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Salisbury Diocesan Guild

Tisbury, Wiltshire

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 8 January 1949 in 3h 10 (16–0–9 in D)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

7 extents.

1 Leslie A Page

2 Leonard Harris

3 Colin W Reed

4 Jack Mussell

5 Frank L Harris (C)

6 Ronald N Marlow

Believed to be the first peal of Minor on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 1974.0054

Salisbury Diocesan Guild

Upwey, Dorset

St Laurence

Saturday, 15 January 1949 in 2h 53 (9½ in A)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

7 different extents.

1 Richard H Duke

2 Frederick Preecey

3 Mary E Davis

4 Edward F M Samson

5 Joseph H Hayne

6 Arthur V Davis (C)

First peal of Plain Bob Minor. A compliment to Leslie V Davis of the local band upon the birth of a daughter.

Ringing World page reference: 1974.0060

Salisbury Diocesan Guild

Salisbury, Wiltshire

St Thomas of Canterbury

Wednesday, 14 December 1949 in 3h 30 (25–0–18 in D♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Parker's 12 part

1 Harold A Roles

2 Jean M Brown

3 Herbert H Abrahams

4 Ronald N Marlow

5 Jack Mussell

6 Frank L Harris (C)

7 Leonard Harris

8 James Lewis

First peal in the method - 2. First peal of Triples inside - 5. First peal on the bells since rehanging. Rung on the occasion of the Right Hon Viscount Montgomery of Alamein being made a Freeman of the City.

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0003

Salisbury Diocesan Guild

Holt, Wiltshire

St Katharine

Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 2h 55 (9–0–6 in F)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

7 extents.

1 P W J Harding

2 Ruby Gibbons

3 Mary T I Kenelly

4 Lawrence F Hitchens

5 Frank A Penn

6 Frederick S Slatford (C)

First peal of Minor - 2. First peal in the method as conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0006

Salisbury Diocesan Guild

Downton, Wiltshire

St Lawrence

Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 3h 12 (22–3–23 in D)

5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by JW Pritchard

1 Jack Mussell

2 Frank L Harris (C)

3 Jean M Brown

4 Herbert H Abrahams

5 William C Shute

6 John Hartless

7 William E Cheater

8 A Patrick Cannon

First peal in the method - 6. First peal in the method on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0004

Salisbury Diocesan Guild

Damerham, Hampshire

St George

Friday, 23 December 1949 in 2h 45 (8–1–16 in G)

5040 Beverley Surprise Minor

7 extents

1 Jack Mussell

2 Jean M Brown

3 Herbert H Abrahams

4 John Hartless

5 Frank L Harris (C)

6 Ronald N Marlow

50th peal - 3. The first peal in the method by all and on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 2023.0023

Salisbury Diocesan Guild

Warminster, Wiltshire

St Denys

Thursday, 29 December 1949 in 3h 46 (23–1–19 in D)

5040 Double Oxford Bob Major

Composed by J A Trollope

1 William A Theobald

2 Frank L Harris (C)

3 Jean Brown

4 Herbert A Abrahams

5 John Hartless

6 David R Reed

7 Ronald N Marlow

8 A Patrick Cannon

The first peal in the method by all and for the Guild.

Ringing World page reference: 2024.0036

Salisbury Diocesan Guild

Ferndown, Dorset

Ferndown Hill

Thursday, 29 December 1949 in 2h 2 (17)

5076 Spliced Major (8m)

1488 Plain B, 1404 Gainsborough Little B, 576 Little B, 432 Reverse B, 336 each Double and St Clement's, 288 Wellington Little B, 216 Crayford Little B, 401 com.

Composed by F Nolan Golden

1–2 William G Young

3–4 Mrs F J Marshallsay

5–6 Daniel T Matkin (C)

7–8 Roy C Hurst

100th peal on handbells in 1949 - 3-4. First peal of Spliced Major 'in hand' in the county of Dorset.

Ringing World page reference: 2024.0039

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