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Lancashire Association

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Cath and Parish Ch of St Mary, St Denys, & St George

Saturday, 7 January 1956 in 3h 41 (27–3–6)

5056 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by G E Symonds

1 Basil Jones

2 Fred Dunkerley

3 C Kenneth Lewis

4 Leslie Bumphrey

5 Alan J Brown

6 Joseph W Whittaker

7 John Worth (C)

8 Edward Jenkins

First peal of Bristol on the bells

Ringing world: 2339.0051

Lancashire Association

Manchester, Lancashire

Hulme, St Philip

Saturday, 14 January 1956 in 3h 5 (12–3–11)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by J R Pritchard

1 David Manning

2 Albert M Cooper

3 Peter Watson

4 Derek Taylor

5 Molly May

6 Derek Ogden

7 Trevor Taylor (C)

8 Geoffrey Fearnehough

First peal: 1.

First peal away from treble: 2, 3.

First peal as conductor.

Rung in respect for Mr. James Carter, who passed away on Thursday, January 12th, 1956.

Ringing world: 2340.0067

Lancashire Association

Eccles, Greater Manchester

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 28 January 1956 in 2h 55 (19–3–13)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Sir A P Heywood

1 Norman Tompkins

2 Arthur Tomlinson (C)

3 Albert Greenhalgh

4 Revd R D St John Smith

5 James W Grounds

6 Peter (Senior) Crook

7 Sidney Leatherbarrow

8 Joseph Thornley

Rung as a farewell to Rev. Canon T. W. Taylor, a great friend to all ringers, who has left Eccles for the Isle of Man.

Ringing world: 2341.0083

Lancashire Association

Shore, Greater Manchester

St Barnabas

Saturday, 4 February 1956 in 2h 58 (9–3–18)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Harold Hamer

1 Miss Philip J H Hudson

2 Allan Smith

3 Fred Pritchard

4 Geoffrey S Mills

5 Stephen Lloyd Parry

6 Philip J H Hudson

7 Harold Hamer (C)

8 Derek Sanderson

First peal: 1

First peal in the method: 4, 6

In memoriam Fred Hartley, a ringer at this church for nearly 50 years, who died the previous day.

Ringing world: 2342.0100

Ringing World page reference: 2342.0100

Lancashire Association

West Didsbury, Greater Manchester

Christ Church

Saturday, 11 February 1956 in 2h 58 (16–2–7)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

Composed by Being 40 extents (ten callings), one 240 Morris's

1 Michael J M Ratcliffe

2 Richard Benson (C)

3 Margaret J Llewellyn

4 Allan Bennion

5 David F Manning

6 Peter L Forrest

First peal: 1, 4, 6.

First peal of Doubles: 5

Rung as a compliment to Mrs. E. Makintosh, verger of St. Luke’s Church, West Didsbury.

Ringing world: 2344.0132

Lancashire Association

Manchester, Greater Manchester

St John the Evangelist, Miles Platting

Saturday, 11 February 1956 in 2h 49 (12–0–22)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Sir A P Heywood

1 Mrs M Boumphrey

2 Frank Barraclough

3 Ruth M Jackson

4 Harold Lonyon

5 Sidney Hough

6 Frank Reynolds

7 Alan J Brown (C)

8 Leslie Boumphrey

Ringing world: 2343.0115

Lancashire Association

Eccles, Greater Manchester

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 25 February 1956 in 3h 7 (19–3–13)

5120 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by A Knights

1 Frank Barraclough

2 Margaret E Ridyard

3 Brian A Tomlinson

4 Arthur Tomlinson

5 Ronald Kenrick

6 Jack Ashcroft

7 James W Grounds

8 Joseph Ridyard (C)

First peal of Surprise: 3.

Ringing world: 2345.0146

Lancashire Association

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Cath and Parish Ch of St Mary, St Denys, & St George

Saturday, 10 March 1956 in 3h 38 (27–3–6)

5040 London Surprise Royal

Composed by C K Lewis

1 Alan J Brown

2 Fred Dunkerley

3 Basil Jones

4 James Fearnley

5 C Kenneth Lewis

6 John Worth (C)

7 Joseph W Whittaker

8 Leslie Boumphrey

9 Peter Laflin

10 Edward Jenkins

Ringing world: 2347.0178

Lancashire Association

Preston, Lancashire

St John the Evangelist

Wednesday, 14 March 1956 in 2h 25 (15 in C)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by C K Lewis

1–2 Ernest J Gower

3–4 Victor J C Wood

5–6 Cyril Crossthwaite (C)

7–8 Ronald Kenrick

First peal in hand: 1-2 & 7-8.

First peal of Major in hand: 3-4.

Lancashire Association

Preston, Lancashire

St John the Evangelist

Monday, 2 April 1956 in 3h 15 (24–0–18)

5040 Prittlewell Surprise Royal

Composed by C sedgley

1 E Roger Martin

2 Margaret E Ridyard

3 Doreen Dutton

4 Ernest J Gower

5 John N Diserens

6 Patricia Bourne

7 G Alec Dimmock

8 Ronald Kenrick

9 Noel J Diserens

10 Joseph Ridyard (C)

First peal in the method by all the band, on the bells, and by the Association.

Lancashire Association

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Cath and Parish Ch of St Mary, St Denys, & St George

Monday, 2 April 1956 in 3h 35 (27–3–6)

5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal

Composed by W Pye

1 Alan Pendlebury

2 Sidney Hough

3 Chris M P Johnson

4 Geoffrey Pearson

5 C Kenneth Lewis

6 Alan J Brown

7 Neil D Lomas

8 Ivor R Nichols

9 Neville A Brown

10 Denis Mottershead (C)

First peal of Surprise Royal: 1, 3.

First peal of Surprise as conductor

Rung for the celebration of Eastertide.

Ringing world: 2351.0242

Lancashire Association

Pendlebury, Greater Manchester

Christ Church

Tuesday, 3 April 1956 in 3h 10 (13–2–0)

5056 Plain Bob Major

1 G Barbara Cooke

2 Derek Taylor

3 Norman Tompkins

4 Raymond Johnson

5 Geoffrey Mills

6 Brian N Cooper

7 Peter (Senior) Crook (C)

8 Joseph Thornley

First peal: 1

First peal of Major: 6

Rung to celebrate the Feast of Holy Easter.

Ringing world: 2350.0227

Lancashire Association

Manchester, Lancashire

Hulme, St Philip

Saturday, 7 April 1956 in 2h 41 (12–3–11)

5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m)

Being seven extents in 18 methods: (1) Wragby, Charlwood, Neasden and St. Albans Delight; (2) Willesden, College Bob IV, Old Oxford and Newdigate Delight; (3) Oxford, Kingston, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Sandal and Capel Treble Bob; (4) College Exercise, Norbury, Duke of Norfolk and Ockley Treble Bob; (5) Oxford Treble Bob; (6) and (7) Kent Treble Bob. Thirty changes of method

1 Derek F Yates

2 Derek Taylor

3 Trevor Taylor

4 Geoffrey Fearnehough

5 Brian J Woodruffe (C)

6 William A Smith

First peal: 1

First peal in 18 spliced Minor methods: 2, 3, 4.

First peal in 18 methods as conductor. The most Minor methods yet rung to a peal for the Association

Ringing world: 2352.0261

Lancashire Association

Manchester, Greater Manchester

St John the Evangelist, Miles Platting

Saturday, 19 May 1956 in 2h 57 (12–0–22)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Carters Twelve Part

1 Norman Lees

2 Derek Sanderson

3 Fred Pritchard (C)

4 John T Walmsley

5 Stephen L Parry

6 Harold Hamer

7 Ivan Kay

8 Geoffrey Cheetham

First peal: 1, 8.

First in the method: 2.

An 84th birthday compliment to Mrs. J. H. Bastow, of Middleton, grandmother of treble ringer and wife of second ringer.

Ringing world: 2358.0355

Lancashire Association

Heywood, Greater Manchester

St Luke

Thursday, 24 May 1956 (21–3–9 in E♭)

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 Alan Crabtree

2 John P Partington

3 Mrs P J H Hudson

4 Allan Smith, sen

5 Philip J H Hudson (C)

6 Geoffrey S Mills

7 Harry Partington

8 William Chadwick

First Quarter: 1, 7 & 8. First of Bob Minor: 2 & 3. With 7 & 8 covering. 80th birthday compliment to T Ascroft.

Lancashire Association

Swinton, Greater Manchester

St Peter

Saturday, 26 May 1956 in 3h 10 (22–0–7)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by H Howlett

1 Colin Rothwell

2 Trevor Taylor

3 Albert W Stone

4 Peter Watson

5 Geoffrey D Fearnehough

6 Brian Rothwell

7 Derek Taylor (C)

8 Derek Ogden

First peal: 1

First peal of Major: 6

Average age of band 18½ years.

Ringing world: 2359.370

Lancashire Association

Pendlebury, Greater Manchester

Christ Church

Saturday, 26 May 1956 in 3h 10 (13–2–0)

5008 Spliced Major

2m: Plain bob and Original

Composed by Albert W Stone

1 Neil Bennett

2 G Barbara Cooke

3 Derek Taylor

4 Peter Watson

5 Geoffrey D Fearnehough

6 Trevor Taylor

7 Derek Ogden

8 Albert W Stone (C)

First peal: 1

First peal ‘ inside: 2.

First peal as conductor.

Average age of band 19.5 years.

Ringing world: 2538.0356

Lancashire Association

Pendlebury, Greater Manchester

Christ Church

Tuesday, 19 June 1956 in 3h 7 (13–2–0)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by A Knights

1 Norman Tompkins

2 Joyce Halliday

3 Geoffrey S Mills

4 Roger Leigh

5 James W Grounds

6 Raymond Johnson

7 Peter (Senior) Crook (C)

8 Joseph Thornley

First peal inside: 2.

In memoriam John Grenville McClintock, priest, killed in June, 1955

Ringing world: 2362.0419

Lancashire Association

Penwortham, Lancashire

St Mary

Monday, 2 July 1956 in 2h 53 (8½)

5040 Kent Treble Bob Minor

Being seven different extents.

1 Lawrence Walmsley

2 Stanley Walmsley

3 Philip Dunderdale

4 Richard Price

5 John Bailey

6 Frank Stead (C)

First in the method: 3.

Rung to mark the baptism of Janet Elizabeth Hall, niece of the ringer of the third.

Lancashire Association

Friezland, Greater Manchester

Christ Church (Old bells)

Saturday, 28 July 1956 in 3h 10 (15)

5040 Minor

In three methods, being two extents each of Plain Bob, Kent Treble Bob and Oxford Treble Bob, also one extent of Spliced Kent and Oxford Treble Bob

1 James Coppey

2 Albert W Stone

3 Derek F Yates

4 Trevor Taylor

5 Derek Taylor

6 Derek Ogden (C)

First peal of Minor: 1

First peal of Minor inside: 3

Ringing world: 2367.0500

Ringing World page reference: 2367.0500

Lancashire Association

Burnley, Lancashire

St Peter

Sunday, 19 August 1956 in 2h 56 (18–0–8)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

Composed by 42 extents

1 Mary J Smith

2 George Atkinson

3 Michael A Bideau

4 David Gilbert

5 Kenneth Lawson (C)

6 Pamela Blakekey

Lancashire Association

Aughton, Lancashire

Christ Church

Monday, 20 August 1956 in 3h 4 (14–0–12 in F)

5056 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Edwin Timbrell

1 Lester L Gray

2 F Nolan Golden (C)

3 Ronald Kenrick

4 Doreen Dutton

5 Alexander J Martin

6 Bert Gogle

7 Edwin C Birkett

8 Joseph Ridyard

Lancashire Association

Sefton, Lancashire

St Helen

Tuesday, 21 August 1956 in 3h 6 (11–2–11 in F)

5088 Plain Bob Major

Composed by F Nolan Golden

1 Sydney Flint

2 John Lunham

3 F Nolan Golden (C)

4 Robert Larkey

5 Robert Guy

6 Thomas S Horridge

7 Bert Gogle

8 Joseph Ridyard

Lancashire Association

Southport, Merseyside

Christ Church

Saturday, 25 August 1956 in 3h 3 (12–1–3 in G)

5152 Southport Surprise Major

Composed by S Burton

1 Lester L Gray

2 Alex G Dimmock

3 Ronald Kenrick

4 F Nolan Golden

5 Doreen Dutton

6 Cyril Crossthwaite

7 Jack Ashcroft

8 Joseph Ridyard (C)

The first peal in the method.

The method is Mr. Burton's 2246. 34, 1458, 1256, 16, 14. 1458, 16. 58.

Rung as a birthday compliment to Ronald Kenrick.

Lancashire Association

Walkden, Lancashire

St Paul

Saturday, 22 September 1956 in 3h 7 (18–2–1)

5040 Little Bob Major

Composed by Stephen H Woods

1 Joseph Thornley

2 Mary Walsham

3 James W Grounds

4 Raymond Johnson

5 Bryan Pattison

6 Cecil Raddon

7 Henry Parker

8 Harry W Howard (C)

First of Little Bob: 4.

300th peal: 7

Rung to celebrate the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. George Cheetham, of Walkden. Mr. Cheetham has been a member of the church choir for 45 years.

Ringing world: 2375.0627

Ringing World page reference: 2375.0627

Lancashire Association

Penwortham, Lancashire

St Mary

Saturday, 29 September 1956 in 3h 15 (9)

5344 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Edwin Timbrell

1 Frank Stead

2 Richard Price

3 G Alec Dimmock

4 Fred Howarth

5 Thomas Barker

6 Stanley Walmsley

7 Philip Dunderdale

8 Cyril Crossthwaite (C)

First peal of TB Major: 2 & 7.

Rung to mark the 20th anniversary of the ordination of the Vicar, the Rev. P A Schofield, MA.

The composition, rung for the first time, contains the full extents of 5 and 6 in 5ths, and 4, 5 and 6 in 6ths.

Lancashire Association

Manchester, Lancashire

St James, Birch in Rusholme

Saturday, 29 September 1956 in 2h 58 (13–2–19)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Vicars'

1 Alan Sharples

2 David Manning

3 Neil Bennett

4 Brian Rothwell

5 Derek Taylor

6 Trevor Taylor (C)

7 Geoffrey Fearnehough

8 Colin Rothwell

First in an odd-bell method: 1, 3, 7, 8.

First of Grandsire Triples: 2, 4.

First of Grandsire ‘inside’ and as conductor.

Ringing world: 2377.0658

Lancashire Association

Manchester, Greater Manchester

St John the Evangelist, Miles Platting

Saturday, 13 October 1956 in 2h 39 (12–0–22)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by G Williams

1 Trevor Taylor

2 Carole Eustace

3 Bernard F L Groves

4 Alan McFall

5 Peter Watson

6 Neil Bennett

7 Derek Taylor (C)

8 Brian Harris

First peal on eight bells: 2, 3.

First peal in the method inside: 4, 6.

Rung to commemorate the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, parents of the ringer of the sixth

Ringing world: 2380.0706

Lancashire Association

Manchester, Greater Manchester

St John the Evangelist, Miles Platting

Friday, 30 November 1956 in 2h 42 (12–0–22)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

1 Neil D Lomas

2 Peter Watson

3 Carole Eustace

4 Brian A Tomlinson

5 Trevor Taylor (C)

6 Derek Taylor

First peal of Bob Minor: 3.

Ringing world: 2386.0805

Lancashire Association

Salford, Greater Manchester

St Thomas, Pendleton

Saturday, 8 December 1956 in 3h 2 (18–0–10)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Sir A P Heywood

1 Jean C Brown

2 Sydney Sage

3 Peter Watson

4 Ivor Jenkins

5 Sidney (Jun) Hough

6 Geoffrey D Fearnehough

7 Denis Mottershead (C)

8 Neil D Lomas

First peal in the method ‘ inside.’: 2, 3, 4

Ringing world: 2387.0819

Lancashire Association

Manchester, Lancashire

St James, Birch in Rusholme

Saturday, 29 December 1956 in 3h 10 (13–2–19)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Sir A P Heywood

1 Peter Watson

2 Trevor Taylor

3 Brian A Tomlinson

4 Neil Bennett

5 Ivor Jenkins

6 Geoffrey D Fearnehough

7 Derek Taylor (C)

8 Denis Mottershead

First peal in the method: 4.

Ringing world: 2390.0036

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