Arthur Tomlinson 2 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Stephen L Parry 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Selwyn H Dearden 4 John E Bibby 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 John Worth (C) 5 Alan J Brown 6 Walter Allman 6 David Vincent 7 Peter Laflin 7 Philip H Tocock 8 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Fred Dunkerley (C) 9 Ralph G Edwards First touch of Belgrave for 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7. 10 James C E Simpson The first peal of Rutland Royal by all the band, on the bells, in the county 323 and for the Guild. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter Sat, 22nd April 1950 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 James A Milner 2 Anne Worth 3 James Fernley 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Joseph W Whittaker 7 Peter Laflin 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 2. First peal of London on the bells. A 70th birthday compliment to Mr J W L Slack, an esteemed member of the Macclesfield Branch.

34 324 329 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD SUSSEX COUNTY ASSOCIATION BIRMINGHAM, Cathedral of St Philip ROTHERFIELD, Sussex, St Denys Sat, 6th May 1950 in 3 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 31 cwt. Mon, 29th May 1950 in 3 hrs 21 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5120 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. Charles J Sedgley (4m: 2880 London; 800 Bristol, Superlative; 640 Cambridge: 120 com) 1 George E Fearn Comp. Harold G Cashmore 2 James Fernley 1 Jack L Millhouse (C) 3 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Charles McGuiness 4 John E Bibby 3 Margaret Fidell 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Frank W Perrens 6 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Walter Allman 6 George E Fearn 8 Peter Laflin 7 Jack Bray 9 John Pinfold 8 John Freeman 10 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of Spliced Surprise Major: 7. 11 Ralph G Edwards 12 James C E Simpson (C) 330 First peal of Cambridge Maximus on an inside bell: 10. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 325 Thu, 15th June 1950 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5024 Bristol Surprise Major CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket Comp. Thomas B Worsley Sat, 13th May 1950 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 1 Anne Worth 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 2 June Henshaw (13m: (1) Ockley, Norbury Treble Bob (2) College Exercise and Duke of 3 James A Milner Norfolk Treble Bob (3) Wragby and Charlwood Delight (4) St Albans and 4 Alan A Potts Neasden Delight (5) Capel and Kingston Treble Bob (6) Sandal and Oxford 5 C Kenneth Lewis Treble Bob (7) London Scholars' Pleasure and Oxford Treble Bob: 41 com) 6 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Arthur F Taylor 7 Peter Laflin 2 James A Milner 8 John Worth (C) 3 William A Smith First peal in the method: 1. First peal in the method away from treble: 2. 4 Alexander Richardson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 331 6 George H Ashmore YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION BRADFORD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of St Peter 326 Sat, 1st July 1950 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5080 Rochester Surprise Royal NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Comp. Arthur Knights Sat, 20th May 1950 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 1 Edward Jenkins (C) 5088 Spliced Surprise Major 2 C Kenneth Lewis (4m: 2688 London; 1056 Bristol; 672 Cambridge, Superlative) 3 Leslie W G Morris Comp. Albert J Pitman 4 John E Bibby 1 James A Milner 5 Walter Allman 2 John E Bibby 6 William Barton 3 Wilfred Stevenson 7 Eric J Gilbert 4 James Fernley 8 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis 9 Joseph W Whittaker 6 Joseph W Whittaker 10 Ralph G Edwards 7 Walter Allman First peal of Rochester Royal: 3, 6, 7. First peal in the method as conductor. 8 John Worth (C) First peal of Rochester Royal on the bells. Rung as a farewell to Alan A Potts, the brilliant young Macclesfield ringer, who has set sail for Malaya. 327 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 332 BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Wed, 24th May 1950 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. WALTON LE DALE, Lancashire, St Leonard 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major Fri, 7th July 1950 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. Comp. Arthur Craven 5024 Bristol Surprise Major 1 Jean C Brown Comp. Thomas B Worsley 2 Selwyn H Dearden 1 Walter Allman 3 Stephen L Parry 2 Fred Dunkerley 4 Alan J Brown 3 Edward Jenkins 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 6 David Vincent 5 Ralph G Edwards 7 Philip H Tocock 6 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Fred Dunkerley (C) 7 James C E Simpson First peal in the method: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8. 125th peal together: 3, 7. First 8 John Worth (C) peal in the method for the Association. To celebrate Empire Day. 333 328 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION SURREY ASSOCIATION KESWICK, Cumberland, St Kentigern, Crosthwaite BEDDINGTON, Surrey, St Mary Sat, 8th July 1950 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 27th May 1950 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5024 London Surprise Major 5000 London No.3 Surprise Royal Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Comp. Frank E Darby 1 Walter Allman 1 Jill Brittain 2 Fred Dunkerley 2 Joyce A England 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 4 John E Bibby 5 Ralph G Edwards 5 Thomas G Bannister 6 John Worth 6 John H Hunt 7 Edward Jenkins 7 Walter Allman 8 James C E Simpson (C) 8 David E Parsons 9 Frank E Darby (C) 10 Charles H Kippin First peal of London Royal inside: 2. First peal of London Royal: 3, 4, 7. 35 334 339 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION WINDERMERE, Westmorland, St Martin, Bowness OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary Sat, 8th July 1950 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Sat, 5th August 1950 in 3 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Charles H Hattersley Comp. William Pye 1 Arthur Tomlinson 1 Vernon Sykes 2 John E Bibby (C) 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Ralph G Edwards 3 Edward Jenkins 4 Edward Jenkins 4 Arthur Peake 5 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John E Bibby 7 Walter Allman 7 Peter Laflin 8 Edward Jenkins Duplicate 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) A wedding compliment to Mr Richard Blakey and Miss Marjory Evans. 9 Eric J Gilbert 10 Walter Allman 335 11 John Worth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 Ralph G Edwards FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence First peal of Surprise Maximus: 1, 4. Rung to commemorate the 21st Fri, 14th July 1950 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. anniversary of the record length (15312 changes) of Cambridge Surprise 5088 Spliced Surprise Major Maximus rung at Ashton-under-Lyne on 5 Aug 1929. (4m: 2688 London; 1056 Bristol; 672 Superlative, Cambridge: 129 com) Comp. Albert J Pitman 340 1 Oswald Claybrooke YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 2 John Worth THORNE, Yorkshire, St Nicholas 3 Henry O Baker Sat, 26th August 1950 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 4 John E Bibby 5088 London Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Frederick Dench 6 Walter Allman 1 Frank Reed 7 Fred Dunkerley 2 John E Bibby 8 Ralph G Edwards 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of Spliced Surprise: 7. 4 Fred Dunkerley 5 Gibson Jackson 336 6 John Worth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Peter Laflin NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 8 Ralph G Edwards Sat, 15th July 1950 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 341 Comp. Charles H Hattersley YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 1 Peter Laflin EAST RETFORD, Nottinghamshire, St Swithun 2 Ann Worth Sat, 26th August 1950 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 3 June Henshaw 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 4 John Worth Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Peter Laflin 6 James A Milner 2 W Eric Critchley 7 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Leslie W G Morris 8 Joseph Whittaker 4 John E Bibby First peal in the method: 2. 5 J Edward Cawser 6 C Kenneth Lewis 337 7 Walter Allman LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 8 Wilfrid F Moreton MOSSLEY, Lancashire, St George 9 Ralph G Edwards Fri, 21st July 1950 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 10 James C E Simpson (C) 5056 Painswick Surprise Major First peal of London Surprise Royal: 2, 3, 5, 8. First peal of Royal in the Comp. Thomas B Worsley method as conductor. First peal of London Surprise Royal in the county and 1 Jean C Brown for the Association. 2 Selwyn H Dearden 3 Stephen L Parry 342 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 5 Alan J Brown HATFIELD, Yorkshire, St Lawrence 6 David Vincent Sun, 27th August 1950 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 7 Philip H Tocock 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 8 Fred Dunkerley Comp. Charles H Hattersley First peal in the method by all the band, on the bells and for the Association. 1 Gibson Jackson 2 John E Bibby (C) 338 3 William H Jackson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Henry O Baker MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 5 Leslie W G Morris Sat, 22nd July 1950 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 6 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 7 Peter Laflin Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 8 Wilfrid F Moreton 1 Joseph W Whittaker 100th peal: 4. 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Ralph G Edwards 7 Eric Gilbert 8 Peter Laflin 9 James C E Simpson 10 John Worth (C) First peal of London Surprise Royal: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

36 343 348 YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION HEDON, Yorkshire, St Augustine ESCRICK, Yorkshire, St Helen Mon, 28th August 1950 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. Sat, 2nd September 1950 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5056 Superlative Surprise Major Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1 C Kenneth Lewis 1 David G Jackson 2 Fred Dunkerley 2 George E Fearn 3 Peter Laflin 3 Peter Laflin 4 Leslie W G Morris 4 Ralph G Edwards 5 J Edward Cawser 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 W Eric Critchley 6 Wilfrid F Moreton 7 George E Fearn 7 W Eric Critchley 8 John Worth (C) 8 John Worth (C) First peal of Surprise, on the bells. First peal in the method on the bells.

344 349 YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION BEVERLEY, Yorkshire, Minster Church of St John GOOLE, Yorkshire, St John the Baptist Tue, 29th August 1950 in 3 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 41 cwt. Sat, 2nd September 1950 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. William Pye Comp. J S Wilde 1 Peter Laflin 1 Peter Laflin 2 C Kenneth Lewis 2 W Eric Critchley 3 Leslie W G Morris (C) 3 William H Jackson 4 John E Bibby 4 Wilfrid F Moreton 5 Wilfrid F Moreton 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 George E Fearn 6 John Worth 7 Walter Allman 7 George E Fearn 8 John Worth 8 Ralph G Edwards 9 Ralph G Edwards First peal of Surprise on the bells. 10 James C E Simpson 350 345 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION MOORSIDE, Lancashire, St Thomas MALTON, Yorkshire, St Leonard Fri, 8th September 1950 in 3 hrs 14 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Wed, 30th August 1950 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5088 New Cambridge Surprise Major 5152 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. Henry W Wilde (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Superlative, Cambridge: 107 com) 1 Stephen L Parry Comp. Albert J Pitman 2 Edward Jenkins 1 James C E Simpson 3 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Fred Dunkerley 4 Alan J Brown 3 Leslie W G Morris 5 Philip H Tocock 4 J Edward Cawser 6 David Vincent 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Selwyn H Dearden 6 W Eric Critchley 8 Fred Dunkerley (C) 7 Walter Allman First peal in the method: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. First peal in the method on the bells 8 John Worth and for the Association. Circled the tower: 7. First peal of Surprise on the bells. 351 346 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary SCARBOROUGH, Yorkshire, St Mary Sat, 23rd September 1950 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Fri, 1st September 1950 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 21 cwt. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5088 London Surprise Major Comp. Charles Middleton Comp. James W Washbrook 1 Stella P Wain 1 Ralph G Edwards 2 Mary Lewis 2 Peter Laflin 3 Jean C Brown 3 Leslie W G Morris 4 Neville A Brown 4 John E Bibby 5 Roy Broom 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Cecil Raddon 6 John Worth (C) 7 Alan J Brown 7 W Eric Critchley 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Wilfrid F Moreton First peal of Treble Bob: 1. First peal in the method: 3, 4. A birthday compliment for Jean C Brown. 347 YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 352 FYLINGDALES, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, St Stephen CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Fri, 1st September 1950 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Sat, 28th October 1950 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Comp. Joseph W Parker 5056 Pudsey Surprise Major 1 John Worth Comp. Thomas B Worsley 2 J Edward Cawser 1 James A Milner 3 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Anne Worth 4 Leslie W G Morris 3 Wilfred Stevenson 5 Henry O Baker 4 James Fernley 6 Walter Allman (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Peter Laflin 6 John Worth 8 George E Fearn 7 Peter Laflin First peal of Surprise on the bells. 8 Joseph Whittaker

37 353 357 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OVER, Winsford, Cheshire, St Chad WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of All Saints Sat, 4th November 1950 in 12 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Sat, 16th December 1950 in 4 hrs 29 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. 21600 Bristol Surprise Major 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. Frederick Dench 1 Peter Laflin 1 Edward Jenkins 2 Wilfred Stevenson 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Henry O Baker 3 J Edward Cawser 4 John E Bibby 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 W Eric Critchley 6 Walter Allman 6 William Barton 7 Fred Dunkerley 7 J Frederick Milner 8 John Worth (C) 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) The longest length ever rung by one set of ringers. 9 Joseph W Whittaker 10 Walter Allman 354 11 James C E Simpson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 John Worth FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence First peal of Cambridge Surprise Maximus, and has now rung the method Fri, 24th November 1950 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. from Minor to Maximus: 5. First peal of Surprise Maximus: 6. Rung in 5056 Spliced Surprise Major memoriam H C Walters, of Pontefract. (4m: 2944 London; 640 Bristol; 736 Cambridge, Superlative: 112 com) Comp. E C S Turner 358 1 Eric J Gilbert CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Walter Allman MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 3 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 23rd December 1950 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 4 John E Bibby 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5 John Worth Comp. William Pye 6 James C E Simpson 1 James A Milner 7 Edward Jenkins 2 Sidney Hough jun 8 Ralph G Edwards 3 Neil D Lomas Umpire: Henry O Baker. This is the first silent peal of Spliced Surprise 4 C Kenneth Lewis Major. 5 Anne Worth 6 John Worth (C) 355 7 Denis Mottershead LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 8 Wilfred Stevenson OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 9 Peter Laflin Sat, 2nd December 1950 in 3 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. 10 Joseph W Whittaker 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus First peal of Surprise Royal: 2, 5. First peal of Royal: 3, 7. 1 Edward Jenkins 2 C Kenneth Lewis 359 3 John Worth (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 John E Bibby MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 5 Eric J Gilbert Tue, 26th December 1950 in 3 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 6 Frederick W Grocott 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 7 Peter Laflin Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis 8 Leslie W G Morris 1 Edward Jenkins 9 Walter Allman 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 Ralph G Edwards 3 Wilfred Stevenson 11 Joseph W Whittaker 4 John E Bibby 12 James C E Simpson 5 Fred Dunkerley First peal of Yorkshire Maximus: 5, 7, 10, 11. First peal of Surprise 6 Walter Allman Maximus: 6. Rung as a birthday compliment to Mr P Laflin and Mr Tom 7 John Worth Hammond, of Liverpool. First peal of Yorkshire Surprise Maximus for the 8 Peter Laflin Association. 9 Henry O Baker 10 Leslie W G Morris 356 11 Joseph Whittaker CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 James C E Simpson FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence First peal of Yorkshire Surprise Maximus: 3. First peal of Surprise Fri, 15th December 1950 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Maximus: 5. First peal of Maximus: 9. First peal of Maximus as conductor. 5184 Kendal Surprise Major The first peal of Yorkshire Surprise Maximus by the Guild. 1 Ralph G Edwards 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 360 3 Fred Dunkerley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Henry O Baker MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 5 Walter Allman Sat, 30th December 1950 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 6 John Worth 5040 Treble Bob Minor 7 John E Bibby (7m: Wragby Delight, St Albans Delight, Neasden Delight, Sandal Treble 8 James C E Simpson Bob, London Scholars' Pleasure Treble Bob, Kingston Treble Bob, Oxford The treble ringer has now circled the tower twice. 250th peal: 1. The first Treble Bob) peal in the method for the Guild. 1 Denis Heapy 2 Anne Worth 3 Joseph Whittaker 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 John Worth 6 Wilfred Stevenson First peal of Minor: 1. First peal in seven methods: 2.

38 361 365 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark Sat, 30th December 1950 in 4 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Sat, 10th February 1951 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 8032 Spliced Surprise Major 5040 Rutland Surprise Royal (8m: 1504 Bristol; 1152 Cambridge, Pudsey, Watford; 768 Kendal, Comp. C Kenneth Lewis London, Superlative, Wembley: 202 com) 1 Joseph Whittaker Comp. Albert J Pitman 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Edward Jenkins 3 Walter Allman 2 Fred Dunkerley 4 John E Bibby 3 Walter Allman 5 Peter Laflin 4 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Eric J Gilbert 5 Eric J Gilbert 7 Frederick W Grocott 6 John Worth 8 John Worth 7 Ralph G Edwards 9 James C E Simpson 8 James C E Simpson (C) 10 Ralph G Edwards This is the longest length of Spliced Surprise yet rung. The peal was rung The first peal of Rutland Royal in the county by the Association. Rung in on, and in honour of, the 21st birthday of Elizabeth M Bibby, one of the honour of the wedding of the Marquis of Normanby, MBE and the Hon local ringers. Grania Merve Rosaura Guinness, which took place the same day at Lythe, near Whitby. 362 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 366 ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 6th January 1951 in 3 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St George 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Sat, 17th February 1951 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. Comp. Charles W Roberts 5040 Rutland Surprise Royal 1 Edward Jenkins (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Henry O Baker 3 John Worth 2 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Eric J Gilbert 4 John E Bibby 6 Fred Dunkerley 5 John Worth (C) 7 Walter Allman 6 Eric J Gilbert 8 Leslie W G Morris 7 Joseph W Whittaker 9 Peter Laflin 8 Frederick W Grocott 10 Ralph G Edwards 9 Ralph G Edwards 11 Joseph W Whittaker 10 James C E Simpson 12 James C E Simpson In memoriam Harry Shuker, late general secretary, Lancashire Association. First peal in the method on the bells. 367 363 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence HYDE, Cheshire, St George Fri, 23rd February 1951 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Sat, 20th January 1951 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5280 Spliced Surprise Major (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, (6m: 960 London; 928 Watford; 896 Bristol; 832 Pudsey, Cambridge, Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: Superlative: 127 com, atw) 139 com) Comp. Albert J Pitman Comp. Pitman's Reversed 1 James A Milner 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Edward Jenkins 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Fred Dunkerley 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 James Fernley 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 John E Bibby 6 Peter Laflin 6 Walter Allman 7 Joseph Whittaker 7 John Worth 8 John Worth 8 James C E Simpson (C) Rung to celebrate the installation of the Vicar, Canon A T Parker, as a First peal of Spliced Surprise Maior in 12 methods for the Guild, on the bells Canon of Chester Cathedral. and by all the band. The reverse arrangement of A J Pitman's composition is by C Kenneth Lewis. 364 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 368 NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 3rd February 1951 in 1 hr 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 5088 Spliced Surprise Major Sat, 3rd March 1951 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. (4m: 2688 London; 1056 Bristol; 678 Cambridge, Superlative: 140 com) 5040 Treble Bob Minor Comp. Charles W Roberts (9m: (1) Wragby and Charlwood Delight (2) St Albans and Neasden 1 James A Milner Delight (3) Capel Treble Bob (4) Sandal Treble Bob (5) London Scholars' 2 Anne Worth Pleasure Treble Bob (6) Kingston Treble Bob (7) Oxford Treble Bob) 3 Frederick W Grocott 1 Dorothea Way 4 James Fernley 2 James A Milner 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Alexander Richardson 6 Joseph W Whittaker 4 Denis Mottershead 7 Peter Laflin 5 Sidney Hough jun 8 John Worth (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of Spliced: 2, 3. Rung for the consecration of the Rector of Rung to commemorate the installation of the Vicar, Canon F S Spackman, Stockport, D H Saunders-Davies, MA, as Bishop of Stockport. MA, as Canon of Chester Cathedral and his appointment as Rural Dean.

39 369 373 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 10th March 1951 in 3 hrs 19 mins. Tenor 21 cwt. Sat, 21st April 1951 in 3 hrs 37 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5120 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, 1 Harry F Holding Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, New Gloucester, Wembley, Yorkshire: 2 Fred Price 139 com) 3 Richard D Langford Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) 4 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Henry O Baker 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Walter Allman 6 George A Packer 3 Wilfred Stevenson 7 William H Tyler 4 John E Bibby 8 John Worth (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9 Howard Howell 6 John Worth 10 Ralph G Edwards 7 Peter Laflin First peal of Surprise Royal: 2, 7. 8 Joseph Whittaker A birthday compliment to HRH Princess Elizabeth. 370 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 374 ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Blessed Virgin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Mon, 26th March 1951 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Sat, 28th April 1951 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Comp. Arthur Knights 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 1 Walter Allman (16m: 640 London; 320 Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, Lindum, 2 Henry O Baker New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Rutland, Wembley, Wordsworth, 3 Fred Dunkerley Yorkshire, Bristol; 160 Uxbridge, Watford: 139 com) 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) 5 James C E Simpson 1 James A Milner 6 Eric J Gilbert 2 Fred Dunkerley 7 Frederick W Grocott 3 Wilfred Stevenson 8 Ralph G Edwards 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 371 6 John Worth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Peter Laflin NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 8 Joseph Whittaker Sat, 7th April 1951 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 14 cwt. The first peal in 16 Spliced Surprise Major methods by the Guild, in the 5120 Spliced Surprise Major county and by all the band. Rung for the wedding anniversary of Mr. and (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Mrs. J Fernley. Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 139 com) 375 Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION 1 James A Milner INVERARAY, Argyll, All Saints 2 Fred Dunkerley Sat, 5th May 1951 in 4 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 41 cwt. 3 Wilfred Stevenson 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 4 James Fernley Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Edward Jenkins 6 John Worth 2 Fred Dunkerley 7 Peter Laflin 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Joseph Whittaker 4 John E Bibby 5 J Edward Cawser 372 6 Leslie W G Morris LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 7 Walter Allman SADDLEWORTH, Yorkshire, St Chad 8 James C E Simpson Fri, 13th April 1951 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 10 cwt. 9 Ralph G Edwards 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 10 John Worth (12m: 960 London; 960 Rutland; 320 Bristol, Eastcote, Cambridge, Cray, 600th peal: 1. The first peal of Surprise Royal in Scotland. Rung for the Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: opening of the Festival of Britain. 139 com) Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) 376 1 James A Milner CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Fred Dunkerley MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 3 Wilfred Stevenson Mon, 14th May 1951 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 5 Walter Allman Comp. Henry Dains 6 James C E Simpson 1 Frank B Lufkin 7 John E Bibby 2 Charles McGuiness 8 John Worth 3 Geoffrey J Lewis The first peal in 12 Spliced Surprise methods by the Association. A 70th 4 C Kenneth Lewis birthday compliment to Mr Jonathan Pilling. 5 Jack Bray 6 Jack L Millhouse (C) 7 Peter Laflin 8 George E Feirn 9 John Worth 10 Thomas H Francis First peal of Yorkshire Royal: 3. The conductor's 400th peal,

40 377 381 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sun, 20th May 1951 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 21st July 1951 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5024 Plain Bob Major Comp. Charles Middleton 1 Elise Brentnall 1 Jean C Brown 2 Anne Worth 2 Neville A Brown 3 James A Milner 3 Jack Clegg 4 Frances M Laflin 4 Roy Broom 5 Sylvia Cain 5 Charles Clegg 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Joseph Whittaker 7 Alan J Brown 8 Peter Laflin 8 David Vincent First peal: 1, 5. Rung for the ordination as deacon of the Curate, the Revd A W Penn, BA, for the 25th anniversary of the Vicar's (the Revd D P Low, MA, TD) 382 ordination as deacon, and for the 60th anniversary of the Assistant Priest's CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (the Revd Arthur Dale, MA) ordination as priest. BUXTON, Derbyshire, St Peter, Fairfield Sat, 11th August 1951 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 378 5024 London Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Gabriel Lindoff MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 1 James A Milner Sat, 23rd June 1951 in 3 hrs 19 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 2 Anne Worth 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 3 Neil D Lomas Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Henry O Baker 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Peter Laflin 3 Alfred W Smith 7 Joseph W Whittaker 4 Leslie W G Morris 8 John Worth (C) 5 Walter Allman First peal in the method: 3. The conductor's 50th peal of Major in the 6 Joseph Whittaker method. 7 John E Bibby 8 Eric J Gilbert 383 9 Peter Laflin NORTH WALES ASSOCIATION 10 Ralph G Edwards GRESFORD, Denbighshire, All Saints Rung after meeting short for Maximus, W Stevenson kindly standing down. Sat, 18th August 1951 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 379 (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 Cambridge, London, Superlative: 107 com) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Albert J Pitman MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1 John Worth Sat, 7th July 1951 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 3 John E Bibby Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 Leslie W G Morris 1 Henry O Baker 5 James C E Simpson 2 Fred Dunkerley 6 Eric J Gilbert 3 Leslie W G Morris 7 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 8 Ralph G Edwards 5 Wilfred Stevenson Rung for the Festival of Britain celebrations. 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 John Worth (C) 384 8 Edward Jenkins GUILD OF DEVONSHIRE RINGERS 9 Walter Allman MILVERTON, Somerset, St Michael & All Angels 10 Joseph Whittaker Sat, 25th August 1951 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. First peal in the method: 1, 2, 8. First peal in the method inside: 10. 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 380 1 Antony W T Cleaver CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Henry O Baker HYDE, Cheshire, St George 3 Michael P Moreton Sat, 14th July 1951 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 4 John E Bibby 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, 6 Walter Allman Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 7 George E Fearn 139 com) 8 John Worth (C) Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) First peal in the method: 3. First peal in the method on the bells. 1 James A Milner 2 Fred Dunkerley 385 3 Leslie W G Morris GUILD OF DEVONSHIRE RINGERS 4 Wilfred Stevenson TIVERTON, Devonshire, St Peter 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 25th August 1951 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 6 John Worth 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 7 Peter Laflin Comp. Arthur Knights 8 Joseph Whittaker 1 Walter Allman First peal in 12 methods: 3. 2 John E Bibby 3 Leslie W G Morris 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Michael P Moreton 6 George E Fearn 7 John Worth 8 Ralph G Edwards First peal in the method: 5. First peal in the method on the bells.

41 386 391 GUILD OF DEVONSHIRE RINGERS TRURO DIOCESAN GUILD LITTLEHAM, Devonshire, St Margaret ST COLUMB MAJOR, Cornwall, St Columba Sun, 26th August 1951 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. Wed, 29th August 1951 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. W Eric Critchley Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 J Martin Thorley 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Gibson Jackson 2 Antony W T Cleaver 3 Milton C Fowler 3 Rodney B Meadows 4 J Edward Cawser (C) 4 Leslie W G Morris 5 Henry O Baker 5 Fred Dunkerley 6 John Worth 6 Ralph G Edwards 7 C Kenneth Lewis 7 George E Fearn 8 Wilfrid F Moreton 8 John Worth (C) 50th peal together: 2, 4. First peal of Surprise on the bells. First peal in the method: 2. First peal in the method on the bells.

387 392 GUILD OF DEVONSHIRE RINGERS TRURO DIOCESAN GUILD CHUDLEIGH, Devonshire, SS Martin & Mary KENWYN, Cornwall, St Cuby Mon, 27th August 1951 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Fri, 31st August 1951 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 5184 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5120 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. Charles W Roberts (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, 1 Michael P Moreton Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 2 Milton C Fowler 139 com) 3 J Edward Cawser Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) 4 Henry O Baker 1 Fred Dunkerley 5 Walter Allman 2 Walter Allman 6 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Leslie W G Morris 7 John E Bibby 4 John E Bibby 8 John Worth (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of Surprise on the bells. 6 Wilfrid F Moreton 7 John Worth 388 8 James C E Simpson GUILD OF DEVONSHIRE RINGERS The first peal of Spliced Surprise in the county and for the Guild. BUCKLAND IN THE MOOR, Devonshire, St Peter Mon, 27th August 1951 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 393 5152 Rutland Surprise Major GUILD OF DEVONSHIRE RINGERS 1 Antony W T Cleaver BUCKFASTLEIGH, Devon, Holy Trinity 2 Henry O Baker Sat, 1st September 1951 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 3 Walter Allman 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 4 Michael P Moreton Comp. Joseph W Parker 5 J Edward Cawser 1 Antony W T Cleaver 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Milton C Fowler 7 John E Bibby 3 Leslie W G Morris 8 John Worth 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal in the method on the bells. 5 Ralph G Edwards 6 Gibson Jackson 389 7 George E Fearn TRURO DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Walter Allman ST GERMANS, Cornwall, St Germanus First peal in the method on the bells. Tue, 28th August 1951 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5056 Pudsey Surprise Major 394 Comp. Arthur Knights LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 1 Leslie W G Morris (C) WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 2 Henry O Baker Sat, 15th September 1951 in 3 hrs 21 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 3 Ralph G Edwards 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 4 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 John E Bibby 1 Peter Laflin 6 Walter Allman 2 Fred Dunkerley 7 George E Fearn 3 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Wilfrid F Moreton 4 Walter Allman (C) First peal in the method on the bells. 5 Leslie W G Morris 6 John E Bibby 390 7 Henry O Baker TRURO DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Eric J Gilbert MADRON, Cornwall, St Maddern 9 Ralph G Edwards Wed, 29th August 1951 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 10 James C E Simpson 5024 London Surprise Major First peal in the method: 7. First peal of Surprise Royal as conductor. First Comp. Gabriel Lindoff peal in the method for the Association. 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Rodney B Meadows 395 3 John Worth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Milton C Fowler NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas 5 Leslie W G Morris Sat, 22nd September 1951 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 6 J Martin Thorley 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 7 J Edward Cawser (C) Comp. Charles H Hattersley 8 Ralph G Edwards 1 James A Milner First peal on the augmented bells, the most westerly octave in Great Britain. 2 Peter Laflin 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fearnley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John E Bibby (C) 7 Joseph Whittaker 8 John Worth

42 396 400 LINCOLN DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD GRANTHAM, Lincolnshire, St Wulfram OVER, Cheshire, St Chad Sat, 20th October 1951 in 3 hrs 41 mins. Tenor 32 cwt. Sat, 29th December 1951 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 5152 Ealing Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Joseph Whittaker 1 Henry O Baker 2 Walter Allman 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Leslie W G Morris 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Walter Allman 6 Jack L Millhouse 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 John Freeman 8 James C E Simpson (C) 9 John Worth 50th peal this year: 6. First peal in the method for the Guild, on the bells and 10 Ralph G Edwards by all the band. First peal in the method: 6, 8. First peal in the method as conductor. First peal in the method by the Guild, in the county and on the bells. This 401 composition contains 18 of the 24 657890's and 567890's. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 397 Sat, 19th January 1952 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5120 Spliced Surprise Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Sat, 3rd November 1951 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 5408 Bristol Surprise Major 139 com) Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) 1 Peter Laflin 1 James A Milner 2 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Henry O Baker 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 John E Bibby 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Walter Allman 6 John Worth 7 Fred Dunkerley 7 Peter Laflin 8 John Worth (C) 8 Joseph Whittaker Rung on the first anniversary of the 21600 Bristol rung at this church. The A birthday compliment for Mrs E V Parker, of Disley. composition was taken from the original peal. 402 398 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark Sat, 2nd February 1952 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 15th December 1951 in 10 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 15480 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1 James A Milner 1 Henry O Baker 2 Basil Jones 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Fred Dunkerley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Neil D Lomas 4 John E Bibby 5 Anne Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Walter Allman 7 John Worth (C) 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Wilfred Stevenson 8 James C E Simpson 9 Joseph W Whittaker 9 Joseph Whittaker 10 Peter Laflin 10 John Worth (C) First peal of Cambridge Royal: 2. The longest peal of Royal yet rung and the longest length in the method on any number. 403 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 399 OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 23rd February 1952 in 3 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 32 cwt. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Wed, 26th December 1951 in 3 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 1 John Worth Comp. Joseph W Parker 2 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Henry O Baker 3 James Fearnley 2 Fred Dunkerley 4 John E Bibby (C) 3 Wilfred Stevenson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 6 Fred Dunkerley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Brian D Threlfall 6 Brian D Threlfall 8 Leslie W G Morris 7 Walter Allman 9 Walter Allman 8 John Worth 10 Peter Laflin 9 Peter Laflin 11 Joseph Whittaker 10 Ralph G Edwards 12 Edward Jenkins 11 Joseph Whittaker Conductor has now called Cambridge from Minor to Maximus. 12 James C E Simpson The ringers of 1, 2 and 6 have now completed the Cambridge sequence from Minor to Maximus.

43 404 408 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church MANCHESTER, Town Hall Sat, 8th March 1952 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 12th April 1952 in 4 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Comp. Charles Middleton Comp. Five-course Block Repeated 1 James A Milner 1 Walter Allman 2 Alan A Potts 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Gerald Farrer 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Harry Farrer 6 Leslie W G Morris 7 John Worth (C) 7 Alan A Potts 8 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Ralph G Edwards 250th peal for the Chester Guild: 3, 6. First peal of Surprise: 4. 9 Peter Laflin 10 Joseph W Whittaker 405 11 John Worth (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 Edward Jenkins DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary First peal in the method: 7. First peal in the method on the bells. Sat, 15th March 1952 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 409 (25m: (1) Abbeyville, Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Delight (2) Marple, Willesden Delight (3) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College CONGLETON, Cheshire, St Peter Bob IV Delight (4) Braintree, Wragby Delight (5) Charlwood, Neasden, St Sat, 24th May 1952 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Albans Delight (6) Morning Star, Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College 5120 Spliced Surprise Major Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob) Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 1 Basil Jones 139 com) 2 Anne Worth Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 James A Milner 4 Neil D Lomas 2 Neil D Lomas 5 Alan A Potts 3 Fred Dunkerley 6 James A Milner 4 Wilfred Stevenson First peal in 25 methods: 1, 2, 4. Rung fully muffled as a last tribute to Revd 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Charles Musgrave, MA, Vicar of Disley, 1924-1948. 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 406 8 Alan A Potts CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal of Spliced: 2. Rung for the 46th anniversary (May 26th) of Mr ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter Laflin's first peal. Sat, 22nd March 1952 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 410 (13m: 960 Rutland; 640 London; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, LINCOLN DIOCESAN GUILD Lincolnshire, Lindum, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, BOSTON, Lincolnshire, St Botolph Yorkshire: 139 com) Sat, 31st May 1952 in 3 hrs 36 mins. Tenor 21 cwt. Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 1 James A Milner Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 Fred Dunkerley 1 Peter N Bond 3 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Fred Dunkerley 4 Alan A Potts 3 Geoffrey J Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 5 Walter Allman 7 Peter Laflin 6 Leslie H Pask 8 Joseph Whittaker 7 George E Symonds 8 Leslie W G Morris 407 9 John Worth (C) LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Cecil W Pipe LOUGHBOROUGH, Leicestershire, All Saints Sat, 29th March 1952 in 3 hrs 24 mins. Tenor 30 cwt. 411 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal LINCOLN DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C Kenneth Lewis WALESBY, Lincolnshire, All Saints 1 G Ronald Edwards Sun, 1st June 1952 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 2 Henry O Baker 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 3 Wilfred Stevenson (4m: 2240 London; 1728 Bristol; 576 Cambridge, Superlative: 116 com) 4 John E Bibby Comp. Albert J Pitman 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Mary Lewis 6 Alan A Potts 2 Fred Dunkerley 7 Walter Allman 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Ralph G Edwards 4 Charles McGuiness 9 Joseph Whittaker 5 John Worth 10 John Worth 6 Leslie W G Morris The first peal in the method, in the county, by the Guild and on the bells. 7 Walter Allman This composition contains 18 567890's and 18 657890's. 8 Cecil W Pipe

44 412 417 LINCOLN DIOCESAN GUILD OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD SURFLEET, Lincolnshire, St Laurence DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, Abbey Church of SS Peter & Paul Mon, 2nd June 1952 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Sun, 10th August 1952 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5152 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. Charles J Sedgley (4m: 1280 London; 1312 Bristol; 1568 Cambridge; 992 Superlative: 110 1 Wilfred Williams com) 2 Fred Dunkerley Comp. Albert J Pitman 3 Charles McGuiness 1 Walter Allman 4 Frederick W Stokes 2 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Leslie W G Morris 6 Leslie W G Morris 4 John E Bibby 7 Walter Tomlinson 5 W Eric Critchley (C) 8 John Walden 6 C Kenneth Lewis 9 Walter Allman 7 Edward Jenkins 10 Frederick E Collins 8 George E Fearn 11 John Worth 12 Wilfrid F Moreton 418 OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD 413 COOKHAM, Berkshire, Holy Trinity LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Tue, 12th August 1952 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. BURNLEY, Lancashire, St Peter 5120 Spliced Surprise Major Sat, 14th June 1952 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, New Gloucester, Wembley, Yorkshire: Comp. Arthur Knights 139 com) 1 James A Milner Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) 2 Basil Jones 1 Leslie W G Morris 3 Fred Dunkerley 2 Fred Dunkerley 4 Alan A Potts 3 Walter Allman 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Rodney B Meadows 6 Wilfred Stevenson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Joseph W Whittaker 6 Wilfrid F Moreton 8 John Worth (C) 7 John E Bibby Rung as a wedding compliment to Mr and Mrs K Lawson. 8 John Worth

414 419 ST MARTIN'S GUILD FOR THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD ASTON, Birmingham, SS Peter & Paul READING, Berkshire, St Mary the Virgin Sat, 19th July 1952 in 3 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Wed, 13th August 1952 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. Charles J Sedgley Comp. Charles H Hattersley 1 Muriel Reay 1 Denis Maddock 2 Fred Dunkerley 2 John E Bibby (C) 3 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Basil Jones 4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Leslie W G Morris 5 George E Fearn 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Terry R Hampton 6 W Eric Critchley 7 Henry H Fearn 7 John Worth 8 Peter Laflin 8 Ralph G Edwards 9 Edward Jenkins 10 John Pinfold 420 11 Joseph W Whittaker OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD 12 John Worth (C) READING, Berkshire, St Laurence First peal of Maximus: 1. Wed, 13th August 1952 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 415 Comp. Charles J Sedgley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Henry O Baker POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 2 Fred Dunkerley Wed, 6th August 1952 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 3 Walter Allman 5040 Plain Bob Minor 4 John E Bibby 1 Joyce Rothwell 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Lesley Gosling 6 John Worth (C) 3 Mary Lewis 7 Edward Jenkins 4 James Fernley 8 Leslie W G Morris 5 Barry Corbishley 9 Ralph G Edwards 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 Rodney B Meadows First peal: 1, 2. 11 Wilfrid F Moreton 12 George E Fearn 416 OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD 421 OLD WINDSOR, Berkshire, St Peter OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 9th August 1952 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. APPLETON, Berkshire, St Laurence 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Thu, 14th August 1952 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Comp. Arthur Knights 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 1 Denis Maddock Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 Leslie W G Morris 1 John E Bibby 3 Fred Dunkerley 2 Denis Maddock 4 Rodney B Meadows 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Basil Jones 6 W Eric Critchley 5 Rodney B Meadows 7 Walter Allman 6 W Eric Critchley (C) 8 Wilfrid F Moreton 7 George E Fearn 8 Walter Allman 9 John Worth 10 Edward Jenkins

45 422 427 OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHIPPING NORTON, Oxfordshire, St Mary the Virgin MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter Thu, 14th August 1952 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 14 cwt. Fri, 12th September 1952 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 5024 Rutland Surprise Major 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Comp. Harold G Cashmore (35m: (1) Fotheringay, Skipton, Balmoral, Chepstow, Dover Delight (2) 1 C Kenneth Lewis Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne, Ely Delight (3) Crowland, 2 Fred Dunkerley Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville Delight (4) Newdigate, 3 Leslie W G Morris Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden, Marple Delight (5) Charlwood, 4 Ralph G Edwards Neasden, St Albans, Wragby, Braintree Delight (6) Ockley, Duke of 5 John E Bibby Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Morning Star Treble Bob (7) Capel, 6 W Eric Critchley Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob: 55 com) 7 George E Fearn 1 Anne Worth 8 Wilfrid F Moreton (C) 2 Neil D Lomas 3 Barry Corbishley 423 4 Basil Jones OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) KINGHAM, Oxfordshire, St Andrew 6 Joseph W Whittaker Thu, 14th August 1952 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. First peal in 35 methods: 1, 2, 3, 4. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Chas 428 1 W Eric Critchley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Fred Dunkerley NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 3 Ralph G Edwards Sat, 4th October 1952 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 4 Rodney B Meadows 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5 Leslie W G Morris (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 7 Wilfrid F Moreton 139 com) 8 George E Fearn Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) 1 James A Milner 424 2 Fred Dunkerley OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Basil Jones WATLINGTON, Oxfordshire, St Leonard 4 James Fernley Sat, 16th August 1952 in 3 hrs 19 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5056 Pudsey Surprise Major 6 Wilfred Stevenson Comp. Charles H Martin 7 Peter Laflin 1 Walter Allman 8 Joseph Whittaker 2 Basil Jones First peal in 12 Spliced Surprise Major methods: 3. Rung for the Harvest 3 Fred Dunkerley Festival; also on the 22nd anniversary of the 6th ringer's wedding. 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Edward Jenkins 429 6 W Eric Critchley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 George E Fearn FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 8 Rodney B Meadows (C) Sat, 11th October 1952 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 425 (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 139 com) Sat, 30th August 1952 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) 5088 Spliced Surprise Major 1 Anne Worth (4m: 1056 Bristol; 672 Cambridge, Superlative; 2688 London) 2 Fred Dunkerley Comp. Albert J Pitman 3 Neil D Lomas 1 Molly May 4 Basil Jones 2 Basil Jones 5 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Alan A Potts 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 James Fernley 7 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 John Worth 6 Joseph W Whittaker 7 John E Bibby 430 8 John Worth (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal: 1. 500th peal: 7. Rung to mark the engagement of Sylvia Cain MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church and Norman Taylor, both ringers at the above tower, also Walter Allman Sat, 18th October 1952 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. and May Fletcher, of Runcorn. 5040 Metropolitan Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 426 1 Anne Worth LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Basil Jones LEICESTER, Cathedral of St Martin 3 Fred Dunkerley Sat, 6th September 1952 in 3 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 4 John E Bibby 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5 Neil D Lomas Comp. Charles J Sedgley 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Henry O Baker 7 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Wilfred Stevenson 8 Peter Laflin 3 James Fernley 9 John Worth 4 John E Bibby 10 Joseph Whittaker 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Leslie W G Morris 7 Peter J Staniforth 8 Alan A Potts 9 Peter Laflin 10 Walter Allman 11 Joseph W Whittaker 12 John Worth (C)

46 431 435 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 1st November 1952 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. Fri, 26th December 1952 in 3 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5280 Spliced Surprise Maximus 1 Margaret Hall (2m: 2640 Cambridge, Yorkshire: 58 com) 2 James A Milner Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 3 Basil Jones 1 Henry O Baker 4 Sidney Hough jun 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Wilfred Stevenson 6 Stephen W J Penny (C) 4 John E Bibby First peal: 1. First peal as conductor. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Edward Jenkins 432 7 Alan A Potts CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Leslie W G Morris RUNCORN, Cheshire, All Saints 9 Peter Laflin Sat, 8th November 1952 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 10 Ralph G Edwards 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 11 Joseph W Whittaker Comp. Charles H Hattersley 12 John Worth (C) 1 Anne Worth First peal of Spliced Surprise Maximus by all the band, in the county and for 2 Henry O Baker the Guild. Rung as a 78th and an 80th birthday compliment to Mr and Mrs 3 Neil D Lomas W W Wolstencroft, of Stoke Poges. 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 436 6 Ralph G Edwards LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 7 John Worth OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary the Virgin 8 Edward Jenkins Sat, 10th January 1953 in 3 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. Rung to celebrate the wedding earlier this day at this church of Miss May 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Fletcher and Mr Walter Allman, head ringer at Runcorn. 1 Peter Laflin 2 Fred Dunkerley 433 3 Wilfred Stevenson YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 4 John E Bibby WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of All Saints 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 22nd November 1952 in 3 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. 6 Basil Jones 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 7 Henry O Baker Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 8 Brian D Threlfall 1 Henry O Baker 9 Leslie W G Morris 2 Fred Dunkerley 10 John Worth 3 Wilfred Stevenson 11 Joseph Whittaker 4 Thomas W Strangeways 12 Edward Jenkins 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John E Bibby 437 7 Gordon Benfield CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Leslie W G Morris NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 9 John Worth (C) Sat, 17th January 1953 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 10 Alan A Potts 5024 Bristol Surprise Major 11 Peter Laflin Comp. Ernest Bennett 12 Joseph W Whittaker 1 James A Milner First peal of Cambridge Surprise Maximus: 4. First peal of Maximus: 7. 2 William Fernley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 434 4 James Fernley ANCIENT SOCIETY OF COLLEGE YOUTHS 5 C Kenneth Lewis LONDON, Cathedral of St Saviour, Southwark 6 Joseph Whittaker Sat, 13th December 1952 in 4 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 48 cwt. 7 Peter Laflin 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 8 John Worth (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis The 200th peal on the bells. 1 Wilfred Williams 2 Michael V Chilcott 438 3 Alan A Potts CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER, St Mary Within the Walls 5 John E Bibby Sat, 24th January 1953 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 6 Leslie W G Morris 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 7 Walter Allman (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, 8 John Worth (C) Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 9 John S Mason 139 com) 10 John H Crampion Comp. Albert J Pitman 11 Frederick E Collins 1 Henry O Baker 12 Edward Jenkins 2 Alan A Potts 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 Joseph Whittaker First peal in twelve methods: 7. First peal of Spliced Surprise on the bells, and in the city of Chester. A birthday compliment to Henry O Baker, Anthea Baker and Kathleen Mary Lewis.

47 439 443 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER, St Mary Within the Walls NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Fri, 13th February 1953 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Sat, 21st March 1953 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. Joseph W Parker Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 Shirley Golding 1 James A Milner 2 Brian D Threlfall 2 John Worth 3 Henry O Baker 3 Edward Jenkins 4 John E Bibby 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 6 Peter Laflin 7 Samuel Jones Jun 7 Joseph Whittaker 8 Ralph G Edwards 8 Ernest Bennett (C) First peal of Surprise: 1. Rung half-muffled in memoriam Robert Sperring, Rung in recognition of the 52nd anniversary of the first peal in the method. for many years a ringer at this church. 444 440 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MANCHESTER, Town Hall DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Sat, 4th April 1953 in 3 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. Sat, 14th February 1953 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 James A Milner 1 John E Bibby 2 Mary Lewis 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Alexander Richardson 3 Henry O Baker 4 Basil Jones 4 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Stephen W J Penny 6 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 6. 7 Leslie W G Morris 8 Peter Laflin 441 9 Edward Jenkins YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 10 Walter Allman BRADFORD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of St Peter 11 Joseph W Whittaker Sat, 21st February 1953 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 12 Ralph G Edwards 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal The first peal of Yorkshire Surprise Maximus with 5040 changes only to be Comp. C Kenneth Lewis rung. 1 Joseph W Whittaker 2 Fred Dunkerley 445 3 Basil Jones NORTH WALES ASSOCIATION 4 Wilfred Stevenson GRESFORD, Denbighshire, All Saints 5 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 11th April 1953 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 6 John E Bibby 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 7 Leslie W G Morris (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 8 Peter Laflin 1 Peter Laflin 9 Edward Jenkins 2 Fred Dunkerley 10 Ralph G Edwards 3 Basil Jones First peal of Royal in the method: 3. In memoriam Dr J C E Simpson, who 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) died February 6th, 1952, and who rang his last peal in the method on these 5 Henry O Baker bells on December 1st, 1951. 6 Edward Jenkins 7 Brian D Threlfall 442 8 Ralph G Edwards WORCESTERSHIRE & DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION EVESHAM, Worcestershire, Bell Tower 446 Sat, 7th March 1953 in 4 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus CHESTER, Cathedral of Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary Comp. Frederick Dench Sat, 11th April 1953 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. 1 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 2 Geoffrey J Hemming Comp. William Pye 3 Fred Dunkerley 1 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Basil Jones 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 John Worth 3 Henry O Baker 6 John E Bibby 4 John E Bibby (C) 7 Sidney T Holt 5 Walter Allman 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) 6 John Worth 9 Walter Allman 7 Leslie W G Morris 10 Frederick E Collins 8 Peter Laflin 11 Ralph G Edwards 9 Ralph G Edwards 12 Edward Jenkins 10 Edward Jenkins 200th peal and first of Cambridge Surprise Maximus, now completing the cycle from Minor to Maximus in the method: 2. First peal of Maximus on 447 the bells. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 18th April 1953 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. John R Pritchard 1 Joyce Rothwell 2 James Fernley 3 Elise Brentnall 4 Mollie May 5 Mary Lewis 6 James A Milner 7 Basil Jones (C) 8 C Kenneth Lewis First peal of Major: 1. First peal in the method: 3, 4. First peal as conductor.

48 448 452 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MOTTRAM IN LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael LIVERPOOL, Lancashire, Our Lady & St Nicholas Sat, 9th May 1953 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. Sat, 20th June 1953 in 3 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 5024 Oxford Treble Bob Major 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 Dorothy T Heap 1 Walter Allman 2 Joan Carter 2 Leslie W G Morris 3 Basil Jones 3 Basil Jones 4 Mary Lewis 4 James Fernley 5 Tom Wilde 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 James Carter 6 John E Bibby 7 John R Heap 7 Percival W Cave 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 John E Spice First peal in the method: 1, 2, 4, 7. 9 Joseph W Whittaker 10 Wilfrid F Moreton 449 11 Ralph G Edwards WINCHESTER & PORTSMOUTH DIOCESAN GUILD 12 Edward Jenkins (C) SOUTHAMPTON, Hampshire, St Michael 200th peal together: 6, 12. First peal of Maximus on tower bells and first Mon, 25th May 1953 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. peal of Surprise Maximus: 8. The conductor's 400th peal of Surprise. First 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal peal of Maximus on the recast ring. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 George E Feirn 453 2 Wilfred Williams CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Tom Chapman CHESTER, St Mary Within the Walls 4 Kenneth W H Felstead Wed, 1st July 1953 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5 Nelia M Leahy 5024 Spliced Surprise Major 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) (4m: 2304 Bristol; 1600 London; 576 Superlative; 544 Cambridge: 96 com) 7 Leslie W G Morris Comp. Albert J Pitman 8 John Worth 1 Shirley Golding 9 Frederick W Rogers 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 Charles H Kippin 3 Brian Harris First peal in the method: 1, 2, 3. The 50th peal in the tower. 4 John E Bibby 5 Henry O Baker 450 6 John Worth ANCIENT SOCIETY OF COLLEGE YOUTHS 7 Samuel Jones Jun STRATFORD ON AVON, Warwickshire, Holy Trinity 8 Walter Allman Sat, 6th June 1953 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. First peal of Spliced: 7. Rung for the Feast of Visitation of the Blessed 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Virgin Mary. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 William Allman 454 2 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 C Kenneth Lewis NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 4 John E Bibby (C) Sat, 11th July 1953 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5 Henry O Baker 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 6 Leslie W G Morris (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, 7 John Worth Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 8 Walter Allman 139 com) 9 Ralph G Edwards Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) 10 Edward Jenkins 1 James A Milner 100th peal on ten bells: 7. 2 Basil Jones 3 Edward Jenkins 451 4 James Fernley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 6 John Worth Sat, 13th June 1953 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 7 Alan A Potts 5088 Superlative Surprise Major 8 Joseph Whittaker Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 1 James A Milner 455 2 Basil Jones ANCIENT SOCIETY OF COLLEGE YOUTHS 3 Alex Richardson LIVERPOOL, Lancashire, Our Lady & St Nicholas 4 Alan A Potts Sun, 2nd August 1953 in 3 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 41 cwt. 5 Edward Jenkins 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 6 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. John Carter 7 Joseph W Whittaker 1 Edward Jenkins 8 John Worth (C) 2 Richard E Price 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John A Worth 5 Ralph G Edwards 6 Percival W Cave 7 Walter Allman 8 Leslie W G Morris 9 Wilfrid F Moreton 10 John H Crampion 11 George E Fearn 12 Frederick E Collins (C) First peal of Cambridge Maximus: 2. Rung in honour of the birth of a son to the wife of the ringer of the 7th.

49 456 461 ANCIENT SOCIETY OF COLLEGE YOUTHS IRISH ASSOCIATION ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels ENNISKILLEN, Fermanagh, Cathedral of St Macartan Mon, 3rd August 1953 in 3 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Mon, 31st August 1953 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 1 Edward Jenkins Comp. William Pye 2 Basil Jones 1 James Fernley 3 Selwyn H Dearden 2 Basil Jones 4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5 George E Fearn 4 John E Bibby 6 Leslie W G Morris 5 W Eric Critchley 7 Walter Allman 6 Leslie W G Morris (C) 8 Richard E Price 7 John Worth 9 John H Crampion 8 Rodney B Meadows 10 Frederick E Collins 9 Wilfrid F Moreton 11 Wilfrid F Moreton 10 Edward Jenkins 12 Wilfred Williams (C) The conductor's 500th peal. 462 IRISH ASSOCIATION 457 BANGOR, Down, St Comgall CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 1st September 1953 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 21 cwt. NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Sat, 8th August 1953 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Comp. Arthur Craven 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 1 W Eric Critchley Comp. Ernest Bennett 2 Basil Jones 1 James A Milner 3 James Fernley 2 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Leslie W G Morris 3 Peter Laflin 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Basil Jones 6 Wilfrid F Moreton 5 Joseph W Whittaker 7 Edward Jenkins 6 John Worth (C) 8 Rodney B Meadows (C) 7 Edward Jenkins 8 John E Bibby 463 Rung in honour of the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs W Allman. IRISH ASSOCIATION HILLSBOROUGH, Down, St Malachi 458 Wed, 2nd September 1953 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5120 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Sat, 15th August 1953 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 139 com) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Albert J Pitman 1 Henry O Baker 1 Leslie W G Morris 2 June M Henshaw 2 Basil Jones 3 Peter Laflin 3 James Fernley 4 John Worth (C) 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Denis Mottershead 6 John Worth 7 Joseph W Whittaker 7 Edward Jenkins 8 William Allman 8 Wilfrid F Moreton 9 Walter Allman 10 Edward Jenkins 464 IRISH ASSOCIATION 459 DROGHEDA, Louth, St Peter IRISH ASSOCIATION Thu, 3rd September 1953 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 22 cwt. DUBLIN, National Cathedral of St Patrick 5056 Pudsey Surprise Major Sat, 29th August 1953 in 4 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 45 cwt. Comp. W Eric Critchley 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 1 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 2 W Eric Critchley (C) 1 Henry O Baker 3 Rodney B Meadows 2 W Eric Critchley 4 Leslie W G Morris 3 Basil Jones 5 John E Bibby 4 James Fernley 6 Frederick E Dukes 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Edward Jenkins 6 John E Bibby 8 Wilfrid F Moreton 7 John Worth (C) 8 Leslie W G Morris 465 9 Rodney B Meadows IRISH ASSOCIATION 10 Walter Allman BRAY, Wicklow, Christ Church 11 Wilfrid F Moreton Thu, 3rd September 1953 in 3 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 28 cwt. 12 Edward Jenkins 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 460 1 Basil Jones IRISH ASSOCIATION 2 James Fernley DUBLIN, St George 3 Leslie W G Morris Sat, 29th August 1953 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. 4 W Eric Critchley 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Charles H Hattersley 6 Rodney B Meadows 1 Edward Jenkins 7 Wilfrid F Moreton (C) 2 James Fernley 8 John Worth 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 W Eric Critchley 6 John Worth 7 Wilfrid F Moreton 8 Walter Allman

50 466 470 IRISH ASSOCIATION LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION DUBLIN, Christ Church Diocesan Cathedral MANCHESTER, St John, Miles Platting Fri, 4th September 1953 in 3 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 39 cwt. Fri, 23rd October 1953 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 5152 Southgate Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 Leslie W G Morris 1 Ruth M Jackson 2 James Fernley 2 Jean C Brown 3 Basil Jones 3 Basil Jones 4 W Eric Critchley 4 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Alan J Brown 6 John E Bibby 6 Derek Ogden 7 John Worth 7 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Rodney B Meadows 8 Edward Jenkins (C) 9 Wilfrid F Moreton First peal in the method by all, in the county and for the Association. A 76th 10 Edward Jenkins birthday compliment to Herbert Barlow, of Oldham. A farewell to Derek Ogden on joining HM Forces. 467 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 471 WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Sat, 19th September 1953 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. MANCHESTER, St John, Miles Platting 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Fri, 27th November 1953 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Edward Jenkins Comp. Charles Middleton 2 Fred Dunkerley 1 Allen Twyman 3 Basil Jones 2 Ruth M Jackson 4 Alan A Potts 3 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Alan A Potts 6 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Peter Laflin 6 Derek Ogden 8 Walter Allman 7 Alan J Brown 9 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Edward Jenkins (C) 10 John Worth (C) First peal of Surprise: 1. First peal of Surprise inside: 2. Rung to the memory of George R Newton, a member of the Lancashire Association and the Central Council for many years. 472 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 468 WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Sat, 19th December 1953 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. MANCHESTER, Lancashire, St John, Miles Platting 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Thu, 24th September 1953 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 1 Henry O Baker Comp. Thomas B Worsley 2 Fred Dunkerley 1 Anne P Brown 3 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Ruth M Jackson 4 John E Bibby 3 Jean C Brown 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 David Vincent 6 Walter Allman 5 Denis Mottershead 7 Edward Jenkins 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Peter Laflin 7 A Neville Brown 9 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Alan J Brown 10 John Worth (C) A 21st birthday compliment to Jean C Brown, and also commemorates 50 Believed to be the first peal of Cambridge Royal in the Tittums. Rung to years as a member of the Association by Mr J Hall, leader of the local band. commemorate the 15480 Cambridge Royal rung on Decem ber 15th, 1951.

469 473 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 3rd October 1953 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 26th December 1953 in 3 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 110 com) Comp. William Pye Comp. Albert J Pitman 1 Samuel Jones Jun 1 James A Milner 2 Fred Dunkerley 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Frederick E Wilshaw 4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Basil Jones 5 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Alan A Potts 6 Edward Jenkins 7 John E Bibby 7 Alan A Potts 8 John Worth (C) 8 Joseph Whittaker 9 Henry O Baker First peal in four spliced methods: 3. 10 Peter Laflin 11 Edward Jenkins 12 Ralph G Edwards First peal of Surprise Majdmus: 1.

51 474 478 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WORCESTERSHIRE & DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION HYDE, Cheshire, St George EVESHAM, Worcestershire, Bell Tower Sat, 23rd January 1954 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Sat, 6th March 1954 in 3 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 36 cwt. 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Comp. T B, Worsley Comp. Leslie W G Morris 1 Ivor Scott 1 Henry O Baker 2 Brian J Woodruffe 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Mrs A Richardson 3 Geoffrey J Hemming 4 Eric Simpson 4 Basil Jones 5 Alexander Richardson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 James A Milner 6 Sidney T Holt 7 Alan J Brown 7 John E Bibby 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) First peal: 1. First peal of Major away from treble: 2. Rung as a wedding 9 John Worth compliment to Frances M Laflin and Arthur Hibbert, who were married 10 Walter Allman earlier in the day at St George's Church, Stockport. 11 Edward Jenkins 12 Ralph G Edwards 475 First peal of Maximus in the method: 3, 6. First peal of Yorkshire Surprise CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Maximus on the bells, in the county, and for the Association. NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 13th February 1954 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 479 5056 Bristol Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C Kenneth Lewis NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 1 James A Milner Sat, 13th March 1954 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 2 Fred Dunkerley 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 Cambridge, Superlative, London: 110 com) 4 Basil Jones Comp. Albert J Pitman 5 Peter Laflin 1 James A Milner 6 Robin G Turner 2 Fred Dunkerley 7 Joseph W Whittaker 3 Alexander Richardson 8 Edward Jenkins 4 Edward Jenkins First peal in the method: 6. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Joseph W Whittaker 476 7 Peter Laflin YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 8 John Worth WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of All Saints First peal of Spliced Surprise Major: 3. Circled the tower: 4. Rung in honour Sat, 20th February 1954 in 4 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. of the engagement of Miss Norma Lund and Mr Basil Jones. 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Comp. Leslie W G Morris 480 1 John Worth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Fred Dunkerley MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 3 Basil Jones Sat, 20th March 1954 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5024 London Surprise Major 5 Leslie W G Morris (C) Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 6 W Eric Critchley 1 Brian J Woodruffe 7 Gordon Benfield 2 Neil D Lomas 8 Alan A Potts 3 Anne Worth 9 Edward Jenkins 4 Alex Richardson 10 Wilfrid F Moreton 5 Joseph W Whittaker 11 Joseph W Whittaker 6 C Kenneth Lewis 12 Ralph G Edwards 7 Alan A Potts First peal of Yorkshire Surprise Maximus: 7. A birthday compliment to Mr 8 John Worth (C) John Worth. First peal of Surprise: 1. First peal in the method: 4.

477 481 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark LEEK, Staffordshire, St Edward Sat, 27th February 1954 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. Sat, 27th March 1954 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5040 Ludgate Surprise Royal 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Peter Laflin 1 James Fernley 2 Alan A Potts 2 June M Henshaw 3 Basil Jones 3 Fred Dunkerley 4 John E Bibby 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 James Fernley 5 Ernest Bennett 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth (C) 7 John Worth 7 Alan A Potts 8 Edward Jenkins 8 Joseph W Whittaker 9 Walter Allman 9 Peter Laflin 10 Joseph W Whittaker 10 Edward Jenkins The first peal in the method.

52 482 486 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER, Town Hall HALIFAX, Yorkshire, St John Sat, 17th April 1954 in 3 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. Sat, 22nd May 1954 in 3 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 28 cwt. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5280 Southwell Surprise Maximus Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Comp. John Carter 1 Richard Benson 1 Peter Laflin 2 James Fernley 2 James Fernley 3 Basil Jones 3 Basil Jones 4 John E Bibby 4 John E Bibby 5 Leslie W G Morris 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 C Kenneth Lewis 6 W Eric Critchley 7 Peter Laflin 7 Gordon Benfield 8 John Worth (C) 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) 9 Alan A Potts 9 Alan A Potts 10 Edward Jenkins 10 John Worth 11 Ralph G Edwards 11 Wilfrid F Moreton 12 George E Fearn 12 Edward Jenkins The first peal of Maxirnus in the method. The conductor's 60th peal of 483 Surprise Maximus. SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION INVERARAY, Argyllshire, All Saints 487 Sat, 1st May 1954 in 3 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 41 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Wed, 14th July 1954 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 1 Henry O Baker 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 2 Fred Dunkerley Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3 Basil Jones 1 David Vincent 4 John E Bibby 2 Jean C Brown 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Alan A Potts 4 Robin G Turner 7 George E Fearn 5 A Neville Brown 8 Rodney B Meadows 6 R D St John-Smith 9 John Worth (C) 7 Alan J Brown 10 Edward Jenkins 8 Edward Jenkins The first peal of Cambridge Surprise Royal in Scotland. First peal in the method: 2, 5.

484 488 YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD SHEFFIELD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of St Peter MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 8th May 1954 in 3 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 41 cwt. Sat, 17th July 1954 in 3 hrs 21 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5400 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. William Pye 1 Peter Laflin 1 John J L Gilbert 2 Basil Jones 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Alex Richardson 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Robin G Turner 4 John E Bibby 5 Joseph W Whittaker 5 W Eric Critchley 6 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Peter Laflin 7 John Worth (C) 7 Gordon Benfield 8 Alan J Brown 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) 9 Alan A Potts 9 Norman Chaddock 10 Edward Jenkins 10 John Worth First peal of Surprise Royal: 3, 4. Longest length on the bells. Circled the 11 Wilfrid F Moreton tower: 1. 12 Edward Jenkins First peal of Surprise Maximus on the bells. The 40th tower in which the 489 conductor has rung a twelve-bell peal. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ROSTHERNE, Cheshire, St Mary 485 Thu, 29th July 1954 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1 Jean C Brown Tue, 18th May 1954 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 2 David Vincent 5056 Plain Bob Major 3 A Neville Brown Comp. Charles H Martin 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 David C Brown 5 Alan J Brown 2 Stella P Wain 6 Edward Jenkins 3 Anne P Brown 4 Ruth M Jackson 490 5 Allen Twyman CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Jean C Brown NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 7 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 31st July 1954 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 8 Alan J Brown 5152 London Surprise Major 50th peal: 6. Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1 Ivor Scott 2 June M Henshaw 3 Peter Laflin 4 Alan J Brown 5 Basil Jones 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Alan A Potts

53 491 496 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary CHILHAM, Kent, St Mary Mon, 2nd August 1954 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. Tue, 17th August 1954 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5007 Stedman Cinques 5056 Superlative Surprise Major Comp. John Carter Comp. W Eric Critchley 1 Clifford A Barron 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Wilfred Williams (C) 2 W Eric Critchley (C) 3 Selwyn H Dearden 3 Frederick E Wilshaw 4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Leslie W G Morris 5 W Eric Critchley 5 John Worth 6 Walter Allman 6 George E Fearn 7 Gordon Benfield 7 Peter Laflin 8 J Frederick Milner 8 Clifford A Barron 9 Richard E Price 10 Wilfrid F Moreton 497 11 George E Fearn KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION 12 Frederick E Collins CANTERBURY, Kent, Christ Church Cathedral The first peal of Stedman Cinques on the bells. Tue, 17th August 1954 in 3 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 32 cwt. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 492 Comp. Gabriel Lindoff KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION 1 Mark S Lancefield NORTHFLEET, Kent, St Botolph 2 Muriel Reay Sat, 14th August 1954 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 4 Frederick E Wilshaw Comp. Charles Middleton 5 W Eric Critchley 1 Muriel Reay 6 John Worth 2 Leslie W G Morris 7 Arthur G Mason 3 Frederick E Wilshaw 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) 4 W Eric Critchley 9 Peter Laflin 5 C Kenneth Lewis 10 George E Fearn 6 John Worth 11 Clifford A Barron 7 Clifford A Barron 12 Edward Jenkins 8 George E Fearn (C) First peal on twelve bells: 1. First peal of Surprise Maximus: 4. The 100th peal of Cambridge Surprise Major: 8. conductor's 100th peal on twelve bells.

493 498 KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION SITTINGBOURNE, Kent, St Michael ASHFORD, Kent, St Mary the Virgin Sun, 15th August 1954 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. Wed, 18th August 1954 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. Arthur Knights Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 Peter Laflin 1 Muriel Reay 2 Frederick E Wilshaw 2 Frederick E Wilshaw 3 Leslie W G Morris (C) 3 W Eric Critchley 4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Edward Jenkins 5 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Clifford A Barron 6 Clifford A Barron 7 George E Fearn 7 George E Fearn 8 Edward Jenkins 8 John Worth (C) 100th peal of Yorkshire Surprise Major: 7. 499 494 KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION WINGHAM, Kent, St Mary the Virgin BRENCHLEY, Kent, All Saints Thu, 19th August 1954 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. Mon, 16th August 1954 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 5056 Bristol Surprise Major (4m: 1280 London; 1312 Bristol; 1568 Cambridge; 992 Superlative: 106 Comp. Ernest Bennett com, atw) 1 Frederick E Wilshaw Comp. Albert J Pitman 2 Muriel Reay 1 Peter Laflin 3 Edward Jenkins 2 Frederick E Wilshaw 4 W Eric Critchley 3 Leslie W G Morris 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John Worth 6 George E Fearn 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Peter Laflin 6 W Eric Critchley (C) 8 John Worth (C) 7 Clifford A Barron 8 George E Fearn 495 KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION TENTERDEN, Kent, St Mildred Mon, 16th August 1954 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 30 cwt. 5152 London Surprise Major Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1 Leslie W G Morris 2 John Worth 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Frederick E Wilshaw 5 W Eric Critchley 6 Clifford A Barron 7 George E Fearn 8 Edward Jenkins

54 500 505 KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BIRCHINGTON, Kent, Waterloo Tower, Quex Park NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Thu, 19th August 1954 in 4 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. Thu, 30th September 1954 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5152 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. Frederick Dench (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 110 com, atw) 1 George E Fearn Comp. Albert J Pitman 2 Muriel Reay 1 Ivor Scott 3 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Robin G Turner 4 Frederick E Wilshaw 3 Basil Jones 5 Mark S Lancefield 4 James Fernley 6 W Eric Critchley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Arthur G Mason 6 John Worth 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) 7 Peter Laflin 9 John Worth 8 Alan A Potts 10 Peter Laflin A wedding compliment to Arthur Fidler and Jean Margaret Lee, married at 11 Clifford A Barron Loughborough on September 25th. 12 Edward Jenkins First peal of Surprise Maximus inside: 5. 300th peal: 6. Conductor's 40th 506 peal of Cambridge Surprise Maximus. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE) CHESHIRE, St Thomas 501 Sat, 2nd October 1954 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION 5024 London Surprise Major ST LAWRENCE IN THANET, Kent, St Lawrence Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Fri, 20th August 1954 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1 Ivor Scott 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 2 Alan A Potts Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3 Basil Jones 1 Arthur G Mason 4 James Fernley 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Muriel Reay 6 Alan A Brown 4 Leslie W G Morris 7 Peter Laflin 5 Peter Laflin 8 John Worth (C) 6 John Worth First peal in the method: 1. Rung for the wedding of Elizabeth Mary Thomas 7 W Eric Critchley and John Hardy Price, which took place prior to the start of the peal. 8 Edward Jenkins 9 George E Fearn 507 10 Clifford A Barron CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 502 Tue, 5th October 1954 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION 5056 Superlative Surprise Major LEEDS, Kent, St Nicholas Comp. Charles H Martin Fri, 20th August 1954 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 1 Jean C Brown 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 2 Alan A Potts Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 3 Basil Jones 1 Frederick E Wilshaw 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Muriel Reay 5 Alan J Brown 3 C Kenneth Lewis 6 David Vincent 4 Clifford A Barron (C) 7 Christopher Gudgeon 5 George E Fearn 8 Edward Jenkins 6 Peter Laflin First peal in the method: 5. 7 Thomas Cullingworth 8 John Worth 508 9 Edward Jenkins CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Ralph G Edwards WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark Sat, 9th October 1954 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 503 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal IRISH ASSOCIATION (2m: 2520 Cambridge, Yorkshire: 55 com, atw) BRAY, Wicklow, Christ Church Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 4th September 1954 in 3 hrs 31 mins. Tenor 28 cwt. 1 Henry O Baker 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 2 Alan A Potts (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 110 com, atw) 3 Basil Jones Comp. Albert J Pitman 4 John E Bibby 1 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Fred Dunkerley 6 Alan J Brown 3 Leslie W G Morris 7 John Worth 4 John E Bibby 8 Joseph W Whittaker 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9 Peter Laflin 6 Edward Jenkins 10 Edward Jenkins 7 John Worth Have now rung Spliced Minor, Major, Royal and Maximus: 2, 5, 7, 8, 9. 8 Ralph G Edwards First peal of Spliced Royal by the Guild and by all the band.

504 509 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 18th September 1954 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 16th October 1954 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5056 Premier Surprise Major 5040 Stedman Triples Comp. John R Pritchard Comp. Thomas Thurstans 1 James Fearnley 1 Peter Laflin 2 Edward Jenkins 2 Alan J Brown 3 Ernest Bennett 3 Edward Jenkins 4 Basil Jones 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Alan A Potts 6 Alan A Potts 7 Joseph W Whittaker 7 John Worth (C) 8 John Worth (C) 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in the method by all the band and for the Guild. In memoriam Richard Edric (Eddie) Jones, interred this day at Norbury. 55 510 514 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HYDE, Cheshire, St George NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 23rd October 1954 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Sat, 4th December 1954 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5152 London Surprise Major 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Joan Cordwell 1 Joan Cordwell 2 Anne Worth 2 Graeme A Hughes 3 John Worth 3 Alan A Potts 4 Dorothy T Gardiner 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Alan A Potts 6 Alan J Brown 7 Peter Laflin 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of Surprise: 1. First peal in the method: 4. Rung on the eve of the First peal of Major and first Surprise peal: 2. A birthday peal for Peter Laflin dedication of the east window, which replaces one destroyed by enemy (65) and Alfred Barnes (86). action in 1940. 515 511 NORTH WALES ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD GRESFORD, Denbigh, All Saints MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 18th December 1954 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. Sat, 30th October 1954 in 3 hrs 24 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 110 com, atw) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Albert J Pitman 1 Alan J Brown 1 Henry O Baker 2 Basil Jones 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones 4 John E Bibby 4 Leslie W G Morris 5 James Fearnley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John E Bibby 7 John Worth (C) 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Peter Laflin 8 John Worth 9 Alan A Potts The ringers of 2, 3 and 7 have now rung this composition in England, 10 Joseph W Whittaker Scotland, Ireland and Wales. First peal in the method: 1, 5. 516 512 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels PAISLEY, Renfrewshire, St James Mon, 27th December 1954 in 4 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Sat, 6th November 1954 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5152 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 100 com, atw) 1 Henry O Baker Comp. Albert J Pitman 2 Fred Dunkerley 1 Basil Jones 3 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Fred Dunkerley 4 John E Bibby 3 Leslie W G Morris 5 Basil Jones 4 John E Bibby 6 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Alan A Potts 6 Edward Jenkins 8 John Worth (C) 7 John Worth 9 Alan J Brown 8 Ralph G Edwards 10 Joseph W Whittaker The first peal of Spliced Surprise in Scotland. The ringers of 3, 4, 7, 8 have 11 Peter Laflin rung, and the conductor called, this composition in England, Scotland, 12 Edward Jenkins Ireland and Wales. The first peal of Surprise Maximus to be rung in the Tittums. Rung for the engagement of Alan Wainwright to Anne Worth, of Macclesfield. 513 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 517 NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE) CHESHIRE, St Thomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 13th November 1954 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 14 cwt. BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 5152 Claybrooke Surprise Major Tue, 28th December 1954 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Comp. Charles Middleton 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 1 John Worth (C) Comp. Thomas B Worsley 2 James Fernley 1 Jean C Brown 3 Fred Dunkerley 2 Ruth M Jackson 4 Basil Jones 3 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Edward Jenkins (C) 6 Edward Jenkins 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Peter Laflin 6 A Neville Brown 8 Alan A Potts 7 Alan J Brown First peal in the method by all except ringer of the 3rd. The conductor's 8 Peter Laflin 500th peal for the Chester Diocesan Guild. First peal in the method and on the bells: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7. Rung as a 21st birthday compliment to A N Brown.

56 518 522 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 1st January 1955 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 5th March 1955 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5184 Macclesfield Surprise Major 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. A J Driver Comp. Henry Dains 1 Alan J Brown 1 Anne P Brown 2 Fred Dunkerley 2 Graeme A Hughes 3 John Worth (C) 3 Alan A Potts 4 Basil Jones 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Edward Jenkins 6 Joseph W Whittaker 7 Peter Laflin 7 Alan J Brown 8 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Peter Laflin This method is now rung for the first time. Rung for the birth of a daughter First peal in the method: 1, 2. A birthday compliment to the mother of the to Mr and Mrs Arthur Hibbert. ringer of the second.

519 523 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 8th January 1955 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 12th March 1955 in 2 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. W Eric Critchley 1 Peter Laflin 1 Ernest Boumphrey 2 Fred Dunkerley 2 Jean C Brown 3 Basil Jones 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Alan A Potts 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Alan J Brown 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Joseph W Whittaker 7 Alan J Brown 8 Edward Jenkins 8 Edward Jenkins Rung after meeting short for Royal, Mr J Worth kindly standing down. First peal in the method: 6. Rung as a wedding compliment to Miss J Jones and Mr W Jepson who were married at this church prior to the 520 commencement of the peal. This composition contains the 24 5678's, 6578's, LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 4678's, 6478's, 4578's and 5478's. LIVERPOOL, Lancashire, Our Lady & St Nicholas Sat, 15th January 1955 in 3 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 41 cwt. 524 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C Kenneth Lewis MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 1 Edwin C Birkett Sat, 26th March 1955 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 2 Fred Dunkerley 5088 Macclesfield Surprise Major 3 Basil Jones Comp. Albert G Driver 4 John E Bibby 1 Joseph W Whittaker 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Fred Dunkerley 6 Henry O Baker 3 Basil Jones 7 Arthur G Mason 4 James Fernley 8 Herbert E Audsley 5 Ernest Bennett 9 Peter Laflin 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 John Worth 7 Edward Jenkins 11 Edward Jenkins 8 Peter Laflin 12 Joseph W Whittaker 100th peal: 3. First peal in the method: 4, 5. First peal in the method as First peal of Yorkshire Maximus: 7. The first peal of Yorkshire Maximus in conductor. The first peal of Macclesfield in Macclesfield. A wedding the Tittums position. compliment to Alan Wainwright and Anne Worth who were married at Christ Chuich, Macclesfield, prior to the commencement of the peal. 521 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 525 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Sat, 5th February 1955 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. SADDLEWORTH, Yorkshire, St Chad 5088 Glasgow Surprise Major Sat, 9th April 1955 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5088 Macclesfield Surprise Major 1 Alan A Potts Comp. A G Drivfr 2 Fred Dunkerley 1 Henry O Baker 3 Basil Jones 2 Fred Dunkerley 4 Edward Jenkins 3 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Basil Jones 6 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Peter Laflin 6 John Worth 8 Joseph W Whittaker 7 Peter Laflin The first peal in the method by all the band except the ringer of the 4th, and 8 Edward Jenkins first in the method on the bells. Rung with a 4ths place bob. First peal in the method: 1, 3. First peal in the method on the bells and by the Association.

57 526 530 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter Sat, 30th April 1955 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. Fri, 3rd June 1955 in 2 hrs 41 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 5039 Grandsire Caters 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. B Jealous Comp. C Middlcton 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Peter Laflin 2 Basil Jones 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 John Worth 3 Robert A Southwood 4 John E Bibby 4 Alan Carveth 5 Henry O Baker 5 Edward Jenkins 6 Alan A Potts 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Peter Laflin 7 John Worth (C) 8 Alan J Brown 8 Joseph W Whittaker 9 Edward Jenkins First peal in the method: 3. 10 Joseph W Whittaker Rung in honour of the enthronement this day of the Right Revd Gerald 531 Alexander Ellison, MA, as Bishop of Chester. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 527 Sat, 9th July 1955 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Spliced Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist (7m: 864 Cambridge; 800 Lincolnshire; 768 Painswick; 736 Superlative; Sat, 7th May 1955 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 672 Pudsey; 672 Yorkshire; 576 Aldenham: 130 com, atw) 5040 Minor Comp. Edwin A Barnett (3m: 1 extent Mixed Kent and Oxford Treble Bob; 2 extents Oxford Treble 1 Alan J Brown Bob; 3 extents Kent Treble Bob; 1 extent Plain Bob) 2 Alan A Potts 1 Sidney Hough jun 3 Basil Jones 2 Jean C Brown 4 James Fernley 3 Ruth M Jackson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 5 Norman Hough 7 Edward Jenkins 6 Neil D Lomas 8 Leslie Boumphrey Rung for the Royal May Day Festival. Also as a compliment to S Hough, The first peal of Spliced Surprise Major in seven methods for the Guild, in Sen, who first rang for May Day 60 years ago and who has rung for it on which all the bells do all the woik of all the methods. fifty occasions. He conducted the conductor's first peal 21 years ago (May 5th, 1934) when the arrangement of the extents was the same as in this peal. 532 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 528 BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 12th July 1955 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Sat, 14th May 1955 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Comp. Charles W Roberts 5007 Stedman Caters 1 Jean C Brown Comp. H W Haley 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Basil Jones 3 Peter Laflin 2 Alan A Potts 4 A Neville Brown 3 John Worth (C) 5 Robin G Turner 4 Graeme Hughes 6 Leslie Boumphrey 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Alan J Brown 6 Edward Jenkins 8 Edward Jenkins 7 Leslie Boumphrey 8 Robin G Turner 533 9 Joseph W Whittaker CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Peter Laflin MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter First peal of Stedman Caters: 1, 4. Rung in honour of the election of Ernest Sat, 16th July 1955 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. Boumphrey as president of the Scottish Association of Change Ringers. 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Joseph W Whittaker 529 2 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 John Worth NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 4 Alan A Potts Thu, 2nd June 1955 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 6 Alan J Brown Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 7 Peter Laflin 1 James Fernley 8 Edward Jenkins 2 Fred Dunkerley This composition is a variation of the 27 course block usually ascribed to 3 Robin G Turner John Reeves, shortened to 5152. 4 Robert A Southwood 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 534 6 Leslie Boumphrey CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Alan Carveth NETHER ALDERLEY, Cheshire, St Mary 8 Edward Jenkins Sat, 23rd July 1955 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. First peal of Surprise: 4. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (35m: (1) Dover, Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay Delight (2) Ely, Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone Delight (3) Abbeyville, Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (4) Marple, Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Delight (5) Braintree, Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (6) Morning Star, Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob: 53 com) 1 Alan A Potts 2 Basil Jones 3 James Fernley 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 John Worth 6 Joseph W Whittaker

58 535 540 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 20th August 1955 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 29th October 1955 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Joseph W Whittaker 1 Alan A Potts 2 Alan A Potts 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones 3 Basil Jones 4 June M Henshaw 4 John E Bibby 5 Alexander J Martin 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Leslie W G Morris 7 A Neville Brown 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Alan J Brown 8 John Worth (C) 9 Peter Laflin 9 Peter Laflin 10 Edward Jenkins 10 Edward Jenkins First peal in the method: 7. 541 536 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary EAST CROMPTON, Lancashire, St James Sun, 30th October 1955 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 17th September 1955 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 5152 London Surprise Major 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. Joseph W Parker 1 David Vincent 1 Edward Jenkins 2 Ruth M Jackson 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones 3 Basil Jones 4 Edward Jenkins 4 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Leslie Boumphrey 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Alan J Brown 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Peter Border 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 2. First peal on the bells since being recast and augmented by Messrs Mears and Stainbank. 542 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 537 NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 5th November 1955 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 5280 Spliced Surprise Major Sat, 1st October 1955 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor unspecified. (7m: 960 London; 928 Watford; 896 Bristol; 672 Cambridge; 608 5120 Watford Surprise Major Dorchester; 640 Superlative; 576 Pudsey: 125 com, atw) Comp. N Hodgson Comp. Albert J Pitman 1 Mrs Leslie Boumphrey 1 Alan A Potts 2 Alan A Potts 2 James Fernley 3 Basil Jones 3 Basil Jones 4 James Fernley 4 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Alan J Brown 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in the method by all except conductor. First peal in the method as This composition is now rung for the first time. conductor. 543 538 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BLACKBURN, Lancashire, Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary Sat, 19th November 1955 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Fri, 14th October 1955 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Charles H Kippin 1 Alan J Brown 1 Robin G Turner 2 Basil Jones 2 Ruth M Jackson 3 Fred Dunkerley 3 David Vincent 4 James Fernley 4 Graham McKay 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Alan J Brown 8 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Edward Jenkins 9 Peter Laflin 10 Edward Jenkins 539 The first peal of Surprise Royal in Blackburn YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION MARSDEN, Yorkshire, St Bartholomew Sat, 22nd October 1955 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1 Leslie W G Morris 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Edward Jenkins (C) 9 Peter Laflin 10 Ralph G Edwards First peal on the bells since augmentation.

59 544 548 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Fri, 25th November 1955 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 7 cwt. Mon, 26th December 1955 in 3 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5280 Spliced Surprise Major 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus (8m: 960 London; 928 Watford; 896 Bristol; 672 Cambridge; 512 Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Dorchester; 448 Pudsey, Superlative; 416 Lincoln: 121 com, atw) 1 Henry O Baker Comp. Albert J Pitman 2 Fred Dunkerley 1 Peter Laflin 3 Basil Jones 2 Fred Dunkerley 4 John E Bibby 3 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Robin G Turner 6 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 John Worth 6 Leslie Boumphrey 8 Neil D Lomas 7 Edward Jenkins 9 Denis Mottershead 8 Joseph W Whittaker 10 Alan J Brown A 21st birthday compliment to Dennis Heapy, a local ringer, and a birthday 11 Peter Laflin compliment to the ringer of the second. This composition is now rung for the 12 Edward Jenkins first time. First peal of Maximus: 8. First peal of Surprise Maximus: 9.

545 549 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church SADDLEWORTH, Yorkshire, St Chad Sat, 3rd December 1955 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 31st December 1955 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 5280 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (8m: 960 London; 928 Watford; 896 Bristol; 672 Cambridge; 512 1 Alan A Potts Dorchester; 448 Pudsey; 448 Superlative; 416 Lincoln: 121 com, atw) 2 Fred Dunkerley Comp. Albert J Pitman 3 Basil Jones 1 John E Bibby 4 John E Bibby 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Basil Jones 6 John Worth (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Leslie Boumphrey 5 Edward Jenkins 8 Joseph W Whittaker 6 John Worth 9 Peter Laflin 7 Peter Laflin 10 Edward Jenkins 8 Joseph W Whittaker The first time this composition has been rung by the Association. 546 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 550 ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Sat, 10th December 1955 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. MANCHESTER, Cathedral of SS George & Denys 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Sat, 7th January 1956 in 3 hrs 41 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 1 J William Clarke Comp. G E Symonds 2 Henry O Baker 1 Basil Jones 3 Fred Dunkerley 2 Fred Dunkerley 4 John E Bibby 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Leslie Boumphrey 6 Samuel Jones Jun 5 Alan J Brown 7 Edward Jenkins 6 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth 7 John Worth (C) The first peal on the bells since rehanging. Rung as an 87th birthday 8 Edward Jenkins compliment to Mr Samuel Jones, of Eccleston, who entertained the band to First peal of Bristol on the bells. tea after the peal. 551 547 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 14th January 1956 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 17th December 1955 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Stedman Triples 5280 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. Heywood's Variation Of Thurstans' (8m: 960 London; 928 Watford; 896 Bristol; 672 Cambridge; 512 1 John Wheadon Dorchester; 448 Pudsey, Superlative; 416 Lincoln: 121 com, atw) 2 Sidney Hough jun Comp. Albert J Pitman 3 Ivor Jenkins 1 Alan A Potts 4 Denis Mottershead 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 Alan J Brown 3 Edward Jenkins 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Basil Jones 7 Neil D Lomas 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Sydney Sage 6 Alan J Brown First peal of Stedman Triples: 2. First peal in the method: 3, 4. First peal of 7 Peter Laflin Stedman as conductor. Dennis Mottershead's first peal in an odd bell method. 8 Joseph W Whittaker A birthday compliment to W W Wolstencroft (Dec 17th) and Edward Jenkins (Dec 19th).

60 552 557 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ESSEX ASSOCIATION NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas WALTHAM ABBEY, Essex, Holy Cross & St Lawrence Sat, 25th February 1956 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 5th May 1956 in 3 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 38 cwt. 5088 Rotherham Surprise Major 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 Joseph W Whittaker 1 John Worth 2 Fred Dunkerley 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Edward Jenkins 3 Basil Jones 4 Basil Jones 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey 6 Leslie W G Morris 7 Peter Laflin 7 Arthur G Mason 8 John Worth 8 Leslie Boumphrey Rung with a fourth's place bob. First peal in the method by the Guild, on the 9 Herbert E Audsley bells and by all the band. 10 Frederick E Collins 11 Edward Jenkins 553 12 Edward P Duffield CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Rung on the occasion of the 896th anniversary of the consecration of the MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter church. Sat, 3rd March 1956 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 558 (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: FARNDON, Cheshire, St Chad 139 com) Sat, 2nd June 1956 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 12 cwt. Comp. Albert J Pitman 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 1 Alan A Potts (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 110 com, atw) 2 Basil Jones Comp. Albert J Pitman 3 Peter Border 1 J William Clarke 4 James Fernley 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Basil Jones 6 John Worth 4 Edward Jenkins 7 Peter Laflin 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Joseph W Whittaker 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 554 8 Joseph W Whittaker LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Circled the tower: 1. MANCHESTER, Cathedral of St George & St Denys Sat, 10th March 1956 in 3 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. 559 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Comp. C Kenneth Lewis EAST CROMPTON, Lancashire, St James 1 Alan J Brown Sat, 9th June 1956 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 2 Fred Dunkerley 5024 London Surprise Major 3 Basil Jones Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 4 James Fearnley 1 Peter Laflin 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Fred Dunkerley 6 John Worth (C) 3 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Joseph W Whittaker 4 Basil Jones 8 Leslie Boumphrey 5 Edward Jenkins 9 Peter Laflin 6 Leslie Boumphrey 10 Edward Jenkins 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth (C) 555 First peal in the method on the bells. In memoriam lan Dunkerley, who died LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION June 10th, 1955. MANCHESTER, Cathedral of SS George & Denys Mon, 2nd April 1956 in 3 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. 560 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. William Pye MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 1 Alan Pendlebury Sat, 16th June 1956 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 2 Sidney Hough jun 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 3 Christopher M P Johnson (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, 4 Geoffrey Pearson Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 5 C Kenneth Lewis 139 com) 6 Alan J Brown Comp. Albert J Pitman 7 Neil D Lomas 1 Edward Jenkins 8 Ivor R Nichols 2 Fred Dunkerley 9 A Neville Brown 3 John Worth 10 Denis Mottershead (C) 4 Basil Jones First peal of Surprise Royal: 1, 3. First peal of Surprise as conductor. Rung 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) for the celebration of Eastertide. 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Peter Laflin 556 8 Joseph W Whittaker CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD A wedding compliment to Denis Heapy and Sheila Livesey, married at this MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE, St Peter church prior to the commencement of the peal. Sat, 21st April 1956 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. Henry Dains 1 Mrs Leslie Boumphrey 2 Harold C Lonyon 3 Peter Laflin 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Alan J Brown 8 Joseph Whittaker First peal in the method: 2. 61 561 565 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 30th June 1956 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 22nd September 1956 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5024 Bristol Surprise Major 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. Edwin Timbrell Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 David Vincent 1 Ivor R Nichols 2 Ruth M Jackson 2 Basil Jones 3 Edward Jenkins 3 Richard D Langford 4 Frederick W Grocott 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Leslie Boumphrey 6 George A Packer 7 Alan J Brown 7 John Worth (C) 8 Peter Border (C) 8 Walter Allman First peal in the method: 2. A 21st birthday compliment to the ringer of the 9 Peter Laflin second. 10 Joseph W Whittaker The treble ringer has now circled the tower. Rung as a birthday compliment 562 to the ringers of treble and sixth. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 566 Sat, 28th July 1956 in 3 hrs 21 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 13th October 1956 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 1 Alan A Potts 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 2 Edward Jenkins Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3 Basil Jones 1 Alan A Potts 4 Fred Dunkerley 2 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Basil Jones 6 John Worth 4 Edward Jenkins 7 Joseph W Whittaker 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Leslie Boumphrey 6 John Worth 9 Peter Laflin 7 Alan J Brown 10 Peter Border 8 Leslie Boumphrey First peal of London Surprise Royal: 10. Rung for the christening of the 9 Peter Laflin second child of Mr and Mrs Hill (Ruth, Olwin). Christened prior to the peal 10 Joseph W Whittaker by her grandfather, Revd E C G Weeks, Vicar of the above parish. 567 563 YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORTHOWRAM, Yorkshire, St Matthew MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter Fri, 19th October 1956 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. Fri, 7th September 1956 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 5472 Spliced Surprise Major (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 112 com, atw) (9m: 1024 London; 832 Bristol; 800 Watford; 640 Cambridge; 512 Comp. Albert J Pitman Dorchester, Pudsey; 416 Cassiobury; 384 Superlative; 352 Lincoln: 125 1 John Worth com, atw) 2 John E Bibby Comp. Albert J Pitman 3 Basil Jones 1 Edward Jenkins 4 Rodney B Meadows 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 John Worth 6 Leslie Boumphrey 4 Basil Jones 7 Peter Laflin 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 George E Fearn 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Alan J Brown 568 8 Joseph W Whittaker YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION SELBY, Yorkshire, Abbey Church of SS Mary & Germanus 564 Sat, 20th October 1956 in 3 hrs 41 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 15th September 1956 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 1 Peter Laflin 5472 Spliced Surprise Major 2 Fred Dunkerley (9m: 1024 London; 832 Bristol; 800 Watford; 640 Cambridge; 512 3 Basil Jones Dorchester, Pudsey; 416 Cassiobury, Superlative; 352 Lincoln: 125 com, 4 John E Bibby atw) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Albert J Pitman 6 John Worth 1 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Leslie Boumphrey 2 James Fernley 8 Rodney B Meadows 3 John Worth 9 George E Fearn 4 Basil Jones 10 Edward Jenkins 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of London Royal: 8, 9. First peal of London Royal on the bells 6 Alan J Brown Rung to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the disastrous fire at the 7 Peter Laflin Abbey, and the 47th anniversary of the installation of the bells. 8 Joseph W Whittaker

62 569 574 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 17th November 1956 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Wed, 26th December 1956 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5472 Spliced Surprise Major 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal (9m: 1024 London; 832 Bristol; 800 Watford; 640 Cambridge; 512 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Dorchester; 416 Cassiobury; 384 Superlative; 352 Lincoln: 125 com, atw) 1 Alan A Potts Comp. Albert J Pitman 2 Fred Dunkerley 1 Mrs Leslie Boumphrey 3 James Fernley 2 Fred Dunkerley 4 Basil Jones 3 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Basil Jones 6 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Alan J Brown 6 Leslie Boumphrey 8 Leslie Boumphrey 7 John Worth 9 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker 10 Edward Jenkins Rang after meeting short for Maximus. 570 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 575 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Sat, 1st December 1956 in 3 hrs 26 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Sat, 29th December 1956 in 3 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus 1 Alan A Potts Comp. John Worth 2 Fred Dunkerley 1 Harold C Lonyon 3 Edward Jenkins 2 James Fearnley 4 James Fernley 3 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 John Worth (C) 6 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Peter Laflin 6 Alex Richardson 8 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Brian Harris 9 Brian Harris 8 W Neville Brown 10 Joseph W Whittaker 9 Leslie Boumphrey First peal in the method: 9. 10 Alan J Brown 11 Peter Laflin 571 12 Edward Jenkins CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal of Oxford Treble Bob Maximus: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. First ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Blessed Virgin peal on 12 bells: 6. Ringer of the 5th has now rung Oxford from Minor to Sat, 8th December 1956 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Maximus. 5088 London Surprise Major 1 J William Clarke 576 2 Fred Dunkerley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Basil Jones NORBURY (Hazel Grove), Cheshire, St Thomas 4 John E Bibby Sat, 5th January 1957 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 6 Edward Jenkins (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, 7 John Worth (C) Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 8 Ralph G Edwards 139 com) An 88th birthday compliment to Mr Samuel Jones. Comp. Albert J Pitman 1 Mrs Leslie Boumphrey 572 2 Edward Jenkins CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 James Fernley NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 4 Basil Jones Sat, 15th December 1956 in 3 hrs 14 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5472 Spliced Surprise Major 6 Leslie Boumphrey (9m: 1024 London; 832 Bristol; 800 Watford; 640 Cambridge; 512 7 Brian Harris Dorchester; 512 Pudsey; 416 Cassiobury; 384 Superlative; 352 Lincoln: 8 John Worth 125 com, atw) Comp. Albert J Pitman 577 1 John Worth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Fred Dunkerley NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 3 Edward Jenkins Sat, 2nd February 1957 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 4 Basil Jones 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) (16m: 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Claybrooke, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, 6 Leslie Boumphrey Lindum, London, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative, Uxbridge, 7 Peter Laflin Wembley, Wordsworth, Yorkshire: 144 com) 8 Joseph W Whittaker Comp. Albert J Pitman (reversed) An 82nd birthday compliment to W W Wolstencroft. The band wish him a 1 Peter Laflin speedy restoration to health. 2 John Worth 3 Edward Jenkins 573 4 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 6 Leslie Boumphrey Sat, 22nd December 1956 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 7 Brian Harris 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 8 Joseph W Whittaker Comp. Charles H Hattersley 150th peal: 7. 1 Margaret Boumphrey 2 Edward Jenkins 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Alan A Potts 5 Basil Jones 6 Alan J Brown 7 Leslie Boumphrey 8 John Worth (C)

63 578 582 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas MANCHESTER, Town Hall Sat, 16th February 1957 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 20th April 1957 in 3 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus (18m: 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Claybrooke, Cray, Eastcote, Lindum, Comp. Five Course Block Lincolnshire, London, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Rutland, Wembley, 1 James Fearnley Wordsworth, Yorkshire; 160 Hitchin, Superlative, Uxbridge, Watford: 144 2 Fred Dunkerley com) 3 Basil Jones Comp. Albert J Pitman 4 John E Bibby 1 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Fred Dunkerley 6 John Worth (C) 3 Edward Jenkins 7 Brian Harris 4 John Worth 8 Neil D Lomas 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9 Leslie Boumphrey 6 Leslie Boumphrey 10 Joseph W Whittaker 7 Brian Harris 11 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker 12 Edward Jenkins The first peal in 18 Surprise Major methods by the Guild, on the bells and A birthday compliment to HRH Queen Elizabeth II. by all the band. In memoriam Walter W Wolstencroft, who took part in the first peal of Spliced Surprise Major in four methods for the Guild on these 583 bells on 1935. NORTH WALES ASSOCIATION WREXHAM, Denbigh, St Giles 579 Sat, 18th May 1957 in 3 hrs 39 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 23rd February 1957 in 3 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 1 Edward Jenkins 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 2 Fred Dunkerley Comp. F Daniel 3 Basil Jones 1 Peter Laflin 4 John E Bibby 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Basil Jones 6 John Worth 4 James Fernley 7 Brian Harris 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Leslie Boumphrey 6 Leslie W G Morris 9 Peter Laflin 7 John Worth (C) 10 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Brian Harris The first peal of London Surprise Royal to be rung in Wales. 9 Leslie Boumphrey 10 Edward Jenkins 584 11 Neil D Lomas LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 12 Joseph Whittaker ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels Rung in memoriam W W Wolstencroft, an old and respected member of the Sat, 1st June 1957 in 3 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Ashton-under-Lyne Society. 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 1 Alan A Potts 580 2 James Fernley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Basil Jones MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 4 John E Bibby Sat, 23rd March 1957 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 6 John Worth (22m: 480 Cambridge; 320 Bristol, Claybrooke, Lindum, London, New 7 Leslie W G Morris Gloucester, Pudsey, Rutland, Wordsworth; 160 Acton, Apsley, Coddenham, 8 Brian Harris Cray, Eastcote, Hitchin, Lincolnshire, Ripon, Superlative, Uxbridge, 9 Leslie Boumphrey Yorkshire, Watford, Wembley: 144 com) 10 Joseph W Whittaker Comp. Albept J Pitman 11 Peter Laflin 1 Edward Jenkins 12 Edward Jenkins 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 John Worth 585 4 Basil Jones ESSEX ASSOCIATION 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) BRAINTREE, Essex, St Michael 6 Leslie Boumphrey Mon, 10th June 1957 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 7 Brian Harris 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major 8 Joseph W Whittaker Comp. Thomas B Worsley The first peal in 22 Spliced Surprise Major methods by the Guild, in the 1 Frederick E Dukes county and by all the band. A welcome to the Revd E P Tyson; a silver 2 George E Feirn wedding compliment to Mr and Mrs J Worth, and a birthday compliment to 3 John R Cooper the tenor ringer. 4 Frank B Lufkin 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 581 6 A Gilbert G Thurlow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Kenneth W H Felstead MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 8 Walter Ayre Sat, 6th April 1957 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5040 Bristol Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Joseph W Whittaker 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones 4 James Fernley 5 Edward Jenkins 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 John Worth 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Peter Laflin 10 Brian Harris The first peal in the method in the county, by the Guild, on the bells and by all the band. Rung with a fourth's place bob. The composition consists of one course only. 64 586 591 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary Sat, 20th July 1957 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. Mon, 12th August 1957 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 5056 Plain Bob Major (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 110 com, atw) Comp. John R Pritchard Comp. Albert J Pitman 1 James J Blowers 1 John Worth 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Bernard F L Groves 3 Edward Jenkins 4 Robert B Smith 4 Basil Jones 5 Trevor Taylor 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Brian J Woodruffe 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Brian Harris 7 Brian Harris 8 Edward Jenkins 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal: 1. Rung for the wedding of the Vicar, Revd W E P Tyson, MA, which took place at Astbury the same day. 592 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 587 ECCLES, Lancashire, St Mary the Virgin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Mon, 12th August 1957 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Sat, 27th July 1957 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 1 Frank Osbaldiston 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 2 Bernard F L Groves Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3 Brian J Woodruffe 1 Alan A Potts 4 Trevor Taylor 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 Robert B Smith 3 Basil Jones 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 James Fernley 7 Edward Jenkins 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Brian Harris 6 John Worth First peal in the method: 1, 2, 3, 5. 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Peter Laflin 593 9 Brian Harris CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Edward Jenkins ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter Tue, 13th August 1957 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 18 cwt. 588 5056 Bristol Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C Kenneth Lewis MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 1 Brian Harris Mon, 5th August 1957 in 3 hrs 31 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 2 Fred Dunkerley 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 3 Bernard F L Groves 1 James Fernley 4 Robert B Smith 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 Neil Bennett 3 Basil Jones 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 John E Bibby 7 Derek Ogden 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Edward Jenkins 6 Edward Jenkins First peal of Bristol: 3, 4. First Surprise peal: 5. 7 John Worth 8 Neil D Lomas 594 9 Peter Laflin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Brian Harris BREDBURY, Cheshire, St Mark 11 Peter Border Wed, 14th August 1957 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 12 Frederick E Collins 5088 Superlative Surprise Major Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 589 1 William H Dowse YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 2 Brian Harris KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 3 Frank Osbaldiston Tue, 6th August 1957 in 2 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 4 Bernard F L Groves 5040 Minor 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) (4m: 2 extents Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 1 6 Robert B Smith extent Plain Bob) 7 Leslie Boumphrey 1 David Cubitt 8 Edward Jenkins 2 Sheila M Schofield First peal in the method: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7. 3 Martin Cubitt 4 Harold B Schofield 595 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Roy Bettley-Cooke MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 7th September 1957 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 590 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. J A Burford GAWSWORTH, Cheshire, St James 1 Edward Jenkins Sat, 10th August 1957 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 1 cwt. 2 Peter Laflin 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 3 Basil Jones Comp. Arthur Knights 4 Robert B Smith 1 Shirley Harris 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Fred Dunkerley 6 John Worth (C) 3 Brian Harris 7 Brian Harris 4 Edward Jenkins 8 Leslie Boumphrey 5 C Kenneth Lewis 9 Joseph W Whittaker 6 John Worth (C) 10 Neil D Lomas 7 Peter Laflin First peal of Surprise Royal away from treble: 4. 8 Joseph W Whittaker

65 596 600 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 21st September 1957 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 1 cwt. Sat, 30th November 1957 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5056 Bristol Surprise Major (16m: 640 London; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, Comp. Thomas B Worsley Lindum, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Rutland, Wembley, 1 Peter Laflin Wordsworth, Yorkshire; 160 Watford, Uxbridge: 139 com) 2 Fred Dunkerley Comp. A J Pitman 3 Edward Jenkins 1 Ernest Boumphrey 4 Basil Jones 2 Brian Harris 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Leslie Boumphrey 4 Basil Jones 7 Brian Harris 5 Edward Jenkins 8 John Worth (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey Rung for the funeral of James Fernley, buried prior to the commencement of 7 Peter Laflin the peal; he was a ringer at Norbury since 1922 and leader of the band since 8 John Worth (C) 1934.

597 601 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WH1TTLE-LE-WOODS, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 5th October 1957 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 21 cwt. Sat, 7th December 1957 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 5120 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (25m: 320 Bristol, Claybrooke, Lindum, London, Pudsey, Rutland, 1 Basil Jones Wordsworth; 160 Acton, Aldenham, Apsley, Cambridge, Cray, Coddenham, 2 Edward Jenkins Eastcote, Hereford, Hitchin, Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Ripon, 3 Peter Laflin Superlative, Tring, Uxbridge, Watford, Wembley, Yorkshire: 149 com) 4 John Worth Comp. Albert J Pitman 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Peter Laflin 6 Leslie Boumphrey 2 Fred Dunkerley 7 Brian Harris 3 Edward Jenkins 8 Joseph W Whittaker 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 598 6 Leslie Boumphrey YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 7 Brian Harris BRADFORD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of St Peter 8 John Worth Fri, 25th October 1957 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. First peal in 25 methods (Major) by the Guild. 250th peal on the bells. The 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal band wish to associate the name of the late James Fernley with this peal. A Comp. C Kenneth Lewis birthday compliment to A Barnes, W Gayes and P Laflin. 1 James Fernley 2 Fred Dunkerley 602 3 John E Bibby CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Basil Jones ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 14th December 1957 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 6 John Worth 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 7 Brian Harris Comp. Charles Middleton 8 Leslie Boumphrey 1 J William Clarke 9 Peter Laflin 2 Henry O Baker 10 Edward Jenkins 3 Basil Jones Rung on the 111th anniversary of the first peal of Treble Bob Royal on the 4 Samuel Jones Jun bells. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 599 7 Peter Laflin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Edward Jenkins NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas An 89th birthday compliment to Mr Samuel Jones, a ringer at this church for Sat, 2nd November 1957 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 50 years. Also a peal of welcome to the Rector (Revd E B. Jones), who was 5120 Spliced Surprise Major inducted on the previous Saturday. (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 603 139 com) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Albert J Pitman MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 1 John E Bibby Sat, 21st December 1957 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 2 Fred Dunkerley 5040 Stedman Triples 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Heywood's Variation 4 Basil Jones 1 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Edward Jenkins 2 Peter Laflin 6 Leslie Boumphrey 3 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Brian Harris 4 Basil Jones 8 John Worth 5 Edward Jenkins 6 Brian Harris 7 John Worth (C) 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of Stedman Triples: 3.

66 604 608 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LYMM, Cheshire, St Mary DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Mon, 23rd December 1957 in 3 hrs 34 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. Sat, 11th January 1958 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Comp. Gabriel Lindoff (26m: (1) Abbeyville, Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh 1 Robert B Smith Delight (2) Marple, Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden 2 C Kenneth Lewis Delight (3) Braintree, Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (4) 3 Alexander Richardson Disley Delight, Morning Star, Norbury Treble Bob (5) Ockley, College 4 Geoffrey Pearson Exercise, Duke of Norfolk Treble Bob (6) Sandal, London Scholars' 5 Neil D Lomas Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob (7) Capel, Oxford Treble Bob: 59 com) 6 Christopher M P Johnson 1 Brian Harris 7 Geoffrey D Fearnehough 2 Bernard F L Groves 8 Denis Mottershead (C) 3 Basil Jones 4 John Worth 605 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Robert B Smith MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels In memoriam James Arthur Milner, for many years ringer at this church, Thu, 26th December 1957 in 3 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. who was interred immediately before the peal. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 609 1 Ruth M Jackson LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 2 Edward Jenkins ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 3 Basil Jones (C) Sat, 18th January 1958 in 3 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 4 John E Bibby 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Bernard F L Groves 6 John Worth 2 Fred Dunkerley 7 Alan A Potts 3 Basil Jones 8 Peter Laflin 4 Robert B Smith 9 Leslie Boumphrey 5 C Kenneth Lewis 10 Denis Mottershead 6 John E Bibby 11 Brian Harris 7 John Worth (C) 12 Peter Border 8 Neil D Lomas 200th peal and first of Maximus as conductor: 3. 9 Peter Laflin 10 Leslie Boumphrey 606 11 Brian Harris CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 Edward Jenkins DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret First peal on 12 bells: 1, 4. and have both now rung Cambridge from Minor Sat, 28th December 1957 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. to Maximus. Rung in memory of James Carter of the above Society, who 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal died on January 12th. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 610 2 Fred Dunkerley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 John Worth HYDE, Cheshire, St George 4 Brian Harris Sat, 8th February 1958 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5 Basil Jones 5024 London Surprise Major 6 Leslie Boumphrey Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 7 Alan J Brown 1 Edward Jenkins 8 Peter Laflin 2 Fred Dunkerley 9 Edward Jenkins 3 Brian Harris 10 Peter Border 4 Basil Jones First peal of Surprise on the bells. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Leslie Boumphrey 607 7 Peter Laflin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 John Worth (C) MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 4th January 1958 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 23 cwt. 611 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER, Cathedral of Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary 1 Peter Laflin Sat, 15th February 1958 in 3 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. 2 Bernard F L Groves 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 3 Basil Jones Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 Robert B Smith 1 Peter Laflin 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Fred Dunkerley 6 Alan A Potts 3 Basil Jones 7 Brian Harris 4 John E Bibby 8 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9 Leslie Boumphrey 6 John Worth 10 Edward Jenkins 7 Neil D Lomas 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Brian Harris 10 Edward Jenkins The first peal in the method on the bells.

67 612 617 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD GUILD OF DEVONSHIRE RINGERS NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas BUCKFAST, Devon, the Abbey Church of St Mary Sat, 22nd February 1958 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 12th April 1958 in 4 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 41 cwt. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus (16m: 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Claybrooke, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Lindum, London, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative, Uxbridge, 1 George E Fearn Wembley, Wordsworth, Yorkshire: 144 com) 2 Fred Dunkerley Comp. Albert J Pitman 3 Basil Jones 1 John Worth 4 John E Bibby 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Edward Jenkins 6 John Worth (C) 4 Basil Jones 7 Arthur G Mason 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Neil D Lomas 6 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Peter Laflin 10 Rodney B Meadows 8 Brian Harris 11 Brian Harris 12 Edward Jenkins 613 First peal of Maximus on the bells. LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 618 Sat, 1st March 1958 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Comp. William Pye Sat, 3rd May 1958 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 1 Robert B Smith 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 2 Brian Harris Comp. C H Hattersley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 1 Edward Jenkins 4 Basil Jones 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 John Worth 6 John Worth (C) 4 Basil Jones 7 Peter Laflin 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Neil D Lomas 6 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Peter Laflin 10 Edward Jenkins 8 Brian Harris

614 619 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD IRISH ASSOCIATION STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St George DROGHEDA, Co Louth, St Peter Sat, 15th March 1958 in 3 hrs 41 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. Mon, 26th May 1958 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 5152 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (4m: 1280 London; 1312 Bristol; 1568 Cambridge; 992 Superlative: 106 1 Peter Laflin com, atw) 2 Fred Dunkerley Comp. Albert J Pitman 3 John E Bibby 1 Wilfred L Robinson 4 Basil Jones 2 W Eric Critchley (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Howard Scott 6 Brian Harris 4 Thomas J Lock 7 Leslie Boumphrey 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Joseph W Whittaker 6 Richard F B Speed 9 John Worth 7 Brian D Threlfall 10 Edward Jenkins 8 Wilfred Williams First peal in the method on the bells. 620 615 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Fri, 30th May 1958 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. Sat, 29th March 1958 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 110 com, atw) Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Albert J Pitman 1 Mrs Leslie Boumphrey 1 Mrs Leslie Boumphrey 2 Brian Harris 2 Leslie Boumphrey 3 Peter Laflin 3 John Worth 4 Basil Jones 4 Brian Harris 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey 6 Edward Jenkins 7 Edward Jenkins 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth 8 Basil Jones In memoriam the Revd Thomas Lever, MC, Vicar of this parish 1941-1949, 616 during which time the bells were installed. LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall Sat, 5th April 1958 in 4 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 1 Edward Jenkins 2 John A Worth 3 Leslie W G Morris 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Denis Mottershead 7 Peter Laflin 8 Neil D Lomas 9 Leslie Boumphrey 10 Joseph W Whittaker 11 Brian Harris 12 Frederick E Collins (C) The conductor's 100th peal on 12 bells. 68 621 625 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas MANCHESTER, Cathedral of the Virgin Mary, SS George & Denys Fri, 30th May 1958 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 30th August 1958 in 3 hrs 37 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal (30m: 320 London, Bristol; 160 Acton, Aldenham, Apsley, Cambridge, Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Chester, Claybrooke, Coddenham, Cray, Eastcote, Edinburgh, Heathcote, 1 Philip G K Davies Hereford, Hitchin, Langley, Lincolnshire, Lindum, New Gloucester, Pudsey, 2 John Worth Ripon, Rutland, Shoreditch, Superlative, Tring, Uxbridge, Watford, 3 Basil Jones Wembley, Wordsworth, Yorkshire: 159 com) 4 Leslie W G Morris Comp. Albert J Pitman 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Edward Jenkins 6 Brian Harris 2 Fred Dunkerley 7 Peter Laflin 3 John Worth 8 Leslie Boumphrey 4 Basil Jones 9 Joseph W Whittaker 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 Edward Jenkins 6 Leslie Boumphrey This composition contains the 24 567890's and six 657S90's, 7 Peter Laflin 8 Brian Harris 626 The first peal in 30 Spliced Surprise Major methods for the Guild, on the CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD bells, and by all the band. This composition is now rung for the first time. CHESTER, St Mary within the Walls Sun, 28th September 1958 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 622 5024 Bristol Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Thomas B Worsley NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 1 Peter Laflin Sat, 7th June 1958 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 2 Wilfred Stevenson 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 3 Henry O Baker (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, 4 John E Bibby Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 5 C Kenneth Lewis 139 com) 6 Walter Allman Comp. Albert J Pitman 7 Fred Dunkerley 1 Leslie Boumphrey 8 John Worth (C) 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Bernard F L Groves 627 4 John Worth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Edward Jenkins NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 6 Brian Harris Sat, 4th October 1958 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 7 Peter Laflin 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 8 Joseph W Whittaker (12m: 960 London; 960 Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, First peal of Spliced Surprise Major: 3. Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 139 com) 623 Comp. Albert J Pitman YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 1 Harold C Lonyon OSSETT, Yorkshire, Holy Trinity 2 Fred Dunkerley Sat, 14th June 1958 in 3 hrs 26 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. 3 Brian Harris 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 4 Basil Jones Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 John Walden 6 Leslie Boumphrey 2 Norah M Bibby 7 Peter Laflin 3 Basil Jones 8 Edward Jenkins 4 John Freeman (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 628 6 John Worth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 George H Randles MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 8 Leslie Boumphrey Sat, 18th October 1958 in 3 hrs 19 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 9 Jack L Millhouse 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 10 Edward Jenkins Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Harold C Lonyon 624 2 Bernard F L Groves CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Basil Jones MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 4 Brian Harris Sat, 19th July 1958 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 6 John Worth Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7 Robert B Smith 1 Mrs Leslie Boumphrey 8 Leslie Boumphrey 2 Fred Dunkerley 9 Peter Laflin 3 John Worth 10 Edward Jenkins 4 Alan A Potts 5 Philip G K Davies 629 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 7 Peter Laflin WELLS, Somerset, Cathedral of St Andrew 8 Brian Harris Sat, 25th October 1958 in 4 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 56 cwt. 9 Leslie Boumphrey 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 10 Edward Jenkins Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Rung for the fortieth anniversary of the wedding of the Deputy Master of the 1 Robert B Smith Guild, Mr A R Elkins and Mrs Elkins. 2 Bernard F L Groves 3 Basil Jones 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Leslie W G Morris 7 Leslie Boumphrey 8 John Worth 9 Brian Harris 10 Edward Jenkins First peal in the method on the bells, in the county, and by the Association.

69 630 635 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark Sat, 15th November 1958 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. Mon, 22nd December 1958 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5184 London Surprise Major 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Comp. F Dench Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Brian Harris 1 Bernard F L Groves 2 Bernard F L Groves 2 Trevor Taylor 3 Robert B Smith 3 Neil D Lomas 4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Alan A Potts 5 Geoffrey Pearson 6 Basil Jones 6 Brian Harris 7 Peter Laflin 7 Denis Mottershead 8 John Worth (C) 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Geoffrey D Fearnehough 631 10 Christopher M P Johnson LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION First peal of Yorkshire Royal: 2, 10. First of Surprise Royal: 9. WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark Sat, 29th November 1958 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 636 5040 Belgrave Surprise Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C Kenneth Lewis MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 1 Edward Jenkins Fri, 26th December 1958 in 3 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 2 Fred Dunkerley 5280 Belgrave Surprise Maximus 3 Bernard F L Groves Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis 4 Basil Jones 1 Frank Osbaldiston 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Fred Dunkerley 6 John Worth (C) 3 Bernard F L Groves 7 Robert B Smith 4 Basil Jones 8 Leslie Boumphrey 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9 Peter Laflin 6 John Worth 10 Brian Harris 7 Alan A Potts 8 Robert B Smith 632 9 Leslie Boumphrey CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Edward Jenkins ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary 11 Peter Laflin Sat, 13th December 1958 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 12 Brian Harris 5024 London Surprise Major First peal in the method by the Guild, on the bells, and by all the band. Rung Comp. Gabrif L Lindoff to mark the appointment of the Vicar (Ven. T Clarke) as Archdeacon of 1 Henry O Baker Macclesfield. 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones (C) 637 4 John E Bibby CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 6 John Worth Sat, 3rd January 1959 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 7 Leslie Boumphrey 5040 Lincolnshire Surprise Royal 8 Edward Jenkins Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Rung as a compliment to Mr Samuel Jones on his 90th birthday. 1 Philip G K Davies 2 Fred Dunkerley 633 3 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Bernard F L Groves BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sun, 14th December 1958 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 6 John Worth 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 7 Robert B Smith Comp. Charles Middleton 8 Leslie Boumphrey 1 Eileen M Fearn 9 Peter Laflin 2 Bernard F L Groves 10 Brian Harris 3 Philip G K Davies First peal in the method on the bells, by the Guild, and by all the band. 4 Basil Jones (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 638 6 William H Dowse YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 7 Leslie Boumphrey LEEDS, Yorkshire, St Peter 8 Brian Harris Sat, 7th February 1959 in 4 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. Rung to celebrate the birth of a daughter, Margaret, to Shirley and Brian 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Harris. Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 William H Dowse 634 2 Fred Dunkerley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Bernard F L Groves BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 4 Basil Jones Sat, 20th December 1958 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5 Tom Strangeways 5184 Yorkshire Surprise Major 6 Leslie W G Morris Comp. Charles W Roberts 7 Arthur G Mason 1 Ernest Pimlott 8 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Fred Dunkerley 9 Leslie Boumphrey 3 C Kenneth Lewis 10 Peter Laflin 4 Basil Jones 11 John Worth (C) 5 Alan J Brown 12 Edward Jenkins 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Peter Laflin 8 John Worth (C) 500th peal as conductor. Rung in honour of the marriage of Malcolm John Ruel, son of Mrs Ruel and the late Mr J F Ruel, of Brockley Park, London, and Ann Hilary Low, daughter of the Revd Canon and Mrs D P Low, of Bowdon Vicarage, Cheshire.

70 639 644 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of All Saints Sat, 14th February 1959 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 18th April 1959 in 3 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. 5040 Bristol Surprise Royal 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Leslie W G Morris 1 Peter Laflin 1 Edward Jenkins 2 Fred Dunkerley 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones 3 Basil Jones 4 Bernard F L Groves 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 W Eric Critchley 6 John Worth 6 Thomas W Strangeway 7 Robert B Smith 7 John Worth 8 Leslie Boumphrey 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) 9 Edward Jenkins 9 J Henry Fielden 10 Brian Harris 10 Leslie Boumphrey Rung with a fourth's place bob. Composition contains 16 567890's, 11 Brian Harris 657890's, 467890's and 457890's. 12 Wilfrid F Moreton First peal of Cambridge Surprise Maximus: 9. 700th peal: 12. Rung on the 640 32nd anniversary of the 17824 Oxford Treble Bob Major at Heptonstall, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Yorks, conducted by Mr E Jenkins. NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 21st February 1959 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 645 5120 Watford Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Maurice Hodgson MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1 Bernard F L Groves Sat, 2nd May 1959 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 2 John Worth 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 3 Robert B Smith Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 Basil Jones 1 Bernard F L Groves 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Robert B Smith 6 Leslie Boumphrey 3 Basil Jones 7 Peter Laflin 4 Ernest Bennett 8 Brian Harris 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 641 7 Edward Jenkins CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Leslie Boumphrey MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 9 Peter Laflin Sat, 28th February 1959 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 10 Brian Harris 5152 Hanbury Surprise Major First peal in the method: 4. 1 Robert B Smith 2 Bernard F L Groves 646 3 John Worth LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 4 Edward Jenkins LEYLAND, Lancashire, St Andrew 5 Brian Harris Sat, 16th May 1959 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. 6 Leslie Boumphrey 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 7 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 8 Basil Jones 1 Robert B Smith 2 Bernard F L Groves 642 3 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Ernest Bennett NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Thu, 12th March 1959 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 6 John Worth 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 7 Brian Harris Comp. Charles H Hattersley 8 Leslie Boumphrey 1 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Peter Laflin 2 Bernard F L Groves 10 Edward Jenkins 3 Ernest Bennett 4 Basil Jones 647 5 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 John Worth (C) BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 7 Robert B Smith Fri, 22nd May 1959 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 8 Peter Laflin 5152 London Surprise Major Rung half-muffled to the memory of Mrs Eva Fernley, buried the previous Comp. Thomas B Worsley day. 1 Leslie Boumphrey 2 Barrie Hendry 643 3 Robert B Smith LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 4 William H Dowse ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 5 Basil Jones Sat, 21st March 1959 in 3 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 7 Alan J Brown Comp. Frederick Dench 8 Brian Harris 1 Bernard F L Groves 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 William H Dowse 7 Alan A Potts 8 John Worth (C) 9 Robert B Smith 10 Edward Jenkins 11 Peter Laflin 12 Brian Harris

71 648 652 YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DORE, Derbyshire, Christ Church BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary Sat, 6th June 1959 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Mon, 24th August 1959 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 14 cwt. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 5152 London Surprise Major (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 112 com, atw) Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. Albert J Pitman 1 John P Partington 1 Howard Scott 2 Neil Bennett 2 W Eric Critchley 3 Bernard F L Groves 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Edward Jenkins 4 Walter Allman 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 John Freeman 6 William H Dowse 6 Wilfrid F Moreton 7 Peter Laflin 7 Leslie W G Morris 8 Brian Harris 8 Philip A Corby Rung strictly silent and non-conducted. 653 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 649 HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, St Thomas, Norbury CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Thu, 27th August 1959 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 5120 Spliced Surprise Major Sat, 13th June 1959 in 6 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. (12m: 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, New Gloucester, 9568 Spliced Surprise Major Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire; 960 London, (10m: 1536 Cambridge, Superlative; 1152 Watford; 768 Ealing, Hanbury, Rutland: 139 com) Kendal, London, Pudsey, Wembley; 736 Bristol: 237 com) Comp. Albert J Pitman Comp. Albert J Pitman 1 Eileen M Fearn 1 Bernard F L Groves 2 John Worth 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Edward Jenkins 3 John Worth 4 Basil Jones 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Robert B Smith 7 Robert B Smith 8 Brian Harris 8 Brian Harris Rung for the diamond wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Sellars, of Hazel Umpire: WILLIAM H DOWSE. The longest length of Spliced Surprise Grove. Major yet rung. 654 650 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, St Thomas, Norbury GLASGOW, Lanarkshire, Cathedral of St Mary Sat, 29th August 1959 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 18th July 1959 in 3 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 32 cwt. 5152 London Surprise Major 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Peter Laflin 1 William H Dowse 2 Robert B Smith 2 Bernard F L Groves 3 Basil Jones 3 Basil Jones 4 Bernard F L Groves 4 Leslie W G Morris 5 Leslie Boumphrey 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Edward Jenkins 6 John Worth 7 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Robert B Smith 8 John Worth (C) 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Brian Harris 655 10 Edward Jenkins CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 651 Sat, 5th September 1959 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels Comp. Charles H Martin Sat, 25th July 1959 in 3 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 1 William H Dowse 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 2 Carol Fernley Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 3 Bernard F L Groves 1 Alan A Potts 4 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Bernard F L Groves 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Basil Jones 6 Peter Laflin 4 Frank Osbaldiston 7 Leslie Boumphrey 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Edward Jenkins 6 John Worth (C) Rung for the marriage of Wilfred L Robinson and Ann P Brown, which took 7 William H Dowse place at this church earlier in the day. 8 Brian J Woodruffe 9 Robert B Smith 10 Leslie Boumphrey 11 Edward Jenkins 12 Brian Harris First peal of Yorkshire Maximus: 2, 4, 7, 9.

72 656 660 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 19th September 1959 in 3 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Sat, 31st October 1959 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5280 Superlative Surprise Maximus 5120 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. Five Course Block Repeated (12m: 960 London; 960 Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, 1 Frank Osbaldiston Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 2 Fred Dunkerley 139 com) 3 Bernard F L Groves Comp. Albert J Pitman 4 Basil Jones 1 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Brian Harris 6 John Worth (C) 3 Bernard F L Groves 7 William H Dowse 4 Edward Jenkins 8 Edward Jenkins 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9 Peter Laflin 6 Leslie Boumphrey 10 Leslie Boumphrey 7 William H Dowse 11 Robert B Smith 8 Robert B Smith 12 Brian Harris First peal in the method by all the band, on the bells, and for the Guild. Rung 661 without previous practice. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 657 Sat, 5th December 1959 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Comp. Thomas B Worsley Thu, 15th October 1959 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 1 Eileen M Fearn 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 2 Fred Dunkerley Comp. C H Hattersley 3 Basil Jones (C) 1 Geoffrey J Hemming 4 Carol Fernley 2 John Worth (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 William H Dowse 6 Bernard F L Groves 4 Basil Jones 7 Edward Jenkins 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Alan A Potts 6 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Gerald C Hemming 10 Brian Harris 8 Brian Harris First peal of Royal: 1. First of Cambridge Royal: 4. Rung as a compliment First peal in the method: 7. to Mr Peter Laflin on his 70th birthday.

658 662 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St George ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 17th October 1959 in 3 hrs 33 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. Sat, 12th December 1959 in 3 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 5280 Londinium Surprise Maximus 1 Bernard F L Groves 1 John Worth 2 John Worth 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Basil Jones 4 Basil Jones 4 Brian Harris 5 Geoffrey J Hemming 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Gerald C Hemming 6 Bernard F L Groves 7 Edward Jenkins 7 Derek Ogden 8 Leslie Boumphrey 8 Leslie W G Morris 9 Peter Laflin 9 Peter Laflin 10 Brian Harris 10 Leslie Boumphrey First peal in the method on the bells. 11 Robert B Smith 12 Edward Jenkins 659 300th peal: 3. 200th peal together: 3, 12. First in the method. A 61st YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION wedding anniversary compliment to Mr and Mrs Albert Walker, of BEVERLEY, Yorkshire, Minster Church of St John the Evangelist Birmingham. Also a 91st birthday compliment to Mr Sam Jones, of Sat, 24th October 1959 in 3 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 41 cwt. Eccleston, Cheshire. 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 663 1 Bernard F L Groves YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 2 Fred Dunkerley WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of All Saints 3 Basil Jones Sat, 19th December 1959 in 3 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. 4 Leslie W G Morris 5280 New Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Thomas W Strangeway 6 John Worth 2 Edward Jenkins 7 Robert B Smith 3 Basil Jones 8 Leslie Boumphrey 4 C Kenneth Lewis 9 Brian Harris 5 W Eric Critchley 10 Edward Jenkins 6 Leslie W G Morris (C) First peal in the method on the bells. 7 Gordon Benfield 8 J Henry Fielden 9 John Worth 10 Leslie Boumphrey 11 Wilfrid F Moreton 12 Brian Harris First peal of New Cambridge Surprise Maximum on the bells, in the county, and by the Association.

73 664 668 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 26th December 1959 in 3 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Sat, 13th February 1960 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5280 Pudsey Surprise Maximus 5120 Stockport Surprise Major 1 William H Dowse 1 Peter Laflin 2 Fred Dunkerley 2 John Worth 3 Basil Jones 3 Bernard F L Groves 4 Frank Osbaldiston 4 Brian Harris 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Philip G K Davies 7 William H Dowse 8 Robert B Smith 8 Edward Jenkins 9 Edward Jenkins Rung in memory of Walter W Wolstencroft, of Ashton-under-Lyne, died 10 Leslie Boumphrey February 9th, 1957. 11 Brian Harris 12 Peter Laflin 669 First peal of Maximus in the method by all the band except 6 and 9, on the CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD bells and for the Guild. Mr Edward Jenkins has now circled the tower. Rung MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church on the occasion of the wedding of Muriel Yates and John Lomas at St Sat, 20th February 1960 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Michael's, Macclesfield. 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 665 1 Bernard F L Groves LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 2 Fred Dunkerley WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 3 Basil Jones Mon, 4th January 1960 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 4 William H Dowse 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 1 John P Partington 7 Edward Jenkins 2 Robert B Smith 8 Leslie Boumphrey 3 Trevor Taylor 9 Robert B Smith 4 Philip G K Davies 10 Brian Harris 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) This composition, which contains 24 567890's and 15 657890's, is now 6 Neil Bennett rung for the First time. 7 Geoffrey D Fearnehough 8 Leslie Boumphrey 670 9 Brian Harris LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 10 Denis Mottershead WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark First peal of London Royal: 3, 4, 6, 7, 10. Rung as an 81st birthday Sat, 5th March 1960 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. compliment to Mr Percy H Derbyshire, steeple keeper at this church. 5088 London Surprise Major Comp. F Bennett 666 1 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Fred Dunkerley NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 3 Bernard F L Groves Sat, 16th January 1960 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 4 John Worth 5280 London Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Joseph W Parker 6 Leslie Boumphrey 1 John Worth (C) 7 Peter Laflin 2 William H Dowse 8 Edward Jenkins 3 Edward Jenkins Rung in honour of the engagement of HRH Princess Margaret and Mr 4 C Kenneth Lewis Antony Armstrong-Jones. 5 Basil Jones 6 Leslie Boumphrey 671 7 Brian Harris CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Peter Laflin MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 100th peal on these bells: 8. Sat, 2nd April 1960 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 667 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Alan A Potts MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 2 Fred Dunkerley Sat, 6th February 1960 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 3 Ruth M Border 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 4 Bernard F L Groves Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 Basil Jones 1 Edward F Potts 6 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Fred Dunkerley 7 Edward Jenkins 3 Basil Jones 8 Leslie Boumphrey 4 Alan A Potts 9 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 Peter Border (C) 6 John Worth A compliment lo Jaclyn Boumphiey on the occasion of her first birthday. 7 Brian Harris 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Peter Laflin 10 Edward Jenkins The composition had seven courses in the Tittums, two courses 790 and five courses backstroke home.

74 672 677 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 9th April 1960 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 21st May 1960 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5152 London Surprise Major (11m: 1280 London; 960 Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Comp. Thomas B Worsley Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: 1 Bernard F L Groves 139 com) 2 Peter Laflin Comp. Albert J Pitman 3 John Worth 1 William H Dowse 4 Basil Jones (C) 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Bernard F L Groves 6 Edward Jenkins 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Leslie Boumphrey 5 Basil Jones 8 Brian Harris 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 678 8 Brian Harris CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St George 673 Sat, 28th May 1960 in 3 hrs 29 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MANCHESTER, Town Hall Comp. William Pye Sat, 16th April 1960 in 4 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 1 Harold C Lonyon 5280 Belgrave Surprise Maximus 2 Bernard F L Groves 1 Edward Jenkins 3 Basil Jones 2 Frank Osbaldiston 4 John Worth (C) 3 Basil Jones 5 Edward Jenkins 4 Bernard F L Groves 6 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 William H Dowse 6 John Worth (C) 8 Leslie Boumphrey 7 William H Dowse 9 Alan A Potts 8 Peter Laflin 10 Brian Harris 9 Derek Ogden 10 Leslie Boumphrey 679 11 Robert B Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 Brian Harris MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church First peal of Belgrave Maximus inside: 2. First of Belgrave Maximus: 7, 9. Sat, 9th July 1960 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. First of Maximus in the method for the Association. 5152 London Surprise Major 1 Bernard F L Groves 674 2 Eileen M Fearn LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 3 Philip G K Davies SADDLEWORTH, Yorkshire, St Chad 4 Frank Osbaldiston Sat, 23rd April 1960 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 6 Leslie Boumphrey Comp. Arthur Knight (126) 7 Peter Laflin 1 Peter Laflin 8 Brian Harris 2 Edward Jenkins Rung in honour of the wedding of Miss Margaret Ann Alcock and Alan A 3 Basil Jones Potts, which took place earlier in the day at the Church of Holy Trinity, 4 Bernard F L Groves Rainow. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Leslie Boumphrey 680 7 Brian Harris YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 8 John Worth (C) DONCASTER, Yorkshire, St George Rung for the marriage of Derek A Bunting to Christina Anne, daughter of Sat, 23rd July 1960 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 30 cwt. Mr and Mrs F Dunkerley. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 110 com, atw) 675 Comp. Albert J Pitman CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Edward Jenkins BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 2 Arthur G Mason Fri, 6th May 1960 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 4 Basil Jones 1 David R Potts 5 John Worth 2 Barbara M Bangham 6 Leslie Boumphrey 3 Barry B Ward 7 W Eric Critchley 4 T Michael Freeman 8 Brian Harris 5 David Vincent 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 681 First peal: 1, 2, 3, 4. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LOUGHBOROUGH, Leicestershire, Bell Foundry Campanile 676 Sat, 6th August 1960 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 6 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6720 Double Norwich Court Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 7th May 1960 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 1 Edward Jenkins 5040 Belgrave Surprise Royal 2 Fred Dunkerley Comp. Arr C Kenneth Lewis 3 Brian Harris 1 Peter Laflin 4 Bernard F L Groves 2 Fred Dunkerley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Basil Jones 6 Basil Jones 4 Bernard F L Groves 7 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 John Worth (C) 6 Edward Jenkins 7 John Worth 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 William H Dowse 10 Brian Harris First peal of Royal in the method for the Guild.

75 682 686 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 3rd September 1960 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 29th October 1960 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 110 com, atw) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Albert J Pitman 1 Edward Jenkins 1 Philip G K Davies 2 Fred Dunkerley 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones 3 Eileen M Fearn 4 Alan A Potts 4 Carol Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 6 John Worth 7 Brian Harris 7 Robert B Smith 8 Leslie Boumphrey 8 Edward Jenkins 9 Ralph G Edwards 10 A Patrick Cannon 683 LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 687 LOUGHBOROUGH, Leicestershire, All Saints CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 10th September 1960 in 3 hrs 29 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 5040 Belgrave Surprise Royal Sat, 12th November 1960 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 1 Edward Jenkins Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 2 Frank Osbaldiston 1 Basil Jones 3 Basil Jones 2 John Worth (C) 4 Robert B Smith 3 Peter Laflin 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Harold C Lonyon 6 John Worth (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 William H Dowse 6 Edward Jenkins 8 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Peter Laflin 8 Brian Harris 10 Brian Harris 300th peal to be rung at this tower.

684 688 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 1st October 1960 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 19th November 1960 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. John R Pritchard Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 John Freeman 1 Frank Osbaldiston 2 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Barbara Bangham 3 Eileen M Fearn 4 Michael J Bangham 4 Carol Fernley 5 David Lewin 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Michael Freeman 6 Harold C Lonyon 7 Alan J Brown (C) 7 Basil Jones 8 David Vincent 8 Edward Jenkins First peal: 1, 4, 5. First of Major: 3, 6. Rung to celebrate the centenary of the 9 John Worth present church. 10 Leslie Boumphrey 11 Peter Laflin 685 12 Brian Harris LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael 689 Sat, 22nd October 1960 in 3 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus LEICESTER, St Margaret Comp. John Carter Sat, 10th December 1960 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 32 cwt. 1 Basil Jones 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 2 Carol Fernley Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3 Eileen M Fearn 1 Bernard F L Groves 4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 John Worth 5 Ronald J Johnston 3 Ernest Morris 6 John Worth (C) 4 Basil Jones 7 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Peter Laflin 6 Leslie W G Morris 9 Brian Harris 7 Herrick B Bowley 10 Leslie Boumphrey 8 Patrick I Chapman 11 Derek Ogden 9 Robert B Smith 12 Edward Jenkins 10 Leslie Boumphrey First peal of Surprise Maximus: 2, 3. First on 12 bells: 5. 100th peal 11 Brian Harris together: 7, 9. 12 Edward Jenkins

76 690 694 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels Mon, 26th December 1960 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Sat, 25th February 1961 in 3 hrs 36 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5280 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Comp. 5-course Block Comp. Five-course Block 1 Edward Jenkins 1 Edward Jenkins 2 Harold C Lonyon 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Frank Osbaldiston 3 Basil Jones 4 Basil Jones 4 F John Nelson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 6 Frederick Shallcross 7 Bernard F L Groves 7 Peter Laflin 8 Robert B Smith 8 A Peter Whitehead 9 Peter Laflin 9 John Worth (C) 10 Leslie Boumphrey 10 Leslie Boumphrey 11 Denis Mottershead 11 Brian Harris 12 Brian Harris 12 Robert B Smith First peal of Maximus in the method by all the band, on the bells, and for the First peal on 12: 4. Guild. Rung without previous practice. 695 691 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 25th March 1961 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. Sat, 31st December 1960 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5024 London Surprise Major 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. H Law James Comp. Joseph W Parker 1 F John Nelson 1 Alan A Potts 2 John Worth (C) 2 Ruth M Border 3 Peter Laflin 3 Peter Laflin 4 Basil Jones 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey 6 John Worth 7 Edward Jenkins 7 Brian Harris 8 Brian Harris 8 Edward Jenkins 1000th peal: 7. 9 Robert B Smith 10 Peter Border 696 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 692 MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 1st April 1961 in 3 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 5280 Spliced Surprise Maximus Sat, 4th February 1961 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. (3m: 1824 Cambridge, Lincolnshire; 1632 Yorkshire: 21 com, atw) 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 John Worth 1 Peter Laflin 2 Neil Bennett 2 Edward Jenkins 3 Basil Jones 3 Basil Jones 4 Frederick Shallcross 4 David W Brunning 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 F John Nelson 6 Brian Harris 7 A Peter Whitehead 7 John Worth 8 Derek Ogden 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Robert B Smith 9 Robert B Smith 10 Denis Mottershead 10 Derek P Jones 11 Edward Jenkins First peal in the method: 4, 10. 12 Brian Harris

693 697 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter Sat, 11th February 1961 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Fri, 7th April 1961 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5056 Londonderry Surprise Major 5120 London Surprise Major 1 Robert B Smith Comp. Thomas B Worsley 2 John Worth 1 Jeffrey Kershaw 3 Edward Jenkins 2 J Barry Pickup 4 Basil Jones 3 John P Partington 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Frederick Shallcross 6 Leslie Boumphrey 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Peter Laflin 6 F John Nelson 8 Brian Harris 7 Michael D Fishwick First peal in the method by all the band, on the bells, and for the Guild. In 8 Robert B Smith memoriam Mr and Mrs W W Wolstencroft. First peal in the method: 1, 2. First in the method inside: 3.

77 698 702 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary the Virgin MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 15th April 1961 in 3 hrs 39 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. Mon, 22nd May 1961 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Comp. John Carter 1 Edward Jenkins 1 John R Mayne 2 Fred Dunkerley 2 Patrick I Chapman 3 Basil Jones (C) 3 Basil Jones 4 Neil Bennett 4 Bernard F L Groves 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Frederick Shallcross 6 Jack L Millhouse 7 Denis Mottershead 7 John Worth 8 F John Nelson 8 Robert B Smith 9 A Peter Whitehead 9 Cecil W Pipe 10 Derek Ogden 10 Brian Harris 11 Robert B Smith 11 George W Pipe 12 Brian Harris 12 Wilfred Williams (C) 200th peal: 7. 703 699 DURHAM & NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Cathedral of St Nicholas WALKDEN, Lancashire, St Paul Sat, 27th May 1961 in 3 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 37 cwt. Sat, 22nd April 1961 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Frederick Dench Comp. Charles Middleton 1 J Alan Ainsworth 1 Brian Harris 2 Eric N Harrison 2 Christine C MacNair 3 Basil Jones 3 Carol Fernley 4 Robert B Smith 4 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth (C) 6 Basil Jones 7 Denis A Bayles 7 Peter Laflin 8 Leslie W G Morris 8 Edward Jenkins 9 A Peter Whitehead 10 Leslie Boumphrey 700 11 Brian Harris CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 Edward Jenkins NOTTINGHAM, St Mary the Virgin First peal of Cambridge Maximus: 1, 2. 400th peal: 3. Sat, 29th April 1961 in 3 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 704 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 1 Harold C Lonyon ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael 2 John Worth Thu, 8th June 1961 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 3 Frederick Shallcross 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 4 A Peter Whitehead Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Neil Bennett 6 Basil Jones 2 Carol Fearnley 7 Denis Mottershead 3 F John Nelson 8 Ralph G Edwards 4 Frederick Shallcross 9 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis 10 Edward Jenkins 6 John Worth 7 Edward Jenkins 701 8 A Peter Whitehead CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 Derek Ogden (C) NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 10 Brian Harris Sat, 20th May 1961 in 7 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 11 Tudor P Edwards 13440 Spliced Surprise Major 12 Denis Mottershead (6m: 3840 Watford; 3168 Rutland, Wembley; 1920 Ealing; 672 Belgrave, Rung on the occasion of the royal wedding. Belvedere: 381 com) Comp. Albert J Pitman 705 1 Edward Jenkins YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 2 A Peter Whitehead MARSDEN, Yorkshire, St Bartholomew 3 Bernard F L Groves Sat, 10th June 1961 in 3 hrs 33 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 4 Basil Jones 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 1 Jeanne E Bottomley 7 Robert B Smith 2 S Barry Schofield 8 Brian Harris 3 John Worth Umpire: Peter Laflin. The extent of Spliced Surprise Major with the tenors 4 Rita M Jowett together. The longest length of Spliced Surprise Major yet rung. 5 B Gillian Schofield 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Basil Jones 8 A Peter Whitehead 9 Vernon Bottomley 10 Edward Jenkins First peal of Royal: 1. First in the method: 2, 4, 5, 9.

78 706 710 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 26th August 1961 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 21st October 1961 in 3 hrs 39 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Comp. Arthur Craven Comp. Five-course block 1 Peter T Dale 1 John Worth (C) 2 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Edmund Shuttleworth 3 Basil Jones 3 Carol Fernley 4 Robert B Smith 4 Edward Jenkins 5 A Peter Whitehead 5 Leslie W G Morris 6 John Worth (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Edward Jenkins 7 Basil Jones 8 Brian Harris 8 A Peter Whitehead 9 Peter Laflin 707 10 William H Dowse YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 11 Brian Harris MARSDEN, Yorkshire, St Bartholomew 12 Robert B Smith Sat, 9th September 1961 in 3 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. First attempt on 12 bells: 2. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. John Carter 711 1 Christine Townend LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 2 Derek J Marshall MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 3 Ivor Jenkins Sat, 28th October 1961 in 3 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 4 Edward Jenkins 5280 Londinium Surprise Maximus 5 F John Nelson 1 Edward Jenkins 6 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Margaret A Parker 7 John H Fielden 3 Geoffrey R Parker 8 Tudor P Edwards 4 Basil Jones 9 Frederick Shallcross 5 John Freeman 10 Denis Mottershead (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of Surprise Royal: 1, 2, 3. 7 Walter Tomlinson 8 John Worth 708 9 Jack L Millhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 A Peter Whitehead MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 11 Geoffrey Paul Sat, 16th September 1961 in 3 hrs 19 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 12 Brian Harris 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 712 1 John Worth ST MARTIN'S GUILD FOR THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM 2 Eileen M Fearn BIRMINGHAM, Cathedral of St Philip 3 Brian Harris Sat, 4th November 1961 in 3 hrs 33 mins. Tenor 31 cwt. 4 Carol Fernley 5280 Belgrave Surprise Maximus 5 A Peter Whitehead 1 Edward Jenkins 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Carol Fernley 7 Robert B Smith 3 Roderick W Pipe 8 Brian J Woodruffe 4 Basil Jones 9 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 10 Edward Jenkins 6 John Worth (C) 100th peal: 5. 7 George E Fearn 8 Barrie Hendry 709 9 Norman J Goodman LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 10 A Peter Whitehead ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 11 Robert B Smith Sun, 17th September 1961 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 12 Brian Harris 5040 Brigstow Surprise Maximus First peal of Belgrave Maximus: 2, 3, 8, 9, 10. Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 1 F John Nelson 713 2 Neil Bennett LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Basil Jones LEICESTER, Cathedral of St Martin 4 Denis Mottershead Sat, 11th November 1961 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5024 London Surprise Major 6 Edward Jenkins Comp. H Law James 7 John Worth 1 Carol Fernley 8 Frederick Shallcross 2 Bernard F L Groves 9 A Peter Whitehead 3 Basil Jones 10 Derek Ogden 4 C Kenneth Lewis 11 Robert B Smith 5 Edward Jenkins 12 Brian Harris 6 John Worth (C) First peal In the method. Rung with a fourth's place bob. 7 A Peter Whitehead 8 Robert B Smith 300th peal together: 3, 6. Rung on the Stelfox Eight. Rung on St Martin's Day before thanksgiving service for the success of the Cathedral Appeal Fund.

79 714 719 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD GREAT BUDWORTH, Cheshire, St Mary & All Saints ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter Sat, 25th November 1961 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. Sat, 30th December 1961 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5056 Superlative Surprise Major 5088 London Surprise Major Comp. Charles H Hattersley Comp. Stephen Ivin 1 Basil Jones 1 Edward Jenkins 2 Carol Fernley 2 John Worth 3 Edmund Shuttleworth 3 Frederick Shallcross 4 John Worth (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Neil Bennett 6 A Peter Whitehead 6 Robert B Smith 7 Brian Harris 7 Basil Jones 8 Edward Jenkins 8 Peter Border (C)

715 720 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Sat, 2nd December 1961 in 3 hrs 24 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Thu, 4th January 1962 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 14. 5152 London Surprise Major 5040 Plain Bob Minor Comp. T B Worsley's No 8 1-2 John O Freeman 1 Edward Jenkins (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 A Peter Whitehead 5-6 Michael J Bangham 3 John Worth First peal on handbells: 1-2, 5-6. 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 721 6 Peter Laflin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Brian Harris MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 8 Robert B Smith Sat, 6th January 1962 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 1000th peal: 3. 5000 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. J A Burford 716 1 Edmund Shuttleworth LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 2 Harold C Lonyon WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 3 Carol Fernley Sat, 9th December 1961 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 4 Peter Laflin 5040 Superlative No.2 Surprise Royal 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Carol Fernley 6 John Worth (C) 2 Edward Shuttleworth 7 Basil Jones 3 Harold C Lonyon 8 Edward Jenkins 4 John Worth 9 A Peter Whitehead 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 Brian Harris 6 Edward Jenkins 7 A Peter Whitehead 722 8 Peter Laflin LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 9 Basil Jones ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 10 Brian Harris Sat, 20th January 1962 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. First peal in the method by all the band, on the bells, and for the Association. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus In memoriam Mrs P H Derbyshire. Comp. Frederick Dench 1 Eileen M Fearn 717 2 Edward Jenkins CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Edmund Shuttleworth NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 4 Carol Fernley Sat, 23rd December 1961 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5280 Spliced Surprise Major 6 John Worth (6m: 960 London; 928 Watford; 896 Bristol; 832 Cambridge, Pudsey, 7 Alan A Potts Superlative: 127 com, atw) 8 Basil Jones Comp. Albert J Pitman 9 Denis Mottershead 1 John R Gilden 10 Tudor P Edwards 2 Edward Shuttleworth 11 A Peter Whitehead 3 John Worth 12 Brian Harris (C) 4 Carol Fernley Rung in memoriam James Carter. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Basil Jones 723 7 Peter Laflin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Edward Jenkins MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 3rd February 1962 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 718 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Alan A Potts MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 2 Edmund Shuttleworth Wed, 27th December 1961 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 3 Basil Jones (C) 5040 Rutland Surprise Royal 4 Carol Fernley Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 Harold C Lonyon 1 Peter T Dale 6 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Brian Harris 7 Edward Jenkins 3 Frederick Shallcross 8 Peter Laflin 4 Bernard F L Groves 9 A Peter Whitehead 5 C Kenneth Lewis 10 Brian Harris 6 Derek Taylor Rung in memoriam Sam Jones, of Eccleston; and Percy Derbyshire, of 7 Denis Mottershead Worsley. 8 John H Fielden 9 Derek Ogden (C) 10 Robert B Smith First peal of Royal in the method: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9. Circled the tower: 2.

80 724 729 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Thomas, Moorside Sat, 10th February 1962 in 2 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 7th April 1962 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5120 London Surprise Major 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. Stephen J Ivin Comp. H Law James 1 Peter Laflin 1 Ivan Kay 2 Edmund Shuttleworth 2 Carol Fernley 3 Carol Fernley 3 Edmund Shuttleworth 4 Harold C Lonyon 4 Harold C Lonyon 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Edward Jenkins 6 Robert B Smith (C) 7 Basil Jones 7 Peter Laflin 8 A Peter Whitehead 8 Edward Jenkins Rung as a welcome to the Revd David Lawrence and his family. 725 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 730 BOWDON, Cheshire, the Blessed Virgin Mary CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sun, 11th February 1962 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Sat, 14th April 1962 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Comp. Thomas B Worsley 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 1 Robert H Topham Comp. Charles H Hattersley 2 Mrs H D Holland 1 Peter Laflin 3 T Michael Freeman 2 A Peter Whitehead 4 David Vincent 3 Edmund Shuttleworth 5 John O Freeman 4 Carol Fernley 6 H David Holland 5 Harold C Lonyon 7 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Edward Jenkins 8 Alan J Brown (C) 7 C Kenneth Lewis First peal of Kent Treble Bob Major: 1, 3, 5. Rung as a farewell to Canon 8 Brian Harris (C) and Mrs D P Low. First peal in the method: 3.

726 731 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MOTTRAM-IN-LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall Sat, 17th February 1962 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 15 cwt. Sat, 21st April 1962 in 4 hrs 21 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 5280 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 Brian Harris 1 Leslie W G Morris 2 Carol Fernley 2 Bernard F L Groves 3 Harold C Lonyon 3 Neil Bennett 4 Edmund Shuttleworth 4 Basil Jones (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 A Peter Whitehead 6 Frederick Shallcross 7 Basil Jones 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 Edward Jenkins (C) 8 A Peter Whitehead This composition, now rung for the first time, contains the 6th 99 leads at 9 Derek Ogden home. 10 Denis Mottershead 11 Robert B Smith 727 12 Edward Jenkins CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 732 Sat, 24th February 1962 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. GUILD OF DEVONSHIRE RINGERS 5040 Belgrave Surprise Royal EXETER, Devon, Cathedral of St Peter 1 Basil Jones Sat, 28th April 1962 in 4 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 72 cwt. 2 Carol Fernley 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 3 Edmund Shuttleworth Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 4 Harold C Lonyon 1 Brian J Woodruffe 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 David J Llewellyn 6 A Peter Whitehead 3 Bernard F L Groves 7 Edward Jenkins 4 Basil Jones 8 William H Dowse 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9 Peter Laflin 6 Neil Bennett 10 Brian Harris 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 Denis Mottershead 728 9 A Peter Whitehead CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Derek Ogden KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 11 Edward Jenkins Sat, 24th March 1962 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 12 Brian Harris & William H Dowse 5040 Plain Bob Minor A birthday compliment to HM the Queen. 1 David Brewer 2 John O Freeman 3 Adrian Hough 4 Michael T Freeman 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Christopher Jones First peal: 1, 3. A birthday compliment to the ringer of the treble.

81 733 739 SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, St Chad MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Sat, 19th May 1962 in 3 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 39 cwt. Tue, 3rd July 1962 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor size 15. 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 5040 Plain Bob Royal 1 Tudor P Edwards Comp. T Francis 2 Edward Shuttleworth 1-2 Frank Osbaldiston 3 Carol Fernley 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Frederick E Wilshaw 5-6 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Christine C MacNair 6 Robert B Smith 9-10 John Worth (C) 7 John Robinson First 10 bell peal in hand: 7-8. 8 Basil Jones 9 A Peter Whitehead 740 10 William H Dowse LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 11 Derek Ogden STRETFORD, Lancashire, St Matthew 12 Edward Jenkins Sat, 7th July 1962 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. First peal of Yorkshire Maximus in the county. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Charles J Sedgley 734 1 Edmund Shuttleworth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Frank Osbaldiston ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 3 Christine C MacNair Wed, 23rd May 1962 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. 4 Giles B Thompson 5040 Plain Bob Major 5 Edward Jenkins Comp. E Maurice Atkins 6 Peter T Dale 1-2 Robert B Smith (C) 7 Basil Jones 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 John Worth 7-8 William H Dowse 741 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 735 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Wed, 11th July 1962 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 5040 Plain Bob Royal Sat, 26th May 1962 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Comp. H Francis 5184 Rutland Surprise Major 1 Wilfred Stevenson Comp. Henry W Wilde 2 Harold C Lonyon 1 Basil Jones 3 Sidney Hough jun 2 Edward Shuttleworth 4 Edward F Potts 3 Giles B Thompson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Harold C Lonyon 6 Robert B Smith 5 Alan E M Bagworth 7 William H Dowse 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 John Robinson 7 Peter Laflin 9 Basil Jones 8 Edward Jenkins 10 Alan A Potts (C) Rung to welcome the Revd A H M Turner, instituted and inducted to this 736 parish of Christ Church. Macclesfield, on Monday, July 9th, 1962. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, Whingarth, Ridge Road 742 Wed, 6th June 1962 in 2 hrs 3 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter Comp. John Reeves Sat, 14th July 1962 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 74 cwt. 1-2 Robert B Smith 5024 London Surprise Major 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. H Law James 5-6 John Worth 1 Sidney Hough jun 7-8 William H Dowse 2 Christine C MacNair 3 Ivor Jenkins 737 4 Giles B Thompson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 6 Frank Osbaldiston Tue, 19th June 1962 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 Edward Jenkins 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 8 Basil Jones (C) Comp. Henry Dains First peal of London Surprise: 2, 4. Rung as a welcome to the Revd E H 1-2 Robert B Smith Williams, who was inducted as Vicar at St Peter's on July 12th. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 John Worth 743 7-8 William H Dowse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LONDON, Cathedral of St Saviour, Southwark 738 Sat, 11th August 1962 in 4 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 48 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1 Bernard F L Groves Sat, 23rd June 1962 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 2 Frederick E Wilshaw 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 3 John Robinson Comp. Henry W Wilde 4 Basil Jones 1 Edmund Shuttleworth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Giles B Thompson 6 Leslie W G Morris 3 Ivor Jenkins 7 Arthur G Mason 4 Richard A Shekelton 8 John M Jelley 5 Sidney Hough jun 9 A Peter Whitehead 6 Basil Jones (C) 10 John A Anderson 7 C Kenneth Lewis 11 Edward Jenkins 8 Robert B Smith 12 Robert B Smith 9 Peter Laflin 1100th peal: 11. 10 Edward Jenkins First peal on ten bells: 2, 4. First of Surprise inside: 4.

82 744 748 OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD ESSEX ASSOCIATION OXFORD, Cathedral of Christ CHELMSFORD, Essex, Cathedral of SS Mary, Peter & Cedd Mon, 13th August 1962 in 3 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 30 cwt. Fri, 17th August 1962 in 3 hrs 39 mins. Tenor 34 cwt. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 John A Anderson 1 Robert B Smith 2 Frederick E Wilshaw 2 John Robinson 3 Basil Jones (C) 3 Basil Jones 4 Leslie W G Morris 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Frederick E Wilshaw 6 Bernard F L Groves 6 Leslie W G Morris 7 Arthur G Mason 7 Arthur G Mason 8 John Robinson 8 Bernard F L Groves 9 A Peter Whitehead 9 A Peter Whitehead 10 Christopher M P Johnson 10 John A Anderson 11 Robert B Smith 11 Edward P Duffield 12 Edward Jenkins 12 Edward Jenkins 50th 12-bell tower for a peal: 4. 50th peal of Surprise Maximus: 1.

745 749 WINCHESTER & PORTSMOUTH DIOCESAN GUILD STAFFORD ARCHDEACONRY SOCIETY CHRISTCHURCH, Hampshire, the Priory Church of the Holy Trinity WOLVERHAMPTON, Staffordshire, Collegiate Church of St Peter Tue, 14th August 1962 in 3 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. Sat, 18th August 1962 in 3 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 33 cwt. 5280 New Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 1 Robert B Smith Comp. Leslie W G Morris 2 C Kenneth Lewis 1 John Robinson 3 John Robinson 2 Edward Jenkins 4 Bernard F L Groves 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Basil Jones 4 Bernard F L Groves 6 Frederick E Wilshaw 5 Frederick E Wilshaw 7 Arthur G Mason 6 Basil Jones 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) 7 Arthur G Mason 9 A Peter Whitehead 8 Leslie W G Morris (C) 10 John A Anderson 9 Patrick I Chapman 11 Edward Jenkins 10 Robert B Smith 12 Ralph G Edwards 11 A Peter Whitehead 12 John A Anderson 746 OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD 750 HIGH WYCOMBE, Buckinghamshire, All Saints LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Wed, 15th August 1962 in 3 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 30 cwt. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Sun, 26th August 1962 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5280 Lambeth Surprise Maximus 1 John Robinson Comp. Derek Ogden 2 Claudia A Critchley 1 R Kingsley Mason 3 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Frederick Shallcross 4 Robert B Smith (C) 3 Neil Bennett 5 Frederick E Wilshaw 4 Frederick W Grocott 6 Leslie W G Morris 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Arthur G Mason 6 F John Nelson 8 Bernard F L Groves 7 Tudor P Edwards 9 Basil Jones 8 John Robinson 10 Edward Jenkins 9 Geoffrey D Fearnehough 11 A Peter Whitehead 10 Denis Mottershead (C) 12 John A Anderson 11 John H Fielden Rung on the 54th anniversary of the first peal of Surprise Maximus. 12 Derek Ogden First peal in the method. 747 OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD 751 READING, Berkshire, St Laurence LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Thu, 16th August 1962 in 3 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. AMBLESIDE, Westmorland, SS Mary the Virgin And Anne 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Sat, 1st September 1962 in 3 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 32 cwt. Comp. Frederick Dench 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 1 Edward Jenkins Comp. Charles H Hattersley 2 John Robinson 1 Frank Osbaldiston 3 Claudia A Critchley 2 John Worth (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Christine C MacNair 5 Frederick E Wilshaw 4 Harold C Lonyon 6 Leslie W G Morris 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Arthur G Mason 6 Basil Jones 8 John A Anderson 7 Robert B Smith 9 Bernard F L Groves (C) 8 Edward Jenkins 10 A Peter Whitehead First peal in the method: 3. 11 Basil Jones 12 Robert B Smith 150th 12-bell peal: 6.

83 752 756 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MOTTRAM-IN-LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary the Virgin Sat, 8th September 1962 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. Sat, 10th November 1962 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major 5059 Grandsire Cinques Comp. Joseph W Parker Comp. Albert M Tyler 1 Derek Yates 1 Tudor P Edwards (C) 2 Edward Jenkins 2 Neil Bennett 3 Christine C MacNair 3 Sidney Hough jun 4 Alan Kirk 4 John Robinson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Alan J Brown 6 Ivor R Nichols 7 Robert B Smith (C) 7 Brian J Wylde 8 Frank Osbaldiston 8 Derek J Marshall Rung as a wedding compliment to Dorothy M Heap and Peter J Harrison, 9 John H Fielden both ringers, who were married in this church immediately before the peal 10 Derek Ogden attempt. 11 Denis Mottershead 12 Derek Butterworth 753 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 757 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Mon, 1st October 1962 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Sat, 24th November 1962 in 3 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 1 Harold C Lonyon 5280 Lambeth Surprise Maximus 2 Neil Bennett Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis 3 Clifford Skidmore 1 Maryl R Crossthwaite 4 Basil Jones 2 Neil Bennett 5 Jack L Millhouse (C) 3 Tudor P Edwards 6 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Basil Jones 7 D John Hunt 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 George E Fearn 6 John Worth 9 Derek Ogden 7 John H Fielden 10 Frank E Darby 8 John Robinson 11 Edward Jenkins 9 Edward Jenkins 12 Peter Border 10 Frederick Shallcross 11 Derek Ogden 754 12 Denis Mottershead CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal in the method by the Guild. BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Sat, 20th October 1962 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 758 5088 Plain Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Alan J Brown MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1 Gillian C Forrest Sat, 29th December 1962 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 2 Brian Gibson 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 3 David Vincent Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 John O Freeman 1 Alan A Potts 5 Robert H Topham 2 Ruth M Border 6 Roy Broom 3 Christine C MacNair 7 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Harold C Lonyon 8 Alan J Brown (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal: 1, 2. First inside: 5. Rung as a welcome to the Revd Maurice H 6 John Worth Ridgway, BA, FSA, whose induction took place on October 17th, 1962. 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Peter Laflin 755 9 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Peter Border MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 3rd November 1962 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 759 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. William Pye NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 1 Sidney Hough jun Wed, 2nd January 1963 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 2 Carol Fernley 5152 London Surprise Major 3 Ivor Jenkins Comp. 29 Course Block (reduced). 4 Harold C Lonyon 1 Peter T Dale 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Christine C MacNair 6 John Worth (C) 3 Frances Fairbank 7 Joseph Whittaker 4 Christopher K Cooper 8 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9 Basil Jones 6 John R Gilden 10 Edward Jenkins 7 Peter Laflin 8 James A D Woolford

84 760 765 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 12th January 1963 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. Sat, 23rd February 1963 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5160 Spliced Surprise Royal 5040 Redcliffe Surprise Royal (12m: 600 London No.3, Redcliffe; 480 Yorkshire, Cambridge, Albanian, Comp. Charles J Sedgley Rutland, Wembley; 360 Lindsey, Langley, Lincolnshire; 240 Pudsey, 1 Harold C Lonyon Prittlewell: 107 com) 2 Basil Jones Comp. Derek Ogden 3 Frederick Shallcross (C) 1 John Robinson 4 John Robinson 2 Derek Ogden (C) 5 John Worth 3 Tudor P Edwards 6 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Neil Bennett 7 Neil Bennett 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Derek Butterworth 6 F John Nelson 9 Derek Ogden 7 Norman Smith 10 Denis Mottershead 8 Frederick Shallcross First peal of Redcliffe Surprise Royal: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8. 513th peal: 2. 9 John H Fielden 10 Denis Mottershead 766 Greatest number of Royal methods ever rung to a peal. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 761 Sat, 2nd March 1963 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 14 cwt. LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 5184 Yorkshire Surprise Major MILNROW, Lancashire, St James Comp. Charles W Roberts Sat, 19th January 1963 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1 Basil Jones 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 2 John O Freeman Comp. Charles H Hattersley 3 John Worth 1 Edward Jenkins 4 Harold C Lonyon 2 Michael D Fishwick 5 Alan J Brown 3 John Worth 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Derek Butterworth 7 Peter Laflin 5 Harold C Lonyon 8 Bernard F L Groves 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Basil Jones (C) 767 8 Frank Osbaldiston CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 762 Sat, 16th March 1963 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Treble Bob Minor NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas (27m: (1) London Surprise (2) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Sat, 2nd February 1963 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Werburgh and Abbeyville Delight (3) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob 5024 Bristol Surprise Major IV, Willesden and Marple Delight (4) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Comp. Charles W Roberts Wragby and Braintree Delight (5) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College 1 Kathleen Pilsbury Exercise, Norbury and Morning Star Treble Bob (6) Capel, Sandal, London 2 Harold C Lonyon Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston and Oxford Treble Bob (7) Cambridge 3 Eileen M Fearn Surprise: 39 com) 4 Carol Fernley 1 Frank Osbaldiston 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Sidney Hough jun 6 John R Gilden 3 Ivor Jenkins 7 Basil Jones 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Peter Laflin 5 Alexander Richardson 6 Denis Mottershead 763 A farewell peal for the Vicar (Revd E A Chapman) and Mrs Chapman. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 768 Sat, 9th February 1963 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5000 Plain Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter Comp. John Reeves Sat, 23rd March 1963 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 1 John Worth (C) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 2 Peter Laflin Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 3 Harold C Lonyon 1 Chris Jones 4 Edward F Potts 2 John O Freeman 5 Alan A Potts 3 Alan J Brown 6 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Harold C Lonyon 7 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 John Taylor 6 John Worth (C) 9 John Robinson 7 Peter Laflin 10 Frank Osbaldiston 8 Basil Jones First peal: 8. First peal in the method: 1, 2. Rung on the wedding anniversary of the ringer of the fourth. 764 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter Sat, 16th February 1963 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5184 London Surprise Major Comp. Stephen Ivin 1 Harold C Lonyon 2 Carol Fernley 3 Basil Jones (C) 4 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Alan J Brown 7 Peter Laflin 8 Edward Jenkins

85 769 773 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MANCHESTER, Town Hall ALTON, Staffordshire, St Peter Sat, 13th April 1963 in 3 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. Sat, 20th July 1963 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus 5088 Bristol Surprise Major (18m: 432 Lambeth; 288 Albanian, Aldenham, Belgrave, Cambridge, Comp. Charles H Hattersley Lincolnshire, Lindsey, Pontefract, Prittlewell, Redfield, Rochester, Solihull, 1 Alan A Potts Superlative, Wigston, York, Yorkshire; 144 Bedford, Pudsey: 98 com) 2 Frank Osbaldiston Comp. Derek Ogden 3 Giles B Thompson 1 Cyril Crossthwaite 4 Brian J Woodruffe 2 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 John Worth 6 John Worth (C) 4 Frederick Shallcross 7 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Edward Jenkins 6 Neil Bennett 100th peal together: 1, 7. 7 John Robinson 8 Basil Jones 774 9 F John Nelson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 John H Fielden NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 11 Derek Ogden (C) Sat, 10th August 1963 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 12 Denis Mottershead 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major This is the greatest number of methods ever rung to a peal on 12 bells. Comp. Charles H Martin 1 Frank Osbaldiston 770 2 Peter W Horn CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Harold C Lonyon SANDBACH, Cheshire, St Mary 4 Alan J Brown Sat, 4th May 1963 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5024 London Surprise Major 6 John Worth Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 7 Peter Laflin 1 Peter Laflin 8 Edward Jenkins 2 Harold C Lonyon 3 John Worth (C) 775 4 John Freeman CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Alan J Brown MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 6 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 17th August 1963 in 3 hrs 33 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 7 Basil Jones 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 8 Frank Osbaldiston Comp. Thomas B Worsley First peal in the method: 4. 1 Tudor P Edwards 2 Peter Horne 771 3 Harold C Lonyon LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 4 Carol Fernley EAST CROMPTON, Lancashire, St James 5 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 18th May 1963 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 6 John Worth (C) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 7 Alan A Potts Comp. Harry Poyner 8 Alan J Brown 1 Frank Osbaldiston 9 Peter Laflin 2 John Worth 10 Frank Osbaldiston 3 Harold C Lonyon 11 Edward Jenkins 4 Harold Byrom 12 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis First peal on 12 bells: 2. R B Smith's 500th peal. The conductor's 100th peal 6 Alan J Brown of Surprise Maximus. 7 Basil Jones (C) 8 Leslie Boumphrey 776 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 772 NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 24th August 1963 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 5120 London Surprise Major Sat, 22nd June 1963 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Comp. Stephen J Ivin 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 1 Harold C Lonyon (35m: (1) Melandra, Peveril, Beeston, Leasowe, Castleton Delight (2) 2 Carol Fernley Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay, Dover Delight (3) Rostherne, 3 Peter W Horn Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone, Ely Delight (4) Crowland, Combermere, 4 Alan J Brown Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville Delight (5) Newdigate, Old Oxford, 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) College Bob IV, Willesden, Marple Delight (6) Charlwood, Neasden, St 6 John Worth Albans, Wragby, Braintree Delight (7) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College 7 Edward Jenkins Exercise, Norbury, Morning Star Treble Bob: 46 com) 8 Frank Osbaldiston 1 Sidney Hough jun First peal in the method: 3. 2 Ivor Jenkins 3 Frank Osbaldiston 777 4 Neil Bennett LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) MANCHESTER, St Philip, Hulme 6 Robert B Smith Sat, 31st August 1963 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. First peal in 35m: 4. Rung to mark the induction of the Revd Robert H C 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Lewis, MA, as Vicar. Also for the wedding of Barrie Hendry and Patricia A Comp. Thomas B Worsley Moreland, which took place earlier in the day at Kingstanding, Birmingham. 1 John Worth 2 Harold C Lonyon 3 Giles B Thompson 4 Alan J Brown 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Basil Jones 7 Frank Osbaldiston 8 Edward Jenkins 100th peal: 3.

86 778 783 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 14th September 1963 in 6 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 23rd November 1963 in 3 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 11520 Rutland Surprise Major 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Alan A Potts 1 Giles B Thompson 2 Peter Horne 2 Brian J Woodruffe (C) 3 Eileen M Fearn 3 Harold C Lonyon 4 Carol Fearnley 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 6 Frank Osbaldiston 7 Harold C Lonyon 7 John C Eisel 8 Alan J Brown 8 Edward Jenkins 9 Edward Jenkins The longest peal of Rutland Surprise Major. 10 Basil Jones 11 Robert B Smith 779 12 Frank Osbaldiston LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Rung half-muffled. DALTON-IN-FURNESS, Lancashire, St Mary Sat, 21st September 1963 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 21 cwt. 784 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal GLOUCESTER & BRISTOL DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION Comp. J Shaw TEWKESBURY, Gloucestershire, St Mary the Virgin 1 Frank Osbaldiston Sat, 7th December 1963 in 3 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. 2 Sidney Hough jun 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 3 Harold C Lonyon Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 4 William Wall 1 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Harold C Lonyon 6 John Worth 3 Basil Jones 7 Basil Jones 4 Frank Osbaldiston 8 Raymond Suart 5 C Kenneth Lewis 9 Hedley Wood 6 John Worth (C) 10 Robert B Smith 7 Alan A Potts First peal in the method: 1, 3, 4, 8, 9. First in the method on tower bells: 10. 8 Bernard F L Groves In memoriam Derek Ogden. 9 Brian J Woodruffe 10 Ralph G Edwards 780 11 Brian Harris LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 12 Edward Jenkins MOORSIDE, Oldham, St Thomas Rung as birthday compliments to Mrs M B Smith and Peter Laflin; also for Sat, 2nd November 1963 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs D Yates, of Hyde. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Charles Middleton 785 1 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Peter W Horne PRESTBURY, Cheshire, St Peter 3 Harold C Lonyon Sat, 14th December 1963 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 4 Alan J Brown 5088 London Surprise Major 5 Edward Jenkins Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 6 Ivan Kay 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Basil Jones (C) 2 Harold C Lonyon 8 Frank Osbaldiston 3 Alan J Brown A welcome to Christine Ruth, daughter of the Vicar (Revd David Lawrance) 4 William H Dowse and Mrs Lawrance - first infant to be born at Moorside Vicarage for over 50 5 Robert J Warrilow years. 6 John Worth 7 Basil Jones 781 8 Edward Jenkins LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION ROCHDALE, Lancashire, St Chad 786 Sat, 9th November 1963 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5152 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 110 com, atw) Thu, 26th December 1963 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Comp. Albert J Pitman 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 1 Edward Jenkins Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 2 Harold C Lonyon 1 Edward Jenkins 3 Robert J Warrilow 2 Carol Fernley 4 Alan J Brown 3 Eileen M Fearn 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Christine C MacNair 6 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Frank Osbaldiston 6 John Worth 8 Robert B Smith 7 Harold C Lonyon 8 Alan J Brown 782 9 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Frank Osbaldiston MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 11 Brian J Woodruffe Sat, 16th November 1963 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 12 Peter Border 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Alan A Potts 2 Harold C Lonyon 3 Alan J Brown 4 Robert J Warrilow 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 7 Richard A Shekelton 8 Basil Jones (C) 9 Edward Jenkins 10 Robert B Smith

87 787 791 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter Sat, 4th January 1964 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. Sat, 29th February 1964 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5056 Spliced Surprise Major (12m: 960 London, Rutland; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, (4m: 2560 Bristol; 1600 London; 448 Cambridge, Superlative: 115 com) Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire: Comp. James Topp 139 com) 1 Basil Jones Comp. Albert J Pitman (rev.) 2 Edward Jenkins 1 Alan A Potts 3 Robert J Warrilow 2 Harold C Lonyon 4 Alan A Potts 3 Basil Jones (C) 5 John Worth 4 C Kenneth Lewis 6 A Peter Whitehead 5 Robert J Warrilow 7 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 8 J David Atkinson 7 J David Atkinson Rung in honour of the birth of a son to HRH Princess Alexandra and Mr 8 Frank Osbaldiston Angus Ogilvy. First peal of 12-Spliced Surprise Major: 2, 5, 7, 8. Rung as a 21st birthday compliment to Miss Eileen M Fearn. 792 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 788 WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 14th March 1964 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Sat, 11th January 1964 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Comp. William Pye 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Robert J Warrilow Comp. Thomas B Worsley (c.c.c No 17) 2 Frank Osbaldiston 1 Anne P Smith 3 Edward Jenkins 2 Frank Osbaldiston 4 Harold C Lonyon 3 Christine C MacNair 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Alan McFall 6 John Worth (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Basil Jones 6 M Jack Pryor 8 A Peter Whitehead 7 Robert B Smith (C) 9 Hedley A Wood 8 William H Dowse 10 Robert B Smith First of Surprise inside, and first in method: 6. First peal on the bells since Rung in honour of the birth of a third son to HM the Queen and HRH the augmentation. Rung by past and present members of the local band. Duke of Edinburgh

789 793 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 8th February 1964 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 21st March 1964 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 5280 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Edwin A Barnett 1 J David Atkinson 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Harold C Lonyon 2 Edward Jenkins 3 Frank Osbaldiston 3 Eileen M Fearn 4 Robert J Warrilow 4 Carol Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Robert J Warrilow 6 John Worth 6 A Peter Whitehead 7 Edward Jenkins 7 Basil Jones (C) 8 Alan A Potts 8 Robert B Smith 9 Basil Jones 10 Robert B Smith 794 Rung as a welcome to Carol, a daughter for Mr and Mrs A Osbaldiston, of GLOUCESTER & BRISTOL DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION Cleobury Mortimer, Salop.. CIRENCESTER, Gloucestershire, St John the Baptist Mon, 30th March 1964 in 3 hrs 37 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 790 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Gabriel Lindoff MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 15th February 1964 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 2 Beryl E Cawser 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 3 Carol Fernley Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 4 Eileen M Fearn 1 Carol Fearnley 5 Harold C Lonyon 2 Eileen M Fearn 6 John Worth 3 John Worth (C) 7 Arthur G Mason 4 Harold C Lonyon 8 Ernest W Rawson 5 Alan J Brown 9 Frank Osbaldiston 6 Robert J Warrilow 10 R George Morris 7 C Kenneth Lewis 11 A Peter Whitehead 8 Basil Jones 12 Edward Jenkins First peal of Surprise Maximus on the bells. An 83rd birthday compliment to Mr F J Lewis, leader of the local band.

88 795 800 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church BUNBURY, Cheshire, St Boniface Sat, 4th April 1964 in 3 hrs 19 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 23rd May 1964 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Belgrave Surprise Royal 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 Derek Yates 1 Robert J Warrilow 2 Harold C Lonyon 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Basil Jones (C) 3 Harold C Lonyon 4 Alan McFall 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 Robert J Warrilow 5 J David Atkinson 6 John Worth 6 John Worth (C) 7 Edward Jenkins 7 Alan A Potts 8 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Basil Jones 9 Alan A Potts First peal in the method: 5. 10 Robert B Smith First peal of Surprise Royal: 1, 4. First of Belgrave Surprise Royal: 2. 801 WORCESTERSHIRE & DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION 796 KIDDERMINSTER, St Mary & All Saints LINCOLN DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 30th May 1964 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. GRANTHAM, Lincolnshire, St Wulfram 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Sat, 11th April 1964 in 3 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 32 cwt. Comp. Frederick Dench 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 1 Edward Jenkins Comp. William Pye 2 Alan McFall 1 Robert B Smith 3 Harold C Lonyon 2 Denis A Frith 4 Frank Osbaldiston 3 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Robert J Warrilow 6 John Worth (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Alan A Potts 6 Basil Jones 8 Basil Jones 7 Cyril R Burrell 9 A Peter Whitehead 8 A Peter Whitehead 10 Brian J Woodruffe 9 Brian Harris (C) 11 Robert B Smith 10 Edward Jenkins 12 Brian Harris 100th peal of Royal: 1. First peal on 12 bells: 2.

797 802 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KNUTSFORD, Cheshtre, St John the Baptist MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 18th April 1964 in 2 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Sat, 13th June 1964 in 3 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5040 Treble Bob Minor 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus (14m: (1) Kent Treble Bob (2) London Surprise (3) Norwich Surprise (4) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Cambridge Surprise (5) Morning Star Treble Bob (6) Ockley, Duke of 1 Alan A Potts Norfolk, College Exercise and Norbury Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, 2 Derek Yates Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure and Kingston Treble Bob) 3 Basil Jones 1 John A Booth 4 Alan McFall 2 Sidney Hough jun 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Neil D Lomas 6 John Worth 4 Denis Mottershead 7 Robert J Warrilow 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Harold C Lonyon 6 John Robinson 9 Frank Osbaldiston In memoriam Sidney Hough, for over 60 years ringer at this church and life 10 Edward Jenkins member of the Chester Guild. 11 A Peter Whitehead 12 Robert B Smith 798 An engagement compliment to the ringer of the fourth. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 20 Tytherington Court 803 Wed, 29th April 1964 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 18. BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 5040 Plain Bob Royal BACKWELL, Somerset, St Andrew Comp. H Francis Sat, 25th July 1964 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. 1-2 Alan A Potts 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (8m: 1600 London; 1440 Rutland; 480 Bristol; 320 Cambridge, 5-6 Robert B Smith Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, Yorkshire: 120 com) 7-8 Neil Bennett Comp. W Eric Critchley 9-10 John Worth (C) 1 Richard J Bowden 2 Elisabeth A G Bowden 799 3 C Kenneth Lewis MIDDLESEX COUNTY ASSOCIATION 4 David J Allen & LONDON DIOCESAN GUILD 5 James R Taylor HILLINGDON, Middlesex, St John the Baptist 6 Brian Bladon Sat, 2nd May 1964 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 21 cwt. 7 Donald C Exell 5000 Redcliffe Surprise Royal 8 Peter Border (C) Comp. Cornelius Charge 1 Patricia J Laycock 2 Joan Beresford 3 Claudia A Critchley 4 G William Critchley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Hill 7 Thomas J Lock 8 Dennis Knox 9 Frank T Blagrove 10 John R Mayne (C) First peal on ten bells: 1. First in the method in the county, for the Association, and by all the band except the ringer of the fifth.

89 804 809 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter NORBURY (hazel Grove), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 15th August 1964 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. Sat, 14th November 1964 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 5280 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. Charles H Hattersley (6m: 960 London; 928 Watford; 896 Bristol; 832 Cambridge, Pudsey, 1 Derek Yates Superlative: 127 com, atw) 2 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Albert J Pitman 3 Robert J Warrilow 1 Derek F Yates 4 Harold C Lonyon 2 John Worth 5 Alan McFall 3 A Peter Whitehead 6 John Worth (C) 4 Robert J Warrilow 7 John Robinson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 A Peter Whitehead 6 Alan McFall 7 William H Dowse 805 8 Frank Osbaldiston YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of All Saints 810 Sat, 29th August 1964 in 3 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Comp. Arr C Kenneth Lewis Tue, 24th November 1964 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 1 Derek F Yates 5040 Plain Bob Major 2 B Gillian Schofield Comp. Robert B Smith 3 Robert J Warrilow 1-2 Alan McFall 4 Harold C Lonyon 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 6 John Worth 7-8 John Worth 7 Alan McFall First peal of Major in hand: 1-2. 50th of Major in hand: 5-6. 8 Roderick W Pipe 9 Roger J Lumley 811 10 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 11 Robert B Smith MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 12 A Peter Whitehead Sat, 26th December 1964 in 3 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 806 Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Frank Osbaldiston MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 2 Derek Yates Sat, 19th September 1964 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 3 William H Dowse 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 4 Harold C Lonyon (12m: 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, New Gloucester, 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire; 960 London, 6 John Worth Rutland: 139 com) 7 Alan McFall Comp. Albert J Pitman 8 Basil Jones 1 Derek F Yates 9 Ernest Bennett 2 Alan A Potts 10 Brian J Woodruffe 3 Robert J Warrilow 11 A Peter Whitehead 4 Basil Jones 12 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 812 7 William H Dowse LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 8 Robert B Smith ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels Tue, 29th December 1964 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 807 5280 Lambeth Surprise Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Frederick Dench MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1 Anthony D Sansom Sat, 24th October 1964 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 2 Robert B Smith (C) 5040 Pudsey Surprise Royal 3 Maryl R Crossthwaite Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 Susan Funnell 1 William H Dowse 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Derek F Yates 6 Basil Jones 3 Basil Jones (C) 7 John Robinson 4 Harold C Lonyon 8 Tudor P Edwards 5 Robert J Warrilow 9 Kenneth J Hesketh 6 C Kenneth Lewis 10 Frederick Shallcross 7 Robert B Smith 11 John H Fielden 8 Alan McFall 12 Peter Border 9 Frank Osbaldiston A birthday compliment to Miss Eileen Cross, of Ashton-under- Lyne. 10 A Peter Whitehead Rung as a wedding compliment to Miss Mary Worth and John Kerby, who 813 were married at Christ Church this day. LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 808 Sat, 2nd January 1965 in 3 hrs 24 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. STAFFORD ARCHDEACONRY SOCIETY 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus PENKRIDGE, Staffordshire, St Michael & All Angels Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Fri, 30th October 1964 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. 1 Frank Osbaldiston 5024 London Surprise Major 2 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 3 William H Dowse 1 William H Dowse 4 Harold C Lonyon 2 Harold C Lonyon 5 Robert J Warrilow 3 Robert J Warrilow 6 John Worth (C) 4 Alan McFall 7 Derek F Yates 5 John Worth (C) 8 Ernest Bennett 6 C Kenneth Lewis 9 Alan McFall 7 Basil Jones 10 Basil Jones 8 A Peter Whitehead 11 Robert B Smith 12 A Peter Whitehead 90 814 819 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas HYDE, Cheshire, St George Sat, 9th January 1965 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 13th February 1965 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5376 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 5184 London Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 1 John P Fidler 1 William H Dowse 2 Derek F Yates 2 Derek Yates 3 Robert J Warrilow 3 Harold C Lonyon 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Robert J Warrilow 5 Frank Osbaldiston 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Alan McFall 6 A Peter Whitehead (C) 7 Basil Jones 7 Alan McFall 8 A Peter Whitehead 8 Robert B Smith

815 820 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Sat, 16th January 1965 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 13th March 1965 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5007 Stedman Caters 5088 Rutland Surprise Major Comp. Andrew S Hudson Comp. George Baker 1 Robert B Smith (C) 1 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Peter J Staniforth 2 Derek F Yates 3 Derek F Yates 3 John Worth 4 Harold C Lonyon 4 Harold C Lonyon 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 6 Alan McFall 7 A Peter Whitehead 7 J David Atkinson 8 Alan McFall 8 Robert B Smith (C) 9 Alan A Potts 10 Basil Jones 821 First peal of Stedman Caters inside: 3. First of Stedman Caters: 7, 8. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 816 Sat, 10th April 1965 in 3 hrs 37 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Sat, 23rd January 1965 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1 Derek Yates 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 2 Harold C Lonyon Comp. W Eric Critchley 3 Robert J Warrilow 1 Harold C Lonyon 4 Edmund Shuttleworth 2 Alan J Brown 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Robert J Warrilow 6 John Worth (C) 4 Basil Jones (C) 7 Roger J Lumley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 A Barry Sullivan 6 William H Dowse 9 Leonard Goodall 7 Robert B Smith 10 Basil Jones 8 John Worth 11 William H Dowse A birthday compliment to Miss Kathleen M Lewis. 12 A Peter Whitehead Rung fully muffled in memoriam the Archdeacon of Macclesfield, the Ven. 817 Tom Clarke, Vicar of St Michael's, who died April 4th, 1965. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 822 Sat, 30th January 1965 in 3 hrs 31 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Major MANCHESTER, Town Hall Comp. Edwin A Barnett Sat, 17th April 1965 in 3 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 1 David Hogg 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 2 Frances Fairbank Comp. Frederick Dench 3 Derek Yates 1 Basil Jones 4 Allen Twyman 2 Harold C Lonyon 5 Alan J Brown 3 Maryl R Crossthwaite 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 John Booth 7 John Robinson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Denis Mottershead 6 Robert B Smith Rung half-muffled in memoriam Sir Winston Spencer Churchill. 7 A Peter Whitehead 8 John H Fielden 818 9 Neil D Lomas LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 10 Frederick Shallcross PRESTWICH, Manchester, St Mary the Virgin 11 Denis Mottershead (C) Sat, 6th February 1965 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. 12 John R Mayne 5024 Bristol Surprise Major First peal on twelve: 4. Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1 Derek Yates 823 2 John Worth (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 William H Dowse MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Bell Tower 4 Frank Reynolds Wed, 28th April 1965 in 2 hrs 39 mins. Tenor size 15. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Plain Bob Royal 6 Basil Jones Comp. Henry J Tucker 7 Frank Osbaldiston 1-2 Alan McFall 8 A Peter Whitehead 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Robert B Smith 7-8 Neil Bennett 9-10 John Worth (C) First peal on 10 handbells: 1-2.

91 824 829 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 1st May 1965 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 10th July 1965 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 5000 Primrose Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Harold C Lonyon 1 William H Dowse 2 Derek Yates 2 Robert J Warrilow 3 Basil Jones 3 Derek Yates 4 Robert J Warrilow 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 6 Alexander J Martin 7 Derek Butterworth 7 Robert B Smith 8 Alan A Potts 8 John Worth 9 Alan McFall 9 Alan McFall 10 A Peter Whitehead 10 A Peter Whitehead First peal in the method. Rung with a fourth's place bob. 825 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 830 MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Bell Tower CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 15th May 1965 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 13 cwt. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 5088 London Surprise Major Sat, 24th July 1965 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Comp. James W Washbrook 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 1 Robert J Warrilow Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 Derek F Yates 1 Derek Yates 3 John Worth (C) 2 Alan A Potts 4 Harold C Lonyon 3 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Harold C Lonyon 6 William H Dowse 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Alan McFall 6 John Worth (C) 8 A Peter Whitehead 7 Geoffrey N Goodall 8 Alan McFall 826 9 Roger J Lumley IRISH ASSOCIATION 10 Barry Sullivan DUBLIN, National Cathedral of St Patrick 11 Leonard Goodall Sat, 22nd May 1965 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. 12 A Peter Whitehead 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 831 1 Derek Yates CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Basil Jones DARESBURY, Cheshire, All Saints 3 Alan McFall Sat, 31st July 1965 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. 4 Harold C Lonyon 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 1 Alan Twyman 7 William H Dowse 2 Christine Andrew 8 Brian J Woodruffe 3 John Booth 9 A Peter Whitehead 4 Neil D Lomas 10 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) The first peal in the method in Ireland. 6 Dennis Latham 7 Denis Mottershead 827 8 Jeffrey Brannan HEREFORD DIOCESAN GUILD LUDLOW, Shropshire, St Laurence 832 Sat, 29th May 1965 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Sat, 14th August 1965 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 14½ cwt. 1 Harold C Lonyon 5040 Stedman Triples 2 Derek Yates Comp. T Thurstans (Heywood's Variation) 3 John Worth (C) 1 Alan McFall 4 Basil Jones 2 Cynthia Warrilow 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Robert J Warrilow 6 Alan McFall 4 Harold C Lonyon 7 Frank Osbaldiston 5 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Robert B Smith 6 Robert B Smith 7 John Worth (C) 828 8 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HANDBRIDGE, Chester, St Mary-without-the-Walls 833 Sat, 12th June 1965 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. GLOUCESTER & BRISTOL DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major CHELTENHAM, Gloucestershire, St Mary the Virgin Comp. Charles Middleton Sat, 28th August 1965 in 3 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. 1 C Kenneth Lewis 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 2 Harold C Lonyon Comp. Charles J Sedgley 3 Derek Yates 1 Jack L Millhouse (C) 4 John Worth (C) 2 Iris M E Lemare 5 Robert J Warrilow 3 Norah M Randles 6 Alan McFall 4 Derek F Yates 7 A Peter Whitehead 5 John Worth 8 Robert B Smith 6 C Kenneth Lewis Rung as a welcome to the new Rector, the Revd Winston Hurlow. 7 Alexander J Martin 8 Robert J Warrilow 9 George H Randles 10 Geoffrey R Parker 11 Basil Jones 12 A Peter Whitehead

92 834 839 GLOUCESTER & BRISTOL DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LONGNEY, Gloucestershire, St Lawrence MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter Sun, 29th August 1965 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Sat, 13th November 1965 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 5088 Bristol Surprise Major (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 Cambridge, Superlative, London: 110 com, atw) Comp. Charles H Hattersley Comp. Albert J Pitman 1 Kenneth R Davenport 1 Derek F Yates 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Iris M E Lemare 3 Harold C Lonyon 3 Robert J Warrilow 4 Robert J Warrilow 4 Jack L Millhouse 5 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Edward Jenkins 6 Alexander J Martin 7 John Worth 7 Geoffrey R Parker 8 J David Atkinson 8 Basil Jones Rung for the wedding of William H Dowse, which took place earlier in the day. 835 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 840 ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 7th September 1965 in 3 hrs 36 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Belfry of Christ Church 5280 Lambeth Surprise Maximus Sat, 20th November 1965 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. Comp. Arr Derek Ogden 5056 Plain Bob Major 1 Jeffrey Brannan Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 Maryl R Crossthwaite 1-2 Alan McFall 3 Neil Bennett 3-4 Robert B Smith (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Richard S Starkie 7-8 A Peter Whitehead 6 John Robinson 7 Derek Butterworth 841 8 Edward Jenkins CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 Neil D Lomas MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 10 Brian J Woodruffe Thu, 25th November 1965 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 11 John H Fielden 5016 Plain Bob Maximus 12 Denis Mottershead (C) Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis First peal in the method: 1, 5, 7, 9, 10. The band wish to associate this peal 1-2 Alan McFall with the memory of Derek Ogden. 3-4 Giles B Thompson 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 836 7-8 Robert B Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 11-12 John Worth Thu, 14th October 1965 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor size 15. 5016 Plain Bob Maximus 842 Comp. Arranged by Robert B Smith DERBY DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 1-2 Alan McFall DERBY, Cathedral of All Saints 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 4th December 1965 in 3 hrs 14 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 7-8 Neil Bennett Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 1 Harold C Lonyon 11-12 Giles B Thompson 2 Basil Jones First peal on 12 handbells, completing Plain Bob from Minor to Maximus in 3 Giles B Thompson hand: 1-2, 3-4, 11-12. First peal of Maximus: 9-10. 4 Robert J Warrilow 5 C Kenneth Lewis 837 6 John Worth (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Alan A Potts MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 8 J David Atkinson Thu, 21st October 1965 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. 9 Frank Osbaldiston 5040 Plain Bob Royal 10 Robert B Smith Comp. Arr C Kenneth Lewis First peal of Surprise Royal away from the treble: 8. 1-2 Alan McFall 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 843 5-6 Robert B Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 9-10 Giles B Thompson Mon, 27th December 1965 in 3 hrs 33 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 838 Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Derek Yates CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 18 Hill Top Avenue 2 Richard S Starkie Thu, 11th November 1965 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor size 15. 3 Basil Jones 5016 Plain Bob Maximus 4 Harold C Lonyon Comp. Arr Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 Alan McFall 6 John Worth 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 7 J Barry Pickup 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 8 Edward Jenkins 7-8 Neil Bennett 9 Alan McFall 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 10 Derek Butterworth 11-12 Giles B Thompson 11 Robert B Smith Rung as a compliment to Anne Moorhouse (daughter of the ringer of 9-10) 12 Peter Border and John B Withers, who were married on October 30th at Cheadle Hulme An engagement compliment to Miss Eileen M Fearn and James R Parish Church. Castledine; also to Miss Kathleen M Pilsbury and A Peter Whitehead.

93 844 849 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BLACKBURN, Lancashire, Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Tue, 28th December 1965 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Sat, 19th February 1966 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5019 Stedman Cinques Comp. William Pye Comp. Frederick H Dexter 1 Kenneth R Davenport 1 John Worth (C) 2 Maryl R Crossthwaite 2 John E Bibby 3 Christine Andrew 3 Robert J Warrilow 4 Allen Twyman 4 Derek Yates 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Philip G K Davies 6 Robert B Smith 7 John Robinson 7 Harold C Lonyon 8 Jeffrey Brannan 8 John R Bibby 9 Denis Mottershead 9 Alan McFall 10 Neil D Lomas 10 Basil Jones 11 Walter Allman 845 12 Edward Jenkins CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD A memorial peal for the committal of the ashes and dedication of a memorial ASHTON, Lancashire, St Peter stone to the glory of God in memory of Thomas Clarke, Priest, Archdeacon Sat, 15th January 1966 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. of Macclesfield, by the Lord Bishop of Chester in the above church on 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major February 20th. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Robert J Warrilow 850 2 Harold C Lonyon LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 3 John Worth (C) ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 4 Derek Yates Sat, 26th February 1966 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5280 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus 6 Alan McFall Comp. Ten-course Block 7 Basil Jones 1 Derek F Yates 8 Robert B Smith 2 Frank Osbaldiston A wedding compliment to Anthea Baker and Mr Brian Cooper, on their 3 Harold C Lonyon marriage at All Saints Church, Hoole, Chester, on January 5th, 1966. 4 Neil Bennett 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 846 6 J Colin Ashworth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 John A Booth MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 8 Edward Jenkins Sat, 22nd January 1966 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 9 Alan McFall 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major 10 Basil Jones Comp. Charles H Kippin 11 Derek Butterworth 1 Harold C Lonyon 12 Robert B Smith 2 Gerald Moorhouse 3 Derek F Yates 851 4 John Worth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 6 Alan McFall Thu, 10th March 1966 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 J David Atkinson 5040 Plain Bob Royal 8 Robert B Smith Comp. Arr Robert B Smith 1-2 J David Atkinson 847 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 18 Hill Top Avenue 7-8 Robert B Smith (C) Thu, 10th February 1966 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor size 15. 9-10 John Worth 5016 Plain Bob Maximus First peal on ten handbells: 1-2. Comp. Arranged by Robert B Smith 1-2 Alan McFall 852 3-4 Giles B Thompson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 7-8 Robert B Smith (C) Thu, 24th March 1966 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 11. 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 5056 Plain Bob Major 11-12 John Worth Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 848 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Robert B Smith PAINSWICK, Gloucestershire, St Mary the Virgin 7-8 Barry Corbishley Sat, 12th February 1966 in 3 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. First peal on handbells: 7-8. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus (And The Society of Painswick Youths.) 853 Comp. Frederick Dench CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Derek Yates MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent Hawk Green 2 Alan A Potts Wed, 6th April 1966 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor size 11. 3 Harold C Lonyon 5040 Plain Bob Royal 4 Basil Jones Comp. Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 J David Atkinson 6 John Worth (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 7 J Colin Ashworth 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 8 Edward Jenkins 7-8 Brian Harris 9 Alan McFall 9-10 John Worth 10 Derek Butterworth 11 Robert B Smith 12 Brian Harris

94 854 859 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MANCHESTER, Town Hall MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green Sat, 9th April 1966 in 4 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. Thu, 12th May 1966 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Comp. Frederick Dench Comp. John W Moorhouse 1 Kenneth R Davenport 1-2 Alan McFall 2 Geoffrey Fearnehough 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 John Worth 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 4 Christine Andrew 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of Double Norwich on handbells: 3-4. 6 Basil Jones 7 Jeffrey Brannan 860 8 Edward Jenkins STAFFORD ARCHDEACONRY SOCIETY 9 Alan McFall LICHFIELD, Staffordshire, 10 Denis Mottershead Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary & St Chad 11 Neil D Lomas Sat, 21st May 1966 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 31 cwt. 12 Brian Harris 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 855 1 Derek Yates CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Frank Osbaldiston NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 3 Basil Jones Sat, 16th April 1966 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 4 Harold C Lonyon 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Thomas B Worsley 6 John Worth 1 Carol Fernley 7 Edward Jenkins 2 Derek F Yates 8 Derek Butterworth 3 William J Irving 9 Brian Harris 4 J Anthony Beaumont 10 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Allen Twyman 861 7 Alan J Brown CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Frank Osbaldiston MARPLE, Cheshire, Woodville Road Rung as a welcome to Andrew, a son for Mr and Mrs A Osbaldiston, of Thu, 23rd June 1966 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. Cleobury, Mortimer, Salop. 5040 Plain Bob Royal Comp. Arr C Kenneth Lewis 856 1-2 Alan McFall CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24, Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 5-6 Robert B Smith Thu, 21st April 1966 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 5056 Plain Bob Major 9-10 Alan F Scholfield Comp. John R Pritchard 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 862 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Robert B Smith MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 7-8 Alan F Scholfield Sat, 2nd July 1966 in 3 hrs 24 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. First peal in hand: 7-8. 5056 Superlative Surprise Major Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 857 1 Derek Yates CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Alan F Scholfield MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 3 Frank Osbaldiston Sat, 30th April 1966 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 4 Harold C Lonyon 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 5 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Arranged by Brian Harris 6 John Worth (C) 1 Alan A Potts 7 A Peter Whitehead 2 John E Bibby 8 Robert B Smith 3 Frank Osbaldiston Rung as a compliment to Mr and Mrs Basil Jones on their marriage on 4 Harold C Lonyon Saturday, June 18th, 1966. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 863 7 John R Bibby CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Basil Jones YORK, Cathedral of St Peter 9 Ivor R Nichols Sat, 9th July 1966 in 4 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 59 cwt. 10 Edward Jenkins 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 11 Brian Harris Comp. Frederick Dench 12 Robert B Smith (C) 1 Edward Jenkins First peal of Maximus: 7. First of Surprise Maximus: 9. 600th peal: 11. The 2 Peter J Staniforth conductor's 100th 12-bell peal. Rung as an engagement compliment to Anne 3 Basil Jones P Smith and Edmund R Wilkinson, both ringers at Marple. 4 Bernard F L Groves 5 C Kenneth Lewis 858 6 John Worth (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Alan McFall MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 8 George E Fearn Sat, 7th May 1966 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 9 Derek Butterworth 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 10 Brian J Woodruffe Comp. William Pye 11 Brian Harris 1 Derek Yates 12 Robert B Smith 2 John E Bibby First peal of Surprise on the bells. Rung for the Feast of St Peter, also for the 3 John Worth (C) service of presentation of the family offering, which followed immediately 4 Harold C Lonyon after the peal. 5 John R Bibby 6 John Booth 7 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Edward Jenkins 9 Basil Jones 10 Robert B Smith 95 864 869 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriott, Manor Avenue NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Thu, 14th July 1966 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 11. Tue, 4th October 1966 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Ernest W Tipler 1-2 William F Gibbons 1 Robert J Warrilow 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Margaret E Fort 5-6 Alan McFall 3 Basil Jones (C) 7-8 Brian Harris 4 Carol Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 865 6 Gerald Moorhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Robert B Smith MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 8 Frank Osbaldiston Sat, 13th August 1966 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Rung as a wedding compliment to Eileen and Richard Castledine who were 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal married at Norbury on October 1st. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Derek F Yates 870 2 Cynthia Warrilow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 John Worth MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 4 Robert J Warrilow Sat, 8th October 1966 in 3 hrs 36 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5 Harold C Lonyon 5016 Grandsire Cinques 6 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. H Johnson 7 Basil Jones 1 John Ryder 8 A Peter Whitehead (C) 2 John Worth (C) 9 Alan McFall 3 Harold C Lonyon 10 Robert B Smith 4 John Scott First peal on ten bells as conductor. 5 John E Bibby 6 Wilfred Kerr 866 7 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Mrs C W Lawton PORT SUNLIGHT, Cheshire, Christ Church 9 Charles W Lawton Sat, 20th August 1966 in 3 hrs 14 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 10 Roy Worrall 5152 London Surprise Major 11 Robert B Smith Comp. Thomas B Worsley 12 John R Bibby 1 Robert J Warrilow First peal on 12 bells: 1, 6. First of Grandsire Cinques: 4, 10, 11. Ringers of 2 Derek Yates 10 and 11 have now rung Grandsire from Doubles to Cinques. Rung by 3 John Worth members of the Guild Committee, conducted by the Master. 4 Harold C Lonyon 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 871 6 Alan McFall CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Robert B Smith GREAT BUDWORTH, Cheshire, St Mary & All Saints 8 Basil Jones Sat, 29th October 1966 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 867 Comp. Edwin A Barnett CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 J David Atkinson PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 2 Derek Yates Thu, 22nd September 1966 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. 3 William H Dowse 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Major 4 Harold C Lonyon Comp. John Reeves 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 Robert B Smith (C) 6 John Worth 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Basil Jones 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 8 Robert B Smith 7-8 John Worth First peal of Oxford Treble Bob Major on handbells: 3-4, 7-8. 872 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 868 BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 5th November 1966 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. LONDON, St Mary-le-bow, Cheapside 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Sat, 1st October 1966 in 3 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 41 cwt. Comp. Charles Middleton 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 1 Derek Yates Comp. Arranged by Peter Border 2 Jane Reynolds 1 Bernard F L Groves 3 David Hogg 2 Harold C Lonyon 4 Alan J Brown 3 John Worth (C) 5 J Anthony Beaumont 4 Basil Jones 6 Allen Twyman 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Richard S Starkie 8 Frank Osbaldiston 7 Alan McFall First peal in the method: 2, 3. Rung in honour of the appointment of the 8 Derek Butterworth Vicar, the Revd M J Ridgway, as Honorary Canon of Chester Cathedral. 9 Edward Jenkins 10 Brian J Woodruffe 873 11 Robert B Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 Brian Harris MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent Tue, 15th November 1966 in 1 hr 48 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Minor (3m: 2 extents Kent Treble Bob and Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 1-2 Robert B Smith 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse

96 874 878 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 19th November 1966 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Mon, 26th December 1966 in 3 hrs 31 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 5019 Stedman Cinques Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. John Carter 1 Robert B Smith 1 Robert B Smith (C) 2 John Worth 2 John E Bibby 3 Derek Yates 3 Derek F Yates 4 William H Dowse 4 Peter Border 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Frank Osbaldiston 6 John Worth 7 Arthur E Whiting 7 Harold C Lonyon 8 Basil Jones 8 Frank Osbaldiston 9 Basil Jones 875 10 Alan McFall CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 11 Brian J Woodruffe MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 12 John R Bibby Sat, 3rd December 1966 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Rung as a welcome to a daughter (Jacqueline Anne) for Derek and Barbara 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Yates. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Clifford Bird 879 2 Derek Yates CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Robert J Warrilow MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent 4 Harold C Lonyon Thu, 29th December 1966 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor size 15. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5376 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 6 John Worth Comp. Robert B Smith 7 Edward Jenkins 1-2 Alan McFall 8 Frank Osbaldiston 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 9 Basil Jones 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 10 Brian Harris 7-8 Neil Bennett Rung as a compliment to Miss Carol Fernley on her engagement. 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 11-12 John Worth 876 First peal of Treble Bob Maximus on handbells: 3-4, 11-12. Rung as a CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD birthday compliment to Mary Goalan, daughter of Gerald Moorhouse. MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green Tue, 13th December 1966 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor size 15. 880 5040 Plain Bob Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Robert B Smith NOTTINGHAM, St Peter 1-2 Robert B Smith (C) Sat, 7th January 1967 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. 3-4 Giles B Thompson 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Roderick W Pipe 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 1 Derek F Yates 9-10 Herbert M Heaton 2 Jack L Millhouse First peal on ten bells: 9-10. 3 Frank Osbaldiston 4 Robert J Warrilow 877 5 C Kenneth Lewis LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 6 John Worth (C) MANCHESTER, Town Hall 7 Harold C Lonyon Sat, 17th December 1966 in 3 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 8 Richard A G Inglis 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus 9 Michael W Crowder (24m: 288 Albanian, Aldenham, Belgrave, Cambridge, Lambeth, 10 Alan McFall Pontefract, Prittlewell, Superlative, Wigston, York, Yorkshire; 144 Bedford, 11 Brian Harris Belvoir, Brigstow, Langley, Lincolnshire, Lindsey, Londinium, Pudsey, 12 Robert B Smith Redfield, Rochester, Solihull, Southwark, Stoneygate: 104 com) 100th peal on 12 tower bells: 12. Comp. Derek Ogden 1 Edward Jenkins 881 2 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 John Worth MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 4 Tudor P Edwards Sat, 21st January 1967 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5007 Stedman Caters 6 Neil Bennett (C) Comp. Shirley Burton (c, C.c 40.) 7 Cyril Crossthwaite 1 Derek F Yates 8 Derek Butterworth 2 Derek Butterworth 9 F John Nelson 3 Harold C Lonyon 10 John H Fielden 4 Gerald Moorhouse 11 Brian Harris 5 C Kenneth Lewis 12 Robert B Smith 6 John Worth This is the greatest number of methods rung to a peal on 12 bells. 7 Robert B Smith (C) 8 Alan McFall 9 Edward Jenkins 10 E Vivian Williams First peal on ten tower bells: 4. Rung as a welcome to a son (David Martin) for Mr and Mrs Ivor Nicholls.

97 882 887 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Tue, 31st January 1967 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 2nd March 1967 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5000 Plain Bob Royal Comp. John Reeves Comp. John Reeves 1-2 Frank Osbaldiston 1 Basil Jones 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Wilfred Stevenson 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 3 J David Atkinson 7-8 Alan McFall 4 Ernest Bennett 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of Oxford Treble Bob Royal on handbells: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8. 6 Gerald Farrer 7 Brian Harris 883 8 Edward Jenkins CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 Hedley Wood ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 10 Robert B Smith Sat, 4th February 1967 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Rung in memoriam John Worth after the funeral service at this church. 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus (24m: 288 Albanian, Aldenham, Belgrave, Cambridge, Lambeth, 888 Pontefract, Prittlewell, Superlative, Wigston, York, Yorkshire; 144 Bedford, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Belvoir, Brigstow, Langley, Lincolnshire, Lindsey, Londinium, Pudsey, MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter Redfield, Rochester, Solihull, Southwark and Stoneygate: 104 com) Sat, 4th March 1967 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. Comp. Arranged By Neil Bennett 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Christine Andrew 1 Robert J Warrilow 2 Maryl R Crossthwaite 2 Christopher J Jones 3 Frank Osbaldiston 3 J Anthony Beaumont 4 Neil Bennett 4 Michael Thomson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Derek Butterworth 6 Alan McFall 7 Cyril Crossthwaite Rung in memoriam John Worth after meeting short for Major. 8 Basil Jones 9 Jeffrey Brannan 889 10 John H Fielden CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 11 Robert B Smith MARPLE, Cheshire, Catesby, 71 Woodville Drive 12 Brian Harris Tue, 14th March 1967 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor size 15. First peal of Maximus in 24m: 1, 2, 3, 9. 750th peal: 11. First peal in 24 5016 Plain Bob Maximus Maximus methods as conductor. First peal in 24 Maximus methods for the Comp. Robert B Smith Guild. 1-2 Frank Osbaldiston 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 884 5-6 Robert B Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Alan McFall (C) PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse Tue, 14th February 1967 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 11-12 Herbert M Heaton 5016 Plain Bob Maximus First peal on 12 bells as conductor. Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Frank Osbaldiston 890 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 5-6 Robert B Smith MANCHESTER, Town Hall 7-8 Alan McFall Sat, 25th March 1967 in 3 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 11-12 Herbert Heaton Comp. Gabriel Lindoff First peal of Maximus: 11-12. 1 Derek Yates 2 Basil Jones 885 3 Neil Bennett CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Frank Osbaldiston LIVERPOOL, Cathedral of Christ 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 18th February 1967 in 4 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 82 cwt. 6 Philip J Crossthwaite 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 7 J Colin Ashworth 1 Edward Jenkins 8 Jeffrey Brannan 2 Alan McFall 9 Alan McFall 3 John Worth (C) 10 Edward Jenkins 4 Alexander J Martin 11 Neil D Lomas 5 C Kenneth Lewis 12 Derek Butterworth 6 Derek Butterworth 7 Jeffrey Brannan 891 8 Neil D Lomas STAFFORD ARCHDEACONRY SOCIETY 9 Neil Bennett STAFFORD, St Mary 10 Brian J Woodruffe Mon, 27th March 1967 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. 11 Robert B Smith 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 12 Basil Jones & Brian Harris Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Cynthia Warrilow 886 2 Derek Yates CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Richard J Warrilow BUNBURY, Cheshire, St Boniface 4 F Hector Bennett Sat, 25th February 1967 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major 6 Gordon A Halls Comp. Thomas B Worsley 7 Ian Friend 1 Mrs G H Randles 8 Arthur Pritchard 2 Christopher J Jones 9 Philip G K Davies 3 Harold Worrall 10 David W Friend 4 John W Griffiths 5 George H Randles 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Michael Thomson 8 Harry W Howard Rung as a birthday compliment to H W Howard. 98 892 896 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael and All Angels Sat, 1st April 1967 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Sun, 4th June 1967 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5056 Aldenham Surprise Major 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus Comp. Charles H Martin (33m: 288 each of Belgrave, Yorkshire, and 144 each of Albanian, 1 Arthur E Whiting Aldenham, Ashton, Bedford, Belvoir, Brigstow, Cambridge, Deansgate, 2 Derek F Yates Feering, Gartree, Halifax, Lambeth, Langley, Lincolnshire, Lindsey, 3 Frank Osbaldiston Londinium, Manitoba, Newgate, Oldham, Pontefract, Prittlewell, Pudsey, 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Redfield, Rochester, Saskatchewan, Solihull, Southwark, Stoneygate, 5 Christopher M Movley Superlative, Wigston, York) 6 David Salter Comp. Arr Neil Bennett 7 Gerald Moorhouse 1 Edward Jenkins 8 Alan F Scholfield 2 Maryl R Fielden 3 Alan McFall 893 4 John H Fielden CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent 6 Derek Butterworth Tue, 11th April 1967 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 Richard S Starkie 5004 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 8 Basil Jones (Granta Variation) 9 Jeffrey Brannan Comp. Robert B Smith 10 Neil D Lomas 1-2 Frank Osbaldiston 11 Frederick Shallcross 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 12 Robert B Smith 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 300th peal: 6. First peal of Spliced Surprise Maximus: 7, 10. First peal of 7-8 Alan McFall Surprise in 33 methods by all the band and for the Association. This is the 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse greatest number of Maximus methods ever rung to a peal. 11-12 Herbert M Heaton First peal of Treble Bob on handbells: 11-12. First peal of Maximus in the 897 variation by all the band and for the Guild. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 894 Tue, 13th June 1967 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Plain Bob Royal INVERARAY, Argyll, Episcopal Church of All Saints Comp. John W Moorhouse Sat, 6th May 1967 in 4 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 41 cwt. 1-2 J David Atkinson 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 1 Derek F Yates 7-8 Robert B Smith (C) 2 Frank Osbaldiston 9-10 Herbert M Heaton 3 Neil Bennett 4 Alan McFall 898 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Cyril Crossthwaite NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 7 Michael W Crowder Sat, 17th June 1967 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 8 Jeffrey Brannan 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 9 Brian Harris Comp. Ernest Bennett 10 Robert B Smith 1 Derek Yates First peal in the method on the bells. 2 Jeffrey Kershaw 3 J Colin Ashworth 895 4 David V Hodgson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) MARPLE, Cheshire, Catesby, 71 Woodville Drive 6 William H Dowse Tue, 16th May 1967 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 12. 7 John H Fielden 5056 Plain Bob Major 8 Edward Jenkins Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Rung in honour of the wedding of Carol Fernley, of the local band, which 1-2 David Salter took place earlier in the day. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Alan McFall 899 7-8 Alan Burbidge LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION FLIXTON, Lancashire, St Michael Sat, 1st July 1967 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. Charles H Martin 1 Jane Reynolds 2 Derek Yates 3 Alan J Brown 4 Robert J Warrilow 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Dennis H McCormick 7 Alan McFall 8 Jeffrey Brannan Rung as a "get well" peal for the Rector, the Revd J G K Freeborn.

99 900 905 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MOTTRAM-IN-LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael LEICESTER, Cathedral of St Martin Sat, 8th July 1967 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. Sat, 9th September 1967 in 3 hrs 33 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (35m: 144 each of Albanian, Aldenham, Ashton, Bedford, Belgrave, 1 Frank Osbaldiston Belvoir, Brigstow, Cambridge, Deansgate, Feering, Gartree, Halifax, 2 Derek Yates Lambeth, Langley, Lincolnshire, Lindsey, Londinium, Manitoba, Newgate, 3 Robert J Warrilow Oldham, Pontefract, Prittlewell, Pudsey, Redfield, Rochester, Saskatchewan, 4 Alan McFall Solihull, Southwark, Stoneygate, Superlative, Wembley, Wigston, 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Wycombe, York, Yorkshire: 104 com, atw) 6 William H Dowse Comp. Arranged by Neil Bennett 7 Basil Jones 1 Margaret P Booth 8 Edward Jenkins 2 Neil Bennett (C) Rung in honour of the wedding of E Christine Townend, of the local band, 3 Alan McFall and David C File, which took place earlier in the day. 4 Tudor P Edwards 5 C Kenneth Lewis 901 6 John H Fielden CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Cyril Crossthwaite MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 8 Basil Jones Sat, 15th July 1967 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 9 Richard S Starkie 5040 Stedman Triples 10 Derek Butterworth Comp. Dexter's (No. 1) 11 Brian Harris 1 Alan F Scholfield 12 Robert B Smith 2 Alan McFall This is the record number of methods rung in a 12-bell peal. Rung with the 3 Robert J Warrilow best wishes of the band to Brian J Woodruffe and Patricia Bullen and to 4 J David Atkinson Frederick Shallcross and Carol Williams, who were married the previous 5 C Kenneth Lewis week. 6 Gerald Moorhouse 7 Robert B Smith (C) 906 8 Derek F Yates LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION First peal of Stedman: 4. First of Stedman Triples, completing peals of MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall Stedman from Doubles to Cinques: 8. First in the method on the bells. Sat, 30th September 1967 in 3 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 902 Comp. Peter Border CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Peter J Staniforth PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 2 Edward Jenkins Tue, 1st August 1967 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor size 15. 3 Bernard F L Groves 5120 Kent Treble Bob Royal 4 Richard S Starkie Comp. J Shaw 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 J David Atkinson 6 Basil Jones (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Arthur G Mason 5-6 Robert B Smith 8 Alan F Scholfield 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 9 Richard A G Inglis 9-10 Herbert M Heaton 10 Jeffrey Brannan First peal of Treble Bob Royal on handbells: 1-2, 9-10. First of Treble Bob 11 Robert B Smith Royal on handbells as conductor. 12 Ralph G Edwards Rung for the christening of Lisa Jill Smith, which was to take place at 903 Marple the following day. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DERBY, St Andrew 907 Sat, 12th August 1967 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MARPLE, Cheshire Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent Comp. Giles B Thompson Thu, 5th October 1967 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor size 15. 1 Basil Jones 5016 Plain Bob Maximus 2 Alan McFall Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3 Derek F Yates 1-2 Alan McFall 4 Robert J Warrilow 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Robert B Smith 6 Robert B Smith (C) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 7 J David Atkinson 9-10 Brian Harris 8 William H Dowse 11-12 Herbert M Heaton 9 Frank Osbaldiston 50th peal of Plain Bob: 9-10. First peal on 12 handbells completing peals of 10 Jeffrey Brannan Plain Bob from Minor to Maximus tower and in hand: 11-12. 150th peal of Royal: 6. First peal of Cambridge Royal inside: 7. 908 904 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow Sat, 7th October 1967 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Thu, 31st August 1967 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 5152 Plain Bob Major Comp. Charles J Sedgley Comp. Arranged by Alan F Scholfield 1 Patricia A Etchells 1-2 J David Atkinson 2 J Anthony Beaumont 3-4 Alan F Scholfield (C) 3 John Jessup 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Derek F Yates 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 5 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 6 Michael W Crowder 7 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Frank Osbaldiston First peal in the method: 3.

100 909 915 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints HEYWOOD, Lancashire, St Luke Sat, 21st October 1967 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 23rd December 1967 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 21 cwt. 5056 Rutland Surprise Major 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Comp. Stephen J Ivin Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Margaret Wright 1 Michael H Tompsett 2 Ann C Hardman 2 Derek Yates 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 John P Partington 4 Derek Yates 4 Richard S Starkie 5 Frank Osbaldiston 5 Basil Jones 6 Edward Jenkins 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Jeffrey Brannan 7 J Barry Pickup 8 Basil Jones 8 Jeffrey Brannan (C) First peal in the method on the bells. 910 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 916 PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Thu, 26th October 1967 in 2 hrs 9 mins. Tenor size 15. MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Thu, 28th December 1967 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor size 15. Comp. John Reeves 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 1-2 J David Atkinson Comp. James Shaw 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 Alan F Scholfield 5-6 Alan A Potts 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 5-6 Alan McFall 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 911 9-10 Robert B Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD TUNSTALL, Staffordshire, Christ Church 917 Sat, 28th October 1967 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George Comp. Roger Baldwin Sat, 30th December 1967 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1 Brian Harris 5024 London Surprise Major 2 Derek F Yates Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 3 Frank Osbaldiston 1 Jeffrey Brannan 4 Richard C L Brown 2 Derek F Yates 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Michael J Platt 6 Basil Jones 4 Basil Jones 7 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Edward Jenkins 6 Alan F Scholfield 400th peal together: 6, 8. 7 Frank Osbaldiston 8 J Barry Pickup 912 Rung as a wedding compliment to Rosemary Eccleston, late of the Poynton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD band, and Peter Weimer, of Zürich, married this day at Bramhall, Cheshire. PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow Thu, 9th November 1967 in 2 hrs 13 mins. Tenor size 15. 918 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Arr John W Moorhouse PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1-2 Alan McFall Thu, 4th January 1968 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) Comp. John Reeves 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 913 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Alan F Scholfield BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin First peal in the method: 1-2. Sat, 18th November 1967 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5088 Superlative Surprise Major 919 Comp. Nathan J Pitstow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Christopher M Movley GREAT BUDWORTH, Cheshire, St Mary & All Saints 2 Derek F Yates Sat, 6th January 1968 in 3 hrs 14 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 3 Basil Jones (C) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 4 Gerald Moorhouse Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Rachel J Sinden 6 Edward Jenkins 2 James Hedgcock 7 William H Dowse 3 Christopher Jones 8 Robert B Smith 4 Michael Thomson First peal in the method: 4. 5 Geoffrey Green 6 Robert J Warrilow 914 7 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 John Scott PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow Thu, 7th December 1967 in 2 hrs 9 mins. Tenor size 15. 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. Jan Reeves 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Alan F Scholfield

101 920 925 OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD GORING, Oxfordshire, St Thomas of Canterbury MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Sat, 13th January 1968 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. Sat, 10th February 1968 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. A J Martin Comp. Roger Baldwin 1 Carol N J Tull 1 Jeffrey Brannan 2 Stephen J Franklin 2 Derek Yates 3 John C Baldwin 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Bernard F L Groves (C) 5 Harry E Wells 5 John Moore 6 J Anthony Beaumont 6 Gerald Moorhouse 7 William J Irving 7 Alan McFall 8 Robert B Blond 8 William H Dowse First peal: 1. First of Yorkshire: 2, 6, 7. 926 921 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MANCHESTER, Cathedral & Collegiate Church of SS Mary, BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Denys And Sat, 20th January 1968 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Sat, 17th February 1968 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Brian Schofield 1 Derek F Yates 2 Derek F Yates 2 Alan F Scholfield 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Frank Osbaldiston 4 Alan J Brown 4 Lawrence J Haines 5 J David Atkinson 5 Richard S Starkie 6 Bernard F L Groves 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Frank Osbaldiston 7 Bernard F L Groves 8 Basil Jones 8 Alan McFall 9 Jeffrey Brannan 922 10 Robert B Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 927 Thu, 25th January 1968 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5016 Plain Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow Comp. Robert B Smith Thu, 22nd February 1968 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor size 15. 1-2 Robert B Smith 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. York Green 5-6 Bernard F L Groves (C) 1-2 Robert B Smith 7-8 Alan McFall 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 5-6 Bernard F L Groves (C) 11-12 J David Atkinson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 9-10 Brian Harris 923 50th peal of Royal on handbells and 50th in the method: 1-2. First of Treble CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Bob in hand: 9-10. Rung in memory of John Worth, who died February PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 25th, 1967. Thu, 1st February 1968 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Plain Bob Major 928 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis LINCOLN DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Alan A Potts LINCOLN, St Hugh's Tower, 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) At the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse Sat, 24th February 1968 in 3 hrs 19 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 7-8 Lawrence J Haines 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus First peal in hand: 7-8. Comp. Peter Border 1 Alan A Potts 924 2 Bernard F L Groves CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Christopher M Movley WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 4 Frank Osbaldiston Sat, 3rd February 1968 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5 Basil Jones (C) 5040 Prittlewell Surprise Royal 6 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7 Alan McFall 1 Richard S Starkie 8 Michael W Crowder 2 Derek F Yates 9 William H Dowse 3 Basil Jones (C) 10 Robert B Smith 4 Lawrence J Haines 11 Brian Harris 5 C Kenneth Lewis 12 Jeffrey Brannan 6 Bernard F L Groves Rung to the memory of John Worth and the Rt Revd David Colin Dunlop, 7 Alan McFall Dean of this Cathedral 1949-1964. 8 Robert B Smith 9 Jeffrey Brannan 10 Brian Harris First peal of Surprise Royal: 4. First in the method by all the band except the ringer of the sixth.

102 929 934 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Sat, 2nd March 1968 in 3 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. Sat, 23rd March 1968 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5088 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. Peter Border (5m: 1088 London; 1024 Cambridge; 992 Bristol, Pudsey, Superlative: 101 1 Jeffrey Brannan com, atw) 2 Basil Jones Comp. Albert J Pitman 3 Bernard F L Groves 1 Derek Yates 4 Richard S Starkie 2 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Christopher M Movley 6 D Paul Smith 4 Richard S Starkie 7 Christopher L D Munday 5 Bernard F L Groves (C) 8 William H Dowse 6 Basil Jones 9 Martin L Howe 7 Alan F Scholfield 10 Michael P Moreton 8 D Paul Smith 11 Robert B Smith First peal of Spliced: 7. 12 Frank C Price (C) First peal of Maximus: 6. 935 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 930 MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Thu, 28th March 1968 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor size 15. KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptinst 5016 Plain Bob Maximus Sun, 3rd March 1968 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Comp. Robert B Smith 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1-2 Alan F Scholfield 1 Geoffrey Green 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Norman Hough 5-6 Neil Bennett (C) 3 Mrs C J Jones 7-8 Robert B Smith 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9-10 Bernard F L Groves 5 Adrian Hough 11-12 J David Atkinson 6 Christopher J Jones First peal of Plain Bob Maximus on handbells, completing peals from Minor Rung on the occasion of the retirement of the Vicar, the Revd R A M Harris, to Maximus in the method on handbells: 1-2. Rung as a compliment to Ann MA, as a token of appreciation and thanksgiving for a long and faithful Hardman and Neil Bennett on their engagement. ministry in this parish. 936 931 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 52 Grove Park CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John the Evangelist Fri, 5th April 1968 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 12. Tue, 5th March 1968 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5040 Stedman Doubles 1-2 Christopher J Jones 1 Brian Harris 3-4 Geoffrey Green 2 Brian Schofield 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Lawrence J Haines First peal in hand: 1-2, 3-4. 4 Geoffrey Moorhouse 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 937 6 Ernest Pimlott CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal of Stedman Doubles by all. Ringers of 1 and 5 have now MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church completed the Stedman family. Sat, 6th April 1968 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 23 cwt. 5040 Swindon Surprise Royal 932 Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Jeffrey Brannan MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 2 Derek Yates Sat, 9th March 1968 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 3 Richard S Starkie 5120 Xavier Surprise Major 4 D Paul Smith Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Jeffrey Brannan 6 Lawrence J Haines 2 Derek F Yates 7 Basil Jones 3 William H Dowse 8 Alan F Scholfield 4 Lawrence J Haines 9 Bernard F L Groves 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 Robert B Smith 6 Frank Osbaldiston First peal in the method by all the band and by the Guild. 7 Bernard F L Groves 8 Robert B Smith 938 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 933 ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Mon, 15th April 1968 in 3 hrs 29 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 5152 Spliced Surprise Major Thu, 21st March 1968 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor size 15. (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 Cambridge, London, Superlative: 112 com) 5016 Little Bob Maximus Comp. Albert J Pitman Comp. Robert B Smith 1 Christine Andrew 1-2 Alan F Scholfield 2 Edward Jenkins 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 4 Basil Jones 7-8 Bernard F L Groves 5 Philip M J Gray 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 6 D John Hunt 11-12 J David Atkinson 7 Brian Harris First peal of Maximus on handbells: 1-2. First of Little Bob Maximus by all 8 Ralph G Edwards the band and for the Guild.

103 939 944 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD GRAPPENHALL, Cheshire, St Wilfrid LONDON, St Giles, Cripplegate Wed, 17th April 1968 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Sat, 11th May 1968 in 3 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 34 cwt. 5056 Superlative Surprise Major 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Charles H Martin Comp. Arr Peter Border 1 Harry W Howard 1 Edward Jenkins 2 Rachel J Sinden 2 Jack L Millhouse 3 Christopher J Jones 3 Bernard F L Groves 4 James Hedgcock 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 Geoffrey Green 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 David Vincent 6 Basil Jones 7 Michael Thomson 7 Richard S Starkie 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Neil Bennett 9 Derek Butterworth 940 10 Jeffrey Brannan CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 11 Brian Harris MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 12 Robert B Smith Thu, 25th April 1968 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 945 Comp. Arthur Knights CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Robert B Smith PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Tue, 14th May 1968 in 2 hrs 14 mins. Tenor size 15. 5-6 Bernard F L Groves (C) 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse Comp. John Reeves 9-10 J David Atkinson 1-2 Lawrence J Haines First peal of Royal in hand in the method. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 941 7-8 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 946 Sat, 27th April 1968 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5120 London Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow Comp. Stephen J Ivin Tue, 25th June 1968 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor size 15. 1 Robert B Smith 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal 2 Lawrence J Haines Comp. Benjamin Annable 3 Alan J Brown 1-2 Lawrence J Haines 4 Derek F Yates 3-4 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Bernard F L Groves (C) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 7 Basil Jones 9-10 Herbert M Heaton 8 D Paul Smith First peal on ten handbells: 1-2. First peal of Major in the method: 2. 947 942 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow Tue, 9th July 1968 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 2nd May 1968 in 2 hrs 14 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Plain Bob Royal 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. Kenneth Lewis Comp. John Reeves 1-2 Lawrence J Haines 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Lawrence J Haines 9-10 Ian M Holland First peal of Treble Bob in hand: 7-8. Rung in memoriam Peter Laflin. 948 943 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 13th July 1968 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Thu, 9th May 1968 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal 5056 Bristol Surprise Major (6m: 1440 London No.3, Rutland; 720 Clifton; 480 Cambridge, Comp. Ernest Bennett Lincolnshire, Yorkshire: 102 com) 1 J David Atkinson Comp. Lawrence J Haines 2 Ian M Holland 1 Rosemary Tailby 3 Bernard F L Groves 2 Lawrence J Haines 4 Basil Jones 3 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Basil Jones 6 Neil D Lomas 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Edward Jenkins 6 Bernard F L Groves (C) 8 Robert B Smith 7 Alan F Scholfield Rung half-muffled to the memory of Peter Laflin. 8 Alan McFall 9 Richard A G Inglis 10 Jeffrey Brannan First peal on ten bells: 1. First of Spliced: 2. First of Spliced Surprise Royal: 7, 9. First of Spliced Surprise Royal on tower bells: 8. First of 6-Spliced Surprise Royal for Bernard F L Groves, on the bells and for the Guild.

104 949 953 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LIVERPOOL, Cathedral of Christ MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Sat, 17th August 1968 in 4 hrs 37 mins. Tenor 82 cwt. Sat, 14th September 1968 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major (40m: 144 Albanian, Aldenham, Bedford, Belgrave, Brigstow, Cambridge, Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Deansgate, Feering, Gartree, Halifax, Lambeth, Langley, Lincolnshire, 1 Ronald F Andrew Lindsey, Manitoba, Newgate, Oldham, Pontefract, Prittlewell, Pudsey, 2 James E Andrews Redfield, Rochester, Solihull, Southwark, Stoneygate, Superlative, 3 David Vincent Wembley, Wycombe, York, Yorkshire; 96 Ashton, Belvoir, Londinium, 4 Stuart I Bamforth Saskatchewan, Westminster; 48 Conisbrough, Eldon, Kidderminster, Quex, 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Wigston: 104 com) 6 Michael Thomson Comp. Arr Neil Bennett 7 Richard S Starkie 1 Basil Jones 8 Basil Jones 2 Richard S Starkie First peal in the method: 6, 4. 3 Alan McFall 4 Neil Bennett (C) 954 5 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Derek Butterworth PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 7 Bernard F L Groves Thu, 10th October 1968 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 8 Cyril Crossthwaite 5016 Plain Bob Maximus 9 F John Nelson Comp. Robert B Smith 10 Robert B Smith 1-2 J David Atkinson 11 John H Fielden 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 12 Jeffrey Brannan & Frederick Shallcross 5-6 Robert B Smith This is the greatest number of methods yet rung in a 12-bell peal. 7-8 Bernard F L Groves (C) 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 950 11-12 John W Gander CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 100th peal of Plain Bob: 5-6. PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow Fri, 30th August 1968 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor size 15. 955 5016 Plain Bob Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. John W Moorhouse PRESTBURY, West Pines, Dale Brow 1-2 Alan A Potts Thu, 17th October 1968 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 5-6 Bernard F L Groves Comp. John Reeves 7-8 Robert B Smith 1-2 J David Atkinson 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 11-12 J David Atkinson 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse First peal on 12 bells as conductor. Rung on the 50th anniversary of the 7-8 John W Gander conductor's first peal. 956 951 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MOTTRAM-IN-LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 19th October 1968 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. Sat, 31st August 1968 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5088 London Surprise Major 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Comp. Frederick Dench Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Ronald F Andrew 1 Frank R Morton 2 Derek Yates 2 Norman Sherratt 3 Frank Osbaldiston 3 Gerald Parsons 4 Basil Jones 4 T Felicity Ashford 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Charles A S Webb 6 William H Dowse 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Ian M Holland 7 Raymond J Ballard 8 Michael W Crowder 8 David J Midgley 9 Roy Worrall 957 10 Jeffrey Brannan LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION First peal in the method: 1, 2, 7, 3, 8, 4, 9. KENDAL, Westmorland, Holy Trinity Sat, 26th October 1968 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 952 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. John Cartel MARPLE, Cheshire, 40 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 1 Brian Schofield Thu, 12th September 1968 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. 2 Derek Yates 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 3 Edward Jenkins Comp. Charles H Hattersley 4 Kevin M Price 1-2 J David Atkinson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 Robert B Smith 6 Ernest Bennett 5-6 Bernard F L Groves (C) 7 Basil Jones 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Bernard F L Groves First peal in the method on handbells: 1-2. First of Surprise in hand: 7-8. 9 Frank Osbaldiston 10 Robert B Smith

105 958 963 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KIDSGROVE, Staffordshire, St Thomas KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist Thu, 31st October 1968 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Sun, 17th November 1968 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 5040 Minor (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 113 com, atw) (3m: 2 extents Oxford Treble Bob, two Kent Treble Bob, three Plain Bob) Comp. Albert J Pitman 1 Norman Hough 1 Felicity Ashford 2 Roger Green 2 Norman Sherratt 3 Harry W Howard 3 Charles A S Webb 4 Michael Thomson 4 John Hall 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Christopher J Jones 6 Raymond J Ballard 100th peal: 6. Rung to welcome the Revd J B Wooldridge as Vicar. 7 Roy Worrall Instituted on November 15th. 8 Jeffrey Brannan 964 959 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent MANCHESTER, Town Hall Thu, 5th December 1968 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 2nd November 1968 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 5042 Aldenham Surprise Maximus Comp. Robert B Smith 1 Bernard F L Groves 1-2 Bernard F L Groves (C) 2 Christine Andrew 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Edward Jenkins 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 4 Cyril Crossthwaite 7-8 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9-10 J David Atkinson 6 Christopher L D Munday 11-12 John W Gander 7 Christopher M Movley Rung as a silver wedding compliment to Mr and Mrs M J Pryor, of Cardiff, 8 Percival W Cave and a birthday compliment to May Smith. 9 Derek Butterworth 10 D Paul Smith 965 11 Jeffrey Brannan CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 Robert B Smith PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow Tue, 10th December 1968 in 2 hrs 11 mins. Tenor size 15. 960 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. John Reeves MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 1-2 J David Atkinson Thu, 7th November 1968 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5184 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse Comp. J David Atkinson 7-8 John W Gander 1-2 Robert B Smith 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 966 5-6 Bernard F L Groves (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 J David Atkinson GRAPPENHALL, Cheshire, St Wilfrid 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse Sat, 14th December 1968 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 11-12 John W Gander 5056 Havant Surprise Major First peal of Treble Bob Maximus: 7-8, 11-12. Comp. Charles Middleton 1 John W Griffiths 961 2 Mrs G H Randles LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 3 Christopher J Jones WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 4 Michael Thomson Sat, 9th November 1968 in 3 hrs 19 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5 George H Randles 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 6 Robert J Warrilow (4m: 1312 Bristol; 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative: 113 com, atw) 7 Alan J Brown Comp. Albert J Pitman 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Stuart I Bamforth First peal in the method for the Guild, and by all the band. Rung to celebrate 2 Christine Andrew the birth of a daughter (Sarah Helen) to Mr and Mrs C J Jones on November 3 Keith J Walpole 22nd. 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Eric J Gilbert 967 6 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Robert B Smith PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 8 Bernard F L Groves Tue, 17th December 1968 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. Rung after meeting short for Royal. 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 962 1-2 Alan A Potts CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Bell Tower 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse (C) Sat, 16th November 1968 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 11. 7-8 Neil D Lomas 5056 Plain Bob Major First peal on handbells: 7-8. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Frank R Morton

106 968 973 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark HYDE, Cheshire, St George Fri, 27th December 1968 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. Sat, 18th January 1969 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5000 Plain Bob Royal 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Joseph W Parker 1 David Vincent 1 Bernard F L Groves 2 Ann M Smith 2 Sylvia Smith 3 Margaret Mandy 3 Derek Yates 4 A Edward Reeves 4 Gerald Moorhouse 5 Timothy Wylie 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Alan McFall 7 Geoffrey O Sanders 7 Basil Jones 8 Frank Reynolds 8 William H Dowse 9 R D St John-Smith First peal in the method: 2. 10 Alan Ward First peal on ten bells: 2, 3. First of Royal: 7. Commemorates 50 years 974 ringing by A E Reeves. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 969 Tue, 21st January 1969 in 2 hrs 24 mins. Tenor size 15. LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter Comp. John Reeves Sat, 4th January 1969 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1-2 Alan A Potts 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Charles Middleton 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 1 Graham K Austin 7-8 Neil D Lomas 2 Rachel J Sinden 3 Andrew Riley 975 4 James Hedgcock CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Christine Andrew PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Tue, 4th February 1969 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 Ernest Bennett 5016 Plain Bob Maximus 8 Frank Osbaldiston Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Alan A Potts 970 3-4 John W Gander CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 7-8 J David Atkinson Tue, 7th January 1969 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 15. 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 5056 Plain Bob Major 11-12 Herbert M Heaton Comp. John R Pritchard 1-2 J David Atkinson 976 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 7-8 Neil D Lomas Thu, 27th February 1969 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor size 15. 5136 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus 971 Comp. Alan F Scholfield LINCOLN DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Robert B Smith SURFLEET, Lincolnshire, St Laurence 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 11th January 1969 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5-6 Bernard F L Groves (C) 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 7-8 J David Atkinson Comp. Roderick W Pipe 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 1 Alan F Scholfield 11-12 John W Gander 2 Derek F Yates First peal of Maximus in the method in hand: 3-4. First of Maximus in the 3 Frank Osbaldiston method: 7-8, 11-12. First of Maximus in the method as conductor. 4 Bernard F L Groves (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 977 6 Robert B Smith LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 7 Richard H Youdale WALSALL, Staffordshire, St Matthew 8 Christopher M Movley Sat, 1st March 1969 in 3 hrs 29 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 9 Christine Andrew 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus 10 Michael W Crowder (50m: 144 Albanian, Aldenham, Brigstow, Cambridge, Deansgate, Gartree, 11 Richard S Starkie Halifax, Langley, Lindsey, Manitoba, Newgate, Pontefract, Prittlewell, 12 Ian M Holland Pudsey, Redfield, Solihull, Southwark, Stoneygate, Superlative, Wycombe, York, Yorkshire; 96 Bedford, Belgrave, Belvoir, Feering, Lambeth, 972 Lincolnshire, Londinium, Oldham, Rochester, Saskatchewan, Wembley; 48 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Ashton, Birmingham, Buckinghamshire, Conisbrough, Eldon, Indiana, MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10, Eden Drive Kidderminster, Leicestershire, Metropolis, Pennine, Quex, Reading, Thu, 16th January 1969 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor size 15. Stoodley, Timaru, Utah, Westminster, Wigston: 104 com) 5160 Spliced Surprise Royal Comp. Neil Bennett and John H Fielden (2m: 3440 Rutland; 1720 Yorkshire: 86 com) 1 Christine Andrew Comp. Robert B Smith 2 Richard S Starkie 1-2 J David Atkinson 3 Frank Osbaldiston 3-4 Robert B Smith (C) 4 John H Fielden 5-6 Bernard F L Groves 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Bernard F L Groves 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 7 Basil Jones First peal of Surprise Royal on handbells: 1-2, 7-8. 8 Tudor P Edwards 9 Neil Bennett 10 Robert B Smith (C) 11 Brian Harris 12 Jeffrey Brannan 900th peal: 6. This is the greatest number of methods yet rung in a 12-bell peal.

107 978 983 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARSDEN, Yorkshire, St Bartholomew WESTMINSTER, London, Wc St Clement Danes Sat, 15th March 1969 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Mon, 7th April 1969 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5040 Plain Bob Royal Comp. William Pye Comp. Alan F Scholfield 1 Derek F Yates 1 John A Creer 2 Richard S Starkie 2 Bernard F L Groves 3 Robert B Smith 3 Ronald F Andrew 4 Derek Butterworth 4 Alan McFall 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Bernard F L Groves 6 Brian S B Kear 7 Frank Osbaldiston 7 Arthur E Whiting 8 Basil Jones 8 M Jack Pryor 9 D Paul Smith 9 Alan F Scholfield 10 Brian Harris 10 Robert B Smith (C) First attempt on ten bells: 1. Rung by past and present members of the 979 Sunday service band at All Saints' Church, Marple. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 984 Tue, 18th March 1969 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent Comp. John Reeves Thu, 10th April 1969 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor size 15. 1-2 Alan A Potts 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Maximus 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) (2m: Kent, Oxford: Granta variation) 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse Comp. Robert B Smith 7-8 Neil D Lomas 1-2 Robert B Smith 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 980 5-6 Bernard F L Groves (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 J David Atkinson MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse Sat, 22nd March 1969 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 11-12 Herbert Heaton 5040 Plain Bob Royal Rung with birthday compliments to Mrs Lewis arid Mrs Moorhouse. Comp. Robert B Smith 1 Peter Broadbent 985 2 Ronald F Andrew CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 Robert B Smith SHREWSBURY, Shropshire St Chad 5 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 12th April 1969 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 39 cwt. 6 Brian S B Kear 5007 Stedman Cinques 7 Arthur E Whiting Comp. Robert E J Dennis 8 Michael Foulds 1 Jack L Millhouse (C) 9 Bernard F L Groves (C) 2 Norah M Randles 10 Frank Osbaldiston 3 Christopher M Movley First peal of Royal: 1, 2, 6, 8. 4 Christine Andrew 5 C Kenneth Lewis 981 6 Geoffrey R Parker CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Christopher L D Munday STRETFORD, Lancashire St Matthew 8 Bernard F L Groves Sat, 29th March 1969 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 9 George H Randles 5152 London Surprise Major 10 Richard S Starkie Comp. Joseph W Parker 11 Basil Jones 1 John C Baldwin 12 Peter A Sharp 2 Derek F Yates First peal of Stedman: 7. 3 Giles B Thompson 4 William J Irving 986 5 J Anthony Beaumont CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Frank Osbaldiston PRESTBURY, Cheshire, St Peter 7 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sun, 13th April 1969 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 8 Bernard F L Groves 5040 Stedman Triples First peal in the method: 4, 5. Comp. Frederick H Dexter (No. 1) 1 Alan A Potts 982 2 Ian M Holland CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Harold C Lonyon PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 4 Herbert M Heaton Tue, 1st April 1969 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor size 15. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal 6 Robert B Smith (4m: 3360 Rutland; 560 Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire: 84 com) 7 Gerald Moorhouse (C) Comp. Alan F Scholfield 8 Ernest Pimlott 1-2 J David Atkinson First peal of Stedman: 4. First of Stedman Triples: 8. First tower bell peal as 3-4 Robert B Smith (C) conductor. First on the bells since recasting. 5-6 Bernard F L Groves 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 987 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal of Surprise Royal in four methods: 1-2. First of Surprise Royal in PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow four methods on handbells: 7-8. Tue, 15th April 1969 in 2 hrs 7 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Alan A Potts 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Ian M Holland 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse

108 988 994 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive Tue, 29th April 1969 in 2 hrs 2 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 17th July 1969 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor size 15. 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal Comp. John Reeves (5m: 1680 Wembley, Rutland; 560 Yorkshire, Cambridge, Lincolnshire: 1-2 J David Atkinson 125 com) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. A F Schollield 5-6 Bernard F L Groves (C) 1-2 J David Atkinson 7-8 John W Gander 3-4 Robert B Smith Rung for the birth of Robert William Smith, son of May and Robert B Smith. 5-6 Bernard F L Groves (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 989 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal of 5-Spliced Surprise Royal in hand by all the band and for the PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow Guild. Tue, 13th May 1969 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor size 15. 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal 995 Comp. Benjamin Annable CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Alan A Potts BOWDON, Cheshire the Blessed Virgin Mary 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 23rd August 1969 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 7-8 John W Gander Comp. William Barton 9-10 Herbert M Heaton 1 Ronald F Andrew 2 Derek F Yates 990 3 Alan J Brown LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 4 C Kenneth Lewis BLACKBURN, Lancashire, Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin 5 Basil Jones (C) Sat, 17th May 1969 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 6 William H Dowse 5000 London No.3 Surprise Royal 7 M Jack Pryor Comp. Roderick W Pipe 8 Bernard F L Groves 1 Michael Foulds Rung for the christening of Robert William Smith. which took place at 2 Derek F Yates Marple on August 24th, 1969, and as a wedding compliment to Mr and Mrs 3 Basil Jones John Gander, who were married on August 23rd, 1969. 4 Christine Andrew 5 C Kenneth Lewis 996 6 Bernard F L Groves (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Ian M Holland MARPLE, Cheshire, 40 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 8 D Paul Smith Thu, 28th August 1969 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor size 15. 9 Frank Osbaldiston 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal 10 Robert B Smith (7m: 1440 Rutland; 720 London No.3, Wembley, Bollington; 480 Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire: 119 com) 991 Comp. Robert B Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 J David Atkinson MARPLE, Cheshire All Saints 3-4 Robert B Smith Sat, 24th May 1969 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5-6 Bernard F L Groves (C) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Arthur Knights 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 1 Peter Broadbent First peal of 7-Surprise Royal in hand: 7-8. First of Royal in 7 methods as 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) conductor. 3 Herbert M Heaton 4 Wyn Pugh 997 5 Ronald F Andrew CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Brian S B Kear MARPLE, Cheshire 6, Ashwood Crescent 7 Gerald Moorhouse Thu, 11th September 1969 in 2 hrs 31 mins. Tenor size 15. 8 Michael Foulds 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Rung in honour of the weddings of Mr and Mrs Alan Rothwell and Mr and Comp. Frank Bennett Mrs Neil Bennett, which took place the same day. 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 992 5-6 Bernard F L Groves (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Alan F Scholfield BURBAGE, Buxton, Derbyshire, Christ Church 9-10 John W Gander Sat, 28th June 1969 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 5040 Treble Bob Minor 998 (7m: Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Sandal, London Scholars' CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Pleasure, Kingston and Oxford Treble Bob) MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 1 Susan Brocklehurst Tue, 16th September 1969 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. 2 F Martin Stanway 5056 Plain Bob Major 3 Stuart Coutts Comp. John R Pritchard 4 Arthur E Whiting 1-2 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Frank Osbaldiston 5-6 J David Atkinson First peal: 1. First in seven methods: 3. 7-8 John W Gander Rung in memoriam Henry O Baker. 993 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines Tue, 1st July 1969 in 2 hrs 32 mins. Tenor size 15. 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Comp. A P Cannon 1-2 Bernard F L Groves (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Robert B Smith 9-10 John W Gander

109 999 1004 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church GORTON, Manchester, Brookfield Unitarian Sat, 27th September 1969 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 18th October 1969 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. Richard J Parker Comp. John R Pritchard 1 Ronald F Andrew 1 Stuart I Bamforth (C) 2 Michael Foulds 2 Michael Foulds 3 Giles B Thompson 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Peter Broadbent 5 Robert B Smith (C) 5 Brian S B Kear 6 Gerald Moorhouse 6 Alan F Scholfield 7 Basil Jones 7 Robert B Smith 8 Alan F Scholfield 8 Basil Jones Rung as a birthday compliment to Mrs Marjorie Jones. First peal as conductor.

1000 1005 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Thu, 2nd October 1969 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 1st November 1969 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 5056 Spliced Surprise Major Comp. John Reeves (8m: 1600 London, Rutland; 320 Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, 1-2 J David Atkinson Superlative, Yorkshire; 256 Bristol: 127 com) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. W Eric Critchley 5-6 Robert B Smith 1 Michael Foulds 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 2 Derek F Yates 9-10 Bernard F L Groves 3 Bernard F L Groves 11-12 John W Gander 4 Robert B Smith (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1001 6 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Gerald Moorhouse NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 8 Richard S Starkie Wed, 8th October 1969 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. First peal of 8-spliced inside: 2. First touch of Spliced Surprise on 5120 Spliced Surprise Major towerbells: 7. First peal of Spliced Surprise Major in 8 methods as conductor. (12m: 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, New Gloucester, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire; 960 London, 1006 Rutland: 139 com) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Albert J Pitman DALE BROW, Prestbury, Cheshire, West Pines 1 Arthur E Whiting Tue, 4th November 1969 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor size 15. 2 Robert B Smith 5040 Plain Bob Royal 3 Bernard F L Groves Comp. Henry J Tucker 4 Basil Jones 1-2 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Alan F Scholfield 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 7 Alan A Potts 7-8 John W Gander 8 Frank Osbaldiston 9-10 Neil D Lomas 1000th peal: 5. 1007 1002 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark Thu, 13th November 1969 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 11th October 1969 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5079 Stedman Caters Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Robert B Smith 1-2 Geoffrey Edwards 1 Michael D Fishwick 3-4 John W Gander 2 Richard S Starkie 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Bernard F L Groves (C) 7-8 Frank R Morton 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Harry Stacey 1008 6 David W Howarth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Gerald Moorhouse MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent 8 Alan F Scholfield Thu, 20th November 1969 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 9 Robert B Smith 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 10 M Jack Pryor Comp. John Reeves First peal of Caters in the method: 5. 1-2 Robert B Smith 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1003 5-6 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Neil D Lomas MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive Thu, 16th October 1969 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor size 14. 5040 Plain Bob Royal Comp. Edward Francis 1-2 Alan A Potts 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 John W Gander 9-10 Neil D Lomas First peal on 10 handbells: 9-10.

110 1009 1014 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael DALE BROW, Prestbury, Cheshire, West Pines Sat, 22nd November 1969 in 3 hrs 34 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Tue, 30th December 1969 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor size 15. 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5016 Plain Bob Maximus Comp. Frederick Dench Comp. Arranged By C Kenneth Lewis 1 Timothy Wylie 1-2 Alan A Potts 2 Richard S Starkie 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Basil Jones 5-6 J David Atkinson 4 Geoffrey Gardner 7-8 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 6 F John Nelson 11-12 Neil D Lomas 7 Frank Osbaldiston First on 12 handbells: 11-12. 8 David Bates 9 Neil D Lomas 1015 10 Denis Mottershead (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 11 Robert B Smith MARPLE, Cheshire, 35 Church Street 12 Brian Harris Mon, 5th January 1970 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. First on 12: 1, 8. First inside on 12: 4. 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1010 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION 3-4 Arthur E Whiting STEPNEY, London, St Dunstan & All Saints 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 6th December 1969 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 28 cwt. 7-8 Robert B Smith (C) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal First on handbells: 3-4. 50th of Plain Bob Major on handbells: 7-8. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Kenneth J Rider 1016 2 Alan D Flood CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 James Hedgcock ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Rd 4 Michael J Uphill Thu, 8th January 1970 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 14. 5 John Pladdys 5056 Plain Bob Major 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7 Bernard F L Groves 1-2 John W Gander 8 Basil Jones 3-4 John R Scott 9 Richard S Starkie 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 Robert B Smith 7-8 Frank R Morton To welcome Rachel Elisabeth, daughter of Alan and Jenny Scholfield. 1011 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1017 ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Thu, 11th December 1969 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 14. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 5056 Plain Bob Major Sat, 17th January 1970 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Comp. John R Pritchard 5016 Plain Bob Maximus 1-2 Geoffrey Edwards Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 John W Gander 1 Basil Jones 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Peter Broadbent 7-8 Frank R Morton 3 Ronald F Andrew 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1012 5 Brian S B Kear CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 David W Howarth GRAPPENHALL, Cheshire, St Wilfred 7 Arthur E Whiting Sat, 13th December 1969 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 8 Robert B Smith 5184 Rutland Surprise Major 9 Michael Foulds Comp. Arranged By C Kenneth Lewis 10 Richard S Starkie 1 Michael Thomson 11 Alan F Scholfield 2 Christopher J Jones 12 Frank Osbaldiston 3 Norah M Randles First on 12, completing Minor to Maximus: 2, 5, 7, 9. First inside on 12: 3. 4 Geoffrey Green A compliment to Alan and Jenny Scholfield on the birth of a daughter, 5 George H Randles Rachel Elizabeth. 6 J Anthony Beaumont 7 Alan J Brown 1018 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD In memoriam Frank Taylor, ringer and churchwarden of this church. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive Thu, 22nd January 1970 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 14. 1013 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. B Annable MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent 1-2 J David Atkinson Tue, 23rd December 1969 in 3 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5136 Kent Treble Bob Fourteen 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse Comp. Alan F Scholfield 7-8 John W Gander 1-2 Alan McFall 9-10 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 1019 7-8 Alan F Scholfield CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Rd 11-12 J David Atkinson Thu, 5th February 1970 in 2 hrs 7 mins. Tenor size 14. 13-14 Brian J Woodruffe 5040 Plain Bob Major First on 14 bells by all the band and for the Guild. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 John W Gander 3-4 John R Scott 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Frank R Morton

111 1020 1026 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent Sat, 7th February 1970 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Thu, 12th March 1970 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor size 15. 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 5016 Plain Bob Maximus (4m: 1280 London, Cambridge, Superlative; 1312 Bristol: atw, 113 com) Comp. Robert B Smith Comp. Albert J Pitman 1-2 J David Atkinson 1 Peter Broadbent 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Giles B Thompson 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 3 Alan J Brown 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 4 Robert B Smith 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 11-12 John W Gander 6 Frank Osbaldiston 50th peal on 12 handbells: 5-6. 7 Basil Jones 8 Alan F Scholfield 1027 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1021 MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Fri, 20th March 1970 in 1 hr 52 mins. Tenor size 15. ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Rd 5040 Minor Thu, 19th February 1970 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor size 14. (3m: 2 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 5152 Plain Bob Major 1-2 Robert B Smith Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 Mary Lewis 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 3-4 John W Gander 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1028 7-8 Mrs J W Gander CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First of Major on handbells: 1-2, 7-8. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels Sun, 22nd March 1970 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 1022 5016 Plain Bob Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. J Reeves PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1 Basil Jones Tue, 24th February 1970 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. 2 Neil Bennett 5056 Plain Bob Major 3 Bernard F L Groves Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 Edward Jenkins 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 Neil D Lomas 6 Peter J Staniforth 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Peter Broadbent 8 Trevor A Cross First on an inside pair: 3-4 9 M Jack Pryor (C) 10 Robert B Smith 1023 11 Martin L Howe CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 Brian Harris MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Dr 1000th peal: 3, 10. First on 12 bells: 9. Ringers of 3 and 10 also rang their Thu, 26th February 1970 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor size 15. first peal together on October 6, 1956. 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (2m: 3360 Rutland; 1680 Cambridge: 84 com) 1029 Comp. Robert B Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 J David Atkinson PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 3-4 Robert B Smith (C) Thu, 2nd April 1970 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 5040 Plain Bob Royal 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Alan F Scholfield 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 1-2 J David Atkinson 200th of Royal: 3-4. First of Surprise on a working pair: 5-6. In memory of 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis John Worth (February 25, 1967). 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 1024 9-10 Peter Broadbent CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1030 Sat, 28th February 1970 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Comp. Edwin Timbrell Tue, 7th April 1970 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 5056 Plain Bob Major 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 1-2 Mary Lewis 7-8 Giles B Thompson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 John W Gander 1025 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Rd 1031 Tue, 3rd March 1970 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Plain Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Comp. Edward Francis Thu, 16th April 1970 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 15. 1-2 John W Gander 5056 Plain Bob Major 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 1-2 Geoffrey Edwards 7-8 John R Scott 3-4 Frank R Morton 9-10 Frank R Morton 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First on 10 handbells: 7-8, 9-10. 7-8 John W Gander

112 1032 1038 DERBY DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DORE, Derbyshire, Christ Church MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive Sat, 18th April 1970 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Thu, 28th May 1970 in 2 hrs 24 mins. Tenor size 15. 5120 Battersea Surprise Major 5040 Plain Bob Royal Comp. Joseph W Parker Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 F John Nelson 1-2 J David Atkinson 2 Timothy Wylie 3-4 Neil D Lomas 3 Sidney Hough jun 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Michael Thomson 7-8 John W Gander 5 Raymond J Ballard 9-10 Peter Broadbent 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 R Brian Mills 1039 8 Denis Mottershead (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First in the method: 4, 5, 6. First in the method for the Association MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 30th May 1970 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 1033 5040 Plain Bob Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Henry J Tucker MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent 1 Brian Schofield Tue, 21st April 1970 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. 2 Peter Dyson 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 3 Ernest Pimlott Comp. John W Moorhouse 4 John Moore 1-2 John W Gander 5 Paul S Reading 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 6 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 7 Peter Broadbent 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 8 Brian S B Kear (C) First of Double Norwich on handbells: 1-2, 7-8. 9 Ronald F Andrew 10 Michael Foulds 1034 50th peal: 9. First on 10 as conductor. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 1040 Thu, 30th April 1970 in 2 hrs 14 mins. Tenor size 14. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue Comp. T B Worsley Thu, 4th June 1970 in 2 hrs 9 mins. Tenor size 15. 1-2 John W Gander 5056 Plain Bob Major 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (1942) 5-6 J David Atkinson 1-2 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Neil D Lomas 3-4 J David Atkinson 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 1035 7-8 Michael Foulds CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First on eight handbells: 7-8 GOOSTREY, Cheshire, St Luke Sat, 2nd May 1970 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 6 cwt. 1041 5040 Minor LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION (4m: 1 extent Cambridge Surprise, 2 Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, LEICESTER, Cathedral Church of St Martin Plain Bob) Sat, 20th June 1970 in 3 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 1 Brian F Trueman 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus 2 Peter Broadbent (105m: 48 Albanian, Aldenham, Apsley, Ashton, Barford, Bedford, Belfast, 3 Ronald F Andrew Belgrave, Belvoir, Birmingham, Blackley, Brigstow, Bristol, Buckfast, 4 Brian S B Kear Buckinghamshire, Cambridge, Christchurch, Cirencester, Clerkenwell, 5 C Kenneth Lewis Clifton, Conisbrough, Cornwall, Cotswold, Deansgate, Dodford, Dorking, 6 Michael Foulds (C) Double Dublin, Dunsmore, Ealing, Eldon, Elkington, Essex, Evesham, First away from cover: 1. First in four methods: 1, 2, 3, 4. With best wishes Feering, Gartree, Goscote, Halifax, Hampshire, Indiana, Jedburgh, Jersey, to Bob and May Smith, gone to live in Leicester. Kidderminster, Lambeth, Langley, Leicestershire, Leominster, Lilbourne, Lincolnshire, Lindsey, Londinium, Lutterworth, Manchester, Manitoba, 1036 Mellor, Metropolis, Moorgate, New Durham, Newgate, New Gloucester, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Oldham, Oxfordshire, Painswick, Pennine, Pontefract, Preston, Prittlewell, PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow Pudsey, Quex, Reading, Redcliffe, Redfield, Ribbleton, Rochester, Thu, 14th May 1970 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor size 15. Saskatchewan, Shropshire, Solihull, Southwark, Southwell, Stoneygate, 5016 Plain Bob Maximus Stoodley, Strathclyde, Superlative, Swindon, Timaru, Trafalgar, Comp. Arranged by Alan F Scholfield Trowbridge, Twickenham, Utah, Verulam, Warwickshire, Welford, 1-2 John W Gander Wembley, Wensleydale, Westminster, Wexham, Wigston, Winchester, 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Worcestershire, Worsley, Wycombe, Xenia, Yarmouth, York, Yorkshire, 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) Zelah: 104 com) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse Comp. Derek Ogden, Neil Bennett and John H Fielden 9-10 J David Atkinson 1 Christine Andrew 11-12 Neil D Lomas 2 Richard S Starkie 3 Frank Osbaldiston 1037 4 John H Fielden LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 5 C Kenneth Lewis ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 6 Bernard F L Groves Wed, 27th May 1970 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 7 Derek Butterworth 5042 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus 8 Cyril Crossthwaite 1 Derek Butterworth 9 Neil Bennett (C) 2 Frank Osbaldiston 10 Robert B Smith 3 Margaret P Booth 11 Brian Harris 4 Basil Jones 12 Jeffrey Brannan 5 Neil Bennett (C) This is the largest number of methods yet rung in a peal on 12 bells 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Alan F Scholfield 8 J Barry Pickup 9 Richard J Parker 10 Jeffrey Brannan 11 Richard S Starkie 12 Ian M Holland

113 1042 1046 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road PRESTBURY, Cheshire, St Peter Thu, 25th June 1970 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. Wed, 15th July 1970 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Royal 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Comp. Arranged by Alan F Scholfield Comp. J W Moorhouse 1-2 J David Atkinson 1 Basil Jones 3-4 Peter Broadbent 2 Alan A Potts 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Harold C Lonyon 7-8 Alan F Scholfield (C) 4 Herbert M Heaton 9-10 John W Gander 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First on an inside pair: 3-4 6 Gerald Moorhouse 7 William H Dowse 1043 8 Alan F Scholfield LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION To mark the completion this day of 20 years as vicar by Revd H W Rogers. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 27th June 1970 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 1047 5280 Spliced Surprise Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (110m: 48 Albanian, Aldenham, Apsley, Ashton, Barford, Bedford, Belfast, MARPLE, Cheshire, 71 Woodville Drive Belgrave, Belvoir, Birmingham, Blackley, Brigstow, Bristol, Buckfast, Thu, 16th July 1970 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor size 15. Buckinghamshire, Cambridge, Christchurch, Cirencester, Clerkenwell, 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus Clifton, Conisbrough, Cornwall, Cotswold, Cray, Deansgate, Dodford, Comp. John Reeves Dorking, Double Dublin, Dunsmore, Ealing, Eldon, Elkington, Essex, 1-2 Alan McFall Evesham, Feering, Gartree, Goscote, Halifax, Hampshire, Hampstead, 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Indiana, Jedburgh, Jersey, Kidderminster, Kilsby, Lambeth, Langley, 5-6 Neil Bennett Leicestershire, Leominster, Lilbourne, Lincolnshire, Lindsey, Lindum, 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse Londinium, Lutterworth, Manchester, Manitoba, Mellor, Metropolis, 9-10 J David Atkinson Moorgate, New Durham, Newgate, New Gloucester, Oldham, Oxfordshire, 11-12 Alan F Scholfield Painswick, Pennine, Pontefract, Preston, Prittlewell, Pudsey, Quex, Reading, Redcliffe, Redfield, Ribbleton, Rochester, Saskatchewan, Shropshire, 1048 Solihull, Southwark, Southwell, Stancil, Stoneygate, Stoodley, Strathclyde, SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION Superlative, Swindon, Timaru, Trafalgar, Trowbridge, Trafford, Utah, EDINBURGH, Cathedral of St Mary Uxbridge, Verulam, Warwickshire, Wembley, Wensleydale, Westminster, Sat, 18th July 1970 in 4 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 41 cwt. Wexham, Wigston, Winchester, Worcestershire, Worsley, Wycombe, Xenia, 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal Yarmouth, York, Yorkshire, Zelah: 109 com) Comp. Charles J Sedgley Comp. Derek Ogden, Neil Bennett and John H Fielden 1 Magnus M Peterson 1 Basil Jones 2 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Richard S Starkie 3 Basil Jones 3 Frank Osbaldiston 4 Neil Bennett (C) 4 John H Fielden (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Richard S Starkie 6 Bernard F L Groves 7 Ian M Holland 7 Derek Butterworth 8 Robert B Smith 8 Cyril Crossthwaite 9 Brian Harris 9 Neil Bennett 10 Jeffrey Brannan 10 Robert B Smith To commemorate the 9th British Commonwealth Games, held in Edinburgh, 11 Brian Harris July. 1970 12 Jeffrey Brannan This is the greatest number of methods yet rung in a peal on 12 bells. 1049 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1044 WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Wed, 22nd July 1970 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 5040 Minor Sat, 4th July 1970 in 3 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. (10m: Norwich S.; London S.; Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Kingston Treble Bob; Kent T. B; Cambridge S.; Oxford Treble Bob; Plain Comp. William Pye Bob) 1 A John Illingworth 1 Susan Davis 2 James E Andrews 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Neil Bennett 3 Stuart Coutts 4 Michael J Platt 4 Michael Platt 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Timothy Wylie 6 Derek Butterworth 6 Denis Mottershead (C) 7 Richard S Starkie Half-muffled in memoriam Canon E D Reeman (rector 1945-68) 8 Alan F Scholfield 9 Jeffrey Brannan 1050 10 D Paul Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1045 Thu, 23rd July 1970 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael Comp. John Worth Sat, 11th July 1970 in 3 hrs 41 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 1-2 Alan F Scholfield 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Eric Roughley 5-6 J David Atkinson 2 F John Nelson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 3 John Robinson 9-10 John W Gander 4 Geoffrey Gardner 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 J Henry Fielden 7 Michael J Platt 8 Peter H Gardner 9 Richard S Starkie 10 Alan F Scholfield 11 C Barrie Dove 12 Denis Mottershead (C) First on 12: 1.

114 1051 1056 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NON-ASSOCIATION MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive Thu, 6th August 1970 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 10th September 1970 in 2 hrs 32 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 5040 Plain Bob Royal Comp. J Reeves Comp. Arr Alan F Scholfield 1-2 J David Atkinson 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 Alan F Scholfield (C) 3-4 Dan S Pont 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Alan F Scholfield (C) 9-10 John W Gander 9-10 Peter Broadbent 11-12 Neil D Lomas 1057 1052 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD GOOSTREY, Cheshire, St Luke PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines Sat, 26th September 1970 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 6 cwt. Thu, 13th August 1970 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Vale Royal Delight Minor 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal 1 Ronald F Andrew Comp. Arranged by A F Scholfield 2 Stuart I Bamforth 1-2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 3 J Stuart Coutts 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Arthur E Whiting 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 J David Atkinson 6 Michael Foulds 9-10 William H Dowse 25th peal: 2. First in the method. First of Treble Bob Royal in hand: 9-10 1058 1053 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BROUGHTON, Staffordshire, St Peter MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 3rd October 1970 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. Sat, 15th August 1970 in 3 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5040 Stedman Triples 5081 Grandsire Cinques Comp. Sir Arthur P Heywood's transposition Comp. Arthur Knights 1 Roger G Green 1 John W Griffiths 2 David Vincent 2 Mrs G H Randles 3 Christopher J Jones 3 Christopher J Jones 4 E Marion Key 4 Roger G Green 5 Geoffrey Green 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Robert Peers 7 Barnabas G Key (C) 7 Alan J Brown 8 Leslie F Smith 8 Michael J Platt To the memory of Harry W Howard (life member, Chester Diocesan Guild), 9 George H Randles who died September 30, 1970. 10 Eric J Gilbert 11 Geoffrey C Sparling 1059 12 Michael Thomson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First on 12 Bells: 3, 4, 12. First in method: 6. First of Cinques: 10. First of ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Cinques as conductor. The ringer of 3rd has now completed the Grandsire Wed, 14th October 1970 in 2 hrs 7 mins. Tenor size 15. family. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1-2 Mary Lewis 1054 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 5-6 J Anthony Beaumont ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 22nd August 1970 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 1060 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Arranged by Peter Border MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue 1 Timothy Wylie Thu, 15th October 1970 in 2 hrs 1 min. Tenor size 15. 2 John R Ketteringham 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 3 James E Andrews Comp. John Reeves 4 Geoffrey Bridges 1-2 Alan McFall 5 Alan D Flood 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 J David Atkinson 7 Keith J Walpole (C) 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 8 Christopher Forster To welcome Jennifer Hilary Atkinson, born October 8, 1970 9 Basil Jones 10 Derek Butterworth 1061 11 Jeffrey Brannan SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION 12 J Barry Pickup LILLESHALL, Shropshire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 17th October 1970 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 1055 5040 Minor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (4m: 1 extent Cambridge Surprise; 2 extents Oxford Treble Bob; 1 extent ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Oxford Bob, Plain Bob) Thu, 27th August 1970 in 2 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size 14. 1 E Marion Key 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 2 Gerald Bowen Comp. John Reeves 3 Leslie F Smith 1-2 J David Atkinson 4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Christopher J Jones 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 6 Barnabas G Key (C) 7-8 John W Gander First in five methods: 3. To mark the closing celebrations of the church's To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mrs C Kenneth Lewis's first peal 1300th anniversary, the start of which was marked by a peal on June 27. (August 25).

115 1062 1068 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow Thu, 29th October 1970 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 15. Tue, 24th November 1970 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1-2 Eric J Gilbert 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Peter Broadbent 7-8 Neil D Lomas

1063 1069 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Sat, 31st October 1970 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Thu, 3rd December 1970 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5040 Plain Bob Royal Comp. Charles Middleton Comp. E Francis 1 Christopher J Jones 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 2 Michael Thomson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 4 David Hogg 7-8 Peter Broadbent 5 Alan J Brown 9-10 Neil D Lomas 6 Sidney Hough jun 7 Giles B Thompson 1070 8 Allen Twyman CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 100th peal in the tower. The ringers of 3 and 5 were in the first peal (June WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 16, 1937). Sat, 5th December 1970 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Royal 1064 Comp. H J Tucker CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 C Kenneth Lewis BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 2 Alan J Brown Sat, 7th November 1970 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 3 Peter Dyson 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 4 Elizabeth A Hibbert Comp. Thomas B Worsley 5 Peter Broadbent 1 John E Bibby 6 Paul S Reading 2 Harold C Lonyon 7 Paul Boucher 3 Alexander J Martin 8 Brian S B Kear (C) 4 John R Bibby 9 Ronald F Andrew 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 Michael Foulds 6 Walter Allman First on 10: 4. 7 Eric J Gilbert 8 Denis Mottershead 1071 For 20th anniversary of the 21600 Bristol (November 4) in which ringers of CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4, 5 and 6 took part. The composition was taken from the peal. ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Tue, 8th December 1970 in 2 hrs 5 mins. Tenor size 11. 1065 5040 Plain Bob Minor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 J Anthony Beaumont PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 3-4 F Hector Bennett Thu, 12th November 1970 in 2 hrs 9 mins. Tenor size 15. 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5088 Spliced Treble Bob Major (2m: 3168 Oxford; 1920 Kent: 30 com at lead end) 1072 Comp. Thomas B Worsley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse HAYFIELD, Derbyshire, St Matthew 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 26th December 1970 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. 5-6 J David Atkinson 5056 Rutland Surprise Major 7-8 John W Gander Comp. Philip G K Davies 100th in hand: 5-6. 1 G Richard King 2 C Kenneth Lewis 1066 3 Sidney Hough jun CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Andrew Queen TATTENHALL, Cheshire, St Alban 5 Timothy Wylie Sat, 14th November 1970 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 6 Michael J Platt 5040 Minor 7 Philip G K Davies (4m: 2 extents Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 1 8 Denis Mottershead (C) extent Plain Bob) 1 Brian Trueman 1073 2 Michael Foulds CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Brian S B Kear PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Browv 4 Arthur Whiting Thu, 14th January 1971 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 6 Christopher J Jones Comp. H Dains For the centenary of the church. 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1067 5-6 Alan F Scholfield CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue 9-10 John W Gander Thu, 19th November 1970 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Comp. J Shaw 1-2 Neil Bennett 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse

116 1074 1080 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Thu, 21st January 1971 in 2 hrs 26 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 4th March 1971 in 2 hrs 44 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5016 Plain Bob Maximus Comp. Arthur Knights Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 John W Gander 1-2 Alan A Potts 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 9-10 Charles F Pocock 9-10 John W Gander 11-12 Peter Broadbent 1075 First of Maximus in hand: 11-12. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1081 Thu, 28th January 1971 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5016 Plain Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines Comp. Arranged By C Kenneth Lewis Thu, 11th March 1971 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor size 15. 1-2 Alan A Potts 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. John Reeves 5-6 Neil Bennett 1-2 Alan A Potts 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9-10 J David Atkinson 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 11-12 William H Dowse 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 9-10 John W Gander 1076 11-12 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue 1082 Thu, 4th February 1971 in 2 hrs 8 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Comp. John Reeves Sat, 13th March 1971 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 1-2 Alan F Scholfield 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 John W Gander 1 Sidney Hough jun 7-8 J David Atkinson 2 Eric Roughley 3 Alexander Richardson 1077 4 Timothy Wylie CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 6 Alan F Scholfield Thu, 11th February 1971 in 2 hrs 29 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 Denis Mottershead 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 8 Geoffrey Gardner Comp. J Wood 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 1083 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 J David Atkinson MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 7-8 John W Gander Thu, 18th March 1971 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor size 15. 9-10 Neil D Lomas 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus A welcome to Philip Mark Jones, grandson of Mr and Mrs C Kenneth Lewis. Comp. John Reeves 1-2 Alan A Potts 1078 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 7-8 J David Atkinson Sat, 20th February 1971 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 9-10 John W Gander 5088 Lessness Surprise Major 11-12 Neil D Lomas Comp. Stanley Jenner 1 Arthur F Hall 1084 2 Sidney Hough jun CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Andrew R Queen PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 4 Timothy Wylie Thu, 25th March 1971 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 6 Raymond J Ballard Comp. J Wood 7 Geoffrey R Gardner (C) 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 8 Philip G K Davies 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 1079 7-8 Alan F Scholfield CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9-10 Ian M Holland MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue First of Treble Bob Royal in hand: 9-10. Thu, 25th February 1971 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Little Plain Bob Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Alan F Scholfield 3-4 J David Atkinson 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 9-10 John W Gander

117 1085 1089 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall NORTHWICH, Cheshire, St Helen, Witton Sat, 10th April 1971 in 4 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. Sat, 22nd May 1971 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5042 Warwickshire Surprise Maximus 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Comp. Peter Border Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Derek F Yates 1 M Felicity Ashworth 2 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Mrs G H Randles 3 Neil Bennett (C) 3 Christopher J Jones 4 Geoffrey R Gardner 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 George H Randles 6 Basil Jones 6 Alan J Brown 7 James E Andrews 7 John W Griffiths 8 Cyril Crossthwaite 8 Walter Allman 9 Ralph G Edwards First peal: 1. 10 Frederick Shallcross 11 Ian M Holland 1090 12 Brian Harris CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal in the method (though rung previously in spliced). MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive Thu, 27th May 1971 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor size 15. 1086 5040 Plain Bob Royal YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION Comp. Arranged by C Kenneth Lewis RANMOOR, Sheffield, Yorkshire, St John 1-2 Trevor Taylor Tue, 13th April 1971 in 3 hrs 21 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5-6 J David Atkinson Comp. William Pye 7-8 John W Gander 1 John J L Gilbert 9-10 Peter Broadbent 2-3 Robert B Smith 50th peal: 9-10 4 Basil Jones 5 Raymond J Ballard 1091 6 Roland W Morant CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Michael J Platt ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire 52 Wellington Road 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Thu, 10th June 1971 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor size 15. 9 William H Dowse 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 10 Ian M Holland Comp. John Worth 1-2 John W Gander 1087 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Eric J Gilbert DARESBURY, Cheshire, All Saints 7-8 Charles F Pocock Sat, 17th April 1971 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. 9-10 J David Atkinson 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1092 1 Nicholas Thomson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Lucy P A Hopkins ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Blessed Virgin 3 Charles F Pocock Sat, 26th June 1971 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 4 Michael Thomson 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C H Martin 6 John R Bibby 1 Mrs G H Randles 7 John Moore 2 Christopher J Jones 8 Allen Twyman 3 Alan J Brown A farewell to Revd H W and Mrs Lewis. 4 John W Griffiths 5 George H Randles 1088 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) ST MARTIN'S GUILD FOR THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM 7 Eric J Gilbert BIRMINGHAM, Cathedral Church of St Philip 8 Walter Allman Sat, 15th May 1971 in 3 hrs 21 mins. Tenor 31 cwt. In memoriam Samuel Jones Jnr. 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. A S Hudson 1093 1 Thomas J Lock (1119) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Jack L Millhouse (1445) PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 3 C Kenneth Lewis (1087) Thu, 1st July 1971 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. 4 Alfred Ballard (1064) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5 John R Mayne (1160) Comp. Charles Middleton 6 Bernard F L Groves (1070) 1-2 J David Atkinson 7 Herbert E Audsley (1318) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Wilfrid F Moreton (1073) 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 9 Robert B Smith (1106) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 10 George E Fearn (2411) 150th together: 1-2, 7-8. 11 A Patrick Cannon (1289) 12 Peter Border (C) (1362) 1094 Each member of the band, as shown by the figures in parentheses, has rung CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD over 1000 peals. BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Tue, 13th July 1971 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5120 Spliced Treble Bob Major (2m: Worcester variation: 1408 Oxford, 3712 Kent: 88 com) Comp. Henry W Wilde 1 Mrs G H Randles 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Alan J Brown 4 Derek Cormell 5 George H Randles 6 Andrew Ellis 7 Roland F Eccles 8 Christopher J Jones First peal: 6. In memoriam Canon D P Low, Vicar 1939-1962, chaplain to HM the Queen, whose ashes were interred before the peal 118 1095 1100 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines Thu, 15th July 1971 in 2 hrs 14 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 2nd September 1971 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor size 15. 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. A F Scholfield 1-2 John W Gander 1-2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 J David Atkinson 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Neil D Lomas 7-8 John W Gander 9-10 Peter Broadbent 1096 GLOUCESTER & BRISTOL DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 1101 BRISTOL, St Mary Redcliffe CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 17th July 1971 in 3 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 50 cwt. ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Thu, 9th September 1971 in 2 hrs 13 mins. Tenor size 15. Comp. Peter Border 5040 Plain Bob Major 1 Donald G Clift (The Barrabool Peal) 2 Tudor P Edwards (C) Comp. E Bankes James 3 Beryl R Simpson 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 4 Robert E J Dennis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 J David Atkinson 6 Emlyn F Hancock 7-8 John R Scott 7 David E Rothera 8 Michael J Church 1102 9 Geoffrey K Dodd CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Bernard F L Groves BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 11 Kenneth J Hesketh Sat, 18th September 1971 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 12 A Patrick Cannon 5152 Plain Bob Major Completed the circle: 6. First of Cambridge Maximus: 9. To mark the 400th Comp. Roger G Green anniversary of the founding of St Mary Redcliffe School 1 Paul J Flavell 2 Derek Cormell 1097 3 Hilary A Skinner CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 S Nicholas Harrop MOTTRAM-IN-LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, 5 Nicholas Thomson St Michael & All Angels 6 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 24th July 1971 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 7 Roger G Green (C) 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 8 David Hird Comp. Thomas B Worsley First on 8: 3. 25th peal: 4. Wedding compliment to Adrienne Hartington and 1 Brian Schofield Nigel Davies, ringers at Knutsford. 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Paul Boucher 1103 4 Ronald F Andrew CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Stuart I Bamforth MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue 6 William Birmingham jun Thu, 23rd September 1971 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 Peter G Bellamy-Knights 5056 Plain Bob Major 8 Michael Foulds Comp. C Kenneth Lewis First in method: 3, 4, 5, 6. 1-2 Ronald F Andrew 3-4 J David Atkinson 1098 5-6 Alan F Scholfield CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines Thu, 12th August 1971 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor size 15. 1104 5016 Plain Bob Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Arranged by Robert B Smith PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1-2 J David Atkinson Thu, 30th September 1971 in 2 hrs 13 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5056 Plain Bob Major 5-6 Neil Bennett Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Robert B Smith (C) 1-2 Peter Broadbent 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 11-12 Alan F Scholfield 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 1099 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1105 ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 14th August 1971 in 3 hrs 34 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 5280 Londinium Surprise Maximus Sat, 2nd October 1971 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. Comp. D Ogden 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Derek F Yates Comp. Thomas B Worsley 2 Derek Butterworth 1 George H Bailey 3 Neil Bennett (C) 2 Norah M Randles 4 Basil Jones 3 Christopher J Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Michael Thomson 6 Michael Platt 5 George H Randles 7 Michael D Fishwick 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 J Barry Pickup 7 Eric J Gilbert 9 Alan F Scholfield 8 Walter Allman 10 Ian M Holland First on the bells since rehanging. For Harvest Thanksgiving. Also in 11 Richard S Starkie memoriam Harry W Howard (died 30 Sep 1970). 12 Jeffrey Brannan Wedding compliment to Jeffrey Brannan and Patricia A Etchells, local ringers, married later this day.

119 1106 1112 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Drive Thu, 21st October 1971 in 2 hrs 32 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 2nd December 1971 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Plain Bob Royal 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. E Francis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Ronald F Andrew 1-2 Peter Broadbent 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 J David Atkinson 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 J David Atkinson 7-8 Ronald F Andrew 9-10 John W Gander 1113 1107 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines SADDLEWORTH, Yorkshire, St Chad Thu, 9th December 1971 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 30th October 1971 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 David Vincent 1 Frank Osbaldiston 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Derek F Yates 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 3 Alan A Potts 7-8 J David Atkinson 4 Robert B Smith Arranged as a 75th birthday peal for D Vincent but also rung in memoriam 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Edward Jenkins, died 7 Dec 1971. 6 William H Dowse 7 Brian Harris 1114 8 Basil Jones LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION NEWHEY, Lancashire, St Thomas 1108 Fri, 17th December 1971 in 2 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 4 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines Comp. J Wilde Thu, 4th November 1971 in 2 hrs 7 mins. Tenor size 15. 1 Derek Butterworth 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 2 Neil Bennett Comp. Thomas B Worsley 3 Richard S Starkie 1-2 J David Atkinson 4 Geoffrey R Gardner 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 6 Jeffrey Brannan 7-8 William H Dowse 7 Michael D Fishwick 8 Frederick Shallcross (C) 1109 In memoriam Edward Jenkins, died December 7, 1971. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1115 Thu, 11th November 1971 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Plain Bob Royal ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels Comp. Alan F Scholfield Sun, 19th December 1971 in 3 hrs 24 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 1-2 Ronald F Andrew 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 3-4 Alan F Scholfield (C) Comp. Peter Border 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Christine Andrew 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 2 Neil Bennett 9-10 Peter Broadbent 3 Richard S Starkie 4 Frank Osbaldiston 1110 5 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Geoffrey R Gardner SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, St Mary the Virgin 7 Michael D Fishwick Sat, 13th November 1971 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. 8 Basil Jones 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 9 Cyril Crossthwaite Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 10 Derek Butterworth 1 Frank R Morton 11 Frederick Shallcross 2 Neil Bennett 12 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 3 Harold Dowler In memoriam Edward Jenkins, for many years a ringer at this church, died 4 F Hector Bennett December 7, 1971 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Michael Platt 1116 7 J Anthony Beaumont CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Basil Jones MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 9 Richard S Starkie Thu, 23rd December 1971 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. 10 Jeffrey Brannan 5040 Plain Bob Royal Comp. E Francis 1111 1-2 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 5-6 J David Atkinson Thu, 25th November 1971 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor size 15. 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 5016 Plain Bob Maximus 9-10 Ronald F Andrew Comp. Arranged By A F Scholfield 1-2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 1117 3-4 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse Tue, 28th December 1971 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor size 15. 9-10 John W Gander 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 11-12 J David Atkinson Comp. J David Atkinson 1-2 Alan McFall 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Neil Bennett 7-8 Robert B Smith (C) 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 11-12 J David Atkinson

120 1118 1124 NORTH WALES ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WREXHAM, Denbighshire, St Giles MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter Wed, 29th December 1971 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Wed, 2nd February 1972 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. Stephen J Ivin Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 John W Griffiths 1 Denis Heapy 2 Peter Smith 2 Barry Corbishley 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Brian Schofield 4 Jack L Millhouse (C) 4 Harold C Lonyon 5 John G Hallett 5 Sidney Hough jun 6 Alexander J Martin 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 George H Randles 7 Christopher J Jones 8 Eric J Gilbert 8 J David Atkinson 9 M Alec Beaumont Half-muffled in memoriam Mr R Horsfield, who was instrumental in getting 10 Walter Allman the bells installed. For the Festival of Christmas 1125 1119 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines Sat, 19th February 1972 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 6th January 1972 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5040 Plain Bob Royal Comp. Charles Middleton Comp. H J Tucker 1-2 J David Atkinson 1-2 Ronald F Andrew 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 9-10 William H Dowse 1126 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1120 PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Thu, 24th February 1972 in 2 hrs 24 mins. Tenor size 15. LEICESTER, Cathedral of St Martin 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Sat, 8th January 1972 in 3 hrs 36 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Comp. Charles Middleton 5088 Spliced Surprise Maximus 1-2 J David Atkinson (4m: 1632 Londinium; 1152 Cambridge, Clifton, Superlative: 51 com, atw) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. W Eric Critchley 5-6 Frederick Shallcross 1 Roger I Kendrick 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 2 W Eric Critchley 3 Christine Andrew 1127 4 Beryl R Simpson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 6 Neil Bennett (C) Thu, 2nd March 1972 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 Michael J Church 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 8 Richard S Starkie Comp. J Wood 9 Jeffrey Brannan 1-2 Ronald F Andrew 10 Basil Jones 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 11 Brian Harris 5-6 J David Atkinson 12 Robert B Smith 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse This composition is now rung for the first time 9-10 Neil D Lomas

1121 1128 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Thu, 13th January 1972 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 4th March 1972 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. A F Scholfield Comp. Joseph W Parker 1-2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 1 M Felicity Ashworth 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Richard J Warrilow 5-6 J David Atkinson 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Frederick Shallcross 4 F Hector Bennett 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 5 J Anthony Beaumont In memoriam J William Clarke, a past master of the Guild. 6 Reginald H Newton 7 Alan J Brown 1122 8 Basil Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1129 Thu, 20th January 1972 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5056 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Comp. James E Burton Sat, 11th March 1972 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 1-2 Peter Broadbent 5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Charles W Roberts 5-6 J David Atkinson 1 Basil Jones 7-8 Ronald F Andrew 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1123 4 Peter Broadbent CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Brian S B Kear PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 6 Gerald Moorhouse Thu, 27th January 1972 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 William H Dowse 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 8 Frank Osbaldiston Comp. B Annable 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Frederick Shallcross 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 9-10 Neil D Lomas 121 1130 1136 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Thu, 16th March 1972 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 18th May 1972 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Neil D Lomas 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 Ronald F Andrew 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 John R Scott 7-8 J David Atkinson

1131 1137 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringfaam Road MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Thu, 6th April 1972 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 1st June 1972 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. John R Pritchard Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Peter Broadbent 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 5-6 Peter Broadbent 7-8 Ronald F Andrew 7-8 Alan F Scholfield To welcome Rebecca Clare and Catherine Jane, twin daughters of Mr and First on an inside pair: 5-6. Mrs A F Scholfield, born this day. 1138 1132 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Thu, 8th June 1972 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 8th April 1972 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Comp. James Shaw Comp. Arranged by R G Green 1-2 Alan F Scholfield 1 Alan J Brown 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Norah M Randles 5-6 Frederick Shallcross 3 Christopher J Jones 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 4 C Kenneth Lewis 9-10 J David Atkinson 5 George H Randles 6 Michael Thomson 1139 7 Roger G Green (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Allen Twyman ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Thu, 15th June 1972 in 2 hrs 2 mins. Tenor size 15. 1133 5056 Plain Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C Kenneth Lewis ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1-2 Ronald F Andrew Thu, 20th April 1972 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5-6 J David Atkinson Comp. J Wood 7-8 John R Scott 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1140 5-6 Eric J Gilbert CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, Derbyshire, Ashdene, the Horderns 9-10 Charles F Pocock Fri, 23rd June 1972 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 14. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1134 1-2 Michael Foulds CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 Elizabeth A Hibbert MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 6th May 1972 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5000 Plain Bob Royal 1141 Comp. John Reeves SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION 1 Oneta M Wilson MEOLE BRACE, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Holy Trinity 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 15th July 1972 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 3 John Booth 5152 London Surprise Major 4 Peter Dyson Comp. Thomas B Worsley 5 Ian Smith 1 Margaret E Gaskin 6 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Roy Worrall 7 Brian S B Kear 3 F Hector Bennett 8 Peter G Bellamy-Knights 4 Roland Morant 9 Ronald F Andrew 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 Michael Foulds 6 Ralph B Mitchell 7 Paul J Atkins 1135 8 Raymond J Ballard CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First in method inside: 6. First of London: 7. A farewell peal for the vicar, MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue Revd Stanley F Dakin, who is going to Nairobi Thu, 11th May 1972 in 2 hrs 11 mins. Tenor size 15. 5184 Treble Bob Major (2m: 672 Oxford, 4512 Kent, 42 com; Ilkeston variation) Comp. Edwin Timbrell 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Frederick Shallcross 7-8 Alan F Scholfield

122 1142 1148 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas GLENFIELD, Leicester, 22 Groby Road Fri, 21st July 1972 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Fri, 1st September 1972 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor size 15. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5016 Plain Bob Maximus (12m: 960 London and Rutland and 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Eastcote, Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, 1-2 Brian G Warwick Yorkshire: 139 com) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Albert J Pitman 5-6 Peter N Mackley 1 Frank R Morton 7-8 Joyce M Clarke 2 Roland W Morant 9-10 Rosamund M Mackley 3 Michael Platt 11-12 B Stedman Payne 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1149 6 Raymond J Ballard LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Ivor R Nichols WIGSTON, Leicester, 13 Bradgate Drive 8 Roy Worrall Sat, 2nd September 1972 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 11. First of 12-spliced for all except 4th and 5th ringers. 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1143 1-2 Charles F Pocock CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER, St Mary-within-the-Walls 5-6 Robert Peers Sat, 22nd July 1972 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 7-8 John W Bramley 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1150 1 Jonathan D Shanklin LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 John W Griffiths LEICESTER, The Wayside, 150 Narborough Road South 3 Christopher J Jones Sat, 2nd September 1972 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 15. 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 5 J David Adams Comp. J Wood 6 Dennis H B Millward 1-2 Kenneth S B Croft 7 John G Hallett 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Geoffrey Parting 5-6 Charles F Pocock On the occasion of the wedding of Frederick W Kelly (local tower keeper) 7-8 Leonard Goodall and Vanessa E Lee, which took place prior to the peal. 9-10 John W Bramley First Treble Ten in hand: 1-2. 1144 LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1151 GLENFIELD, Leicestershire, 22 Groby Road CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 25th July 1972 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 15. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Thu, 21st September 1972 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 1-2 J David Atkinson Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Neil D Lomas 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 J David Atkinson 1145 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1152 PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Thu, 27th July 1972 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 15. CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John the Evangelist 5040 Plain Bob Royal Wed, 27th September 1972 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1-2 Ronald F Andrew 1 James R D Allison 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Ernest Pimlott 5-6 J David Atkinson 3 Hilary A Skinner 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 4 Christopher L D Munday 9-10 Neil D Lomas 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Christopher J Jones 1146 First peal attempt: 1. LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION WALKDEN, Lancashire, St Paul 1153 Sat, 19th August 1972 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5120 Chequerbent Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Thu, 28th September 1972 in 1 hr 55 mins. Tenor size 15. 1 Michael D Fishwick 5040 Kent Treble Bob Minor 2 James E Andrews 1-2 Ronald F Andrew 3 Peter Broadbent 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 J David Atkinson 5 A John Illingworth Completes Kent family from Minor to Maximus in hand: 5-6. 6 Roy Jolley 7 Geoffrey Fothergill (C) 1154 8 Peter G Bellamy-Knights CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 100th of Major: 2. 50th peal: 6. First peal in the method. MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Sat, 30th September 1972 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 1147 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Albert J Pitman ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1 Brian S B Kear Thu, 24th August 1972 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor size 15. 2 Elizabeth A Hibbert 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 3 Eric Hotine Comp. John Reeves 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 5 Michael Faulds 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Stuart I Bamforth 5-6 J David Atkinson 7 Ronald F Andrew 7-8 John W Gander 8 Frank Osbaldiston 9-10 Ronald F Andrew Compliment to the tenor ringer on his MSc. 123 1155 1161 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHEWTON MENDIP, Somerset, St Mary Magdalene MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael Sat, 7th October 1972 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. Fri, 8th December 1972 in 3 hrs 31 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Roger Baldwin Comp. Peter Border 1 Christopher J Jones 1 Geoffrey R Gardner 2 Roger G Green 2 Peter C Randall 3 Michael Thomson 3 Neil Bennett (C) 4 Michael C E Hodge 4 R David Baker 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Graham J Jones 6 Keith W Brown 7 Eric J Gilbert 7 Timothy Wylie 8 Ralph G Edwards 8 Peter G Brown 9 Michael D Fishwick 1156 10 Richard S Starkie CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 11 Derek Butterworth MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 12 Frederick Shallcross Thu, 26th October 1972 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 1162 Comp. J Wood CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 J David Atkinson ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Thu, 4th January 1973 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor size 15. 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse Comp. J Wood 9-10 Neil D Lomas 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1157 5-6 Alan F Scholfield WORCESTERSHIRE & DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse WORCESTER, Cathedral 9-10 J David Atkinson Sat, 28th October 1972 in 4 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 49 cwt. 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 1163 Comp. Peter Border CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Basil Jones MOTTRAM-IN-LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael 2 George W Pipe Sat, 13th January 1973 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 15 cwt. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 4 Roland H Cook (16m: 640 London; 320 Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, 5 Bernard F L Groves Lindum, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative, Yorkshire, 6 Cyril Crossthwaite Wembley, Wordsworth; 160 Uxbridge, Watford: 139 com) 7 Frederick Shallcross Comp. Albert J Pitman 8 R Kingsley Mason 1 Peter Broadbent 9 John H Fielden 2 Neil Bennett 10 Timothy F Collins 3 Basil Jones 11 Brian Harris 4 Roland Morant 12 Robert B Smith 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Raymond J Ballard 1158 7 Ivor R Nichols CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Roy Worrall MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints First in 16 methods for all except 2, 3, 5. Sat, 4th November 1972 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 1164 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Peter Dyson MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd 2 Ronald F Andrew Thu, 25th January 1973 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 14. 3 Margaret P Booth 5056 St Clement's College Bob Major 4 Peter Broadbent Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 J David Atkinson 6 Brian S B Kear 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Sidney Hough jun 5-6 Frederick Shallcross 8 John Booth 7-8 Neil D Lomas First in method: 2. First in the method by all.

1159 1165 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark Thu, 9th November 1972 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 3rd February 1973 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. J David Atkinson Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Elisabeth R Mullett 1 Alan J Brown 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Michael Thomson 5-6 J David Atkinson 3 Christopher J Jones 7-8 Eric J Gilbert 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 5 Christopher L D Munday 11-12 Charles F Pocock 6 Charles F Pocock First in method in hand: 7-8 7 Geoffrey C Sparling 8 Robert Peers 1160 9 Eric J Gilbert CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Anthony P Foster MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue Thu, 23rd November 1972 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 15. 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Comp. Arthur Knights 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 124 1166 1172 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines Thu, 8th February 1973 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 29th March 1973 in 2 hrs 31 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal Comp. J D Atkinson Comp. A F Scholfield 1-2 J David Atkinson 1-2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 3-4 Margaret L Sherwood 3-4 J David Atkinson 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Frederick Shallcross 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 9-10 Marcus C W Sherwood 9-10 Neil D Lomas 11-12 Alan F Scholfield First of Kent Treble Bob Maximus: 7-8. 1173 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1167 BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 31st March 1973 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 5152 London Surprise Major Thu, 15th February 1973 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor size 15. Comp. Charles Middleton 5080 Kent Treble Bob Royal 1 Basil Jones Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 Raymond J Ballard 1-2 Alan F Scholfield 3 Peter Broadbent 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 5 Alan J Brown 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 6 Roland Morant 9-10 Neil D Lomas 7 Ivor R Nichols 8 Roy Worrall 1168 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1174 MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 17th February 1973 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. WHITCHURCH, Shropshire, St Alkmund 5056 Rutland Surprise Major Mon, 23rd April 1973 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. Comp. Stephen J Ivin 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 John Booth Comp. Michael S Bruce 2 Ronald F Andrew 1 Michael S Haighton 3 Peter Broadbent 2 Eric Hotine 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Brian S B Kear 4 Geoffrey A Edwards 6 William H Dowse 5 Roy Worrall 7 Basil Jones 6 Roland W Morant 8 Frank Osbaldiston 7 Frank R Morton 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) 1169 First of Surprise: 1. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 1175 Sat, 24th February 1973 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Minor NANTWICH, Cheshire, St Mary (4m: 2 extents Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; Sat, 5th May 1973 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. one Plain Bob) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 1 Colin Davies Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 Brian Schofield 1 Peter Broadbent 3 Clive M Smith 2 Roy Worrall 4 Alan J Brown 3 Ivor R Nichols 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Christopher J Jones 5 Michael J Platt First peal attempt: 1. To welcome Rebecca Ann, born February 13, second 6 Roland W Morant daughter of Chris, and Diana Jones. 7 David J Midgley 8 Eric Hotine 1170 Half-muffled in memoriam Mr and Mrs John E Brough, interred the CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD previous day. NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 3rd March 1973 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 1176 5024 Plain Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C Kenneth Lewis MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry 1 Stephen Gregory Thu, 24th May 1973 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 14. 2 Peter Broadbent 5040 Plain Bob Royal 3 Geoffrey Dyson Comp. Alan F Scholfield 4 Brian S B Kear 1-2 J David Atkinson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Ronald F Andrew 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 7 Frank Osbaldiston 7-8 John W Gander 8 William H Dowse 9-10 Ronald F Andrew First peal: 1, 3. 200th peal: 1-2.

1171 1177 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Thu, 8th March 1973 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 31st May 1973 in 2 hrs 13 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Plain Bob Royal 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. Arranged by A F Scholfield Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 J David Atkinson 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 5-6 Frank R Morton 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 9-10 John W Gander First as conductor.

125 1178 1183 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines Thu, 28th June 1973 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 21st July 1973 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. J David Atkinson 1-2 John W Gander 1-2 Robert B Smith (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 J David Atkinson 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 Stuart W Bracegirdle 7-8 Alfred Ballard First in hand: 7-8. 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 11-12 Alan F Scholfield 1179 First of Oxford Treble Bob Maximus: 7-8. Completes Oxford Treble Bob CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD from Minor to Maximus on handbells: 7-8. BROUGHTON, Staffordshire, St Peter Sat, 7th July 1973 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 1184 5088 Bristol Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C H Hattersley MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry 1 Ivor R Nichols Thu, 23rd August 1973 in 1 hr 55 mins. Tenor size 15. 2 Peter Broadbent 5056 Plain Bob Major 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 David J Midgley 1-2 Alan F Scholfield 5 Ralph B Mitchell 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Roland W Morant 5-6 J David Atkinson 7 Basil Jones 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 8 Roy Worrall First in the method away from treble: 2. 1185 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1180 CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Mon, 27th August 1973 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Thu, 12th July 1973 in 2 hrs 13 mins. Tenor size 15. Comp. William Pye 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Sidney Hough jun Comp. Charles Middleton 2 Michael Foulds 1-2 J David Atkinson 3 James Hedgcock 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 J David Atkinson 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 5 Ronald F Andrew 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 6 Stuart I Bamforth 7 C Kenneth Lewis 1181 8 Peter A Sharp CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 Robert B Smith (C) ALTON, Staffordshire, St Peter 10 Alan F Scholfield Sat, 14th July 1973 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 1186 Comp. Arthur Knights CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Norman J Goodman NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 2 Fred Dunkerley Sat, 1st September 1973 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 3 Beryl E Cawser 5024 London Surprise Major 4 J Edward Cawser (C) Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1 William H Dowse 6 Basil Jones 2 Fred Dunkerley 7 Bryan D A Woolley 3 Peter Broadbent 8 Brian Harris 4 John A Booth 50th Bristol Surprise Major as conductor. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Basil Jones 1182 7 Jeffrey Brannan CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Brian Harris OVER, Cheshire, St Chad Sat, 21st July 1973 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 1187 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Joseph W Parker PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1 Richard E Morris Thu, 6th September 1973 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major 3 Jonathan D Shanklin Comp. Arthur Knights 4 Alan J Brown 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 5 Edward V Rodenhurst 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John W Griffiths 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 7 John G Hallett 7-8 Neil D Lomas 8 Christopher J Jones On the 50th anniversary of the 17280 Kent, in which the fifth ringer rang the 1188 same bell (the only survivor of the band). Also to mark the departure of the CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Rt Revd Gerald Ellison from Chester for London. 55th wedding anniversary DERBY, Cathedral of All Saints peal for Mr and Mrs A R Elkins Sat, 8th September 1973 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 David W Friend 2 Janet S Lee 3 Christopher J Jones 4 Margaret P Booth 5 Brian S B Kear 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Peter Broadbent 8 Michael Foulds 9 Stuart I Bamforth 10 John A Booth First of Surprise Royal: 5. 126 1189 1195 DERBY DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, Derbyshire, Ashdene, the Horderns MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall Thu, 27th September 1973 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 17th November 1973 in 3 hrs 37 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 1-2 William A Hibbert Comp. Andrew S Hudson 3-4 Elizabeth A Hibbert 1 Michael D Fiander 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Basil Jones First peal attempt: 1-2. 3 David G Adams 4 John E Harrold 1190 5 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Alan F Scholfield WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Road 7 Alexander J Martin Thu, 4th October 1973 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor size 14. 8 Christopher Hims 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 9 John Pladdys Comp. Alan F Scholfield 10 Geoffrey Paul 1-2 Neil D Lomas 11 Jeffrey Brannan 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 12 Robert B Smith (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 200th tower for a peal: 9. A compliment to Martin and Terry Kirk of 7-8 Alan F Scholfield Leicester on the birth of a son (Jonathon Peter Simon). 9-10 John W Gander First peal of Royal in Wilmslow. 1196 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1191 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Thu, 22nd November 1973 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 15. WARBURTON, Cheshire, St Werburgh 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Sat, 6th October 1973 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Comp. Arthur Craven 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major 1-2 J David Atkinson Comp. Thomas B Worslev 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Jeffrey Brannan 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 2 J David Atkinson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 3 Basil Jones 300th peal: 5-6. 4 John A Booth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1197 6 William H Dowse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Robert B Smith WITTON, Northwich, Cheshire, St Helen 8 Brian Harris Sat, 1st December 1973 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Fon Harvest Thanksgiving. 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1192 1 Simon R Cole CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Fred Dunkerley ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Thu, 18th October 1973 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 15. 4 Neil D Lomas 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major 5 Christopher L D Munday Comp. William Harrison 6 William H Dowse 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 7 Stuart W Bracegirdle 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Basil Jones 5-6 J David Atkinson First touch in the method: 7. 7-8 Stuart W Bracegirdle First Treble Bob in hand and first of Kent Treble Bob Major: 7-8. 1198 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1193 BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin ST MARTIN'S GUILD FOR THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM Sat, 15th December 1973 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 18 cwt. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 5040 Plain Bob Minor Sat, 27th October 1973 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 1 Andrew W Giddings 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 2 George H Bailey 1 Roderick W Pipe 3 Colin Davies 2 Beryl E Cawser 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 John C Eisel 5 Alan J Brown 4 J Edward Cawser (C) 6 Christopher J Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis First peal: 1. 6 Basil Jones 7 Norman J Goodman 1199 8 Terry R Hampton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 Ian M Holland MOTTRAM-IN-LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael 10 George E Fearn Sat, 22nd December 1973 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 11 Brian Harris 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 12 Bryan D A Woolley Comp. J Pigott 1 Margaret P Booth 1194 2 Fred Dunkerley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Peter Broadbent OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 4 William H Dowse Thu, 8th November 1973 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal 6 Basil Jones Comp. Arthur Knights 7 John Booth 1-2 John W Gander 8 Jeffrey Brannan 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 9-10 Neil D Lomas Birthday compliment to N. D. Lomas.

127 1200 1205 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines CHESTER, St Mary Within the Walls Thu, 27th December 1973 in 2 hrs 26 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 2nd February 1974 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. Alan F Scholfield Comp. P I Chapman 1-2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 1 William F Gibbons 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Thomas E Howarth 5-6 J David Atkinson 3 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 4 Michael Thomson 9-10 Robert B Smith 5 Alexander J Martin 6 Robert Peers 1201 7 Stuart W Bracegirdle CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Basil Jones (C) MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd First in the method: 1, 2, 7. For the enthronement of the Rt Revd Hubert Thu, 3rd January 1974 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 15. Victor Whitsey as Bishop of Chester, which took place immediately prior to 5152 Rutland Surprise Major the peal Comp. Henry W Wilde 1-2 J David Atkinson 1206 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Alan F Scholfield WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse Thu, 7th March 1974 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 15. First in method: 7-8. First in method in hand by all 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Comp. E Banks James 1202 1-2 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) NORBURY (Hazel Grove), Cheshire, St Thomas 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse Sat, 5th January 1974 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 7-8 Neil D Lomas 5024 London Surprise Major First in the method in hand: 7-8. Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1 John Booth 1207 2 Jane Booth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Margaret P Booth PRESTBURY, Cheshire, St Peter 4 Fred Dunkerley Sat, 23rd March 1974 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5056 Prestbury Bob Major 6 Basil Jones Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7 William H Dowse 1 Gerald Moorhouse 8 Jeffrey Brannan 2 J David Atkinson First peal attempt: 2 (aged 13). 3 Bernard F L Groves 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1203 5 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Basil Jones OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire 46 Brookside Avenue 7 Alan F Scholfield Thu, 10th January 1974 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 15. 8 Jeffrey Brannan 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major First peal in the method. A compliment to the Vicar, Canon H W Rogers, on Comp. C Kenneth Lewis his appointmnet as Canon and Rural Dean. 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1208 5-6 Alan F Scholfield CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse OVER, Cheshire, St Chad First in method in hand: 3-4, 5-6. First in method: 7-8. Sat, 6th April 1974 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5024 Belfast Surprise Major 1204 Comp. R J Tibbetts CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Clarissa J E Caroe LONDON, St Michael, Cornhill 2 Frank R Morton Sat, 26th January 1974 in 3 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 4 Roland W Morant Comp. Frank T Blagrove 5 Eric Hotine 1 John Robinson 6 David J Midgley 2 James Hedgcock 7 Roy Worrall 3 Martin J Kirk 8 Ivor R Nichols 4 Jack L Millhouse First in the method by all and for the Guild. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Bernard F L Groves 1209 7 C Barrie Dove CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 John Pladdys ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 9 Alan F Scholfield Sat, 13th April 1974 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 10 Brian J Woodruffe 5184 Bristol Surprise Major 11 Brian Harris Comp. Arthur Knights 12 Robert B Smith (C) 1 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Jane Booth 3 Peter Broadbent 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Gerald Parsons 7 John Booth 8 Jeffrey Brannan

128 1210 1215 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Tue, 23rd April 1974 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 15. Tue, 7th May 1974 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major Comp. Arthur Craven Comp. Arthur Craven 1-2 J David Atkinson 1 Sidney Hough jun 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Graham A C John 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 3 Nicholas Thomson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 4 Michael C E Hodge First in the method in hand by all 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Colin Davies 1211 7 Michael Thomson ANCIENT SOCIETY OF COLLEGE YOUTHS 8 Roy Worrall ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels First in the method: 2, 3, 4, 6. 21st birthday compliment to Julia Davies. Fri, 26th April 1974 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 1216 Comp. Peter Border ST MARTIN'S GUILD FOR THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM 1 Alan F Scholfield BIRMINGHAM, Cathedral of St Philip 2 James E Andrews Fri, 7th June 1974 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 31 cwt. 3 J Henry Fielden 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Arr Roderick W Pipe 5 J Martin Thorley 1 Beryl E Cawser 6 Basil Jones 2 Muriel Reay 7 A John Illingworth 3 Clive M Smith 8 Geoffrey Fothergill 4 J Edward Cawser 9 Cyril Crossthwaite 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 10 Marcus C W Sherwood 6 Thomas J Lock 11 Jeffrey Brannan 7 Jack L Millhouse 12 Richard E Price 8 Robert E J Dennis 9 Roderick W Pipe 1212 10 Norman J Goodman LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 11 Peter Border CHELTENHAM, Gloucestershire, St Mary the Virgin 12 Bryan D A Woolley Sat, 27th April 1974 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. Rung immediately before the memorial service for George E Fearn. 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Roderick W Pipe 1217 1 D Robert Pettifor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 James Hedgcock TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 3 Christopher Hims Fri, 14th June 1974 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 4 Basil Jones 5040 Minor 5 C Kenneth Lewis (4m: 2 extents Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Plain Bob, 1 Kent 6 William A Lacey Treble Bob) 7 John C Eisel 1 Basil Jones 8 John Pladdys 2 Herbert M Heaton 9 Alan F Scholfield 3 Sidney Hough jun 10 Brian J Woodruffe 4 Eric Roughley 11 Brian Harris 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 12 Robert B Smith (C) 6 Neil D Lomas For the 150th anniversary of the openinq of the bells (back 8). In memoriam George Cook of Taxal, died June 8, 1974.

1213 1218 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Thu, 2nd May 1974 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 20th June 1974 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 15. 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. E Banks James Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 J David Atkinson 1-2 Clive W Simpson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 5-6 Stuart W Bracegirdle 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 J David Atkinson

1214 1219 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD INVERNESS, Cathedral Church of St Andrew WITTON, Northwich, Cheshire, St Helen Sat, 4th May 1974 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. Sat, 22nd June 1974 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 John Booth 1 P Graham Walters 2 D Robert Pettifor 2 Nicholas Thomson 3 Margaret P Booth 3 Colin Davies 4 Peter Broadbent 4 Clarissa J E Caroe 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Basil Jones 6 Michael Thomson 7 Alan F Scholfield 7 David J Midgley 8 William H Dowse 8 Frank R Morton 9 Robert B Smith 600th peal: 6. 10 Jeffrey Brannan First on the ten bells.

129 1220 1226 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Tue, 25th June 1974 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 15. Fri, 16th August 1974 in 2 hrs 41 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Charles H Hattersley 1-2 Neil D Lomas 1 Alan J Brown 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Fred Dunkerley 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 3 Basil Jones 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 4 Margaret P Booth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1221 6 William H Dowse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 John A Booth MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 8 Jeffrey Brannan Sat, 20th July 1974 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 1000th peal: 3. (The ringers of treble and fifth rang in Basil Jones's first 5152 London Surprise Major peal.) Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1 Basil Jones 1227 2 Jeffrey Brannan CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Ivor R Nichols MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 4 Robert J Warrilow Sat, 31st August 1974 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Stedman Triples 6 Frank R Morton Comp. James W Washbrook's variation of Thurston's 4-Part 7 Colin Davies 1 Christopher J Jones 8 J David Atkinson 2 Norah M Randles 100th of Surprise Major: 6. First in the method: 7. 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 George H Bailey 1222 5 Michael Thomson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Roland W Morant ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 7 Jack L Millhouse (C) Fri, 26th July 1974 in 2 hrs 8 mins. Tenor size 15. 8 Nigel Turner 5040 Plain Bob Minor First peal attempt: 8. 1-2 Vivien M Willmott 3-4 James R D Allison 1228 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal: 1-2. First in hand: 3-4. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd Wed, 4th September 1974 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor size 15. 1223 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C Kenneth Lewis ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1-2 J David Atkinson Mon, 29th July 1974 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) 1-2 Catherine R M Allison 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 5-6 James R D Allison First of Cambridge Royal on handbells: 3-4. First peal: 1-2. 1229 1224 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary Thu, 12th September 1974 in 2 hrs 7 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 3rd August 1974 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major 1-2 Elizabeth A Hibbert Comp. James S Wilde 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Colin Davies 5-6 James R D Allison 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 J Robert Jervis 1230 4 Sidney Hough jun CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Peter Broadbent ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 6 Malcolm Murphy Fri, 20th September 1974 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 7 Michael Thomson 5056 Spliced Surprise Major 8 Geoffrey R Gardner (8m: 960 Rutland; 896 Yorkshire; 704 Bristol, Lincolnshire; 672 First in the method: 3, 6. To welcome Claire Lynda, daughter for David and Cambridge; 448 Pudsey, Superlative: 106 com, atw) Lynda Sutherland, of Weaverham. Comp. Richard J Parker 1 Basil Jones 1225 2 Derek Butterworth LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 3 Paul E Hartley SADDLEWORTH, Yorkshire, St Chad 4 C Kenneth Lewis Tue, 6th August 1974 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. 5 Giles B Thompson 5184 Saddleworth Surprise Major 6 Neil D Lomas Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7 John A Booth 1 Geoffrey Nield 8 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 2 Basil Jones 3 Margaret P Booth 1231 4 J Martin Thorley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 John A Booth MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd 6 C Kenneth Lewis Thu, 26th September 1974 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 Richard S Starkie 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 8 Jeffrey Brannan (C) Comp. Arthur Craven First on 8: 1. The method is now pealed for the first time. 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 William H Jackson 7-8 Alan F Scholfield

130 1232 1238 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue Thu, 3rd October 1974 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 14th November 1974 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor size 15. 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5016 Little Bob Maximus Comp. Arranged By Cornelius Charge Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 5-6 William H Jackson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 9-10 William H Jackson 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 11-12 Andrew C D Mayes 1233 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1239 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Thu, 17th October 1974 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor size 15. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd 5016 Plain Bob Maximus Thu, 21st November 1974 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. Comp. Arranged By C Kenneth Lewis 5184 Little Bob Royal 1-2 J David Atkinson Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 William H Jackson (C) 5-6 William H Jackson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 5-6 J David Atkinson 9-10 Andrew C D Mayes 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 11-12 Neil D Lomas 9-10 Andrew C D Mayes First of Plain Bob Maximus: 5-6. First on 12 handbells: 9-10. Complete family Minor to Maximus: 3-4, 9-10. 1240 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1234 PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Thu, 28th November 1974 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor size 15. KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal Sat, 26th October 1974 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Comp. Robert Peers 5040 Minor 1-2 J David Atkinson (3m: 1 extent Cambridge S., Kent Treble Bob; 4 extents Plain Bob) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Malcolm Murphy 5-6 William H Jackson (C) 2 Michael Thomson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 3 Paul Maddock 9-10 Andrew C D Mayes 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Colin Davies (C) 1241 6 P Graham Walters CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First as conductor. On Guild Dinner Day. Birthday compliment to Lesley WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road England Thu, 5th December 1974 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 1235 Comp. J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Alan F Scholfield PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Tue, 29th October 1974 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor size 15. 5-6 William H Jackson (C) 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 7-8 J David Atkinson Comp. John Worth 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 1-2 William H Jackson 11-12 Andrew C D Mayes 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 50th as conductor. 200th peal: 5-6. 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 1242 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 11-12 Andrew C D Mayes ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels First of Treble Bob Maximus: 11-12 Sat, 7th December 1974 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5040 Belfast Surprise Maximus 1236 Comp. Jeffrey Brannan CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Basil Jones ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Blessed Virgin 2 Derek Butterworth Sat, 2nd November 1974 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 3 Margaret L Sherwood 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 4 Michael D Fishwick Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Norah M Randles 6 Marcus C W Sherwood 2 Alan J Brown 7 Geoffrey Fothergill 3 David Kirkcaldy 8 J Martin Thorley 4 Michael C E Hodge 9 Jeffrey Kershaw 5 Colin Davies 10 Alan F Scholfield 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 11 James E Andrews 7 Christopher L D Munday 12 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 8 Eric J Gilbert First peal in the method. Previously rung in spliced.

1237 1243 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin Thu, 7th November 1974 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor size 18. Thu, 12th December 1974 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5184 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Comp. C Middleton (Heywood's variation) 1-2 William H Jackson 1 Robert J Warrilow 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Sidney Hough jun 5-6 J David Atkinson 3 Peter Broadbent 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes 4 Alan J Brown 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 5 Colin Davies 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Basil Jones 8 John Booth On the 10th anniversary of the dedication of this ring. 131 1244 1250 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow LYMM, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Thu, 19th December 1974 in 2 hrs 39 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 11th January 1975 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. 5080 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5040 Plain Bob Triples Comp. Arthur Knights Comp. William Walmsley 1-2 Geoffrey Bridges 1 Paul R Harris 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Alan J Brown 5-6 J David Atkinson 3 Nicholas Thomson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 4 Michael Thomson 9-10 Andrew C D Mayes 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First of Oxford Royal: 1-2. 6 Basil Jones 7 John Moore 1245 8 Robert F Harris CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First of Plain Bob Triples for all except 4 and 6. 1013th peal: 6. (1000 PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow single-handed) Wedding compliment to Michael Thomson and Pamela Fri, 27th December 1974 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor size 15. Hough. 5136 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus Comp. Robert B Smith 1251 1-2 William H Jackson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 5-6 Robert B Smith (C) Thu, 16th January 1975 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor size 15. 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 5136 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse Comp. Alan F Scholfield 11-12 J David Atkinson 1-2 William H Jackson First of Oxford T. B. Max.: 1-2. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 J David Atkinson 1246 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9-10 Alan F Scholfield (C) ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 11-12 Andrew C D Mayes Thu, 2nd January 1975 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor size 15. First of Oxford Treble Bob Maximus: 11-12. 5040 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1252 1-2 Catherine R M Allison CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 James R D Allison MOORSIDE, Oldham, Lancashire, St Thomas 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 18th January 1975 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 7-8 Vivien M Willmott 5056 Bristol Surprise Major First of Major for all except 5-6. First of Major by a local band. Comp. E Timbrell 1 Basil Jones 1247 2 M Jane Booth CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Margaret P Booth GRAPPENHALL, Cheshire, St Wilfrid 4 John Booth Sat, 4th January 1975 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major 6 William H Dowse Comp. Stephen J Ivin 7 Alan F Scholfield 1 Paul Maddock 8 Jeffrey Brannan 2 Cynthia Warrilow 3 Malcolm Murphy 1253 4 Robert J Warrilow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) RESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 6 Colin Davies Tue, 28th January 1975 in 2 hrs 31 mins. Tenor size 17. 7 P Graham Walters 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal 8 Christopher L D Munday Comp. Nathan J Pitstow Wedding compliment to Michael Thomson 1 (local ringer) and Pamela 1-2 J David Atkinson Hough (Weaverham), married at Weaverham later this day. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Andrew C D Mayes 1248 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9-10 Geoffrey Bridges OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue Tue, 7th January 1975 in 2 hrs 32 mins. Tenor size 18. 1254 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Charles Middleton (Johnson's variation.) WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Rd 1-2 William H Jackson Tue, 4th February 1975 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5-6 Alan F Scholfield Comp. Johnson's variation 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 1-2 Geoffrey Bridges 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 1249 5-6 William H Jackson (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 350th peal: 7-8. First of Cambridge Major in hand: 1-2 . First of Cambridge Thu, 9th January 1975 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor size 15. Major as conductor. 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus Comp. J David Atkinson (No. 7.) 1255 1-2 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 William H Jackson (C) OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis Thu, 6th February 1975 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor size 17. 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus 9-10 Andrew C D Mayes Comp. A F Scholfield 11-12 Neil D Lomas 1-2 William H Jackson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 9-10 Andrew C D Mayes 11-12 Alan F Scholfield (C)

132 1256 1262 DERBY DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION BOWDON, Cheshire, Blessed Virgin Mary MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall Sat, 15th February 1975 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Sat, 29th March 1975 in 3 hrs 37 mins. Tenor 43 cwt. 5184 Bristol Surprise Major 5019 Stedman Cinques Comp. Stephen J Ivin Comp. J Carter 1 Ronald F Andrew 1 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 2 Janet S Foulds 2 Derek Butterworth 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 James E Andrews 4 Alan J Brown 4 John A Booth 5 Gordon A Halls 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Michael Foulds 6 Cyril Crossthwaite 7 Roger M Heyworth 7 Giles B Thompson 8 David W Friend (C) 8 Christopher L D Munday 9 Alan F Scholfield 1257 10 Marcus C W Sherwood CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 11 John H Fielden DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 12 Neil D Lomas Sat, 22nd February 1975 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. First of Cinques: 1, 12 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Catherine R M Allison 1263 2 Cynthia Warrilow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) GRAPPENHALL, Cheshire, St Wilfrid 4 Robert J Warrilow Wed, 2nd April 1975 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor unspecified. 5 James R D Allison 5088 Plain Bob Major 6 Colin Davies Comp. F Hopgood First tower bell peal: 1. First on the bells since rehanging. Rung on the front 1 Cynthia Warrilow six. First by a local band. To commemorate the, centenary of the first peal in 2 Alan J Brown the tower by the Ashton-under-Lyne Society (20 Feb 1875). 3 Paul R Harris 4 C Kenneth Lewis 1258 5 Malcolm Murphy CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Ian W Taylor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 7 Colin Davies (C) Tue, 25th February 1975 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor size 13. 8 Nicholas Thomson 5056 Plain Bob Major First of Major inside: 3. First of Major and first inside: 6. To welcome Revd Comp. C Kenneth Lewis L J Forster as Rector. 1-2 Hilary Bugler 3-4 Neil D Lomas 1264 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow First peal: 1-2. Thu, 3rd April 1975 in 2 hrs 8 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Plain Bob Major 1259 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Geoffrey Bridges ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Thu, 27th February 1975 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor size 15. 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 7-8 Herbert M Heaton Comp. J David Atkinson 1-2 Geoffrey Bridges 1265 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 William H Jackson (C) BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse Sat, 5th April 1975 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 9-10 Andrew C D Mayes 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 11-12 Neil D Lomas Comp. E A Barnett 1 Malcolm Murphy 1260 2 Nicholas Thomson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Cynthia Warrilow CHEADLE HULME, Stockport, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road 4 Robert J Warrilow Tue, 4th March 1975 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 13. 5 Alan J Brown 5056 Plain Bob Major 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7 Colin Davies 1-2 Neil D Lomas 8 Giles B Thompson 3-4 Andrew C D Mayes 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1266 7-8 Peter Broadbent CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW CHESHIRE, 11 Hall Road 1261 Tue, 8th April 1975 in 2 hrs 39 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Thu, 27th March 1975 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor size 15. 1-2 Mary Lewis 5088 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C H Hattersley 5-6 William H Jackson 1-2 Geoffrey Bridges 7-8 Vivien M Willmott 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 9-10 William H Jackson 11-12 Neil D Lomas 250th peal: 5-6.

133 1267 1273 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Manchester, 52 Wellington Road CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road Thu, 10th April 1975 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor size 15. Tue, 6th May 1975 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Alan F Scholfield Comp. Charles Middleton 1-2 J David Atkinson 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 5-6 William H Jackson 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 9-10 Andrew C D Mayes To welcome Julie Elizabeth Bridges. 11-12 William H Jackson 50th of Maximus, all in hand: 1-2. Birthday compliment to Mary Lewis and 1274 Molly Moorhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1268 Thu, 15th May 1975 in 2 hrs 9 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Tue, 15th April 1975 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor size 17. 1-2 Giles B Thompson 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. J Wood 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 1-2 J David Atkinson 7-8 Herbert M Heaton 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Geoffrey Bridges 1275 7-8 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9-10 Andrew C D Mayes MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Sat, 17th May 1975 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 1269 5056 Superlative Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C H Martin WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Rd 1 Peter Broadbent Thu, 17th April 1975 in 2 hrs 14 mins. Tenor size 15. 2 David G Ogden 5008 Plain Bob Major 3 Michael Thomson Comp. W Sottanstall 4 Malcolm Murphy 1-2 William H Jackson (C) 5 Brian S B Kear 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 7 Colin Davies 7-8 Ronald F Andrew 8 P Graham Walters First of Surprise: 2. First in the method: 4, 5, 8. 1270 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1276 BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 19th April 1975 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 5088 Plain Bob Major Thu, 22nd May 1975 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 17. Comp. A J Brown 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 1 Christopher L D Munday Comp. Arr A C D Mayes 2 James R D Allison 1-2 Geoffrey Bridges 3 Ann Dickerson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Geoffrey Edwards 5-6 William H Jackson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 6 Alan J Brown 9-10 Neil D Lomas 7 Colin Davies First of Treble Bob Royal as conductor 8 Frank R Morton First peal attempt: 3. 1277 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1271 BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 31st May 1975 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major Thu, 1st May 1975 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor size 17. Comp. Henry W Wilde 5136 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 1 Cynthia Warrilow Comp. J David Atkinson (No.11.) 2 Gillian Lifton 1-2 William H Jackson (C) 3 Robert J Warrilow 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Malcolm Murphy 5-6 J David Atkinson 5 Alan J Brown 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9-10 Andrew C D Mayes 7 Colin Davies 11-12 Neil D Lomas 8 Giles B Thompson Birthday compliment to Judith Warrilow. 1272 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 1278 WAKEFIELD, Cathedral CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 3rd May 1975 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Thu, 5th June 1975 in 2 hrs 13 mins. Tenor size 14. Comp. Roderick W Pipe 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 1 Derek Butterworth Comp. J Reeves 2 Michael D Fishwick 1-2 Ronald F Andrew 3 Margaret L Sherwood 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 J Colin Ashworth 5-6 Geoffrey Bridges 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Giles B Thompson 6 Geoffrey Fothergill 100th handbell peal 5-6. 7 Jeffrey Kershaw 8 J Martin Thorley 9 Marcus C W Sherwood (C) 10 Alan F Scholfield 11 Richard S Starkie 12 Jeffrey Brannan 400th as conductor. 134 1279 1284 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road Thu, 12th June 1975 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size unspecified. Thu, 3rd July 1975 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size 18. 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 5136 Kent Treble Bob Maximus Comp. J David Atkinson (No. 2.) Comp. R B Smith and A F Scholfield 1-2 Geoffrey Bridges 1-2 William H Jackson 3-4 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Geoffrey Bridges 9-10 Neil D Lomas (C) 9-10 Andrew C D Mayes First on handbells as conductor 11-12 Neil D Lomas

1280 1285 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Rd ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Tue, 17th June 1975 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 11. Thu, 10th July 1975 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 17. 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. Charles Middleton Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1-2 William H Jackson 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 5-6 Andrew C D Mayes 7-8 Geoffrey Bridges (C) 7-8 Giles B Thompson First of Surprise in hand as conductor. Birthday compliment to Elizabeth 50th handbell peal 5-6. Bridges 1286 1281 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road Sat, 12th July 1975 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Thu, 19th June 1975 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 17. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 1 Julia Davies Comp. J David Atkinson 2 Vivien M Willmott 1-2 William H Jackson 3 Herbert M Heaton 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Alan J Brown 5-6 J David Atkinson 5 James R D Allison 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9-10 Neil D Lomas (C) First peal: 1. First on tower bells: 2.

1282 1287 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret MARPLE, Cheshire, 30 Ridge Crescent Sat, 21st June 1975 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Thu, 17th July 1975 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. J Thorp Comp. John R Pritchard 1 Alan J Brown 1-2 Peter Broadbent 2 Malcolm Murphy 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Cynthia Warrilow 5-6 Neil D Lomas 4 Christopher J Jones 7-8 Ronald F Andrew 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Robert J Warrilow 1288 7 Colin Davies CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Peter Dyson PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 9 Alan F Scholfield Tue, 29th July 1975 in 2 hrs 13 mins. Tenor size 15. 10 Neil D Lomas 5056 Kent Treble Bob Major First peal on the ten since re-hanging. First peal of Royal and first in the Comp. Henry Dains method: 2. First peal of Kent Treble Bob Royal: 3. To commemorate the 1-2 William H Jackson (C) 120th anniversary of the dedication of the church (June 13). 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 1283 7-8 Herbert M Heaton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER, Cathedral 1289 Wed, 25th June 1975 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Comp. J Worth Thu, 7th August 1975 in 2 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size 14. 1 Basil Jones (C) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 2 John G Hallett 1-2 Vivien M Willmott 3 John W Griffiths 3-4 James R D Allison 4 Anthony P Foster 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 21st birthday compliment to J R D Allison. 6 Geoffrey C Sparling 7 Michael Thomson 1290 8 Roland W Morant CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 Alexander J Martin MARPLE, Cheshire, 11 Woodville Drive 10 Frank R Morton Tue, 19th August 1975 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 15. 11 Alan F Scholfield 5040 Plain Bob Major 12 Denis Mottershead Comp. C Kenneth Lewis First peal on the bells. Rung after the opening by HRH the Duke of 1-2 Peter Broadbent Gloucester of the New Free Standing Bell Tower 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Giles B Thompson

135 1291 1298 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OFFERTON, Manchester, 46 Brookside Avenue WARWICK, St Mary Thu, 18th September 1975 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 17. Sat, 11th October 1975 in 3 hrs 26 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5120 Superlative Surprise Major 5040 Lincolnshire Surprise Royal Comp. H Johnson Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 J David Atkinson 1 Ronald F Andrew 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 J Edward Cawser 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 3 Frank Osbaldiston 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes 4 Peter Broadbent First in the method in hand: 3-4. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 William A Lacey 1292 7 Trevor H Kirkman CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Alan F Scholfield WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 9 Brian Harris Tue, 23rd September 1975 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 18. 10 Robert B Smith (C) 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. William Harrison 1299 1-2 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 5-6 Giles B Thompson Tue, 21st October 1975 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. 7-8 Herbert M Heaton 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1293 1-2 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 5-6 Peter Broadbent Tue, 30th September 1975 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. 7-8 Ronald F Andrew 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1300 1-2 Peter Broadbent LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 3-4 Ronald F Andrew BOLTON, Lancashire, St Peter 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 25th October 1975 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 7-8 Giles B Thompson 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Peter Border 1294 1 Tudor P Edwards CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Neil Bennett WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 3 Maryl R Fielden Fri, 3rd October 1975 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. 4 Geoffrey C Sparling 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 5 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. J Wood 6 Kenneth J Hesketh 1-2 Marjorie B Batchelor 7 Richard H Youdale 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Richard S Starkie 5-6 Ian M Holland 9 Cyril Crossthwaite 7-8 Neil D Lomas 10 Denis Mottershead 9-10 Giles B Thompson 11 John H Fielden (C) 12 Peter G Brown 1295 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1301 ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 4th October 1975 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major Thu, 30th October 1975 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. Comp. W Harrison 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 1-2 Ian M Holland Comp. Johnson's variation 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 William H Jackson (C) 5-6 Giles B Thompson 3-4 Alan F Scholfield 7-8 Herbert M Heaton 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 1296 72nd birthday compliment to Gerald Moorhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1302 Sat, 4th October 1975 in 2 hrs 14 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Manchester, St Thomas Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Fri, 31st October 1975 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 1-2 Geoffrey Bridges 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Ernest Bennett 5-6 Robert B Smith 1 John Booth 7-8 Alan F Scholfield (C) 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Margaret P Booth 1297 4 William H Jackson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, 91 Cavendish Road 6 Michael W Crowder Tue, 7th October 1975 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 Richard S Starkie 5056 Plain Bob Major 8 William H Dowse Comp. C Kenneth Lewis For the 50th anniversary of the opening of the eight bells (Oct. 24), which 1-2 Giles B Thompson was followed by a week of services preceded by ringing by bands from 3-4 Geoffrey Bridges neighbouring towers culminating in a Ringers' Open Day on Oct. 31, 1925. 5-6 Peter Broadbent 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C)

136 1303 1309 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DERBY DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION OVER, Cheshire, St Chad CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket Sat, 1st November 1975 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Sat, 13th December 1975 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Sidney Hough jun 1 Simon R Cole 2 Arthur Hibbert 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Elizabeth A Hibbert 3 Geoffrey A Edwards 4 William A Hibbert 4 Paul Maddock 5 Eric Frost 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Walter Allman For the 750th anniversary of the foundation of the church. First tower bell 7 Michael Thomson peal: 4. 8 Frank R Morton First in the method: 3, 4. For the 25th anniversary of the record length of 1310 Bristol (21600) rung on November 4, 1975, at Over, 2, 5 and 6 were in the CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD record peal band WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tue, 23rd December 1975 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor size 14. 1304 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C Kenneth Lewis ALTRINCHAM, Manchester, 52 Wellington Road 1-2 Herbert M Heaton Tue, 4th November 1975 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 14. 3-4 Giles B Thompson 5056 Plain Bob Major 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Neil D Lomas 1-2 Peter Broadbent 3-4 Herbert M Heaton 1311 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Neil D Lomas BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin Sat, 27th December 1975 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1305 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Arthur Craven PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1 Geoffrey A Edwards Fri, 7th November 1975 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 15. 2 Malcolm Murphy 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 3 David G Ogden Comp. Johnson's variation 4 Nicholas Thomson 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 5 Alan J Brown 3-4 Geoffrey Bridges 6 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Colin Davies (C) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 8 Frank R Morton First of Yorkshire: 3. First of Surprise as conductor. 21st birthday 1306 compliment to P. Graham Walters. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, 30 Ridge Crescent 1312 Tue, 11th November 1975 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 14. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5056 Plain Bob Major HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, 91 Cavendish Road Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Tue, 30th December 1975 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 15. 1-2 Mary Lewis 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 3-4 Neil D Lomas Comp. Charles Middleton 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 Geoffrey Bridges 7-8 Ronald F Andrew 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 1307 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, 11 Woodville Drive 1313 Tue, 2nd December 1975 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 14. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major DUNHAM MASSEY, Altrincham, Cheshire, St Margaret Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 3rd January 1976 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 1-2 Neil D Lomas 5000 Plain Bob Royal 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Giles B Thompson 1 Robert J Warrilow 7-8 Peter Broadbent 2 Cynthia Warrilow 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1308 4 James R D Allison CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Alan J Brown DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 6 Frank R Morton Sat, 13th December 1975 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 7 Malcolm Murphy 5040 Plain Bob Minor 8 Colin Davies 1 Charlotte Parsons 9 Christopher J Jones 2 Robert J Warrilow 10 Frank Osbaldiston 3 Cynthia Warrilow Retirement compliment to Revd John Heywood (Vicar), after 40 years in the 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Ministry, 24 at Dunham Massey. 5 James R D Allison 6 Colin Davies 1314 First peal: 1. By members of the local band as a pre-wedding compliment to CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Mark N Haworth and Carolyn M Hankinson, both of the local band. MARPLE, Cheshire, 30 Ridge Crescent Tue, 6th January 1976 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 14. 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Giles B Thompson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Peter Broadbent 7-8 Ronald F Andrew

137 1315 1321 HEREFORD DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HEREFORD, Cathedral ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road Sat, 10th January 1976 in 3 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 34 cwt. Tue, 3rd February 1976 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 14. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5024 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 James Hedgcock 1-2 Peter Broadbent 2 Jack L Millhouse 3-4 Neil D Lomas 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Ian M Holland 7-8 Ronald F Andrew 5 John C Eisel 6 Trevor H Kirkman 1322 7 John Pladdys CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Brian J Woodruffe WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 9 Brian Harris Thu, 5th February 1976 in 2 hrs 26 mins. Tenor size 15. 10 Robert B Smith 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Johnson's variation of Middleton's 1316 1-2 William H Jackson (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 Alan F Scholfield WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis Tue, 13th January 1976 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 14. 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1323 1-2 Herbert M Heaton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 Neil D Lomas STRETFORD, Lancashire, St Matthew 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 7th February 1976 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 7-8 Peter Broadbent 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1317 1 Ian W Taylor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 David G Ogden ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 3 Cynthia Warrilow Tue, 20th January 1976 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 13. 4 Robert J Warrilow 5184 Cambridge Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Heywood's variation 6 Malcolm Murphy 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 7 Colin Davies 3-4 William H Jackson 8 Graham A C John 5-6 Geoffrey Bridges First in the method: 2. 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 1324 1318 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John The Evangelist MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Sat, 21st February 1976 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. Sat, 24th January 1976 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5056 Plain Bob Major 1 Judith A Warrilow Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 Cynthia Warrilow 1 J Robert Jervis 3 Alan J Brown 2 Ian W Taylor 4 Robert J Warrilow 3 George H Bailey 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Shirley Garnett 6 Mark Ogden 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal attempt: 1 (aged 11) 6 Gordon Garnett 7 Stephen Bailey 1325 8 Christopher J Jones CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First of Major: 4, 6, 7. First inside: 6. 21st birthday compliment to Shirley HALE, Altrincham, Cheshire, 105 Woburn Drive Garnett. Mon, 23rd February 1976 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 14. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1319 1-2 Cynthia Warrilow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 5-6 Mark Ogden Tue, 27th January 1976 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 14. First in hand: 5-6 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1326 1-2 Herbert M Heaton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, St Thomas, Norbury 5-6 Neil D Lomas Fri, 27th February 1976 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 7-8 Stuart I Bamforth 5056 Spliced Surprise Major (10m: 576 Ashtead, Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, 1320 Yorkshire; 448 Bristol; 384 London, Rutland, Uxbridge, 128 com) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Norman Smith MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1 Derek J Thomas Sat, 31st January 1976 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 2 Andrew C D Mayes 5040 Grandsire Triples 3 Anne E Mayes Comp. Joseph J Parker 4 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Michael Foulds 5 John A Booth 2 Stuart I Bamforth 6 William H Dowse 3 Robert B Smith 7 Richard S Starkie 4 Arthur Hibbert 8 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 5 Ronald F Andrew Retirement compliment to Frank Jones, verger and ringer at this church 6 Gerald Moorhouse 7 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Norman Bainbridge Rung in memoriam Arthur E Whiting.

138 1327 1333 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Tue, 2nd March 1976 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 29th April 1976 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal Comp. Ernest W Tipler Comp. J Wood 1-2 William H Jackson (C) 1-2 Gerald Moorhouse 3-4 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Stuart I Bamforth First as conductor in the method 9-10 Herbert M Heaton First of Royal in hand: 7-8. 1328 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1334 MARPLE, Cheshire, 11 Woodville Drive LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Thu, 18th March 1976 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 14. LEICESTER, Leicestershire, St Margaret 5056 Plain Bob Major Sat, 1st May 1976 in 3 hrs 29 mins. Tenor 32 cwt. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 1-2 Ronald F Andrew Comp. Peter Border 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 J Martin Thorley 5-6 Neil D Lomas 2 J Colin Ashworth 7-8 Peter Broadbent 3 Roger M Heyworth 4 Geoffrey Fothergill 1329 5 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Brian J Owen ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 7 Geoffrey Cheetham Tue, 30th March 1976 in 1 hr 52 mins. Tenor size 14. 8 Derek J Thomas 5040 Minor 9 Jeffrey Kershaw (3m: 2 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 10 Marcus C W Sherwood 1-2 Stuart I Bamforth 11 Richard S Starkie 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 12 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 1200th peal: 1. First on. 12: 6. First of Surprise on 12: 7. First in the method on 12: 2. 600th peal: 11. 1330 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 1335 ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Fri, 2nd April 1976 in 3 hrs 26 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus Thu, 6th May 1976 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 13. (18m: 432 Lambeth, 288 Albanian, Aldenham, Belgrave, Cambridge, 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Lincolnshire, Lindsey, Pontefract, Prittlewell, Redfield, Rochester, Solihull, Comp. Thomas B Worsley Superlative, Wigston, York, Yorkshire; 144 Bedford, Pudsey: 98 com) 1-2 J David Atkinson Comp. Derek Ogden 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 1 John A Booth 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 2 Geoffrey Fothergill 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes 3 Alan F Scholfield 4 Derek Butterworth 1336 5 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Marcus C W Sherwood MARPLE, Cheshire, 30 Ridge Crescent 7 William H Dowse Tue, 11th May 1976 in 1 hr 55 mins. Tenor size 14. 8 Roger M Heyworth 5040 Minor 9 Neil D Lomas (3m: 2 extents Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 10 Michael D Fishwick 1-2 Peter Broadbent 11 Richard S Starkie 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 12 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas

1331 1337 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD FLIXTON, Manchester, St Michael ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road Sun, 4th April 1976 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Thu, 20th May 1976 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Grandsire Triples 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. Joseph J Parker Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Michael Smethurst 1-2 Cynthia Warrilow 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Alan J Brown 5-6 Neil D Lomas 4 Frank Reynolds 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 5 Giles B Thompson 6 Malcolm Murphy 1338 7 Cyril Crossthwaite (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 William H Riddle CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road Half-muffled in memoriam Wilfred Jubal Moss, oldest member of L A C R Tue, 25th May 1976 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 13. and A S C Y, died March 18, 1976, aged 95. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Charles Middleton 1332 1-2 Geoffrey Bridges (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 Andrew C D Mayes MARPLE, Cheshire, 11 Woodville Drive 5-6 William H Jackson Thu, 8th April 1976 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 14. 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Peter Broadbent 3-4 Neil D Lomas 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Herbert M Heaton

139 1339 1345 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HALE, Altrincham, Cheshire, 105 Woburn Drive OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue Thu, 3rd June 1976 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor size 15. Tue, 22nd June 1976 in 2 hrs 39 mins. Tenor size 17. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. A F Scholfield 1-2 Cynthia Warrilow 1-2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 3-4 Mark Ogden 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Andrew C D Mayes 7-8 Robert J Warrilow 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse First of Major in hand: 3-4. 9-10 Herbert M Heaton

1340 1346 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin Fri, 4th June 1976 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Sat, 3rd July 1976 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. John R Pritchard Comp. James E Burton 1 Jane Dickerson 1 Alan J Brown 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 David G Ogden 3 Cynthia Warrilow 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Ann Dickerson 4 Cynthia Warrilow 5 Alan J Brown 5 James A Dickerson 6 Ian W Taylor 6 Malcolm Murphy 7 Malcolm Murphy 7 Robert J Warrilow 8 Colin Davies 8 Colin Davies First peal: 1. Circled tower: 7 First peal: 5.

1341 1347 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MANCHESTER, Town Hall ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Sat, 5th June 1976 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 42 cwt. Tue, 6th July 1976 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. 5042 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Comp. Peter Border Comp. John Reeves 1 Christopher J Hughes 1-2 J David Atkinson 2 J Martin Thorley 3-4 Neil D Lomas 3 Geoffrey Fothergill 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Michael H Tompsett 7-8 Stuart I Bamforth 5 C Kenneth Lewis 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse 6 Geoffrey R Gardner 7 Christopher L D Munday 1348 8 Marcus C W Sherwood CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 Derek Butterworth STRETFORD, Lancashire, St Matthew 10 Alan F Scholfield Sat, 10th July 1976 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 11 Richard S Starkie 5152 Amsterdam Surprise Major 12 Jeffrey Brannan (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 P Mark Ogden 1342 2 Cynthia Warrilow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 David G Ogden MARPLE, Cheshire, 11 Woodville Drive 4 Malcolm Murphy Tue, 8th June 1976 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5056 Plain Bob Major 6 Geoffrey A Edwards Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7 Colin Davies (C) 1-2 Peter Broadbent 8 Frank R Morton 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First in the method for all. 5-6 Edward W Martin 7-8 Ronald F Andrew 1349 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1343 DUNHAM MASSEY, Altrincham, St Margaret CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 17th July 1976 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. WILLASTON, Crewe, Cheshire, 4 Coppice Road 5040 Plain Bob Minor Tue, 15th June 1976 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 12. 1 Sarah Morgan 5056 Plain Bob Major 2 Cynthia Warrilow Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3 Alan J Brown 1-2 Frank R Morton 4 Robert J Warrilow 3-4 John R Scott 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Allen Twyman 7-8 Robert J Warrilow First peal: 1. Silver wedding compliment to the vicar (Revd H Taylor) and 100th handbell peal: 1-2. Mrs Taylor.

1344 1350 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin Wed, 16th June 1976 in 1 hr 47 mins. Tenor size 12. Mon, 19th July 1976 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 5056 Plain Bob Major 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Leslie G Brett 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 2 Edward A Reeves First of Surprise Minor in hand: 3-4 and 5-6. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Frank Reynolds 5 Alan J Brown 6 Sidney Hough jun 7 Joseph Thornley 8 Allen Twyman Half-muffled in memoriam David Vincent, some-time tower master, cremated immediately prior to the peal 140 1351 1356 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence Tue, 20th July 1976 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 14. Fri, 3rd September 1976 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Charles Middleton 1-2 Peter Broadbent 1 Judith A Warrilow 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Cynthia Warrilow 5-6 Stuart I Bamforth 3 Norah M Randles 7-8 J David Atkinson 4 John Oultram 300th peal: 7-8. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Malcolm Murphy 1352 7 Colin Davis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Robert J Warrilow (C) TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House First on 8 and of Treble Bob Hunt: 1. Circled the tower: 4. Tue, 27th July 1976 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 14. 5056 Plain Bob Major 1357 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Cynthia Warrilow TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 3-4 Geoffrey Bridges Sat, 11th September 1976 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 7-8 Herbert M Heaton 1 Julie A Heaton Birthday compliment to Julie Heaton 2 Sally M Heaton 3 Herbert M Heaton 1353 4 Gerald Moorhouse LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 6 Mark Ogden Fri, 13th August 1976 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. First peal attempt: 1, 2. 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1358 1 J Martin Thorley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Robert B Smith WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 3 Derek Butterworth Tue, 21st September 1976 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 4 Marcus C W Sherwood 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Charles Middleton (Johnson's variation) 6 Michael H Tompsett 1-2 Stuart I Bamforth 7 Derek J Thomas 3-4 Christopher L D Munday 8 A Peter Whitehead 5-6 William H Jackson (C) 9 Brian Harris 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 10 Alan F Scholfield First of Surprise in hand: 1-2 11 Richard S Starkie 12 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 1359 Reunion peal for A Peter Whitehead (Christchurch, New Zealand), in LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION England on holiday. FLIXTON, Lancashire, St Michael Sat, 25th September 1976 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 1354 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. C Hattersley BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin 1 William H Riddle Sat, 28th August 1976 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 2 George F Nix 5040 Plain Bob Major 3 Ian G Pollard Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 Derek J Thomas 1 Helen Leith 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Ann Dickerson 6 Cyril Crossthwaite 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Colin Davies (C) 4 Graham Darke 8 Malcolm Murphy 5 Cynthia Warrilow First of Surprise: 3. First of Yorkshire: 2. For the Patronal Festival. 6 Alan J Brown Sponsored in aid of church decoration. 7 Mark Ogden 8 Robert J Warrilow 1360 First peal: 1, 4. Farewell compliment to Revd E C (Ted) Grey, assistant CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD priest, and Mrs Grey. WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 3 Sylvan Avenue Tue, 28th September 1976 in 1 hr 55 mins. Tenor size 14. 1355 5040 Treble Bob Minor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (7m: Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Sandal, London Scholars' PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford) Tue, 31st August 1976 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 15. 1-2 Stuart I Bamforth 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Charles Middleton (Johnson's variation) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 1-2 William H Jackson (C) First peal in 7 Minor methods in hand: 1-2 and 5-6. 3-4 Andrew C D Mayes 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 1361 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 400th peal: 7-8 MARPLE, Cheshire, 11 Woodville Drive Tue, 5th October 1976 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Major Comp. W M Harrison 1-2 Peter Broadbent 3-4 Neil D Lomas 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse

141 1362 1370 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Tue, 12th October 1976 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 15. Mon, 27th December 1976 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5024 Oxford Treble Bob Major 5088 Marple Surprise Major Comp. Arthur Craven Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Herbert M Heaton 1 P Mark Ogden 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Ian W Taylor 5-6 Neil D Lomas 3 Derek J Thomas 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 4 David G Ogden 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1363 6 Geoffrey A Edwards CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Colin Davies HAZEL GROVE, Manchester, 91 Cavendish Road 8 Frank R Morton Tue, 19th October 1976 in 2 hrs 24 mins. Tenor size 15. 100th different tenor (all turned in): 8. First peal in the method. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Charles Middleton 1371 1-2 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis NANTWICH, Cheshire, St Mary 5-6 Geoffrey Bridges (C) Wed, 29th December 1976 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. Roger Baldwin 1364 1 Neil Bennett CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Kenneth J Hesketh TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House 3 Ruth M Border Tue, 2nd November 1976 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 14. 4 William H Jackson 5024 Kent Treble Bob Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Thomas B Worsley 6 Roland W Morant 1-2 Peter Broadbent 7 Brian Harris 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Peter Border (C) 5-6 Herbert M Heaton 7-8 Neil D Lomas 1372 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1365 ALTRINCHAM, Manchester, 52 Wellington Road CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 11th January 1977 in 1 hr 47 mins. Tenor size 15. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33, Sandringham Road 5040 Minor Tue, 30th November 1976 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor size 14. (3m: 3 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 1 extent Plain Bob) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 1-2 Herbert M Heaton 1-2 William H Jackson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 Geoffrey Bridges 5-6 Geoffrey Bridges 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 1373 9-10 Christopher L D Munday (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Road 1366 Thu, 13th January 1977 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Comp. Arthur Knights Tue, 7th December 1976 in 1 hr 34 mins. Tenor size 11. 1-2 Neil D Lomas 5040 Plain Bob Minor 3-4 Stuart I Bamforth 1-2 Stuart I Bamforth 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 William H Jackson 5-6 Neil D Lomas Completes Plain Bob from Minor to Maximus in hand and on tower bells: 1374 5-6. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LOWER PEOVER, Cheshire, St Oswald 1367 Sat, 15th January 1977 in 2 hrs 41 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Minor WILLASTON, Crewe, Cheshire, 4 Coppice Road (7m: Cambridge S., Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Double Oxford, Wed, 8th December 1976 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 13. St Clement's, Plain Bob, Single Oxford) 5056 Plain Bob Major 1 Frank R Morton Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 C Paul Cheshire 1-2 Frank R Morton 3 Phillip J Boote 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Andrew C D Mayes 5 Geoffrey A Edwards 7-8 John R Scott 6 Colin Davies (C)

1368 1375 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 125 Mobberley Road Tue, 14th December 1976 in 2 hrs 5 mins. Tenor size 14. Tue, 18th January 1977 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Minor 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal (3m: 3 extents Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob; 1 extent Plain Bob) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Herbert M Heaton 1-2 Christopher L D Munday 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Peter Broadbent 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes 1369 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 100th on handbells: 7-8. OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue Thu, 16th December 1976 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Charles Middleton 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 142 1376 1382 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane SOLIHULL, Warwickshire, St Alphege Tue, 1st February 1977 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 5th March 1977 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 21 cwt. 5024 Oxford Treble Bob Major 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus Comp. Thomas B Worsley (21m: 288 Albanian, Aldenham, Belgrave, Cambridge, Lambeth, 1-2 Herbert M Heaton Lincolnshire, Lindsey, Pontefract, Prittlewell, Solihull, Superlative, 3-4 Neil D Lomas Wigston, York, Yorkshire; 144 Bedford, Belvoir, Brigstow, Londinium, 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Pudsey, Redfield, Rochester: 104 com) 7-8 Peter Broadbent Comp. D Ogden and N Bennett 1 Michael H Tompsett 1377 2 Geoffrey Fothergill CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Andrew C D Mayes ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 4 Derek Butterworth Thu, 3rd February 1977 in 2 hrs 31 mins. Tenor size 15. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal 6 Marcus C W Sherwood Comp. Andrew C D Mayes 7 Martin J Whiteley 1-2 Neil D Lomas 8 Roger M Heyworth 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 9 Jeffrey Kershaw 5-6 William H Jackson (C) 10 Richard S Starkie 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 11 Derek J Thomas 9-10 J David Atkinson 12 Jeffrey Brannan (C)

1378 1383 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House Thu, 17th February 1977 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 15. Tue, 15th March 1977 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 15. 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Severn 1-2 J David Atkinson 1-2 Herbert M Heaton 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 Stuart I Bamforth 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 1000th for the Guild: 5-6 and the first person to do so. 1379 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1384 WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 22nd February 1977 in 2 hrs 4 mins. Tenor size 15. PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 5040 Treble Bob Minor Thu, 17th March 1977 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor size 15. (4m: (1) Duke of Norfolk and College Exercise Treble Bob (2) Norbury and 5120 Kent Treble Bob Royal College Exercise Treble Bob (3) Old Oxford Delight (4) College Bob IV Comp. Arr A C D Mayes Delight (5) Willesden Delight (6) Oxford and Kingston Treble Bob (7) 1-2 J David Atkinson Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure Treble Bob) 3-4 Neil D Lomas 1-2 Stuart I Bamforth 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 9-10 Gerald Moorhouse

1380 1385 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House Thu, 24th February 1977 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. Tue, 12th April 1977 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Comp. A F Scholfield Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1-2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 1-2 Herbert M Heaton 3-4 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 7-8 Peter Broadbent 9-10 Neil D Lomas 1386 1381 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road Fri, 15th April 1977 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Tue, 1st March 1977 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 13. 5056 Ullesthorpe Surprise Major 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. Charles Middleton Comp. Arr A C D Mayes 1 Stephen R T Pocock 1-2 William H Jackson 2 Malcolm Murphy 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 David G Ogden 5-6 J David Atkinson 4 Maurice W Southworth 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Andrew J Webster 7 Colin Davies (C) 8 Derek J Thomas First in the method for all.

1387 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tue, 19th April 1977 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 15. 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Brian D Price 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse

143 1388 1393 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Fri, 22nd April 1977 in 3 hrs 24 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Tue, 14th June 1977 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 15. 5042 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. Stephen J Ivin Comp. Charles J Sedgley 1 J Martin Thorley 1-2 J David Atkinson 2 J Colin Ashworth 3-4 Alan F Scholfield 3 Martin J Whiteley 5-6 William H Jackson (C) 4 Michael H Tompsett 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Ian W Taylor 1394 7 Peter Wilkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Geoffrey Fothergill BOWDON, Cheshire, The Blessed Virgin Mary 9 Stephen R T Pocock Sat, 16th July 1977 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 10 Malcolm S Turner 5088 Spliced Surprise Major 11 Marcus C W Sherwood (4m: 1344 Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; 1248 Cambridge; 1152 Rutland: 98 12 Jeffrey Brannan (C) com, atw) 500th peal: 8. Farewell compliment to Revd Fred Cooke, taking up an Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood appointment in Jerusalem. 1 Louis A Marsh 2 Robert J Warrilow 1389 3 Clive R Calton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Eric Roughley NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas 5 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 23rd April 1977 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 6 John Bell 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 7 Christopher H Jenkins Comp. C Hattersley 8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 1 C Kenneth Lewis First of Surprise Major: 1. First of Spliced: 3 and 6 2 David G Ogden 3 Vivien M Willmott 1395 4 Brian S B Kear CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Maurice W Southworth WILLASTON, Crewe, Cheshire, 37 Park Road 6 Andrew J Webster Wed, 20th July 1977 in 2 hrs 21 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 Malcolm Murphy 5056 Plain Bob Major 8 Colin Davies (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis First in the method: 3. 25th of Yorkshire Major: 8. For St George's Day. 1-2 Geoffrey Edwards 3-4 John R Scott 1390 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Frank R Morton ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Tue, 24th May 1977 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. 1396 5056 Plain Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Arranged From C Kenneth Lewis' WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 1-2 Neil D Lomas Tue, 26th July 1977 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 Alan F Scholfield (C) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Johnson's variation 7-8 Martin J Kirk 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 William H Jackson (C) 1391 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 7-8 Alan F Scholfield ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael Sat, 4th June 1977 in 3 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 1397 5086 Combretonio Surprise Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Trad (m. C W S.) HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, St Thomas 1 Malcolm S Turner Fri, 29th July 1977 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 2 Alan F Scholfield 5088 Uxbridge Surprise Major 3 J Martin Thorley Comp. Stanley Jenner 4 Andrew C D Mayes 1 Peter Broadbent 5 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Fred Dunkerley 6 Derek J Thomas 3 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 7 Marcus C W Sherwood 4 Ivor R Nichols 8 Geoffrey Fothergill 5 Alan F Scholfield 9 Jeffrey Kershaw 6 C Kenneth Lewis 10 Derek Butterworth 7 Stephen R T Pocock 11 Richard S Starkie 8 Andrew C D Mayes 12 Jeffrey Brannan (C) First peal in the method. The band associate the peal with the memory of 1398 Edward Jenkins who composed the method. NORWICH DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION CATFIELD, Norfolk, The White House 1392 Mon, 15th August 1977 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Plain Bob Minor BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1-2 Mary Lewis Tue, 7th June 1977 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 18 cwt. 3-4 Jocelyn B Gardiner 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Charles Middleton 1 Cynthia Warrilow 2 Judith A Warrilow 3 Vivien M Willmott 4 Robert J Warrilow 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Colin Davies 7 Malcolm Murphy 8 Allen Twyman First of Major inside 2.

144 1399 1405 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NOTTINGHAM, St Mary WISTASTON, Cheshire, St Mary Sat, 27th August 1977 in 3 hrs 41 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. Sat, 15th October 1977 in 2 hrs 26 mins. Tenor 6 cwt. 5040 Imperial Surprise Royal 5040 Minor Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (7m: Norwich S., Ipswich S., Beverley S., Cambridge S., Oxford Treble 1 Marcus C W Sherwood (C) Bob, Single Oxford, Double Oxford) 2 J Martin Thorley 1 Phillip J Boote 3 C Kenneth Lewis 2 C Paul Cheshire 4 Geoffrey Fothergill 3 Geoffrey A Edwards 5 Christopher H Jenkins 4 Andrew J Bradshaw 6 Stephen R T Pocock 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Malcolm S Turner 6 Frank R Morton (C) 8 Derek Butterworth 9 Derek J Thomas 1406 10 Jeffrey Brannan CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD For the birth of Elizabeth Helen, the daughter of Andrew and Ann Mayes. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road First peal in the method. Tue, 18th October 1977 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major 1400 Comp. J H Sunderland NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION 1-2 J David Atkinson BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 3rd September 1977 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 5088 London Surprise Major 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse Comp. Stephen J Ivin 1 Ann Humphreys 1407 2 Frederick E Wilshaw CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Michael Wilshaw (C) KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 125 Mobberley Road 4 Timothy M Davis Tue, 25th October 1977 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Little Bob Major 6 Charles A S Webb Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood 7 David J Midgley 1-2 Herbert M Heaton 8 Ralph B Mitchell 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis First of London: 1 and 4. First of London as conductor. Birthday 5-6 William H Jackson compliment to Eleanor Jane Cuthbert. 7-8 Christopher L D Munday (C)

1401 1408 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road WILLASTON, Cheshire, 37 Park Road Tue, 6th September 1977 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. Wed, 2nd November 1977 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 12. 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major 5056 Plain Bob Minor Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 William H Jackson (C) 1-2 Geoffrey Edwards 3-4 J David Atkinson 3-4 John R Scott 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Donald Trumpler 7-8 Frank R Morton First of Cambridge Major: 7-8. 1409 1402 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HAZEL GROVE, Mancheser, 91 Cavendish Road WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tue, 8th November 1977 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. Tue, 13th September 1977 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor size 15. 5280 Oxford Treble Bob Major 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. J Reeves Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Peter Broadbent 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 Martin J Kirk 5-6 Christopher L D Munday 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Geoffrey Bridges (C) 7-8 Peter Dyson 25th together: 3-4 and 7-8

1403 1410 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BREDBURY, Cheshire, St Mark OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue Sat, 24th September 1977 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Tue, 15th November 1977 in 1 hr 51 mins. Tenor size 15. 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Comp. Arr A C D Mayes 1-2 Neil D Lomas 1 Eric Roughley 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Robert J Warrilow 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 3 C Kenneth Lewis A 74th birthday compliment for Gerald Moorhouse. 4 Sidney Hough jun 5 John Bell 1411 6 Geoffrey R Gardner CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Christopher H Jenkins PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) Tue, 22nd November 1977 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 15. For Jubilee Flower Festival 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Charles Middleton 1404 1-2 Christopher L D Munday CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 5-6 Geoffrey Bridges (C) Tue, 11th October 1977 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. Christopher P Starbuck 1-2 Geoffrey Bridges 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 7-8 Gerald Moorhouse

145 1412 1417 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road Fri, 25th November 1977 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Tue, 27th December 1977 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood Comp. C Mfddleton 1 William H Dowse 1-2 William H Jackson 2 Fred Dunkerley 3-4 J David Atkinson 3 Ivor R Nichols 5-6 Neil D Lomas 4 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Neil D Lomas 300th handbell peal: 3-4. 6 Christopher R Whiting 7 Stephen R T Pocock 1418 8 Richard S Starkie CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 Alan F Scholfield BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 10 Jeffrey Brannan (C) Sat, 31st December 1977 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5008 Plain Bob Major 1413 Comp. George Lewis GLOUCESTER & BRISTOL DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 1 Alan J Brown PAINSWICK, Gloucestershire, St Mary, Virgin 2 Jane Dickerson Sat, 3rd December 1977 in 3 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 3 Graham Darke 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 4 James Dickerson Comp. Peter Border 5 Ann Dickerson 1 Janet House 6 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Elizabeth A Glasow 7 P Mark Ogden (C) 3 John Cornock 8 David G Ogden 4 Diana M Bridle 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1419 6 Neil Bennett CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Marcus C W Sherwood ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 8 Andrew C D Mayes Tue, 3rd January 1978 in 2 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size 14. 9 Derek J Thomas 5040 Treble Bob Minor 10 Frederick Shallcross (C) (8m: (1) Morning Star (2) Duke of Norfolk (3) College Exercise and 11 Richard S Starkie Norbury (4) Oxford, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure and Kingston (5) 12 Jeffrey Brannan Oxford and Sandal (6) Oxford, London Scholars' Pleasure (7) Oxford and First of Surprise Maximus: 3. For Jubilee Year. Kingston: 27 com) 1-2 Alan F Scholfield 1414 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Neil D Lomas WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road Tue, 6th December 1977 in 2 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size 11. 1420 5040 Minor LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION (7m: Norwich Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter Treble Bob, Double Oxford Bob, St Clement's Bob, Plain Bob) Sat, 14th January 1978 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. 1-2 Christopher L D Munday 5024 Pudsey Surprise Major 3-4 William H Jackson Comp. Stephen J Ivin 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Malcolm Murphy 2 David G Ogden 1415 3 Vivien M Davies LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 4 C Kenneth Lewis OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 5 Andrew J Webster Fri, 9th December 1977 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. 6 P Mark Ogden 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus 7 Colin Davies (C) (25m: 288 Albanian, Aldenham, Belgrave, Cambridge, Pontefract, 8 J Martin Thorley Prittlewell, Superlative, Wigston, York, Yorkshire; 144 Bedford, Belvoir, First Pudsey as conductor. First in the method: 3. Brigstow, Lambeth, Langley, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, Londinium, Newgate, Pudsey, Redfield, Rochester, Solihull, Southwark, Stoneygate: 104 com) 1421 Comp. D Ogden and N Bennett CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Stephen R T Pocock WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 2 Martin J Whiteley Thu, 2nd February 1978 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 3 Geoffrey Fothergill 5056 Plain Bob Major 4 Marcus C W Sherwood Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Cynthia Warrilow 6 Derek Butterworth 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Michael H Tompsett 5-6 Neil D Lomas 8 Margaret Boam 7-8 Clive R Calton 9 Peter Wilkinson First of Major in hand. 10 Richard S Starkie 11 Derek J Thomas 1422 12 Jeffrey Brannan (C) LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 25th Surprise Maximus: 2. First Spliced Surprise Maximus: 7, 9. Farewell WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark compliment to Revd James Bentley (vicar). Fri, 10th February 1978 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5007 Stedman Caters 1416 Comp. Andrew S Hudson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Jeffrey Brannan (C) HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, 91 Cavendish Road 2 David G Ogden Tue, 20th December 1977 in 1 hr 40 mins. Tenor size 14. 3 John Cornock 5040 Minor 4 Maurice W Southworth (3m: 2 extents Kent Treble Bob, 2 Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Herbert M Heaton 6 Michael H Tompsett 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Marcus C W Sherwood 5-6 Geoffrey Bridges 8 Geoffrey Fothergill 9 Richard S Starkie 10 Stephen R T Pocock

146 1423 1429 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORTH WALES ASSOCIATION ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road WREXHAM, Clwyd, St Giles Tue, 14th February 1978 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 15. Mon, 27th March 1978 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood 1-2 Herbert M Heaton 1 Sheila Williams 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Norah M Randles 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 3 Olive L Rogers 7-8 Martin J Kirk 4 Patricia Longden First of Treble Bob in hand: 7-8. 5 Jack L Millhouse (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis 1424 7 Eric J Gilbert LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 8 Alan F Scholfield ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 9 Jonathan D Shanklin Sat, 18th February 1978 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 10 Harold W Rogers 5024 Rutland Surprise Major Comp. M Hodgson 1430 1 Colin Davies CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 J Martin Thorley OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 3 Malcolm Murphy Wed, 29th March 1978 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 15. 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5024 Superlative Surprise Major 5 P Mark Ogden Comp. Richard J Parker 6 Dennis R Allcock 1-2 Geoffrey Bridges 7 Andrew J Webster 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 8 David G Ogden 5-6 Christopher L D Munday First in the method: 6. 50th peal together 1 and 2. 7-8 Alan F Scholfield (C) First of Superlative in hand: 1-2, 5-6. 1425 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1431 PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Wed, 1st March 1978 in 2 hrs 21 mins. Tenor size 15. BRADFORD, Cathedral 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Sat, 1st April 1978 in 3 hrs 24 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Comp. Arthur Knights 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus 1-2 Neil D Lomas (35m: 144 Albanian, Aldenham, Ashton, Bedford, Belgrave, Belvoir, 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Brigstow, Cambridge, Deansgate, Feering, Gartree, Halifax, Lambeth, 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse Lindsey, Langley, Lincolnshire, Londinium, Manitoba, Newgate, Oldham, 7-8 Clive R Calton Pontefract, Prittlewell, Pudsey, Redfield, Rochester, Saskatchewan, Solihull, First of Kent in hand: 7-8. Southwark, Superlative, Stoneygate, Wembley, Wigston, Wycombe, York, Yorkshire: 104 com) 1426 Comp. Derek Ogden, Neil Bennett CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 J Colin Ashworth PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 2 John Robinson Thu, 16th March 1978 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 15. 3 Geoffrey Fothergill 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major 4 Andrew C D Mayes Comp. Charles Severn 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 William H Jackson 6 Richard S Starkie 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Michael H Tompsett 5-6 Gerald Moorhouse 8 David E Potter 7-8 Clive R Calton 9 Jeffrey Kershaw First in the method: 7-8. 10 J Barry Pickup 11 Derek J Thomas 1427 12 Jeffrey Brannan (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 1432 Fri, 17th March 1978 in 2 hrs 39 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret Comp. Thomas B Worsley Sat, 8th April 1978 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 1 Geoffrey A Edwards 5040 Plain Bob Minor 2 Alan J Brown 1 Stephen Warrilow 3 C Paul Cheshire 2 Judith A Warrilow 4 P Mark Ogden 3 Cynthia Warrilow 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Vivien M Davies 5 Vivien M Davies 7 Malcolm Murphy 6 Colin Davies 8 Colin Davies (C) First of Minor: 1. By local band as a 30th wedding anniversary compliment First of Surprise Major: 3. to Mr and Mrs C Kenneth Lewis.

1428 1433 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary Tue, 21st March 1978 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 16. Sat, 15th April 1978 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. Charles Middleton Comp. Roger Baldwin 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes 1 Alan J Brown 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Cynthia Warrilow 5-6 Neil D Lomas 3 Judith A Warrilow 7-8 Alan F Scholfield (C) 4 Mark Ogden 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Vivien M Davies 7 Colin Davies 8 Malcolm Murphy First in the method: 3.

147 1434 1438 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary Thu, 20th April 1978 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Sat, 3rd June 1978 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Minor 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus 1 Julie A Heaton (50m: 144 Albanian, Aldenham, Brigstow, Cambridge, Deansgate, Gartree, 2 Sally M Heaton Halifax, Langley, Lindsey, Manitoba, Newgate, Pontefract, Prittlewell, 3 Brian Schofield Pudsey, Redfield, Solihull, Southwark, Stoneygate, Superlative, Wycombe, 4 Herbert M Heaton York, Yorkshire; 96 Belgrave, Belvoir, Feering, Lambeth, Lincolnshire, 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Londinium, Oldham, Rochester, Saskatchewan, Wembley; 48 Ashton, 6 Alan A Potts Birmingham, Buckinghamshire, Conisbrough, Eldon, Indiana, Half-muffled in memoriam Gerald Moorhouse. Kidderminster, Leicestershire, Metropolis, Pennine, Quex, Reading, Stoodley, Timaru, Utah, Westminster, Wigston: 104 com) 1435 Comp. Neil Bennett and J H Fielden CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 John Cornock TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House 2 Alan F Scholfield Tue, 25th April 1978 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 3 Geoffrey Fothergill 5056 Plain Bob Major 4 Andrew C D Mayes Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Herbert M Heaton 6 Marcus C W Sherwood (C) 3-4 Neil D Lomas 7 Michael H Tompsett 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 David E Potter 7-8 Vivien M Davies 9 Jeffrey Kershaw 10 Richard S Starkie 1436 11 Derek J Thomas LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 12 Jeffrey Brannan OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary Sat, 6th May 1978 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. 1439 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (50m: 144 Albanian, Aldenham, Brigstow, Cambridge, Deansgate, Gartree, WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Halifax, Langley, Lindsey, Manitoba, Newgate, Pontefract, Prittlewell, Tue, 6th June 1978 in 2 hrs 14 mins. Tenor size 15. Pudsey, Redfield, Solihull, Southwark, Stoneygate, Superlative, Wycombe, 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major York, Yorkshire; 96 Belgrave, Belvoir, Feering, Lambeth, Lincolnshire, Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Londinium, Oldham, Rochester, Saskatchewan, Wembley; 48 Ashton, 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes Birmingham, Buckinghamshire, Conisbrough, Eldon, Indiana, 3-4 Neil D Lomas Kidderminster, Leicestershire, Metropolis, Pennine, Quex, Reading, 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Stoodley, Timaru, Utah, Westminster, Wigston: 104 com) 7-8 J David Atkinson Comp. N Bennett and J H Fielden In memoriam Mrs Molly Moorhouse. First in the method: 1-2. 350th peal: 1 J Colin Ashworth 7-8. 2 Alan F Scholfield 3 Geoffrey Fothergill 1440 4 Andrew C D Mayes CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 6 Marcus C W Sherwood (C) Tue, 13th June 1978 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 13. 7 Michael H Tompsett 5056 Spliced Surprise Major 8 David E Potter (2m: 2752 Cambridge; 2304 Yorkshire: 74 com, atw) 9 Jeffrey Kershaw Comp. Arr Norman Smith 10 Richard S Starkie 1-2 Neil D Lomas 11 Derek J Thomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 12 Jeffrey Brannan 5-6 William H Jackson 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 1437 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1441 BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary STAFFORD ARCHDEACONRY SOCIETY Sat, 20th May 1978 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. ABBOTS BROMLEY, Staffordshire, St Nicholas 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major Sat, 8th July 1978 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Comp. C H Kippin 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 1 Jane Dickerson Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Shirley Harris 3 Alan J Brown 2 Fred Dunkerley 4 Vivien M Davies 3 Ruth H Smith 5 Colin Davies 4 Brian Harris 6 Ian W Taylor 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 P Mark Ogden 6 John F Mulvey 8 David G Ogden 7 Sean P Keogh Sponsored peal for "St Mary's Year". 50th together: 5, 6. 8 Robert B Smith 90th birthday compliment to Mrs Laura Wilson.

1442 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire Sat, 15th July 1978 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Surprise Minor (7m: Chester, London, York, Beverley, Bourne, Cambridge, Norwich) 1 Alison Witton 2 John F Oultram 3 J Robert Jervis 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 P Graham Walters 6 Malcolm Murphy First peal: 1. First of Minor: 2.

148 1443 1448 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V Tue, 18th July 1978 in 3 hrs 14 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Sat, 2nd September 1978 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5120 Cambridge Surprise Major 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. Frederick Dench Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Jane Dickerson 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Alan J Brown 2 James M Swallow 3 Ann Dickerson 3 Judith A Warrilow 4 Sidney Hough jun 4 John M C Lysons 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Stuart Holroyd 6 Vivien M Davies 6 Sidney Hough jun 7 Colin Davies 7 Clive R Calton 8 Peter Dyson 8 Christopher H Jenkins First of Surprise: 3. 25th peal: 6. Diamond wedding compliment to Mr and Wedding compliment to Malcolm J Lysons and Margaret Hemmings. Mrs A R Elkins. 1449 1444 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 125 Mobberley Road OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue Tue, 12th September 1978 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 3rd August 1978 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 15. 5080 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5056 Aldenham Surprise Major Comp. Arthur Knights Comp. Charles Middleton 1-2 Neil D Lomas 1-2 William H Jackson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Christopher L D Munday 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 7-8 Alan F Scholfield (C) 9-10 J David Atkinson First in the method (in hand) by all. 1450 1445 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary Virgin HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, St Thomas, Norbury Sun, 17th September 1978 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Fri, 11th August 1978 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. Charles Severn Comp. Roger Baldwin 1 Ann Dickerson 1 William H Dowse 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 David G Ogden 3 Jane Dickerson 3 Ivor R Nichols 4 Vivien M Davies 4 Peter Broadbent 5 Michael Carter 5 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 6 Alan J Brown 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Graham Darke 7 Andrew C D Mayes 8 P Mark Ogden 8 Stephen R T Pocock For the St Mary's Year Festival Weekend: 'A Festival of Music with Flowers'. In memoriam F John Nelson. 1451 1446 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Sat, 23rd September 1978 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Thu, 17th August 1978 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major 5072 Plain Bob Major Comp. Brian D Price Comp. A F Scholfield 1 Michael Smethers 1 Sidney Hough jun 2 Vivien M Davies 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Graham Darke 3 Carol A Davenport 4 Ian W Taylor 4 David G Butler 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 J David Atkinson 6 Alan J Brown 6 Peter Dyson 7 Nicholas Thomson 7 Christopher H Jenkins 8 Colin Davies 8 Alan F Scholfield (C) First of Surprise inside: 3. 21st birthday compliment to Vivien M Davies; First on 8: 3. Birthday compliment to Elizabeth Mayes. also birthday compliment to Jean Leyland (nee Brown).

1447 1452 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark ALTRINCHAM, Manchester, 52 Wellington Road Fri, 25th August 1978 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. Tue, 26th September 1978 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. Charles W Roberts Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 1 Michael H Tompsett 1-2 Neil D Lomas 2 Paul E Hartley 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 David G Ogden 5-6 William H Jackson (C) 4 J Martin Thorley 7-8 J David Atkinson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Peter G Bellamy-Knights 7 Geoffrey Fothergill 8 Marcus C W Sherwood 9 Stephen R T Pocock 10 Jeffrey Brannan (C)

149 1453 1458 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael (AA) ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Fri, 20th October 1978 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Thu, 14th December 1978 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 15. 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5184 Pudsey Surprise Major Comp. Roderick W Pipe Comp. E A Barnett 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 2 Frank Osbaldiston 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Harold C Lonyon 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 4 William H Jackson 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes 5 Ivor R Nichols 6 Roy Worrall 1459 7 Martin J Kirk CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 J David Atkinson BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 9 William H Dowse Sat, 16th December 1978 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 10 Andrew C D Mayes 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 11 Alan F Scholfield Comp. Stephen J Ivin 12 Neil D Lomas 1 Jane Dickerson First in the method on tower bells and completes " family " on tower bells: 8, 2 Simon Lomas For the 700th anniversary celebrations. 3 Colin Davies 4 Cynthia Warrilow 1454 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 6 Alan J Brown BOLTON, Lancashire, St Peter 7 Sidney Hough jun Sat, 4th November 1978 in 3 hrs 31 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. 8 Neil D Lomas 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus First in the method: 2. Circled the tower: 3. In memoriam John P Fidler. (35m: 144 Albanian, Aldenham, Ashton, Bedford, Belgrave, Belvoir, Brigstow, Cambridge, Deansgate, Feering, Gartree, Halifax, Lambeth, 1460 Langley, Lincolnshire, Lindsey, Londinium, Manitoba, Newgate, Oldham, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Pontefract, Prittlewell, Pudsey, Redfield, Rochester, Saskatchewan, Solihull, KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 125 Mobberley Road Southwark, Stoneygate, Superlative, Wembley, Wigston, Wycombe, York, Tue, 30th January 1979 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. Yorkshire: 104 com) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. D Ogden and N Bennett Comp. Arr A F Scholfield 1 Peter J Sanderson 1-2 Neil D Lomas 2 Alan F Scholfield 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Geoffrey Fothergill 5-6 J David Atkinson 4 Andrew C D Mayes 7-8 Christopher L D Munday 5 C Kenneth Lewis 9-10 Alan F Scholfield (C) 6 Marcus C W Sherwood 7 Michael H Tompsett 1461 8 David E Potter LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 9 Jeffrey Kershaw FLIXTON, Manchester, St Michael 10 Richard S Starkie Sat, 17th February 1979 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 11 Derek J Thomas 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 12 Jeffrey Brannan (C) Comp. Charles Middleton (Johnson's Var.) 1 George F Nix 1455 2 Gillian Doyle CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 David K Palfrey CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road 4 Nigel P Doyle Thu, 9th November 1978 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 13. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major 6 Michael Smethurst Comp. Joseph W Parker 7 Colin Davies (C) 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes 8 Malcolm Murphy 3-4 J David Atkinson First of Major: 3. First of Surprise inside: 6. To welcome Stanley Booth - 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Clibborn, enthroned Bishop of Manchester 15th Feb. 7-8 Neil D Lomas 1462 1456 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Thu, 22nd February 1979 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 23rd November 1978 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor size 15. 5022 Cambridge Surprise Major 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. Arr From Middleton's Comp. Arr A F Scholfield 1-2 J David Atkinson 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 Neil D Lomas 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes To welcome Emily Claire Louise Munday. 9-10 Alan F Scholfield (C) 1463 1457 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Sat, 24th February 1979 in 3 hrs 20 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Sat, 9th December 1978 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Comp. Andrew C D Mayes Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 John A Booth 1 Barry V Jones 2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 2 Simon Lomas 3 M Jane Booth 3 Sidney Hough jun 4 Michael G Clements 4 Stuart Holroyd 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Barry Corbishley 6 Martin J Kirk 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Ivor R Nichols 7 Peter Broadbent 8 William H Dowse 8 Christopher H Jenkins 9 Jeffrey Brannan First peal: 1. First in the method: 2, 4. 200th peal: 7. In memoriam John P 10 Andrew C D Mayes Fidler. First on 10: 3.

150 1464 1470 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V Thu, 1st March 1979 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 7th April 1979 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5152 Rutland Surprise Major 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1-2 Neil D Lomas Comp. Roderick W Pipe 3-4 J David Atkinson 1 Alan J Brown 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 2 Ann Dickerson 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Judith A Warrilow 4 Graham Darke 1465 5 Cynthia Warrilow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) HYDE, Cheshire, St George 7 Mark Ogden Mon, 19th March 1979 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 8 Colin Davies 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 25th on the bells: 8. 100th peal on the bells. Comp. James S Wilde (No. 1) 1 Alan J Brown 1471 2 Frank Osbaldiston CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Sidney Hough jun CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Thu, 12th April 1979 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 13. 5 John A Booth 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 6 Peter Dyson Comp. Arr A C D Mayes 7 Neil D Lomas 1-2 Neil D Lomas 8 Alan F Scholfield 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 90th birthday compliment to Tom Wilde (of the local band). Vice-president, 5-6 J David Atkinson East Cheshire Branch, and former Branch Secretary. 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes (C)

1466 1472 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road OFFERTON, Stockport, 46 Brookside Avenue Tue, 20th March 1979 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 26th April 1979 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. A F Scholfield 1-2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 J David Atkinson 3-4 Andrew C D Mayes 5-6 Neil D Lomas 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Martin J Kirk 7-8 Neil D Lomas 9-10 Alan F Scholfield (C) 1467 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1473 ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Thu, 29th March 1979 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Sat, 5th May 1979 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. Comp. A F Scholfield 5055 Stedman Caters 1-2 J David Atkinson Comp. Robert E J Dennis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 2 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Neil D Lomas 3 Michael H Tompsett 9-10 Andrew C D Mayes 4 Brian J Owen 5 Olive D Tester 1468 6 David Wild CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Raymond D Helliwell DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 8 Geoffrey Fothergill Sat, 31st March 1979 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 9 Marcus C W Sherwood 5040 Plain Bob Minor 10 Derek J Thomas 1 Cynthia Warrilow First on 10 bells: 6. 2 Julia Davies 3 C Kenneth Lewis 1474 4 D Ian Chalmers YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 5 Brian Merrill WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 6 Colin Davies (C) Mon, 7th May 1979 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. First peal: 4. 5055 Stedman Caters Comp. John Pladdys 1469 1 Wendy B Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 John Pladdys (C) MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 3 Jennifer A Town Thu, 5th April 1979 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 15. 4 Clive M Smith 5376 Superlative Surprise Major 5 D Robert Pettifor Comp. Arr R B Grimmett 6 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Neil D Lomas 7 David G Ogden 3-4 J David Atkinson 8 David A Town 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 9 Peter F Town 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 10 Malcolm S Turner First Stedman: 1.

1475 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Tue, 8th May 1979 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Comp. Arr A F Scholfield 1-2 Alan F Scholfield 3-4 Neil D Lomas 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 9-10 J David Atkinson 151 1476 1481 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael AA Sat, 19th May 1979 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Wed, 20th June 1979 in 3 hrs 24 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. A C D Mayes 1 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Jane Owen 2 Lesley K Walters 2 J Colin Ashworth 3 Julia Davies 3 J Martin Thorley 4 Colin Davies (C) 4 Alan F Scholfield 5 Edward Gould 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Joseph Thornley 6 Brian J Owen 7 Brian Merrill 7 Michael H Tompsett 8 P Graham Walters 8 Marcus C W Sherwood 9 Richard S Starkie 1477 10 Jeffrey Brannan (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 11 Brian Harris BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 12 Robert B Smith Sat, 9th June 1979 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Compliment to Fred Dunkerley on the award of the O. B. E. 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1482 1 Dennis R Allcock CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Alan F Scholfield BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 3 Nicholas Thomson Sat, 30th June 1979 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 4 Colin Davies 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. E Bennett 6 David G Ogden 1 Joseph Thornley 7 Peter Wilkinson 2 Dawn H Jukes 8 Derek J Thomas 3 Alan J Brown First in the method: 3. In memoriam Francis Bibby (Frodsham). 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 John Cornock 1478 6 Colin Davies CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 David G Ogden WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9, Hawthorn Lane 8 Malcolm Murphy Tue, 12th June 1979 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor size 15. A wedding compliment to Ann Roberts and David Mathews. First in the 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus method: 2. 300th peal and 100th for the Guild: 8. Comp. A F Scholfield 1-2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 1483 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 J David Atkinson ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes Tue, 3rd July 1979 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 9-10 Christopher L D Munday 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 11-12 Neil D Lomas (4m: 1440 Yorkshire; 1280 Cambridge; 1280 Lincolnshire; 1120 Rutland: 69 com, atw) 1479 Comp. Philip G K Davies CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Neil D Lomas FRODSHAM, Cheshire, 78 Townfield Lane 3-4 J David Atkinson Wed, 13th June 1979 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 13. 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 5056 Plain Bob Major 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Norah M Randles 1484 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Clive W Simpson BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 7-8 Eric J Gilbert Sat, 7th July 1979 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. In memoriam Francis Bibby 5024 London Surprise Major Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 1480 1 Sidney Hough jun LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 2 Alan J Brown OLDHAM, St Mary 3 Peter Dyson Sat, 16th June 1979 in 3 hrs 17 mins. Tenor 35 cwt. 4 Michael Thomson 5040 Plain Bob Royal 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. H J Tucker 6 Peter Broadbent 1 Jeanette Geoghan 7 F John Keddie 2 John Cornock 8 Geoffrey R Gardner 3 Malcolm J Lodwick First in the method: 3, 4. For the opening of Bowdon Festival Week. 4 Colin A Tester 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1485 6 Dennis R Allcock CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 David G Ogden NEW MILLS, Derbyshire, St George 8 Raymond D Helliwell Sat, 14th July 1979 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 9 Stephen R T Pocock 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 10 Derek J Thomas (C) Comp. Stanley Jenner First Royal: 1. Wedding day compliment to Melody Ashworth (Oldham 1 Denis N Heapy ringer) and Alan Smith. Compliment to Fred Dunkerley, awarded the OBE. 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 Roy Worrall 4 Barry Corbishley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Peter Dyson 7 Martin J Kirk 8 Ivor R Nichols Silver wedding compliment to Mr and Mrs B Corbishley.

152 1486 1492 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Tue, 24th July 1979 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. Fri, 31st August 1979 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major (6m: 1120 Rutland; 896 Superlative; 800 Pudsey and 768 Cambridge, Comp. Thomas B Worsley Lincolnshire, Yorkshire: 98 com, atw) 1 Clive R Calton Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood 2 Barry V Jones 1-2 Christopher L D Munday 3 Paul Boucher 3-4 J David Atkinson 4 Christopher H Jenkins 5-6 Alan F Scholfield 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Ivor R Nichols Wedding day compliment to Mr and Mrs F Osbaldiston. 7 Geoffrey R Gardner 8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 1487 First of Surprise inside: 2. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD RUNCORN, Cheshire, The Nook, Weston Road 1493 Wed, 25th July 1979 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Comp. J Reeves Tue, 4th September 1979 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 15. 1-2 Eric J Gilbert 5056 Plain Bob Major 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Clive W Simpson 1-2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Denis Maddock 3-4 Martin J Kirk First in hand: 7-8. First in the method in hand: 5-6. 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7-8 J David Atkinson 1488 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1494 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 31st July 1979 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 5056 Plain Bob Major Sat, 15th September 1979 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Comp. Arr from C Kenneth Lewis's 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major 1-2 David G Ogden Comp. Charles Severn 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Colin Davies 5-6 J David Atkinson 2 C Paul Cheshire 7-8 Alan F Scholfield (C) 3 Julia Davies First in hand: 1-2. 4 Dawn H Jukes 5 Alan J Brown 1489 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Frank R Morton BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 8 David G Ogden Sun, 5th August 1979 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. First in the method: 3 and 4. 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. Arthur Knights 1495 1 Stephen Warrilow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Colin Davies (C) ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 30 Wellington Rd 3 Cynthia Warrilow Tue, 18th September 1979 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 15. 4 Julia Davies 5056 Plain Bob Major 5 Alan J Brown Comp. John R Pritchard 6 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 David W Friend 7 David G Ogden 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Malcolm Murphy 5-6 J David Atkinson 200th of Major: 2. First of Major: 1. To welcome Simon Peter, son of Viv 7-8 Neil D Lomas (C) and Colin Davies. 1496 1490 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CUDDINGTON, Cheshire, 4 Valley Lane OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Ave Wed, 26th September 1979 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. Tue, 7th August 1979 in 2 hrs 39 mins. Tenor size 17. 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal Comp. Thomas B Worsley (2m: 3360 Rutland; 1680 Cambridge: 84 com) 1-2 Eric J Gilbert Comp. Arr Alan F Scholfield 3-4 Stephen A Elwell-Sutton 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes 5-6 Clive W Simpson 3-4 J David Atkinson 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 1497 9-10 Christopher L D Munday LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Wedding anniversary compliment to Chris and Ann Munday. ASHTON-U-LYNE, Lancashire St Michael Sat, 6th October 1979 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 1491 5038 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Jeffrey Brannan ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road 1 Derek J Thomas Tue, 28th August 1979 in 1 hr 47 mins. Tenor size 11. 2 Malcolm J Reed 5040 Plain Bob Minor 3 David G Ogden 1-2 J David Atkinson 4 Geoffrey Fothergill 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Martin J Kirk 6 Frances Dodds 7 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 8 Andrew R Stone 9 David E Potter 10 Andrew C D Mayes 11 Richard S Starkie 12 David J Bates First on twelve: 2.

153 1498 1504 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane CHESTER, Cathedral Tue, 9th October 1979 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 1st December 1979 in 3 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5088 Kent Treble Bob Maximus Comp. Nolan Golden Comp. Charles H Hattersley 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes 1 Christopher C Roberts 3-4 J David Atkinson 2 Helen S Mitchell 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Neil D Lomas 4 George E Morrall 9-10 Alan F Scholfield 5 John W Griffiths 6 James H E Bowmer 1499 7 J David Adams CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Michael Thomson OFFERTON, Manchester, 46 Brookside Avenue 9 Eric Hotine Tue, 23rd October 1979 in 2 hrs 11 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 10 John Hyden 5056 Plain Bob Major 11 Geoffrey C Sparling Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 12 David G Ogden 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes First on 12: 10. For the season of Advent. Also the 1900th anniversary of the 3-4 Martin J Kirk City of Chester. 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Alan F Scholfield (C) 1505 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1500 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 4th December 1979 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9, Hawthorn Lane. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Tue, 6th November 1979 in 1 hr 57 mins. Tenor size 12. Comp. Charles Middleton 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 1-2 William H Jackson (16m: (1) Marple, College Bob IV Delight (2) Old Oxford, Willesden 3-4 J David Atkinson Delight (3) Braintree, St Albans Delight (4) Neasden, Wragby Delight (5) 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Morning Star, Duke of Norfolk (6) College Exercise, Norbury (7) Oxford, 7-8 Neil D Lomas Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston: 48 com) To welcome Thomas Edward Mayes 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1506 5-6 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First in 16 methods in hand by all and for the Guild. WALKDEN, Lancashire, St Paul Sat, 15th December 1979 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1501 5184 Pudsey Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Edwin A Barnett GRESFORD, Clwyd, Dunnolme, Pant Lane 1 Phillip J Boote Wed, 7th November 1979 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor size 15. 2 C Paul Cheshire 5040 Plain Bob Royal 3 Derek Sanderson Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 Colin Davies 1-2 Norah M Randles 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Frank R Morton 5-6 Clive W Simpson 7 Frederick S Sutton 7-8 Eric J Gilbert 8 Andrew J Webster 9-10 J Denis Maddock First in method: 2, 3, 7. First in the method: 9-10. 1507 1502 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OFFERTON, Manchester, 46 Brookside Avenue BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary Virgin Thu, 27th December 1979 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 10th November 1979 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5152 London Surprise Major Comp. Roger Baldwin Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1-2 Neil D Lomas 1 Alan J Brown 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Cynthia Warrilow 5-6 J David Atkinson 3 William H Dowse 7-8 Alan F Scholfield (C) 4 Peter Broadbent 150th handbell peal together: 5-6, 7-8. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 F John Keddie 1508 7 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Alan F Scholfield MACCLESFI ELD, Cheshire. Christ Church Fri, 28th December 1979 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 1503 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. William Pye ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 15 Whiteley Place 1 Dominic Haughton Thu, 22nd November 1979 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 2 J David Atkinson 5056 Plain Bob Major 3 Simon Lomas Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 Peter Broadbent 1-2 David G Ogden 5 Clive R Calton 3-4 Vivien Davies 6 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Ivor R Nichols 7-8 Malcolm Murphy 8 Frank Osbaldiston 250th peal: 1-2. First in hand: 7-8. For christening of Elizabeth Louise 9 Martin J Kirk Willmott. 10 Neil D Lomas (C) First Surprise Royal: 1, 3.

154 1509 1514 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael AA Thu, 3rd January 1980 in 1 hr 58 mins. Tenor size 11. Sat, 2nd February 1980 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5040 Treble Bob Minor 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus (34m: 75 com: (1) Ely, Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone Delight Comp. Peter Border (2) Dover, Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay Delight (3) Taxal, 1 C Kenneth Lewis Marple, Willesden, College Bob IV, Old Oxford, Newdigate Delight (4) 2 Martin J Kirk Humber, Braintree, Wragby, St Albans, Neasden, Charlwood Delight (5) 3 David W Friend Disley, Morning Star, Norbury, College Exercise, Duke of Norfolk, Ockley 4 Peter Dyson Treble Bob (6) Oxford, Kingston, London Scholars ' Pleasure. Sandal. Capel 5 Frank Osbaldiston Treble Bob: (7) Kent Treble Bob) 6 J David Atkinson 1-2 J David Atkinson 7 Simon Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 9 Roy Worrall First in 34 methods in hand by all and for the Guild. 10 Eric Hotine 11 William H Dowse 1510 12 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First on 12: 7. First Surprise Maximus: 4. Circled tower: 5. First Surprise MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Maximus as conductor. Wed, 9th January 1980 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major 1515 Comp. Richard J Parker CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Neil D Lomas WITTON, Northwich, Cheshire, St Helen 3-4 William H Jackson Sat, 9th February 1980 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5-6 J David Atkinson 5184 Spliced Surprise Major 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) (8m: 768 Bristol, London, Rutland; 576 Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, First in the method: 3-4. Superlative, Yorkshire: 144 com) Comp. Norman Smith 1511 1 Geoffrey Parting CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Norah M Randles ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road 3 Lorna E Bedford Tue, 15th January 1980 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. 4 Clive W Simpson 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Thomas B Worsley 6 Stephen A Elwell-Sutton 1-2 J David Atkinson 7 John F Oultram 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 J Denis Maddock 5-6 William H Jackson 50th for the Guild: 1. First in 8 Surprise: 6, 7, 8. 7-8 David W Friend First in the method in hand: 7-8. 1516 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1512 ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 12th February 1980 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 5056 Kent Treble Bob Major Sat, 19th January 1980 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Comp. Henry Dains 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 1-2 David W Friend (36m: (1) Dover, Skipton, Fotheringhay, Balmoral, Chepstow Delight (2) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Ely, Knutsford, Bogedone, Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight (3) Abbeyville, 5-6 J David Atkinson Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (4) Marple, 7-8 Martin J Kirk Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Delight (5) Braintree, Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (6) Disley Delight; 1517 Morning Star, Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble ANCIENT SOCIETY OF COLLEGE YOUTHS Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble WOODCHURCH, Merseyside, Holy Cross Bob: 58 com) Sat, 16th February 1980 in 2 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 4 cwt. 1 Christopher H Jenkins 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 2 Simon Lomas Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 3 Neil D Lomas 1 John Hyden 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Thomas E Howarth 5 Roger Bugler 3 David W Friend 6 Peter Dyson 4 Frank R Morton First of Minor: 2. Most methods to a peal by all except conductor. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Clive R Calton 1513 7 Ian W Taylor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Alan F Scholfield OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue Tue, 29th January 1980 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor size 15. 1518 5136 Kent Treble Bob Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. A F Scholfield SUTTON, Macclesfield, Cheshire, St James 1-2 J David Atkinson Mon, 18th February 1980 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5-6 William H Jackson (39m: (1) Dover, Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay Delight (2) 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes Ely, Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone Delight (3) Canterbury, 9-10 Neil D Lomas Abbeyville, St Werburgh, Vale Royal, Combermere, Crowland Delight (4) 11-12 Alan F Scholfield (C) Taxal, Marple, Willesden, College Bob IV, Old Oxford, Newdigate Delight Farewell compliment to Alan and Jenny Scholfield and family, moving to (5) Humber, Braintree, Wragby, St Albans, Neasden, Charlwood Delight (6) Whalley, Lancashire. Disley, Morning Star, Norbury, College Exercise, Duke of Norfolk, Ockley Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Kingston, London Scholars' Pleasure, Sandal, Capel Treble Bob: 65 com) 1 Martin J Kirk 2 Simon Lomas 3 Neil D Lomas 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Sidney Hough jun 6 Frank Osbaldiston First in 39 in by all except 4, 6.

155 1519 1524 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DUNHAM MASSEY, Greater Manchester, St Margaret WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Rd Sat, 23rd February 1980 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Wed, 19th March 1980 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. 5039 Grandsire Caters 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Albert M Tyler Comp. Johnson's variation of Middleton's 1 Tudor P Edwards (C) 1-2 William H Jackson (C) 2 R Kingsley Mason 3-4 J David Atkinson 3 Ralph G Edwards 5-6 Neil D Lomas 4 Simon Lomas 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John G Gipson 1525 7 Kenneth J Hesketh CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Brian D Threlfall ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 9 Frank D Mack Wed, 26th March 1980 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 10 Jeffrey Brannan 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major First Grandsire and of Caters: 4. Comp. Arthur Knights 1-2 J David Atkinson 1520 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 David W Friend WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 7-8 Martin J Kirk Wed, 27th February 1980 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 5184 Pudsey Surprise Major 1526 Comp. Stephen J Ivin YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 1-2 Neil D Lomas CHESTER, Cathedral 3-4 William H Jackson Mon, 7th April 1980 in 3 hrs 34 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 5-6 J David Atkinson 5045 Stedman Cinques 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. John Pladdys 1 Valerie J Howard 1521 2 James Hedgcock CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 C Kenneth Lewis MARPLE, Cheshire. All Saints 4 John A Howard Sat, 8th March 1980 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5 Peter L R Hayward 5184 Spliced Surprise Major 6 John Pladdys (C) (8m: 768 Bristol, London, Rutland; 576 Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, 7 John C Eisel Superlative, Yorkshire: 144 com) 8 Pauline C Champion Comp. Norman Smith 9 Robert J Crocker 1 Frederick E Wilshaw 10 Geoffrey K Dodd 2 Norman Sherratt 11 Malcolm S Turner 3 Harold Dowler 12 Graham K Austin 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Timothy M Davis 1527 6 Frank R Morton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 David J Midgley WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 8 Charles A S Webb Tue, 8th April 1980 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 1522 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Neil D Lomas WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 3-4 J David Atkinson Wed, 12th March 1980 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor size 17. 5-6 Andrew C D Mayes 5080 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Arr Andrew C D Mayes First in the method in hand: 5-6 1-2 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 J David Atkinson 1528 5-6 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 9-10 David W Friend Tue, 15th April 1980 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Plain Bob Major 1523 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Peter Broadbent TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 3-4 Neil D Lomas Sat, 15th March 1980 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 7-8 Simon Lomas (42m: (1) Hull S., Dover, Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay First in hand: 7-8 Delight (2) Bourne Surprise, Ely, Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone Delight (3) Canterbury, Abbeyville, St Werburgh, Vale Royal, 1529 Combermere, Crowland Delight (4) Taxal, Marple, Willesden, College Bob CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD IV, Old Oxford, Newdigate Delight (5) Humber, Braintree, Wragby, St WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Albans, Neasden, Charlwood Delight (6) Disley Delight; Morning Star, Tue, 22nd April 1980 in 2 hrs 14 mins. Tenor size 13. Norbury, College Exercise, Duke of Norfolk, Ockley Treble Bob (7) Wath 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major De;oght; Oxford, Kingston, London Scholars' Pleasure, Sandal, Capel Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Treble Bob: 92 com) 1-2 David G Ogden 1 Sidney Hough jun 3-4 Neil D Lomas 2 Simon Lomas 5-6 Andrew C D Mayes 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Neil D Lomas 5 Christopher H Jenkins 6 Peter Dyson First in 42 methods by all except conductor.

156 1530 1536 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 65 Sycamore Crescent POYNTON, Cheshire, 2 Adlington Close Tue, 29th April 1980 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. Tue, 24th June 1980 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 17. 5184 Spliced Treble Bob Major 5136 Kent Treble Bob Maximus (2m: Kent, Oxford - Ilkeston variation: 42 com) Comp. AFS cholfield Comp. Edwin Timbrell 1-2 Peter C Randall 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 7-8 Martin J Kirk 9-10 Neil D Lomas 399th peal: 1-2, 5-6. 11-12 David W Friend First Maximus in hand: 11-12. 1531 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1537 ASTBURY, Cheshire, St Mary CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 3rd May 1980 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 5040 Surprise Minor Sat, 12th July 1980 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. (7m: Bourne, Ipswich, Durham, York, Beverley, Surfleet, Cambridge) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Mary E Perry 1 Elizabeth Ramsay 2 Jennifer M Christian 2 Julia Davies 3 Simon Christian 3 Cynthia Warrilow 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Eric Hotine 5 Simon Lomas 6 Roy Worrall 6 Colin Davies First Surprise Minor: 2, 3. First peal: 1. 50th together: 4, 6. 350th peal: 6. To welcome the Revd J Arthur Roberts, inducted the previous evening. 1532 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1538 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 6th May 1980 in 1 hr 58 mins. Tenor size 12. ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Tue, 22nd July 1980 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 13. (24m: (1) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV Delight (2) Willesden, 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Marple, Taxal Delight (3) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans Delight (4) Comp. Charles Middleton Wragby, Braintree, Humber Delight (5) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes Exercise Treble Bob (6) Norbury, Morning Star Treble Bob; Disley Delight 3-4 J David Atkinson (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob; 5-6 Neil D Lomas Wath Delight: 75 com) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1539 5-6 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 400th peal: 1-2. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael AA Sun, 27th July 1980 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 1533 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Charles J Sedgley ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1 Peter Dyson Tue, 20th May 1980 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 13. 2 C Kenneth Lewis 5056 Plain Bob Major 3 W J Charles Seddon Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 4 Eric Hotine 1-2 Simon Lomas 5 David Butler 3-4 Neil D Lomas 6 Frank Osbaldiston 5-6 Peter Broadbent 7 J David Atkinson 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Martin J Kirk 9 William H Dowse 1534 10 Ivor R Nichols (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First Yorkshire Royal: 3, 5. Farewell compliment to Rev Frank Haslam WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane (Vicar), leaving to take up a Diocesan appointment as Director of Resources. Tue, 3rd June 1980 in 1 hr 54 mins. Tenor size 13. 5040 Treble Bob Minor 1540 (16m: (1) Marple, Old Oxford Delight (2) Newdigate, College Bob IV, LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION Willesden Delight (3) Duke of Norfolk, Ockley, Morning Star Treble Bob ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter (4) College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (5) Sandal, Kingston Treble Bob Fri, 1st August 1980 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. (6) Capel, London Scholars' Pleasure, Oxford Treble Bob (7) Kent Treble 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Bob: 42 com) Comp. Middleton's 1-2 Stuart I Bamforth 1 Frances Dodds 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Anne E Wildes 5-6 Neil D Lomas 3 David G Ogden 4 Andrew G Craddock 1535 5 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 David Bates MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 7 Jeffrey Brannan Tue, 10th June 1980 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 15. 8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major First peal: 2. Comp. Charles Middleton 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 7-8 David W Friend

157 1541 1547 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael AA ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Sat, 23rd August 1980 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 20 cwt. Tue, 30th September 1980 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. 5056 Rutland Surprise Major 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Comp. Charles W Roberts Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Christopher J Jones 1-2 J David Atkinson 2 Norah M Randles 3-4 Andrew G Craddock 3 John F Oultram 5-6 Neil D Lomas 4 Jack L Millhouse 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis First in method: 3-4. 6 Denis Maddock 7 Roland H Cook 1548 8 Philip A Corby (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Silver Wedding compliment to George and Sylvia Bailey (Middlewich). MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Tue, 7th October 1980 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 11. 1542 5088 Spliced Treble Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (2m: 1920 Kent; 3168 Oxford: 30 com at lead end) ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Comp. Arthur Knights Tue, 9th September 1980 in 1 hr 55 mins. Tenor size 13. 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 3-4 J David Atkinson (24m: (1) Marple, Taxal, Old Oxford Delight (2) College Bob IV, 5-6 Neil D Lomas Newdigate, Willesden Delight (3) Braintree, Humber, Neasden Delight (4) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) St Albans, Charlwood, Wragby Delight (5) Morning Star, Disley Delight, Duke of Norfolk Treble Bob (6) College Exercise, Ockley, Norbury Treble 1549 Bob (7) Wath Delight, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Oxford Treble Bob) CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church 1-2 J David Atkinson Sat, 11th October 1980 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major 5-6 Neil D Lomas Comp. Brian D Price 1 Malcolm Clarke 1543 2 Phillip J Boote CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 C Kenneth Lewis DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 4 Alan J Brown Sat, 13th September 1980 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 5 Colin Davies 5040 Plain Bob Minor 6 John R Scott 1 Richard Daniels 7 Geoffrey A Edwards 2 Stephen Warrilow 8 Frank R Morton (C) 3 Julia Davies First Treble Bob: 1. First Surprise Major inside: 2. 50th Major: 6. 4 Cynthia Warrilow 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1550 6 Colin Davies CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD By local band as a Silver Wedding compliment to Mr and Mrs J B Hampson BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V (churchwarden). Sat, 18th October 1980 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5152 Bowdon Delight Major 1544 Comp. 29 course block reduced CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Phillip J Boote MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 2 Cynthia Warrilow Tue, 16th September 1980 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. 3 Alan Foster 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major 4 Simon Lomas Comp. Joseph W Parker 5 Alan J Brown 1-2 David W Friend 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Colin Davies 5-6 J David Atkinson 8 Neil D Lomas 7-8 Neil D Lomas First peal in the method.

1545 1551 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane OVER, Cheshire, St Chad Tue, 23rd September 1980 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 1st November 1980 Time unspecified. Tenor 12 cwt. 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. Gabriel Lindoff Comp. Charles H Hattersley 1-2 Neil D Lomas 1 Denis Maddock 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Paul Maddock 5-6 Andrew C D Mayes 3 Diana M Mounsey 7-8 William H Jackson 4 Andrew J Jobson 9-10 J David Atkinson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Oultram 1546 7 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Walter Allman (C) MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints On the 30th anniversary of the 21600 Bristol, rung at this Church, in which Fri, 26th September 1980 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. the ringers of 5 and 8 took part. 5184 Spliced Surprise Major (8m: 768 Bristol, London, Rutland; 576 Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, 1552 Superlative, Yorkshire; 144 com) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Norman Smith WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1 Derek J Barrett Tue, 4th November 1980 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 11. 2 Sue Barrett 5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 3 Catherine J Brown Comp. William Barton 4 Peter Broadbent 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 William H Jackson 6 Andrew G Craddock 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7 J David Atkinson 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Neil D Lomas First in 8m: 3, 4. Birthday compliment to Zoe Craddock.

158 1553 1558 LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LOCKINGTON, Leicestershire, St Nicholas TAXAL, Cheshire, St James Sat, 8th November 1980 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 29th November 1980 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5031 Stedman Caters 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Comp. John Pladdys (43m: (1) Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Chester, Balmoral Delight; Hull 1 Ruth H Smith Surprise (2) Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight; 2 John Pladdys Bourne Surprise (3) Abbeyville, Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St 3 Peter J Staniforth Werburgh, Canterbury Delight (4) Marple, Newdigate, Old Oxford, College 4 John M Jelley Bob IV, Willesden, Taxal Delight (5) Braintree, Charlwood, Neasden, St 5 C Kenneth Lewis Albans, Wragby, Humber Delight (6) Morning Star, Ockley, Duke of 6 Neil Bennett Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob; Disley Delight (7) Oxford, 7 Bernard F L Groves (C) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob; 8 Brian Harris Carisbrooke, Wath Delight: 88 com) 9 Robert B Smith 1 Sidney Hough jun 10 M Jack Pryor 2 Simon Lomas 2000th peal: 9. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Peter Dyson 1554 5 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Christopher H Jenkins ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road First in 43 methods by all except conductor. Tue, 11th November 1980 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 12. 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1559 Comp. Nathan J Pitstow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Andrew G Craddock WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 3-4 J David Atkinson Tue, 2nd December 1980 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 11. 5-6 Neil D Lomas 5088 Superlative Surprise Major 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 1-2 Neil D Lomas 1555 3-4 William H Jackson (C) ANCIENT SOCIETY OF COLLEGE YOUTHS 5-6 J David Atkinson MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 15th November 1980 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 14 cwt. First Superlative as conductor and in hand. 5024 Rutland Surprise Major Comp. Norman Smith 1560 1 Sidney Hough jun CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Derek J Barrett NANTWICH, Cheshire, St Mary 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 6th December 1980 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 4 Ronald F Andrew 5184 Superlative Surprise Major 5 Martin J Kirk Comp. Christopher Forster 6 Colin Davies 1 C Paul Cheshire 7 Denis Mottershead 2 Roland W Morant 8 F John Keddie 3 John R Bradshaw 4 Christopher L D Munday 1556 5 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Frederick S Sutton MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 7 Colin Davies Tue, 18th November 1980 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor size 15. 8 Frank R Morton (C) 5040 Plain Bob Royal First in method: 3, 6. Comp. Arr J David Atkinson 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 1561 3-4 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 7-8 William H Jackson Tue, 9th December 1980 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. 9-10 Martin J Kirk 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Comp. J Wood 1557 1-2 Peter C Randall CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis MARPLE, Cheshire, 8 Peartree Close 5-6 J David Atkinson Tue, 25th November 1980 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 11. 7-8 Andrew G Craddock 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 9-10 Neil D Lomas (C) Comp. Dennis Knox 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 1562 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Neil D Lomas WITTON, Cheshire, St Helen 7-8 Andrew G Craddock Sat, 20th December 1980 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Charles Middleton 1 Frank R Morton 2 Alan J Brown 3 Malcolm Clarke 4 Andrew Gaskin 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 C Paul Cheshire 7 Colin Davies (C) 8 Malcolm Murphy First Surprise Major inside: 3. 350th peal: 8. 175th together: 7, 8.

159 1563 1568 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St Mary CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church Fri, 26th December 1980 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. Sat, 17th January 1981 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5039 Grandsire Caters 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Comp. Charles H Kippin Comp. John Reeves 1 Peter Dyson 1 Martin J Kirk 2 C Kenneth Lewis 2 John R Scott 3 David W Friend (C) 3 Frank R Morton (C) 4 Peter Broadbent 4 Andrew Gaskin 5 Barry V Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 David Butler 6 Geoffrey A Edwards 7 Ivor R Nichols 7 Malcolm Murphy 8 Colin Davies 8 Colin Davies 9 Martin J Kirk 9 C Paul Cheshire 10 Clive R Calton 10 Frederick S Sutton First Oxford Royal: 2, 4, 8, 9, 10. 450th together: 2 & 3. 1564 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1569 DUNHAM MASSEY, Manchester, St Margaret CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 27th December 1980 in 3 hrs 21 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Thu, 22nd January 1981 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 11. Comp. Peter Border 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Alan J Brown Comp. Charles Middleton 2 Janet R Border 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 3 Cynthia Warrilow 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Colin Davies 5-6 Neil D Lomas 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Andrew G Craddock 6 Maurice F Edwards First Cambridge Surprise hand: 7-8. 7 Neil Bennett 8 Richard S Starkie 1570 9 Jeffrey Brannan CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Peter Border (C) MARPLE, Cheshire, 8 Pear Tree Close Thu, 29th January 1981 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 15. 1565 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Charles Middleton MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1-2 Andrew G Craddock Tue, 30th December 1980 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5056 Plain Bob Major 5-6 Andrew C D Mayes Comp. James E Burton 7-8 David W Friend 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1571 5-6 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Simon Lomas MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Tue, 3rd February 1981 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor size 15. 1566 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal HEREFORD DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. J David Atkinson WREXHAM, Clwyd, St Giles 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) Thu, 1st January 1981 in 3 hrs 24 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 5-6 William H Jackson Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Neil D Lomas 1 Neil Bennett 9-10 Andrew G Craddock 2 Ruth M Border 3 Janet R Border 1572 4 Jill M Liddle CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) BURNAGE, Manchester, 267 Kingsway 6 David C Everett Tue, 10th February 1981 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 David G Ogden 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major 8 Jeffrey Kershaw Comp. Brian D Price 9 Geoffrey Fothergill 1-2 William H Jackson 10 Peter Border 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 1567 7-8 Andrew G Craddock CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1573 Tue, 13th January 1981 in 2 hrs 26 mins. Tenor size 11. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5184 Superlative Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Comp. Christopher Forster Sat, 14th February 1981 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 1-2 Neil D Lomas 5040 Christchurch Surprise Royal 3-4 William H Jackson Comp. Arr C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 J David Atkinson 1 Martin J Kirk 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 F John Keddie 3 Simon Lomas 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Ivor R Nichols 6 Peter Broadbent 7 Neil D Lomas 8 William H Dowse 9 Richard S Starkie 10 David W Friend First in the method for all and for the Guild.

160 1574 1579 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road POYNTON, Cheshire, St George Thu, 26th February 1981 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 21st March 1981 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Comp. J David Atkinson (No. 3) (49m: (1) Castleton, Bucknall, Leasowe, Beeston, Peveril, Melandra Delight 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) (2) Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Chepstow, Balmoral Delight; Hull 3-4 Neil D Lomas Surprise (3) Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight; 5-6 Peter C Randall Bourne Surprise (4) Abbeyville, Canterbury, Crowland, Combermere, Vale 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes Royal, St Werburgh Delight (5) Marple, Taxal, Newdigate, Old Oxford, 9-10 C Kenneth Lewis College Bob IV, Willesden Delight (6) Braintree, Humber, Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (7) Oxford, Ockley, Capel, Duke of 1575 Norfolk, Sandal, College Exercise, London Scholars' Pleasure, Norbury, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Kingston Treble Bob; Donottar, Carisbrooke, Pontefract, Wath Delight: 90 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St James, Sutton com) Sat, 28th February 1981 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 1 Sidney Hough jun 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 2 Simon Lomas (42m: (1) Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Balmoral, Chepstow Delight; Hull 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Surprise (2) Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight; 4 Neil D Lomas Bourne Surprise (3) Abbeyville, Canterbury, Crowland, Combermere, Vale 5 Andrew C D Mayes Royal, St Werburgh Delight (4) Marple, Taxal, Newdigate, College Bob IV, 6 Peter Dyson Old Oxford, Willesden Delight (5) Braintree, Humber, Charlwood, St First Spliced Minor: 5. First in 49 methods by all except conductor. Albans, Neasden, Wragby Delight (6) Morning Star, Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob; Disley Delight (7) Oxford, 1580 Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob; Wath CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Delight: 88 com) ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1 Sidney Hough jun Thu, 26th March 1981 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 13. 2 Peter Dyson 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Middleton's 4 Neil D Lomas 1-2 Stuart I Bamforth 5 David Butler 3-4 Peter C Randall 6 Simon Lomas 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis First in 42m: 5. Farewell compliment to the Revd D W Moir (Vicar). 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 100th as conductor. 1576 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1581 MARPLE, Cheshire, 8 Pear Tree Close CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Thu, 5th March 1981 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 15. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Sat, 28th March 1981 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Comp. Thomas B Worsley 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 1-2 Andrew G Craddock Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Simon Lomas 5-6 Andrew C D Mayes 2 Peter Broadbent 7-8 Stuart I Bamforth 3 J David Atkinson 4 Ivor R Nichols 1577 5 Martin J Kirk CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael AA 7 Ian W Taylor Sat, 7th March 1981 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 8 Neil D Lomas 5184 Bristol Surprise Major 9 Richard S Starkie Comp. Stephen J Ivin 10 David W Friend 1 Peter Dyson First in method: 2, 7. 2 W J Charles Seddon 3 Simon Lomas 1582 4 Martin J Kirk CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 6 Ivor R Nichols Wed, 8th April 1981 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 William H Dowse 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 8 Neil D Lomas Comp. Roger Baldwin First in method: 2. 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 J David Atkinson 1578 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 9-10 C Kenneth Lewis Tue, 17th March 1981 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. 5184 Kent Treble Bob Minor 1583 Comp. Arthur Knights CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 J David Atkinson BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 3-4 Neil D Lomas Sat, 11th April 1981 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 7-8 Simon Lomas Comp. Frederick Dench 1 Cynthia Warrilow 2 Alan G Foster 3 Alan J Brown 4 Sidney Hough jun 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Malcolm Murphy 7 Brian Merrill 8 Geoffrey R Gardner First Surprise: 7. 75th Birthday compliment to A J Brown and S Hough. Also Birthday compliment to Mary Lewis.

161 1584 1589 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Sat, 18th April 1981 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Thu, 28th May 1981 in 1 hr 58 mins. Tenor size 11. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5040 Minor Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (3m: 2 extents Oxford, Kent Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 1 Sally Lees 1-2 J David Atkinson 2 Sidney Hough jun 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Phillip J Boote 5-6 Martin J Kirk 4 Julia Davies 5 John M C Lysons 1590 6 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Frank R Morton HALE, Cheshire. 105 Woburn Drive 8 Colin Davies (C) Tue, 16th June 1981 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. First peal: 1. 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1585 1-2 Cynthia Warrilow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 5-6 J David Atkinson Thu, 30th April 1981 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor size 15. 7-8 Robert J Warrilow 5200 Kent Treble Bob Royal 1-2 J David Atkinson 1591 3-4 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis ASTBURY, Cheshire, St Mary 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes Thu, 2nd July 1981 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 9-10 Peter C Randall (C) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m: Chester, Carlisle, Wells, Primrose, Hexham, Norfolk, York) 1586 1 Ivor R Nichols CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Caroline M Greenwood BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 3 Simon Lomas Sat, 2nd May 1981 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 4 Richard S Starkie 5040 Stedman Triples 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. John Carter (10-pt, #17) 6 Neil D Lomas 1 Andrew Gaskin First Surprise Minor inside: 2. 2 Colin Davies 3 Alan J Brown 1592 4 Cynthia Warrilow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Frank R Morton MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael AA 6 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 4th July 1981 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 7 Alan G Foster (C) 5088 Superlative Surprise Major 8 Phillip J Boote Comp. Nathan J Pitstow First Stedman Triples: 1. 1 Pauline Taylor 2 Graeme A Littler 1587 3 Ian W Taylor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Paul Maddock CHESTER, Cathedral 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Mon, 4th May 1981 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 6 Nicholas Thomson 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 7 Andrew J Jobson Comp. Peter Border 8 Malcolm Murphy 1 Peter Dyson 2 Andrew G Craddock 1593 3 Frank Osbaldiston CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) MARPLE, Cheshire, 8 Pear Tree Close 5 Peter Broadbent Tue, 7th July 1981 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor size 15. 6 J David Atkinson 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 7 Simon Lomas Comp. J David Atkinson (No. 3) 8 Martin J Kirk 1-2 Andrew G Craddock 9 Clive R Calton 3-4 William H Jackson 10 Ivor R Nichols 5-6 J David Atkinson (C) 11 Andrew C D Mayes 7-8 Neil D Lomas 12 Neil D Lomas 9-10 C Kenneth Lewis Birthday compliment to Sue Craddock. 1588 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1594 WARBURTON, Cheshire, St Werburgh CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 16th May 1981 in 3 hrs 21 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Wed, 29th July 1981 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Comp. Charles H Hattersley 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Cynthia Warrilow Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 Graeme A Littler 1 Alan J Brown 3 Robert J Fearnett 2 Judith A Warrilow 4 Simon Lomas 3 Cynthia Warrilow 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Derek Sanderson 6 Edward Gould 5 Alan Foster 7 Colin Davies (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Malcolm Murphy 7 Colin Davies First Yorkshire: 3, 6. For Christening of Claire Louise Thomson. 8 F John Keddie Rung in honour of the marriage of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales with the Lady Diana Spencer.

162 1595 1602 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BURBAGE, Derbyshire, Christ Church MANCHESTER, Burnage, 267 Kingsway Sat, 8th August 1981 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. Tue, 22nd September 1981 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. 5040 Minor 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major (3m: 2 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Peter Dyson 1-2 Neil D Lomas 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 William H Jackson 3 John A Vesey 5-6 J David Atkinson 4 Christopher Bedell 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Andrew J Bedell 6 Geoffrey K Howell 1603 First peal: 3. Ruby Wedding compliment to Mr and Mrs B E Frost (Disley). CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD STRETFORD, Manchester, 30 Ashfell Court 1596 Wed, 23rd September 1981 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 14. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Comp. Thomas B Worsley Fri, 14th August 1981 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 11. 1-2 David G Ogden 5056 Plain Bob Major 3-4 Giles B Thompson Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 J David Atkinson 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes 3-4 Martin J Kirk 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1604 7-8 Barry Corbishley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1597 Sat, 26th September 1981 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5022 Lincolnshire Surprise Major MANCHESTER, Burnage, 267 Kingsway Comp. Simon Humphrey, arr Richard F B Speed Tue, 18th August 1981 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 11. 1 C Paul Cheshire 5024 Rutland Surprise Major 2 Alan J Brown Comp. Charles W Roberts 3 Frank R Morton 1-2 J David Atkinson 4 Cynthia Warrilow 3-4 William H Jackson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) 6 Andrew Gaskin 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Colin Davies (C) 8 Geoffrey A Edwards 1598 Circled tower: 3. 50th together: 2, 7. Birthday compliment to Vivien Davies CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD and Frank Morton. ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Thu, 3rd September 1981 in 1 hr 57 mins. Tenor size 11. 1605 5040 Plain Bob Minor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Judith A Warrilow ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Thu, 1st October 1981 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 12. 5-6 J David Atkinson 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major First in hand: 1-2. Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1-2 J David Atkinson 1599 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Neil D Lomas MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 7-8 Martin J Kirk Thu, 10th September 1981 in 2 hrs 14 mins. Tenor size 11. 450th peal: 1-2. 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1606 1-2 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 Martin J Kirk MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Tue, 6th October 1981 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 11. 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1600 1-2 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 Neil D Lomas DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) Sat, 12th September 1981 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Minor (4m: 1 extent Kent Treble Bob; 2 extents Oxford Treble Bob, Cambridge 1607 Surprise, Plain Bob) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Stephen Warrilow BURNAGE, Manchester, 267 Kingsway 2 Julia Davies Tue, 13th October 1981 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 11. 3 Cynthia Warrilow 5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major 4 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Norman Smith 5 Derek Sanderson 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 6 Colin Davies (C) 3-4 Neil D Lomas 150th peal: 5. Most methods: 1. Most methods inside: 2. Rung in memoriam 5-6 William H Jackson Dick Laverick and Harry Sanders. 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 400th handbell peal: 1-2. 1601 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tue, 15th September 1981 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 11. 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7-8 Brian Harris First in method in hand: 7-8.

163 1608 1614 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ANCIENT SOCIETY OF COLLEGE YOUTHS HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, St Luke ASHBOURNE, Derbyshire, St Oswald Sat, 17th October 1981 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Sat, 21st November 1981 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5040 Minor 5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major (7m: London S., Cambridge S., Oxford TB, Kent Treble Bob, Single Comp. Robert B Smith Oxford, St Clement's, Plain Bob) 1 David J Marshall 1 Eric Hotine 2 Burley P Morris 2 Andrew P Simcox 3 David H Sansum 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Malcolm P Phipps 4 Frank R Morton (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Mervyn J Harrison 6 Frederick Ross 6 Ian W Taylor 7 David Kingman First peal attempt: 2, 5. For Patronal Festival; also compliment to Leonard 8 Robert B Smith (C) Copnall, 50 years a ringer at this tower. Circled tower to peals: 2. First Double Norwich: 3. 950th as conductor.

1609 1615 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Sat, 31st October 1981 in 3 hrs 14 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. Tue, 22nd December 1981 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Comp. Roderick W Pipe (87s) Comp. Arr Andrew C D Mayes 1 Derek J Barrett 1-2 J David Atkinson 2 Sue Barrett 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Martin J Kirk (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 4 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 5 W J Charles Seddon 9-10 Brian Harris 6 Frank R Morton First Oxford Royal on handbells: 9-10. 7 Peter Broadbent 8 Ivor R Nichols 1616 9 Colin Davies CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 10 Andrew C D Mayes KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South First of Royal as conductor. Tue, 29th December 1981 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 1610 Comp. J Wood CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Brian Harris ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Tue, 3rd November 1981 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. 5-6 J David Atkinson 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 7-8 Neil D Lomas Comp. Charles Middleton 9-10 David W Friend 1-2 Brian Harris First peal on the premises. 3-4 Neil D Lomas 5-6 J David Atkinson 1617 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) DERBY DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION First in method in hand: 1-2. CHESTER, Cheshire, Cathedral Fri, 1st January 1982 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. 1611 5040 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Arr C M Wulkau SUTTON, Cheshire, St James 1 Susan E Marshall Sat, 7th November 1981 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 2 Christopher M Wulkau (C) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 3 Janet House 1 Sidney Hough jun 4 David M Watson 2 Rosemary S Spencer 5 Sally A Atkins 3 Carol A Davenport 6 Barry J Fry 4 J Derek Smith 7 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Martyn N Tickner 6 Barry Corbishley 9 Clive W Longden 10 R Kingsley Mason 1612 11 David Hird CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 Ian G Campbell WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Thu, 12th November 1981 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 11. 1618 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Arthur Knights MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1-2 Neil D Lomas Wed, 6th January 1982 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 Andrew C D Mayes 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 7-8 Martin J Kirk 1-2 Brian Harris 3-4 Neil D Lomas 1613 5-6 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Tue, 17th November 1981 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 11. 1619 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Charles Middleton ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1-2 Brian Harris Tue, 12th January 1982 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 J David Atkinson 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 5-6 Neil D Lomas Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 Brian Harris 3-4 J David Atkinson 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis First in method in hand: 1-2.

164 1620 1627 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Thu, 14th January 1982 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 13. Thu, 25th February 1982 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 13. 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. Arthur Craven Comp. James E Burton 1-2 Andrew C D Mayes (C) 1-2 Martin J Kirk 3-4 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Andrew C D Mayes 7-8 David W Friend 7-8 Simon Lomas

1621 1628 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V Sat, 16th January 1982 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Sat, 27th February 1982 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5056 Bristol Surprise Major 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. E Bennett Comp. G K Lewis 1 Shirley Harris 1 Alan J Brown 2 Alan J Brown 2 Shirley Harris 3 Alan G Foster 3 Cynthia Warrilow 4 Cynthia Warrilow 4 Alan G Foster 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Colin Davies 6 Malcolm Murphy 7 Brian Harris 7 Colin Davies 8 F John Keddie 8 Brian Harris First in method: 3. Birthday compliment to Mrs Foster. 1629 1622 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Wed, 10th March 1982 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 28th January 1982 in 2 hrs 41 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal Comp. J David Atkinson Comp. J David Atkinson 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 Neil D Lomas 5-6 Peter C Randall 5-6 Andrew C D Mayes 7-8 Neil D Lomas 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 9-10 Brian Harris 9-10 Martin J Kirk First T. B. Royal on handbells: 9-10. 1630 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1623 HYDE, Cheshire, St George CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 20th March 1982 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 5056 Plain Bob Major Thu, 4th February 1982 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size unspecified. Comp. John R Pritchard 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Major 1 Nicholas Woods Comp. W Harrison 2 Peter Coxall 1-2 David W Friend 3 Roger Bugler 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 John M C Lysons 5-6 Giles B Thompson 5 J Derek Smith 7-8 Martin J Kirk 6 Denis Mottershead (C) 7 C Kenneth Lewis 1624 8 Peter Dyson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First on eight bells: 1. In memoriam Tom Wilde. SUTTON, Cheshire, St James Sat, 6th February 1982 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 1631 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Rosemary S Spencer ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 2 James M Swallow Wed, 24th March 1982 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor size 17. 3 Stuart Holroyd 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 4 Roger Bugler Comp. Benjamin Annable 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 Brian Harris 6 Frank Osbaldiston 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Neil D Lomas 1625 7-8 Andrew C D Mayes CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9-10 J David Atkinson (C) MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Thu, 11th February 1982 in 2 hrs 41 mins. Tenor size 15. 1632 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. J David Atkinson (No. 3) KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) Tue, 30th March 1982 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 14. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5056 Plain Bob Major 5-6 Andrew C D Mayes Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Neil D Lomas 1-2 Caroline M Greenwood 9-10 Martin J Kirk 3-4 Brian Harris 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1626 7-8 Martin J Kirk CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First in hand: 1-2. KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South Tue, 16th February 1982 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 15. 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. Arthur Craven 1-2 Brian Harris 3-4 J David Atkinson 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C)

165 1633 1639 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V Sat, 3rd April 1982 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 23 cwt. Sat, 5th June 1982 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5040 Oakham Surprise Royal 5184 Rutland Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Norman Smith 1 Shirley Harris 1 Alan J Brown 2 Martin J Kirk 2 Shirley Harris 3 Derek J Barrett 3 Cynthia Warrilow 4 Peter Broadbent 4 Alan G Foster 5 J David Atkinson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Malcolm Murphy 7 David W Friend 7 Colin Davies 8 Clive R Calton 8 Brian Harris 9 Frank R Morton First in method inside: 2, 4. 18th Birthday compliment to Judith Warrilow 10 Brian Harris (31st May). Circled the tower: 2. First in the method by all and on the bells. 1640 1634 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Tue, 8th June 1982 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 11. Tue, 6th April 1982 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 12. 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Comp. Dennis Knox Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Neil D Lomas 1-2 Brian Harris 3-4 J David Atkinson 3-4 J David Atkinson 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1641 1635 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Sun, 27th June 1982 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Tue, 13th April 1982 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major 5024 Rutland Surprise Major Comp. James S Wilde (No. 6) Comp. H Law James 1 Valerie Foster 1-2 David W Friend 2 Shirley Harris 3-4 J David Atkinson 3 Judith A Warrilow 5-6 Neil D Lomas 4 Alan J Brown 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Cynthia Warrilow 6 Alan G Foster 1636 7 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Brian Harris BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V Sat, 24th April 1982 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1642 5056 Double Norwich Court Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. A J Brown SUTTON, Macclesfield, Cheshire, St James 1 Shirley Harris Sat, 3rd July 1982 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 2 Cynthia Warrilow 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 3 Alan J Brown (58m: (1) Newdigate, Charlwood, Old Oxford, Neasden, College Bob IV, St 4 Alan G Foster Albans, Willesden, Wragby, Marple, Braintree. Taxal, Humber, Elston, 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Clarence Delight; Morning Star Treble Bob (2) Surfleet, Hexham, Beverley, 6 Colin Davies Berwick, Cambridge, Primrose Surprise (3) Leasowe, Beeston, Peveril, 7 Malcolm Murphy Melandra, Castleton, Bucknall Delight (4) Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, 8 Brian Harris Rostherne, Ely Delight; Bourne Surprise (5) Fotheringay, Skipton, Golden Wedding compliment to Mr and Mrs A J Brown of Bowdon. Balmoral, Chepstow, Dover Delight; Hull Surprise (6) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville, Canterbury Delight (7) 1637 Ockley, Capel, Duke of Norfolk, Sandal, College Exercise, London CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Scholars' Pleasure, Norbury, Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob; Donottar, KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South Carisbrooke, Pontefract, Wath Delight) Tue, 18th May 1982 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 15. 1 Sidney Hough jun 5056 Plain Bob Major 2 Simon Lomas Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 David W Friend 4 Denis Mottershead 3-4 Martin J Kirk 5 Neil D Lomas 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Peter Dyson 7-8 Brian Harris (C) First peal in 58 methods by all except the conductor. First on an inside pair: 3-4.

1638 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tue, 25th May 1982 in 2 hrs 31 mins. Tenor size 15. 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal Comp. Benjamin Annable 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7-8 Peter C Randall 9-10 Brian Harris

166 1643 1648 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints ABBOTS BROMLEY, Staffordshire, St Nicholas Sat, 10th July 1982 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Sat, 28th August 1982 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major (39m: (1) Fotheringay, Skipton, Balmoral, Chepstow, Dover Delight (2) Comp. Arthur Craven Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne, Ely Delight (3) Crowland, 1 Shirley Harris Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville, Canterbury Delight (4) 2 John W Griffiths Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden, Marple, Taxal Delight 3 John F Mulvey (5) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby, Braintree, Humber Delight (6) 4 Eric E Speake Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Morning Star Treble 5 C Kenneth Lewis Bob, Disley Delight (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars ' Pleasure, 6 Stuart C W Hutchieson Kingston, Oxford TB) 7 R Gordon Corby 1 Rosemary S Spencer 8 Brian Harris (C) 2 Simon Lomas 1000th peal: 8. Birthday compliment to Gwen Shipman of the local band. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Neil D Lomas 1649 5 Geoffrey R Gardner DERBY DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 6 Peter Dyson FAIRFIELD, BUXTON, Derbyshire, St Peter The thanks of the band are due to the ringer of the fifth who stood in at the Mon, 30th August 1982 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. last moment. 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1644 1 Peter D Storey CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Michael St John-Smith MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 3 Malcolm P Phipps Tue, 20th July 1982 in 2 hrs 14 mins. Tenor size 11. 4 Sidney Hough jun 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 5 Andrew J Bedell Comp. John Thorp 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 Neil D Lomas 7 Anthony Laughton 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 David Kingman 5-6 J David Atkinson First in method: 2, 5. Arranged and rung Half-muffled in memoriam Mrs 7-8 Martin J Kirk Gladys Richardson, a ringer at Fairfield for 32 years, died 15th August. Farewell peal for Martin Kirk, leaving for Oxfordshire. 1650 1645 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South Tue, 31st August 1982 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. Tue, 3rd August 1982 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. Nathan J Pitstow Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Brian Harris 1-2 Judith A Warrilow 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 Brian Harris 5-6 J David Atkinson 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Giles B Thompson 7-8 J David Atkinson (C) First Major on handbells: 1-2. 1651 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1646 POYNTON, Cheshire, St George CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 11th September 1982 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Sat, 7th August 1982 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 18 cwt. (42m: (1) Dover, Chepstow, Fotheringay, Balmoral, Skipton 3 D, Hull S. 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major (2) Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rosthorne 3 D, Bourne S. (3) Comp. Charles H Hattersley Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh, Abbeyville, Canterbury 1 Cynthia Warrilow 4 D (4) Willesden, Old Oxford, Newdigate, Marple, College Bob IV, Taxal 2 Judith A Warrilow 4 D (5) Charlwood, Neasden, Wragby, St Albans, Braintree, Humber 4 D 3 Julia Davies (6) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Morning Star 4 Alan J Brown Treble Bob, Disley 3 D (7) Oxford, Kingston, London Scholars' Pleasure, 5 Nicholas Thomson Sandal, Overton Treble Bob, Wath 3 D) 6 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Rosemary S Spencer 7 Colin Davies (C) 2 Peter Dyson 8 Brian Harris 3 C Kenneth Lewis First Surprise Major: 3. To welcome Paul Stuart Davies. 4 Roger Bugler 5 Geoffrey R Gardner 1647 6 Neil D Lomas (C) LICHFIELD ARCHDEACONRY SOCIETY First in 42 methods: 4, 5. First in 42 methods as conductor. BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V Sat, 14th August 1982 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1652 5152 London Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Thomas B Worsley WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1 Shirley Harris Tue, 21st September 1982 in 1 hr 55 mins. Tenor size 11. 2 Clive M Smith 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 3 Lucy Smith (24m: (1) Taxal, Marple, College Bob IV Delight (2) Newdigate, Old 4 Stuart C W Hutchieson Oxford, Willesden Delight (3) Humber, Braintree, St Albans Delight (4) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Charlwood, Neasden, Wragby Delight (5) College Exercise, Morning Star 6 Martin A Smith Treble Bob; Disley Delight (6) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, Norbury Treble 7 Brian Harris Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble 8 Alan F Scholfield Bob; Wath Delight: 67 com) First in method: 4, 6. 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas

167 1653 1659 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road BOWDON, Greater Manchester, St Mary V Tue, 28th September 1982 in 2 hrs 13 mins. Tenor size 11. Sun, 31st October 1982 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Thomas B Worsley Comp. Brian D Price 1-2 Brian Harris 1 Alan J Brown 3-4 Neil D Lomas 2 Shirley Harris 5-6 J David Atkinson 3 Cynthia Warrilow 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Alan Foster 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1654 6 Malcolm Murphy DERBY DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 7 Colin Davies MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 8 Brian Harris (C) Sat, 2nd October 1982 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. To celebrate the marriage of Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Brian and 5007 Stedman Cinques Shirley Harris, to Brian Hayward, which took place at St Lawrence, Over Comp. Robert E J Dennis Peover, on the previous day. 1 Christopher M Wulkau (C) 2 Janet House 1660 3 Susan E Marshall CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 D Robert Pettifor BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 5 Timothy Wylie Sat, 13th November 1982 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 6 Mark A Adamson 5024 Plain Bob Major 7 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 8 Clive W Longden 1 Guy Leyland 9 Malcolm S Turner 2 Shirley Harris 10 David W Friend 3 Alan J Brown 11 Michael J Uphill 4 Jean C Leyland 12 Ian G Campbell 5 Cynthia Warrilow First Stedman: 6 6 Alan Foster 7 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1655 8 Brian Harris CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal: 1. The ringers of 1, 3 and 4 make up three generations: No. 1 is WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane the son of No. 4 who is the daughter of No. 3. Tue, 5th October 1982 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 1661 Comp. J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 3-4 Peter C Randall Tue, 30th November 1982 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 11. 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 5024 Oxford Treble Bob Major 7-8 Neil D Lomas Comp. Thomas B Worsley 9-10 Brian Harris 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1656 5-6 Brian Harris CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 J David Atkinson WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane To mark the attainment of 40 years' resident membership of the Chester Tue, 12th October 1982 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor size 11. Guild by Mrs C Kenneth Lewis and thus qualifying for ' Life 5040 Spliced Plain Royal Membership'-the first lady to do so. (2m: 3600 Plain Bob; 1440 Little Bob: 16 com) Comp. Arr Peter C Randall 1662 1-2 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 Peter C Randall (C) MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis Tue, 7th December 1982 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 11. 7-8 J David Atkinson 5088 Spliced Treble Bob Major 9-10 Brian Harris (2m: 1920 Kent; 3168 Oxford: 30 com) 100th peal on the bells. Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1-2 J David Atkinson 1657 3-4 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 David W Friend HYDE, Greater Manchester, St George 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 16th October 1982 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5184 Pudsey Surprise Major 1663 Comp. Stephen J Ivin CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Shirley Harris BOWDON, Gtr Manchester, St Mary 2 Mary W Ogier Sat, 18th December 1982 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 3 Giles B Thompson 5088 Plain Bob Major 4 William H Dowse Comp. J A Trollope 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Shirley Harris 6 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Julia Davies 7 John F Mulvey 3 Ruth Murdie 8 Brian Harris (C) 4 Alan J Brown First Pudsey: 2. For the 150th anniversary of the consecration of this church, 5 Peter G Bellamy-Knights which took place on 30th October, 1832. 6 Alan Foster 7 C Kenneth Lewis 1658 8 Brian Harris (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal: 3. KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South Tue, 19th October 1982 in 1 hr 40 mins. Tenor size 14. 5040 Minor (3m: 2 extents Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 1-2 Brian Harris 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Giles B Thompson

168 1664 1669 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Mon, 3rd January 1983 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Tue, 1st February 1983 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 11. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (64m: (1) Ely, Rostherne, Chepstow, Wilmslow, Balmoral, Knutsford, (4m: 1440 Yorkshire; 1280 Cambridge; 1280 Lincolnshire; 1120 Rutland: Skipton, Bogedone, Fotheringay Delight, Nelson Treble Bob, Bourne, Hull 69 com, atw) Surprise (2) Castleton, Bucknall, Melandra, Peveril, Beeston, Leasowe Comp. Philip G K Davies Delight (3) Hexham, Surfleet, Berwick, Beverley, Primrose, Cambridge 1-2 Neil D Lomas Surprise (4) Kentish, Berkeley, Edinburgh, Pembroke, Oswald, Barham 3-4 J David Atkinson Delight (5) Abbeyville, Canterbury, St Werburgh, Vale Royal, 5-6 Peter C Randall Combermere, Crowland Delight (6) Marple, Braintree, Taxal, Humber, 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Willesden, Wragby, College Bob IV, St Albans, Old Oxford, Neasden, Newdigate, Charlwood, Elston, Clarence Delight, Morning Star Treble Bob 1670 (7) Oxford, Ockley, Capel, Duke of Norfolk, Sandal, College Exercise, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD London Scholars' Pleasure, Norbury, Kingston Treble Bob, Donottar, NETHER ALDERLEY, Cheshire, St Mary Carisbrooke, Pontefract, Wath Delight: 125 com) Sat, 5th February 1983 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 11 cwt. 1 Rosemary S Spencer 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 2 Simon Lomas (73m: (1) Kentish, Berkeley, Edinburgh, Pembroke, Oswald, Barham, 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Melandra, Peveril, Beeston, Leasowe Delight; Waterford, Berwyn, Mendip 4 Peter Dyson Treble Bob (2) Chepstow, Rostherne, Balmoral, Wilmslow, Skipton, 5 Geoffrey R Gardner Knutsford, Fotheringay, Bogedone, Ely Delight; Nelson Treble Bob; Hull, 6 Neil D Lomas Bourne Surprise (3) Hexham, Surfleet, Berwick, Beverley, Primrose, First peal in 64 methods by all except the conductor. Silver Wedding Cambridge Surprise; Waltham, Burslem Delight (4) Braintree, Marple, compliment to Mr and Mrs H M Heaton of Taxal. First peal on the bells in Humber, Taxal, Wragby, Neasden, St Albans, College Bob IV, Neasden, 64 methods. Old Oxford, Charlwood, Newdigate, Clarence, Elston Delight; Morning Star Treble Bob (5) Oxford, Kingston, Norbury, London Scholars' Pleasure, 1665 College Exercise, Sandal, Duke of Norfolk, Capel, Ockley Treble Bob; CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Carisbrooke, Donottar, Wath, Pontefract Delight (6) Abbeyville, WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Canterbury, St Werburgh, Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal Delight (7) Tue, 4th January 1983 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor size 15. Rossendale, Lightfoot, Stamford, Wearmouth, Annable's London, 5080 Kent Treble Bob Royal Netherseale Surprise: 142 com, a plain lead of each method) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Sidney Hough jun 1-2 J David Atkinson 2 Denis Mottershead 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Peter C Randall 4 Neil D Lomas 7-8 Neil D Lomas 5 Geoffrey R Gardner 9-10 Brian Harris 6 Peter Dyson Composition worked out on 4 January 1939, in which courses are 500th peal: 1 (288 of these with 2). First peal in 73 methods by all except alternately backstroke and tittums. the conductor. A welcome to the new Vicar, Revd Peter Roberts; also 88th Birthday compliment to Mrs A R Elkins, wife of Mr A R Elkins, one-time 1666 Master of the Guild and Branch Chairman for many years. The conductor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD last called this peal on 15th June, 1937, when it was rung for the first time. BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V It contains the greatest number of "regular" Treble Bob Minor methods Sat, 15th January 1983 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. thatcan be spliced into seven true and complete extents. 5056 Rutland Surprise Major Comp. Stephen J Ivin 1671 1 Alan J Brown CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Judith A Warrilow KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 3 Ruth H Smith Fri, 11th February 1983 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 11. 4 Cynthia Warrilow 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 6 Anthony Wragg 1-2 Brian Harris 7 Colin Davies 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Robert B Smith 5-6 J David Atkinson First in method: 2. 7-8 Eric E Speake

1667 1672 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane BOWDON, Gtr Manchester, St Mary Tue, 18th January 1983 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 12th February 1983 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5088 Kent Treble Bob Maximus 5120 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. J David Atkinson Comp. John R Ketteringham 1-2 Neil D Lomas 1 Shirley Harris 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Mary W Ogier 5-6 J David Atkinson (C) 3 Eric E Speake 7-8 Peter C Randall 4 Giles B Thompson 9-10 David W Friend 5 Frank Osbaldiston 11-12 Brian Harris 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 David W Friend 1668 8 Brian Harris (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1673 Thu, 27th January 1983 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 11. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Comp. Charles Severn Tue, 22nd February 1983 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. 1-2 Brian Harris 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 3-4 Neil D Lomas Comp. Charles Middleton 5-6 David W Friend 1-2 Brian Harris 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 Neil D Lomas 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 J David Atkinson (C)

169 1674 1679 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road READING, Berkshire, St Mary Thu, 10th March 1983 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 11. Sun, 22nd May 1983 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major (42m: (1) Abbeyville, Canterbury, St Werburgh, Crowland, Combermere, Comp. Charles Middleton Vale Royal, Delight (2) Dover, Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay 1 Neil O Skelton Delight, Hull Surprise (3) Ely, Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone 2 L Michael Callow Delight, Bourne Surprise (4) Marple, Taxal, Willesden, College Bob IV, 3 C Kenneth Lewis Old Oxford, Newdigate Delight (5) Braintree, Humber, Wragby, St Albans, 4 Harry Stacey Neasden, Charlwood Delight (6) Morning Star, Norbury, College Exercise, 5 William Butler Duke of Norfolk, Ockley Treble Bob, Disley Delight (7) Oxford, Kingston, 6 Harold W Rogers London Scholars' Pleasure, Sandal, Capel Treble Bob, Wath Delight: 90 7 Geoffrey K Dodd (C) com) 8 Bernard F L Groves 1-2 J David Atkinson First Churchwardens' peal of Cambridge Surprise, and possibly first peal by 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) a band of Churchwardens. 5-6 Neil D Lomas First peal in 42 methods in hand by all the band and for the Guild. In 1680 memoriam Mrs M E Elkins. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1675 Tue, 24th May 1983 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal POYNTON, Cheshire, 2 Adlington Close Comp. J David Atkinson Tue, 22nd March 1983 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 11. 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 5-6 Frank C Price 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 7-8 Neil D Lomas 3-4 Neil D Lomas 9-10 Brian Harris 5-6 David W Friend 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 1681 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1676 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 7th June 1983 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor size 15. BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Sat, 9th April 1983 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Comp. Benjamin Annable 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 Neil D Lomas 1 Alan J Brown 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Julia Davies 7-8 Brian Harris 3 Judith A Warrilow 9-10 Frank C Price 4 J Anthony Beaumont 5 Colin Davies 1682 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Simon Lomas KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 8 Geoffrey R Gardner Tue, 21st June 1983 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. 50th peal on the bells: 5. Birthday compliment to Alan J Brown (11th) and 5022 Cambridge Surprise Major Mary Lewis (10th). Comp. Charles Middleton 1-2 Brian Harris 1677 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 J David Atkinson KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 7-8 David W Friend Tue, 12th April 1983 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 11. 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1683 Comp. 27-course block reduced CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Brian Harris MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 3-4 J David Atkinson Wed, 29th June 1983 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 11. 5-6 Neil D Lomas 5152 Rutland Surprise Major 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Peter J Sanderson 1-2 Brian Harris 1678 3-4 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Neil D Lomas TARPORLEY, Cheshire, St Helen 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 30th April 1983 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. 5024 Bristol Surprise Major 1684 Comp. Andrew N Tyler CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Eric Nixon WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 2 Geoffrey R Gardner Tue, 12th July 1983 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 3 Helen M Diserens 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 4 Andrew J Jobson Comp. J David Atkinson 5 Denis Mottershead 1-2 Neil D Lomas 6 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Noel J Diserens 5-6 J David Atkinson (C) 8 Bernard F L Groves (C) 7-8 Alan F Scholfield 9-10 Peter C Randall

170 1685 1689 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints WISTASTON, Cheshire, St Mary Sat, 16th July 1983 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Wed, 10th August 1983 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor 6 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major (74m: (1) Kentish, Berkeley, Edinburgh, Pembroke, Oswald, Barham, Comp. Christopher P Starbuck Melandra, Beeston, Peveril, Leasowe Delight; Waterford, Berwyn, Mendip 1 Shirley Harris Treble Bob: composed by A G Driver (2) Hexham, Surfleet, Berwick, 2 Judith A Warrilow Beverley, Primrose, Cambridge Surprise; Waltham, Burslem Delight: 3 C Kenneth Lewis arranged by C Kenneth Lewis (3) Ely, Rostherne, Chepstow, Wilmslow, 4 Frank R Morton Balmoral, Knutsford, Skipton, Bogedone, Fotheringay Delight; Bourne, 5 J Derek Smith Hull Surprise; Nelson Treble Bob: composed by A G Driver (4) Marple, 6 Ivor R Nichols Braintree, Taxal, Humber, Willesden, Wragby, College Bob IV, St Albans, 7 C Michael Orme Old Oxford, Neasden, Newdigate, Charlwood, Elston, Clarence Delight; 8 Brian Harris (C) Morning Star Treble Bob: composed by A G Driver (5) Norbury, Kingston, College Exercise, London Scholars' Pleasure, Duke of Norfolk, Sandal, 1690 Ockley, Capel Treble Bob; Bedford, Merton, Disley Delight: composed by CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD C Kenneth Lewis (6) Kent, Trinity Sunday, Killamarsh, Quantock, KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South Snowdon Treble Bob, Donottar, Carisbrooke, Pontefract, Wath Delight: Tue, 23rd August 1983 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor size 15. composed by C Kenneth Lewis from H Chant grid (7) Abbeyville, 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal Canterbury, St Werburgh, Crowland, Vale Royal, Combermere Delight: Comp. J David Atkinson (No. 3) arranged by A G Driver: 155 com, a plain lead of each method) 1-2 Martyn N Tickner 1 Sidney Hough jun 3-4 J David Atkinson (C) 2 Denis Mottershead 5-6 Frank C Price 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Neil D Lomas 9-10 Brian Harris 5 Geoffrey R Gardner First Royal on handbells: 1-2. 6 Peter Dyson The greatest number of regular Treble Bob Minor methods yet spliced into 1691 seven extents. 100th peal together: 1, 5. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER, Cathedral 1686 Mon, 29th August 1983 in 3 hrs 24 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Comp. Peter Border Wed, 20th July 1983 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 11. 1 Caroline M Greenwood 5088 Spliced Surprise Major 2 John W Griffiths (4m: 1344 Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; 1248 Cambridge; 1152 Rutland: 98 3 Michael Thomson com, atw) 4 Ivor R Nichols Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Neil D Lomas 6 Peter D Hughes 3-4 J David Atkinson 7 Roy Worrall 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) 8 Colin T Graham 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 9 Malcolm Murphy 10 Eric Hotine 1687 11 Frank R Morton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 Brian Harris (C) KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John Bapt First Maximus: 6. First Cambridge Maximus: 2, 8. Completes Cambridge Sat, 6th August 1983 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Minor to Maximus: 2. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (38m: (1) Castleton, Melandra, Peveril, Beeston, Leasowe Delight (2) 1692 Dover, Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay Deight (3) Ely, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone Delight (4) Abbeyville, MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (5) Charlwood, Tue, 30th August 1983 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. Newdigate, Neasden, Old Oxford, St Albans, College Bob IV, Wragby, 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Willesden Delight (6) Morning Star, Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Comp. Joseph W Parker Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' 1-2 Frank C Price Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob: 53 com) 3-4 J David Atkinson 1 Sidney Hough jun 5-6 Brian Harris 2 David Butler 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First in the method on an inside pair: 5-6. 4 Peter Dyson 5 Geoffrey R Gardner 1693 6 David W Friend CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal in 38m: 6. To mark the anniversary (5/ 8/ 33) of the first ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 38-method peal. Tue, 6th September 1983 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 11. 5088 Superlative Surprise Major 1688 Comp. Nathan J Pitstow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Brian Harris BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 3-4 J David Atkinson Tue, 9th August 1983 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5-6 Frank C Price 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Brian D Price 1 Alan J Brown 1694 2 Shirley Harris CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Sidney Hough jun WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Road 4 Judith A Warrilow Tue, 13th September 1983 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 6 Alan G Foster Comp. Ernest Morris 7 J David Atkinson 1-2 J David Atkinson 8 Brian Harris 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 50th of Cambridge Major: 8. 200th peal in the tower. In honour of the 90th 5-6 Peter C Randall birthday of Mr A R Elkins, former Master of the Guild. 7-8 Neil D Lomas 9-10 Brian Harris

171 1695 1702 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South Tue, 20th September 1983 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 11. Tue, 29th November 1983 in 1 hr 50 mins. Tenor size 11. 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5040 Minor Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (Reverse) (3m: 3 extents Oxford Treble Bob; 1 extent Kent Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain 1-2 Brian Harris Bob) 3-4 Neil D Lomas 1-2 William F Gibbons 5-6 Frank C Price 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Brian Harris First Minor in hand: 1-2. 50th peal for the Guild: 1-2. 1696 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1703 KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 18th October 1983 in 2 hrs 24 mins. Tenor size unspecified. MACCLESFI ELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 5184 Cambridge Surprise Major Tue, 6th December 1983 in 2 hrs 21 mins. Tenor size 11. Comp. Arthur P Heywood 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1-2 Brian Harris Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 Neil D Lomas 1-2 Frank C Price 5-6 Frank C Price 3-4 J David Atkinson 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Brian Harris 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1697 First in the method on an inside pair: 5-6. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HANDLEY, Cheshire, All Saints 1704 Sat, 22nd October 1983 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Minor GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriott, Manor Road (4m: 720 St Clement's; 1440 Kent Treble Bob, Cambridge Surprise, Plain Tue, 20th December 1983 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 11. Bob) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 1 Shirley Harris Comp. Thomas B Worsley 2 Duncan G Walker 1-2 Brian Harris 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 David Hunns 5-6 David W Friend 5 Christopher J Jones 7-8 William F Gibbons 6 Brian Harris (C) First Treble Bob in hand: 7-8. First peal: 2. 1705 1698 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD SUTTON, Cheshire, St James ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Fri, 30th December 1983 in 3 hrs 32 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Tue, 8th November 1983 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 13. 6480 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major (85m: In 9 extents, 195 com with a plain lead of every method: (1) Kentish, Comp. Charles Middleton Berkeley, Edinburgh, Pembroke, Oswald, Barham, Melandra, Beeston, 1-2 Brian Harris Peveril, Leasowe Delight, Waterford, Berwyn, Mendip T.B. (A G Driver) 3-4 Frank C Price (2) Chester, Munden, Carlisle, Cunecastre Surprise, Glastonbury Delight 5-6 Neil D Lomas (arr. C Kenneth Lewis) (3) Hexham, Surfleet, Berwick, Beverley, Primrose, 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Cambridge Surprise, Waltham, Burslem Delight (arr. C Kenneth Lewis) (4) Ely, Rostherne, Chepstow, Wilmslow, Balmoral, Knutsford, Skipton, 1699 Bogedone, Fotheringay Delight, Bourne, Hull Surprise, Nelson T.B. (comp. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD A G Driver) (5) Marple, Braintree, Taxal, Humber, Willesden, Wragby, KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South College Bob IV, St Albans, Old Oxford, Neasden, Newdigate, Charlwood, Tue, 15th November 1983 in 1 hr 45 mins. Tenor size 15. Elston, Clarence Delight, Morning Star T.B. (comp. A G Driver) (6) 5040 Minor Norbury, Kingston, College Exercise, London Scholars' Pleasure, Duke of (4m: 1 extent Cambridge Surprise; 2 extents Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Norfolk, Sandal, Ockley, Capel T.B., Bedford, Merton, Disley Delight Treble Bob, Plain Bob) (comp. C Kenneth Lewis) (7) Kent, Trinity Sunday, Killamarsh, Quantock, 1-2 Martyn N Tickner Snowdon T.B., Donottar, Carisbrooke, Pontefract, Wath Delight (comp. C 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Kenneth Lewis from H Chant) (8) Lightfoot, Rossendale, Wearmouth, 5-6 Brian Harris Stamford, Netherseale, Annable's London Surprise (arr. C Kenneth Lewis) (9) Abbeyville, Canterbury, St Werburgh, Crowland, Vale Royal, 1700 Combermere Delight (arr. A G Driver)) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 David W Friend BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 2 Denis Mottershead Sat, 19th November 1983 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 4 Neil D Lomas Comp. Thomas B Worsley 5 Geoffrey R Gardner 1 Valerie Foster 6 Peter Dyson 2 Shirley Harris The greatest number of regular Treble Bob Minor methods yet included in a 3 Alan J Brown peal. The greatest number of Minor methods by the Guild and by all the 4 Cynthia Warrilow band. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Alan G Foster 1706 7 Dennis R Allcock CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Brian Harris BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V Retirement compliment to Canon M H Ridgway. Sat, 7th January 1984 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5120 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 1701 Comp. Thomas B Worsley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Shirley Harris HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 47 Coniston Drive 2 Jean C Leyland Tue, 22nd November 1983 in 2 hrs 32 mins. Tenor size 20. 3 Alan J Brown 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal 4 Cynthia Warrilow Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 5 Alan G Foster 1-2 Martyn N Tickner 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 J David Atkinson 5-6 Frank C Price 8 Brian Harris 7-8 Neil D Lomas A welcome to the new Vicar, Revd Canon A B Martin, inducted on 12th 9-10 J David Atkinson January. 172 1707 1713 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road WAVERTON, Cheshire, St Peter Tue, 17th January 1984 in 1 hr 48 mins. Tenor size 11. Wed, 22nd February 1984 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 5040 Minor 5040 Minor (7m: Cambridge S., Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Double Oxford, (7m: Oxford Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, Double Oxford, St Clement's, Kent St Clement's, Double Bob, Plain Bob) Treble Bob, Cambridge S., Plain Bob) 1-2 J David Atkinson 1 Ruth Murdie 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Sue Barrett 5-6 Frank C Price 3 John W Griffiths 4 Duncan G Walker 1708 5 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Brian Harris (C) KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South First Minor 1. First in 7 methods: 4. Thu, 2nd February 1984 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 1714 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Brian Harris STALYBRIDGE, Manchester, St Paul 3-4 J David Atkinson Sat, 3rd March 1984 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5-6 Neil D Lomas 5152 Spliced Surprise Major 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) (10m: 896 Rutland, Bristol; 672 Cambridge, Lincolnshire; 448 Yorkshire, Superlative, Pudsey; 224 London, Ashtead, Uxbridge: 133 com, atw) 1709 Comp. Richard J Parker CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Brian Harris ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 56 Wellington Road 2 Sue Barrett Tue, 7th February 1984 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 3 Neil D Lomas 5040 Kent Treble Bob Major 4 Denis Mottershead Comp. York Green 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Neil D Lomas 6 Geoffrey R Gardner 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Peter Dyson 5-6 Frank C Price (C) 8 David W Friend (C) 7-8 Brian Harris First 10-Spliced: 7. 9-10 J David Atkinson 1715 1710 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LICHFIELD ARCHDEACONRY SOCIETY HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 47 Coniston Drive ABBOTS BROMLEY, Staffordshire, St Nicholas Tue, 6th March 1984 in 2 hrs 26 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 11th February 1984 in 2 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5024 Rutland Surprise Major Comp. John Worth Comp. Philip G K Davies 1-2 Brian Harris 1 Philip J Sealey 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Shirley Harris 5-6 J David Atkinson 3 Stuart C W Hutchieson 7-8 Neil D Lomas 4 Eric E Speake 9-10 Frank C Price 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Philip J Johnson 1716 7 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Brian Harris (C) KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 30th Wedding anniversary compliment to Douglas and Hazel Hayward. Thu, 15th March 1984 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 1711 Comp. Gabriel Lindoff CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Brian Harris DUNHAMMASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 18th February 1984 in 2 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 5-6 J David Atkinson 5040 Plain Bob Minor 7-8 Neil D Lomas 1 Alison Merritt 9-10 Frank C Price 2 Shirley Harris 3 Julia Davies 1717 4 Cynthia Warrilow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 6 Brian Harris Tue, 27th March 1984 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. First peal attempt: 1. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Comp. J David Atkinson 1712 1-2 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 5-6 Frank C Price Tue, 21st February 1984 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. 7-8 Peter C Randall (C) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 9-10 Brian Harris Comp. Charles Middleton 1-2 Brian Harris 1718 3-4 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 J David Atkinson BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 31st March 1984 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5152 London Surprise Major Comp. Thomas B Worsley (No. 3) 1 Shirley Harris 2 Anne C Orme 3 Cynthia Warrilow 4 J David Atkinson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Brian Harris 7 C Michael Orme 8 Frank C Price

173 1719 1725 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew Tue, 10th April 1984 in 2 hrs 13 mins. Tenor size 11. Sat, 2nd June 1984 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5040 Treble Bob Minor Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (25m: (1) London Surprise (2) Wilmslow, Knutsford, Rostherne, Bogedone 1-2 J David Atkinson Delight (3) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (4) 3-4 Neil D Lomas College Exercise, Norbury, Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, Morning Star Treble 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Bob (5) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby, Braintree Delight (6) 7-8 Simon Lomas Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford Treble Bob (7) Cambridge Surprise) 1720 1 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 J Derek Smith BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 3 Neil D Lomas Sat, 14th April 1984 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 4 Denis Mottershead (C) 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5 Roger Bugler Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 6 Brian Harris 1 Sidney Hough jun To mark the 25th anniversary of the ordination of the Rector, Rev PJ Hunt. 2 Shirley Harris 3 Alan J Brown 1726 4 Jean C Leyland CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Cynthia Warrilow ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Wed, 13th June 1984 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 7 Ivor R Nichols 5056 Plain Bob Major 8 Brian Harris Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 78th Birthday compliment to ringers of 1 and 3. 1-2 Cynthia Warrilow 3-4 Brian Harris 1721 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Cyril Crossthwaite KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South Tue, 17th April 1984 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. 1727 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Thomas B Worsley WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1-2 Brian Harris Tue, 19th June 1984 in 2 hrs 31 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 J David Atkinson 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Robert B Smith 7-8 Simon Lomas 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 1722 5-6 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Peter C Randall (C) KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 9-10 Brian Harris Tue, 24th April 1984 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 1728 Comp. F A Holden CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Frank C Price MACCLESFI ELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Tue, 26th June 1984 in 2 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size 11. 5-6 Neil D Lomas 5040 Surprise Minor 7-8 J David Atkinson (7m: Ipswich, Hull, Cambridge, Westminster, Netherseale, Annable's 9-10 Brian Harris London, Norwich) 1-2 J David Atkinson 1723 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Neil D Lomas KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John Bapt Sat, 5th May 1984 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 1729 5040 Minor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (3m: 1 extent Kent, Oxford; 2 extents Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Kent WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Treble Bob; 1 extent Plain Bob) Tue, 17th July 1984 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 11. 1 Ronald Hough 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Anthony J Cox 3 Sidney Hough jun 1-2 Peter C Randall (C) 4 Norman Hough 3-4 Neil D Lomas 5 David Hunns 5-6 Frank C Price 6 Brian Harris 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis On the 50th anniversary of C Kenneth Lewis's first peal. 1730 1724 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (Hazel Grove), Cheshire, St Thomas MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Sat, 21st July 1984 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. Tue, 8th May 1984 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 11. 5088 London Surprise Major 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Comp. Roger Baldwin Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Judith A Warrilow 1-2 Neil D Lomas 2 Cynthia Warrilow 3-4 J David Atkinson 3 Jack L Millhouse 5-6 Brian Harris 4 Geoffrey R Gardner 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Stuart C W Hutchieson 7 William H Dowse 8 Brian Harris (C)

174 1731 1737 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South Sat, 4th August 1984 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. Tue, 11th September 1984 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. 5152 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Brian Harris 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 Frank C Price 3-4 J David Atkinson 5-6 J David Atkinson 5-6 Brian Harris 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 300th handbell peal together 3-4, 7-8. 1732 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1738 KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 7th August 1984 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Tue, 25th September 1984 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 15. Comp. William Barton 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 1-2 Brian Harris Comp. John Reeves 3-4 Frank C Price 1-2 Brian Harris 5-6 J David Atkinson 3-4 Neil D Lomas 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) In memoriam William H Coles. 7-8 M Simon Lomas First in the method in hand: 7-8. 1733 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1739 HORTON, Staffordshire, St Michael CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Fri, 10th August 1984 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 5040 Surprise Minor Tue, 9th October 1984 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 11. (7m: Westminster, Norwich, London, York, Beverley, Surfleet, Cambridge) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 1 Sidney Hough jun (4m: 1440 Lincolnshire; 1280 Cambridge, Yorkshire; 1120 Rutland: 74 2 Heather M Scarrett com, atw) 3 Sue Barrett Comp. John S Warboys 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1-2 Neil D Lomas 5 Frank Osbaldiston 3-4 J David Atkinson 6 Ivor R Nichols 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) 91st Birthday compliment to Mr A R Elkins. 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis

1734 1740 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V GOOSTREY, Cheshire, St Luke Fri, 24th August 1984 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Sat, 20th October 1984 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 6 cwt. 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Comp. Thomas B Worsley (35m: 53 com and a plain lead of every method: (1) Dover, Fotheringay, 1 Cynthia Warrilow Skipton, Balmoral, Chepstow Delight (2) Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, 2 Shirley Harris Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight (3) Abbeyville, Crowland, Combermere, Vale 3 Ruth Murdie Royal, St Werburgh Delight (4) Marple, Newdigate, Old Oxford, College 4 Judith A Warrilow Bob IV, Willesden Delight (5) Braintree, Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Wragby Delight (6) Morning Star, Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College 6 P Alan Hutchinson Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' 7 Brian Harris Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob) 8 Frank Osbaldiston 1 R Ann Agnew Wedding compliment to Susan Patricia Robinson and Keith Nigel Hawkins, 2 Rosemary S Spencer whose marriage took place immediately before the peal. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Sue Barrett 1735 5 J Wilfred Scarrott CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Peter Dyson HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 47 Coniston Drive First peal in 35 methods: 1, 2, 4, 5. Tue, 28th August 1984 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. 5152 Double Norwich Court Bob Major 1741 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Brian Harris MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 3-4 Frank C Price Tue, 23rd October 1984 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 11. 5-6 J David Atkinson 5056 Plain Bob Major 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 David Young 1736 3-4 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Frank C Price GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriot, 23 Brooklands Drive 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Thu, 30th August 1984 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 5056 Plain Bob Major 1742 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 1-2 David Young FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents 3-4 William F Gibbons Sat, 3rd November 1984 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 7-8 Eric Hotine Comp. Stephen J Ivin First peal in hand: 1-2. Ruby Wedding compliment to the Master of the 1 Oneta M Wilson Guild, W F Gibbons, and Mrs Gibbons. 2 Laurence H Jones 3 William G Wilson 4 Paul Boucher 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Peter Dyson 7 Graham L Nayler 8 Peter Watson First in method: 2, 4. First peal on the bells in their new tower. For the Festival of All Saints. (Wigan Branch)

175 1743 1749 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Thu, 8th November 1984 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. Tue, 19th February 1985 in 2 hrs 32 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5120 Kent Treble Bob Royal Comp. Charles Middleton Comp. James Clatworthy 1-2 N David Lane 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 J David Atkinson 5-6 Brian Harris 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Peter C Randall (C) 9-10 J David Atkinson 1744 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1750 KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 20th November 1984 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 11. KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Tue, 5th March 1985 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 15. Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Little Bob Royal 1-2 Brian Harris Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 Neil D Lomas 1-2 Brian Harris 5-6 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7-8 J David Atkinson 1745 9-10 Frank C Price LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION DIDSBURY, Manchester, St James 1751 Thu, 20th December 1984 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Surprise Minor CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John Evan (7m: London, Wells, York, Durham, Beverley, Surfleet, Cambridge) Sat, 23rd March 1985 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 1 Mary W Ogier 5040 Minor 2 Paul Needham (5m: 1 extent each Armitage-is-the-name, Buxton, Childwall; 2 extents St 3 C Kenneth Lewis Clement's, Plain Bob) 4 Geoffrey Fothergill 1 David M Ellis 5 Barry M Garraway 2 Derek J Bradshaw 6 Peter G Bellamy-Knights (C) 3 Alastair M Bradshaw 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1746 5 Graham M Bradshaw CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Duncan G Walker MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road First peal: 1. First Minor inside: 3. 86th Birthday compliment to George Thu, 27th December 1984 in 1 hr 41 mins. Tenor size 11. Shelton. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor 1-2 J David Atkinson 1752 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Neil D Lomas KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South First Oxford Minor and completes the family Minor to Maximus: 1-2. Tue, 2nd April 1985 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Braintree Delight Royal 1747 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Neil D Lomas CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 12th January 1985 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5-6 J David Atkinson 5040 Plain Bob Minor 7-8 Frank C Price 1 Christopher J Armes 9-10 Brian Harris 2 Rosemary G Spencer First peal in the method. 3 Sue Barrett 4 J Peter Hibbert 1753 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) ST MARTIN'S GUILD FOR THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM 6 Peter Dyson SHEFFIELD, Cathedral First peal: 1. First away from treble: 4. A belated welcome to Revd W Barry Mon, 8th April 1985 in 3 hrs 34 mins. Tenor 34 cwt. Irvine, inducted Vicar on 27 September 1984; also a welcome to Gavin, 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus second son of the Vicar, born 19th December 1984. Comp. Roderick W Pipe 1 Norman J Goodman 1748 2 Ruth M Border CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Timothy C Hine NEW MILLS, Derbyshire, St George 4 Maurice F Edwards Sat, 19th January 1985 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5184 Cambridge Surprise Major 6 Vernon Green Comp. Washbrook's variation of Middleton's 7 A John Illingworth 1 Cynthia Warrilow 8 Terry R Hampton 2 Shirley Harris 9 W Nigel G Herriott 3 Graham M Bradshaw 10 Geoffrey W Randall 4 Sue Barrett 11 George W Pipe 5 C Kenneth Lewis 12 Peter Border (C) 6 W J Charles Seddon 250th peal: 7. 100th peal together: 1, 2. 7 Neil D Lomas 8 Brian Harris (C) First Surprise Major: 3.

176 1754 1760 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Thu, 11th April 1985 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Tue, 2nd July 1985 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 11. 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Arr from Christopher P Starbuck 1 Ruth Murdie 1-2 Neil D Lomas 2 Jean C Leyland 3-4 J David Atkinson 3 Alan J Brown 5-6 Frank C Price 4 Cynthia Warrilow 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Alan Foster 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1761 7 Richard A Shekelton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Ivor R Nichols WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 79th Birthday compliment to Alan J Brown and Sidney Hough. Tue, 16th July 1985 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 1755 Comp. James Clatworthy CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Peter C Randall (C) SUTTON, Macclesfield, Cheshire, St James 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 20th April 1985 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5-6 Frank C Price 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 7-8 Neil D Lomas 1 Charles W Lawton 9-10 Brian Harris 2 Frances A Shekelton 3 Ruth Murdie 1762 4 Ronald F Andrew CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 6 Roger Bugler Wed, 24th July 1985 in 1 hr 50 mins. Tenor size 14. First peal: 2. Golden Wedding compliment to Mr and Mrs C W Edwards of 5040 Plain Bob Minor Holyport. 1-2 Alastair J Hopkins 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 1756 5-6 Brian Harris (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First handbell peal: 1-2. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Tue, 14th May 1985 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 11. 1763 5056 Plain Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Arr John S Warboys FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 1-2 Cynthia Warrilow Fri, 2nd August 1985 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5184 Rutland Surprise Major 5-6 Brian Harris Comp. Henry W Wilde (Eccleston) 7-8 J David Atkinson (C) 1 Henry A Blakemore 2 Norah M Randles 1757 3 Philip A Richardson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Diana M Anderson GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Galey Cottage 5 C Kenneth Lewis Thu, 20th June 1985 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 11. 6 Christopher C Roberts 5056 Plain Bob Major 7 John F Oultram (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 8 John R Bibby 1-2 David Young First in method and circled tower: 3. First in method as conductor. To 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) commerate the 60th anniversary of the first peal in the method for the 5-6 Michael C E Hodge Chester Diocesan Guild which was rung on these bells on 28th April 1925. 7-8 J David Atkinson The same composition by Henry W Wilde, a local Chester ringer, was called again, and the ringer of the 2nd bell, Norah Randles (nee Bibby) rang the 1758 same bell in the original peal. A notable feat. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ASTBURY, Cheshire, St Mary 1764 Sat, 22nd June 1985 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Minor HAYFIELD, Derbyshire, St Matthew (4m: 1 extent Oxford Treble Bob; 2 extents Cambridge Surprise, Kent Wed, 7th August 1985 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. Treble Bob, Plain Bob) 5120 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Donald Pearson Comp. Thomas B Worsley 2 Jackie Roberts 1 Shirley Harris 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Alastair J Hopkins 4 Kevin J Rogers 3 Duncan G Walker 5 J Victor Stonier 4 Simon J Poole 6 Roy Worrall 5 C Kenneth Lewis First in more than one method: 4. 21st Birthday compliment to Janet Worrall. 6 Ivor R Nichols 7 Geoffrey R Gardner 1759 8 Brian Harris (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First Cambridge Major: 2, 3. First Surprise: 4. POYNTON, Cheshire, St George Sat, 29th June 1985 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 1765 5040 Minor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (7m: Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford, Kent Treble ROSTHERNE, Cheshire, St Mary Bob, Cambridge Surprise, Plain Bob) Wed, 21st August 1985 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1 Alison Merritt 5040 Treble Bob Minor 2 Rosemary S Spencer (7m: Cambridge Surprise, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Sandal, 3 Jackie Roberts London Scholars' Pleasure, Oxford, Kent Treble Bob) 4 Christopher Armes 1 Ivor R Nichols 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Brian Harris 3 Neil D Lomas First peal in 7 methods: 1, 3. First inside: 4. 4 Geoffrey R Gardner 5 Frank Osbaldiston 6 Brian Harris Compliment to the Vicar, Revd N D Rogers, on his appointment as Rural Dean.

177 1766 1772 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tue, 27th August 1985 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. Tue, 26th November 1985 in 2 hrs 29 mins. Tenor size 15. 5056 Spliced Surprise Major 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal (4m: 1344 Lincolnshire; 1280 Cambridge, Yorkshire; 1152 Rutland: 74 Comp. J David Atkinson com, atw) 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) Comp. John S Warboys 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Frank C Price 5-6 Frank C Price 3-4 J David Atkinson 7-8 Neil D Lomas 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) 9-10 Peter C Randall 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 1773 1767 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BREDBURY, Manchester, St Mark KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South Sat, 30th November 1985 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Tue, 10th September 1985 in 2 hrs 13 mins. Tenor size 11. 5040 Middlesex Bob Triples 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. W Walmsley (6-Part) Comp. Charles Middleton 1 John Birks 1-2 Brian Harris 2 Alastair J Hopkins 3-4 J David Atkinson 3 Derek J Bradshaw 5-6 Neil D Lomas 4 Hilary A Skinner 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Alastair M Bradshaw 1768 7 Graham M Bradshaw (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Andrew R Mays DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret First peal: 8. First on 8: 1. First Triples: 2. First Triples on the bells. First in Sat, 5th October 1985 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. the method by all and for the Guild. Farewell compliment to the P A 5040 Doubles Campbell and family. (2m: 21 Grandsire (10 callings), 21 Plain Bob (4 callings)) 1 Malcolm L Merritt 1774 2 Alison Merritt CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Julia Davies TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 4 Cynthia Warrilow Sat, 14th December 1985 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 6 James J Blowers 1 Frank Moss First peal attempt: 1. First inside: 2. Arranged and rung for Harvest 2 Ronald F Andrew Thanksgiving by members of the local band. 3 Pamela A Crosby 4 Charles W Lawton 1769 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Frank Osbaldiston KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South First peal: 1. First in method: 3. Tue, 22nd October 1985 in 2 hrs 13 mins. Tenor size 11. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 1775 Comp. Charles Middleton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Brian Harris HAYFIELD, Derbyshire, St Matthew 3-4 J David Atkinson Fri, 3rd January 1986 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. 5-6 Frank C Price 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Valerie W Foster 1770 2 Sue Barrett CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Alan G Foster MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 4 Simon J Poole Sat, 2nd November 1985 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5 Frank Osbaldiston 5040 Marlborough Bob Caters 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. J H Fielden 7 Ivor R Nichols 1 Shirley Harris 8 Neil D Lomas 2 Andrew P Simcox 3 Ivor R Nichols 1776 4 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Mervyn J Harrison STALYBRIDGE, Cheshire, St Paul (Stayley) 6 Andrew J Jobson Sat, 4th January 1986 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 7 Denis Mottershead (C) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 8 Geoffrey R Gardner Comp. Charles Middleton 9 Brian Harris 1 Sue Barrett 10 Neil D Lomas 2 Frederick Howard 3 Rosemary S Spencer 1771 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Alan G Foster TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 6 Richard Shekelton Wed, 6th November 1985 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 7 Ivor R Nichols 5040 Treble Bob Minor 8 Peter Dyson (9m: (1) Charlwood, Neasden Delight (2) St Albans Delight (3) Wragby First in method: 2. In memoriam Albert Hodgson, a ringer at this church for Delight (4) Capel, Sandal Treble Bob (5) London Scholars' Pleasure Treble over 50 years. Bob (6) Kingston Treble Bob (7) Oxford Treble Bob) 1 J Peter Hibbert 2 Elizabeth A Hibbert 3 Arthur Hibbert 4 William A Hibbert 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Peter Dyson On the 50th anniversary of A Hibbert's first peal, rung here and in the same methods. Also 50th anniversary of the conductor's first peal as conductor.

178 1777 1783 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tue, 11th February 1986 in 1 hr 55 mins. Tenor size 11. Tue, 1st April 1986 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5056 Plain Bob Major (17m: (1) Wragby. St Albans, Neasden, Charlwood Delight (2) Old Oxford, Comp. John R Pritchard Willesden Delight (3) St Albans, Newdigate Delight (4) Duke of Norfolk, 1-2 Frank C Price (C) Norbury Treble Bob (5) College Exercise, Ockley Treble Bob (6) Sandal, 3-4 Neil D Lomas Kingston Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, London Scholars Pleasure Treble 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis Bob: 39 com) 7-8 Simon Lomas 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1784 5-6 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NEW MILLS, Derbyshire, St George 1778 Sat, 5th April 1986 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Comp. John R Pritchard Tue, 25th February 1986 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 1 Sidney Hough jun 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 2 Helen Foster Comp. Roderick W Pipe 3 Heather Scarrott 1-2 Brian Harris 4 William A Hibbert 3-4 Peter C Randall (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 6 Stuart Holroyd 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Clive R Calton 8 Geoffrey R Gardner 1779 80th Birthday compliment to S Hough. MIDDLESEX COUNTY ASSOCIATION & LONDON DIOCESAN GUILD 1785 WINDSOR, Berkshire, St John Bapt CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 1st March 1986 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 5152 Eton Delight Major Sat, 12th April 1986 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Comp. Frank T Blagrove 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Percy Newton Comp. Arr from Christopher P Starbuck 2 Dorothea M Robotham 1 Ruth Murdie 3 Eric Edmondson 2 Jean C Leyland 4 Thomas J Lock 3 Alan J Brown 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Cynthia Warrilow 6 John R Martin 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 John R Mayne 6 Simon Lomas 8 Frank T Blagrove (C) 7 Neil D Lomas 8 Richard Shekelton 1780 80th Birthday compliment to Alan J Brown. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 1786 Fri, 14th March 1986 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5024 London Surprise Major CRANAGE, Cheshire, 'Briarwood' Comp. H Law James Tue, 15th April 1986 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 11. 1 Ian W Taylor 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 2 Diana M Anderson Comp. John Reeves 3 Andrew J Jobson 1-2 William F Gibbons 4 Nicholas Thomson 3-4 Michael C E Hodge 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Philip A Richardson 7-8 David Young 7 John F Oultram (C) Get well peal for Revd B Harris. 8 John R Bibby Completes standard eight: 2, 3, 6. First in method as conductor. 1787 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1781 DARESBURY, Cheshire, All Saints CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 19th April 1986 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 5040 Minor Wed, 19th March 1986 in 2 hrs 29 mins. Tenor size 15. (4m: 1 extent Cambridge Surprise; 2 each Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Bob, Plain Bob) Comp. Benjamin Annable 1 Frances Shekelton 1-2 Frank C Price 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Ruth Murdie 5-6 Brian Harris 4 Jackie Roberts 7-8 Neil D Lomas 5 Peter J Townsend 9-10 J David Atkinson (C) 6 Christopher J Jones

1782 1788 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BARTHOMLEY, Cheshire, St Bertoline TAXAL, Cheshire, St James Sat, 22nd March 1986 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Sat, 3rd May 1986 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5040 Minor Comp. John R Pritchard (3m: 2 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 1 Derek J Bradshaw 1 Judith A Baldwin 2 Alastair J Hopkins 2 Peter H Dixon 3 Graham M Bradshaw 3 Herbert M Heaton 4 Simon J Poole 4 Tim Lardner 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Frank C Price 6 Malcolm Murphy 7 Ivor R Nichols Most methods: 2. First peal attempt: 4. In memory of Eric Ellison of 8 Peter J Townsend (C) Fairfield, Buxton. First as conductor.

179 1789 1796 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane BURBAGE, Buxton, Derbyshire, Christ Church Tue, 6th May 1986 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 13. Sat, 19th July 1986 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Comp. Brian D Price (42m: (1) Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight; Bourne 1-2 J David Atkinson Surprise (2) Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Balmoral, Chepstow Delight; 3-4 Peter C Randall (C) Hull Surprise (3) Abbeyville, Canterbury, Crowland, Combermere, Vale 5-6 Neil D Lomas Royal, St Werburgh Delight (4) Marple, Taxal, Newdigate, Old Oxford, 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis College Bob IV, Willesden Delight (5) Braintree, Humber, Charlwood, 600th peal: 1-2. Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (6) Morning Star, Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob, Disley Delight (7) Oxford, 1790 Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob, Wath CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Delight: 88 com) GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Galey Cottage, Blackden 1 R Ann Agnew Tue, 20th May 1986 in 2 hrs 1 min. Tenor size 11. 2 Rosemary S Spencer 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor 3 Sue Barrett 1-2 David Young 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 J Wilfred Scarrett 5-6 Michael C E Hodge 6 Peter Dyson First Oxford Minor: 1-2, 5-6. First peal in 42m: 1, 3, 5. First peal in 42 methods away from treble: 2. A "get well" peal for Mr J. Bagshaw of the local band. 1791 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1797 CRANAGE, Cheshire, 'Briarwood', Goostrey Lane CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 17th June 1986 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor size 15. KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Tue, 22nd July 1986 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. Comp. Thomas B Worsley 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal 1-2 William F Gibbons Comp. T Hurry 3-4 Michael C E Hodge 1-2 Neil D Lomas 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 David Young 5-6 Frank C Price First Oxford Major in hand by all except 5-6. 7-8 Brian Harris 9-10 J David Atkinson (C) 1792 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1798 MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 28th June 1986 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. BREDBURY, Cheshire, St Mark 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Sat, 26th July 1986 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Comp. Joseph W Parker 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Peter Broadbent Comp. Joseph W Parker 2 John Hyden 1 Andrew R Mays 3 Frances A Shekelton 2 J Martin Thorley 4 Alastair J Hopkins 3 Geoffrey Fothergill 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Ian McNutt 6 Ronald F Andrew 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Peter J Townsend 6 William A Hibbert 8 Simon J Poole 7 Paul McNutt First in method: 3. 8 Peter G Bellamy-Knights First away from cover: 1. A welcome to the Revd Norman Topping as Vicar, 1793 inducted the previous evening. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1799 Tue, 1st July 1986 in 2 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size 11. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1-2 Frank C Price Tue, 29th July 1986 in 2 hrs 21 mins. Tenor size 11. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 5-6 Neil D Lomas Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Brian Harris 1794 3-4 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Frank C Price WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Tue, 8th July 1986 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 11. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 1800 Comp. J David Atkinson (No. 3) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Fri, 1st August 1986 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 5-6 Brian Harris 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 7-8 Neil D Lomas Comp. Arthur Craven 9-10 Frank C Price 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Duncan G Walker 1795 3 Jackie Roberts CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Richard A Shekelton KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 5 Barry D Mack Wed, 16th July 1986 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor size 14. 6 Paul Cubitt 5056 Plain Bob Major 7 Peter J Townsend (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 8 Brian Harris 1-2 Alastair J Hopkins First Yorkshire: 5. First Surprise as conductor. To celebrate the marriage of 3-4 Peter J Townsend Judith A Warrilow with Barry D Mack solemnised at St Margaret's Church, 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis Dunham Massey this day. 7-8 Brian Harris (C) First Major on handbells: 1-2. First Major on handbells inside: 3-4. Conductor's 50th peal of Bob Major.

180 1801 1807 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tue, 12th August 1986 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 15. Tue, 9th September 1986 in 2 hrs 13 mins. Tenor size 11. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Alan F Scholfield Comp. Charles Middleton 1-2 J David Atkinson 1-2 Brian Harris 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 J David Atkinson 5-6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7-8 Brian Harris 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9-10 Frank C Price Dedicated to the memory of Wilfred Williams. 1808 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1802 NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sat, 20th September 1986 Time unspecified. Tenor 14 cwt. KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 5056 Plain Bob Major Thu, 14th August 1986 in 2 hrs 32 mins. Tenor size 14. Comp. John R Pritchard 5056 Plain Bob Major 1 Alastair J Hopkins Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 2 Frances A Shekelton 1-2 Brian Harris (C) 3 Christine H Shekelton 3-4 Peter J Townsend 4 Ruth E Murdie 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Duncan G Walker 6 Duncan G Walker First in hand: 7-8. 7 Peter J Townsend (C) 8 Geoffrey R Gardner 1803 First peal: 3. 50th peal: 1. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1809 Tue, 19th August 1986 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 11. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1-2 Brian Harris Sat, 4th October 1986 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 3-4 J David Atkinson 5184 Spliced Surprise Major 5-6 Frank C Price (8m: 768 Bristol, London, Rutland; 576 Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Superlative, Yorkshire: 144 com) Comp. Norman Smith 1804 1 Peter C Maddocks CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Duncan M Matheson NORBURY (Hazel Grove), Cheshire, St Thomas 3 Kathleen M Matheson Fri, 29th August 1986 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 4 J David Atkinson 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 6 W J Charles Seddon 1 Trevor W Marchbank 7 Richard S Starkie 2 Rosemary A Hodgson 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) 3 Kevin J Rogers First peal: 2. First Spliced: 3, 6. To mark the birth of Peter William Seddon. 4 Simon J Poole 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1810 6 Peter C Maddocks CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Ivor R Nichols GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriott, 23 Brooklands Drive 8 William H Dowse (C) Tue, 7th October 1986 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 11. First Surprise inside: 3. First Yorkshire: 6. Birthday compliment to 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Rosemary Hodgson, 21 for another year running! Comp. Arthur Knights 1-2 William F Gibbons 1805 3-4 Michael C E Hodge CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 7-8 David Young Sat, 30th August 1986 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 1811 Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Elspeth J Friend GRAPPENHALL, Cheshire, St Wilfrid 2 John Hyden Sat, 11th October 1986 in 2 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 3 Alan G Foster 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 4 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Stephen J Ivin 5 Andrew J Jobson 1 Nicholas Thomson 6 Simon J Poole 2 Shirley Harris 7 Peter D Hughes 3 Michael Thomson 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) 4 Malcolm Murphy 9 Geoffrey R Gardner 5 C Kenneth Lewis 10 David W Friend 6 Peter J Townsend First on ten: 1. First Surprise Royal inside: 5, 6. 7 Ian W Taylor 8 Brian Harris (C) 1806 First in method: 6. For the Patronal Festival. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1812 Tue, 2nd September 1986 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 14. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South Comp. Thomas B Worsley Tue, 14th October 1986 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. 1-2 Brian Harris 5040 Plain Bob Royal 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Edward Francis 5-6 Frank C Price 1-2 Brian Harris 7-8 Peter J Townsend 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of Treble Bob in hand: 7-8. 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7-8 J David Atkinson 9-10 Frank C Price

181 1813 1818 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew Tue, 11th November 1986 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 1st January 1987 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 5040 Treble Bob Minor Comp. J David Atkinson (No. 4) (7m: London Surprise, Westminster Surprise, Norwich Surprise, Oxford 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) Treble Bob, Wilmslow Delight, College Exercise Treble Bob, Cambridge 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Surprise) 5-6 Frank C Price 1 Derek J Bradshaw 7-8 Neil D Lomas 2 J Derek Smith 9-10 Brian Harris 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Simon Lomas 1814 5 Roger Bugler CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Neil D Lomas HORTON, Staffordshire, St Michael 50th peal: 2. To mark the commencement of the Guild's Centenary Year. Sat, 29th November 1986 in 2 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 1819 (49m: (1) Castleton, Bucknall, Leasowe, Beeston, Peveril, Melandra Delight CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (2) Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight, Bourne FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents Surprise (3) Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Balmoral, Chepstow Delight, Sat, 3rd January 1987 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Hull Surprise (4) Oxford, Capel, Ockley, Sandal, Duke of Norfolk, London 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Scholars' Pleasure, College Exercise, Kingston, Norbury Treble Bob, Comp. Charles Middleton Carisbrooke, Donottar, Wath, Pontefract Delight (5) Abbeyville, 1 James H Townsend Canterbury, Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (6) 2 Simon J Poole Marple, Taxal, Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Delight 3 Christine H Shekelton (7) Braintree, Humber, Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight: 4 Alastair J Hopkins 90 com) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 R Ann Agnew 6 Jackie Roberts 2 Sue Barrett 7 Duncan G Walker 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Peter J Townsend 4 William A Hibbert First Surprise: 3. First Treble Bob: 1. 5 J Wilfred Scarrott 6 Peter Dyson 1820 Greatest number of methods yet rung: 2, 4, 5. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 1815 Fri, 16th January 1987 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Bristol Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South Comp. Charles H Hattersley Tue, 9th December 1986 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor size 15. 1 Jeffrey Brannan 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 2 Shirley Harris Comp. James Clatworthy 3 Margaret Joyce 1-2 Frank C Price 4 William H Dowse 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) 6 Frank Osbaldiston 7-8 Brian Harris 7 Alan F Scholfield 9-10 J David Atkinson 8 Brian Harris Silver Wedding compliment to Neil and Ann Lomas. In memoriam Fred Dunkerley. The band wish to associate the names of Robert B Smith and Bernard F L Groves with this tribute. 1816 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1821 MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Wed, 24th December 1986 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. MARKET DRAYTON, Shropshire, St Mary 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Sat, 24th January 1987 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. Comp. Simon Humphrey 5040 Plain Bob Major 1 Peter J Joyce Comp. Cornelius Charge 2 Kevin J Rogers 1 Susan E Shekelton 3 Peter Broadbent 2 Andrew R Mays 4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 E Alyson Kerr 5 Duncan G Walker 4 Christine H Shekelton 6 Peter C Maddocks 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 William H Dowse 6 Ruth E Murdie 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) 7 Peter J Townsend (C) First in the method: 2. To mark the day 30 years after W H Dowse's first 8 Simon J Poole peal. First peal: 1. First inside: 2, 3. A thanksgiving for the life of Charlotte Butterworth (nee Mays), 1906-1987, grandmother of 2. 1817 HEREFORD DIOCESAN GUILD 1822 HEREFORD, Cathedral CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 30th December 1986 in 3 hrs 27 mins. Tenor 33 cwt. KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 5003 Grandsire Caters Tue, 27th January 1987 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 11. Comp. John W Moorhouse 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Arthur Knights 2 Dianne B Smith 1-2 Brian Harris 3 A Harold Fitter 3-4 Frank C Price 4 George T Cousins 5-6 J David Atkinson 5 Michael V Powell 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Frederick R Harris 7 Norman R Mattingley 8 Neil Bennett 9 John C Eisel 10 Frank M Seabright On the 60th anniversary of the first peal of Grandsire Caters on the bells. In memoriam Austin T Wingate.

182 1823 1828 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary V Tue, 10th February 1987 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. Sat, 14th March 1987 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 72 cwt. 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Comp. Thomas B Worsley (35m: (1) Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Balmoral, Chepstow Delight (2) 1-2 Brian Harris Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight (3) Abbeyville, 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (4) Marple, 5-6 Neil D Lomas Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Delight (5) Braintree, 7-8 Peter J Townsend Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (6) Morning Star, Ockley, First in method: 7-8. Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob) 1824 1 Simon J Poole CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Sue Barrett GOOSTREY, Cheshire, 'Briarwood', Goostrey Lane 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Thu, 12th February 1987 in 2 hrs 32 mins. Tenor size 11. 4 Neil D Lomas 5056 Plain Bob Major 5 Geoffrey R Gardner Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 6 Peter Dyson 1-2 David N Young First peal on the bells for 23 years. Bells rehung 1969. A Chester Guild 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Centenary Peal. 5-6 William F Gibbons 7-8 Michael C E Hodge 1829 For Chester D. G. Centenary Year. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 47 Coniston Drive 1825 Tue, 17th March 1987 in 1 hr 49 mins. Tenor size 12. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Minor MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church (3m: 2 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) Sat, 14th February 1987 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 1-2 Frank C Price 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Neil D Lomas 1 John Hyden Farewell peal to Mr and Mrs F C Price. 2 Anne C Orme 3 Alan G Foster 1830 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Malcolm Murphy WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 6 Simon J Poole Tue, 31st March 1987 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. 7 Geoffrey R Gardner 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 8 Peter J Townsend Comp. Michael Maughan 9 Jeffrey Brannan 1-2 Neil D Lomas 10 C Michael Orme 3-4 J David Atkinson First Cambridge Surprise Royal: 8. 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 1826 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1831 KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 17th February 1987 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriott, 23 Brooklands Drive 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal Tue, 7th April 1987 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 11. Comp. J David Atkinson (No. 2) 5056 Spliced Treble Bob Major 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) (2m: Kent, Oxford; Ilkeston Variation) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood 5-6 David W Friend 1-2 David N Young 7-8 Brian Harris 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9-10 Peter J Townsend 5-6 Michael C E Hodge First Royal on handbells: 9-10. 7-8 William F Gibbons

1827 1832 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD POTT SHRIGLEY, Cheshire, St Christopher WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Sat, 28th February 1987 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Tue, 14th April 1987 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 11. 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major (35m: (1) Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Balmoral, Chepstow Delight (2) Comp. Brian D Price Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight (3) Abbeyville, 1-2 Brian Harris Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werbugh Delight (4) Marple, 3-4 Neil D Lomas Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Delight (5) Braintree, 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (6) Morning Star, Ockley, 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob: 53 com) 1833 1 Frank Osbaldiston CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Rosemary S Spencer STALYBRIDGE, Cheshire, Holy Trinity 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Sat, 25th April 1987 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 4 William A Hibbert 5056 Plain Bob Major 5 Wilfred Scarrott Comp. John R Pritchard 6 Neil D Lomas 1 Graham M Bradshaw 2 Jackie Roberts 3 James H Townsend 4 Christine H Shekelton 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Andrew J Jobson 7 Peter J Townsend (C) 8 Simon J Poole For the Centenary of the Chester Diocesan Guild.

183 1834 1841 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WARBURTON, Manchester, St Werburgh's Vicarage GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Galey Cottage, Blackden Tue, 28th April 1987 in 2 hrs 32 mins. Tenor size 15. Thu, 23rd July 1987 in 1 hr 51 mins. Tenor size 1. 5120 Kent Treble Bob Royal 5040 Minor Comp. James Clatworthy (3m: 2 extents Kent, Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 1-2 J David Atkinson 1-2 David N Young 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 5-6 Michael C E Hodge 7-8 Peter C Randall (C) First peal on the bells. To celebrate the centenary of the Chester Diocesan 9-10 Brian Harris Guild. Also for the marriage this day of Sue Barrett and Peter Dyson, A 78th birthday compliment to Dennis Henshaw of Christ Church, General Secretary of the Chester Diocesan Guild. Macclesfield. 1842 1835 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriott, 23 Brooklands Drive Fri, 24th July 1987 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Thu, 7th May 1987 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 11. 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. Charles Middleton Comp. Arthur Knights 1 Frances A Shekelton 1-2 William F Gibbons 2 Shirley Harris 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Valerie W Foster 5-6 Michael C E Hodge 4 John Hyden 7-8 David N Young 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Alan G Foster 1836 7 Geoffrey R Gardner CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Brian Harris (C) WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane First Surprise inside: 3. With the best wishes of the band to Peter Dyson, Tue, 19th May 1987 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 11. Guild Secretary and his bride, Sue Barrett, on their wedding. 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Comp. Simon Humphrey 1843 1-2 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 J David Atkinson MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) Sat, 8th August 1987 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Charles Middleton 1837 1 Brian Schofield CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Jackie Roberts WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 3 James H Townsend Tue, 2nd June 1987 in 2 hrs 27 mins. Tenor size 15. 4 Alastair J Hopkins 5056 Plain Bob Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 6 William H Dowse 1-2 Neil D Lomas 7 Richard S Starkie 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Simon J Poole 5-6 Brian Harris First Surprise Major inside: 3. 7-8 Simon J Poole First in hand: 7-8. 1844 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1838 TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Fri, 21st August 1987 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. STALYBRIDGE, Cheshire, St Paul (Stayley) 5040 Minor Sat, 6th June 1987 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. (3m: 2 extents Kent and Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 5184 Rutland Surprise Major 1 Rachael Lardner Comp. Christopher Forster 2 Arthur Hibbert 1 Ruth E Murdie 3 Brian Schofield 2 J David Atkinson 4 Tim Lardner 3 Jackie Roberts 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Herbert M Heaton 5 Duncan G Walker First peal: 1. First peal on the bells after rehanging. 6 C Michael Orme 7 Peter J Townsend (C) 1845 8 Simon J Poole CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD A Chester Diocesan Guild Centenary Peal. WARBURTON, Manchester, St Werburgh's Vicarage Tue, 25th August 1987 in 2 hrs 32 mins. Tenor size 11. 1839 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. J D Atkinson (No. 1) WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1-2 Peter J Townsend Tue, 16th June 1987 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5-6 J David Atkinson (C) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Peter C Randall 1-2 Brian Harris 9-10 Brian Harris 3-4 J David Atkinson 21st Birthday compliment to Stuart Hutchieson of Abbots Bromley. 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C)

1840 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tue, 14th July 1987 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 11. 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Brian Harris 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7-8 Simon J Poole

184 1846 1851 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER, Cathedral CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket Mon, 31st August 1987 in 3 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 24 cwt. Fri, 6th November 1987 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 5059 Grandsire Cinques 5040 Plain Bob Minor Comp. Edgar C Shepherd 1 Brian Schofield 1 David W Friend 2 Peter J Townsend 2 Pamela Thomson 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Helen S Mitchell 4 Alastair J Hopkins 4 Jackie Roberts 5 Neil D Lomas 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Simon J Poole 6 Alexander J Martin A Guild Centenary Peal. Also for the 60th anniversary of the Derby 7 Christopher C Roberts Diocese. The ringer of the fifth has now rung a peal in every tower in the 8 W J Charles Seddon East Cheshire Branch and is the first member to do so. 9 Brian Harris (C) 10 Peter Dyson 1852 11 Andrew C D Mayes CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 12 Mervyn J Harrison WARBURTON, Cheshire, The Rectory First on 12 bells: 2. First in method: 3, 4, 7. To celebrate the Guild's Tue, 10th November 1987 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 14. Centenary. 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1847 1-2 Graeme A Littler NON-ASSOCIATION 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 5-6 Peter J Townsend Wed, 2nd September 1987 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 7-8 Brian Harris (C) 5120 Bristol Surprise Major Comp. Roderick W Pipe 1853 1 William A Hibbert CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Simon J Davies MOBBERLEY, Cheshire, St Wilfrid 3 Elizabeth A Hibbert Wed, 11th November 1987 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 4 K Ruth Simon 5040 Surprise Minor 5 C Kenneth Lewis (4m: 1 extent London; 2 each Surfleet, Beverley, Cambridge) 6 Stephanie J Pattenden 1 Derek J Bradshaw 7 James W Belshaw (C) 2 Alastair J Hopkins 8 Geraldine R Lea 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Alan G Foster 1848 5 Graham M Bradshaw CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Simon J Poole WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane A Guild Centenary Peal. The ringer of the third has now rung a peal in every Tue, 22nd September 1987 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. tower in the East Cheshire Branch and is the second member to do so. 5200 Kent Treble Bob Royal Comp. Robert B Smith 1854 1-2 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 5-6 J David Atkinson Tue, 17th November 1987 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 11. 7-8 Brian Harris 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major 9-10 Peter C Randall (C) Comp. Simon Humphrey 1-2 Neil D Lomas 1849 3-4 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis Tue, 13th October 1987 in 2 hrs 33 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 1855 Comp. J David Atkinson (No. 3) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Brian Harris DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 28th November 1987 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5-6 J David Atkinson (C) 5079 Stedman Caters 7-8 Neil D Lomas Comp. Richard A G Inglis 9-10 Peter J Townsend 1 David W Friend (C) 2 William A Hibbert 1850 3 Geoffrey R Gardner CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 C Kenneth Lewis POTT SHRIGLEY, Cheshire, St Christopher 5 Alan G Foster Sat, 24th October 1987 in 2 hrs 45 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 6 Richard A Shekelton 5040 Treble Bob Minor 7 Trevor W Marchbank (7m: Durham Surprise, York Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, Norwich 8 C Michael Orme Surprise, Sandal Treble Bob, Kingston Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob) 9 Richard S Starkie 1 R Ann Agnew 10 Neil D Lomas 2 Brian Schofield Chester Diocesan Guild Centenary Year Peal. 3 Duncan M Matheson 4 Kathleen M Matheson 1856 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Roger Bugler KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 14 Lindop Close To welcome G H Greenough and his wife to the parish, inducted 21 October. Sat, 5th December 1987 Time unspecified. Tenor size 11. 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Alastair J Hopkins 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Peter J Townsend 7-8 Simon J Poole

185 1857 1862 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane TILSTON, Cheshire, St Mary Tue, 8th December 1987 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 6th February 1988 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 5040 Plain Bob Royal 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Comp. Richard J Parker (42m: (1) Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Balmoral, Chepstow Delight; Hull 1-2 J David Atkinson Surprise (2) Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight; 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Bourne Surprise (3) Abbeyville, Canterbury, Crowland, Combermere, Vale 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) Royal, St Werburgh Delight (4) Marple, Taxal, Newdigate, Old Oxford, 7-8 Neil D Lomas College Bob IV, Willesden Delight (5) Braintree, Humber, Charlwood, 9-10 Simon J Poole Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (6) Morning Star, Ockley, Duke of First on 10 in hand: 9-10. Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob, Disley Delight (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob; Wath 1858 Delight: 88 com) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Simon J Poole WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 2 Sue Dyson Fri, 1st January 1988 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor 4 Neil D Lomas (35m: (1) Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Balmoral, Chepstow Delight (2) 5 Geoffrey R Gardner Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Rostherne Delight (3) Abbeyville, 6 Peter J Townsend Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh Delight (4) Marple, First peal in 42 methods: 6. Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden Delight (5) Braintree, Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby Delight (6) Morning Star, Ockley, 1863 Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble Bob: 53 com) FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents 1 Simon J Poole Sat, 13th February 1988 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 2 Neil D Lomas 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Arthur Craven 4 Duncan G Walker 1 Simon J Poole 5 Geoffrey R Gardner 2 R Ann Agnew 6 Peter J Townsend 3 William A Hibbert (C) First peal in 35m: 4 and 6. 4 Rosemary S Spencer 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1859 6 Alan G Foster LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 7 Peter J Townsend ASHTON-UNDER-LYME, Manchester, St Peter 8 David W Friend Sat, 2nd January 1988 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. A get-well compliment to the conductor's father, recovering from a recent 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major operation. Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1 John P Partington 1864 2 Christine Andrew CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Peter J Malloch CRANAGE, Cheshire, Briarwood, Goostrey Lane 4 C Kenneth Lewis Thu, 18th February 1988 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 11. 5 Norman Bradbury 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 6 Paul Male Comp. John Reeves 7 Neil D Lomas 1-2 William F Gibbons 8 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First Surprise: 5. 5-6 Michael C E Hodge 7-8 Frank R Morton 1860 First in the method in hand: 1-2. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD NORBURY (Hazel Grove), Cheshire, St Thomas 1865 Sat, 16th January 1988 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John Evan Comp. Christopher Forster Sat, 20th February 1988 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 1 William A Hibbert 5040 Minor 2 Peter C Maddocks (7m: Surfleet Surprise, Beverley Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble 3 E Alyson Kerr Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, St Clement's, Plain Bob) 4 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Graham M Bradshaw 5 Geoffrey R Gardner 2 Alastair J Hopkins 6 C Michael Orme 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Peter J Townsend (C) 4 Derek J Bradshaw 8 Simon J Poole 5 Roger Bugler First Surprise: 3. To welcome Claire Felicity (born 5th January, 1988), 6 Simon J Poole daughter of Anne and Mike Orme. 1866 1861 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James PRESTBURY, Cheshire, St Peter Sat, 27th February 1988 in 2 hrs 39 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Sat, 23rd January 1988 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 5040 Treble Bob Minor 5024 Rutland Surprise Major (5m: 2 extents Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Cambridge S.; 1 Kent Comp. Norman Smith and Oxford) 1 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Lesley P Hughes 2 David H Sansum 2 Peter J Townsend 3 Alan G Foster 3 Brian Schofield 4 Alastair J Hopkins 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Ian W Taylor 5 Graham M Bradshaw 6 Graham M Bradshaw 6 Simon J Poole 7 Peter J Townsend Wedding anniversary compliment to Jim and Linda Townsend. 8 Denis Mottershead (C)

186 1867 1873 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MOBBERLEY, Cheshire, SS Wilfred & Mary HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court Sat, 5th March 1988 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. Thu, 2nd June 1988 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Minor 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major (4m: 2 extents Cambridge S., Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob; 1 extent Comp. Thomas B Worsley Plain Bob) 1-2 William F Gibbons 1 Philip J Roberts 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Valerie W Foster 5-6 David Young 3 J Derek Smith 7-8 Frank R Morton 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) In memoriam George Packer of Crewe interred this day. 5 Alan G Foster 6 Simon J Poole 1874 First peal attempt: 1 - believed to be the first local ringer ever to ring a peal. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BUXTON, Fairfield, Derbyshire, St Peter 1868 Fri, 3rd June 1988 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MOBBERLEY, Cheshire, SS Wilfred & Mary Comp. Middleton's Sat, 26th March 1988 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 1 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Minor 2 Rosemary A Maddocks (4m: 2 extents Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob; 1 3 Kevin J Rogers extent Plain Bob) 4 Alex Richardson 1 Gill D Walmsley 5 E Alyson Kerr 2 E Alyson Kerr 6 Peter C Maddocks 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Barry Corbishley 4 Brian Schofield 8 William H Dowse (C) 5 Simon Lomas 6 Simon J Poole 1875 First peal: 1. Birthday compliment to Phil Roberts. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1869 Sat, 4th June 1988 in 2 hrs 59 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5024 Spliced Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 14 Lindop Close (4m: 1280 each Bristol, Cambridge; 1248 Superlative; 1216 London: 107 Fri, 1st April 1988 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 11. com, atw) 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. Albert J Pitman Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Peter J Townsend 2 Graham M Bradshaw 3-4 Duncan G Walker 3 Geoffrey R Gardner 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Andrew J Jobson 7-8 Simon J Poole 5 Ian W Taylor Ruby Wedding compliment to Ken and Mary Lewis. 6 Peter G Bellamy-Knights 7 Simon J Poole 1870 8 Peter J Townsend (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1876 Tue, 5th April 1988 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 11. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major CRANAGE, Cheshire, Goostrey Lane Comp. Alan T Winter Thu, 9th June 1988 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size 15. 1-2 Peter J Townsend 5040 Plain Bob Royal 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 J David Atkinson (C) 1-2 David Young 7-8 Simon J Poole 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First Treble Bob in hand: 7-8. Ruby Wedding compliment to Mr and Mrs C 5-6 Michael C E Hodge W Woolley (31st March) and Mr and Mrs C Kenneth Lewis (3rd April). 7-8 William F Gibbons 9-10 Frank R Morton 1871 25th peal together: 1-2, 5-6. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1877 Thu, 28th April 1988 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size 15. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Plain Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Ches St John Baptist Comp. Arr C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 11th June 1988 in 2 hrs 46 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. 1-2 William F Gibbons 5040 Minor 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) (7m: Norwich Surprise, Surfleet Surprise, Beverley Surprise, Cambridge 5-6 David Young Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, St Clement's, Plain Bob) 7-8 Michael C E Hodge 1 Derek J Bradshaw 9-10 Frank R Morton 2 John Hyden First Royal in hand: 1-2, 5-6. 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 J Derek Smith 1872 5 Mervyn J Harrison LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 6 Graham M Bradshaw (C) ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter Sat, 7th May 1988 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. 1878 5184 Plain Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Jeffrey Brannan WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1 Anne E Pettifor Tue, 5th July 1988 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. 2 Stephen A Brannan 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 3 Philip A J Newsham Comp. Michael Maughan 4 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 J David Atkinson 5 Peter J Malloch 3-4 Neil D Lomas 6 Norman Bradbury 5-6 Peter J Townsend (C) 7 D Robert Pettifor 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Jeffrey Brannan (C) First inside: 3.

187 1879 1885 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WARBURTON, Gtr Manchester, St Werburgh's Vicarage NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Tue, 12th July 1988 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. Fri, 2nd September 1988 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5056 Spliced Surprise Major 5056 Bristol Surprise Major (4m: 1344 Lincolnshire; 1280 Cambridge, Yorkshire; 1152 Rutland: 74 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis com, atw) 1 Frank R Morton Comp. John S Warboys 2 Frank Beech 1-2 Brian Harris 3 Roland W Morant 3-4 J David Atkinson 4 William H Dowse 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Barry Corbishley 7 Ivor R Nichols 1880 8 Peter J Townsend LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First in method: 2. TICKNALL, Derbyshire, St George Sun, 24th July 1988 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 1886 5088 London Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. James W Washbrook WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1 Peter Marriott Tue, 13th September 1988 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor size 15. 2 John M Jelley 5000 Plain Bob Royal 3 Neil Bennett Comp. Arr Peter J Townsend 4 Peter J Staniforth 1-2 J David Atkinson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Robinson 5-6 Neil D Lomas 7 Brian Harris 7-8 Peter J Townsend (C) 8 Robert B Smith (C) 9-10 Simon J Poole Arranged and rung for the 25th anniversary of ringing the Extent of Major. 1887 1881 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BREDBURY, Cheshire, St Mark MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road Sun, 18th September 1988 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Tue, 26th July 1988 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. 5040 Grandsire Doubles 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 1 G Craig Western (6m: 1120 Rutland; 800 Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, 2 C Kenneth Lewis Yorkshire: 104 com, atw) 3 Brian Schofield Comp. Arr Stephen D Chandler 4 Alan G Foster 1-2 J David Atkinson 5 Andrew R Mays (C) 3-4 Peter J Townsend 6 Stephen K Chatwood 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) First peal attempt: 1, 6. First as conductor. First in the method and first 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis Doubles on the bells. For Harvest Thanksgiving Sunday.

1882 1888 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House MOBBERLEY, Cheshire, St Wilfrid Thu, 4th August 1988 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 15. Sat, 24th September 1988 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 5056 Plain Bob Major 5040 Minor Comp. C Kenneth Lewis (4m: 2 extents Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 1 1-2 J David Atkinson extent Plain Bob) 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Valerie W Foster 5-6 David W Friend 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Herbert M Heaton 3 Neil D Lomas First peal on the bells. 4 Alan G Foster 5 Simon Lomas 1883 6 Peter J Townsend YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION In honour of the wedding of Philip John Roberts, local tower captain, and WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, 6 Bar Lane Susan Mary Shaw, which took place immediately prior to the peal. Wed, 10th August 1988 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size unspecified. 5040 Plain Bob Major 1889 Comp. Wilfrid F Moreton CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Howard Scott WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 3-4 Wilfrid F Moreton (C) Tue, 8th November 1988 in 2 hrs 16 mins. Tenor size 11. 5-6 Harold Chant 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Roderick W Pipe 1-2 J David Atkinson 1884 3-4 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Peter J Townsend (C) MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis Tue, 23rd August 1988 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. 5088 Spliced Surprise Major 1890 (5m: 1344 Rutland; 960 Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; 928 Cambridge; 896 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Superlative: 104 com, atw) FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents Comp. Philip G K Davies Wed, 30th November 1988 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 1-2 J David Atkinson 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 3-4 Peter J Townsend Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) 1 John P Partington 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Shirley Harris A 75th Birthday compliment to Ken Lewis. 3 Ivor R Nichols 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Roland W Morant 6 R Gordon Corby 7 J Denis Maddock 8 Brian Harris (C)

188 1891 1896 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BEDFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION RUNCORN, Cheshire, All Saints WORCESTER, All Saints Wed, 14th December 1988 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. Sat, 15th April 1989 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Comp. Nathan J Pitstow Comp. Arr Roderick W Pipe 1 Shirley Harris 1 Edward J W Manley 2 Ivor R Nichols 2 Tudor P Edwards 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Walter Hunt 4 Walter Allman 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Roland W Morant 5 Timothy E Barnaby 6 Barry Corbishley 6 George E Bonham 7 Denis Maddock (C) 7 David G Franklin 8 Brian Harris 8 Philip R Johnson To welcome the new Vicar, T R Barker, who was inducted on the previous 9 Timothy G Pett evening. 10 Andrew A Ward 11 Geoffrey Fothergill 1892 12 Philip Mehew CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First on 12: 5. Owen Davis is associated with this peal; he was unable to CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John Evan ring due to illness. Mon, 19th December 1988 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 5040 Treble Bob Minor 1897 (7m: Capel Treble Bob, Sandal Treble Bob, London Scholars' Pleasure CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Treble Bob, Kingston Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Cambridge Surprise) Tue, 18th April 1989 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 11. 1 Gill D Walmsley 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major 2 Alastair M Bradshaw Comp. Peter S Muchlinski 3 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Peter J Townsend 4 Lesley P Hughes 3-4 Neil D Lomas 5 Derek J Bradshaw 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) 6 Graham M Bradshaw (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis To mark the first anniversary of the rehanging of the bells. 1898 1893 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V OXTON, Cheshire, St Saviour Wed, 26th April 1989 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Wed, 28th December 1988 in 3 hrs 18 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal (5m: 1216 Cambridge; 1120 Rutland; 1056 Lincolnshire; 864 Yorkshire, Comp. Roderick W Pipe Superlative: 87 com, atw) 1 Shirley Harris Comp. Philip G K Davies 2 Geoffrey R Gardner 1 Walter Allman 3 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Julie Zientek 4 Eric R Jones 3 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Philip J Rothera 4 Alan G Foster 6 J Denis Maddock 5 Barry Corbishley 7 Peter J Townsend 6 Roland W Morant 8 R Gordon Corby 7 Denis Maddock 9 Richard S Starkie 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) 10 Brian Harris (C) First Spliced: 2. 850th peal: 5. A 75th birthday compliment to Mrs Hilda Poulter, mother of the Vicar of this parish. 1899 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1894 WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Tue, 9th May 1989 in 2 hrs 20 mins. Tenor size 11. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Thu, 29th December 1988 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Comp. Thomas B Worsley 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 1-2 J David Atkinson Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 E Alyson Kerr 5-6 Neil D Lomas 2 Zoe V Friend 7-8 Simon J Poole 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Christine H Shekelton 1900 5 Graham M Bradshaw CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Alastair J Hopkins HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 7 David W Friend (C) Thu, 18th May 1989 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 11. 8 Denis Mottershead 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 9 Duncan G Walker Comp. John Reeves 10 Peter J Townsend 1-2 William F Gibbons First Cambridge Royal: 2, 4. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Michael C E Hodge 1895 7-8 Frank R Morton (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 50th peal for the Chester D. G.: 5-6. First Treble Bob Major in hand as NEWCHURCH, Kenyon, Cheshire conductor. Compliment to Peter Davy of Nantwich on the 50th anniversary Wed, 22nd February 1989 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. of his first peal at Bramley, Surrey, on 17th May 1939. 5088 Ashtead Surprise Major Comp. Joseph W Parker 1 Shirley Harris 2 Julie Zientek 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Ivor R Nichols 5 Barry Corbishley 6 Roland W Morant 7 Denis Maddock 8 Brian Harris (C) First in method: 2, 4, 5, 7.

189 1901 1906 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents MARPLE, Gtr Manchester, All Saints Wed, 31st May 1989 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Thu, 3rd August 1989 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5152 Ealing Surprise Major 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major (27-course block reduced) Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 1 William E Court 1 Robert B Smith 2 Alan G Foster 2 Stephen A Brannan 3 Walter Allman 3 Ruth H Smith 4 C Kenneth Lewis 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Denis Maddock 5 Peter Broadbent 6 Roland W Morant 6 Barry Corbishley 7 Barry Corbishley 7 Jeffrey Brannan 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) 8 William H Dowse (C) In memory of Harry and Ada Dowse (parents of the conductor) who both 1902 died recently. They were life-long members of this parish. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1907 Tue, 6th June 1989 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 11. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5184 Rutland Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, Blessed Virgin Mary Comp. Michael Maughan Wed, 30th August 1989 in 3 hrs 3 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1-2 Neil D Lomas 5088 Spliced Surprise Major 3-4 J David Atkinson (4m: 1344 Rutland; 1248 Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire: 90 com, atw) 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) Comp. Philip G K Davies 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Shirley Harris 2 C Kenneth Lewis 1903 3 John P Partington CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Denis Maddock STALYBRIDGE, Gtr Manchester, St Paul, Staley 5 Barry Corbishley Sat, 1st July 1989 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 6 Brian Harris 5056 Plain Bob Major 7 Trevor W Marchbank Comp. Frank Bennett 8 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Lesley P Hughes 1908 3 J Frederick Howard NORTH WALES ASSOCIATION 4 William A Hibbert (C) BARMOUTH, Gwynedd, St John 5 Derek J Bradshaw Sat, 2nd September 1989 in 3 hrs 22 mins. Tenor 22 cwt. 6 Christopher C Roberts 5056 Plain Bob Major 7 Graham M Bradshaw Comp. Thomas B Worsley 8 J David Atkinson 1 E Malcolm Jones Rung to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the church. The 2 Alison Greenhalgh ringer of the treble also rang in a peal in this tower to celebrate the 110th 3 Desiree A Jones anniversary. 4 Neil Bennett (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1904 6 Martin J Brown CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7 Donald R Marshall BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 8 Geoffrey Parting Wed, 26th July 1989 in 3 hrs 6 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. First on 8: 3. To commemorate the laying of the foundation stone of this 5024 Superlative Surprise Major church by HRH Princess Beatrice on 27th August 1889. Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1 Shirley Harris 1909 2 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 William E Court RUNCORN, Cheshire, All Saints 4 Barry Corbishley Wed, 13th September 1989 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 15 cwt. 5 William G Wilson 5056 Plain Bob Major 6 Denis Maddock Comp. John R Pritchard 7 Roland W Morant 1 Leonard Walsh 8 Brian Harris (C) 2 Shirley Harris To welcome Kattierine Mary, daughter of the Revd Charles and Mrs Pat 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Stewart. Charles is Curate at this parish. 4 Lesley P Hughes 5 Barry Corbishley 1905 6 J Denis Maddock DERBY DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 7 Ivor R Nichols TICKNALL, Derbyshire, St George 8 Brian Harris Sat, 29th July 1989 in 2 hrs 53 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. In memory of Walter Allman, a ringer at this tower. 5080 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Comp. John E Harrold 1910 1 Clive M Smith CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Brian J Woodruffe FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents 3 Christopher Earp Wed, 27th September 1989 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 4 Alan H Champion 5056 Hitchin Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 6 Frederick Ross 1 Lesley P Hughes 7 Robert B Smith (C) 2 William E Court 8 Frederick Shallcross 3 C Kenneth Lewis 9 Brian Harris 4 William G Wilson 10 John M Jelley 5 Barry Corbishley First Yorkshire Royal: 3. 6 Denis Maddock 7 Ivor R Nichols 8 Brian Harris (C) First Treble Bob Major: 1. First in the method by all the band except Mr Nichols.

190 1911 1916 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD STALYBRIDGE, Cheshire, St Paul, Staley MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Sun, 8th October 1989 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Sat, 4th November 1989 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5016 Plain Bob Maximus Comp. Arthur Craven Comp. Cornelius Charge 1 Gill D Walmsley 1 S James Fisher 2 Rosemary S Spencer 2 Roy Worrall 3 Frederick Howard 3 Kevin J Rogers 4 Christopher Armes 4 Lesley P Hughes 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Rosemary A Maddocks 6 David W Friend 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Ivor R Nichols 7 Tom Chalmers 8 Trevor W Marchbank 8 Denis Maddock First in the method: 3. For the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the 9 William F Gibbons church. The conductor called a peal of Grandsire Triples 40 years ago to the 10 J David Atkinson day for the 110th anniversary. 11 Peter C Maddocks 12 Ivor R Nichols (C) 1912 First peal: 7. First on 12: 4. First Maximus: 1. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1917 Tue, 10th October 1989 in 2 hrs 14 mins. Tenor size 11. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Comp. John Reeves Sat, 6th January 1990 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 1-2 David W Friend 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 3-4 Neil D Lomas Comp. Roderick W Pipe 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1 Peter C Maddocks 7-8 Brian Harris 2 Jack L Millhouse In memory of Arthur Hibbert of Chapel-en-le-Frith, died 6 October 1989. 3 Neil D Lomas 4 C Kenneth Lewis 1913 5 Rosemary A Maddocks CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Ivor R Nichols (C) BUCKLEY, Clwyd, St Matthew 7 Steven P Kelly Sat, 28th October 1989 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 8 William H Dowse 5024 London Surprise Major 9 J David Atkinson Comp. Gabriel Lindoff 10 Richard S Starkie 1 William E Court 11 Trevor W Marchbank 2 Shirley Harris 12 C Michael Orme 3 Helen S Mitchell First Surprise Maximus: 1, 5. 2200th peal: 2. A 2nd birthday compliment to 4 Brian Harris C Felicity Orme. Also a birthday compliment to Revd Canon Peter Hartley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) (father to the ringer of the 5th). 6 J Denis Maddock 7 Geoffrey Parting 1918 8 Ivor R Nichols CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First in the method: 2. First in the method and completes the standard 8: 6, 7. WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Canon Edward Glyn Price, BA, Tue, 16th January 1990 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 11. BD, RD, ordination to the priesthood, Tuesday, 19 Sep 1959. 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major Comp. Andrew N Tyler 1914 1-2 David W Friend CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 Neil D Lomas WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) Tue, 31st October 1989 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 15. 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal Comp. J David Atkinson 1919 1-2 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 5-6 J David Atkinson Fri, 2nd February 1990 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 11. 7-8 David W Friend 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 9-10 Brian Harris Comp. Thomas B Worsley 1-2 William F Gibbons 1915 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Michael C E Hodge HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 7-8 Frank R Morton (C) Thu, 2nd November 1989 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 11. 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major 1920 Comp. Thomas B Worsley CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 William F Gibbons WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Thu, 8th February 1990 in 2 hrs 2 mins. Tenor size 11. 5-6 Michael C E Hodge 5040 Treble Dodging Minor 7-8 Frank R Morton (C) (7m: Norwich Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, Duke of Norfolk, College 100th peal for the Chester Diocesan Guild: 1-2. First Oxford Treble Bob Exercise, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Oxford Treble Bob) Major in hand: 7-8. 1-2 J David Atkinson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas

191 1921 1926 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court Sat, 10th February 1990 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. Tue, 20th March 1990 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 11. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major Comp. Roger Baldwin Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood 1 Brian Schofield 1-2 William F Gibbons 2 Ivor R Nichols 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 E Alyson Kerr 5-6 Michael C E Hodge 4 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 David N Young 5 Andrew J Jobson 1000th peal as conductor. In memory of Frederick S Sutton of Acton. 6 Peter C Maddocks 7 Geoffrey Fothergill 1927 8 Peter G Bellamy-Knights CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 J David Atkinson TUSHINGHAM, Cheshire, St Chad 10 Simon J Poole (C) Wed, 28th March 1990 in 2 hrs 29 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. First Cambridge Royal: 6 and as conductor. 5040 Minor (7m: Double Oxford, Single Oxford, St Clement's, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent 1922 Treble Bob, Cambridge Surprise, Plain Bob) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1 Helen S Mitchell POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 2 C Kenneth Lewis Sat, 17th February 1990 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 3 Barry Corbishley 5040 Treble Dodging Minor 4 Ivor R Nichols (7m: Cambridge Surprise; Kingston, London Scholars' Pleasure, Sandal, 5 Denis Maddock Capel, Oxford, Kent Treble Bob) 6 Brian Harris (C) 1 Stuart D Armes 2 C Kenneth Lewis 1928 3 Peter Dyson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Rosemary S Spencer DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary V 5 David W Friend Sat, 31st March 1990 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 6 Christopher J Armes (C) 5040 Treble Dodging Minor First peal: 1. First as conductor. 21st birthday compliment to the conductor. (7m: London S., Surfleet S., Beverley S., Cambridge S., Norwich S., Oxford A golden wedding compliment to Mr & Mrs N Hough of Knutsford. Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob) 1 Brian Schofield 1923 2 E Alyson Kerr CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 Lesley P Hughes WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 4 C Kenneth Lewis Thu, 22nd February 1990 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. 5 Derek J Bradshaw 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major 6 Graham M Bradshaw (C) Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood 1-2 J David Atkinson (C) 1929 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 Neil D Lomas HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 7-8 Brian Harris Tue, 10th April 1990 in 2 hrs 18 mins. Tenor size 5. 5056 Plain Bob Major 1924 Comp. C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 William F Gibbons CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Wed, 28th February 1990 in 3 hrs 9 mins. Tenor 20 cwt. 5-6 Michael C E Hodge 5039 Grandsire Caters 7-8 David N Young Comp. Albert M Tyler First peal on the bells. A compliment to Mary Lewis on her Birthday. 1 Roland W Morant 2 Julie Zientek 1930 3 Peter C Maddocks CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Wilfred Kerr WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 5 C Kenneth Lewis Thu, 14th June 1990 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 6 Rosemary A Maddocks 5040 Minor 7 Ivor R Nichols (C) (4m: 2 extents College Exercise T.B. Cambridge S., Oxford Treble Bob, 1 8 William F Gibbons extent Plain Bob) 9 William H Dowse 1 Neil D Lomas 10 Barry Corbishley 2 Kenneth Pinnington 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1925 4 Roger Bugler CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Christine Pinnington CHESTER, St Mary, Handbridge 6 Ivor R Nichols Sat, 17th March 1990 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 19 cwt. First peal inside: 2. On the 40th anniversary of the treble rimger's first peal, 5184 Rutland Surprise Major to which he also rang the treble. Comp. Henry W Wilde 1 Trevor Holmes 2 Shirley Harris 3 Helen S Mitchell 4 John W Griffiths 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 J David Adams 7 Geoffrey Parting 8 Brian Harris Completes Standard 8: 4. An 82nd birthday compliment to 4.

192 1931 1937 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret WARBURTON, Cheshire, The Rectory Sat, 30th June 1990 in 3 hrs 12 mins. Tenor 27 cwt. Tue, 21st August 1990 in 1 hr 52 mins. Tenor size 11. 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 5040 Minor Comp. W Eric Critchley (4m: 2 extents Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob;1 1 E Alyson Kerr extents Plain Bob) 2 Sally A Mason 1-2 Brian Harris 3 John Hyden 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 J David Atkinson 5 Denis Mottershead 6 Graham M Bradshaw 1938 7 Martin F Mitchell BEDFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION 8 Ian Butters SHEFFIELD, Cathedral 9 Michael Maughan Mon, 27th August 1990 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 34 cwt. 10 R Kingsley Mason (C) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal For the ordination to the priesthood of Mark Haworth on 1st July in Ely Comp. Edward Francis Cathedral; a former chorister and ringer at Dunham Massey. Also to mark 1 Gary Mann the completion of 10 years as Vicar of St Margaret's by the Revd J A 2 Tina R Stoecklin Roberts. 3 Christopher J Groome 4 Susan D Kelk 1932 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 David H Sansum WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 7 Timothy E Barnaby Tue, 3rd July 1990 in 2 hrs 0 mins. Tenor size 11. 8 David Beacham 5040 Treble Bob Minor 9 Frederick Ross (7m: Cambridge Surprise, Duke of Norfolk Treble Bob, College Exercise 10 Timothy G Pett Treble Bob, Sandal Treble Bob, London Scholars' Pleasure Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob) 1939 1-2 J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Galey Cottage 5-6 Neil D Lomas Tue, 23rd October 1990 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor size 11. 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major 1933 Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood (Reversed) LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 1-2 William F Gibbons PRESTON, Lancashire, St John's Church Belfry 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Wed, 11th July 1990 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 11. 5-6 Michael C E Hodge 5040 Plain Bob Minor 7-8 David Young 1-2 Edward Cowperthwaite 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1940 5-6 Cyril Crossthwaite CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD On the 50th anniversary of the band's first peal together. FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents Wed, 31st October 1990 in 2 hrs 55 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 1934 5120 Spliced Surprise Major DERBY DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION (5m: 1216 Cambridge; 1120 Rutland; 1056 Lincolnshire; 864 Yorkshire, TICKNALL, Derbyshire, St George Superlative: 87 com, atw) Sat, 21st July 1990 in 2 hrs 51 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. Comp. Philip G K Davies 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 1 William G Wilson Comp. Charles H Hattersley 2 Helen S Mitchell 1 David G Carling 3 William E Court 2 John M Jelley 4 Rosemary A Maddocks 3 Christopher Earp 5 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Peter Marriott 6 Barry Corbishley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Denis Maddock 6 John Robinson 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) 7 Frederick Ross 150th for the Guild: 6. 8 Robert B Smith (C) 1941 1935 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OVER, Cheshire, St Chad WARBURTON, Manchester, The Rectory Sun, 4th November 1990 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Tue, 7th August 1990 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 15. 5184 Bristol Surprise Major 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major Comp. Thomas B Worsley (adapted from the 21600) Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood 1 John F Oultram 1-2 David W Friend 2 Nicholas Thomson 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3 J Robert Jervis 5-6 Brian Harris 4 Andrew J Jobson 7-8 J David Atkinson (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Ian W Taylor 1936 7 Michael Thomson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Brian Harris HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court For the 40th anniversary of the 21600 Bristol rung at this church, in which Fri, 17th August 1990 in 2 hrs 25 mins. Tenor size 11. the conductor took part. 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Michael C E Hodge 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 William F Gibbons 7-8 Frank R Morton (C) A compliment to Andrea Hotine and Graham Swinneton, married the following day at St Michael's, Marbury.

193 1942 1946 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael Sat, 10th November 1990 in 3 hrs 19 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. Sat, 5th January 1991 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5015 Grandsire Cinques Comp. Roderick W Pipe Comp. Thomas Hooley 1 Jeffrey Brannan 1 David W Friend (C) 2 Peter C Maddocks 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Denis Maddock 3 Ivor R Nichols 4 Rosemary A Maddocks 4 Roy Worrall 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Peter C Maddocks 6 Melanie R Daw 6 Melanie R Daw 7 Ivor R Nichols (C) 7 Rosemary A Maddocks 8 Barry Corbishley 8 Steven P Kelly 9 J David Atkinson 9 Trevor W Marchbank 10 Richard S Starkie 10 J David Atkinson 11 Trevor W Marchbank 11 Richard S Starkie 12 C Michael Orme 12 William H Dowse First Maximus: 6. First Cambridge Maximus: 2, 3, 4, 8. Completes Cambridge Minor to Maximus: 8. Silver wedding compliment to Joan and 1947 Bill Dowse. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LYMM, Cheshire, St Mary V 1943 Sat, 12th January 1991 in 3 hrs 14 mins. Tenor 29 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5096 Little Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1 John Birks Sat, 24th November 1990 in 3 hrs 4 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 2 Andrew J Jobson 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Stephen J Ivin 4 John F Oultram 1 Peter Broadbent 5 Michael Thomson 2 Peter C Maddocks 6 Malcolm Murphy 3 Rosemary A Maddocks 7 Nicholas Thomson 4 Derek F Yates 8 Brian Harris 5 C Kenneth Lewis In memory of and as a tribute to Douglas W Kirkpatrick, former captain of 6 William H Dowse this tower, who died 28/12/90. R. I. P. 7 Michael W Crowder 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) 1948 First in the method: 3. Silver Wedding compliment to Joan and Bill Dowse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD who were married at this church on November 13, 1965. WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Place Tue, 15th January 1991 in 2 hrs 22 mins. Tenor size 11. 1944 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major ANCIENT SOCIETY OF COLLEGE YOUTHS Comp. R T Harris DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1-2 Brian Harris Sat, 29th December 1990 in 3 hrs 25 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 3-4 Neil D Lomas 5039 Grandsire Caters 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) Comp. Charles H Kippin 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Jeffrey Brannan 2 Geoffrey Fothergill 1949 3 David W Friend (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 C Kenneth Lewis GOOSTREY, Cheshire, St Luke 5 Kenneth G Lee Fri, 15th February 1991 in 2 hrs 28 mins. Tenor 6 cwt. 6 Neil D Lomas 5040 Minor 7 Richard S Starkie (7m: Norwich, Surfleet, Beverley, Cambridge S., Kent, Oxford Treble Bob, 8 Derek J Thomas Plain Bob) 9 Peter Border 1 Wilfred Kerr 10 Brian Harris 2 William F Gibbons Rung in connection with the closure of the 700th anniversary celebrations of 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) the Granting of the Charter to the town of Altrincham by Hamo de Masci in 4 Michael C E Hodge 1290. By members of the Ancient Society of College Youths, the oldest 5 Roy Worrall ringing society, founded in 1637, and its first Master was a Cheshire man, 6 Ivor R Nichols Sir William Brereton of Brereton. A Golden Wedding compliment to Ruth and Ron Hough of Goostrey.

1945 1950 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tue, 1st January 1991 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. Thu, 21st February 1991 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 11. 5040 Minor 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major (5m: 1 extent Burton Treble Bob, London Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Comp. Dennis Knox Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 1-2 David W Friend 1 Kenneth Pinnington 3-4 Neil D Lomas 2 Douglas Reeson 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Roger Bugler 5 Neil D Lomas 1951 6 Christine Pinnington CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD The first lady to ring the tenor to a peal: 6. CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John Evan Sat, 16th March 1991 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 5040 Minor (4m: 1 extent Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob; 4 extents Plain Bob) 1 Derek J Bradshaw 2 Lesley P Hughes 3 Brian Schofield 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 David Hughes 6 Andrew R Mays (C) First Minor as conductor. 194 1952 1958 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane WARBURTON, Cheshire, Rectory Thu, 21st March 1991 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor size 15. Wed, 31st July 1991 in 2 hrs 12 mins. Tenor size 11. 5200 Kent Treble Bob Royal 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. Arr Peter C Randall Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood 1-2 J David Atkinson 1-2 Brian Harris 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 J David Atkinson (C) 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) 5-6 David W Friend 7-8 Neil D Lomas 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 9-10 David W Friend 1959 1953 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WARBURTON, Cheshire, The Rectory BREDBURY, Cheshire, St Mark Tue, 20th August 1991 in 2 hrs 7 mins. Tenor size 11. Sat, 27th April 1991 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. William Hudson Comp. Arthur Craven 1-2 David W Friend 1 Brian Schofield 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Lesley P Hughes 5-6 J David Atkinson (C) 3 E Alyson Kerr 7-8 Brian Harris 4 C Kenneth Lewis In memory of Ernest Bennet, formerly of Norbury (Hazel Grove). 5 Andrew R Mays 6 Derek J Bradshaw 1960 7 Ivor R Nichols CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 David W Friend (C) WARBURTON, Cheshire, The Rectory Tue, 27th August 1991 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 11. 1954 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. William Hudson WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1-2 Brian Harris Tue, 11th June 1991 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor size 15. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5200 Kent Treble Bob Royal 5-6 J David Atkinson (C) Comp. Arr Peter C Randall 7-8 Simon J Poole 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 1961 5-6 Peter C Randall (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 7-8 Brian Harris MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 9-10 Simon J Poole Wed, 28th August 1991 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. First in method in hand: 9-10. 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Comp. John R Ketteringham 1955 1 Shirley Harris CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Richard S Starkie WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorne Lane 3 David H Sansum Tue, 2nd July 1991 in 2 hrs 17 mins. Tenor size 11. 4 William H Dowse 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major 5 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Charles Middleton 6 Roland W Morant 1-2 Brian Harris (C) 7 Brian Harris 3-4 J David Atkinson 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) 5-6 Neil D Lomas 9 Barry Corbishley 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis 10 Jeffrey Brannan

1956 1962 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret POTT SHRIGLEY, Cheshire, St Christopher Sat, 6th July 1991 in 3 hrs 11 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. Sat, 21st September 1991 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. 5007 Stedman Caters 5040 Surprise Minor Comp. Robert E J Dennis (3m: 2 extents Beverley, Surfleet; 3 Cambridge) 1 Cyril Crossthwaite (C) 1 Brian Schofield 2 Rosemary S Spencer 2 Derek F Yates 3 Cynthia Warrilow 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Ivor R Nichols 4 Peter C Maddocks 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Frank Osbaldiston 6 Roland W Morant 6 William H Dowse 7 Roland F Eccles To mark the occasion of the retirement of "Bill" Dowse from the Cheshire 8 Brian Harris Constabulary after 30 years' service. 9 Dale Barton 10 Kenneth G Lee 1963 First Stedman Caters: 2. For the 450th anniversary of the formation of the CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Diocese of Chester. GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Galey Cottage Tue, 8th October 1991 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor size 11. 1957 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Marcus C W Sherwood (reverse) FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents 1-2 William F Gibbons Sat, 20th July 1991 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5056 London Surprise Major 5-6 Michael C E Hodge Comp. Stephen J Ivin 7-8 David Young 1 Peter C Maddocks 2 Rosemary A Maddocks 3 Roland W Morant 4 William H Dowse 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 J David Atkinson 7 Graham M Bradshaw 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) First London and completes the standard eight: 2.

195 1964 1969 ANCIENT SOCIETY OF COLLEGE YOUTHS CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CLITHEROE, Lancashire, St Mary WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew Sat, 19th October 1991 in 2 hrs 54 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Wed, 1st January 1992 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor Comp. Roger Baldwin (25m: (1) Abbeyville, Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh 1 M F Digby Burton Delight (2) Marple, Newdigate, College Bob IV, Old Oxford, Willesden 2 C Kenneth Lewis Delight (3) Braintree, Charlwood, St Albans, Neasden, Wragby Delight (4) 3 J Colin Ashworth Morning Star, Ockley, Norbury Treble Bob (5) Duke of Norfolk, College 4 Cyril Crossthwaite Exercise Treble Bob (6) Capel, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston Treble 5 Walter E Wilkinson Bob (7) Sandal, Oxford Treble Bob: 49 com) 6 Geoffrey Fothergill 1 Kenneth Pinnington 7 Ian W Taylor 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Alan F Scholfield (C) 3 Christine Pinnington 4 Roger Bugler 1965 5 Geoffrey R Gardner CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Neil D Lomas BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary Sat, 19th October 1991 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 1970 5184 Bristol Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Stephen J Ivin CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John Evan. 1 Shirley Harris Wed, 29th January 1992 in 2 hrs 30 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. 2 Geoffrey C Sparling 5040 Surprise Minor 3 C Kenneth Lewis (7m: London, Wells, York, Durham, Beverley, Surfleet, Cambridge) 4 Ian W Taylor 1 Christine Pinnington 5 Peter D Hughes 2 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Brian Harris 3 Roger Bugler 7 Martyn N Tickner 4 Barry Corbishley 8 David W Friend (C) 5 Roland W Morant 6 Ivor R Nichols (C) 1966 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1971 KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John Bapt NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION Sat, 26th October 1991 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. BIDDULPH, Staffordshire, St Lawrence 5040 Minor Wed, 19th February 1992 in 2 hrs 42 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. (4m: 2 extents Oxford Treble Bob, Cambridge Surprise; 1 extent Kent 5040 Surprise Minor Treble Bob; 2 extents Plain Bob) (7m: Primrose, London, York, Beverley, Surfleet, Norwich, Cambridge) 1 James H Townsend 1 Raymond H Daw 2 Cynthia Warrilow 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Roland W Morant 4 Brian Harris (C) 4 Roger Bugler 5 Philip J Roberts 5 Barry Corbishley 6 Duncan G Walker 6 Ivor R Nichols (C) First peal on the bells since rehanging. The band wish to associate Geoffrey 1967 Burton with this performance. He was adviser about the bell-hanging CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD scheme but was unable to take part in the peal. HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court Fri, 15th November 1991 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor size 15. 1972 5040 Plain Bob Royal CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Arr C Kenneth Lewis BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1-2 William F Gibbons Sat, 22nd February 1992 in 3 hrs 7 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 3-4 John R Scott 5120 Spliced Surprise Major 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) (4m: 1120 Rutland; 1280 Cambridge; 1280 Lincolnshire; 1440 Yorkshire: 7-8 Michael C E Hodge 69 com, atw) 9-10 Frank R Morton Comp. Philip G K Davies 1 Andrew J Jobson 1968 2 Shirley Harris CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 C Kenneth Lewis NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 4 Cynthia Warrilow Sat, 16th November 1991 in 2 hrs 50 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 5 Denis Maddock 5040 Grandsire Triples 6 Martyn N Tickner Comp. Joseph J Parker 7 Brian Harris (C) 1 Christina Dunbabin 8 Simon J Poole 2 Shirley Harris To welcome Jessie Fynvola, daughter of Richard and Lizzie Wiffen. Richard 3 Cynthia Warrilow is Curate at St Mary's. 4 Geoffrey R Gardner 5 C Kenneth Lewis 1973 6 Denis Maddock LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 7 Brian Harris (C) PRESTWICH, Lancashire, St Mary 8 Clifford Dunbabin Sat, 28th March 1992 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. First peal: 1, 8. Chris and Cliff Dunbabin are regular members of our 5040 Plain Bob Major congregation and keen supporters of our local band. Their son, James, is also Comp. S Fenwick (Comp. 501 p17) learning to ring. Grandsire Triples was chosen to enable them to score their 1 Dorothy Eccles first peal together and at the same time produce a really good peal. The band 2 Margaret Crossthwaite all enjoyed ringing this peal, and Chris and Cliff were pleased to have Ken 3 C Kenneth Lewis Lewis in their first peal. 4 John P Partington 5 Cyril Crossthwaite 6 Brian J Owen 7 Roland F Eccles 8 D Paul Smith (C) In thanksgiving for the life and work of Frank Reynolds, Tower Captain and 60 years a ringer at this church.

196 1974 1979 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court Sat, 2nd May 1992 in 3 hrs 8 mins. Tenor 2 cwt. Tue, 9th June 1992 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal 5040 Plain Bob Royal Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Arr C Kenneth Lewis 1 Derek F Yates 1-2 William F Gibbons 2 Brian Harris 3-4 John R Scott 3 J David Atkinson 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis 4 William H Dowse 7-8 Michael C E Hodge 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 9-10 Frank R Morton (C) 6 Bernard F L Groves 7 A Peter Whitehead 1980 8 Leslie Boumphrey CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 Jeffrey Brannan HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 10 Robert B Smith Tue, 7th July 1992 in 2 hrs 24 mins. Tenor size 11. Specially arranged for the ringer of 7th who was on a visit to his native 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major heath. In memory of John Worth (25-2-67). Comp. John Reeves 1-2 William F Gibbons 1975 3-4 John R Scott CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 7-8 Frank R Morton (C) Tue, 12th May 1992 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal 1981 Comp. J David Atkinson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 David W Friend TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis Wed, 8th July 1992 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5-6 Neil D Lomas 5040 Surprise Minor 7-8 Brian Harris (7m: London, Wells, York, Durham, Beverley, Sufleet, Cambridge) 9-10 J David Atkinson (C) 1 Brian Schofield 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 1976 3 Roger Bugler CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Roland W Morant WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 5 Barry Corbishley Wed, 13th May 1992 in 2 hrs 48 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 6 Ivor R Nichols 5040 Surprise Minor A 60th birthday compliment to the youngest ringer, conducted by the oldest (7m: Ipswich, Chester, Primrose, London, York, Norwich, Beverley) ringer, average age of band 67. 1 Denis Maddock 2 Roland W Morant 1982 3 C Kenneth Lewis CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 4 Barry Corbishley OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 5 Roger Bugler Wed, 15th July 1992 in 3 hrs 0 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 6 Ivor R Nichols (C) 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. Arthur Knights 1977 1 Andrew J Jobson CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 Denis Maddock MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 3 Janet Rees Sat, 16th May 1992 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 4 Gerald Bowen 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. Roderick W Pipe 6 Barry Corbishley 1 Frank Osbaldiston 7 Roland W Morant 2 Michael Thomson 8 Ivor R Nichols 3 Ian W Taylor For the induction this day of the Revd Brian Harris to the Benefice of Great 4 Geoffrey R Gardner Casterton, Leicestershire, by his Chester Guild friends. 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Peter C Maddocks 1983 7 Rosemary A Maddocks CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 9 David W Friend Fri, 17th July 1992 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor size 14. 10 Richard S Starkie 5056 Plain Bob Major 11 William H Dowse Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 12 Trevor W Marchbank 1-2 Neil D Lomas 3-4 Simon J Poole 1978 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) CENTRAL COUNCIL 7-8 Kenneth G Lee DEEPING ST NICHOLAS, Lincolnshire, St Nicholas First peal in hand: 7-8. First peal on the bells since renovation. Mon, 25th May 1992 in 2 hrs 37 mins. Tenor 6 cwt. 5040 Surprise Minor 1984 (7m: Morpeth, Chester, London, Norfolk, Westminster, Cambridge, CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Norwich) BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1 Roger G Booth Sat, 25th July 1992 in 3 hrs 10 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 2 C Kenneth Lewis 5056 Plain Bob Major 3 Peter D Niblett Comp. John R Pritchard 4 Anthony P Smith 1 Anthony J Freemont 5 Roger D Bailey (C) 2 Cyril Crossthwaite 6 Frank T Blagrove 3 Margaret Crossthwaite By committee members (five Methodists and one redundant bell). 4 Cynthia Warrilow 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Douglas A Reeson 7 Kevin J Rogers 8 Kenneth G Lee (C) First peal: 1. A 70th birthday compliment to Dr David B Murray, father-in-law of 1 and 8.

197 1985 1991 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court Tue, 28th July 1992 in 1 hr 55 mins. Tenor size 14. Tue, 3rd November 1992 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor size 15. 5040 Minor 5040 Plain Bob Royal (3m: 2 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Neil D Lomas 1-2 William F Gibbons 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3-4 John R Scott 5-6 Simon J Poole 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Michael C E Hodge 1986 9-10 David N Young CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 650th peal for the Guild: 3-4. HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court Fri, 31st July 1992 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Tenor size 11. 1992 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Revd Marcus C W Sherwood POTT SHRIGLEY, Cheshire, St Christopher 1-2 William F Gibbons Sat, 21st November 1992 in 2 hrs 44 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 3-4 John R Scott 5040 Minor 5-6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) (4m: 1 extent Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob; 2 extents Kent 7-8 Frank R Morton Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 1 Lesley P Hughes 1987 2 Frank Osbaldiston LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 3 Alan J Wootton BLACKBURN, Lancashire, St Silas 4 C Kenneth Lewis Mon, 31st August 1992 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 17 cwt. 5 Duncan M Matheson 5040 Grandsire Triples 6 Brian Schofield (C) Comp. Joseph J Parker First Minor as conductor. To celebrate the Pearl Wedding of Rhona and 1 Anthony J Freemont Dennis Melville, 29th September 1992; also a 60th birthday compliment for 2 Jean Barnes Dennis Melville, 14th October. 3 Margaret Crossthwaite 4 C Kenneth Lewis 1993 5 Cyril Crossthwaite CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 6 Walter E Wilkinson BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 7 Kenneth G Lee (C) Sat, 28th November 1992 in 2 hrs 58 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. 8 Frank N G Anderton 5040 Plain Bob Triples Half-muffled with the tenor open in memory of Canon Francis Heigh ay, Comp. Roger D Bailey incumbent at St Silas's at the time of the installation of the bells, who died 1 C Kenneth Lewis recently. 2 Rosemary S Spencer 3 Douglas A Reeson 1988 4 Cynthia Warrilow CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 Roland F Eccles WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 6 Anthony J Freemont Fri, 25th September 1992 in 1 hr 51 mins. Tenor size 14. 7 Kenneth G Lee (C) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor 8 Nicholas C Sturgess 1-2 Neil D Lomas First inside: 6. Not first in the method: 1, 7. 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 Simon J Poole 1994 First peal of Oxford Treble Bob Minor in hand: 1-2, 5-6. First Oxford CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Treble Bob Minor: 5-6. Completes Oxford Treble Bob family: 1-2. DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret Sat, 12th December 1992 in 3 hrs 13 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 1989 5024 Bristol Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Andrew N Tyler ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1 Richard Sheckelton Thu, 8th October 1992 in 2 hrs 5 mins. Tenor size 14. 2 Cynthia Warrilow 5040 Plain Bob Minor 3 C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 Cynthia Warrilow 4 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Martyn N Tickner 5-6 Kenneth G Lee 6 Kenneth G Lee First handbell peal of Minor: 5-6. 7 Simon J Poole 8 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 1990 First peal on the back 8. (The bells were cast and hung in 1854 as a CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD complete 10.) To mark the licensing of the new incumbent at Dunham BUXTON, Derbyshire, Christ Church Massey, Revd Max Ramsay. Wed, 21st October 1992 in 2 hrs 34 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 5040 Treble Bob Minor 1995 (16m: (1) Willesden, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Newdigate, Marple CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Delight (2) Wragby, St Albans, Neasden, Charlwood, Braintree Delight (3) MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels Wragby, St Albans, Neasden, Braintree Delight (4) Oxford, Kingston, Sat, 19th December 1992 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 20 cwt. London Scholars' Pleasure, Sandal, Capel Treble Bob (5) Oxford, Kingston, 5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major London Scholars' Pleasure, Sandal Treble Bob (6) Oxford Treble Bob (7) Comp. William Barton Kent Treble Bob) 1 Brian Schofield 1 Christine Pinnington 2 Rosemary A Maddocks 2 Roland W Morant 3 Peter C Maddocks 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Roy Worrall 4 Norman Sherratt 5 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Roger Bugler 6 Ian W Taylor 6 Barry Corbishley (C) 7 Ivor R Nichols 8 William H Dowse (C) A 17th birthday compliment to Vicky Maddocks.

198 1996 2002 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Mon, 28th December 1992 in 2 hrs 38 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. Thu, 28th January 1993 in 2 hrs 43 mins. Tenor size 18. 5040 Treble Dodging Minor 5056 Plain Bob Major (4m: 1 extent London S.; 2 extents Cambridge S., Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Treble Bob) 1-2 Dorothy Eccles 1 Anthony J Freemont 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 Derek J Bradshaw 5-6 Roland F Eccles 3 C Kenneth Lewis 7-8 Kenneth G Lee 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 Roland F Eccles 2003 6 Kenneth G Lee (C) CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First Treble Bob: 1. NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas Sat, 30th January 1993 in 2 hrs 47 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 1997 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. Charles Middleton NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas 1 Philip Houghton Wed, 30th December 1992 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 14 cwt. 2 Joyce Gardner 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 3 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Nathan J Pitstow 4 Clive R Calton 1 Philip Houghton 5 Peter Broadbent 2 Joyce Gardner 6 Martin Bentley 3 Angela Gardner 7 Simon J Poole 4 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Geoffrey R Gardner (C) 5 Rorick P Houghton First in method: 6. 6 Peter Broadbent 7 Clive R Calton 2004 8 Geoffrey R Gardner (C) LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION First peal: 1. First in the method: 3, 5. DIDSBURY, Greater Manchester, St James Sat, 27th February 1993 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 7 cwt. 1998 5040 Minor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD (6m: 1 extent Cambridge S., Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, Double WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew Oxford, St Clement's; 2 extents Plain Bob) Fri, 1st January 1993 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. 1 Anthony J Freemont 5040 Minor 2 Cynthia Warrilow (3m: 2 extents Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob) 3 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Christine Pinnington 4 Duncan P Vyse 2 Amanda Swift 5 Roland F Eccles 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Kenneth G Lee (C) 4 Alan J Wootton 5 Roger Bugler 2005 6 Neil D Lomas CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD First peal: 2. MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Sat, 6th March 1993 in 3 hrs 5 mins. Tenor 23 cwt. 1999 5031 Stedman Caters CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Comp. John Pladdys ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1 Robert B Smith (C) Sat, 2nd January 1993 in 2 hrs 9 mins. Tenor size 14. 2 Rosemary A Maddocks 5040 Plain Bob Minor 3 David W Friend 1-2 Kenneth G Lee 4 C Kenneth Lewis 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 J David Atkinson 5-6 Roland F Eccles 6 Peter C Maddocks 7 James R Gibb 2000 8 William H Dowse CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 9 Richard S Starkie SUTTON, Cheshire, St James 10 Frank Osbaldiston Wed, 13th January 1993 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. Circled tower: 3. First Stedman: 2. First Stedman Caters: 7. 5040 Surprise Minor (7m: London, Wells, York, Durham, Beverley, Surfleet, Cambridge) 2006 1 Peter C Maddocks CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2 C Kenneth Lewis DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 3 Roger Bugler Sat, 27th March 1993 in 3 hrs 15 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 4 Roland Morant 5039 Grandsire Caters 5 Norman Sherratt Comp. Albert M Tyler 6 Ivor R Nichols (C) 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2000th peal: 2. 2 Rosemary S Spencer 3 Cyril Crossthwaite 2001 4 Frank Osbaldiston CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5 John T Parsons MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 6 Douglas A Reeson Sat, 23rd January 1993 in 3 hrs 1 min. Tenor 13 cwt. 7 Frank N G Anderton 5056 Plain Bob Major 8 Robin Shipp Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 9 Kenneth G Lee (C) 1 Derek J Bradshaw 10 Anthony J Freemont 2 Rosemary S Spencer First on 10: 10. A 40th birthday compliment to the tenor ringer. 3 Alan J Wootton 4 Kevin J Rogers 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Anthony J Freemont 7 Ivor R Nichols 8 Kenneth G Lee (C) First Major inside: 6.

199 2007 2012 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane CRANAGE, Cheshire, Briarwood, Goostrey Lane Tue, 20th April 1993 in 2 hrs 21 mins. Tenor size 11. Tue, 21st September 1993 in 2 hrs 10 mins. Tenor size 15. 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 5056 Plain Bob Major Comp. Nathan J Pitstow Comp. C Kenneth Lewis 1-2 David W Friend 1-2 William F Gibbons 3-4 Neil D Lomas 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 J David Atkinson 5-6 Michael C E Hodge 7-8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7-8 Frank R Morton As a thanksgiving for the life of Joanne Poole, tragically killed in a car 2008 accident on 9th September, six days before her 23rd birthday. CENTRAL COUNCIL NASH, Gwent, St Mary 2013 Mon, 31st May 1993 in 2 hrs 36 mins. Tenor 8 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor CAPENHURST, Cheshire, Holy Trinity (14m: 1440 Morpeth, Chester, Bamborough, Bacup; 2160 Carlisle, Sat, 20th November 1993 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 12 cwt. Northumberland, Cunecastre, London, Durham, Beverley; 1440 Norfolk, 5040 Minor Ipswich, Cambridge, Primrose) (6m: Ipswich S.; Norwich S.; Cambridge S.; Kent Treble Bob; Oxford 1 Peter D Niblett Treble Bob; Plain Bob) 2 C Kenneth Lewis 1 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Marcus C W Sherwood 2 Brian Schofield 4 Anthony P Smith 3 Alan J Wootton 5 Frank T Blagrove 4 Douglas A R Reeson 6 Roger D Bailey (C) 5 J Derek Smith Rung by the entire Methods Committee to prove that they don't just talk 6 Denis Mottershead (C) about ringing! 2014 2009 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary SUTTON, Macclesfield, Cheshire, St James Mon, 27th December 1993 in 2 hrs 56 mins. Tenor 18 cwt. Thu, 5th August 1993 in 2 hrs 35 mins. Tenor 11 cwt. 5040 Grandsire Triples 5040 Surprise Minor Comp. Joseph J Parker (12 part) (5m: 1 extent Chester; 2 extents London; 1 extent Bourne, Norwich; 2 1 C Kenneth Lewis extents Cambridge) 2 Ian J Braithwaite 1 Brian Schofield 3 Rosemary S Spencer 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Duncan M Matheson 3 Andrew J Palk 5 Roland F Eccles 4 Patricia D Taeuber 6 Anthony J Freemont 5 Brian J Woodruffe 7 Kenneth G Lee (C) 6 Christopher J Woodruffe 8 Darryl H Bell First in method: 2, 3, 4 and 6. 2010 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 2015 OVER, Cheshire, St Chad CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD Mon, 9th August 1993 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 13 cwt. BOLLINGTON, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 5056 Plain Bob Major Sat, 12th March 1994 in 2 hrs 40 mins. Tenor 16 cwt. Comp. Arr John S Warboys 5152 Rutland Surprise Major 1 C Kenneth Lewis Comp. Henry W Wilde 2 Janet Rees 1 Brian Schofield 3 Ivor R Nichols 2 Peter Dyson 4 James A Daniels 3 Peter Broadbent 5 John Birks 4 Peter C Maddocks 6 Gordon R Birks 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Peter Wilkinson 6 Frank Osbaldiston 8 Nicholas Thomson (C) 7 William H Dowse First peal: 4, 6. First Major inside: 5. A farewell compliment to the Revd Ian 8 J David Atkinson Blyde, leaving to take up an appointment in Torquay. A tribute to Ven John Gaisford, Branch President, for his interest in the E Cheshire Branch, and good wishes for his new appointment as Bishop of 2011 Beverley ANCIENT SOCIETY OF COLLEGE YOUTHS DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 2016 Sat, 28th August 1993 in 3 hrs 23 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret Comp. Jeffrey Brannan Sat, 23rd April 1994 in 2 hrs 52 mins. Tenor 9 cwt. 1 Alan F Scholfield 5040 Minor 2 D Robert Pettifor (3m: 2 extents Oxford Treble Bob, Kent T B; 3 extents Plain Bob) 3 Philip S Woods 1 Kenneth G Lee 4 John Cornock 2 Rosemary S Spencer 5 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Roland F Eccles 6 Kenneth G Lee 4 Anthony J Freemont 7 Peter D Hughes 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Peter C Randall 6 Nicholas C Sturgess 9 Richard S Starkie A silver wedding compliment to Revd & Mrs J Heywood, former vicar 10 Jeffrey Brannan (C) (1953-75) 80th birthday compliment to C Kenneth Lewis (23/8/93).

200 2017 2022 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD POTT SHRIGLEY, Cheshire, St Christopher ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Sat, 22nd October 1994 in 2 hrs 57 mins. Tenor 10 cwt. Wed, 23rd December 1998 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 11. 5040 Minor 5056 Plain Bob Major (4m: 1 extent Cambridge Surprise; 2 extents Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Comp. C Kenneth Lewis Treble Bob, Plain Bob) 1-2 Kenneth G Lee 1 William H Dowse 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5-6 David W Friend 3 Frank Osbaldiston 7-8 J David Atkinson 4 Derek J Bradshaw First peal on the bells. 5 Brian Schofield 6 Graham Jenkins 2023 For the Pearl wedding anniversary of Peter & Dorothy Sharpley. Circled CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD tower: 3, 5. ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Tue, 20th July 1999 in 2 hrs 1 min. Tenor size 15. 2018 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 1-2 Kenneth G Lee DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Mon, 17th April 1995 in 3 hrs 2 mins. Tenor 25 cwt. 5-6 J David Atkinson 5040 Grandsire Triples First peal of Treble-Bob 'in-hand': 1-2. Comp. Joseph J Parker 1 Cynthia Warrilow 2024 2 Rosemary S Spencer CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 3 C Kenneth Lewis ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 4 Duncan P Vyse Thu, 20th April 2000 in 1 hr 56 mins. Tenor size 11. 5 Roland F Eccles 5040 Treble Bob Minor 6 Malcolm Murphy (2m: 3 extents Kent; 4 extents Oxford) 7 Kenneth G Lee (C) 1-2 Kenneth G Lee 8 Anthony J Freemont 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of Triples on the bells. First Triples: 4. To mark the dedication of 5-6 David W Friend the new vestries and gallery at St Margaret's; also the centenary of the National Trust. This Church was built by the 7th Earl of Stamford, of 2025 Dunham Massey Hall, now owned by the National Trust. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 2019 Wed, 14th November 2001 in 1 hr 58 mins. Tenor size 12. CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 5040 Treble Bob Minor MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael (2m: 3 extents Kent, 4 extents Oxford) Sat, 17th February 1996 in 3 hrs 16 mins. Tenor 26 cwt. 1-2 J David Atkinson 5016 Plain Bob Maximus 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Comp. J Reeve 5-6 David W Friend 1 Brian Schofield 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Rorick P Houghton 4 David W Friend 5 Clive R Calton 6 Frank Osbaldiston 7 Tom Chalmers 8 Alec Osbaldiston 9 Kenneth G Lee 10 Ian W Taylor 11 Raymond H Daw 12 William H Dowse (C) First peal on 12 bells: 1 (aged 71 years), 3 & 8. A 52nd birthday compliment to Frank Osbaldiston.

2020 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court Tue, 29th July 1997 in 2 hrs 19 mins. Tenor size 11. 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Comp. John Reeves 1-2 William F Gibbons 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Michael C E Hodge (C) 7-8 David N Young First of Major in the method as conductor. A compliment to the conductor on his 52nd birthday; Also a birthday compliment to Liz Hodge (28/7/97).

2021 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court Tue, 11th November 1997 in 2 hrs 23 mins. Tenor size 11. 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Comp. John Reeves 1-2 William F Gibbons 3-4 C Kenneth Lewis 5-6 Michael C E Hodge 7-8 Frank R Morton (C) 350th peal: 5-6. A birthday compliment to Bill Gibbons.

201 Alphabetical list of Ringers taking part with their peal totals (1249 records)

1 David G Adams 1 James W Belshaw 205 Alan J Brown 3 J David Adams 6 Gordon Benfield 1 Alan N Brown 1 Mark A Adamson 28 Ernest Bennett 3 Anne P Brown 5 R Ann Agnew 12 F Hector Bennett 1 Catherine J Brown 1 J Alan Ainsworth 1 James Bennett 1 David C Brown 4 Dennis R Allcock 63 Neil Bennett 17 Jean C Brown 1 David J Allen 10 Richard Benson 1 Keith W Brown 3 Catherine R M Allison 1 Martin Bentley 1 Martin J Brown 11 James R D Allison 1 Joan Beresford 5 Neville A Brown 132 Walter Allman 1 Roy Bettley-Cooke 2 Peter G Brown 2 William Allman 176 John E Bibby 1 Richard C L Brown 2 Diana M Anderson 9 John R Bibby 1 W Neville Brown 7 John A Anderson 1 Norah M Bibby 1 William J G Brown 2 Frank N G Anderton 6 George W Biddulph 1 David W Brunning 16 Christine Andrew 1 Clifford Bird 1 Royston G Bryant 51 Ronald F Andrew 2 Edwin C Birkett 1 James L Buckley 8 James E Andrews 1 Gordon R Birks 1 Hilary Bugler 1 Stanley Ardern 3 John Birks 19 Roger Bugler 2 Christopher Armes 1 William Birmingham_jun 1 Alan Burbidge 2 Christopher J Armes 1 Brian Bladon 1 G Leonard Burgess 1 Stuart D Armes 4 Frank T Blagrove 1 Cyril R Burrell 3 Frank Arrowsmith 1 Henry A Blakemore 1 M F Digby Burton 1 Felicity Ashford 1 Robert B Blond 4 David Butler 1 T Felicity Ashford 2 James J Blowers 1 David G Butler 3 George Ashmore 1 Margaret Boam 1 William Butler 2 George H Ashmore 1 Peter N Bond 1 Ian Butters 2 Robert Ashmore 1 George E Bonham 42 Derek Butterworth 1 Alfred Ashton 37 Frank Bonner 1 Harold Byrom 11 J Colin Ashworth 7 Phillip J Boote 1 Sylvia Cain 2 M Felicity Ashworth 1 Fred Booth 1 L Michael Callow 1 Paul J Atkins 2 Jane Booth 15 Clive R Calton 1 Sally A Atkins 13 John A Booth 2 Ian G Campbell 409 J David Atkinson 14 John Booth 3 A Patrick Cannon 4 William Atkinson 2 M Jane Booth 1 David G Carling 3 Herbert E Audsley 11 Margaret P Booth 4 William Carnwell 2 Graham K Austin 1 Roger G Booth 2 Clarissa J E Caroe 1 Walter Ayre 2 Janet R Border 1 James Carter 1 Alan E M Bagworth 24 Peter Border 1 Joan Carter 1 Allen F Bailey 6 Ruth M Border 1 Michael Carter 1 Charles F Bailey 1 Mavis Botham 2 Alan Carveth 4 George H Bailey 2 Yvonne Botham 3 Percival W Cave 2 Roger D Bailey 1 Jeanne E Bottomley 4 Beryl E Cawser 1 Stephen Bailey 1 Vernon Bottomley 32 J Edward Cawser 1 Norman Bainbridge 4 Paul Boucher 1 Herbert O Chaddock 57 Henry O Baker 2 Ernest Boumphrey 1 Norman Chaddock 1 R David Baker 134 Leslie Boumphrey 1 D Ian Chalmers 2 John C Baldwin 1 Margaret Boumphrey 2 Tom Chalmers 1 Judith A Baldwin 7 Mrs Leslie Boumphrey 1 Sydney A Chambers 2 Alfred Ballard 2 Cyril Bowden 1 Alan H Champion 9 Raymond J Ballard 1 Elisabeth A G Bowden 1 Pauline C Champion 23 Stuart I Bamforth 1 Richard J Bowden 1 Harold Chant 15 Albert Bancroft 2 Gerald Bowen 3 Patrick I Chapman 1 Barbara Bangham 1 Leonard Bowler 1 Tom Chapman 1 Barbara M Bangham 1 Herrick B Bowley 1 Stephen K Chatwood 2 Michael J Bangham 1 James H E Bowmer 1 Geoffrey Cheetham 1 Thomas G Bannister 5 Stuart W Bracegirdle 9 C Paul Cheshire 1 Jack Barker 2 Norman Bradbury 2 William J Chester 2 Timothy E Barnaby 3 Alastair M Bradshaw 1 Michael V Chilcott 5 Alfred Barnes 1 Andrew J Bradshaw 1 Jennifer M Christian 1 Jean Barnes 15 Derek J Bradshaw 1 Simon Christian 1 Frank Barraclough 17 Graham M Bradshaw 2 Michael J Church 4 Derek J Barrett 1 John R Bradshaw 4 J William Clarke 13 Sue Barrett 1 Ian J Braithwaite 1 Joyce M Clarke 11 Clifford A Barron 2 John W Bramley 2 Malcolm Clarke 1 Dale Barton 6 William Brammer 1 Oswald Claybrook 3 William Barton 98 Jeffrey Brannan 1 Oswald Claybrooke 1 Marjorie B Batchelor 2 Stephen A Brannan 4 Antony W T Cleaver 2 David Bates 3 Jack Bray 1 Charles Clegg 1 David J Bates 2 Elise Brentnall 1 Jack Clegg 1 Walter J Battle 1 Joan Brentnall 1 Michael G Clements 1 Denis A Bayles 2 Leslie G Brett 3 Donald G Clift 1 Alfred S Bayley 1 Cyril Brett-Smith 49 Lionel Clough 1 David Beacham 1 David Brewer 2 Simon R Cole 21 J Anthony Beaumont 28 Geoffrey Bridges 9 Frederick E Collins 1 M Alec Beaumont 1 Diana M Bridle 1 Timothy F Collins 2 Andrew J Bedell 1 John H Brierley 1 Arthur D Cook 1 Christopher Bedell 1 Jill Brittain 1 John Cook 1 Lorna E Bedford 86 Peter Broadbent 2 Roland H Cook 1 Frank Beech 1 Susan Brocklehurst 1 Christopher K Cooper 1 Darryl H Bell 5 Roy Broom 1 John R Cooper 3 George A Bell 1 Roy Broome 30 Barry Corbishley 2 John Bell 7 A Neville Brown 2 Philip A Corby 9 Peter G Bellamy-Knights 1 Alan A Brown 3 R Gordon Corby 2 Joan Cordwell 11 Roland F Eccles 2 T Michael Freeman 2 Derek Cormell 1 Eric Edmondson 10 Anthony J Freemont 6 John Cornock 1 Charles E Edwards 63 David W Friend 5 William E Court 2 Charles Edwards 1 Elspeth J Friend 1 George T Cousins 2 G Ronald Edwards 1 Ian Friend 1 J Stuart Coutts 12 Geoffrey A Edwards 1 Zoe V Friend 2 Stuart Coutts 6 Geoffrey Edwards 1 Denis A Frith 9 Edward Cowperthwaite 2 Maurice F Edwards 1 Alfred Frost 1 E V Cox 106 Ralph G Edwards 1 Alfred W Frost 1 Peter Coxall 17 Tudor P Edwards 1 Eric Frost 13 Andrew G Craddock 6 John C Eisel 1 Barry J Fry 4 John H Crampion 4 R Mary Elkington 1 Susan Funnell 1 John A Creer 1 A Richard Elkins 1 Ernest Furbank 3 Claudia A Critchley 18 Mary Elkins 54 John W Gander 1 G William Critchley 1 Richard Elkins 1 Mrs J W Gander 42 W Eric Critchley 1 Andrew Ellis 1 Dorothy T Gardiner 1 Robert J Crocker 1 David M Ellis 12 Ivan B Gardiner 1 Kenneth S B Croft 6 Eric Ellison 21 Jocelyn B Gardiner 2 Peter Crook 2 Stephen A Elwell-Sutton 1 Angela Gardner 1 Peter Crook_Sen 1 Joyce A England 3 Geoffrey Gardner 1 Pamela A Crosby 1 Patricia A Etchells 42 Geoffrey R Gardner 1 Trevor A Cross 1 David C Everett 2 Joyce Gardner 1 Marion Crossley 1 Donald C Exell 1 Peter H Gardner 36 Cyril Crossthwaite 2 Frances Fairbank 1 Gordon Garnett 3 Margaret Crossthwaite 3 Gerald Farrer 1 Shirley Garnett 6 Maryl R Crossthwaite 1 Harry Farrer 1 Barry M Garraway 1 Philip J Crossthwaite 1 Michael Faulds 4 Andrew Gaskin 8 Michael W Crowder 15 Eileen M Fearn 1 Margaret E Gaskin 1 David Cubitt 44 George E Fearn 1 Jeanette Geoghan 1 Martin Cubitt 1 Henry H Fearn 1 James R Gibb 1 Paul Cubitt 4 Geoffrey D Fearnehough 34 William F Gibbons 1 Thomas Cullingworth 1 Geoffrey Fearnehough 1 Brian Gibson 4 Peter T Dale 1 Robert J Fearnett 1 Andrew W Giddings 1 James A Daniels 3 Carol Fearnley 1 Eric Gilbert 1 Richard Daniels 7 James Fearnley 42 Eric J Gilbert 2 Frank E Darby 1 Milly Feather 2 John J L Gilbert 5 Graham Darke 3 George E Feirn 3 John R Gilden 2 Carol A Davenport 2 Kenneth W H Felstead 1 John G Gipson 2 Herbert Davenport 32 Carol Fernley 1 Elizabeth A Glasow 3 Kenneth R Davenport 159 James Fernley 1 Nolan F Golden 73 Colin Davies 2 Mrs J Fernley 2 Shirley Golding 14 Julia Davies 1 Mrs James Fernley 1 Geoffrey N Goodall 12 Philip G K Davies 68 William Fernley 3 Leonard Goodall 1 Simon J Davies 1 Edna M P Fethers 5 Norman J Goodman 1 Vivien Davies 1 Miss E M P Fethers 2 Allen S Gordon 9 Vivien M Davies 1 Miss Edna M P Fethers 1 Lesley Gosling 1 Colin Davis 1 Michael D Fiander 2 Edward Gould 1 Susan Davis 4 Margaret Fidell 1 Colin T Graham 2 Timothy M Davis 3 John P Fidler 3 Samuel Graham 2 Melanie R Daw 4 J Henry Fielden 1 Philip M J Gray 2 Raymond H Daw 22 John H Fielden 6 Geoffrey Green 1 William P Deane 2 Maryl R Fielden 5 Roger G Green 1 Selwyn Dearden 1 Frederick A Finch 1 Roger Green 6 Selwyn H Dearden 12 Arthur Firth 1 Vernon Green 2 Robert E J Dennis 1 S James Fisher 1 Alison Greenhalgh 7 Ann Dickerson 11 Michael D Fishwick 3 Caroline M Greenwood 1 James A Dickerson 1 A Harold Fitter 1 Stephen Gregory 1 James Dickerson 1 Paul J Flavell 16 John W Griffiths 6 Jane Dickerson 1 Miss P Fletcher 7 Frederick W Grocott 1 G Alec Dimmock 1 William E Fletcher 1 T Groombridge_jun 1 Helen M Diserens 2 Alan D Flood 1 Tom Groombridge_jun 1 Noel J Diserens 10 Albert Ford 1 Christopher J Groome 1 Peter H Dixon 1 Gillian C Forrest 1 James W Grounds 3 Geoffrey K Dodd 1 Christopher Forster 131 Bernard F L Groves 2 Frances Dodds 1 Margaret E Fort 6 Christopher Gudgeon 2 C Barrie Dove 6 Alan Foster 1 Michael S Haighton 2 Ronald H Dove 24 Alan G Foster 12 Lawrence J Haines 2 Harold Dowler 2 Anthony P Foster 1 Arthur F Hall 110 William H Dowse 1 Helen Foster 1 John Hall 1 Gillian Doyle 2 Valerie Foster 2 Joseph Hall 1 Nigel P Doyle 4 Valerie W Foster 1 Margaret Hall 2 Edward P Duffield 27 Geoffrey Fothergill 4 John G Hallett 4 Frederick E Dukes 1 Janet S Foulds 2 Gordon A Halls 1 Christina Dunbabin 20 Michael Foulds 3 Terry R Hampton 1 Clifford Dunbabin 4 Milton C Fowler 1 Emlyn F Hancock 176 Fred Dunkerley 2 Thomas H Francis 1 C Henry Harding 1 Edward Jenkins Duplicate 1 David G Franklin 1 Ann C Hardman 1 Ethel M Duppa 1 Stephen J Franklin 1 Eric B Harkley 1 Geoffrey Dyson 5 John Freeman 348 Brian Harris 43 Peter Dyson 6 John O Freeman 1 Frederick R Harris 1 Sue Dyson 2 John Freeman 2 Paul R Harris 2 Christopher Earp 1 Michael Freeman 1 Robert F Harris 2 Dorothy Eccles 1 Michael T Freeman 44 Shirley Harris 1 Eric N Harrison 2 Howard Howell 2 Trevor H Kirkman 4 Mervyn J Harrison 1 Christopher J Hughes 2 Douglas Kirkpatrick 1 Stanley N Harrison 1 David Hughes 1 Dennis Knox 1 John E Harrold 2 Graeme A Hughes 2 William A Lacey 1 S Nicholas Harrop 1 Graeme Hughes 1 Frances Laflin 2 Paul E Hartley 10 Lesley P Hughes 2 Frances M Laflin 11 John Hassell 4 Peter D Hughes 3 Francis M Laflin 1 Dominic Haughton 1 Ann Humphreys 287 Peter Laflin 1 Thomas G Hawkins 2 David Hunns 1 Walter Lago 1 Peter L R Hayward 2 D John Hunt 2 Mark S Lancefield 1 Dorothy T Heap 1 John H Hunt 1 N David Lane 1 John R Heap 1 Oswald J Hunt 6 Richard D Langford 5 Norman Heaps 1 Walter Hunt 1 Rachael Lardner 2 Denis Heapy 2 Thomas Hurd 2 Tim Lardner 1 Denis N Heapy 4 Stuart C W Hutchieson 1 Dennis Latham 2 Herbert Heaton 1 P Alan Hutchinson 1 Anthony Laughton 43 Herbert M Heaton 8 John Hyden 19 Charles W Lawton 2 Julie A Heaton 4 A John Illingworth 12 Mrs C W Lawton 2 Sally M Heaton 3 Richard A G Inglis 1 Patricia J Laycock 9 James Hedgcock 3 William J Irving 1 Geraldine R Lea 2 Raymond D Helliwell 1 David G Jackson 1 Nelia M Leahy 4 Geoffrey J Hemming 2 Edward Jackson 1 Joseph Leatherbarrow 2 Gerald C Hemming 4 Gibson Jackson 13 George Ledsham 2 Barrie Hendry 10 Ruth M Jackson 3 Alfred John Lee 6 June Henshaw 70 William H Jackson 1 Janet S Lee 4 June M Henshaw 5 John M Jelley 22 Kenneth G Lee 1 W Nigel G Herriott 10 Christopher H Jenkins 2 Robert Lees 5 Kenneth J Hesketh 348 Edward Jenkins 1 Sally Lees 1 G Leonard Hewitt 1 Graham Jenkins 1 Helen Leith 1 Arthur Heywood 7 Ivor Jenkins 2 Iris M E Lemare 4 Roger M Heyworth 1 Edwin Jennings 1 David Lewin 25 Arthur Hibbert 4 J Robert Jervis 2025 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Elizabeth A Hibbert 1 John Jessup 2 Geoffrey J Lewis 2 J Peter Hibbert 13 Andrew J Jobson 16 Mary Lewis 12 William A Hibbert 2 Graham A C John 1 Guy Leyland 1 Alan M Hickman 1 Michael St John-Smith 5 Jean C Leyland 1 John Hill 3 R D St John-Smith 1 Jill M Liddle 2 Christopher Hims 4 Christopher M P Johnson 1 Gillian Lifton 1 Timothy C Hine 1 Philip J Johnson 3 Graeme A Littler 2 David Hird 1 Philip R Johnson 1 David J Llewellyn 30 Michael C E Hodge 1 Ronald J Johnston 1 William H Lloyd 1 Albert Hodgson 1 Roy Jolley 7 Thomas J Lock 1 David V Hodgson 3 Barry V Jones 1 Malcolm J Lodwick 1 Rosemary A Hodgson 413 Basil Jones 1 M Simon Lomas 2 Sydney Hodgson 1 Chris Jones 359 Neil D Lomas 3 David Hogg 34 Christopher J Jones 35 Simon Lomas 3 Harry F Holding 2 Christopher Jones 2 Clive W Longden 2 Edward Holdsworth 1 Derek P Jones 1 Patricia Longden 1 John Holdsworth 1 Desiree A Jones 1 Walter Longman 1 H David Holland 1 E Malcolm Jones 99 Harold C Lonyon 17 Ian M Holland 1 Eric R Jones 2 Herbert Ludkin 1 Mrs H D Holland 1 George Jones 2 Frank B Lufkin 2 Harold Hollingsworth 1 Graham J Jones 3 Roger J Lumley 2 Harold Hollingworth 1 Laurence H Jones 3 John M C Lysons 1 Trevor Holmes 1 Mrs C J Jones 1 Barry D Mack 4 Stuart Holroyd 1 R Edward Jones 1 Frank D Mack 2 Sidney T Holt 2 Richard E Jones 1 Peter N Mackley 15 Alastair J Hopkins 1 Samuel Jones 1 Rosamund M Mackley 1 Lucy P A Hopkins 1 Thomas Jones 10 Christine C MacNair 2 Peter W Horn 6 Samuel Jones_jun 21 Denis Maddock 2 Peter Horne 1 Rita M Jowett 6 J Denis Maddock 1 Peter W Horne 1 Margaret Joyce 5 Paul Maddock 11 Eric Hotine 1 Peter J Joyce 19 Peter C Maddocks 2 Adrian Hough 2 Dawn H Jukes 12 Rosemary A Maddocks 7 Norman Hough 2 Ivan Kay 1 Paul Male 2 Ronald Hough 18 Brian S B Kear 2 Peter J Malloch 1 Sidney Hough 6 F John Keddie 1 Margaret Mandy 2 Philip Houghton 1 Susan D Kelk 1 Edward J W Manley 2 Rorick P Houghton 2 Steven P Kelly 1 Gary Mann 69 Sidney Hough_jun 1 Roger I Kendrick 8 Trevor W Marchbank 2 Sidney Hough_sen 1 Sean P Keogh 2 Peter Marriott 1 Miss J Houldswoth 9 E Alyson Kerr 4 Fred Marsden 3 Janet House 3 Wilfred Kerr 1 Louis A Marsh 2 Frederick Howard 12 Jeffrey Kershaw 1 David J Marshall 5 Harry W Howard 1 John R Ketteringham 2 Derek J Marshall 1 J Frederick Howard 2 Barnabas G Key 1 Donald R Marshall 1 John A Howard 2 E Marion Key 2 Susan E Marshall 1 Valerie J Howard 1 G Richard King 4 Adam T Marsland 2 David W Howarth 2 David Kingman 11 Alexander J Martin 2 Thomas E Howarth 2 Charles H Kippin 4 E Roger Martin 2 Martin L Howe 1 Alan Kirk 1 Edward W Martin 1 Geoffrey Howell 40 Martin J Kirk 1 John R Martin 1 Geoffrey K Howell 1 David Kirkcaldy 17 Arthur G Mason 1 John S Mason 7 Mark Ogden 6 M Jack Pryor 5 R Kingsley Mason 8 P Mark Ogden 1 Wyn Pugh 1 Sally A Mason 3 Mary W Ogier 2 George Pye 4 Duncan M Matheson 1 George E Oliver 6 William Pye 2 Kathleen M Matheson 1 Charles Ollier 1 Jenny Pym 1 Wilfred Matthews 2 Anne C Orme 1 Andrew Queen 1 Norman R Mattingley 8 C Michael Orme 1 Andrew R Queen 1 Michael Maughan 1 Alec Osbaldiston 4 Cecil Raddon 1 Edward F Mawby 140 Frank Osbaldiston 1 Elizabeth Ramsay 1 Mollie May 1 Mrs F Osbaldiston 1 Thomas Ramsey 1 Molly May 7 John F Oultram 1 Geoffrey W Randall 1 Geoffrey M Mayer 2 John Oultram 48 Peter C Randall 95 Andrew C D Mayes 4 Brian J Owen 13 George H Randles 1 Anne E Mayes 1 Jane Owen 6 Mrs G H Randles 5 John R Mayne 6 George A Packer 14 Norah M Randles 6 Andrew R Mays 6 Charles H Page 1 Ernest W Rawson 1 Dennis H McCormick 1 David K Palfrey 2 Paul S Reading 80 Alan McFall 1 Andrew J Palk 9 Muriel Reay 5 Charles McGuiness 5 W Norman Park 1 Arthur H Reed 1 Graham McKay 4 Geoffrey R Parker 1 Frank Reed 1 Herbert A McKinnell 6 Harry Parker 1 Malcolm J Reed 10 Herbert McKinnell 1 Margaret A Parker 1 Albert V Rees 1 Ian McNutt 1 Richard J Parker 2 Janet Rees 1 Paul McNutt 6 Stephen L Parry 1 Douglas A R Reeson 18 Rodney B Meadows 1 Charlotte Parsons 3 Douglas A Reeson 1 Norman Meakin 1 David E Parsons 1 Douglas Reeson 1 Philip Mehew 2 Gerald Parsons 5 A Edward Reeves 3 Brian Merrill 1 John T Parsons 1 Alfred E Reeves 3 Alison Merritt 5 Geoffrey Parting 1 Edward A Reeves 1 Malcolm L Merritt 8 John P Partington 1 Edward Reeves 7 David J Midgley 1 Leslie H Pask 18 Frank Reynolds 30 Jack L Millhouse 1 Stephanie J Pattenden 2 Jane Reynolds 1 R Brian Mills 2 Geoffrey Paul 5 Alex Richardson 1 Dennis H B Millward 1 B Stedman Payne 15 Alexander Richardson 2 J Frederick Milner 1 Arthur Peake 1 Mrs A Richardson 196 James A Milner 1 Donald Pearson 2 Philip A Richardson 6 Helen S Mitchell 3 Geoffrey Pearson 2 William H Riddle 1 Martin F Mitchell 4 Robert Peers 1 Kenneth J Rider 3 Ralph B Mitchell 1 Alan Pendlebury 1 James H Riding 4 John Moore 2 Stephen W J Penny 3 Joseph Ridyard 1 Geoffrey Moorhouse 1 Frank W Perrens 1 Andrew Riley 207 Gerald Moorhouse 1 Mary E Perry 2 Alfred Roberts 4 Roland Morant 1 Magnus M Peterson 4 Christopher C Roberts 27 Roland W Morant 1 Peter_Crook_Jun 9 Jackie Roberts 5 Michael P Moreton 2 Timothy G Pett 2 Philip J Roberts 41 Wilfrid F Moreton 1 Anne E Pettifor 27 John Robinson 1 James Morgan 6 D Robert Pettifor 1 Wilfred L Robinson 1 Sarah Morgan 1 Roy Phillips 1 William Robinson 1 George E Morrall 2 Malcolm P Phipps 1 Dorothea M Robotham 1 Burley P Morris 8 J Barry Pickup 6 Edward V Rodenhurst 1 Ernest Morris 1 Kathleen Pilsbury 1 Frederick W Rogers 2 Joan Morris 5 Ernest Pimlott 2 Harold W Rogers 116 Leslie W G Morris 2 John Pinfold 7 Kevin J Rogers 1 R George Morris 6 Christine Pinnington 1 Olive L Rogers 1 Richard E Morris 3 Kenneth Pinnington 4 Frederick Ross 59 Frank R Morton 4 Cecil W Pipe 1 David E Rothera 1 Frank Moss 5 George W Pipe 1 Philip J Rothera 60 Denis Mottershead 4 Roderick W Pipe 2 Joyce Rothwell 1 Diana M Mounsey 8 John Pladdys 5 Eric Roughley 7 Christopher M Movley 7 Michael J Platt 1 John Ryder 1 Elisabeth R Mullett 4 Michael Platt 1 Sydney Sage 1 John Mulliner 8 Charles F Pocock 2 David Salter 3 John F Mulvey 10 Stephen R T Pocock 1 Edward F M Samson 25 Christopher L D Munday 1 Ian G Pollard 1 Geoffrey O Sanders 3 Ruth E Murdie 1 Dan S Pont 3 Derek Sanderson 7 Ruth Murdie 2 E Dennis Poole 1 Peter J Sanderson 44 Malcolm Murphy 1 Harold J Poole 1 Anthony D Sansom 1 Graham L Nayler 1 Mrs H J Poole 4 David H Sansum 1 Paul Needham 41 Simon J Poole 1 Joseph Saunders 16 F John Nelson 5 David E Potter 1 Heather M Scarrett 1 Philip A J Newsham 1 John Potter 1 J Wilfred Scarrett 2 George R Newton 185 Alan A Potts 1 Heather Scarrott 1 Percy Newton 1 David R Potts 2 J Wilfred Scarrott 1 Reginald H Newton 3 Edward F Potts 1 Wilfred Scarrott 2 Peter D Niblett 1 Thomas Potts 2 B Gillian Schofield 79 Ivor R Nichols 1 Michael V Powell 28 Brian Schofield 1 Geoffrey Nield 45 Frank C Price 1 Harold B Schofield 2 George F Nix 1 Fred Price 1 S Barry Schofield 1 Eric Nixon 2 Frederick Price 1 Sheila M Schofield 3 Stanley Noble 1 Kevin M Price 184 Alan F Scholfield 1 Victor Norbury 4 Richard E Price 3 Howard Scott 29 David G Ogden 3 Thomas Price 4 Ivor Scott 22 Derek Ogden 6 Arthur Pritchard 17 John R Scott 2 John Scott 1 Andrew R Stone 1 Leonard Walsh 1 Frank M Seabright 1 J Victor Stonier 1 Burley Walshaw 1 Frederick Seagar 1 Peter D Storey 2 Mary Walshaw 1 Philip J Sealey 2 Thomas W Strangeway 1 Edmund Walters 6 W J Charles Seddon 1 Thomas W Strangeways 1 Frank Walters 1 Charles J Sedgley 1 Tom Strangeways 1 Lesley K Walters 1 Anna Sellors 2 Nicholas C Sturgess 6 P Graham Walters 34 Frederick Shallcross 1 Raymond Suart 1 Percy Walton 3 Jonathan D Shanklin 1 A Barry Sullivan 1 Alan Ward 2 Peter A Sharp 1 Barry Sullivan 1 Andrew A Ward 1 Charles Sharples 3 Frederick S Sutton 1 Barry B Ward 1 Walter Shaw 2 James M Swallow 75 Cynthia Warrilow 1 Richard Sheckelton 1 Amanda Swift 18 Judith A Warrilow 5 Christine H Shekelton 5 Percy Swindley 2 Richard J Warrilow 4 Frances A Shekelton 3 Vernon Sykes 68 Robert J Warrilow 1 Frances Shekelton 3 George E Symonds 4 Stephen Warrilow 5 Richard A Shekelton 1 Patricia D Taeuber 1 Brian G Warwick 2 Richard Shekelton 1 Rosemary Tailby 1 David M Watson 1 Susan E Shekelton 1 Arthur F Taylor 1 Peter Watson 5 Norman Sherratt 2 Arthur Taylor 2 Dorothea Way 23 Marcus C W Sherwood 1 Derek Taylor 1 William Weatherby 3 Margaret L Sherwood 22 Ian W Taylor 4 Charles A S Webb 1 Robin Shipp 1 James R Taylor 5 Andrew J Webster 4 William Shuker 1 John Taylor 1 Harry E Wells 13 Edmund Shuttleworth 1 Pauline Taylor 1 G Craig Western 4 Edward Shuttleworth 12 Thomas Taylor 1 John Wheadon 2 Andrew P Simcox 5 Trevor Taylor 4 John E Wheeldon 1 John Simister 2 William Taylor 67 A Peter Whitehead 1 K Ruth Simon 1 Colin A Tester 3 Martin J Whiteley 2 Beryl R Simpson 1 Olive D Tester 9 Arthur E Whiting 6 Clive W Simpson 20 Derek J Thomas 9 Arthur Whiting 6 Eric Simpson 3 Andrew Thompson 1 Christopher R Whiting 67 James C E Simpson 42 Giles B Thompson 103 Joseph W Whittaker 3 Rachel J Sinden 33 Michael Thomson 118 Joseph Whittaker 1 Andrew C Sinfield 17 Nicholas Thomson 1 Leslie C Wightman 1 Neil O Skelton 1 Pamela Thomson 1 William Wightman 1 Clifford Skidmore 17 J Martin Thorley 2 Eric Wigley 3 Hilary A Skinner 3 Joseph Thornley 1 David Wild 1 John W L Slack 1 Ernest A Thorpe 2 Doreen Wilde 1 Michael Smethers 7 Brian D Threlfall 10 Tom Wilde 2 Michael Smethurst 2 A Gilbert G Thurlow 6 Wilfred Wilde 1 Alfred Smith 7 Martyn N Tickner 1 Anne E Wildes 1 Alfred W Smith 3 Jack Tipper 4 Peter Wilkinson 1 Ann M Smith 4 Philip H Tocock 2 Walter E Wilkinson 1 Anne P Smith 3 Arthur Tomlinson 1 E Vivian Williams 2 Anthony P Smith 1 Charles E Tomlinson 3 Frederick R Williams 5 Clive M Smith 2 Walter Tomlinson 1 Laurence J Williams 9 D Paul Smith 14 Michael H Tompsett 1 Sheila Williams 1 Dianne B Smith 2 Robert H Topham 8 Wilfred Williams 1 Ian Smith 1 David A Town 1 Frank Willis-Betts 8 J Derek Smith 1 Jennifer A Town 7 Vivien M Willmott 1 John N Smith 1 Peter F Town 21 Frederick E Wilshaw 2 Leslie F Smith 1 Christine Townend 1 Michael Wilshaw 1 Lucy Smith 4 James H Townsend 2 Oneta M Wilson 1 Martin A Smith 40 Peter J Townsend 4 William G Wilson 1 Norman Smith 6 Leonard Trevor 1 Alison Witton 1 Peter Smith 1 Brian F Trueman 62 Walter W Wolstencroft 4 R D St John Smith 1 Brian Trueman 1 Hedley A Wood 270 Robert B Smith 1 Donald Trumpler 2 Hedley Wood 4 Ruth H Smith 1 Carol N J Tull 25 Brian J Woodruffe 1 Sylvia Smith 1 John E Turley 1 Christopher J Woodruffe 1 Wendy B Smith 2 James Turner 1 Nicholas Woods 1 William A Smith 6 Malcolm S Turner 1 Philip S Woods 1 Arthur Snape 1 Nigel Turner 1 James A D Woolford 2 Robert A Southwood 9 Robin G Turner 3 Bryan D A Woolley 3 Maurice W Southworth 2 Frank Twigg 4 Alan J Wootton 6 Geoffrey C Sparling 1 Alan Twyman 1 Harold Worrall 4 Eric E Speake 12 Allen Twyman 22 Roy Worrall 1 Richard F B Speed 1 William H Tyler 5 Thomas B Worsley 1 Rosemary G Spencer 2 Michael J Uphill 1 Ann Worth 20 Rosemary S Spencer 6 Cyril Valentine 19 Anne Worth 1 Robert Sperring 6 Frank Varty 4 Arnold Worth 2 John E Spice 1 John A Vesey 2 John A Worth 2 Harry Stacey 53 David Vincent 591 John Worth 7 Peter J Staniforth 2 Duncan P Vyse 1 Anthony Wragg 1 F Martin Stanway 4 Stella P Wain 1 Margaret Wright 73 Richard S Starkie 3 John Walden 1 Eric Wrigley 2 Alan D Steel 14 Duncan G Walker 2 Christopher M Wulkau 2 Alan D Steele 5 Harold Walker 1 Brian J Wylde 139 Wilfred Stevenson 1 William Wall 10 Timothy Wylie 1 Hilda M Stobbs 1 Christopher Wallater 43 Derek F Yates 1 Tina R Stoecklin 3 Gill D Walmsley 40 Derek Yates 1 Frederick W Stokes 2 Keith J Walpole 1 Frank Yates 2 Richard H Youdale 8 David N Young 12 David Young 3 Julie Zientek List of Ringers taking part sorted by their peal totals (1249 records)

2025 C Kenneth Lewis 28 Ernest Bennett 11 John Hassell 591 John Worth 28 Geoffrey Bridges 11 Eric Hotine 413 Basil Jones 28 Brian Schofield 11 Alexander J Martin 409 J David Atkinson 27 Geoffrey Fothergill 10 Richard Benson 359 Neil D Lomas 27 Roland W Morant 10 Albert Ford 348 Brian Harris 27 John Robinson 10 Anthony J Freemont 348 Edward Jenkins 25 Arthur Hibbert 10 Lesley P Hughes 287 Peter Laflin 25 Christopher L D Munday 10 Ruth M Jackson 270 Robert B Smith 25 Brian J Woodruffe 10 Christopher H Jenkins 207 Gerald Moorhouse 24 Peter Border 10 Christine C MacNair 205 Alan J Brown 24 Alan G Foster 10 Herbert McKinnell 196 James A Milner 23 Stuart I Bamforth 10 Stephen R T Pocock 185 Alan A Potts 23 Marcus C W Sherwood 10 Tom Wilde 184 Alan F Scholfield 22 John H Fielden 10 Timothy Wylie 176 John E Bibby 22 Kenneth G Lee 9 Raymond J Ballard 176 Fred Dunkerley 22 Derek Ogden 9 Peter G Bellamy-Knights 159 James Fernley 22 Ian W Taylor 9 John R Bibby 140 Frank Osbaldiston 22 Roy Worrall 9 C Paul Cheshire 139 Wilfred Stevenson 21 J Anthony Beaumont 9 Frederick E Collins 134 Leslie Boumphrey 21 Jocelyn B Gardiner 9 Edward Cowperthwaite 132 Walter Allman 21 Denis Maddock 9 Vivien M Davies 131 Bernard F L Groves 21 Frederick E Wilshaw 9 James Hedgcock 118 Joseph Whittaker 20 Michael Foulds 9 E Alyson Kerr 116 Leslie W G Morris 20 Rosemary S Spencer 9 Muriel Reay 110 William H Dowse 20 Derek J Thomas 9 Jackie Roberts 106 Ralph G Edwards 19 Roger Bugler 9 D Paul Smith 103 Joseph W Whittaker 19 Charles W Lawton 9 Robin G Turner 99 Harold C Lonyon 19 Peter C Maddocks 9 Arthur E Whiting 98 Jeffrey Brannan 19 Anne Worth 9 Arthur Whiting 95 Andrew C D Mayes 18 Mary Elkins 8 James E Andrews 86 Peter Broadbent 18 Brian S B Kear 8 Michael W Crowder 80 Alan McFall 18 Rodney B Meadows 8 Elizabeth A Hibbert 79 Ivor R Nichols 18 Frank Reynolds 8 John Hyden 75 Cynthia Warrilow 18 Judith A Warrilow 8 Trevor W Marchbank 73 Colin Davies 17 Graham M Bradshaw 8 P Mark Ogden 73 Richard S Starkie 17 Jean C Brown 8 C Michael Orme 70 William H Jackson 17 Tudor P Edwards 8 John P Partington 69 Sidney Hough_jun 17 Ian M Holland 8 J Barry Pickup 68 William Fernley 17 Arthur G Mason 8 John Pladdys 68 Robert J Warrilow 17 John R Scott 8 Charles F Pocock 67 James C E Simpson 17 Nicholas Thomson 8 J Derek Smith 67 A Peter Whitehead 17 J Martin Thorley 8 Wilfred Williams 63 Neil Bennett 16 Christine Andrew 8 David N Young 63 David W Friend 16 John W Griffiths 7 John A Anderson 62 Walter W Wolstencroft 16 Mary Lewis 7 Phillip J Boote 60 Denis Mottershead 16 F John Nelson 7 Mrs Leslie Boumphrey 59 Frank R Morton 15 Albert Bancroft 7 A Neville Brown 57 Henry O Baker 15 Derek J Bradshaw 7 Ann Dickerson 54 John W Gander 15 Clive R Calton 7 James Fearnley 53 David Vincent 15 Eileen M Fearn 7 Frederick W Grocott 51 Ronald F Andrew 15 Alastair J Hopkins 7 Norman Hough 49 Lionel Clough 15 Alexander Richardson 7 Ivor Jenkins 48 Peter C Randall 14 John Booth 7 Thomas J Lock 45 Frank C Price 14 Julia Davies 7 David J Midgley 44 George E Fearn 14 Norah M Randles 7 Christopher M Movley 44 Shirley Harris 14 Michael H Tompsett 7 Ruth Murdie 44 Malcolm Murphy 14 Duncan G Walker 7 Mark Ogden 43 Peter Dyson 13 Sue Barrett 7 John F Oultram 43 Herbert M Heaton 13 John A Booth 7 Michael J Platt 43 Derek F Yates 13 Andrew G Craddock 7 Kevin J Rogers 42 Derek Butterworth 13 Andrew J Jobson 7 Peter J Staniforth 42 W Eric Critchley 13 George Ledsham 7 Brian D Threlfall 42 Geoffrey R Gardner 13 George H Randles 7 Martyn N Tickner 42 Eric J Gilbert 13 Edmund Shuttleworth 7 Vivien M Willmott 42 Giles B Thompson 12 F Hector Bennett 6 Gordon Benfield 41 Wilfrid F Moreton 12 Philip G K Davies 6 George W Biddulph 41 Simon J Poole 12 Geoffrey A Edwards 6 Ruth M Border 40 Martin J Kirk 12 Arthur Firth 6 William Brammer 40 Peter J Townsend 12 Ivan B Gardiner 6 John Cornock 40 Derek Yates 12 Lawrence J Haines 6 Maryl R Crossthwaite 37 Frank Bonner 12 William A Hibbert 6 Selwyn H Dearden 36 Cyril Crossthwaite 12 Jeffrey Kershaw 6 Jane Dickerson 35 Simon Lomas 12 Mrs C W Lawton 6 Geoffrey Edwards 34 William F Gibbons 12 Rosemary A Maddocks 6 John C Eisel 34 Christopher J Jones 12 Thomas Taylor 6 Eric Ellison 34 Frederick Shallcross 12 Allen Twyman 6 Alan Foster 33 Michael Thomson 12 David Young 6 John O Freeman 32 J Edward Cawser 11 James R D Allison 6 Geoffrey Green 32 Carol Fernley 11 J Colin Ashworth 6 Christopher Gudgeon 30 Barry Corbishley 11 Clifford A Barron 6 June Henshaw 30 Michael C E Hodge 11 Margaret P Booth 6 Samuel Jones_jun 30 Jack L Millhouse 11 Roland F Eccles 6 F John Keddie 29 David G Ogden 11 Michael D Fishwick 6 Richard D Langford 6 J Denis Maddock 4 Mervyn J Harrison 3 Francis M Laflin 6 Andrew R Mays 4 Geoffrey J Hemming 3 Alfred John Lee 6 Helen S Mitchell 4 June M Henshaw 3 Graeme A Littler 6 George A Packer 4 Roger M Heyworth 3 Roger J Lumley 6 Charles H Page 4 Stuart Holroyd 3 John M C Lysons 6 Harry Parker 4 Peter D Hughes 3 Brian Merrill 6 Stephen L Parry 4 Stuart C W Hutchieson 3 Alison Merritt 6 D Robert Pettifor 4 A John Illingworth 3 Ralph B Mitchell 6 Christine Pinnington 4 Gibson Jackson 3 John F Mulvey 6 Arthur Pritchard 4 J Robert Jervis 3 Ruth E Murdie 6 M Jack Pryor 4 Christopher M P Johnson 3 Stanley Noble 6 William Pye 4 Fred Marsden 3 Mary W Ogier 6 Mrs G H Randles 4 Adam T Marsland 3 Geoffrey Pearson 6 Edward V Rodenhurst 4 E Roger Martin 3 Kenneth Pinnington 6 W J Charles Seddon 4 Duncan M Matheson 3 Edward F Potts 6 Clive W Simpson 4 John Moore 3 Thomas Price 6 Eric Simpson 4 Roland Morant 3 Douglas A Reeson 6 Geoffrey C Sparling 4 Brian J Owen 3 Joseph Ridyard 6 Leonard Trevor 4 Geoffrey R Parker 3 Derek Sanderson 6 Malcolm S Turner 4 Robert Peers 3 Howard Scott 6 Cyril Valentine 4 Cecil W Pipe 3 Jonathan D Shanklin 6 Frank Varty 4 Roderick W Pipe 3 Margaret L Sherwood 6 P Graham Walters 4 Michael Platt 3 Rachel J Sinden 6 Wilfred Wilde 4 Richard E Price 3 Hilary A Skinner 5 R Ann Agnew 4 Cecil Raddon 3 Maurice W Southworth 5 Alfred Barnes 4 Christopher C Roberts 3 Frederick S Sutton 5 Stuart W Bracegirdle 4 Frederick Ross 3 Vernon Sykes 5 Roy Broom 4 David H Sansum 3 George E Symonds 5 Neville A Brown 4 Ivor Scott 3 Andrew Thompson 5 William E Court 4 Frances A Shekelton 3 Joseph Thornley 5 Graham Darke 4 William Shuker 3 Jack Tipper 5 John Freeman 4 Edward Shuttleworth 3 Arthur Tomlinson 5 Norman J Goodman 4 R D St John Smith 3 John Walden 5 Roger G Green 4 Ruth H Smith 3 Gill D Walmsley 5 Norman Heaps 4 Eric E Speake 3 Martin J Whiteley 5 Kenneth J Hesketh 4 Philip H Tocock 3 Frederick R Williams 5 Harry W Howard 4 James H Townsend 3 Bryan D A Woolley 5 John M Jelley 4 Stella P Wain 3 Julie Zientek 5 Jean C Leyland 4 Stephen Warrilow 2 William Allman 5 Paul Maddock 4 Charles A S Webb 2 Diana M Anderson 5 R Kingsley Mason 4 John E Wheeldon 2 Frank N G Anderton 5 John R Mayne 4 Peter Wilkinson 2 Christopher Armes 5 Charles McGuiness 4 William G Wilson 2 Christopher J Armes 5 Michael P Moreton 4 Alan J Wootton 2 George H Ashmore 5 W Norman Park 4 Arnold Worth 2 Robert Ashmore 5 Geoffrey Parting 3 J David Adams 2 M Felicity Ashworth 5 Ernest Pimlott 3 Catherine R M Allison 2 Graham K Austin 5 George W Pipe 3 Frank Arrowsmith 2 Roger D Bailey 5 David E Potter 3 George Ashmore 2 John C Baldwin 5 A Edward Reeves 3 Herbert E Audsley 2 Alfred Ballard 5 Alex Richardson 3 William Barton 2 Michael J Bangham 5 Eric Roughley 3 George A Bell 2 Timothy E Barnaby 5 Christine H Shekelton 3 John Birks 2 David Bates 5 Richard A Shekelton 3 Alastair M Bradshaw 2 Andrew J Bedell 5 Norman Sherratt 3 Jack Bray 2 John Bell 5 Clive M Smith 3 Anne P Brown 2 Edwin C Birkett 5 Percy Swindley 3 A Patrick Cannon 2 James J Blowers 5 Trevor Taylor 3 Percival W Cave 2 Jane Booth 5 Harold Walker 3 Patrick I Chapman 2 M Jane Booth 5 Andrew J Webster 3 Donald G Clift 2 Janet R Border 5 Thomas B Worsley 3 R Gordon Corby 2 Yvonne Botham 4 Dennis R Allcock 3 Claudia A Critchley 2 Ernest Boumphrey 4 William Atkinson 3 Margaret Crossthwaite 2 Cyril Bowden 4 George H Bailey 3 Kenneth R Davenport 2 Gerald Bowen 4 Derek J Barrett 3 Geoffrey K Dodd 2 Norman Bradbury 4 Frank T Blagrove 3 Gerald Farrer 2 John W Bramley 4 Paul Boucher 3 Carol Fearnley 2 Stephen A Brannan 4 David Butler 3 George E Feirn 2 Elise Brentnall 4 William Carnwell 3 John P Fidler 2 Leslie G Brett 4 Beryl E Cawser 3 Geoffrey Gardner 2 Peter G Brown 4 J William Clarke 3 John R Gilden 2 Ian G Campbell 4 Antony W T Cleaver 3 Leonard Goodall 2 Clarissa J E Caroe 4 John H Crampion 3 Samuel Graham 2 Alan Carveth 4 Peter T Dale 3 Caroline M Greenwood 2 Tom Chalmers 4 Frederick E Dukes 3 Terry R Hampton 2 William J Chester 4 R Mary Elkington 3 David Hogg 2 Michael J Church 4 Geoffrey D Fearnehough 3 Harry F Holding 2 Malcolm Clarke 4 Margaret Fidell 3 Janet House 2 Simon R Cole 4 J Henry Fielden 3 Richard A G Inglis 2 Roland H Cook 4 Valerie W Foster 3 William J Irving 2 Philip A Corby 4 Milton C Fowler 3 R D St John-Smith 2 Joan Cordwell 4 Andrew Gaskin 3 Barry V Jones 2 Derek Cormell 4 John G Hallett 3 Wilfred Kerr 2 Stuart Coutts 2 Peter Crook 2 Frances M Laflin 1 Stanley Ardern 2 Frank E Darby 2 Mark S Lancefield 1 Stuart D Armes 2 Carol A Davenport 2 Tim Lardner 1 Felicity Ashford 2 Herbert Davenport 2 Robert Lees 1 T Felicity Ashford 2 Timothy M Davis 2 Iris M E Lemare 1 Alfred Ashton 2 Melanie R Daw 2 Geoffrey J Lewis 1 Paul J Atkins 2 Raymond H Daw 2 Clive W Longden 1 Sally A Atkins 2 Robert E J Dennis 2 Herbert Ludkin 1 Walter Ayre 2 Frances Dodds 2 Frank B Lufkin 1 Alan E M Bagworth 2 C Barrie Dove 2 Peter J Malloch 1 Allen F Bailey 2 Ronald H Dove 2 Peter Marriott 1 Charles F Bailey 2 Harold Dowler 2 Derek J Marshall 1 Stephen Bailey 2 Edward P Duffield 2 Susan E Marshall 1 Norman Bainbridge 2 Christopher Earp 2 Kathleen M Matheson 1 R David Baker 2 Dorothy Eccles 2 J Frederick Milner 1 Judith A Baldwin 2 Charles Edwards 2 Joan Morris 1 Barbara Bangham 2 G Ronald Edwards 2 George R Newton 1 Barbara M Bangham 2 Maurice F Edwards 2 Peter D Niblett 1 Thomas G Bannister 2 Stephen A Elwell-Sutton 2 George F Nix 1 Jack Barker 2 Frances Fairbank 2 Anne C Orme 1 Jean Barnes 2 Kenneth W H Felstead 2 John Oultram 1 Frank Barraclough 2 Mrs J Fernley 2 Gerald Parsons 1 Dale Barton 2 Maryl R Fielden 2 Geoffrey Paul 1 Marjorie B Batchelor 2 Alan D Flood 2 Stephen W J Penny 1 David J Bates 2 Anthony P Foster 2 Timothy G Pett 1 Walter J Battle 2 Valerie Foster 2 Malcolm P Phipps 1 Denis A Bayles 2 Thomas H Francis 2 John Pinfold 1 Alfred S Bayley 2 John Freeman 2 E Dennis Poole 1 David Beacham 2 T Michael Freeman 2 Frederick Price 1 M Alec Beaumont 2 Joyce Gardner 2 George Pye 1 Christopher Bedell 2 John J L Gilbert 2 Paul S Reading 1 Lorna E Bedford 2 Shirley Golding 2 Janet Rees 1 Frank Beech 2 Allen S Gordon 2 Jane Reynolds 1 Darryl H Bell 2 Edward Gould 2 Philip A Richardson 1 James W Belshaw 2 Joseph Hall 2 William H Riddle 1 James Bennett 2 Gordon A Halls 2 Alfred Roberts 1 Martin Bentley 2 Paul R Harris 2 Philip J Roberts 1 Joan Beresford 2 Paul E Hartley 2 Harold W Rogers 1 Roy Bettley-Cooke 2 Denis Heapy 2 Joyce Rothwell 1 Norah M Bibby 2 Herbert Heaton 2 David Salter 1 Clifford Bird 2 Julie A Heaton 2 J Wilfred Scarrott 1 Gordon R Birks 2 Sally M Heaton 2 B Gillian Schofield 1 William Birmingham_jun 2 Raymond D Helliwell 2 John Scott 1 Brian Bladon 2 Gerald C Hemming 2 Peter A Sharp 1 Henry A Blakemore 2 Barrie Hendry 2 Richard Shekelton 1 Robert B Blond 2 J Peter Hibbert 2 Andrew P Simcox 1 Margaret Boam 2 Christopher Hims 2 Beryl R Simpson 1 Peter N Bond 2 David Hird 2 Michael Smethurst 1 George E Bonham 2 Sydney Hodgson 2 Anthony P Smith 1 Fred Booth 2 Edward Holdsworth 2 Leslie F Smith 1 Roger G Booth 2 Harold Hollingsworth 2 Robert A Southwood 1 Mavis Botham 2 Harold Hollingworth 2 John E Spice 1 Jeanne E Bottomley 2 Sidney T Holt 2 Harry Stacey 1 Vernon Bottomley 2 Peter W Horn 2 Alan D Steel 1 Margaret Boumphrey 2 Peter Horne 2 Alan D Steele 1 Elisabeth A G Bowden 2 Adrian Hough 2 Thomas W Strangeway 1 Richard J Bowden 2 Ronald Hough 2 Nicholas C Sturgess 1 Leonard Bowler 2 Philip Houghton 2 James M Swallow 1 Herrick B Bowley 2 Rorick P Houghton 2 Arthur Taylor 1 James H E Bowmer 2 Sidney Hough_sen 2 William Taylor 1 Andrew J Bradshaw 2 Frederick Howard 2 A Gilbert G Thurlow 1 John R Bradshaw 2 David W Howarth 2 Walter Tomlinson 1 Ian J Braithwaite 2 Thomas E Howarth 2 Robert H Topham 1 Joan Brentnall 2 Martin L Howe 2 James Turner 1 Cyril Brett-Smith 2 Howard Howell 2 Frank Twigg 1 David Brewer 2 Graeme A Hughes 2 Michael J Uphill 1 Diana M Bridle 2 David Hunns 2 Duncan P Vyse 1 John H Brierley 2 D John Hunt 2 Keith J Walpole 1 Jill Brittain 2 Thomas Hurd 2 Mary Walshaw 1 Susan Brocklehurst 2 Edward Jackson 2 Richard J Warrilow 1 Roy Broome 2 Graham A C John 2 Dorothea Way 1 Alan A Brown 2 Christopher Jones 2 Eric Wigley 1 Alan N Brown 2 Richard E Jones 2 Doreen Wilde 1 Catherine J Brown 2 Dawn H Jukes 2 Walter E Wilkinson 1 David C Brown 2 Ivan Kay 2 Oneta M Wilson 1 Keith W Brown 2 Steven P Kelly 2 Hedley Wood 1 Martin J Brown 2 Barnabas G Key 2 John A Worth 1 Richard C L Brown 2 E Marion Key 2 Christopher M Wulkau 1 W Neville Brown 2 David Kingman 2 Richard H Youdale 1 William J G Brown 2 Charles H Kippin 1 David G Adams 1 David W Brunning 2 Trevor H Kirkman 1 Mark A Adamson 1 Royston G Bryant 2 Douglas Kirkpatrick 1 J Alan Ainsworth 1 James L Buckley 2 William A Lacey 1 David J Allen 1 Hilary Bugler 1 Alan Burbidge 1 Joyce A England 1 Thomas G Hawkins 1 G Leonard Burgess 1 Patricia A Etchells 1 Peter L R Hayward 1 Cyril R Burrell 1 David C Everett 1 Dorothy T Heap 1 M F Digby Burton 1 Donald C Exell 1 John R Heap 1 David G Butler 1 Harry Farrer 1 Denis N Heapy 1 William Butler 1 Michael Faulds 1 W Nigel G Herriott 1 Ian Butters 1 Henry H Fearn 1 G Leonard Hewitt 1 Harold Byrom 1 Geoffrey Fearnehough 1 Arthur Heywood 1 Sylvia Cain 1 Robert J Fearnett 1 Alan M Hickman 1 L Michael Callow 1 Milly Feather 1 John Hill 1 David G Carling 1 Mrs James Fernley 1 Timothy C Hine 1 James Carter 1 Edna M P Fethers 1 Albert Hodgson 1 Joan Carter 1 Miss E M P Fethers 1 David V Hodgson 1 Michael Carter 1 Miss Edna M P Fethers 1 Rosemary A Hodgson 1 Herbert O Chaddock 1 Michael D Fiander 1 John Holdsworth 1 Norman Chaddock 1 Frederick A Finch 1 H David Holland 1 D Ian Chalmers 1 S James Fisher 1 Mrs H D Holland 1 Sydney A Chambers 1 A Harold Fitter 1 Trevor Holmes 1 Alan H Champion 1 Paul J Flavell 1 Lucy P A Hopkins 1 Pauline C Champion 1 Miss P Fletcher 1 Peter W Horne 1 Harold Chant 1 William E Fletcher 1 Sidney Hough 1 Tom Chapman 1 Gillian C Forrest 1 Miss J Houldswoth 1 Stephen K Chatwood 1 Christopher Forster 1 J Frederick Howard 1 Geoffrey Cheetham 1 Margaret E Fort 1 John A Howard 1 Michael V Chilcott 1 Helen Foster 1 Valerie J Howard 1 Jennifer M Christian 1 Janet S Foulds 1 Geoffrey Howell 1 Simon Christian 1 David G Franklin 1 Geoffrey K Howell 1 Joyce M Clarke 1 Stephen J Franklin 1 Christopher J Hughes 1 Oswald Claybrook 1 Michael Freeman 1 David Hughes 1 Oswald Claybrooke 1 Michael T Freeman 1 Graeme Hughes 1 Charles Clegg 1 Elspeth J Friend 1 Ann Humphreys 1 Jack Clegg 1 Ian Friend 1 John H Hunt 1 Michael G Clements 1 Zoe V Friend 1 Oswald J Hunt 1 Timothy F Collins 1 Denis A Frith 1 Walter Hunt 1 Arthur D Cook 1 Alfred Frost 1 P Alan Hutchinson 1 John Cook 1 Alfred W Frost 1 David G Jackson 1 Christopher K Cooper 1 Eric Frost 1 Graham Jenkins 1 John R Cooper 1 Barry J Fry 1 Edwin Jennings 1 George T Cousins 1 Susan Funnell 1 John Jessup 1 J Stuart Coutts 1 Ernest Furbank 1 Michael St John-Smith 1 E V Cox 1 Mrs J W Gander 1 Philip J Johnson 1 Peter Coxall 1 Dorothy T Gardiner 1 Philip R Johnson 1 John A Creer 1 Angela Gardner 1 Ronald J Johnston 1 G William Critchley 1 Peter H Gardner 1 Roy Jolley 1 Robert J Crocker 1 Gordon Garnett 1 Chris Jones 1 Kenneth S B Croft 1 Shirley Garnett 1 Derek P Jones 1 Peter Crook_Sen 1 Barry M Garraway 1 Desiree A Jones 1 Pamela A Crosby 1 Margaret E Gaskin 1 E Malcolm Jones 1 Trevor A Cross 1 Jeanette Geoghan 1 Eric R Jones 1 Marion Crossley 1 James R Gibb 1 George Jones 1 Philip J Crossthwaite 1 Brian Gibson 1 Graham J Jones 1 David Cubitt 1 Andrew W Giddings 1 Laurence H Jones 1 Martin Cubitt 1 Eric Gilbert 1 Mrs C J Jones 1 Paul Cubitt 1 John G Gipson 1 R Edward Jones 1 Thomas Cullingworth 1 Elizabeth A Glasow 1 Samuel Jones 1 James A Daniels 1 Nolan F Golden 1 Thomas Jones 1 Richard Daniels 1 Geoffrey N Goodall 1 Rita M Jowett 1 Simon J Davies 1 Lesley Gosling 1 Margaret Joyce 1 Vivien Davies 1 Colin T Graham 1 Peter J Joyce 1 Colin Davis 1 Philip M J Gray 1 Susan D Kelk 1 Susan Davis 1 Roger Green 1 Roger I Kendrick 1 William P Deane 1 Vernon Green 1 Sean P Keogh 1 Selwyn Dearden 1 Alison Greenhalgh 1 John R Ketteringham 1 James A Dickerson 1 Stephen Gregory 1 G Richard King 1 James Dickerson 1 T Groombridge_jun 1 Alan Kirk 1 G Alec Dimmock 1 Tom Groombridge_jun 1 David Kirkcaldy 1 Helen M Diserens 1 Christopher J Groome 1 Dennis Knox 1 Noel J Diserens 1 James W Grounds 1 Frances Laflin 1 Peter H Dixon 1 Michael S Haighton 1 Walter Lago 1 Gillian Doyle 1 Arthur F Hall 1 N David Lane 1 Nigel P Doyle 1 John Hall 1 Rachael Lardner 1 Christina Dunbabin 1 Margaret Hall 1 Dennis Latham 1 Clifford Dunbabin 1 Emlyn F Hancock 1 Anthony Laughton 1 Edward Jenkins Duplicate 1 C Henry Harding 1 Patricia J Laycock 1 Ethel M Duppa 1 Ann C Hardman 1 Geraldine R Lea 1 Geoffrey Dyson 1 Eric B Harkley 1 Nelia M Leahy 1 Sue Dyson 1 Frederick R Harris 1 Joseph Leatherbarrow 1 Eric Edmondson 1 Robert F Harris 1 Janet S Lee 1 Charles E Edwards 1 Eric N Harrison 1 Sally Lees 1 A Richard Elkins 1 Stanley N Harrison 1 Helen Leith 1 Richard Elkins 1 John E Harrold 1 David Lewin 1 Andrew Ellis 1 S Nicholas Harrop 1 Guy Leyland 1 David M Ellis 1 Dominic Haughton 1 Jill M Liddle 1 Gillian Lifton 1 Anne E Pettifor 1 Peter Smith 1 David J Llewellyn 1 Roy Phillips 1 Sylvia Smith 1 William H Lloyd 1 Kathleen Pilsbury 1 Wendy B Smith 1 Malcolm J Lodwick 1 Ian G Pollard 1 William A Smith 1 M Simon Lomas 1 Dan S Pont 1 Arthur Snape 1 Patricia Longden 1 Harold J Poole 1 Richard F B Speed 1 Walter Longman 1 Mrs H J Poole 1 Rosemary G Spencer 1 Barry D Mack 1 John Potter 1 Robert Sperring 1 Frank D Mack 1 David R Potts 1 F Martin Stanway 1 Peter N Mackley 1 Thomas Potts 1 Hilda M Stobbs 1 Rosamund M Mackley 1 Michael V Powell 1 Tina R Stoecklin 1 Paul Male 1 Fred Price 1 Frederick W Stokes 1 Margaret Mandy 1 Kevin M Price 1 Andrew R Stone 1 Edward J W Manley 1 Wyn Pugh 1 J Victor Stonier 1 Gary Mann 1 Jenny Pym 1 Peter D Storey 1 Louis A Marsh 1 Andrew Queen 1 Thomas W Strangeways 1 David J Marshall 1 Andrew R Queen 1 Tom Strangeways 1 Donald R Marshall 1 Elizabeth Ramsay 1 Raymond Suart 1 Edward W Martin 1 Thomas Ramsey 1 A Barry Sullivan 1 John R Martin 1 Geoffrey W Randall 1 Barry Sullivan 1 John S Mason 1 Ernest W Rawson 1 Amanda Swift 1 Sally A Mason 1 Arthur H Reed 1 Patricia D Taeuber 1 Wilfred Matthews 1 Frank Reed 1 Rosemary Tailby 1 Norman R Mattingley 1 Malcolm J Reed 1 Arthur F Taylor 1 Michael Maughan 1 Albert V Rees 1 Derek Taylor 1 Edward F Mawby 1 Douglas A R Reeson 1 James R Taylor 1 Mollie May 1 Douglas Reeson 1 John Taylor 1 Molly May 1 Alfred E Reeves 1 Pauline Taylor 1 Geoffrey M Mayer 1 Edward A Reeves 1 Colin A Tester 1 Anne E Mayes 1 Edward Reeves 1 Olive D Tester 1 Dennis H McCormick 1 Mrs A Richardson 1 Pamela Thomson 1 Graham McKay 1 Kenneth J Rider 1 Ernest A Thorpe 1 Herbert A McKinnell 1 James H Riding 1 Charles E Tomlinson 1 Ian McNutt 1 Andrew Riley 1 David A Town 1 Paul McNutt 1 Wilfred L Robinson 1 Jennifer A Town 1 Norman Meakin 1 William Robinson 1 Peter F Town 1 Philip Mehew 1 Dorothea M Robotham 1 Christine Townend 1 Malcolm L Merritt 1 Frederick W Rogers 1 Brian F Trueman 1 R Brian Mills 1 Olive L Rogers 1 Brian Trueman 1 Dennis H B Millward 1 David E Rothera 1 Donald Trumpler 1 Martin F Mitchell 1 Philip J Rothera 1 Carol N J Tull 1 Geoffrey Moorhouse 1 John Ryder 1 John E Turley 1 James Morgan 1 Sydney Sage 1 Nigel Turner 1 Sarah Morgan 1 Edward F M Samson 1 Alan Twyman 1 George E Morrall 1 Geoffrey O Sanders 1 William H Tyler 1 Burley P Morris 1 Peter J Sanderson 1 John A Vesey 1 Ernest Morris 1 Anthony D Sansom 1 William Wall 1 R George Morris 1 Joseph Saunders 1 Christopher Wallater 1 Richard E Morris 1 Heather M Scarrett 1 Leonard Walsh 1 Frank Moss 1 J Wilfred Scarrett 1 Burley Walshaw 1 Diana M Mounsey 1 Heather Scarrott 1 Edmund Walters 1 Elisabeth R Mullett 1 Wilfred Scarrott 1 Frank Walters 1 John Mulliner 1 Harold B Schofield 1 Lesley K Walters 1 Graham L Nayler 1 S Barry Schofield 1 Percy Walton 1 Paul Needham 1 Sheila M Schofield 1 Alan Ward 1 Philip A J Newsham 1 Frank M Seabright 1 Andrew A Ward 1 Percy Newton 1 Frederick Seagar 1 Barry B Ward 1 Reginald H Newton 1 Philip J Sealey 1 Brian G Warwick 1 Geoffrey Nield 1 Charles J Sedgley 1 David M Watson 1 Eric Nixon 1 Anna Sellors 1 Peter Watson 1 Victor Norbury 1 Charles Sharples 1 William Weatherby 1 George E Oliver 1 Walter Shaw 1 Harry E Wells 1 Charles Ollier 1 Richard Sheckelton 1 G Craig Western 1 Alec Osbaldiston 1 Frances Shekelton 1 John Wheadon 1 Mrs F Osbaldiston 1 Susan E Shekelton 1 Christopher R Whiting 1 Jane Owen 1 Robin Shipp 1 Leslie C Wightman 1 David K Palfrey 1 John Simister 1 William Wightman 1 Andrew J Palk 1 K Ruth Simon 1 David Wild 1 Margaret A Parker 1 Andrew C Sinfield 1 Anne E Wildes 1 Richard J Parker 1 Neil O Skelton 1 E Vivian Williams 1 Charlotte Parsons 1 Clifford Skidmore 1 Laurence J Williams 1 David E Parsons 1 John W L Slack 1 Sheila Williams 1 John T Parsons 1 Michael Smethers 1 Frank Willis-Betts 1 Leslie H Pask 1 Alfred Smith 1 Michael Wilshaw 1 Stephanie J Pattenden 1 Alfred W Smith 1 Alison Witton 1 B Stedman Payne 1 Ann M Smith 1 Hedley A Wood 1 Arthur Peake 1 Anne P Smith 1 Christopher J Woodruffe 1 Donald Pearson 1 Dianne B Smith 1 Nicholas Woods 1 Alan Pendlebury 1 Ian Smith 1 Philip S Woods 1 Frank W Perrens 1 John N Smith 1 James A D Woolford 1 Mary E Perry 1 Lucy Smith 1 Harold Worrall 1 Magnus M Peterson 1 Martin A Smith 1 Ann Worth 1 Peter_Crook_Jun 1 Norman Smith 1 Anthony Wragg 1 Margaret Wright 1 Eric Wrigley 1 Brian J Wylde 1 Frank Yates Ringers who are known by more than one name

Diana M Anderson (2 peals) = Diana M Mounsey (1 peal) Christopher J Armes (2 peals) = Christopher Armes (2 peals) T Felicity Ashford (1 peal) = Felicity Ashford (1 peal) Sally A Mason (1 peal) = Sally A Atkins (1 peal) Barbara M Bangham (1 peal) = Barbara Bangham (1 peal) Sue Dyson (1 peal) = Sue Barrett (13 peals) David J Bates (1 peal) = David Bates (2 peals) Norah M Randles (14 peals) = Mrs G H Randles (6 peals) = Norah M Bibby (1 peal) M Jane Booth (2 peals) = Jane Booth (2 peals) John A Booth (13 peals) = John Booth (14 peals) Margaret P Booth (11 peals) = Margaret Joyce (1 peal) Ruth M Border (6 peals) = Ruth M Jackson (10 peals) Margaret Boumphrey (1 peal) = Mrs Leslie Boumphrey (7 peals) Roy Broom (5 peals) = Roy Broome (1 peal) W Neville Brown (1 peal) = A Neville Brown (7 peals) Jean C Brown (17 peals) = Jean C Leyland (5 peals) David G Butler (1 peal) = David Butler (4 peals) Oswald Claybrook (1 peal) = Oswald Claybrooke (1 peal) J Stuart Coutts (1 peal) = Stuart Coutts (2 peals) Maryl R Fielden (2 peals) = Maryl R Crossthwaite (6 peals) Vivien M Davies (9 peals) = Vivien Davies (1 peal) = Vivien M Willmott (7 peals) James A Dickerson (1 peal) = James Dickerson (1 peal) Charles Edwards (2 peals) = Charles E Edwards (1 peal) Geoffrey A Edwards (12 peals) = Geoffrey Edwards (6 peals) Michael Foulds (20 peals) = Michael Faulds (1 peal) Geoffrey Fearnehough (1 peal) = Geoffrey D Fearnehough (4 peals) Carol Fernley (32 peals) = Carol Fearnley (3 peals) James Fernley (159 peals) = James Fearnley (7 peals) Mrs C W Lawton (12 peals) = Edna M P Fethers (1 peal) Alan G Foster (24 peals) = Alan Foster (6 peals) Valerie W Foster (4 peals) = Valerie Foster (2 peals) Janet S Foulds (1 peal) = Janet S Lee (1 peal) T Michael Freeman (2 peals) = Michael T Freeman (1 peal) = Michael Freeman (1 peal) Geoffrey R Gardner (42 peals) = Geoffrey Gardner (3 peals) Shirley Harris (44 peals) = Shirley Golding (2 peals) Roger G Green (5 peals) = Roger Green (1 peal) Denis N Heapy (1 peal) = Denis Heapy (2 peals) Herbert M Heaton (43 peals) = Herbert Heaton (2 peals) June M Henshaw (4 peals) = June Henshaw (6 peals) Rosemary A Maddocks (12 peals) = Rosemary A Hodgson (1 peal) Peter Horne (2 peals) = Peter W Horne (1 peal) J Frederick Howard (1 peal) = Frederick Howard (2 peals) Geoffrey K Howell (1 peal) = Geoffrey Howell (1 peal) Graeme A Hughes (2 peals) = Graeme Hughes (1 peal) R D St John Smith (4 peals) = R D St John-Smith (3 peals) Philip R Johnson (1 peal) = Philip J Johnson (1 peal) Christopher J Jones (34 peals) = Christopher Jones (2 peals) Frances M Laflin (2 peals) = Francis M Laflin (3 peals) Simon Lomas (35 peals) = M Simon Lomas (1 peal) J Denis Maddock (6 peals) = Denis Maddock (21 peals) Molly May (1 peal) = Mollie May (1 peal) Gerald Moorhouse (207 peals) = Geoffrey Moorhouse (1 peal) Roland W Morant (27 peals) = Roland Morant (4 peals) Ruth E Murdie (3 peals) = Ruth Murdie (7 peals) P Mark Ogden (8 peals) = Mark Ogden (7 peals) John F Oultram (7 peals) = John Oultram (2 peals) Jane Owen (1 peal) = Jane Reynolds (2 peals) Michael J Platt (7 peals) = Michael Platt (4 peals) Andrew R Queen (1 peal) = Andrew Queen (1 peal) Douglas A Reeson (3 peals) = Douglas A R Reeson (1 peal) = Douglas Reeson (1 peal) A Edward Reeves (5 peals) = Edward A Reeves (1 peal) Alexander Richardson (15 peals) = Alex Richardson (5 peals) Heather Scarrott (1 peal) = Heather M Scarrett (1 peal) J Wilfred Scarrott (2 peals) = J Wilfred Scarrett (1 peal) Richard A Shekelton (5 peals) = Richard Shekelton (2 peals) = Richard Sheckelton (1 peal) Frances A Shekelton (4 peals) = Frances Shekelton (1 peal) Edmund Shuttleworth (13 peals) = Edward Shuttleworth (4 peals) Alan D Steel (2 peals) = Alan D Steele (2 peals) Thomas W Strangeway (2 peals) = Thomas W Strangeways (1 peal) = Tom Strangeways (1 peal) Barry Sullivan (1 peal) = A Barry Sullivan (1 peal) Brian F Trueman (1 peal) = Brian Trueman (1 peal) Alan Twyman (1 peal) = Allen Twyman (12 peals) Arthur E Whiting (9 peals) = Arthur Whiting (9 peals) Joseph Whittaker (118 peals) = Joseph W Whittaker (103 peals) Hedley Wood (2 peals) = Hedley A Wood (1 peal) Anne Worth (19 peals) = Ann Worth (1 peal) John Worth (591 peals) = John A Worth (2 peals) Derek F Yates (43 peals) = Derek Yates (40 peals) David N Young (8 peals) = David Young (12 peals) List of Methods rung and peal totals [Figures in parenthesis are tower rung, tower cond, hand rung, hand cond] (132 records)

163 Plain Bob Major (47, 18, 116, 92) 1 Eton Delight Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 137 Cambridge Surprise Major (83, 42, 54, 26) 1 Glasgow Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 134 Bristol Surprise Major (134, 47, 0, 0) 1 Guildford Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 118 Spliced Surprise Major (108, 78, 10, 3) 1 Hanbury Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 99 Yorkshire Surprise Major (63, 32, 36, 15) 1 Havant Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 98 London Surprise Major (98, 34, 0, 0) 1 Hitchin Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 86 Cambridge Surprise Maximus (86, 20, 0, 0) 1 Imperial Surprise Royal (1, 0, 0, 0) 78 Minor (59, 40, 19, 19) 1 Kendal Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 77 Cambridge Surprise Royal (71, 18, 6, 0) 1 Kent Treble Bob Fourteen (0, 0, 1, 0) 74 Kent Treble Bob Major (18, 16, 56, 46) 1 Lessness Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 63 Plain Bob Minor (31, 29, 32, 31) 1 Lindsey Surprise Royal (1, 0, 0, 0) 58 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (50, 41, 8, 8) 1 Little Plain Bob Royal (0, 0, 1, 1) 57 Kent Treble Bob Royal (7, 3, 50, 20) 1 Liverpool Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 55 London No.3 Surprise Royal (55, 38, 0, 0) 1 Londonderry Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 52 Oxford Treble Bob Royal (3, 2, 49, 21) 1 Ludgate Surprise Royal (1, 1, 0, 0) 51 Plain Bob Royal (13, 4, 38, 20) 1 Marlborough Bob Caters (1, 0, 0, 0) 46 Oxford Treble Bob Major (5, 4, 41, 33) 1 Marple Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 44 Treble Bob Minor (36, 16, 8, 8) 1 Metropolitan Surprise Royal (1, 1, 0, 0) 41 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus (41, 10, 0, 0) 1 Middlesex Bob Triples (1, 0, 0, 0) 34 Lincolnshire Surprise Major (18, 7, 16, 10) 1 New Cambridge Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 32 Double Norwich Court Bob Major (25, 13, 7, 4) 1 Oakham Surprise Royal (1, 1, 0, 0) 27 Kent Treble Bob Maximus (6, 1, 21, 7) 1 Painswick Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 27 Plain Bob Maximus (6, 1, 21, 9) 1 Premier Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 26 Rutland Surprise Major (20, 11, 6, 3) 1 Prestbury Bob Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 24 Superlative Surprise Major (18, 7, 6, 3) 1 Primrose Surprise Royal (1, 1, 0, 0) 23 Yorkshire Surprise Royal (23, 12, 0, 0) 1 Prittlewell Surprise Royal (1, 0, 0, 0) 19 Spliced Surprise Maximus (19, 3, 0, 0) 1 Pudsey Surprise Maximus (1, 0, 0, 0) 16 Pudsey Surprise Major (10, 3, 6, 3) 1 Ramsey Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 15 Surprise Minor (14, 8, 1, 1) 1 Rochester Surprise Maximus (1, 0, 0, 0) 13 Stedman Caters (13, 0, 0, 0) 1 Rotherham Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 12 Cambridge Surprise Minor (9, 9, 3, 2) 1 Saddleworth Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 11 Stedman Triples (11, 1, 0, 0) 1 Southgate Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 10 Grandsire Triples (10, 2, 0, 0) 1 Southwell Surprise Maximus (1, 0, 0, 0) 9 Grandsire Caters (9, 3, 0, 0) 1 Spliced Minor (1, 1, 0, 0) 9 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus (1, 0, 8, 1) 1 Spliced Plain Royal (0, 0, 1, 0) 9 Spliced Surprise Royal (3, 1, 6, 0) 1 Spliced Surprise Minor (1, 0, 0, 0) 8 Oxford Treble Bob Minor (1, 1, 7, 7) 1 Spliced Treble Bob Maximus (0, 0, 1, 0) 8 Stedman Cinques (8, 0, 0, 0) 1 St Clement's College Bob Major (0, 0, 1, 1) 7 Spliced Treble Bob Major (2, 2, 5, 5) 1 Staffordshire Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 6 Belgrave Surprise Royal (6, 2, 0, 0) 1 Stedman Doubles (1, 1, 0, 0) 6 Grandsire Cinques (6, 1, 0, 0) 1 Superlative No.2 Surprise Royal (1, 1, 0, 0) 6 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus (6, 1, 0, 0) 1 Superlative Surprise Maximus (1, 0, 0, 0) 5 Rochester Surprise Major (5, 2, 0, 0) 1 Swindon Surprise Royal (1, 1, 0, 0) 4 Lambeth Surprise Maximus (4, 1, 0, 0) 1 Treble Bob Major (0, 0, 1, 1) 4 Rochester Surprise Royal (4, 0, 0, 0) 1 Ullesthorpe Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 4 Rutland Surprise Royal (4, 1, 0, 0) 1 Uxbridge Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 4 Treble Dodging Minor (3, 0, 1, 1) 1 Vale Royal Delight Minor (1, 1, 0, 0) 3 Belgrave Surprise Maximus (3, 1, 0, 0) 1 Warwickshire Surprise Maximus (1, 0, 0, 0) 3 Doubles (2, 1, 1, 1) 1 Xavier Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 3 Grandsire Doubles (2, 1, 1, 1) 3 Kent Treble Bob Minor (1, 1, 2, 2) 3 Little Bob Major (2, 2, 1, 0) 3 Little Bob Royal (1, 0, 2, 1) 3 Londinium Surprise Maximus (3, 2, 0, 0) 3 Macclesfield Surprise Major (3, 2, 0, 0) 3 New Cambridge Surprise Maximus (3, 0, 0, 0) 3 Watford Surprise Major (3, 2, 0, 0) 2 Aldenham Surprise Major (1, 1, 1, 0) 2 Belgrave Surprise Major (2, 1, 0, 0) 2 Bristol Surprise Royal (2, 2, 0, 0) 2 Ealing Surprise Major (2, 0, 0, 0) 2 Lincolnshire Surprise Royal (2, 1, 0, 0) 2 Little Bob Maximus (0, 0, 2, 1) 2 Plain Bob Doubles (1, 1, 1, 1) 2 Plain Bob Triples (2, 1, 0, 0) 2 Pudsey Surprise Royal (2, 0, 0, 0) 2 Redcliffe Surprise Royal (2, 0, 0, 0) 2 Stockport Surprise Major (2, 1, 0, 0) 1 Aldenham Surprise Maximus (1, 1, 0, 0) 1 Amsterdam Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 1 Ashtead Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 1 Battersea Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 1 Belfast Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 1 Belfast Surprise Maximus (1, 0, 0, 0) 1 Bowdon Delight Major (1, 1, 0, 0) 1 Braintree Delight Royal (0, 0, 1, 1) 1 Brigstow Surprise Maximus (1, 1, 0, 0) 1 Carisbrooke Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 1 Chequerbent Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 1 Christchurch Surprise Royal (1, 1, 0, 0) 1 Claybrooke Surprise Major (1, 0, 0, 0) 1 Combretonio Surprise Maximus (1, 0, 0, 0) 1 Deva Surprise Major (1, 1, 0, 0) List of Peal Venues with their peal totals (357 records)

163 NORBURY, HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, S Thomas 116 BOWDON, Cheshire, S Mary the Virgin 108 ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road (Handbells) 100 WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Road (Handbells) 88 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 85 PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow (Handbells) 66 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Drive (Handbells) 52 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, S Michael & All Angels 52 MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 40 KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South (Handbells) 35 ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, S Michael & All Angels 34 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, S Peter 30 WORSLEY, Lancashire, S Mark 27 MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 25 DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, S Margaret 23 DISLEY, Cheshire, S Mary the Virgin 23 ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, S Peter 22 OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue (Handbells) 21 HYDE, Cheshire, S George 17 MARPLE, Cheshire, 24 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green (Handbells) 17 TAXAL, Cheshire, S James 16 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive (Handbells) 16 KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, S John the Baptist 16 OLDHAM, Lancashire, S Mary the Virgin 16 SUTTON, Cheshire, S James 15 HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court (Handbells) 15 WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road (Handbells) 14 MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry (Handbells) 14 MILES PLATTING, MANCHESTER, Lancashire, S John the Evangelist 13 OVER, Cheshire, S Chad 13 POYNTON, Cheshire, S George 12 PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church (Handbells) 12 FAIRFIELD, BUXTON, Derbyshire, S Peter 12 FRODSHAM, Cheshire, S Lawrence 12 WILMSLOW, Cheshire, S Bartholomew 11 CHESTER, Cheshire, Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary 11 MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Virgin Mary, SS George & Denys 10 MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue (Handbells) 10 CHELFORD, Cheshire, S John the Evangelist 10 MOTTRAM IN LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, S Michael 9 MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent (Handbells) 9 WARBURTON, Manchester, St Werburgh's Vicarage (Handbells) 9 ECCLESTON, Cheshire, S Mary the Virgin 8 TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House (Handbells) 8 CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church 8 FALLOWFIELD, Lancashire, Holy Innocents 8 STAYLEY, STALYBRIDGE, Cheshire, S Paul 8 WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, All Saints 7 CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granviile Road (Handbells) 7 MARPLE, Cheshire, Woodville Road (Handbells) 7 CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, Derbyshire, S Thomas a Becket 7 MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, S Michael & All Angels 7 PRESTBURY, Cheshire, S Peter 6 CRANAGE, Cheshire, 'Briarwood' (Handbells) 6 CHESTER, Cheshire, S Mary's Centre 6 GRAPPENHALL, Cheshire, S Wilfrid 6 SADDLEWORTH, Yorkshire, S Chad 6 STOCKPORT, Cheshire, S George 6 BREDBURY, Cheshire, S Mark 6 BURBAGE, Derbyshire, Christ Church 5 GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Galey Cottage (Handbells) 5 HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, 91 Cavendish Road (Handbells) 5 GOOSTREY, Cheshire, S Luke 5 LEICESTER, Leicestershire, S Martin 5 POTT SHRIGLEY, Cheshire, S Christopher 5 SALFORD, Lancashire, Sacred Trinity 5 STRETFORD, Lancashire, S Matthew 5 WARBURTON, Cheshire, S Werburgh 5 WITTON, NORTHWICH, Cheshire, S Helen 5 BRADFORD, Yorkshire, S Peter 4 BOWDON, Cheshire, 15 Priory Road (Handbells) 4 SHREWSBURY, Brewery Road, Chester Street (Handbells) 4 GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriot, 23 Brooklands Drive (Handbells) 4 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Belfry of Christ Church (Handbells) 4 HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 47 Coniston Drive (Handbells) 4 MARPLE, Cheshire, 8 Peartree Close (Handbells) 4 BURNAGE, Manchester, 267 Kingsway (Handbells) 4 KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 125 Mobberley Road (Handbells) 4 MARPLE, Cheshire, 30 Ridge Crescent (Handbells) 4 FLIXTON, Lancashire, S Michael 4 GREAT BUDWORTH, Cheshire, S Mary & All Saints 4 HAYFIELD, Derbyshire, S Matthew 4 LYMM, Cheshire, S Mary the Virgin 4 MARSDEN, Yorkshire, S Bartholomew 4 MOBBERLEY, Cheshire, S Wilfrid 4 MOORSIDE, OLDHAM, Lancashire, S Thomas 4 REDDISH, Lancashire, S Elisabeth 4 STOCKPORT, Cheshire, S Mary 4 BIRMINGHAM, Warwickshire, S Philip 4 WREXHAM, Denbighshire, S Giles 3 MARPLE, Cheshire, Catesby, 71 Woodville Drive (Handbells) 3 HALE, Altrincham, Cheshire, 105 Woburn Drive (Handbells) 3 DARESBURY, Cheshire, All Saints 3 EAST CROMPTON, Lancashire, S James 3 ABBOTS BROMLEY, Staffordshire, S Nicholas 3 ASTBURY, Cheshire, S Mary 3 GORTON, MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Brookfield Unitarian 3 GRESFORD, Denbighshire, All Saints 3 INVERARAY, Argyllshire, All Saints 3 LEEDS, Yorkshire, S Peter 3 MOSSLEY, Lancashire, S George 3 NANTWICH, Cheshire, S Mary 3 NEW MILLS, Derbyshire, S George 3 LIVERPOOL, Lancashire, Our Lady & S Nicholas 3 RUNCORN, Cheshire, All Saints 3 SHEFFIELD, Yorkshire, SS Peter & Paul 3 SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, S Chad 3 TICKNALL, Derbyshire, S George 3 WALKDEN, Lancashire, S Paul 3 BLACKBURN, Lancashire, S Mary the Virgin 3 BROUGHTON, Staffordshire, S Peter 2 GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriott, Manor Avenue (Handbells) 2 CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 18 Hill Top Avenue (Handbells) 2 MARPLE, Cheshire, 40 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green (Handbells) 2 POYNTON, Cheshire, 2 Adlington Close (Handbells) 2 WILLASTON, Crewe, Cheshire, 37 Park Road (Handbells) 2 WILLASTON, Near Nantwich, Cheshire, 4 Coppice Road (Handbells) 2 KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 14 Lindop Close (Handbells) 2 GLENFIELD, Leicestershire, Willows, 22 Groby Rd (Handbells) 2 CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, Derbyshire, Ashdene, the Horderns (Handbells) 2 AMBLESIDE, Westmorland, S Mary 2 CHELTENHAM, Gloucestershire, S Mary 2 HANDBRIDGE, CHESTER, Cheshire, S Mary without the Walls 2 CHEWTON MENDIP, Somerset, S Mary Magdalene 2 COALBROOKDALE, TELFORD, Shropshire, Holy Trinity 2 CONGLETON, Cheshire, S Peter 2 DERBY, Derbyshire, All Saints 2 DIDSBURY, Lancashire, S James 2 DORE, SHEFFIELD, Derbyshire, Christ Church 2 EVESHAM, Worcestershire, Bell Tower 2 GRANTHAM, Lincolnshire, S Wulfram 2 HENLEY, Suffolk, S Peter 2 HEREFORD, Herefordshire, Blessed Virgin Mary & S Ethelbert 2 HORTON, Staffordshire, S Michael 2 LEICESTER, Leicestershire, S Margaret & All Saints 2 LINCOLN, Lincolnshire, Blessed Virgin Mary & S Hugh 2 LIVERPOOL, Lancashire, Christ 2 LOUGHBOROUGH, Leicestershire, All Saints 2 MARKET DRAYTON, Shropshire, S Mary 2 NETHER ALDERLEY, Cheshire, S Mary 2 NEWCHURCH, CULCHETH, Lancashire, unknown 2 NOTTINGHAM, Nottinghamshire, S Mary the Virgin 2 PAINSWICK, Gloucestershire, S Mary the Virgin 2 PRESTWICH, Lancashire, S Mary the Virgin 2 READING, Berkshire, S Laurence 2 READING, Berkshire, S Mary the Virgin 2 ROSTHERNE, Cheshire, S Mary 2 SANDBACH, Cheshire, S Mary 2 BEVERLEY, Yorkshire, SS John & Martin 2 SOUTHWARK, Surrey, SS Saviour & Mary Overie 2 SURFLEET, Lincolnshire, S Laurence 2 WELLS, Somerset, S Andrew 2 WHITFIELD, GLOSSOP, Derbyshire, S James the Great 2 WISTASTON, Cheshire, S Mary the Virgin 2 BOLLINGTON, Cheshire, S John the Baptist 2 BOLTON, Lancashire, S Peter 2 DUBLIN, Dublin, S Patrick 2 DROGHEDA, Louth, S Peter 2 BRAY, Wicklow, Christ Church 2 BUNBURY, Cheshire, S Boniface 2 ALTON, Staffordshire, S Peter 1 STOCKPORT, Cheshire, Belfry of St George, Heaviley (Handbells) 1 HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, 7 Vernon Street (Handbells) 1 MARPLE, Cheshire, 9 Parkfield Avenue (Handbells) 1 MARPLE, Cheshire, Whingarth, Ridge Road (Handbells) 1 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 20 Tytherington Court (Handbells) 1 KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 52 Grove Park (Handbells) 1 MARPLE, Cheshire, 35 Church Street (Handbells) 1 WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, 6 Bar Lane (Handbells) 1 MANCHESTER, 30 Ashfell Court (Handbells) 1 GRESFORD, Denbighs, Dunholme (Handbells) 1 MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 65 Sycamore Crescent (Handbells) 1 CUDDINGTON, Cheshire, 4 Valley Lane (Handbells) 1 FRODSHAM, Cheshire, 'Abbotts Acre', Townfield Lane (Handbells) 1 RUNCORN, Cheshire, The Nook, Weston Road (Handbells) 1 ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 15 Whiteley Place (Handbells) 1 LEICESTER, The Wayside, 150 Narborough Road South (Handbells) 1 CATFIELD, Norfolk, The White House (Handbells) 1 WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 3 Sylvan Avenue (Handbells) 1 WIGSTON, Leicestershire, 13 Bradgate Drive (Handbells) 1 CHELMSFORD, Essex, SS Mary the Virgin, Peter & Cedd 1 CHEW MAGNA, Somerset, S Andrew 1 CHILHAM, Kent, S Mary 1 CHIPPING NORTON, Oxfordshire, S Mary the Virgin 1 CHRISTCHURCH, Hampshire, Holy Trinity 1 CHUDLEIGH, Devon, SS Mary & Martin 1 CHURCH LAWTON, Cheshire, All Saints 1 CIRENCESTER, Gloucestershire, S John the Baptist 1 CLITHEROE, Lancashire, S Mary Magdalene 1 APPLETON, Berkshire, S Laurence 1 COOKHAM, Berkshire, Holy Trinity 1 COUND, Shropshire, S Peter 1 CREWKERNE, Somerset, S Bartholomew 1 CROSTHWAITE, KESWICK, Cumberland, S Kentigern 1 CURRY RIVEL, Somerset, S Andrew 1 DALTON IN FURNESS, Lancashire, S Mary 1 DAVENHAM, Cheshire, S Wilfrid 1 DEEPING ST NICHOLAS, Lincolnshire, S Nicholas 1 DITCHEAT, Somerset, S Mary Magdalene 1 DONCASTER, Yorkshire, S George 1 DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, SS Peter & Paul 1 DULOE, Cornwall, S Cuby 1 ASHBOURNE, Derbyshire, S Oswald 1 EAST RETFORD, Nottinghamshire, S Swithun 1 ECCLES, Lancashire, S Mary the Virgin 1 ASHFORD, Kent, S Mary the Virgin 1 EDINBURGH, Midlothian, S Mary 1 ESCRICK, Yorkshire, S Helen 1 EXETER, Devon, S Peter 1 FARNDON, Cheshire, S Chad 1 FRAMSDEN, Suffolk, S Mary 1 FYLINGDALES, Yorkshire, S Stephen 1 GAWSWORTH, Cheshire, S James 1 GLASGOW, Lanarkshire, S Mary the Virgin 1 ASTON, Warwickshire, SS Peter & Paul 1 GOOLE, Yorkshire, S John the Evangelist 1 GORING ON THAMES, Oxfordshire, S Thomas of Canterbury 1 HADLEIGH, Suffolk, S Mary 1 HALIFAX, Yorkshire, S John the Baptist 1 HANDLEY, Cheshire, All Saints 1 HATFIELD, Yorkshire, S Laurence 1 HEDON, Yorkshire, S Augustine 1 ACTON, Middlesex, S Mary 1 HEYWOOD, Lancashire, S Luke 1 BACKWELL, Somerset, S Andrew 1 HIGH WYCOMBE, Buckinghamshire, All Saints 1 HILLINGDON, Middlesex, S John 1 HOLBORN, Middlesex, S Giles in the Fields 1 HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, S Luke 1 INVERNESS, Inverness-shire, S Andrew 1 KENDAL, Westmorland, Holy Trinity 1 KIDDERMINSTER, Worcestershire, S Mary & All Saints 1 KIDSGROVE, Staffordshire, S Thomas 1 KINGHAM, Oxfordshire, S Andrew 1 LANCASTER, Lancashire, S Mary 1 LEEDS, Kent, S Nicholas 1 LEEK, Staffordshire, S Edward the Confessor 1 LEYLAND, Lancashire, S Andrew 1 LICHFIELD, Staffordshire, Blessed Virgin Mary & S Chad 1 LILLESHALL, Shropshire, S Michael & All Angels 1 BARMOUTH, Merioneth, S John the Evangelist 1 LITTLEHAM, EXMOUTH, Devon, S Margaret 1 LOCKINGTON, Leicestershire, S Nicholas 1 LONDON, Middlesex, S Mary le Bow 1 LONDON, Middlesex, S Michael, Cornhill 1 LONDON, Middlesex, S Giles, Cripplegate 1 LONG ASHTON, Somerset, All Saints 1 LONGNEY, Gloucestershire, S Lawrence 1 LOUGHBOROUGH, Leicestershire, Bell Foundry 1 LOWER PEOVER, Cheshire, S Oswald 1 LUDLOW, Shropshire, S Laurence 1 MADRON, Cornwall, S Maddern 1 MALTON, Yorkshire, SS Leonard & Mary 1 BARTHOMLEY, Cheshire, S Bertoline 1 MELLS, Somerset, S Andrew 1 MEOLE BRACE, Shropshire, Holy Trinity 1 MILDENHALL, Suffolk, S Mary 1 MILNROW, Lancashire, S James 1 MILVERTON, Somerset, S Michael 1 NASH, Monmouthshire, S Mary 1 NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, Staffordshire, S Giles 1 NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, S Nicholas 1 NEWHEY, Lancashire, S Thomas 1 NORTHFLEET, Kent, S Botolph 1 NORTHOWRAM, HALIFAX, Yorkshire, S Matthew 1 NORWICH, Norfolk, S Peter Mancroft 1 NOTTINGHAM, Nottinghamshire, S Peter with S James 1 BECCLES, Suffolk, Bell Tower 1 OLD WINDSOR, Berkshire, SS Peter & Andrew 1 OSSETT, Yorkshire, Holy & Undivided Trinity 1 OXFORD, Oxfordshire, Christ 1 OXTON, BIRKENHEAD, Cheshire, S Saviour 1 BEDDINGTON, Surrey, S Mary 1 PAISLEY, Renfrewshire, S James 1 PENKRIDGE, Staffordshire, S Michael & All Angels 1 PORT SUNLIGHT, Cheshire, Christ Church 1 BIRCHINGTON ON SEA, Kent, Waterloo Tower, Quex Park 1 REDCLIFFE, BRISTOL, Somerset, S Mary the Virgin 1 REDENHALL, Norfolk, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1 RIPON, Yorkshire, SS Peter & Wilfrid 1 ROCHDALE, Lancashire, S Chad 1 ROTHERFIELD, Sussex, S Denys 1 SCARBOROUGH, Yorkshire, S Mary 1 SELBY, Yorkshire, SS Mary & Germain 1 RANMOOR, SHEFFIELD, Yorkshire, S John the Evangelist 1 SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, S Mary the Virgin 1 SITTINGBOURNE, Kent, S Michael 1 SOLIHULL, Warwickshire, S Alphege 1 SOUTHAMPTON, Hampshire, S Michael the Archangel 1 ST COLUMB MAJOR, Cornwall, S Columba 1 ST GERMANS, Cornwall, S Germanus 1 ST HELENS, Lancashire, S Helen 1 ST LAURENCE IN THANET, Kent, S Laurence 1 STAFFORD, Staffordshire, S Mary 1 BIDDULPH, Staffordshire, S Lawrence 1 STEPNEY, Middlesex, S Dunstan 1 STOWMARKET, Suffolk, SS Peter & Mary 1 STRATFORD UPON AVON, Warwickshire, Holy Trinity 1 SUDBURY, Suffolk, All Saints 1 TARPORLEY, Cheshire, S Helen 1 TATTENHALL, Cheshire, S Alban 1 TENTERDEN, Kent, S Mildred 1 TEWKESBURY, Gloucestershire, S Mary the Virgin 1 THORNE, Yorkshire, S Nicholas 1 TILSTON, Cheshire, S Mary 1 TIVERTON, Devon, S Peter 1 TUNSTALL, STOKE ON TRENT, Staffordshire, Christ Church 1 TUSHINGHAM, Cheshire, S Chad 1 UFFORD, Suffolk, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1 UTTOXETER, Staffordshire, S Mary 1 WALESBY, Lincolnshire, All Saints 1 WALSALL, Staffordshire, S Matthew 1 WALTHAM ABBEY, Essex, Holy Cross & S Lawrence 1 WALTON LE DALE, Lancashire, S Leonard 1 WARWICK, Warwickshire, S Mary 1 BLACKBURN, Lancashire, S Silas 1 WATLINGTON, Oxfordshire, S Leonard 1 WAVERTON, Cheshire, S Peter 1 WESTMINSTER, Middlesex, S Clement Danes 1 WETHERBY, Yorkshire, S James 1 WHITCHURCH, Shropshire, S Alkmund 1 WHITTLE LE WOODS, Lancashire, S John the Evangelist 1 WIGAN, Lancashire, All Saints 1 WINDSOR, Berkshire, S John the Baptist 1 WINGHAM, Kent, S Mary the Virgin 1 WOLVERHAMPTON, Staffordshire, S Peter 1 WOODCHURCH, Cheshire, Holy Cross 1 WORCESTER, Worcestershire, All Saints 1 WORCESTER, Worcestershire, Christ & Blessed Mary the Virgin 1 WRAXALL, Somerset, All Saints 1 WRENBURY, Cheshire, S Margaret 1 WYMONDHAM, Norfolk, SS Mary & Thomas of Canterbury 1 YEOVIL, Somerset, S John the Baptist 1 YORK, Yorkshire, S Peter 1 BOLTON, Lancashire, Holy Trinity 1 BANGOR, Down, S Comgall 1 HILLSBOROUGH, Down, S Malachi 1 DUBLIN, Dublin, Christ Church 1 DUBLIN, Dublin, S George 1 ENNISKILLEN, Fermanagh, S Macartan 1 BOSLEY, Cheshire, S Mary the Virgin 1 BOSTON, Lincolnshire, S Botolph 1 HULME, MANCHESTER, Lancashire, S Philip 1 BOWNESS ON WINDERMERE, Westmorland, S Martin 1 BRAINTREE, Essex, S Michael 1 BRENCHLEY, Kent, All Saints 1 DERBY, Derbyshire, S Andrew 1 BROMBOROUGH, Cheshire, S Barnabas 1 BUCKFASTLEIGH, Devon, Holy Trinity 1 BUCKFAST, Devon, S Mary 1 BUCKLAND IN THE MOOR, Devon, S Peter 1 BUCKLEY, Flintshire, S Matthew 1 BURNLEY, Lancashire, S Peter 1 BURY ST EDMUNDS, Suffolk, S James 1 CANTERBURY, Kent, Christ 1 CAPENHURST, Cheshire, Holy Trinity 1 CASTLEHALL, STALYBRIDGE, Cheshire, Holy Trinity List of Societies and their peal totals (36 records)

1583 CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 208 LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION 41 YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION 15 LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD 14 OXFORD DIOCESAN GUILD 12 BATH & WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 12 KENT COUNTY ASSOCIATION 11 ANCIENT SOCIETY OF COLLEGE YOUTHS 11 IRISH ASSOCIATION 11 SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION 10 DERBY DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 10 SUFFOLK GUILD 8 GUILD OF DEVONSHIRE RINGERS 8 LINCOLN DIOCESAN GUILD 7 NORTH WALES ASSOCIATION 6 GLOUCESTER & BRISTOL DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 6 ST MARTIN'S GUILD FOR THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM 5 SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION 5 STAFFORD ARCHDEACONRY SOCIETY 4 HEREFORD DIOCESAN GUILD 4 MIDDLESEX COUNTY ASSOCIATION & LONDON DIOCESAN GUILD 4 NORWICH DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 4 TRURO DIOCESAN GUILD 4 WORCESTERSHIRE & DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION 3 ESSEX ASSOCIATION 3 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION 2 BEDFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION 2 CENTRAL COUNCIL 2 LICHFIELD ARCHDEACONRY SOCIETY 2 NON-ASSOCIATION 2 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE & DISTRICT ASSOCIATION 2 WINCHESTER & PORTSMOUTH DIOCESAN GUILD 1 DURHAM & NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION 1 GLOSSOP & DISTRICT ASSOCIATION 1 SURREY ASSOCIATION 1 SUSSEX COUNTY ASSOCIATION Alphabetical List of Conductors and number of peals conducted (108 records)

1042 C Kenneth Lewis 1 Harold J Poole 266 John Worth 1 James W Belshaw 58 Robert B Smith 1 John Freeman 56 Alan F Scholfield 1 John R Mayne 40 J David Atkinson 1 Keith J Walpole 34 Brian Harris 1 Leslie G Brett 32 Jeffrey Brannan 1 M Jack Pryor 32 Peter C Randall 1 Martin J Kirk 30 Basil Jones 1 Michael C E Hodge 25 Bernard F L Groves 1 Michael Foulds 24 James C E Simpson 1 Michael Wilshaw 22 Leslie W G Morris 1 Nicholas Thomson 21 Ivor R Nichols 1 Nolan F Golden 21 William H Jackson 1 P Mark Ogden 20 Colin Davies 1 Peter G Bellamy-Knights 17 Andrew C D Mayes 1 Philip A Corby 16 Denis Mottershead 1 R D St John Smith 12 Frank R Morton 1 R Kingsley Mason 12 Neil Bennett 1 Robert J Warrilow 11 Edward Jenkins 1 Robert Sperring 11 James A Milner 1 Sidney Hough 11 Peter J Townsend 1 Simon J Poole 10 John E Bibby 1 Stephen W J Penny 9 David W Friend 1 Stuart I Bamforth 9 J Edward Cawser 1 T Groombridge jun 9 Jack L Millhouse 9 Kenneth G Lee 8 Peter Border 6 Alan J Brown 6 Neil D Lomas 6 W Eric Critchley 5 Geoffrey Bridges 5 William H Dowse 4 Derek Ogden 4 Graham M Bradshaw 4 Marcus C W Sherwood 3 Alan A Potts 3 Arthur Pritchard 3 Cyril Crossthwaite 3 Frank C Price 3 Fred Dunkerley 3 Frederick Shallcross 3 Geoffrey R Gardner 3 Gerald Moorhouse 3 Tudor P Edwards 3 Walter Allman 3 Wilfred Williams 3 Wilfrid F Moreton 2 A Peter Whitehead 2 Andrew R Mays 2 Barnabas G Key 2 Brian S B Kear 2 Christopher Gudgeon 2 Christopher L D Munday 2 Christopher M Wulkau 2 Frederick E Collins 2 James Fernley 2 John F Oultram 2 John H Fielden 2 John Pladdys 2 Rodney B Meadows 2 Roger D Bailey 2 Roger G Green 2 Thomas B Worsley 2 William A Hibbert 1 Alan G Foster 1 Alan McFall 1 Allen F Bailey 1 Arthur Whiting 1 Barry Corbishley 1 Brian J Woodruffe 1 Brian Schofield 1 Christopher J Armes 1 Clifford A Barron 1 D Paul Smith 1 Denis Maddock 1 Derek J Thomas 1 Ernest Bennett 1 Frank E Darby 1 Frank T Blagrove 1 Geoffrey Fothergill 1 Geoffrey K Dodd 1 George E Fearn Chronological list of First Pealers (113 records)

1 C Kenneth Lewis ( 5 May 1934 ) 1 Andrew P Simcox ( 17 Oct 1981 ) 1 Arthur Hibbert ( 6 Nov 1935 ) 1 Mervyn J Harrison ( 17 Oct 1981 ) 1 Marion Crossley ( 14 Mar 1936 ) 1 Guy Leyland ( 13 Nov 1982 ) 1 Cyril Bowden ( 27 Feb 1937 ) 1 Ruth Murdie ( 18 Dec 1982 ) 1 Frank Bonner ( 6 Mar 1937 ) 1 Duncan G Walker ( 22 Oct 1983 ) 1 Eric Wrigley ( 27 Mar 1937 ) 1 Alison Merritt ( 18 Feb 1984 ) 1 George A Bell ( 20 Apr 1937 ) 1 Christopher J Armes ( 12 Jan 1985 ) 1 Mrs F Osbaldiston ( 12 May 1937 ) 1 David M Ellis ( 23 Mar 1985 ) 1 Samuel Graham ( 12 May 1937 ) 1 Frances A Shekelton ( 20 Apr 1985 ) 1 Frank Osbaldiston ( 12 May 1937 ) 1 Malcolm L Merritt ( 5 Oct 1985 ) 1 Mrs James Fernley ( 26 Jun 1937 ) 1 Andrew R Mays ( 30 Nov 1985 ) 1 Arnold Worth ( 23 Jul 1938 ) 1 Frank Moss ( 14 Dec 1985 ) 1 Frank Walters ( 18 Feb 1939 ) 1 Tim Lardner ( 3 May 1986 ) 1 Edmund Walters ( 18 Feb 1939 ) 1 Christine H Shekelton ( 20 Sep 1986 ) 1 J Anthony Beaumont ( 29 Apr 1939 ) 1 Duncan M Matheson ( 4 Oct 1986 ) 1 Edward Cowperthwaite ( 11 Jul 1940 ) 1 Susan E Shekelton ( 24 Jan 1987 ) 1 Mary Elkins ( 25 Aug 1945 ) 1 Rachael Lardner ( 21 Aug 1987 ) 1 Edward Holdsworth ( 15 Sep 1945 ) 1 Philip J Roberts ( 5 Mar 1988 ) 1 Arthur Taylor ( 23 Nov 1945 ) 1 Gill D Walmsley ( 26 Mar 1988 ) 1 Alfred John Lee ( 23 Nov 1945 ) 1 G Craig Western ( 18 Sep 1988 ) 1 Ethel M Duppa ( 15 Dec 1945 ) 1 Stephen K Chatwood ( 18 Sep 1988 ) 1 Basil Jones ( 2 Feb 1946 ) 1 Tom Chalmers ( 4 Nov 1989 ) 1 Geoffrey Howell ( 17 Jul 1946 ) 1 Stuart D Armes ( 17 Feb 1990 ) 1 Yvonne Botham ( 12 Oct 1946 ) 1 Christina Dunbabin ( 16 Nov 1991 ) 1 Doreen Wilde ( 26 Apr 1947 ) 1 Clifford Dunbabin ( 16 Nov 1991 ) 1 Jean C Brown ( 11 Oct 1947 ) 1 Anthony J Freemont ( 25 Jul 1992 ) 1 Frank Arrowsmith ( 11 Oct 1947 ) 1 Philip Houghton ( 30 Dec 1992 ) 1 Stella P Wain ( 24 Jan 1948 ) 1 Amanda Swift ( 1 Jan 1993 ) 1 Douglas Kirkpatrick ( 20 May 1948 ) 1 James A Daniels ( 9 Aug 1993 ) 1 Dorothea Way ( 18 Mar 1950 ) 1 Gordon R Birks ( 9 Aug 1993 ) 1 Elise Brentnall ( 21 Jul 1951 ) 1 Sylvia Cain ( 21 Jul 1951 ) 1 Joyce Rothwell ( 6 Aug 1952 ) 1 Lesley Gosling ( 6 Aug 1952 ) 1 Molly May ( 30 Aug 1952 ) 1 Margaret Hall ( 1 Nov 1952 ) 1 Ivor Scott ( 23 Jan 1954 ) 1 James J Blowers ( 12 Aug 1957 ) 1 David R Potts ( 6 May 1960 ) 1 Barbara M Bangham ( 6 May 1960 ) 1 Barry B Ward ( 6 May 1960 ) 1 T Michael Freeman ( 6 May 1960 ) 1 John Freeman ( 1 Oct 1960 ) 1 Michael J Bangham ( 1 Oct 1960 ) 1 David Lewin ( 1 Oct 1960 ) 1 David Brewer ( 24 Mar 1962 ) 1 Adrian Hough ( 24 Mar 1962 ) 1 Gillian C Forrest ( 20 Oct 1962 ) 1 Brian Gibson ( 20 Oct 1962 ) 1 John Taylor ( 9 Feb 1963 ) 1 Carol N J Tull ( 13 Jan 1968 ) 1 Susan Brocklehurst ( 28 Jun 1969 ) 1 M Felicity Ashworth ( 22 May 1971 ) 1 Andrew Ellis ( 13 Jul 1971 ) 1 James R D Allison ( 27 Sep 1972 ) 1 Colin Davies ( 24 Feb 1973 ) 1 Stephen Gregory ( 3 Mar 1973 ) 1 Geoffrey Dyson ( 3 Mar 1973 ) 1 William A Hibbert ( 27 Sep 1973 ) 1 Andrew W Giddings ( 15 Dec 1973 ) 1 Jane Booth ( 5 Jan 1974 ) 1 Vivien M Willmott ( 26 Jul 1974 ) 1 Catherine R M Allison ( 29 Jul 1974 ) 1 Nigel Turner ( 31 Aug 1974 ) 1 Hilary Bugler ( 25 Feb 1975 ) 1 Ann Dickerson ( 19 Apr 1975 ) 1 Julia Davies ( 12 Jul 1975 ) 1 Charlotte Parsons ( 13 Dec 1975 ) 1 Judith A Warrilow ( 21 Feb 1976 ) 1 Jane Dickerson ( 4 Jun 1976 ) 1 James A Dickerson ( 3 Jul 1976 ) 1 Sarah Morgan ( 17 Jul 1976 ) 1 Helen Leith ( 28 Aug 1976 ) 1 Graham Darke ( 28 Aug 1976 ) 1 Julie A Heaton ( 11 Sep 1976 ) 1 Sally M Heaton ( 11 Sep 1976 ) 1 Alison Witton ( 15 Jul 1978 ) 1 Barry V Jones ( 9 Dec 1978 ) 1 D Ian Chalmers ( 31 Mar 1979 ) 1 Elizabeth Ramsay ( 12 Jul 1980 ) 1 Anne E Wildes ( 1 Aug 1980 ) 1 Sally Lees ( 18 Apr 1981 ) 1 John A Vesey ( 8 Aug 1981 ) List of Dates Rung (366 records)

6 May 5 8 Oct 18 4 Dec 1 3 Mar 8 4 Mar 4 3 Jul 28 7 Oct 23 6 Dec 15 6 Mar 15 5 Oct 7 11 Sep 1 5 Dec 4 10 Feb 2 5 Mar 22 2 Nov 18 6 Dec 8 7 Dec 13 2 Mar 9 7 Apr 12 7 Jan 13 11 Dec 29 4 Dec 18 6 Mar 31 5 May 31 2 Jan 25 6 Jan 12 4 Jan 8 7 Apr 1 6 Jun 2 3 Feb 1 5 Jan 19 5 Feb 12 7 Apr 6 5 Jun 14 2 Jul 13 5 Feb 9 8 Feb 19 5 May 3 4 Jul 19 3 Jun 28 6 Feb 16 8 Feb 24 4 Jun 1 3 Aug 9 5 Aug 23 8 Feb 23 5 Feb 26 4 Jul 6 4 Sep 6 4 Sep 27 6 Mar 2 8 Mar 5 5 Jul 27 5 Sep 12 2 Jun 27 5 Mar 16 7 Mar 12 5 Aug 1 7 Oct 4 2 Jul 4 5 May 16 4 Mar 19 7 Aug 10 4 Nov 1 6 Sep 26 8 Aug 17 7 Mar 26 4 Sep 7 7 Nov 8 4 Jan 28 7 Oct 5 7 Apr 2 4 Oct 12 6 Nov 22 4 Jan 27 6 Oct 26 6 Apr 9 7 Oct 19 3 Jan 10 1 Jan 26 9 Nov 2 5 Apr 16 4 Nov 16 5 Feb 13 5 Jul 26 6 Nov 6 6 Apr 23 4 Apr 26 6 Feb 14 3 Nov 21 6 Nov 23 4 May 28 7 Oct 11 7 Mar 21 3 Nov 28 10 Dec 14 7 Jun 4 5 Dec 6 3 Apr 4 3 Apr 19 2 Dec 21 5 Jul 2 9 Jan 3 6 Apr 18 2 Jun 21 21 Dec 26 7 Jul 12 5 Jan 17 4 May 25 5 Mar 17 6 Jan 11 8 Jul 16 4 Jan 24 6 Aug 15 5 Sep 13 6 Jan 18 5 Jul 23 3 May 29 3 Sep 19 3 Jan 29 5 Feb 8 4 Aug 2 5 Jun 9 3 Sep 24 2 Apr 24 2 Feb 29 10 Aug 13 7 Jul 3 4 Oct 3 2 Aug 4 4 Mar 7 7 Aug 20 7 Aug 12 1 Nov 27 1 Nov 26 5 Mar 14 13 Aug 27 12 Aug 28 6 Dec 19 1 Dec 24 5 Mar 28 4 Sep 20 12 Aug 29 7 Apr 17 2 Jun 11 7 Apr 11 6 Oct 1 13 Aug 30 6 May 18 1 Jul 5 4 Apr 25 7 Oct 8 13 Sep 2 7 May 22 May 10 5 May 9 7 Oct 22 9 Sep 3 8 Jul 29 Jun 18 3 May 23 4 Nov 5 5 Sep 11 5 Jul 31 Sep 29 5 May 30 5 Dec 10 4 Sep 17 5 Aug 19 Dec 25 9 Jun 6 16 Dec 27 5 Oct 2 6 Sep 30 6 Jun 20 12 Dec 30 5 Oct 25 3 Oct 16 6 Jul 11 5 Dec 31 6 Oct 30 8 Dec 28 5 Aug 8 9 Jan 7 6 Nov 13 6 Jan 15 2 Aug 22 9 Feb 11 7 Nov 15 4 Feb 5 5 Aug 24 6 Feb 18 5 Nov 20 5 Jun 3 2 Sep 5 8 Feb 25 2 Dec 11 6 Nov 25 3 Oct 10 5 Mar 18 9 Jan 1 3 Jun 30 4 Oct 24 6 Mar 25 6 Apr 30 5 Nov 17 9 Oct 31 8 Apr 8 8 May 7 4 Dec 22 7 Nov 7 7 Apr 10 6 May 14 4 Jan 5 5 Nov 14 7 Apr 13 8 Jul 1 9 Jul 20 6 Dec 5 11 Apr 15 5 Jul 9 7 Sep 21 6 Jan 2 6 Apr 29 1 Jul 30 5 Nov 30 4 Jan 9 5 May 13 7 Aug 6 6 Dec 7 9 Jan 16 9 May 20 5 Oct 15 10 Jan 4 5 Jan 23 5 May 27 6 Oct 29 5 Feb 15 5 Feb 20 5 Jun 10 4 Nov 12 10 Feb 22 9 Feb 27 8 Jun 13 5 Dec 3 6 Apr 5 4 Mar 6 4 Jun 17 5 Dec 17 2 May 26 5 Mar 13 5 Jun 25 7 Feb 4 4 Jun 7 6 Mar 20 7 Jul 8 3 Mar 11 4 Sep 28 8 Mar 27 9 Jul 15 4 Mar 24 5 Dec 20 8 Mar 29 6 Jul 22 4 Apr 22 4 Feb 7 3 Apr 3 7 Aug 5 9 May 6 5 Feb 28 9 Apr 20 6 Aug 26 7 Jul 7 7 May 2 5 May 1 6 Oct 14 8 Jul 14 3 Jul 18 5 May 8 5 Jan 14 3 Sep 8 5 Jul 25 4 May 11 10 Feb 17 6 Sep 23 5 Oct 17 5 May 12 9 Jul 17 5 Oct 28 3 Dec 12 5 May 15 6 Mar 23 10 Nov 4 5 Feb 6 4 May 17 5 Apr 27 5 Nov 24 4 Sep 10 3 May 21 7 Aug 3 5 Dec 2 5 Sep 9 7 May 24 15 Aug 31 3 Dec 16 3 Sep 16 4 Jun 5 5 Nov 29 8 Dec 23 6 Oct 21 5 Jun 8 6 Feb 21 7 Jan 6 8 Nov 11 5 Jun 12 7 Mar 1 5 Jan 20 6 Dec 9 4 Jun 15 3 Jun 29 7 Feb 3 3 Apr 14 6 Jun 16 8 Jul 21 8 Feb 10 3 May 19 4 Jun 19 4 Aug 11 6 Mar 3 3 May 4 3 Jun 24 6 Aug 16 5 Mar 10 4 Jun 22 3 Jun 26 5 Aug 25 8 Apr 7 2 Sep 14 5 Jul 10 7 Sep 4 5 Apr 21 5 Nov 9 9 Aug 7 5 Sep 15 5 Apr 28 3 Mar 30 13 Aug 14 4 Oct 6 4 Jun 23 3 Jan 30 5 Aug 21 4 Oct 13 4 Aug 18 6 Jul 24 7 Sep 18 2 Oct 27 5 Sep 22 3 Jan 22 4 Sep 25 5 Nov 10 5 Oct 20 3 Jan 21 5 Oct 9 7 Nov 19 5 Nov 3 2 Jan 31 Miscellaneous Statistics

Longest tower bell peal took 12 hours and 58 minutes Longest hand bell peal took 3 hours and 19 minutes

Shortest tower bell peal took 1 hours and 54 minutes Shortest hand bell peal took 1 hours and 34 minutes

Average tower bell peal duration was 3 hours and 10 minutes Average hand bell peal duration was 2 hours and 24 minutes

Total tower bell peal ringing time was 4338 hours 33 minutes Total hand bell peal ringing time was 1571 hours 51 minutes

Total tower bell peal ringing time was 180 days 18 hours 33 minutes Total hand bell peal ringing time was 65 days 11 hours 51 minutes

Total number of tower bell peal changes rung was 7,027,320 Total number of hand bell peal changes rung was 3,318,532

Average number of tower bell peal changes per peal was 5129 Average number of hand bell peal changes per peal was 5066 Cross Reference of peals to issues of The Ringing World (unknown page numbers are specified as 0000) Peal RW Rung Method Place 1 1207.0293 05/05/1934 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 2 1219.0484 28/07/1934 5040 Treble Bob Minor BUXTON, Derbyshire, Christ Church 3 1224.0565 01/09/1934 5040 Treble Bob Minor GOOSTREY, Cheshire, St Luke 4 1239.0805 08/12/1934 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major GLOSSOP, Derbyshire, St James, Whitfield 5 1243.0037 29/12/1934 5040 Treble Bob Minor CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket 6 1243.0036 12/01/1935 5088 Superlative Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 7 1244.0053 19/01/1935 5040 Treble Bob Minor SUTTON, Cheshire, St James 8 1247.0102 09/02/1935 5040 Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary 9 1249.0131 16/02/1935 5088 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 10 1250.0150 23/02/1935 5040 Treble Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 11 1251.0163 02/03/1935 5088 London Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 12 1253.0195 16/03/1935 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, St Peter 13 1262.0344 16/05/1935 5040 Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary 14 1274.0535 17/08/1935 5248 Carisbrooke Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 15 1282.0662 05/10/1935 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 16 1285.0711 26/10/1935 5152 London Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 17 1285.0713 02/11/1935 5040 Treble Bob Minor MOTTRAM-IN-LONGENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael 18 1286.0730 06/11/1935 5040 Treble Bob Minor TAXAL, Cheshire, St James 19 1288.0760 23/11/1935 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 20 1291.0809 14/12/1935 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor SUTTON, Cheshire, St James 21 1293.0036 21/12/1935 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major NORBURY (Hazel Grove) , Cheshire, St Thomas 22 1293.0036 26/12/1935 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St Mary 23 1293.0036 26/12/1935 5000 Plain Bob Royal STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St George 24 1296.0051 11/01/1936 5088 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 25 1296.0053 18/01/1936 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor BUXTON, Derbyshire, St Peter, Fairfield 26 1301.0138 08/02/1936 5040 Treble Bob Minor BURBAGE, Buxton, Derbyshire, Christ Church 27 1304.0189 29/02/1936 5040 Treble Bob Minor CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John the Evangelist 28 1304.0188 07/03/1936 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 29 1305.0204 14/03/1936 5040 Plain Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 30 1306.0220 28/03/1936 5088 London Surprise Major CONGLETON, Cheshire, St Peter 31 1308.0252 11/04/1936 5040 Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary 32 1311.0303 25/04/1936 5184 Bristol Surprise Major REDDISH, Lancashire, St Elisabeth 33 1313.0335 09/05/1936 5152 London Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 34 1314.0353 23/05/1936 5040 Treble Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 35 1316.0383 30/05/1936 5184 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 36 1316.0386 06/06/1936 5040 Treble Bob Minor BUXTON, Derbyshire, St Peter, Fairfield 37 1318.0415 20/06/1936 5088 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 38 1321.0463 11/07/1936 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary 39 1326.0543 08/08/1936 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MARKET DRAYTON, Shropshire, St Mary 40 1327.0560 22/08/1936 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 41 1328.0576 24/08/1936 5040 Treble Bob Minor BUXTON, Derbyshire, St Peter, Fairfield 42 1329.0592 05/09/1936 5040 Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary 43 1334.0673 10/10/1936 5040 Treble Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 44 1336.0703 24/10/1936 5184 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 45 1337.0719 31/10/1936 5024 Bristol Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 46 1338.0736 07/11/1936 5088 London Surprise Major STRETFORD, Lancashire, St Matthew 47 1339.0752 14/11/1936 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major MOSSLEY, Lancashire, St George 48 1343.0815 05/12/1936 5472 Superlative Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 49 1346.0021 02/01/1937 5040 Treble Bob Minor SUTTON, Macclesfield, Cheshire, St James 50 1347.0035 09/01/1937 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 51 1348.0051 16/01/1937 5600 Cambridge Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 52 1349.0067 23/01/1937 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, Staffordshire, St Giles 53 1353.0130 20/02/1937 5080 Kent Treble Bob Royal MANCHESTER, Cathedral 54 1354.0148 27/02/1937 5040 Treble Bob Minor TAXAL, Cheshire, St James 55 1356.0178 06/03/1937 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 56 1356.0179 13/03/1937 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor SUTTON, Cheshire, St James 57 1358.0210 20/03/1937 5024 Bristol Surprise Major GORTON, Manchester, Brookfield Unitarian 58 1358.0212 27/03/1937 5040 Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 59 1359.0227 29/03/1937 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major MILES PLATTING, Manchester, St John the Evangelist 60 1360.0243 03/04/1937 5088 Bristol Surprise Major WARBURTON, Cheshire, St Werburgh 61 1362.0281 20/04/1937 5040 Plain Bob Minor SALFORD, Lancashire, Sacred Trinity 62 1363.0296 01/05/1937 6176 Bristol Surprise Major ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 63 1364.0311 08/05/1937 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 64 1365.0330 11/05/1937 5040 Minor SALFORD, Lancashire, Sacred Trinity 65 1365.0331 12/05/1937 5040 Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 66 1365.0330 12/05/1937 5040 Doubles MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 67 1367.0367 15/05/1937 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major REDDISH, Lancashire, St Elisabeth 68 1367.0367 17/05/1937 5040 Little Bob Royal ST HELENS, Lancashire, St Helen 69 1369.0406 21/05/1937 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 70 1368.0387 24/05/1937 5040 Stedman Triples BOLTON, Lancashire, Holy Trinity 71 1369.0402 05/06/1937 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 72 1370.0422 08/06/1937 5040 Minor SALFORD, Lancashire, Sacred Trinity 73 1370.0422 12/06/1937 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor BUXTON, Derbyshire, St Peter, Fairfield 74 1371.0435 15/06/1937 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 75 1371.0435 16/06/1937 5056 Kent Treble Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 76 1371.0435 19/06/1937 5040 Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 77 1375.0499 24/06/1937 5120 Staffordshire Surprise Major UTTOXETER, Staffordshire, St Mary 78 1372.0452 26/06/1937 5120 Plain Bob Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas Peal RW Rung Method Place 79 1374.0483 10/07/1937 5040 Grandsire Triples PRESTBURY, Cheshire, St Peter 80 1378.0547 07/08/1937 5184 Cambridge Surprise Major GREAT BUDWORTH, Cheshire, St Mary & All Saints 81 1378.0548 14/08/1937 5184 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 82 1379.0565 21/08/1937 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 83 1383.0628 18/09/1937 5088 Bristol Surprise Major CHURCH LAWTON, Cheshire, All Saints 84 1385.0659 25/09/1937 5024 London Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 85 1387.0696 09/10/1937 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 86 1389.0714 18/10/1937 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 87 1389.0712 23/10/1937 5040 Stedman Triples NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 88 1394.0815 04/12/1937 5003 Grandsire Caters MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Virgin Mary, SS George & Denys 89 1396.0849 13/12/1937 5088 London Surprise Major ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 90 1396.0846 18/12/1937 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal CHESTER, Cheshire, Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary 91 1400.0040 08/01/1938 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 92 1405.0125 12/02/1938 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 93 1407.0156 19/02/1938 5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 94 1407.0155 24/02/1938 5079 Stedman Caters STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St Mary 95 1407.0160 26/02/1938 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor FAIRFIELD, Buxton, Derbyshire, St Peter 96 1408.0177 05/03/1938 5040 Treble Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 97 1408.0178 12/03/1938 5040 Minor FAIRFIELD, Buxton, Derbyshire, St Peter 98 1409.0193 19/03/1938 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor TAXAL, Cheshire, St James 99 1410.0209 26/03/1938 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor SUTTON, Cheshire, St James 100 1411.0224 02/04/1938 5088 Rochester Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 101 1413.0255 09/04/1938 5184 Rochester Surprise Major ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 102 1413.0256 16/04/1938 5088 London Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 103 1415.0287 23/04/1938 5024 London Surprise Major LYMM, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 104 1420.0372 28/05/1938 5088 Superlative Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire St Thomas 105 1421.0387 04/06/1938 5024 London Surprise Major REDDISH, Lancashire, St Elisabeth 106 1425.0455 02/07/1938 5152 London Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 107 1426.0471 12/07/1938 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 108 1426.0473 16/07/1938 5040 Spliced Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 109 1427.0488 23/07/1938 5120 Plain Bob Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 110 1429.0519 02/08/1938 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 111 1430.0534 08/08/1938 5184 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 112 1430.0537 13/08/1938 5040 Plain Bob Doubles MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry 113 1430.0537 13/08/1938 5040 Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 114 1431.0551 20/08/1938 5280 London Surprise Major MOTTRAM IN LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael 115 1432.0566 27/08/1938 5082 Grandsire Cinques MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 116 1436.0631 20/09/1938 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Major MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 117 1437.0646 01/10/1938 5088 Kent Treble Bob Maximus OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary the Virgin 118 1438.0664 08/10/1938 5088 London Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 119 1440.0696 22/10/1938 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major REDDISH, Lancashire, St Elisabeth 120 1443.0743 05/11/1938 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 121 1448.0824 10/12/1938 5040 Little Bob Major GORTON, Manchester, Lancashire, Brookfield Church 122 1451.0022 26/12/1938 5021 Grandsire Caters STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St Mary 123 1451.0022 26/12/1938 5016 Plain Bob Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 124 1451.0022 27/12/1938 5040 Plain Bob Doubles MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 125 1451.0022 30/12/1938 5040 Grandsire Doubles MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry 126 1451.0022 31/12/1938 5120 Double Norwich Court Bob Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 127 1452.0037 07/01/1939 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 128 1457.0119 11/02/1939 5024 Bristol Surprise Major SANDBACH, Cheshire, St Mary 129 1458.0137 18/02/1939 5040 Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 130 1458.0136 25/02/1939 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 131 1461.0184 13/03/1939 5040 Plain Bob Minor DAVENHAM, Cheshire, St Wilfrid 132 1461.0182 18/03/1939 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 133 1462.0202 25/03/1939 5040 Plain Bob Minor POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 134 1464.0232 08/04/1939 5040 Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 135 1465.0247 10/04/1939 5024 London Surprise Major AMBLESIDE, Westmorland, St Mary 136 1465.0248 13/04/1939 5056 Plain Bob Major SALFORD, Lancashire, Sacred Trinity 137 1466.0265 15/04/1939 5040 Minor TAXAL, Cheshire, St James 138 1468.0298 29/04/1939 5040 Plain Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 139 1470.0333 13/05/1939 5040 Minor FAIRFIELD, Buxton, Derbyshire, St Peter 140 1471.0349 20/05/1939 5040 Minor FAIRFIELD, Buxton, Derbyshire, St Peter 141 1472.0366 27/05/1939 5040 Plain Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints', Belfry 142 1474.0395 10/06/1939 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 143 1474.0396 13/06/1939 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major SALFORD, Lancashire, Sacred Trinity 144 1475.0412 17/06/1939 5040 Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 145 1475.0413 24/06/1939 5040 Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 146 1476.0427 25/06/1939 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major BROUGHTON, Staffordshire, St Peter 147 1477.0445 08/07/1939 5040 Grandsire Doubles MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 148 1479.0474 15/07/1939 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Virgin Mary, SS George & Denys 149 1479.0477 22/07/1939 5040 Minor POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 150 1481.0508 05/08/1939 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 151 1484.0556 26/08/1939 5184 Spliced Treble Bob Major BOLLINGTON, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 152 1491.0643 14/10/1939 5088 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 153 1504.0027 07/01/1940 5040 Plain Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry 154 1504.0027 14/01/1940 5072 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints', Belfry 155 1510.0099 17/02/1940 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 156 1515.0160 25/03/1940 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor SUTTON, Cheshire, St James 157 1515.0159 27/03/1940 5024 Kent Treble Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 158 1522.0243 20/04/1940 5040 Plain Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry Peal RW Rung Method Place 159 1530.0338 11/07/1940 5040 Plain Bob Minor PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 160 1531.0350 17/07/1940 5040 Plain Bob Minor PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 161 1540.0458 18/09/1940 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 162 1506.0146 23/03/1941 5040 Plain Bob Major PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 163 1571.0206 27/04/1941 5040 Minor PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 164 1585.0374 03/08/1941 5056 Plain Bob Major PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 165 1590.0434 31/08/1941 5056 Plain Bob Major PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 166 1602.0579 29/11/1941 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 167 1605.0614 14/12/1941 5056 Plain Bob Major PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 168 1614.0579 21/02/1942 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 169 1615.0123 01/03/1942 5040 Plain Bob Royal STOCKPORT, Cheshire, Belfry of St George, Heaviley 170 1633.0311 29/06/1942 5056 Plain Bob Major PRESTON, Lancashire, Belfry of the Parish Church 171 1782.0197 12/05/1945 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 172 1793.0307 21/07/1945 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 173 1795.0327 07/08/1945 5040 Plain Bob Minor SHREWSBURY, Brewery Road, Chester Street 174 1796.0335 11/08/1945 5184 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 175 1797.0349 16/08/1945 5040 Plain Bob Minor SHREWSBURY, Brewery Cottage, Chester Street 176 1798.0358 25/08/1945 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 177 1799.0368 04/09/1945 5040 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Belfry of Christ Church 178 1800.0380 15/09/1945 5040 Plain Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 179 1803.0406 06/10/1945 5040 Plain Bob Royal COALBROOKDALE, Telford, Shropshire, Holy Trinity 180 1805.0427 13/10/1945 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 181 1805.0428 14/10/1945 5152 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Belfry of Christ Church 182 1806.0438 27/10/1945 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Royal MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Virgin Mary, SS George & Denys 183 1809.0470 10/11/1945 5007 Stedman Caters MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 184 1810.0484 19/11/1945 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, Brewery Cottage, Chester Street 185 1812.0507 23/11/1945 5040 Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 186 1811.0494 01/12/1945 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, St Chad 187 1814.0526 15/12/1945 5040 Plain Bob Minor COUND, Shropshire, St Peter 188 1816.0015 26/12/1945 5040 Grandsire Triples STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St George 189 1817.0029 07/01/1946 5040 Plain Bob Minor SHREWSBURY, Brewery Cottage, Chester Street 190 1821.0070 02/02/1946 5088 London Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 191 1821.0070 09/02/1946 5088 Kent Treble Bob Maximus MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 192 1823.0096 16/02/1946 5040 Minor SUTTON, Cheshire, St James 193 1823.0096 19/02/1946 5040 Doubles MARPLE, Cheshire, 9 Parkfield Avenue 194 1824.0106 23/02/1946 5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 195 1825.0119 09/03/1946 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 196 1828.0156 25/03/1946 5040 Plain Bob Minor BOWDON, Cheshire, 15 Priory Road 197 1828.0156 31/03/1946 5040 Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, Belfry of All Saints' Church 198 1829.0168 01/04/1946 5040 Plain Bob Minor BOWDON, Cheshire, 15 Priory Road 199 1829.0166 06/04/1946 5019 Stedman Cinques MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 200 1831.0191 15/04/1946 5040 Plain Bob Minor BOWDON, Cheshire, 15 Priory Road 201 1831.0191 20/04/1946 5040 Plain Bob Minor POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 202 1833.0210 27/04/1946 5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 203 1834.0224 03/05/1946 5040 Plain Bob Minor HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, 7 Vernon Street 204 1835.0234 13/05/1946 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor BOWDON, Cheshire, 15 Priory Road 205 1838.0270 01/06/1946 5056 Plain Bob Major NEWCHURCH, Culcheth, Lancashire, St Peter 206 1843.0331 06/07/1946 5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 207 1845.0354 17/07/1946 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 208 1846.0366 27/07/1946 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 209 1847.0379 01/08/1946 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 210 1847.0380 03/08/1946 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor BOSLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 211 1847.0378 05/08/1946 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal BRADFORD, Yorkshire, St Peter 212 1849.0402 10/08/1946 5120 Kent Treble Bob Royal COALBROOKDALE, Telford, Shropshire, Holy Trinity 213 1852.0438 07/09/1946 5120 Kent Treble Bob Royal MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 214 1858.0512 12/10/1946 5040 Plain Bob Minor TAXAL, Cheshire, St James 215 1859.0523 19/10/1946 5184 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 216 1862.0563 16/11/1946 5040 Grandsire Triples STAYLEY, Stalybridge, Cheshire, St Paul 217 1883.0210 26/04/1947 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 218 1911.0554 11/10/1947 5056 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 219 1918.0014 06/12/1947 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 220 1922.0055 03/01/1948 5088 London Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 221 1923.0063 12/01/1948 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 222 1924.0076 17/01/1948 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor FAIRFIELD, Buxton, Derbyshire, St Peter 223 1924.0076 24/01/1948 5040 Plain Bob Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 224 1927.0102 09/02/1948 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 225 1939.0229 08/05/1948 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket 226 1940.0239 15/05/1948 5088 Superlative Surprise Major LONDON, St Giles in the Field, Holborn 227 1940.0240 17/05/1948 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major ACTON, Middlesex, St Mary 228 1940.0240 20/05/1948 5040 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 229 1942.0263 29/05/1948 5040 Kent Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 230 1943.0272 09/06/1948 5024 London Surprise Major WARBURTON, Cheshire, St Werburgh 231 1943.0270 12/06/1948 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 232 1945.0295 03/07/1948 5152 Belgrave Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 233 1946.0307 06/07/1948 5088 Bristol Surprise Major MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 234 1951.0356 07/08/1948 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 235 1952.0367 12/08/1948 5152 Stockport Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 236 1952.0367 14/08/1948 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 237 1953.0378 21/08/1948 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 238 1955.0402 28/08/1948 5088 London Surprise Major WRAXALL, Somerset, All Saints Peal RW Rung Method Place 239 1955.0402 29/08/1948 5088 Bristol Surprise Major LONG ASHTON, Somerset, All Saints 240 1955.0402 30/08/1948 5088 Bristol Surprise Major CHEW MAGNA, Somerset, St Andrew 241 1955.0402 30/08/1948 5088 Bristol Surprise Major CHEWTON MENDIP, Somerset, St Mary Magdalene 242 1955.0402 31/08/1948 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal WELLS, Somerset, St Andrew 243 1955.0402 01/09/1948 5088 London Surprise Major MELLS, Somerset, St Andrew 244 1955.0402 02/09/1948 5024 London Surprise Major DITCHEAT, Somerset, St Mary Magdalene 245 1955.0402 03/09/1948 5024 London Surprise Major CURRY RIVEL, Somerset, St Andrew 246 1955.0403 04/09/1948 5088 Rochester Surprise Major CREWKERNE, Somerset, St Bartholomew 247 1955.0403 04/09/1948 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal YEOVIL, Somerset, St John the Baptist 248 1955.0404 11/09/1948 5152 Ramsey Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 249 1956.0414 17/09/1948 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 250 1958.0436 02/10/1948 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 251 1960.0458 09/10/1948 5088 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 252 1960.0459 12/10/1948 5088 Bristol Surprise Major MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 253 1961.0470 23/10/1948 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus LEEDS, Yorkshire, St Peter 254 1962.0483 25/10/1948 5184 Cambridge Surprise Major MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 255 1963.0494 30/10/1948 5088 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 256 1964.0506 06/11/1948 5088 Rochester Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 257 1967.0546 13/11/1948 5024 London Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 258 1965.0520 15/11/1948 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 259 1966.0535 20/11/1948 5088 Rochester Surprise Major ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 260 1967.0547 23/11/1948 5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 261 1968.0565 04/12/1948 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 262 1969.0571 11/12/1948 5152 Spliced Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 263 1970.0004 18/12/1948 10080 Bristol Surprise Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 264 1972.0026 27/12/1948 5280 New Cambridge Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 265 1972.0027 30/12/1948 5056 Plain Bob Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 266 1974.0054 01/01/1949 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor WRENBURY, Cheshire, St Margaret 267 1980.0114 19/02/1949 5408 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 268 1980.0114 26/02/1949 5040 Belgrave Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 269 1982.0139 12/03/1949 5024 London Surprise Major LANCASTER, Lancashire, St Mary 270 1984.0162 26/03/1949 5000 Rochester Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 271 1986.0186 09/04/1949 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Virgin Mary, SS George & Denys 272 1986.0187 16/04/1949 5024 London Surprise Major MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 273 1988.0213 30/04/1949 5088 London Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 274 1992.0262 07/05/1949 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 275 1990.0238 09/05/1949 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MILES PLATTING, Manchester, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 276 1990.0240 14/05/1949 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket 277 1994.0290 04/06/1949 5016 Plain Bob Maximus LEEDS, Yorkshire, St Peter 278 1993.0274 06/06/1949 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal RIPON, Yorkshire, SS Peter & Wilfrid 279 1994.0291 06/06/1949 5040 Spliced Surprise Major WETHERBY, Yorkshire, St James 280 1997.0327 01/07/1949 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 281 1998.0339 09/07/1949 5440 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 282 1999.0351 15/07/1949 5120 Watford Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 283 2001.0374 16/07/1949 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 284 2001.0376 30/07/1949 5056 Superlative Surprise Major WHITFIELD, Glossop, Derbyshire, St James the Great 285 2002.0387 01/08/1949 5024 Bristol Surprise Major WIGAN, Lancashire, All Saints 286 2002.0388 05/08/1949 5024 London Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 287 2003.0398 06/08/1949 5088 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 288 2005.0422 13/08/1949 5040 Pudsey Surprise Royal WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, All Saints 289 2005.0422 20/08/1949 5000 Rochester Surprise Royal MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Virgin Mary, SS George & Denys 290 2006.0434 27/08/1949 5088 Guildford Surprise Major HADLEIGH, Suffolk, St Mary 291 2006.0434 27/08/1949 5024 London Surprise Major HENLEY, Suffolk, St Peter 292 2006.0434 28/08/1949 5024 London Surprise Major FRAMSDEN, Suffolk, St Mary 293 2006.0434 29/08/1949 5152 Liverpool Surprise Major STOWMARKET, Suffolk, SS Peter & Mary 294 2006.0434 30/08/1949 5056 Bristol Surprise Major HENLEY, Suffolk, St Peter 295 2006.0435 30/08/1949 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major SUDBURY, Suffolk, All Saints 296 2006.0435 31/08/1949 5152 Spliced Surprise Major UFFORD, Suffolk, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 297 2006.0435 31/08/1949 5000 Rochester Surprise Royal BECCLES, Suffolk, Bell Tower 298 2006.0435 01/09/1949 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major WYMONDHAM, Norfolk, SS Mary & Thomas of Canterbury 299 2006.0435 01/09/1949 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus NORWICH, Norfolk, St Peter Mancroft 300 2006.0435 02/09/1949 5120 Spliced Surprise Major REDENHALL, Norfolk, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 301 2006.0435 03/09/1949 5040 Lindsey Surprise Royal BURY ST EDMUNDS, Suffolk, St James 302 2006.0435 03/09/1949 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MILDENHALL, Suffolk, St Mary 303 2012.0514 08/10/1949 5040 Grandsire Triples STAYLEY, Stalybridge, Cheshire, St Paul 304 2013.0526 15/10/1949 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal CHESTER, Cheshire, Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary 305 2013.0527 15/10/1949 5024 London Surprise Major BROMBOROUGH, Cheshire, St Barnabas 306 2013.0526 22/10/1949 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 307 2014.0538 29/10/1949 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus LINCOLN, Blessed Virgin Mary & St Hugh 308 2015.0552 05/11/1949 5088 Deva Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 309 2016.0568 12/11/1949 5088 London Surprise Major WARBURTON, Cheshire, St Werburg 310 2018.0568 19/11/1949 5024 Bristol Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 311 2021.0633 03/12/1949 5040 Plain Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Belfry of Christ Church 312 2020.0614 10/12/1949 5080 Kent Treble Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 313 2023.0019 17/12/1949 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 314 2023.0021 26/12/1949 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 315 2023.0018 27/12/1949 5040 Rochester Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 316 2025.0051 31/12/1949 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major HAYFIELD, Derbyshire, St Matthew 317 2026.0068 07/01/1950 5088 London Surprise Major STALYBRIDGE, Cheshire, St Paul 318 2028.0098 04/02/1950 5040 Rutland Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church Peal RW Rung Method Place 319 2030.0132 11/02/1950 5024 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 320 2033.0180 11/03/1950 5056 Bristol Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 321 2035.0212 18/03/1950 5040 Treble Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 322 2036.0226 24/03/1950 5024 Belgrave Surprise Major MOSSLEY, Lancashire, St George 323 2039.0277 22/04/1950 5024 London Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 324 2041.0306 06/05/1950 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus BIRMINGHAM, Cathedral of St Philip 325 2042.0326 13/05/1950 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket 326 2043.0340 20/05/1950 5088 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 327 2043.0340 24/05/1950 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 328 2044.0354 27/05/1950 5000 London No.3 Surprise Royal BEDDINGTON, Surrey, St Mary 329 2044.0355 29/05/1950 5120 Spliced Surprise Major ROTHERFIELD, Sussex, St Denys 330 2047.0403 15/06/1950 5024 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 331 2049.0434 01/07/1950 5080 Rochester Surprise Royal BRADFORD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of St Peter 332 2050.0451 07/07/1950 5024 Bristol Surprise Major WALTON LE DALE, Lancashire, St Leonard 333 2050.0451 08/07/1950 5024 London Surprise Major KESWICK, Cumberland, St Kentigern, Crosthwaite 334 2050.0452 08/07/1950 5088 Bristol Surprise Major WINDERMERE, Westmorland, St Martin, Bowness 335 2051.0466 14/07/1950 5088 Spliced Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 336 2051.0467 15/07/1950 5088 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 337 2052.0482 21/07/1950 5056 Painswick Surprise Major MOSSLEY, Lancashire, St George 338 2052.0482 22/07/1950 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 339 2054.0514 05/08/1950 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 340 2059.0594 26/08/1950 5088 London Surprise Major THORNE, Yorkshire, St Nicholas 341 2059.0594 26/08/1950 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal EAST RETFORD, Nottinghamshire, St Swithun 342 2059.0594 27/08/1950 5088 Bristol Surprise Major HATFIELD, Yorkshire, St Lawrence 343 2059.0594 28/08/1950 5088 Bristol Surprise Major HEDON, Yorkshire, St Augustine 344 2059.0594 29/08/1950 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal BEVERLEY, Yorkshire, Minster Church of St John 345 2059.0594 30/08/1950 5152 Spliced Surprise Major MALTON, Yorkshire, St Leonard 346 2059.0594 01/09/1950 5088 London Surprise Major SCARBOROUGH, Yorkshire, St Mary 347 2059.0595 01/09/1950 5088 Bristol Surprise Major FYLINGDALES, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, St Stephen 348 2059.0595 02/09/1950 5056 Superlative Surprise Major ESCRICK, Yorkshire, St Helen 349 2059.0595 02/09/1950 5024 Bristol Surprise Major GOOLE, Yorkshire, St John the Baptist 350 2060.0610 08/09/1950 5088 New Cambridge Surprise Major MOORSIDE, Lancashire, St Thomas 351 2062.0643 23/09/1950 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 352 2068.0722 28/10/1950 5056 Pudsey Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 353 2068.0724 04/11/1950 21600 Bristol Surprise Major OVER, Winsford, Cheshire, St Chad 354 2072.0787 24/11/1950 5056 Spliced Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 355 2073.0802 02/12/1950 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 356 2074.0819 15/12/1950 5184 Kendal Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 357 2074.0818 16/12/1950 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of All Saints 358 2075.0002 23/12/1950 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 359 2076.0018 26/12/1950 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 360 2077.0038 30/12/1950 5040 Treble Bob Minor MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 361 2076.0020 30/12/1950 8032 Spliced Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 362 2078.0050 06/01/1951 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 363 2080.0082 20/01/1951 5280 Spliced Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 364 2084.0147 03/02/1951 5088 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 365 2082.0114 10/02/1951 5040 Rutland Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 366 2084.0146 17/02/1951 5040 Rutland Surprise Royal STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St George 367 2084.0148 23/02/1951 5120 Spliced Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 368 2086.0180 03/03/1951 5040 Treble Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 369 2087.0194 10/03/1951 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church 370 2090.0242 26/03/1951 5056 Bristol Surprise Major ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Blessed Virgin 371 2091.0259 07/04/1951 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 372 2092.0274 13/04/1951 5120 Spliced Surprise Major SADDLEWORTH, Yorkshire, St Chad 373 2093.0291 21/04/1951 5120 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 374 2093.0292 28/04/1951 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 375 2097.0354 05/05/1951 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal INVERARAY, Argyll, All Saints 376 2097.0354 14/05/1951 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 377 2098.0372 20/05/1951 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 378 2101.0418 23/06/1951 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 379 2104.0467 07/07/1951 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 380 2104.0468 14/07/1951 5120 Spliced Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 381 2105.0484 21/07/1951 5024 Plain Bob Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 382 2108.0532 11/08/1951 5024 London Surprise Major BUXTON, Derbyshire, St Peter, Fairfield 383 2111.0579 18/08/1951 5152 Spliced Surprise Major GRESFORD, Denbighshire, All Saints 384 2112.0594 25/08/1951 5024 London Surprise Major MILVERTON, Somerset, St Michael & All Angels 385 2112.0594 25/08/1951 5056 Bristol Surprise Major TIVERTON, Devonshire, St Peter 386 2112.0594 26/08/1951 5088 Bristol Surprise Major LITTLEHAM, Devonshire, St Margaret 387 2112.0594 27/08/1951 5184 Yorkshire Surprise Major CHUDLEIGH, Devonshire, SS Martin & Mary 388 2112.0594 27/08/1951 5152 Rutland Surprise Major BUCKLAND IN THE MOOR, Devonshire, St Peter 389 2112.0594 28/08/1951 5056 Pudsey Surprise Major ST GERMANS, Cornwall, St Germanus 390 2112.0595 29/08/1951 5024 London Surprise Major MADRON, Cornwall, St Maddern 391 2112.0595 29/08/1951 5024 London Surprise Major ST COLUMB MAJOR, Cornwall, St Columba 392 2112.0595 31/08/1951 5120 Spliced Surprise Major KENWYN, Cornwall, St Cuby 393 2112.0595 01/09/1951 5088 Bristol Surprise Major BUCKFASTLEIGH, Devon, Holy Trinity 394 2113.0610 15/09/1951 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 395 2116.0658 22/09/1951 5088 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas 396 2118.0690 20/10/1951 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal GRANTHAM, Lincolnshire, St Wulfram 397 2123.0770 03/11/1951 5408 Bristol Surprise Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 398 2126.0818 15/12/1951 15480 Cambridge Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark Peal RW Rung Method Place 399 2128.0018 26/12/1951 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 400 2129.0035 29/12/1951 5152 Ealing Surprise Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 401 2131.0068 19/01/1952 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 402 2133.0098 02/02/1952 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 403 2137.0164 23/02/1952 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 404 2139.0196 08/03/1952 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 405 2141.0230 15/03/1952 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary 406 2141.0227 22/03/1952 5120 Spliced Surprise Major ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 407 2141.0226 29/03/1952 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal LOUGHBOROUGH, Leicestershire, All Saints 408 2143.0258 12/04/1952 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus MANCHESTER, Town Hall 409 2149.0355 24/05/1952 5120 Spliced Surprise Major CONGLETON, Cheshire, St Peter 410 2150.0370 31/05/1952 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal BOSTON, Lincolnshire, St Botolph 411 2151.0387 01/06/1952 5120 Spliced Surprise Major WALESBY, Lincolnshire, All Saints 412 2150.0370 02/06/1952 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus SURFLEET, Lincolnshire, St Laurence 413 2153.0418 14/06/1952 5056 Bristol Surprise Major BURNLEY, Lancashire, St Peter 414 2157.0482 19/07/1952 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus ASTON, Birmingham, SS Peter & Paul 415 2161.0549 06/08/1952 5040 Plain Bob Minor POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 416 2163.0578 09/08/1952 5024 Bristol Surprise Major OLD WINDSOR, Berkshire, St Peter 417 2163.0578 10/08/1952 5152 Spliced Surprise Major DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, Abbey Church of SS Peter & Paul 418 2163.0578 12/08/1952 5120 Spliced Surprise Major COOKHAM, Berkshire, Holy Trinity 419 2163.0578 13/08/1952 5088 Bristol Surprise Major READING, Berkshire, St Mary the Virgin 420 2163.0578 13/08/1952 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus READING, Berkshire, St Laurence 421 2163.0578 14/08/1952 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal APPLETON, Berkshire, St Laurence 422 2163.0579 14/08/1952 5024 Rutland Surprise Major CHIPPING NORTON, Oxfordshire, St Mary the Virgin 423 2163.0579 14/08/1952 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major KINGHAM, Oxfordshire, St Andrew 424 2163.0579 16/08/1952 5056 Pudsey Surprise Major WATLINGTON, Oxfordshire, St Leonard 425 2163.0580 30/08/1952 5088 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 426 2166.0626 06/09/1952 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus LEICESTER, Cathedral of St Martin 427 2165.0614 12/09/1952 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 428 2168.0660 04/10/1952 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 429 2170.0691 11/10/1952 5120 Spliced Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 430 2170.0690 18/10/1952 5040 Metropolitan Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 431 2172.0726 01/11/1952 5040 Plain Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 432 2175.0770 08/11/1952 5088 Bristol Surprise Major RUNCORN, Cheshire, All Saints 433 2176.0786 22/11/1952 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of All Saints 434 2178.0818 13/12/1952 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus LONDON, Cathedral of St Saviour, Southwark 435 2181.0034 26/12/1952 5280 Spliced Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 436 2182.0050 10/01/1953 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary the Virgin 437 2184.0082 17/01/1953 5024 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 438 2184.0083 24/01/1953 5120 Spliced Surprise Major CHESTER, St Mary Within the Walls 439 2187.0130 13/02/1953 5088 Bristol Surprise Major CHESTER, St Mary Within the Walls 440 2187.0133 14/02/1953 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 441 2188.0146 21/02/1953 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal BRADFORD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of St Peter 442 2190.0178 07/03/1953 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus EVESHAM, Worcestershire, Bell Tower 443 2193.0229 21/03/1953 5088 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 444 2194.0243 04/04/1953 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus MANCHESTER, Town Hall 445 2196.0274 11/04/1953 5056 Bristol Surprise Major GRESFORD, Denbighshire, All Saints 446 2195.0258 11/04/1953 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal CHESTER, Cathedral of Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary 447 2196.0276 18/04/1953 5056 Plain Bob Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 448 2199.0323 09/05/1953 5024 Oxford Treble Bob Major MOTTRAM IN LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael 449 2206.0448 25/05/1953 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal SOUTHAMPTON, Hampshire, St Michael 450 2205.0426 06/06/1953 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal STRATFORD ON AVON, Warwickshire, Holy Trinity 451 2206.0444 13/06/1953 5088 Superlative Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 452 2206.0448 20/06/1953 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus LIVERPOOL, Lancashire, Our Lady & St Nicholas 453 2208.0479 01/07/1953 5024 Spliced Surprise Major CHESTER, St Mary Within the Walls 454 2209.0495 11/07/1953 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 455 2211.0526 02/08/1953 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus LIVERPOOL, Lancashire, Our Lady & St Nicholas 456 2212.0542 03/08/1953 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus ASHTON UNDER LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 457 2212.0543 08/08/1953 5088 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 458 2214.0575 15/08/1953 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 459 2219.0654 29/08/1953 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus DUBLIN, National Cathedral of St Patrick 460 2219.0654 29/08/1953 5088 Bristol Surprise Major DUBLIN, St George 461 2219.0654 31/08/1953 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal ENNISKILLEN, Fermanagh, Cathedral of St Macartan 462 2219.0654 01/09/1953 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major BANGOR, Down, St Comgall 463 2219.0654 02/09/1953 5120 Spliced Surprise Major HILLSBOROUGH, Down, St Malachi 464 2219.0654 03/09/1953 5056 Pudsey Surprise Major DROGHEDA, Louth, St Peter 465 2219.0654 03/09/1953 5056 Bristol Surprise Major BRAY, Wicklow, Christ Church 466 2219.0654 04/09/1953 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal DUBLIN, Christ Church Diocesan Cathedral 467 2219.0655 19/09/1953 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 468 2219.0656 24/09/1953 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major MANCHESTER, Lancashire, St John, Miles Platting 469 2220.0672 03/10/1953 5152 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 470 2224.0735 23/10/1953 5152 Southgate Surprise Major MANCHESTER, St John, Miles Platting 471 2229.0815 27/11/1953 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MANCHESTER, St John, Miles Platting 472 2233.0034 19/12/1953 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 473 2232.0018 26/12/1953 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 474 2236.0084 23/01/1954 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 475 2239.0132 13/02/1954 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 476 2240.0146 20/02/1954 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of All Saints 477 2241.0162 27/02/1954 5040 Ludgate Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 478 2242.0178 06/03/1954 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus EVESHAM, Worcestershire, Bell Tower Peal RW Rung Method Place 479 2243.0195 13/03/1954 5152 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 480 2245.0242 20/03/1954 5024 London Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 481 2245.0242 27/03/1954 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal LEEK, Staffordshire, St Edward 482 2248.0290 17/04/1954 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MANCHESTER, Town Hall 483 2249.0307 01/05/1954 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal INVERARAY, Argyllshire, All Saints 484 2250.0322 08/05/1954 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus SHEFFIELD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of St Peter 485 2253.0370 18/05/1954 5056 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 486 2253.0370 22/05/1954 5280 Southwell Surprise Maximus HALIFAX, Yorkshire, St John 487 2260.0483 14/07/1954 5056 Bristol Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 488 2260.0482 17/07/1954 5400 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 489 2263.0532 29/07/1954 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor ROSTHERNE, Cheshire, St Mary 490 2262.0516 31/07/1954 5152 London Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 491 2262.0514 02/08/1954 5007 Stedman Cinques OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 492 2266.0578 14/08/1954 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major NORTHFLEET, Kent, St Botolph 493 2266.0578 15/08/1954 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major SITTINGBOURNE, Kent, St Michael 494 2266.0578 16/08/1954 5056 Bristol Surprise Major BRENCHLEY, Kent, All Saints 495 2266.0578 16/08/1954 5152 London Surprise Major TENTERDEN, Kent, St Mildred 496 2266.0578 17/08/1954 5056 Superlative Surprise Major CHILHAM, Kent, St Mary 497 2266.0578 17/08/1954 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus CANTERBURY, Kent, Christ Church Cathedral 498 2266.0578 18/08/1954 5024 London Surprise Major ASHFORD, Kent, St Mary the 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2274.0707 23/10/1954 5152 London Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 511 2275.0722 30/10/1954 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 512 2277.0754 06/11/1954 5152 Spliced Surprise Major PAISLEY, Renfrewshire, St James 513 2279.0786 13/11/1954 5152 Claybrooke Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE) CHESHIRE, St Thomas 514 2282.0834 04/12/1954 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 515 2284.0003 18/12/1954 5152 Spliced Surprise Major GRESFORD, Denbigh, All Saints 516 2286.0034 27/12/1954 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 517 2288.0066 28/12/1954 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 518 2286.0035 01/01/1955 5184 Macclesfield Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 519 2287.0051 08/01/1955 5056 Bristol Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 520 2287.0050 15/01/1955 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus LIVERPOOL, Lancashire, Our Lady & St Nicholas 521 2290.0099 05/02/1955 5088 Glasgow Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 522 2294.0164 05/03/1955 5024 London Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 523 2296.0194 12/03/1955 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 524 2297.0211 26/03/1955 5088 Macclesfield Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 525 2299.0243 09/04/1955 5088 Macclesfield Surprise Major SADDLEWORTH, Yorkshire, St Chad 526 2302.0290 30/04/1955 5039 Grandsire Caters DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 527 2303.0310 07/05/1955 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 528 2304.0322 14/05/1955 5007 Stedman Caters MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 529 2307.0372 02/06/1955 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 530 2307.0372 03/06/1955 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 531 2312.0450 09/07/1955 5088 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 532 2312.0451 12/07/1955 5024 Bristol Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 533 2313.0468 16/07/1955 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 534 2314.0484 23/07/1955 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor NETHER ALDERLEY, Cheshire, St Mary 535 2318.0547 20/08/1955 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 536 2323.0626 17/09/1955 5088 Bristol Surprise Major EAST CROMPTON, Lancashire, St James 537 2325.0659 01/10/1955 5120 Watford Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 538 2326.0675 14/10/1955 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 539 2327.0690 22/10/1955 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MARSDEN, Yorkshire, St Bartholomew 540 2329.0722 29/10/1955 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 541 2329.0723 30/10/1955 5152 London Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 542 2329.0724 05/11/1955 5280 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 543 2331.0754 19/11/1955 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal BLACKBURN, Lancashire, Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin 544 2332.0771 25/11/1955 5280 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 545 2334.0802 03/12/1955 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 546 2335.0819 10/12/1955 5056 Bristol Surprise Major ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 547 2335.0820 17/12/1955 5280 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 548 2338.0034 26/12/1955 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 549 2338.0035 31/12/1955 5280 Spliced Surprise Major SADDLEWORTH, Yorkshire, St Chad 550 2339.0051 07/01/1956 5056 Bristol Surprise Major MANCHESTER, Cathedral of SS George & Denys 551 2340.0066 14/01/1956 5040 Stedman Triples BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 552 2345.0147 25/02/1956 5088 Rotherham Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 553 2346.0164 03/03/1956 5120 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 554 2347.0178 10/03/1956 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MANCHESTER, Cathedral of St George & St Denys 555 2351.0242 02/04/1956 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MANCHESTER, Cathedral of SS George & Denys 556 2355.0306 21/04/1956 5024 London Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE, St Peter 557 2356.1956 05/05/1956 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus WALTHAM ABBEY, Essex, Holy Cross & St Lawrence 558 2360.0386 02/06/1956 5152 Spliced Surprise Major FARNDON, Cheshire, St Chad Peal RW Rung Method Place 559 2362.0418 09/06/1956 5024 London Surprise Major EAST CROMPTON, Lancashire, St James 560 2363.0435 16/06/1956 5120 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 561 2363.0436 30/06/1956 5024 Bristol Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 562 2369.0530 28/07/1956 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 563 2374.0610 07/09/1956 5472 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 564 2374.0611 15/09/1956 5472 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 565 2375.0626 22/09/1956 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church 566 2379.0690 13/10/1956 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 567 2380.0706 19/10/1956 5152 Spliced Surprise Major NORTHOWRAM, Yorkshire, St Matthew 568 2380.0706 20/10/1956 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal SELBY, Yorkshire, Abbey Church of SS Mary & Germanus 569 2385.0786 17/11/1956 5472 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 570 2385.0786 01/12/1956 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 571 2389.0018 08/12/1956 5088 London Surprise Major ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Blessed Virgin 572 2389.0018 15/12/1956 5472 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 573 2389.0019 22/12/1956 5088 Bristol Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 574 2389.0018 26/12/1956 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 575 2390.0034 29/12/1956 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 576 2391.0052 05/01/1957 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (Hazel Grove), Cheshire, St Thomas 577 2395.0115 02/02/1957 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 578 2396.0132 16/02/1957 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 579 2399.0178 23/02/1957 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael 580 2401.0211 23/03/1957 5120 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 581 2403.0242 06/04/1957 5040 Bristol Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 582 2406.0290 20/04/1957 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus MANCHESTER, Town Hall 583 2410.0358 18/05/1957 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal WREXHAM, Denbigh, St Giles 584 2411.0374 01/06/1957 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 585 2413.0406 10/06/1957 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major BRAINTREE, Essex, St Michael 586 2418.0491 20/07/1957 5152 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 587 2419.0506 27/07/1957 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 588 2420.0522 05/08/1957 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 589 2420.0525 06/08/1957 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 590 2425.0602 10/08/1957 5088 Bristol Surprise Major GAWSWORTH, Cheshire, St James 591 2425.0602 12/08/1957 5056 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 592 2425.0602 12/08/1957 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major ECCLES, Lancashire, St Mary the Virgin 593 2425.0603 13/08/1957 5056 Bristol Surprise Major ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 594 2425.0603 14/08/1957 5088 Superlative Surprise Major BREDBURY, Cheshire, St Mark 595 2427.0634 07/09/1957 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 596 2428.0650 21/09/1957 5120 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 597 2430.0683 05/10/1957 5056 Bristol Surprise Major WH1TTLE-LE-WOODS, Lancashire, St John the Evangelist 598 2433.0730 25/10/1957 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal BRADFORD, Yorkshire, Cathedral of St Peter 599 2433.0733 02/11/1957 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 600 2438.0815 30/11/1957 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas 601 2438.0816 07/12/1957 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 602 2440.0002 14/12/1957 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 603 2441.0018 21/12/1957 5040 Stedman Triples MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 604 2441.0019 23/12/1957 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major LYMM, Cheshire, St Mary 605 2441.0018 26/12/1957 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 606 2442.0034 28/12/1957 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 607 2443.0055 04/01/1958 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 608 2445.0089 11/01/1958 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 609 2445.0086 18/01/1958 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 610 2448.0135 08/02/1958 5024 London Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 611 2448.0134 15/02/1958 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal CHESTER, Cathedral of Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary 612 2450.0167 22/02/1958 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 613 2452.0198 01/03/1958 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 614 2454.0230 15/03/1958 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St George 615 2454.0232 29/03/1958 5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 616 2455.0246 05/04/1958 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 617 2456.0262 12/04/1958 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 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14/11/1964 5280 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY (hazel Grove), Cheshire, St Thomas 810 2800.0857 24/11/1964 5040 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 811 2804.0041 26/12/1964 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 812 2806.0082 29/12/1964 5280 Lambeth Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 813 2806.0082 02/01/1965 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 814 2806.0081 09/01/1965 5376 Lincolnshire Surprise Major NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas 815 2807.0097 16/01/1965 5007 Stedman Caters MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 816 2808.0125 23/01/1965 5056 Bristol Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 817 2808.0117 30/01/1965 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 818 2816.0250 06/02/1965 5024 Bristol Surprise Major PRESTWICH, Manchester, St Mary the Virgin 819 2814.0217 13/02/1965 5184 London Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 820 2814.0217 13/03/1965 5088 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831 2838.0613 31/07/1965 5056 Bristol Surprise Major DARESBURY, Cheshire, All Saints 832 2838.0613 14/08/1965 5040 Stedman Triples NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 833 2839.0630 28/08/1965 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus CHELTENHAM, Gloucestershire, St Mary the Virgin 834 2839.0630 29/08/1965 5152 Spliced Surprise Major LONGNEY, Gloucestershire, St Lawrence 835 2842.0680 07/09/1965 5280 Lambeth Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 836 2846.0752 14/10/1965 5016 Plain Bob Maximus MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 837 2849.0806 21/10/1965 5040 Plain Bob Royal MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 838 2849.0806 11/11/1965 5016 Plain Bob Maximus CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 18 Hill Top Avenue 839 2849.0801 13/11/1965 5088 Bristol Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 840 2850.0824 20/11/1965 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Belfry of Christ Church 841 2855.0013 25/11/1965 5016 Plain Bob 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2914.0135 04/02/1967 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 884 2919.0225 14/02/1967 5016 Plain Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 885 2916.0169 18/02/1967 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus LIVERPOOL, Cathedral of Christ 886 2918.0205 25/02/1967 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major BUNBURY, Cheshire, St Boniface 887 2918.0205 02/03/1967 5000 Plain Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 888 2918.0205 04/03/1967 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 889 2925.0332 14/03/1967 5016 Plain Bob Maximus MARPLE, Cheshire, Catesby, 71 Woodville Drive 890 2921.0256 25/03/1967 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MANCHESTER, Town Hall 891 2921.0258 27/03/1967 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal STAFFORD, St Mary 892 2921.0255 01/04/1967 5056 Aldenham Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 893 2923.0292 11/04/1967 5004 Kent Treble Bob Maximus MARPLE, Cheshire, Bombay, 24 Ridge Crescent 894 2927.0363 06/05/1967 5040 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2988.0587 13/07/1968 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 949 2995.0711 17/08/1968 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus LIVERPOOL, Cathedral of Christ 950 2999.0795 30/08/1968 5016 Plain Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 951 2998.0772 31/08/1968 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church 952 2999.0795 12/09/1968 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 40 Ridge Crescent, Hawk Green 953 2999.0791 14/09/1968 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 954 3003.0875 10/10/1968 5016 Plain Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 955 3011.0013 17/10/1968 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major PRESTBURY, West Pines, Dale Brow 956 3011.0009 19/10/1968 5088 London Surprise Major MOTTRAM-IN-LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael 957 3011.0010 26/10/1968 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal KENDAL, Westmorland, Holy Trinity 958 3011.0009 31/10/1968 5152 Spliced Surprise Major KIDSGROVE, Staffordshire, St Thomas Peal RW Rung Method Place 959 3011.0010 02/11/1968 5042 Aldenham Surprise Maximus MANCHESTER, Town Hall 960 3007.0954 07/11/1968 5184 Kent Treble Bob Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 961 3011.0010 09/11/1968 5152 Spliced Surprise Major WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 962 3007.0954 16/11/1968 5056 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints Bell Tower 963 3011.0009 17/11/1968 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 964 3012.0034 05/12/1968 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent 965 3017.0128 10/12/1968 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 966 3016.0108 14/12/1968 5056 Havant Surprise Major GRAPPENHALL, Cheshire, St Wilfrid 967 3015.0091 17/12/1968 5056 Plain Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 968 3016.0109 27/12/1968 5000 Plain Bob Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 969 3018.0148 04/01/1969 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 970 3018.0151 07/01/1969 5056 Plain Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 971 3018.0148 11/01/1969 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus SURFLEET, Lincolnshire, St Laurence 972 3019.0171 16/01/1969 5160 Spliced Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10, Eden Drive 973 3019.0167 18/01/1969 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 974 3021.0211 21/01/1969 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 975 3022.0234 04/02/1969 5016 Plain Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 976 3024.0271 27/02/1969 5136 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 977 3022.0227 01/03/1969 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus WALSALL, Staffordshire, St Matthew 978 3029.0367 15/03/1969 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MARSDEN, Yorkshire, St Bartholomew 979 3029.0374 18/03/1969 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 980 3026.0314 22/03/1969 5040 Plain Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 981 3029.0367 29/03/1969 5152 London 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Cheshire, 52 Wellington Rd 1026 3075.0257 12/03/1970 5016 Plain Bob Maximus MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent 1027 3078.0317 20/03/1970 5040 Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent 1028 3078.0314 22/03/1970 5016 Plain Bob Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 1029 3084.0440 02/04/1970 5040 Plain Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1030 3085.0462 07/04/1970 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1031 3085.0462 16/04/1970 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1032 3084.0437 18/04/1970 5120 Battersea Surprise Major DORE, Derbyshire, Christ Church 1033 3082.0402 21/04/1970 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 6 Ashwood Crescent 1034 3085.0462 30/04/1970 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 1035 3083.0417 02/05/1970 5040 Minor GOOSTREY, Cheshire, St Luke 1036 3087.0500 14/05/1970 5016 Plain Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1037 3092.0599 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MARPLE, Cheshire, 71 Woodville Drive 1048 3094.0640 18/07/1970 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal EDINBURGH, Cathedral of St Mary 1049 3107.0897 22/07/1970 5040 Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 1050 3095.0661 23/07/1970 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1051 3097.0699 06/08/1970 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 1052 3097.0699 13/08/1970 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1053 3100.0756 15/08/1970 5081 Grandsire Cinques MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 1054 3102.0802 22/08/1970 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 1055 3100.0762 27/08/1970 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1056 3104.0841 10/09/1970 5040 Plain Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 1057 3104.0838 26/09/1970 5040 Vale Royal Delight Minor GOOSTREY, Cheshire, St Luke 1058 3104.0838 03/10/1970 5040 Stedman Triples 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Wellington Road 1070 3114.0011 05/12/1970 5040 Plain Bob Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 1071 3117.0083 08/12/1970 5040 Plain Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1072 3119.0118 26/12/1970 5056 Rutland Surprise Major HAYFIELD, Derbyshire, St Matthew 1073 3120.0140 14/01/1971 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Browv 1074 3126.0271 21/01/1971 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1075 3126.0271 28/01/1971 5016 Plain Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1076 3126.0271 04/02/1971 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue 1077 3126.0271 11/02/1971 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 1078 3125.0238 20/02/1971 5088 Lessness Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 1079 3126.0271 25/02/1971 5040 Little Plain Bob Royal MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue 1080 3126.0271 04/03/1971 5016 Plain Bob Maximus ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1081 3130.0358 11/03/1971 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1082 3130.0354 13/03/1971 5056 Bristol Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1083 3130.0358 18/03/1971 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 1084 3130.0358 25/03/1971 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1085 3140.0574 10/04/1971 5042 Warwickshire Surprise Maximus MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 1086 3133.0429 13/04/1971 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal RANMOOR, Sheffield, Yorkshire, St John 1087 3139.0055 17/04/1971 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major DARESBURY, Cheshire, All Saints 1088 3139.0553 15/05/1971 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus BIRMINGHAM, Cathedral Church of St Philip 1089 3139.0055 22/05/1971 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major NORTHWICH, Cheshire, St Helen, Witton 1090 3139.0554 27/05/1971 5040 Plain Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 10 Eden Drive 1091 3145.0690 10/06/1971 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire 52 Wellington Road 1092 3145.0686 26/06/1971 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Blessed Virgin 1093 3145.0690 01/07/1971 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1094 3145.0686 13/07/1971 5120 Spliced Treble Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1095 3145.0690 15/07/1971 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1096 3146.0708 17/07/1971 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus BRISTOL, St Mary Redcliffe 1097 3147.0725 24/07/1971 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major MOTTRAM-IN-LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 1098 3149.0769 12/08/1971 5016 Plain Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1099 3154.0867 14/08/1971 5280 Londinium Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 1100 3156.0918 02/09/1971 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1101 3158.0960 09/09/1971 5040 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1102 3155.0891 18/09/1971 5152 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1103 3156.0918 23/09/1971 5056 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue 1104 3158.0960 30/09/1971 5056 Plain Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1105 3158.0957 02/10/1971 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 1106 3162.1041 21/10/1971 5040 Plain Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1107 3162.1038 30/10/1971 5056 Bristol Surprise Major SADDLEWORTH, Yorkshire, St Chad 1108 3162.1041 04/11/1971 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1109 3168.0034 11/11/1971 5040 Plain Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1110 3169.0056 13/11/1971 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, St Mary the Virgin 1111 3168.0034 25/11/1971 5016 Plain Bob Maximus ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1112 3168.0039 02/12/1971 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Drive 1113 3168.0039 09/12/1971 5056 Plain Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1114 3172.0125 17/12/1971 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major NEWHEY, Lancashire, St Thomas 1115 3172.0125 19/12/1971 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 1116 3171.0102 23/12/1971 5040 Plain Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1117 3170.0083 28/12/1971 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1118 3171.0100 29/12/1971 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal WREXHAM, Denbighshire, St Giles Peal RW Rung Method Place 1119 3177.0223 06/01/1972 5040 Plain Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1120 3172.0122 08/01/1972 5088 Spliced Surprise Maximus LEICESTER, Cathedral of St Martin 1121 3172.0124 13/01/1972 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue 1122 3177.0223 20/01/1972 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1123 3177.0223 27/01/1972 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1124 3176.0199 02/02/1972 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 1125 3178.0242 19/02/1972 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1126 3178.0242 24/02/1972 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1127 3182.0322 02/03/1972 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1128 3182.0319 04/03/1972 5088 Bristol Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1129 3182.0319 11/03/1972 5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1130 3182.0322 16/03/1972 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1131 3188.0442 06/04/1972 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringfaam Road 1132 3184.0359 08/04/1972 5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1133 3188.0442 20/04/1972 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1134 3191.0499 06/05/1972 5000 Plain Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1135 3191.0503 11/05/1972 5184 Treble Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue 1136 3191.0503 18/05/1972 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1137 3192.0523 01/06/1972 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1138 3193.0542 08/06/1972 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1139 3196.0602 15/06/1972 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1140 3196.0602 23/06/1972 5040 Plain Bob Minor CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, Derbyshire, Ashdene, the Horderns 1141 3199.0662 15/07/1972 5152 London Surprise Major MEOLE BRACE, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Holy Trinity 1142 3199.0659 21/07/1972 5120 Spliced Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 1143 3199.0659 22/07/1972 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major CHESTER, St Mary-within-the-Walls 1144 3201.0702 25/07/1972 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major GLENFIELD, Leicestershire, 22 Groby Road 1145 3200.0683 27/07/1972 5040 Plain Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1146 3203.0744 19/08/1972 5120 Chequerbent Surprise Major WALKDEN, Lancashire, St Paul 1147 3205.0784 24/08/1972 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1148 3213.0944 01/09/1972 5016 Plain Bob Maximus GLENFIELD, Leicester, 22 Groby Road 1149 3213.0944 02/09/1972 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major WIGSTON, Leicester, 13 Bradgate Drive 1150 3213.0944 02/09/1972 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal LEICESTER, The Wayside, 150 Narborough Road South 1151 3210.0882 21/09/1972 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1152 3209.0859 27/09/1972 5040 Plain Bob Minor CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John the Evangelist 1153 3210.0882 28/09/1972 5040 Kent Treble Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1154 3209.0859 30/09/1972 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1155 3213.0940 07/10/1972 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major CHEWTON MENDIP, Somerset, St Mary Magdalene 1156 3215.0985 26/10/1972 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1157 3215.0984 28/10/1972 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus WORCESTER, Cathedral 1158 3215.0980 04/11/1972 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1159 3215.0985 09/11/1972 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1160 3222.0073 23/11/1972 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue 1161 3222.0067 08/12/1972 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 1162 3225.0131 04/01/1973 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1163 3228.0187 13/01/1973 5120 Spliced Surprise Major MOTTRAM-IN-LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael 1164 3228.0190 25/01/1973 5056 St Clement's College Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd 1165 3228.0187 03/02/1973 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 1166 3229.0211 08/02/1973 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus MARPLE, Cheshire, 43 Leigh Avenue 1167 3230.0229 15/02/1973 5080 Kent Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1168 3230.0227 17/02/1973 5056 Rutland Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1169 3230.0227 24/02/1973 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 1170 3233.0292 03/03/1973 5024 Plain Bob Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 1171 3235.0336 08/03/1973 5040 Plain Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1172 3235.0336 29/03/1973 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1173 3239.0414 31/03/1973 5152 London Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1174 3238.0392 23/04/1973 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major WHITCHURCH, Shropshire, St Alkmund 1175 3243.0496 05/05/1973 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NANTWICH, Cheshire, St Mary 1176 3243.0500 24/05/1973 5040 Plain Bob Royal MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry 1177 3243.0500 31/05/1973 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1178 3249.0620 28/06/1973 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1179 3249.0617 07/07/1973 5088 Bristol Surprise Major BROUGHTON, Staffordshire, St Peter 1180 3249.0620 12/07/1973 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry 1181 3249.0617 14/07/1973 5056 Bristol Surprise Major ALTON, Staffordshire, St Peter 1182 3255.0735 21/07/1973 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 1183 3256.0758 21/07/1973 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1184 3255.0738 23/08/1973 5056 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints' Belfry 1185 3256.0755 27/08/1973 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church 1186 3258.0796 01/09/1973 5024 London Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 1187 3258.0797 06/09/1973 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1188 3258.0796 08/09/1973 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal DERBY, Cathedral of All Saints 1189 3262.0883 27/09/1973 5040 Plain Bob Minor CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, Derbyshire, Ashdene, the Horderns 1190 3262.0883 04/10/1973 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Road 1191 3262.0880 06/10/1973 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major WARBURTON, Cheshire, St Werburgh 1192 3269.1040 18/10/1973 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1193 3264.0922 27/10/1973 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 1194 3269.1040 08/11/1973 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1195 3271.0010 17/11/1973 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 1196 3273.0053 22/11/1973 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd 1197 3273.0049 01/12/1973 5088 Bristol Surprise Major WITTON, Northwich, Cheshire, St Helen 1198 3273.0049 15/12/1973 5040 Plain Bob Minor BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin Peal RW Rung Method Place 1199 3275.0094 22/12/1973 5088 Bristol Surprise Major MOTTRAM-IN-LONGDENDALE, Cheshire, St Michael 1200 3275.0099 27/12/1973 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1201 3276.0120 03/01/1974 5152 Rutland Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd 1202 3276.0116 05/01/1974 5024 London Surprise Major NORBURY (Hazel Grove), Cheshire, St Thomas 1203 3278.0161 10/01/1974 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire 46 Brookside Avenue 1204 3278.0158 26/01/1974 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus LONDON, St Michael, Cornhill 1205 3280.0200 02/02/1974 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major CHESTER, St Mary Within the Walls 1206 3284.0289 07/03/1974 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1207 3288.0369 23/03/1974 5056 Prestbury Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, St Peter 1208 3288.0369 06/04/1974 5024 Belfast Surprise Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 1209 3291.0431 13/04/1974 5184 Bristol Surprise Major ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 1210 3291.0436 23/04/1974 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd 1211 3294.0494 26/04/1974 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 1212 3294.0493 27/04/1974 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus CHELTENHAM, Gloucestershire, St Mary the Virgin 1213 3293.0476 02/05/1974 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1214 3293.0474 04/05/1974 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal INVERNESS, Cathedral Church of St Andrew 1215 3293.0474 07/05/1974 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 1216 3297.0558 07/06/1974 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus BIRMINGHAM, Cathedral of St Philip 1217 3298.0515 14/06/1974 5040 Minor TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 1218 3303.0675 20/06/1974 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1219 3303.0671 22/06/1974 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major WITTON, Northwich, Cheshire, St Helen 1220 3303.0675 25/06/1974 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1221 3304.0691 20/07/1974 5152 London Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 1222 3304.0696 26/07/1974 5040 Plain Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1223 3304.0696 29/07/1974 5040 Plain Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1224 3309.0796 03/08/1974 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 1225 3307.0151 06/08/1974 5184 Saddleworth Surprise Major SADDLEWORTH, Yorkshire, St Chad 1226 3309.0796 16/08/1974 5088 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 1227 3310.0815 31/08/1974 5040 Stedman Triples MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 1228 3310.0818 04/09/1974 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd 1229 3313.0882 12/09/1974 5040 Plain Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1230 3314.0901 20/09/1974 5056 Spliced Surprise Major ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 1231 3313.0882 26/09/1974 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd 1232 3314.0903 03/10/1974 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1233 3316.0946 17/10/1974 5016 Plain Bob Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd 1234 3316.0942 26/10/1974 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 1235 3319.1008 29/10/1974 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1236 3319.1004 02/11/1974 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major ECCLESTON, Cheshire, St Mary the Blessed Virgin 1237 3319.1008 07/11/1974 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1238 3321.1047 14/11/1974 5016 Little Bob Maximus OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1239 3320.1029 21/11/1974 5184 Little Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd 1240 3321.1047 28/11/1974 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1241 3323.0009 05/12/1974 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 1242 3323.0008 07/12/1974 5040 Belfast Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael & All Angels 1243 3327.0092 12/12/1974 5184 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin 1244 3327.0095 19/12/1974 5080 Oxford Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1245 3326.0070 27/12/1974 5136 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1246 3328.0115 02/01/1975 5040 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1247 3330.0152 04/01/1975 5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major GRAPPENHALL, Cheshire, St Wilfrid 1248 3328.0115 07/01/1975 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1249 3328.0115 09/01/1975 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1250 3328.0111 11/01/1975 5040 Plain Bob Triples LYMM, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1251 3329.0135 16/01/1975 5136 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1252 3331.0173 18/01/1975 5056 Bristol Surprise Major MOORSIDE, Oldham, Lancashire, St Thomas 1253 3331.0176 28/01/1975 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal RESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1254 3332.0199 04/02/1975 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Rd 1255 3332.0199 06/02/1975 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1256 3332.0196 15/02/1975 5184 Bristol Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, Blessed Virgin Mary 1257 3335.0260 22/02/1975 5040 Plain Bob Minor DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1258 3335.0262 25/02/1975 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1259 3334.0246 27/02/1975 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1260 3335.0262 04/03/1975 5056 Plain Bob Major CHEADLE HULME, Stockport, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road 1261 3340.0361 27/03/1975 5088 Kent Treble Bob Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1262 3340.0360 29/03/1975 5019 Stedman Cinques MANCHESTER, Lancashire, Town Hall 1263 3340.0360 02/04/1975 5088 Plain Bob Major GRAPPENHALL, Cheshire, St Wilfrid 1264 3340.0362 03/04/1975 5056 Plain Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1265 3340.0360 05/04/1975 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin 1266 3342.0406 08/04/1975 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW CHESHIRE, 11 Hall Road 1267 3342.0406 10/04/1975 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus ALTRINCHAM, Manchester, 52 Wellington Road 1268 3343.0431 15/04/1975 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1269 3343.0431 17/04/1975 5008 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Rd 1270 3342.0404 19/04/1975 5088 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin 1271 3344.0450 01/05/1975 5136 Kent Treble Bob Maximus PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1272 3344.0449 03/05/1975 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus WAKEFIELD, Cathedral 1273 3346.0488 06/05/1975 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road 1274 3346.0488 15/05/1975 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1275 3346.0487 17/05/1975 5056 Superlative Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1276 3347.0511 22/05/1975 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1277 3350.0567 31/05/1975 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1278 3349.0550 05/06/1975 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Peal RW Rung Method Place 1279 3349.0550 12/06/1975 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1280 3350.0570 17/06/1975 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Rd 1281 3351.0590 19/06/1975 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road 1282 3350.0567 21/06/1975 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1283 3354.0648 25/06/1975 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus CHESTER, Cathedral 1284 3352.0610 03/07/1975 5136 Kent Treble Bob Maximus WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 1285 3355.0670 10/07/1975 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1286 3355.0668 12/07/1975 5040 Plain Bob Minor TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 1287 3355.0670 17/07/1975 5056 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 30 Ridge Crescent 1288 3356.0690 29/07/1975 5056 Kent Treble Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1289 3358.0730 07/08/1975 5040 Plain Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1290 3360.0769 19/08/1975 5040 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 11 Woodville Drive 1291 3364.0849 18/09/1975 5120 Superlative Surprise Major OFFERTON, Manchester, 46 Brookside Avenue 1292 3364.0849 23/09/1975 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1293 3368.0933 30/09/1975 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1294 3368.0934 03/10/1975 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1295 3368.0934 04/10/1975 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1296 3368.0934 04/10/1975 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1297 3368.0933 07/10/1975 5056 Plain Bob Major HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, 91 Cavendish Road 1298 3370.0977 11/10/1975 5040 Lincolnshire Surprise Royal WARWICK, St Mary 1299 3368.0933 21/10/1975 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1300 3370.0976 25/10/1975 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus BOLTON, Lancashire, St Peter 1301 3370.0978 30/10/1975 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1302 3371.0996 31/10/1975 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Manchester, St Thomas 1303 3369.0954 01/11/1975 5056 Bristol Surprise Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 1304 3371.0998 04/11/1975 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Manchester, 52 Wellington Road 1305 3371.0998 07/11/1975 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1306 3371.0998 11/11/1975 5056 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 30 Ridge Crescent 1307 3384.0206 02/12/1975 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 11 Woodville Drive 1308 3379.0094 13/12/1975 5040 Plain Bob Minor DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1309 3380.0117 13/12/1975 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket 1310 3379.0097 23/12/1975 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1311 3378.0071 27/12/1975 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin 1312 3379.0097 30/12/1975 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, 91 Cavendish Road 1313 3379.0092 03/01/1976 5000 Plain Bob Royal DUNHAM MASSEY, Altrincham, Cheshire, St Margaret 1314 3379.0093 06/01/1976 5056 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 30 Ridge Crescent 1315 3383.0182 10/01/1976 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal HEREFORD, Cathedral 1316 3383.0184 13/01/1976 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1317 3381.0139 20/01/1976 5184 Cambridge Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1318 3383.0181 24/01/1976 5056 Plain Bob Major MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 1319 3396.0461 27/01/1976 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1320 3383.0181 31/01/1976 5040 Grandsire Triples MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1321 3383.0184 03/02/1976 5024 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road 1322 3384.0206 05/02/1976 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 1323 3384.0204 07/02/1976 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major STRETFORD, Lancashire, St Matthew 1324 3388.0287 21/02/1976 5040 Plain Bob Minor CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John The Evangelist 1325 3388.0290 23/02/1976 5040 Plain Bob Minor HALE, Altrincham, Cheshire, 105 Woburn Drive 1326 3388.0287 27/02/1976 5056 Spliced Surprise Major HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, St Thomas, Norbury 1327 3387.0271 02/03/1976 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1328 3391.0353 18/03/1976 5056 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 11 Woodville Drive 1329 3391.0353 30/03/1976 5040 Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1330 3394.0417 02/04/1976 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael 1331 3392.0374 04/04/1976 5040 Grandsire Triples FLIXTON, Manchester, St Michael 1332 3396.0461 08/04/1976 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 11 Woodville Drive 1333 3396.0461 29/04/1976 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1334 3402.0580 01/05/1976 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus LEICESTER, Leicestershire, St Margaret 1335 3397.0482 06/05/1976 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1336 3400.0542 11/05/1976 5040 Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, 30 Ridge Crescent 1337 3400.0542 20/05/1976 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road 1338 3400.0542 25/05/1976 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road 1339 3401.0561 03/06/1976 5056 Plain Bob Major HALE, Altrincham, Cheshire, 105 Woburn Drive 1340 3401.0560 04/06/1976 5056 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin 1341 3402.0580 05/06/1976 5042 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus MANCHESTER, Town Hall 1342 3401.0561 08/06/1976 5056 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 11 Woodville Drive 1343 3404.0622 15/06/1976 5056 Plain Bob Major WILLASTON, Crewe, Cheshire, 4 Coppice Road 1344 3402.0582 16/06/1976 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1345 3407.0677 22/06/1976 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1346 3407.0676 03/07/1976 5056 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin 1347 3407.0677 06/07/1976 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1348 3405.0654 10/07/1976 5152 Amsterdam Surprise Major STRETFORD, Lancashire, St Matthew 1349 3408.0695 17/07/1976 5040 Plain Bob Minor DUNHAM MASSEY, Altrincham, St Margaret 1350 3408.0695 19/07/1976 5056 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin 1351 3408.0697 20/07/1976 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road 1352 3410.0739 27/07/1976 5056 Plain Bob Major TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House 1353 3413.0798 13/08/1976 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 1354 3415.0839 28/08/1976 5040 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary The Virgin 1355 3413.0800 31/08/1976 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1356 3415.0839 03/09/1976 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 1357 3415.0839 11/09/1976 5040 Plain Bob Minor TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 1358 3417.0887 21/09/1976 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road Peal RW Rung Method Place 1359 3417.0885 25/09/1976 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major FLIXTON, Lancashire, St Michael 1360 3418.0906 28/09/1976 5040 Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 3 Sylvan Avenue 1361 3418.0906 05/10/1976 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 11 Woodville Drive 1362 3420.0949 12/10/1976 5024 Oxford Treble Bob Major TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House 1363 3421.0971 19/10/1976 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major HAZEL GROVE, Manchester, 91 Cavendish Road 1364 3425.1055 02/11/1976 5024 Kent Treble Bob Major TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House 1365 3426.1076 30/11/1976 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33, Sandringham Road 1366 3428.0009 07/12/1976 5040 Plain Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1367 3428.0009 08/12/1976 5056 Plain Bob Major WILLASTON, Crewe, Cheshire, 4 Coppice Road 1368 3430.0054 14/12/1976 5040 Minor TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House 1369 3430.0054 16/12/1976 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1370 3431.0073 27/12/1976 5088 Marple Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1371 3432.0098 29/12/1976 5024 London Surprise Major NANTWICH, Cheshire, St Mary 1372 3433.0120 11/01/1977 5040 Minor ALTRINCHAM, Manchester, 52 Wellington Road 1373 3433.0120 13/01/1977 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Road 1374 3434.0142 15/01/1977 5040 Minor LOWER PEOVER, Cheshire, St Oswald 1375 3437.0209 18/01/1977 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 125 Mobberley Road 1376 3435.0166 01/02/1977 5024 Oxford Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1377 3435.0166 03/02/1977 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1378 3437.0209 17/02/1977 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1379 3440.0275 22/02/1977 5040 Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1380 3442.0317 24/02/1977 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1381 3439.0250 01/03/1977 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road 1382 3445.0383 05/03/1977 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus SOLIHULL, Warwickshire, St Alphege 1383 3441.0299 15/03/1977 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House 1384 3442.0318 17/03/1977 5120 Kent Treble Bob Royal PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1385 3446.0407 12/04/1977 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House 1386 3445.0386 15/04/1977 5056 Ullesthorpe Surprise Major ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 1387 3446.0407 19/04/1977 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1388 3451.0512 22/04/1977 5042 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael 1389 3448.0450 23/04/1977 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas 1390 3457.0657 24/05/1977 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1391 3457.0655 04/06/1977 5086 Combretonio Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael 1392 3454.0568 07/06/1977 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1393 3456.0641 14/06/1977 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1394 3462.0756 16/07/1977 5088 Spliced Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, The Blessed Virgin Mary 1395 3463.0778 20/07/1977 5056 Plain Bob Major WILLASTON, Crewe, Cheshire, 37 Park Road 1396 3462.0757 26/07/1977 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 1397 3464.0798 29/07/1977 5088 Uxbridge Surprise Major HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, St Thomas 1398 3464.0801 15/08/1977 5040 Plain Bob Minor CATFIELD, Norfolk, The White House 1399 3467.0871 27/08/1977 5040 Imperial Surprise Royal NOTTINGHAM, St Mary 1400 3466.0845 03/09/1977 5088 London Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1401 3467.0870 06/09/1977 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 1402 3470.0934 13/09/1977 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1403 3472.0976 24/09/1977 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major BREDBURY, Cheshire, St Mark 1404 3472.0979 11/10/1977 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1405 3472.0976 15/10/1977 5040 Minor WISTASTON, Cheshire, St Mary 1406 3476.1069 18/10/1977 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1407 3474.1021 25/10/1977 5040 Little Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 125 Mobberley Road 1408 3475.1043 02/11/1977 5056 Plain Bob Minor WILLASTON, Cheshire, 37 Park Road 1409 3475.1043 08/11/1977 5280 Oxford Treble Bob Major HAZEL GROVE, Mancheser, 91 Cavendish Road 1410 3476.1069 15/11/1977 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1411 3483.0087 22/11/1977 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1412 3483.0075 25/11/1977 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1413 3482.0051 03/12/1977 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus PAINSWICK, Gloucestershire, St Mary, Virgin 1414 3480.0013 06/12/1977 5040 Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 1415 3483.0077 09/12/1977 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 1416 3483.0087 20/12/1977 5040 Minor HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, 91 Cavendish Road 1417 3483.0087 27/12/1977 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 1418 3485.0128 31/12/1977 5008 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 1419 3484.0102 03/01/1978 5040 Treble Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1420 3485.0125 14/01/1978 5024 Pudsey Surprise Major ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 1421 3491.0252 02/02/1978 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1422 3492.0268 10/02/1978 5007 Stedman Caters WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 1423 3491.0252 14/02/1978 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1424 3491.0250 18/02/1978 5024 Rutland Surprise Major ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 1425 3491.0252 01/03/1978 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines 1426 3496.0355 16/03/1978 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, West Pines, Dale Brow 1427 3494.0308 17/03/1978 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 1428 3495.0336 21/03/1978 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road 1429 3498.0398 27/03/1978 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal WREXHAM, Clwyd, St Giles 1430 3495.0336 29/03/1978 5024 Superlative Surprise Major OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1431 3496.0353 01/04/1978 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus BRADFORD, Cathedral 1432 3497.0372 08/04/1978 5040 Plain Bob Minor DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1433 3500.0440 15/04/1978 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 1434 3500.0440 20/04/1978 5040 Plain Bob Minor TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 1435 3500.0443 25/04/1978 5056 Plain Bob Major TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House 1436 3502.0481 06/05/1978 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 1437 3503.0500 20/05/1978 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 1438 3508.0609 03/06/1978 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary Peal RW Rung Method Place 1439 3509.0634 06/06/1978 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1440 3508.0610 13/06/1978 5056 Spliced Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 1441 3510.0654 08/07/1978 5056 Bristol Surprise Major ABBOTS BROMLEY, Staffordshire, St Nicholas 1442 3513.0712 15/07/1978 5040 Surprise Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire 1443 3513.0712 18/07/1978 5120 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1444 3516.0778 03/08/1978 5056 Aldenham Surprise Major OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1445 3515.0753 11/08/1978 5088 Bristol Surprise Major HAZEL GROVE, Cheshire, St Thomas, Norbury 1446 3516.0775 17/08/1978 5072 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1447 3522.0916 25/08/1978 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 1448 3518.0820 02/09/1978 5056 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1449 3520.0871 12/09/1978 5080 Oxford Treble Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 125 Mobberley Road 1450 3520.0869 17/09/1978 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary Virgin 1451 3522.0913 23/09/1978 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1452 3522.0915 26/09/1978 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Manchester, 52 Wellington Road 1453 3525.0983 20/10/1978 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael (AA) 1454 3527.1029 04/11/1978 5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus BOLTON, Lancashire, St Peter 1455 3530.1105 09/11/1978 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road 1456 3533.0036 23/11/1978 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1457 3535.0077 09/12/1978 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1458 3534.0058 14/12/1978 5184 Pudsey Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1459 3535.0077 16/12/1978 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1460 3542.0227 30/01/1979 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 125 Mobberley Road 1461 3542.0225 17/02/1979 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major FLIXTON, Manchester, St Michael 1462 3546.0310 22/02/1979 5022 Cambridge Surprise Major OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1463 3546.0307 24/02/1979 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 1464 3547.0329 01/03/1979 5152 Rutland Surprise Major OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1465 3548.0348 19/03/1979 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 1466 3547.0329 20/03/1979 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1467 3550.0393 29/03/1979 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1468 3549.0368 31/03/1979 5040 Plain Bob Minor DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1469 3550.0393 05/04/1979 5376 Superlative Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1470 3549.0368 07/04/1979 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1471 3552.0436 12/04/1979 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major CHEADLE HULME, Cheshire, 4 Granville Road 1472 3552.0436 26/04/1979 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal OFFERTON, Stockport, 46 Brookside Avenue 1473 3558.0569 05/05/1979 5055 Stedman Caters OLDHAM, Lancashire, St Mary 1474 3555.0498 07/05/1979 5055 Stedman Caters WORSLEY, Lancashire, St Mark 1475 3557.0545 08/05/1979 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1476 3556.0524 19/05/1979 5056 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1477 3560.0615 09/06/1979 5024 London Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1478 3560.0618 12/06/1979 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9, Hawthorn Lane 1479 3560.0618 13/06/1979 5056 Plain Bob Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, 78 Townfield Lane 1480 3559.0593 16/06/1979 5040 Plain Bob Royal OLDHAM, St Mary 1481 3563.0681 20/06/1979 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Michael AA 1482 3562.0660 30/06/1979 5056 Bristol Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1483 3562.0663 03/07/1979 5120 Spliced Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road 1484 3562.0660 07/07/1979 5024 London Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1485 3564.0700 14/07/1979 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NEW MILLS, Derbyshire, St George 1486 3564.0703 24/07/1979 5120 Spliced Surprise Major OFFERTON, Stockport, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1487 3564.0703 25/07/1979 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major RUNCORN, Cheshire, The Nook, Weston Road 1488 3568.0782 31/07/1979 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Rd 1489 3566.0740 05/08/1979 5056 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1490 3568.0782 07/08/1979 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Ave 1491 3570.0821 28/08/1979 5040 Plain Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road 1492 3571.0844 31/08/1979 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 1493 3570.0825 04/09/1979 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1494 3573.0887 15/09/1979 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1495 3575.0935 18/09/1979 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 30 Wellington Rd 1496 3573.0889 26/09/1979 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major CUDDINGTON, Cheshire, 4 Valley Lane 1497 3577.0976 06/10/1979 5038 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus ASHTON-U-LYNE, Lancashire St Michael 1498 3577.0978 09/10/1979 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1499 3589.0119 23/10/1979 5056 Plain Bob Major OFFERTON, Manchester, 46 Brookside Avenue 1500 3582.1093 06/11/1979 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9, Hawthorn Lane. 1501 3582.1093 07/11/1979 5040 Plain Bob Royal GRESFORD, Clwyd, Dunnolme, Pant Lane 1502 3582.1084 10/11/1979 5152 London Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary Virgin 1503 3582.1093 22/11/1979 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 15 Whiteley Place 1504 3590.0144 01/12/1979 5088 Kent Treble Bob Maximus CHESTER, Cathedral 1505 3586.0055 04/12/1979 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1506 3586.0052 15/12/1979 5184 Pudsey Surprise Major WALKDEN, Lancashire, St Paul 1507 3589.0118 27/12/1979 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major OFFERTON, Manchester, 46 Brookside Avenue 1508 3587.0071 28/12/1979 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFI ELD, Cheshire. Christ Church 1509 3590.0144 03/01/1980 5040 Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1510 3590.0144 09/01/1980 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1511 3590.0144 15/01/1980 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52, Wellington Road 1512 3592.0184 19/01/1980 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 1513 3593.0206 29/01/1980 5136 Kent Treble Bob Maximus OFFERTON, Cheshire, 46 Brookside Avenue 1514 3592.0186 02/02/1980 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael AA 1515 3595.0252 09/02/1980 5184 Spliced Surprise Major WITTON, Northwich, Cheshire, St Helen 1516 3595.0255 12/02/1980 5056 Kent Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1517 3596.0272 16/02/1980 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major WOODCHURCH, Merseyside, Holy Cross 1518 3595.0252 18/02/1980 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor SUTTON, Macclesfield, Cheshire, St James Peal RW Rung Method Place 1519 3595.0252 23/02/1980 5039 Grandsire Caters DUNHAM MASSEY, Greater Manchester, St Margaret 1520 3597.0299 27/02/1980 5184 Pudsey Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Road 1521 3597.0296 08/03/1980 5184 Spliced Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire. All Saints 1522 3599.0338 12/03/1980 5080 Oxford Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1523 3599.0335 15/03/1980 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 1524 3598.0320 19/03/1980 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 11 Hall Rd 1525 3599.0338 26/03/1980 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1526 3601.0381 07/04/1980 5045 Stedman Cinques CHESTER, Cathedral 1527 3603.0427 08/04/1980 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1528 3603.0427 15/04/1980 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1529 3603.0427 22/04/1980 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1530 3605.0468 29/04/1980 5184 Spliced Treble Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 65 Sycamore Crescent 1531 3605.0464 03/05/1980 5040 Surprise Minor ASTBURY, Cheshire, St Mary 1532 3605.0468 06/05/1980 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1533 3609.0561 20/05/1980 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1534 3609.0561 03/06/1980 5040 Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1535 3611.0602 10/06/1980 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1536 3613.0656 24/06/1980 5136 Kent Treble Bob Maximus POYNTON, Cheshire, 2 Adlington Close 1537 3617.0731 12/07/1980 5040 Plain Bob Minor DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1538 3617.0733 22/07/1980 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1539 3617.0731 27/07/1980 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael AA 1540 3621.0812 01/08/1980 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 1541 3622.0836 23/08/1980 5056 Rutland Surprise Major MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael AA 1542 3625.0902 09/09/1980 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1543 3625.0900 13/09/1980 5040 Plain Bob Minor DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1544 3625.0902 16/09/1980 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1545 3625.0902 23/09/1980 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1546 3628.0964 26/09/1980 5184 Spliced Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1547 3628.0966 30/09/1980 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1548 3628.0966 07/10/1980 5088 Spliced Treble Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1549 3630.1010 11/10/1980 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church 1550 3630.1007 18/10/1980 5152 Bowdon Delight Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1551 3634.1100 01/11/1980 5056 Bristol Surprise Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 1552 3631.1034 04/11/1980 5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1553 3632.1053 08/11/1980 5031 Stedman Caters LOCKINGTON, Leicestershire, St Nicholas 1554 3634.1104 11/11/1980 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1555 3634.1100 15/11/1980 5024 Rutland Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1556 3633.1075 18/11/1980 5040 Plain Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1557 3634.1104 25/11/1980 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 8 Peartree Close 1558 3637.0028 29/11/1980 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor TAXAL, Cheshire, St James 1559 3639.0078 02/12/1980 5088 Superlative Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1560 3638.0052 06/12/1980 5184 Superlative Surprise Major NANTWICH, Cheshire, St Mary 1561 3638.0055 09/12/1980 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1562 3639.0075 20/12/1980 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major WITTON, Cheshire, St Helen 1563 3639.0075 26/12/1980 5039 Grandsire Caters STOCKPORT, Cheshire, St Mary 1564 3640.0095 27/12/1980 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal DUNHAM MASSEY, Manchester, St Margaret 1565 3642.0145 30/12/1980 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1566 3641.0122 01/01/1981 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal WREXHAM, Clwyd, St Giles 1567 3641.0126 13/01/1981 5184 Superlative Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1568 3642.0146 17/01/1981 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church 1569 3642.0148 22/01/1981 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1570 3645.0210 29/01/1981 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 8 Pear Tree Close 1571 3644.0191 03/02/1981 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1572 3645.0210 10/02/1981 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major BURNAGE, Manchester, 267 Kingsway 1573 3647.0254 14/02/1981 5040 Christchurch Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1574 3648.0282 26/02/1981 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1575 3649.0300 28/02/1981 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St James, Sutton 1576 3649.0302 05/03/1981 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, 8 Pear Tree Close 1577 3649.0300 07/03/1981 5184 Bristol Surprise Major MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael AA 1578 3652.0366 17/03/1981 5184 Kent Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1579 3652.0364 21/03/1981 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 1580 3652.0366 26/03/1981 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1581 3652.0364 28/03/1981 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1582 3656.0451 08/04/1981 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1583 3655.0427 11/04/1981 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1584 3655.0427 18/04/1981 5056 Plain Bob Major NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas 1585 3657.0474 30/04/1981 5200 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1586 3657.0473 02/05/1981 5040 Stedman Triples BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1587 3658.0491 04/05/1981 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus CHESTER, Cathedral 1588 3659.0512 16/05/1981 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major WARBURTON, Cheshire, St Werburgh 1589 3662.0581 28/05/1981 5040 Minor MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1590 3664.0630 16/06/1981 5056 Plain Bob Major HALE, Cheshire. 105 Woburn Drive 1591 3668.0711 02/07/1981 5040 Surprise Minor ASTBURY, Cheshire, St Mary 1592 3671.0783 04/07/1981 5088 Superlative Surprise Major MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael AA 1593 3667.0694 07/07/1981 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal MARPLE, Cheshire, 8 Pear Tree Close 1594 3669.0730 29/07/1981 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1595 3672.0811 08/08/1981 5040 Minor BURBAGE, Derbyshire, Christ Church 1596 3672.0813 14/08/1981 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1597 3672.0813 18/08/1981 5024 Rutland Surprise Major MANCHESTER, Burnage, 267 Kingsway 1598 3676.0890 03/09/1981 5040 Plain Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road Peal RW Rung Method Place 1599 3676.0890 10/09/1981 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1600 3676.0888 12/09/1981 5040 Minor DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1601 3677.0910 15/09/1981 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1602 3677.0910 22/09/1981 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major MANCHESTER, Burnage, 267 Kingsway 1603 3677.0910 23/09/1981 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major STRETFORD, Manchester, 30 Ashfell Court 1604 3679.0952 26/09/1981 5022 Lincolnshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1605 3679.0953 01/10/1981 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1606 3681.0993 06/10/1981 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1607 3680.0974 13/10/1981 5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major BURNAGE, Manchester, 267 Kingsway 1608 3682.1016 17/10/1981 5040 Minor HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, St Luke 1609 3684.1060 31/10/1981 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church 1610 3685.1083 03/11/1981 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1611 3684.1060 07/11/1981 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor SUTTON, Cheshire, St James 1612 3685.1083 12/11/1981 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1613 3685.1083 17/11/1981 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1614 3690.0049 21/11/1981 5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major ASHBOURNE, Derbyshire, St Oswald 1615 3691.0073 22/12/1981 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1616 3692.0093 29/12/1981 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1617 3691.0067 01/01/1982 5040 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus CHESTER, Cheshire, Cathedral 1618 3692.0093 06/01/1982 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1619 3696.0175 12/01/1982 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1620 3694.0135 14/01/1982 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1621 3695.0153 16/01/1982 5056 Bristol Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1622 3695.0155 28/01/1982 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1623 3696.0175 04/02/1982 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1624 3697.0192 06/02/1982 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor SUTTON, Cheshire, St James 1625 3697.0195 11/02/1982 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1626 3699.0238 16/02/1982 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1627 3699.0238 25/02/1982 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1628 3699.0235 27/02/1982 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1629 3701.0279 10/03/1982 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1630 3703.0320 20/03/1982 5056 Plain Bob Major HYDE, Cheshire, St George 1631 3703.0322 24/03/1982 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1632 3705.0360 30/03/1982 5056 Plain Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1633 3705.0358 03/04/1982 5040 Oakham Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1634 3705.0360 06/04/1982 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1635 3707.0405 13/04/1982 5024 Rutland Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1636 3707.0403 24/04/1982 5056 Double Norwich Court Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1637 3713.0537 18/05/1982 5056 Plain Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1638 3712.0513 25/05/1982 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1639 3713.0534 05/06/1982 5184 Rutland Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1640 3714.0556 08/06/1982 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1641 3717.0613 27/06/1982 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1642 3719.0658 03/07/1982 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor SUTTON, Macclesfield, Cheshire, St James 1643 3719.0658 10/07/1982 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1644 3720.0680 20/07/1982 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1645 3722.0721 03/08/1982 5056 Plain Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1646 3723.0738 07/08/1982 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1647 3723.0739 14/08/1982 5152 London Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1648 3729.0861 28/08/1982 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major ABBOTS BROMLEY, Staffordshire, St Nicholas 1649 3726.0798 30/08/1982 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major FAIRFIELD, BUXTON, Derbyshire, St Peter 1650 3726.0803 31/08/1982 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1651 3730.0881 11/09/1982 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 1652 3730.0885 21/09/1982 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1653 3731.0906 28/09/1982 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1654 3731.0903 02/10/1982 5007 Stedman Cinques MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 1655 3731.0906 05/10/1982 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1656 3733.0948 12/10/1982 5040 Spliced Plain Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1657 3735.0989 16/10/1982 5184 Pudsey Surprise Major HYDE, Greater Manchester, St George 1658 3734.0972 19/10/1982 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1659 3735.0989 31/10/1982 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Greater Manchester, St Mary V 1660 3737.1033 13/11/1982 5024 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1661 3741.0012 30/11/1982 5024 Oxford Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1662 3741.0012 07/12/1982 5088 Spliced Treble Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1663 3746.0126 18/12/1982 5088 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Gtr Manchester, St Mary 1664 3746.0121 03/01/1983 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 1665 3746.0125 04/01/1983 5080 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1666 3746.0121 15/01/1983 5056 Rutland Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1667 3746.0125 18/01/1983 5088 Kent Treble Bob Maximus WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1668 3748.0165 27/01/1983 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1669 3748.0165 01/02/1983 5120 Spliced Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1670 3748.0161 05/02/1983 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor NETHER ALDERLEY, Cheshire, St Mary 1671 3757.0348 11/02/1983 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1672 3757.0345 12/02/1983 5120 Bristol Surprise Major BOWDON, Gtr Manchester, St Mary 1673 3751.0224 22/02/1983 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1674 3754.0284 10/03/1983 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1675 3755.0304 22/03/1983 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major POYNTON, Cheshire, 2 Adlington Close 1676 3758.0365 09/04/1983 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 1677 3758.0368 12/04/1983 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1678 3762.0450 30/04/1983 5024 Bristol Surprise Major TARPORLEY, Cheshire, St Helen Peal RW Rung Method Place 1679 3764.0491 22/05/1983 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major READING, Berkshire, St Mary 1680 3764.0492 24/05/1983 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1681 3766.0535 07/06/1983 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1682 3768.0585 21/06/1983 5022 Cambridge Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1683 3769.0605 29/06/1983 5152 Rutland Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1684 3771.0650 12/07/1983 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1685 3772.0666 16/07/1983 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1686 3772.0668 20/07/1983 5088 Spliced Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1687 3775.0729 06/08/1983 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John Bapt 1688 3776.0751 09/08/1983 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1689 3778.0794 10/08/1983 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major WISTASTON, Cheshire, St Mary 1690 3777.0775 23/08/1983 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1691 3778.0794 29/08/1983 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus CHESTER, Cathedral 1692 3778.0796 30/08/1983 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1693 3780.0841 06/09/1983 5088 Superlative Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1694 3780.0841 13/09/1983 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Road 1695 3782.0886 20/09/1983 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1696 3785.0953 18/10/1983 5184 Cambridge Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1697 3786.0970 22/10/1983 5040 Minor HANDLEY, Cheshire, All Saints 1698 3788.1017 08/11/1983 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1699 3790.1062 15/11/1983 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1700 3790.1059 19/11/1983 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1701 3790.1062 22/11/1983 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 47 Coniston Drive 1702 3793.0013 29/11/1983 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1703 3794.0034 06/12/1983 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major MACCLESFI ELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1704 3797.0102 20/12/1983 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriott, Manor Road 1705 3797.0097 30/12/1983 6480 Spliced Treble Bob Minor SUTTON, Cheshire, St James 1706 3798.0122 07/01/1984 5120 Double Norwich Court Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1707 3799.0150 17/01/1984 5040 Minor MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1708 3802.0217 02/02/1984 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1709 3818.0561 07/02/1984 5040 Kent Treble Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 56 Wellington Road 1710 3803.0236 11/02/1984 5024 Rutland Surprise Major ABBOTS BROMLEY, Staffordshire, St Nicholas 1711 3803.0234 18/02/1984 5040 Plain Bob Minor DUNHAMMASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1712 3803.0237 21/02/1984 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1713 3803.0234 22/02/1984 5040 Minor WAVERTON, Cheshire, St Peter 1714 3806.0298 03/03/1984 5152 Spliced Surprise Major STALYBRIDGE, Manchester, St Paul 1715 3806.0302 06/03/1984 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 47 Coniston Drive 1716 3806.0302 15/03/1984 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1717 3809.0369 27/03/1984 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1718 3809.0366 31/03/1984 5152 London Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1719 3811.0413 10/04/1984 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1720 3811.0410 14/04/1984 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1721 3812.0433 17/04/1984 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1722 3812.0433 24/04/1984 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1723 3818.0558 05/05/1984 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John Bapt 1724 3833.0878 08/05/1984 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1725 3820.0602 02/06/1984 5040 Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 1726 3820.0604 13/06/1984 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1727 3820.0604 19/06/1984 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1728 3822.0645 26/06/1984 5040 Surprise Minor MACCLESFI ELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1729 3825.0709 17/07/1984 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1730 3827.0750 21/07/1984 5088 London Surprise Major NORBURY (Hazel Grove), Cheshire, St Thomas 1731 3832.0855 04/08/1984 5152 Double Norwich Court Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1732 3827.0753 07/08/1984 5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1733 3827.0750 10/08/1984 5040 Surprise Minor HORTON, Staffordshire, St Michael 1734 3830.0809 24/08/1984 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1735 3830.0812 28/08/1984 5152 Double Norwich Court Bob Major HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 47 Coniston Drive 1736 3830.0812 30/08/1984 5056 Plain Bob Major GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriot, 23 Brooklands Drive 1737 3833.0878 11/09/1984 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1738 3834.0897 25/09/1984 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1739 3837.0960 09/10/1984 5120 Spliced Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1740 3838.0980 20/10/1984 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor GOOSTREY, Cheshire, St Luke 1741 3839.1005 23/10/1984 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1742 3841.1046 03/11/1984 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents 1743 3841.1048 08/11/1984 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1744 3843.1106 20/11/1984 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1745 3848.0082 20/12/1984 5040 Surprise Minor DIDSBURY, Manchester, St James 1746 3848.0086 27/12/1984 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1747 3851.0154 12/01/1985 5040 Plain Bob Minor CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket 1748 3855.0238 19/01/1985 5184 Cambridge Surprise Major NEW MILLS, Derbyshire, St George 1749 3857.0285 19/02/1985 5120 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1750 3858.0306 05/03/1985 5040 Little Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1751 3862.0392 23/03/1985 5040 Minor CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John Evan 1752 3862.0395 02/04/1985 5040 Braintree Delight Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1753 3865.0458 08/04/1985 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus SHEFFIELD, Cathedral 1754 3864.0434 11/04/1985 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1755 3864.0434 20/04/1985 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor SUTTON, Macclesfield, Cheshire, St James 1756 3867.0505 14/05/1985 5056 Plain Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1757 3873.0628 20/06/1985 5056 Plain Bob Major GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Galey Cottage 1758 3873.0626 22/06/1985 5040 Minor ASTBURY, Cheshire, St Mary Peal RW Rung Method Place 1759 3875.0665 29/06/1985 5040 Minor POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 1760 3875.0668 02/07/1985 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1761 3878.0729 16/07/1985 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1762 3881.0788 24/07/1985 5040 Plain Bob Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1763 3879.0756 02/08/1985 5184 Rutland Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 1764 3881.0785 07/08/1985 5120 Cambridge Surprise Major HAYFIELD, Derbyshire, S Matthew 1765 3885.0873 21/08/1985 5040 Treble Bob Minor ROSTHERNE, Cheshire, St Mary 1766 3882.0810 27/08/1985 5056 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1767 3885.0876 10/09/1985 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1768 3890.0978 05/10/1985 5040 Doubles DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1769 3892.1020 22/10/1985 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1770 3893.1037 02/11/1985 5040 Marlborough Bob Caters MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1771 3894.1057 06/11/1985 5040 Treble Bob Minor TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 1772 3895.1097 26/11/1985 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1773 3895.1101 30/11/1985 5040 Middlesex Bob Triples BREDBURY, Manchester, St Mark 1774 3899.0049 14/12/1985 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 1775 3902.0116 03/01/1986 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major HAYFIELD, Derbyshire, St Matthew 1776 3902.0116 04/01/1986 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major STALYBRIDGE, Cheshire, St Paul (Stayley) 1777 3907.0224 11/02/1986 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1778 3908.0249 25/02/1986 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1779 3920.0520 01/03/1986 5152 Eton Delight Major WINDSOR, Berkshire, St John Bapt 1780 3912.0337 14/03/1986 5024 London Surprise Major FRODSHAM, Cheshire, St Lawrence 1781 3912.0340 19/03/1986 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1782 3912.0337 22/03/1986 5056 Plain Bob Major BARTHOMLEY, Cheshire, St Bertoline 1783 3914.0386 01/04/1986 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1784 3914.0384 05/04/1986 5056 Plain Bob Major NEW MILLS, Derbyshire, St George 1785 3916.0425 12/04/1986 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1786 3916.0428 15/04/1986 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major CRANAGE, Cheshire, 'Briarwood' 1787 3916.0425 19/04/1986 5040 Minor DARESBURY, Cheshire, All Saints 1788 3920.0518 03/05/1986 5040 Minor TAXAL, Cheshire, St James 1789 3921.0543 06/05/1986 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1790 3921.0543 20/05/1986 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Galey Cottage, Blackden 1791 3925.0632 17/06/1986 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major CRANAGE, Cheshire, 'Briarwood', Goostrey Lane 1792 3926.0650 28/06/1986 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1793 3928.0697 01/07/1986 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1794 3927.0674 08/07/1986 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1795 3931.0761 16/07/1986 5056 Plain Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1796 3928.0694 19/07/1986 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor BURBAGE, Buxton, Derbyshire, Christ Church 1797 3929.0723 22/07/1986 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1798 3930.0737 26/07/1986 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major BREDBURY, Cheshire, St Mark 1799 3931.0761 29/07/1986 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1800 3931.0759 01/08/1986 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1801 3935.0856 12/08/1986 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1802 3933.0808 14/08/1986 5056 Plain Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1803 3934.0832 19/08/1986 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1804 3935.0851 29/08/1986 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major NORBURY (Hazel Grove), Cheshire, St Thomas 1805 3935.0851 30/08/1986 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1806 3935.0856 02/09/1986 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1807 3937.0902 09/09/1986 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1808 3937.0900 20/09/1986 5056 Plain Bob Major NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas 1809 3939.0942 04/10/1986 5184 Spliced Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1810 3940.0965 07/10/1986 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriott, 23 Brooklands Drive 1811 3941.0984 11/10/1986 5088 Bristol Surprise Major GRAPPENHALL, Cheshire, St Wilfrid 1812 3941.0986 14/10/1986 5040 Plain Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1813 3945.1074 11/11/1986 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1814 3950.0034 29/11/1986 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor HORTON, Staffordshire, St Michael 1815 3953.0112 09/12/1986 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1816 3952.0083 24/12/1986 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1817 3958.0223 30/12/1986 5003 Grandsire Caters HEREFORD, Cathedral 1818 3955.0150 01/01/1987 5040 Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 1819 3955.0150 03/01/1987 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents 1820 3957.0198 16/01/1987 5088 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY (HAZEL GROVE), Cheshire, St Thomas 1821 3956.0174 24/01/1987 5040 Plain Bob Major MARKET DRAYTON, Shropshire, St Mary 1822 3957.0201 27/01/1987 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1823 3961.0291 10/02/1987 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1824 3959.0247 12/02/1987 5056 Plain Bob Major GOOSTREY, Cheshire, 'Briarwood', Goostrey Lane 1825 3958.0219 14/02/1987 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1826 3959.0247 17/02/1987 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 62 Manor Park South 1827 3961.0287 28/02/1987 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor POTT SHRIGLEY, Cheshire, St Christopher 1828 3963.0335 14/03/1987 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary V 1829 3963.0339 17/03/1987 5040 Minor HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 47 Coniston Drive 1830 3967.0432 31/03/1987 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1831 3967.0432 07/04/1987 5056 Spliced Treble Bob Major GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriott, 23 Brooklands Drive 1832 3967.0432 14/04/1987 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1833 3968.0450 25/04/1987 5056 Plain Bob Major STALYBRIDGE, Cheshire, Holy Trinity 1834 3972.0543 28/04/1987 5120 Kent Treble Bob Royal WARBURTON, Manchester, St Werburgh's Vicarage 1835 3971.0518 07/05/1987 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Merriott, 23 Brooklands Drive 1836 3972.0543 19/05/1987 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1837 3974.0584 02/06/1987 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1838 3975.0603 06/06/1987 5184 Rutland Surprise Major STALYBRIDGE, Cheshire, St Paul (Stayley) Peal RW Rung Method Place 1839 3977.0649 16/06/1987 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1840 3980.0713 14/07/1987 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1841 3981.0733 23/07/1987 5040 Minor GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Galey Cottage, Blackden 1842 3982.0751 24/07/1987 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 1843 3983.0770 08/08/1987 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Peter 1844 3985.0810 21/08/1987 5040 Minor TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 1845 3986.0832 25/08/1987 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal WARBURTON, Manchester, St Werburgh's Vicarage 1846 3989.0893 31/08/1987 5059 Grandsire Cinques CHESTER, Cathedral 1847 3995.1018 02/09/1987 5120 Bristol Surprise Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 1848 3992.0957 22/09/1987 5200 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1849 3993.0978 13/10/1987 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1850 3995.1018 24/10/1987 5040 Treble Bob Minor POTT SHRIGLEY, Cheshire, St Christopher 1851 3997.1063 06/11/1987 5040 Plain Bob Minor CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, Derbyshire, St Thomas à Becket 1852 3998.1099 10/11/1987 5056 Plain Bob Major WARBURTON, Cheshire, The Rectory 1853 3997.1064 11/11/1987 5040 Surprise Minor MOBBERLEY, Cheshire, St Wilfrid 1854 3997.1074 17/11/1987 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1855 3999.1139 28/11/1987 5079 Stedman Caters DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1856 4002.0023 05/12/1987 5056 Plain Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 14 Lindop Close 1857 4002.0023 08/12/1987 5040 Plain Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1858 4006.0130 01/01/1988 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 1859 4006.0132 02/01/1988 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major ASHTON-UNDER-LYME, Manchester, St Peter 1860 4007.0155 16/01/1988 5088 Cambridge Surprise Major NORBURY (Hazel Grove), Cheshire, St Thomas 1861 4009.0204 23/01/1988 5024 Rutland Surprise Major PRESTBURY, Cheshire, St Peter 1862 4009.0204 06/02/1988 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor TILSTON, Cheshire, St Mary 1863 4010.0227 13/02/1988 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents 1864 4011.0263 18/02/1988 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major CRANAGE, Cheshire, Briarwood, Goostrey Lane 1865 4013.0301 20/02/1988 5040 Minor CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John Evan 1866 4013.0301 27/02/1988 5040 Treble Bob Minor TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 1867 4014.0325 05/03/1988 5040 Minor MOBBERLEY, Cheshire, SS Wilfred & Mary 1868 4017.0394 26/03/1988 5040 Minor MOBBERLEY, Cheshire, SS Wilfred & Mary 1869 4018.0420 01/04/1988 5056 Plain Bob Major KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, 14 Lindop Close 1870 4018.0420 05/04/1988 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1871 4022.0508 28/04/1988 5040 Plain Bob Royal HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1872 4023.0529 07/05/1988 5184 Plain Bob Major ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, St Peter 1873 4028.0658 02/06/1988 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1874 4027.0620 03/06/1988 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major BUXTON, Fairfield, Derbyshire, St Peter 1875 4027.0620 04/06/1988 5024 Spliced Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1876 4028.0658 09/06/1988 5040 Plain Bob Royal CRANAGE, Cheshire, Goostrey Lane 1877 4028.0655 11/06/1988 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Ches St John Baptist 1878 4049.1144 05/07/1988 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1879 4032.0754 12/07/1988 5056 Spliced Surprise Major WARBURTON, Gtr Manchester, St Werburgh's Vicarage 1880 4035.0825 24/07/1988 5088 London Surprise Major TICKNALL, Derbyshire, St George 1881 4034.0804 26/07/1988 5120 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1882 4036.0847 04/08/1988 5056 Plain Bob Major TAXAL, Derbyshire, Sitch House 1883 4036.0848 10/08/1988 5040 Plain Bob Major WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire, 6 Bar Lane 1884 4043.1002 23/08/1988 5088 Spliced Surprise Major MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, 33 Sandringham Road 1885 4042.0972 02/09/1988 5056 Bristol Surprise Major NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 1886 4043.1002 13/09/1988 5000 Plain Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1887 4042.0972 18/09/1988 5040 Grandsire Doubles BREDBURY, Cheshire, St Mark 1888 4042.0972 24/09/1988 5040 Minor MOBBERLEY, Cheshire, St Wilfrid 1889 4049.1144 08/11/1988 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1890 4054.0010 30/11/1988 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents 1891 4062.0214 14/12/1988 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major RUNCORN, Cheshire, All Saints 1892 4057.0077 19/12/1988 5040 Treble Bob Minor CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John Evan 1893 4059.0142 28/12/1988 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal OXTON, Cheshire, St Saviour 1894 4058.0000 29/12/1988 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1895 4065.0279 22/02/1989 5088 Ashtead Surprise Major NEWCHURCH, Kenyon, Cheshire 1896 4072.0434 15/04/1989 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus WORCESTER, All Saints 1897 4073.0463 18/04/1989 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1898 4073.0459 26/04/1989 5120 Spliced Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1899 4075.0510 09/05/1989 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1900 4077.0554 18/05/1989 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1901 4078.0573 31/05/1989 5152 Ealing Surprise Major FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents 1902 4079.0597 06/06/1989 5184 Rutland Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1903 4083.0689 01/07/1989 5056 Plain Bob Major STALYBRIDGE, Gtr Manchester, St Paul, Staley 1904 4086.0754 26/07/1989 5024 Superlative Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary the Virgin 1905 4087.0778 29/07/1989 5080 Yorkshire Surprise Royal TICKNALL, Derbyshire, St George 1906 4087.0778 03/08/1989 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major MARPLE, Gtr Manchester, All Saints 1907 4091.0863 30/08/1989 5088 Spliced Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, Blessed Virgin Mary 1908 4093.0906 02/09/1989 5056 Plain Bob Major BARMOUTH, Gwynedd, St John 1909 4094.0926 13/09/1989 5056 Plain Bob Major RUNCORN, Cheshire, All Saints 1910 4095.0946 27/09/1989 5056 Hitchin Surprise Major FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents 1911 4096.0970 08/10/1989 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major STALYBRIDGE, Cheshire, St Paul, Staley 1912 4098.1018 10/10/1989 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1913 4100.1062 28/10/1989 5024 London Surprise Major BUCKLEY, Clwyd, St Matthew 1914 4100.1066 31/10/1989 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1915 4100.1066 02/11/1989 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1916 4100.1062 04/11/1989 5016 Plain Bob Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 1917 4111.0154 06/01/1990 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 1918 4114.0230 16/01/1990 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane Peal RW Rung Method Place 1919 4115.0253 02/02/1990 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1920 4115.0253 08/02/1990 5040 Treble Dodging Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1921 4115.0249 10/02/1990 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1922 4116.0274 17/02/1990 5040 Treble Dodging Minor POYNTON, Cheshire, St George 1923 4117.0302 22/02/1990 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1924 4118.0323 28/02/1990 5039 Grandsire Caters CREWE, Cheshire, Christ Church 1925 4120.0374 17/03/1990 5184 Rutland Surprise Major CHESTER, St Mary, Handbridge 1926 4122.0419 20/03/1990 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1927 4122.0417 28/03/1990 5040 Minor TUSHINGHAM, Cheshire, St Chad 1928 4123.0437 31/03/1990 5040 Treble Dodging Minor DISLEY, Cheshire, St Mary V 1929 4125.0489 10/04/1990 5056 Plain Bob Major HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1930 4133.0673 14/06/1990 5040 Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 1931 4136.0751 30/06/1990 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1932 4137.0780 03/07/1990 5040 Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1933 4137.0781 11/07/1990 5040 Plain Bob Minor PRESTON, Lancashire, St John's Church Belfry 1934 4139.0821 21/07/1990 5088 Bristol Surprise Major TICKNALL, Derbyshire, St George 1935 4142.0891 07/08/1990 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major WARBURTON, Manchester, The Rectory 1936 4142.0891 17/08/1990 5056 Plain Bob Major HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1937 4143.0915 21/08/1990 5040 Minor WARBURTON, Cheshire, The Rectory 1938 4145.0959 27/08/1990 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal SHEFFIELD, Cathedral 1939 4152.1130 23/10/1990 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Galey Cottage 1940 4152.1127 31/10/1990 5120 Spliced Surprise Major FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents 1941 4153.1149 04/11/1990 5184 Bristol Surprise Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 1942 4154.1169 10/11/1990 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 1943 4156.1224 24/11/1990 5088 Bristol Surprise Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 1944 4162.0113 29/12/1990 5039 Grandsire Caters DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1945 4163.0138 01/01/1991 5040 Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 1946 4163.0138 05/01/1991 5015 Grandsire Cinques MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 1947 4165.0193 12/01/1991 5096 Little Bob Major LYMM, Cheshire, St Mary V 1948 4165.0197 15/01/1991 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Place 1949 4168.0260 15/02/1991 5040 Minor GOOSTREY, Cheshire, St Luke 1950 4170.0309 21/02/1991 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1951 4173.0372 16/03/1991 5040 Minor CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John Evan 1952 4174.0397 21/03/1991 5200 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1953 4177.0470 27/04/1991 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major BREDBURY, Cheshire, St Mark 1954 4185.0673 11/06/1991 5200 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1955 4187.0723 02/07/1991 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorne Lane 1956 4192.0837 06/07/1991 5007 Stedman Caters DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1957 4190.0792 20/07/1991 5056 London Surprise Major FALLOWFIELD, Manchester, Holy Innocents 1958 4191.0817 31/07/1991 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major WARBURTON, Cheshire, Rectory 1959 4194.0882 20/08/1991 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major WARBURTON, Cheshire, The Rectory 1960 4195.0905 27/08/1991 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major WARBURTON, Cheshire, The Rectory 1961 4197.0945 28/08/1991 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1962 4201.1039 21/09/1991 5040 Surprise Minor POTT SHRIGLEY, Cheshire, S Christopher 1963 4203.1089 08/10/1991 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major GOOSTREY, Cheshire, Galey Cottage 1964 4204.1109 19/10/1991 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major CLITHEROE, Lancashire, St Mary 1965 4204.1110 19/10/1991 5184 Bristol Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 1966 4204.1111 26/10/1991 5040 Minor KNUTSFORD, Cheshire, St John Bapt 1967 4207.1185 15/11/1991 5040 Plain Bob Royal HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1968 4207.1181 16/11/1991 5040 Grandsire Triples NORBURY, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, St Thomas 1969 4216.0159 01/01/1992 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 1970 4218.0209 29/01/1992 5040 Surprise Minor CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John Evan. 1971 4221.0283 19/02/1992 5040 Surprise Minor BIDDULPH, Staffordshire, St Lawrence 1972 4221.0282 22/02/1992 5120 Spliced Surprise Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1973 4224.0363 28/03/1992 5040 Plain Bob Major PRESTWICH, Lancashire, St Mary 1974 4231.0525 02/05/1992 5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 1975 4232.0552 12/05/1992 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1976 4232.0550 13/05/1992 5040 Surprise Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew 1977 4233.0574 16/05/1992 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 1978 4235.0620 25/05/1992 5040 Surprise Minor DEEPING ST NICHOLAS, Lincolnshire, St Nicholas 1979 4238.0701 09/06/1992 5040 Plain Bob Royal HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1980 4240.0749 07/07/1992 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1981 4240.0746 08/07/1992 5040 Surprise Minor TAXAL, Derbyshire, St James 1982 4242.0795 15/07/1992 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 1983 4242.0798 17/07/1992 5056 Plain Bob Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1984 4243.0819 25/07/1992 5056 Plain Bob Major BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary V 1985 4243.0822 28/07/1992 5040 Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1986 4245.0869 31/07/1992 5184 Oxford Treble Bob Major HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1987 4249.0968 31/08/1992 5040 Grandsire Triples BLACKBURN, Lancashire, St Silas 1988 4253.1062 25/09/1992 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 1989 4253.1062 08/10/1992 5040 Plain Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 1990 4256.1131 21/10/1992 5040 Treble Bob Minor BUXTON, Derbyshire, Christ Church 1991 4259.1206 03/11/1992 5040 Plain Bob Royal HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 1992 4260.1234 21/11/1992 5040 Minor POTT SHRIGLEY, Cheshire, St Christopher 1993 4265.0074 28/11/1992 5040 Plain Bob Triples BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 1994 4265.0074 12/12/1992 5024 Bristol Surprise Major DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 1995 4266.0097 19/12/1992 5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major MIDDLEWICH, Cheshire, St Michael & All Angels 1996 4267.0122 28/12/1992 5040 Treble Dodging Minor CHELFORD, Cheshire, St John 1997 4266.0097 30/12/1992 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas 1998 4268.0150 01/01/1993 5040 Minor WILMSLOW, Cheshire, St Bartholomew Peal RW Rung Method Place 1999 4268.0154 02/01/1993 5040 Plain Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 2000 4268.0150 13/01/1993 5040 Surprise Minor SUTTON, Cheshire, St James 2001 4271.0225 23/01/1993 5056 Plain Bob Major MARPLE, Cheshire, All Saints 2002 4271.0228 28/01/1993 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 2003 4271.0225 30/01/1993 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major NORBURY, Cheshire, St Thomas 2004 4275.0322 27/02/1993 5040 Minor DIDSBURY, Greater Manchester, St James 2005 4277.0373 06/03/1993 5031 Stedman Caters MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, Christ Church 2006 4280.0446 27/03/1993 5039 Grandsire Caters DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 2007 4282.0496 20/04/1993 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major WILMSLOW, Cheshire, 9 Hawthorn Lane 2008 4288.0650 31/05/1993 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor NASH, Gwent, St Mary 2009 4297.0880 05/08/1993 5040 Surprise Minor SUTTON, Macclesfield, Cheshire, St James 2010 4298.0901 09/08/1993 5056 Plain Bob Major OVER, Cheshire, St Chad 2011 4303.1023 28/08/1993 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 2012 4303.1026 21/09/1993 5056 Plain Bob Major CRANAGE, Cheshire, Briarwood, Goostrey Lane 2013 4315.0009 20/11/1993 5040 Minor CAPENHURST, Cheshire, Holy Trinity 2014 4319.0106 27/12/1993 5040 Grandsire Triples BOWDON, Cheshire, St Mary 2015 4328.0000 12/03/1994 5152 Rutland Surprise Major BOLLINGTON, Cheshire, St John the Baptist 2016 4335.0000 23/04/1994 5040 Minor DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 2017 4361.0000 22/10/1994 5040 Minor POTT SHRIGLEY, Cheshire, St Christopher 2018 4386.0000 17/04/1995 5040 Grandsire Triples DUNHAM MASSEY, Cheshire, St Margaret 2019 4430.0297 17/02/1996 5016 Plain Bob Maximus MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, St Michael 2020 4505.0000 29/07/1997 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 2021 4518.0000 11/11/1997 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major HOLMES CHAPEL, Cheshire, 28 Mardale Court 2022 4578.0067 23/12/1998 5056 Plain Bob Major ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 2023 4608.0000 20/07/1999 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 2024 4647.0000 20/04/2000 5040 Treble Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road 2025 4728.0000 14/11/2001 5040 Treble Bob Minor ALTRINCHAM, Cheshire, 52 Wellington Road