Rochdale, Lancashire
131 Shawclough Way
Thursday, 28 July 1977 in 2h 17 (15)
5056 Spliced Surprise Major (100m)
192 Bristol, Caius, Cassiobury, Cornwall, Cray, Helmshore, Lindum, London, Superlative, Ux­bridge; 160 Heythrop, Pud­sey; 96 Glasgow; 64 Fourgates, Rutland, Westhoughton; 32 Achilles, Aldenham, Alderney, Am­sterdam, Argentina, Ashtead, Bellerophon, Bloxham, Bolivia, Brazil, Brondesbury, Burford, Byron, Calderbrook, Caldy, Cambridge, Cas­sandra, Charybdis, Chile, Clywd, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dae­dalus, Double Dublin, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eros, Fordcombe, Gains­borough, Ganymede, Glaswyn, Gua­temala, Guernsey, Guiana, Havant, Heene, Hera, Higher Walton, Hippolytus, Honduras, Hungerford, Iphigeneia, Ipswich, Islay, Jason, Jer­sey, Johannesburg, Killamarsh, Laomedon, Lincolnshire, Medusa, Mexico, Nailstone, Nemesis, New Cambridge, Nicaragua, Odysseus, Omega, Orkney, Ospringe, Oxney, Panama, Pandora, Paraguay, Peru, Phaedra, Putney, Quedgley, Scylla, Sheppey, Smallbridge, Theseus, Tring, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ver­sailles, Vrynwy, Westrav, Wight, Winslow, Wye, Xuthus, Yorkshire, Zeus; 157 com.
1–2 Margaret L Sherwood
3–4 Christopher L D Munday
5–6 Marcus C W Sherwood (C)
7–8 Richard J Parker
The greatest number of Surprise Major methods rung on handbells.
The oldest Bellhanging Company in the UK combining Modern Technology with Traditional Craftsmanship