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St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

Cathedral Church of St Philip

Monday, 18 April 1949 in 3h 28 (31–0–21 in D)

5040 Lincolnshire Surprise Royal

Composed by William Barton

1 Terry R Hampton

2 Frank E Haynes

3 Albert Walker

4 John S Mason

5 Edgar C Shepherd

6 Henry H Fearn

7 Arthur D Cook

8 John Pinfold

9 Leonard Trevor

10 George E Fearn (C)

First peal of royal, 1

Ref RW1949 p198

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

RC Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St Chad

Saturday, 7 May 1949 in 2h 50 (15–3–6)

5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by C J Sedgley

1 John N Lindon

2 John S Mason

3 Terry R Hampton

4 John Pinfold

5 Arthur D Cook

6 Henry H Fearn

7 Arthur Pritchard

8 George E Fearn (C)

First of Yorkshire 3.

RW 1949 p227

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

St Martin

Tuesday, 24 May 1949 in 3h 38 (36–3–26 in C)

5000 Stedman Cinques

Composed by James E Groves

1 Edgar C Shepherd

2 William C Downing

3 Albert Walker (C)

4 John Pinfold

5 Henry H Fearn

6 Arthur D Cook

7 Terry R Hampton

8 Arthur V Pearson

9 R Thomas Newman

10 John N Lindon

11 George E Fearn

12 Edward T Lloyd

First 12 bell peal, 7.

200th peal on the bells, 3

Ref RW1949 p262

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

St Martin

Tuesday, 7 June 1949 in 3h 33 (36–3–26 in C)

5007 Stedman Cinques

Composed by Charles J Sedgley

1 William C Downing

2 Frank E Pervin

3 Frank E Haynes (C)

4 Edgar C Shepherd

5 Arthur D Cook

6 Terry R Hampton

7 John N Lindon

8 Sidney O'C Holloway

9 Arthur V Pearson

10 Leonard Trevor

11 Arthur Pritchard

12 Edward T Lloyd

Ref RW1949 p290

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

Cathedral Church of St Philip

Thursday, 9 June 1949 in 3h 38 (31–0–21 in D)

5019 Stedman Cinques

Composed by C W Roberts

1 Edgar C Shepherd

2 Frank E Haynes

3 G William Critchley (C)

4 Albert Walker

5 William C Downing

6 Terry R Hampton

7 H James Turner

8 Arthur D Cook

9 Henry H Fearn

10 John Pinfold

11 Arthur Pritchard

12 George E Fearn

First as Stedman as conductor

Ref RW1949 p290

St Martin's Guild

Shirley, West Midlands

St James the Great

Monday, 13 June 1949 in 2h 43 (6–1–1 in B♭)

5088 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by N J Pitstow

1 John N Lindon

2 John Pinfold

3 Arthur D Cook

4 William C Downing

5 Terry R Hampton

6 Norman J Goodman

7 Edward T Lloyd

8 George E Fearn (C)

First peal in the method 5 and 7.

Ref RW1949 p304

St Martin's Guild

Shirley, West Midlands

St James the Great

Thursday, 7 July 1949 in 2h 43 (6–1–1 in B♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Parker 12 part

1 George E Fearn

2 Edgar C Shepherd (C)

3 Muriel Reay

4 Terry R Hampton

5 John Pinfold

6 Arthur D Cook

7 Edward T Lloyd

8 Thomas W Abbotts

Wedding compliment to the Vicar of Shirley

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

Cathedral Church of St Philip

Thursday, 14 July 1949 in 3h 43 (31–0–21 in D)

5280 Albanian Surprise Maximus

1 John Pinfold

2 G William Critchley

3 Frank W Perrens

4 Albert Walker

5 Frank E Pervin

6 Arthur D Cook

7 Terry R Hampton

8 Arthur V Pearson

9 Leonard Trevor

10 Paul K Williamson

11 Henry H Fearn

12 George E Fearn (C)

First peal of Maximus: 7.

300th together: 11 & 12.

First peal of Maximus in the method.

Ringing World page reference: 1999.0350

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

Bishop Ryder

Wednesday, 10 August 1949 in 3h 7 (12–3–24 in F♯)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Johnson variation

1 John N Lindon

2 Joan E Niblett

3 Terry R Hampton

4 Antony W T Cleaver

5 John Pinfold

6 Henry H Fearn

7 Arthur V Pearson

8 George E Fearn (C)

25th peal and first of surprise, 2.

Rung half muffled in memory of Robert Raisbeck Gelling, donor of the bells.

Ref RW1949 p399

St Martin's Guild

Clun, Shropshire

St George

Saturday, 13 August 1949 in 2h 48 (13–2–1 in F)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by A P Heywood

1 James F Harvey

2 John Pinfold

3 Henry H Fearn

4 Terry R Hampton

5 William A Farmer

6 Arthur V Pearson

7 George E Fearn

8 Arthur Pritchard (C)

Ref RW1949 p399

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

St Martin

Tuesday, 16 August 1949 in 3h 50 (36–3–26 in C)

5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus

Composed by John Carter

1 Sidney O'C Holloway

2 Albert Walker

3 Paul K Williamson

4 Frank E Pervin

5 G William Critchley

6 Terry R Hampton

7 John Pinfold

8 Leslie W G Morris (C)

9 Arthur V Pearson

10 Arthur D Cook

11 Henry H Fearn

12 George E Fearn

First peal of Cambridge Maximus, 6.

First Cambridge maximus as conductor.

Ref RW1949 p398

St Martin's Guild

Walsall, West Midlands

St Matthew

Saturday, 17 September 1949 in 3h 32 (25–2–18 in D)

5007 Stedman Cinques

Composed by John Carter

1 John Scott

2 Edgar C Shepherd (C)

3 William C Downing

4 Henry H Fearn

5 G William Critchley

6 Thomas W Sheppard

7 Antony W T Cleaver

8 Terry R Hampton

9 Arthur D Cook

10 Frank E Haynes

11 Albert Walker

12 George E Fearn

First peal of Stedman and first on 12, 7.

First peal of Stedman cinques inside, 1.

Ref RW1949 p474

St Martin's Guild

Edgbaston, West Midlands

St Bartholomew

Saturday, 1 October 1949 in 2h 56 (10–0–14 in G)

5184 London Surprise Major

Composed by J W Washbrook

1 Antony W T Cleaver

2 Henry H Fearn

3 John Pinfold

4 Terry R Hampton

5 Arthur V Pearson

6 Arthur Pritchard

7 Edgar C Shepherd

8 George E Fearn (C)

First of London, 4 & 5.

Ref RW1949 p502

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

Bishop Ryder

Monday, 3 October 1949 in 2h 52 (12–3–24 in F♯)

5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major

1 John N Lindon

2 Charles T Richards

3 James F Harvey

4 Terry R Hampton

5 John Pinfold

6 Antony W T Cleaver

7 Arthur V Pearson

8 George E Fearn (C)

First peal of Yorkshire, 2 3 & 6.

Ref RW1949 p503

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

Cathedral Church of St Philip

Thursday, 13 October 1949 in 3h 47 (31–0–21 in D)

5280 Prittlewell Surprise Maximus

1 Albert Walker

2 Frank W Perrens

3 Edgar C Shepherd

4 Frank E Pervin

5 G William Critchley

6 Terry R Hampton

7 Arthur D Cook

8 Henry H Fearn

9 Arthur V Pearson

10 John Pinfold

11 Frank E Haynes

12 George E Fearn (C)

First peal of maximus in the method

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

St Martin

Tuesday, 18 October 1949 in 3h 47 (36–3–26 in C)

5000 Stedman Cinques

Composed by John E Chilcott

1 William C Dowding

2 Arthur V Pearson

3 Frank E Haynes

4 John Pinfold

5 William H Pickett

6 Albert Walker (C)

7 Terry R Hampton

8 H James Turner

9 Arthur Pritchard

10 John Lindon

11 George E Fearn

12 Edward T Lloyd

Ref RW1949 p526

St Martin's Guild

Shirley, West Midlands

St James the Great

Monday, 7 November 1949 in 2h 43 (6–1–1 in B♭)

5152 Radnor Surprise Major

Composed by J Reeves

1 Muriel Reay

2 John Pinfold

3 Terry R Hampton

4 Frank W Perrens

5 Henry H Fearn

6 G William Critchley

7 Arthur V Pearson (C)

8 George E Fearn

First peal in the method.

Ref RW1949 p567.

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

Cathedral Church of St Philip

Thursday, 10 November 1949 in 3h 26 (31–0–21 in D)

5040 Prittlewell Surprise Royal

Composed by Charles J Sedgley

1 Henry H Fearn

2 G William Critchley

3 Albert Walker

4 John Pinfold

5 Paul K Williamson

6 Arthur V Pearson

7 Terry R Hampton

8 Arthur D Cook

9 Frank E Haynes

10 George E Fearn (C)

First peal in the method for the Guild and all the band.

Engagement compliment to Arthur D Cook and Miss Molly N Westoby

Ref RW1949 p566

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

St Martin

Tuesday, 15 November 1949 in 3h 41 (36–3–26 in C)

5005 Stedman Cinques

Composed by James E Groves

1 George E Fearn

2 John Scott

3 Frank E Pervin

4 G William Critchley

5 A Paddon Smith

6 Terry R Hampton

7 H James Turner

8 John Pinfold

9 Arthur V Pearson

10 Sidney O'C Holloway

11 Frank E Haynes (C)

12 Paul K Williamson

50th peal this year 9.

100th peal of Stedman Cinques 11

Ref RW1949 p578

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

Cathedral Church of St Philip

Saturday, 26 November 1949 in 3h 36 (31–0–21 in D)

5019 Stedman Cinques

Composed by C W Roberts

1 Frank E Haynes

2 John Pinfold

3 Jeane M Askew

4 Edgar C Shepherd

5 Albert Walker (C)

6 Henry H Fearn

7 Terry R Hampton

8 Paul K Williamson

9 Arthur V Pearson

10 Leonard Trevor

11 Arthur Pritchard

12 George E Fearn

First peal of Stedman and cinques 3.

Compliment to James George on the eve of his 96th birthday.

Ref RW1949 p590

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

RC Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St Chad

Monday, 28 November 1949 (15–3–6 in F)

1344 Spliced Surprise Major (2m)

Cambridge and Superlative

1 Keith Taylor

2 G William Critchley

3 Terry R Hampton

4 John Pinfold

5 Arthur V Pearson

6 James F Harvey

7 Henry H Fearn

8 George E Fearn (C)

First of major 1

Ref RW1949 p605

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

St Martin

Tuesday, 13 December 1949 in 3h 31 (36–3–26 in C)

5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal

Composed by Charles J Sedgley

1 H James Turner

2 Edgar C Shepherd

3 John Pinfold

4 Albert Walker

5 Terry R Hampton

6 Antony W T Cleaver

7 Arthur V Pearson

8 Henry H Fearn

9 Frank E Haynes (C)

10 George E Fearn

First peal of Yorkshire Royal 5 6 7.

Birthday compliment to Terry Hampton.

Ref RW1950 p2

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0002

St Martin's Guild

Shirley, West Midlands

St James the Great

Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 2h 40 (6–1–1 in B♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Parker's 12 Part (7th Observation)

1 Michael T Hartlett

2 Edgar C Shepherd

3 Leonard Teffrey

4 William C Dowding

5 Arthur D Cook

6 S George Chaplin

7 Vincent A Hemming (C)

8 Thomas Abbotts

First peal - 1. First peal on 8 as conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0005

St Martin's Guild

Kingsbury, Warwickshire

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 3h 15 (16)

5040 Doubles (3m)

Being two extents of April Day (different) and 10 each of Grandsire (ten callings) and Plain Bob (four callings).

1 J William Hovey

2 Keith T Taylor

3 Leslie L Willis

4 William C Rhodes

5 Gordon H Lane (C)

First peal as conductor.

First peal on the bells.

Rung for the centenary of their recasting from four to five by Taylor's in 1849.

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0006

St Martin's Guild

Birmingham, West Midlands

Cathedral Church of St Philip

Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 3h 34 (31–0–21 in D)

5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal

Composed by C W Roberts

1 John Scott

2 Marie R Cross

3 John Pinfold

4 Frank E Haynes (C)

5 Frank W Perrens

6 Terry R Hampton

7 George E Fearn

8 John A L Thompson

9 Henry H Fearn

10 John E Turley

First peal of Cambridge Royal, 6

RW1950 p2

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0002

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