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Suffolk Guild

Stonham Aspal, Suffolk

St Mary and St Lambert

Saturday, 1 January 1949 in 2h 53 (23–0–18 in E♭)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by F E W Meadows

1 Sylvia R E Pipe

2 Russell Parker

3 George A Fleming

4 Charles E Fisher

5 William J Button

6 Leslie C Wightman

7 Albert E Whiting

8 Leslie G Brett (C)

25th peal together - 1,5. First peal - 2.

Ringing World page reference: 1973.0038

Suffolk Guild

Yaxley, Suffolk

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 8 January 1949 in 2h 45 (10½ in G)

5040 Minor (3m)

Two extents each of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob, three of Plain Bob Minor.

1 Albert G Harrison

2 Bert Chilvers

3 Robert E Lester

4 Charles V Orves

5 Arthur E Cook

6 W Archie Lock (C)

Extracted from the 1949 Suffolk Guild Report page 24 Peal 1662.

Ringing World page reference: 1974.0054

Suffolk Guild

Ipswich, Suffolk

St Mary le Tower

Saturday, 8 January 1949 in 3h 56 (32)

5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus

Composed by Charles J Sedgley

1 William Tillett

2 Charles J Sedgley (C)

3 George W Pipe

4 Hobart E Smith

5 Harry R Roper

6 Cecil W Pipe

7 Sylvia R E Pipe

8 George A Fleming

9 Leslie C Wightman

10 Leslie G Brett

11 George E Symonds

12 John F Tillett

First peal of Cambridge Maximus, aged 13: 3.

Ringing World page reference: 1973.0038

Suffolk Guild

Framsden, Suffolk

St Mary

Saturday, 15 January 1949 in 2h 58 (16–2–3 in F)

5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Composed by W Barton

1 Willoughby E Maulden

2 Sylvia W Pipe (C)

3 George W Pipe

4 Leslie G Brett

5 George A Fleming

6 William J Button

7 Albert E Whiting

8 Leslie C Wightman

First peal in the method - 1,2,3,5,6,7.

Suffolk Guild

Rickinghall Superior, Suffolk

St Mary

Saturday, 29 January 1949 in 2h 41 (10½ in G)

5040 Minor (3m)

Two extents of Kent, three of Oxford Treble Bob and two of Plain Bob Minor.

1 Arthur E Cook

2 George Self

3 Ronald A Francis

4 Charles V Orves

5 W Archie Lock

6 James Bailey (C)

First peal as conductor (6). Extracted from the 1949 Suffolk Guild Report page 25 Peal 1667.

Suffolk Guild

Rickinghall Superior, Suffolk

St Mary

Sunday, 27 February 1949 in 2h 45 (10½ in G)

5040 Minor (4m)

An extent of Kent Treble Bob, and two extents each of Cambridge Surprise, St Clements and Plain Bob.

1 Ronald Francis

2 Leslie Forster

3 Charles V Orves

4 Alan Rogers

5 Arthur Cook

6 Richard E Manton (C)

First peal of four methods (4) and (6). First as conductor (6). Extracted from the 1949 Suffolk Guild Report page 27 Peal 1674.

Suffolk Guild

Ipswich, Suffolk

St Margaret

Saturday, 12 March 1949 in 2h 53 (15–2–00 in F)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by John R Pritchard

1 Ernest W Bloomfield (C)

2 Dennis J Crapnell

3 Claude W J Woodard

4 R John Munnings

5 John W Crapnell

6 W Keith Whittell

7 Charles Woodcock

8 Ernest E Grimes

First peal : 2 (aged 14).

Suffolk Guild

Southwold, Suffolk

St Edmund King and Martyr

Monday, 18 April 1949 in 3h (12½)

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by T Day

1 George W Howlett

2 Olive L Rogers

3 Richard S Payne

4 C Jack Gibson

5 George Gower

6 John W Blythe

7 William J Flatt

8 Harold W Rogers (C)

First peal of Kent Treble Bob Major: 6.

A birthday compliment to G Howlett and R S Payne.

Ringing World page reference: 1987.0199

Suffolk Guild

Ipswich, Suffolk

St Margaret

Saturday, 23 April 1949 in 3h 5 (15–2–00 in F)

5152 Plain Bob Major

Composed by George Beevor

1 George N Orman

2 George W Pipe

3 George W Moss

4 George A Fleming

5 George R Berry

6 George Shemming

7 George W Waterman

8 George E Symonds (C)

Rung on St George's Day.

Suffolk Guild

Ipswich, Suffolk

St Margaret

Wednesday, 4 May 1949 in 2h 52 (15–2–00 in F)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Henry W Wilde

1 Ernest E Grimes

2 Dennis J Crapnell

3 Ernest W Bloomfield

4 Leslie G Forster

5 John W Crapnell

6 Harry D Lister (C)

7 Charles Woodcock

8 Sidney W Arbon

In memoriam Lt Peter Batterby, son of Canon Batterby, Vicar.

Suffolk Guild

Elveden, Suffolk

St Patrick and St Andrew

Saturday, 1 October 1949 in 2h 43 (17½ in F)

5040 Minor (8m)

Consisting of extents of Double Bob, St. Clement’s, Double Oxford, Plain Bob, Double Court, Combined Kent and Oxford Treble Bob and Cambridge Surprise.

1 Charles E G Banham

2 Albert E Austin

3 Rev A Gilbert G Thurlow

4 George Sayer

5 Arthur G Bason

6 F Nolan Golden (C)

Suffolk Guild

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

St Mary

Saturday, 1 October 1949 in 3h 16 (30 in C♯)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by F Nolan Golden (Arranged)

1 Charles E G Banham

2 William B Duncan

3 Harry D Lister

4 William Stannard

5 Arthur G Bason

6 Rev A Gilbert G Thurlow

7 George Sayer

8 F Nolan Golden (C)

Suffolk Guild

Wissett, Suffolk

St Andrew

Saturday, 29 October 1949 in 2h 38 (10 in G)

5040 Minor (7m)

Being extents of Norwich Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, St. Clement’s, Double Court and Plain Bob.

1 Jack Pilgrim

2 John W C Blythe

3 F Nolan Golden (C)

4 Rev A Gilbert G Thurlow

5 Norman R Bailey

6 George Sayer

First peal in seven methods ‘ inside’ - 2.

Suffolk Guild

Southwold, Suffolk

St Edmund King and Martyr

Saturday, 29 October 1949 in 3h 2 (12 in F♯)

5008 Plain Bob Major

Sixty-one courses, 206 singles.

Composed by F Nolan Golden

1 G A Sutherland

2 Walter Kerrison

3 John W C Blythe

4 Rev A Gilbert G Thurlow

5 Richard S Payne

6 Jack E J Thurlow

7 George Sayer

8 F Nolan Golden (C)

First peal - 1. First peal of Major - 2, 6. First peal of Plain Bob Major ‘inside’ - 3. First peal of Plain Bob Major - 5. The first all-single composition to be rung in the method in the minimum number of changes. It contains all the 6-4’s and the 5th and 6th the extent of 6ths.

A silver wedding compliment to the parents of the ringer of the third.

Ringing World page reference: 2015.0551

Suffolk Guild

Lavenham, Suffolk

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 10 December 1949 in 3h 22 (23 in D♭)

5056 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by F Nolan Golden

1 Wilfred Jarvis

2 Stedman H Symonds

3 Frederick F Mortlock

4 Arthur G Bason

5 Rev A Gilbert G Thurlow

6 George Sayer

7 William C Duffield

8 F Nolan Golden (C)

Suffolk Guild

Bredfield, Suffolk

St Andrew

Tuesday, 13 December 1949 in 2h 50 (11–2–9 in G)

5040 Minor (5m)

1 extent each Cambridge S, Oxford TB, Double Oxford, 2 each of Kent TB, Plain Bob

1 Lewis J Last

2 George A Fleming

3 William A Woods

4 Charles E Fisher

5 George W Pipe (C)

6 William J Button

Ringing World page reference: 2024.0037

Suffolk Guild

Ipswich, Suffolk

St Margaret

Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 2h 50 (15–2–00 in F)

5088 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by Nathan J Pitstow

1 Dennis J Crapnell

2 R John Munnings

3 Ernest W Bloomfield (C)

4 Janet Mattinson

5 John W Crapnell

6 Ernest W Pye

7 Claude W J Woodard

8 Ernest E Grimes

First of Surprise : 1,3,5.

First in the method : 2,4,7.

First peal of Surprise as conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 2023.0019

Suffolk Guild

Henley, Suffolk

St Peter

Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 2h 53 (8–0–3 in A♭)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 John E T Wiseman

2 William Wightman

3 Frank L Fisher

4 Frank Bloomfield

5 Charles E Fisher

6 George A Fleming

7 George E Symonds (C)

8 William J Button

Ringing World page reference: 2023.0019

Suffolk Guild

Cretingham, Suffolk

At the residence of George Wightman

Thursday, 22 December 1949 in 2h 30

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by G Patrick

1–2 Willoughby E Maulden

3–4 Frank L Fisher

5–6 William Wightman (C)

7–8 George Wightman

First peal as conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 2023.0029

Suffolk Guild

Framsden, Suffolk

St Mary

Saturday, 24 December 1949 in 3h 2 (16–2–3 in F)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 Walter W Miller

2 Charles W Beecroft

3 William Wightman

4 Frank L Fisher

5 George A Fleming

6 Leslie C Wightman

7 Albert E Whiting

8 Leslie G Brett (C)

First peal of Surprise - 2. A birthday compliment to 6th and tenor.

Ringing World page reference: 2023.0020

Suffolk Guild

Ufford, Suffolk

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Tuesday, 27 December 1949 in 3h (13–1–8 in F♯)

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by H Dains

1 George A Fleming

2 Frank G Bloomfield

3 William J Button

4 Charles E Fisher

5 Garnham A Blaxcell

6 George W Pipe

7 Ronald W Steward

8 Frank L Fisher (C)

Messrs Wm. Button and F Fisher have now circled this tower to peals.

Ringing World page reference: 2024.0036

Suffolk Guild

Debenham, Suffolk

St Mary Magdalene

Tuesday, 27 December 1949 in 3h 12 (21–0–20 in E♭)

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by A Knights

1 Garnham A Blaxcell

2 George A Fleming (C)

3 William Wightman

4 Frank G Bloomfield

5 George W Pipe

6 Ronald W Steward

7 William J Button

8 Cecil W Pipe

Ringing World page reference: 2024.0035

Suffolk Guild

Burgh, Suffolk

St Botolph

Wednesday, 28 December 1949 in 2h 30 (8 in A)

5040 Minor (6m)

720 each of Cambridge S, Oxford TB, St Clement's, Double Oxford and Oxford TB, and two 720's of Plain Bob.

1 George W Pipe (C)

2 George A Fleming

3 Charles E Fisher

4 Frank G Bloomfield

5 William J Button

6 Cecil W Pipe

Ringing World page reference: 2025.0053

Suffolk Guild

Grundisburgh, Suffolk

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 31 December 1949 in 3h 21 (8¾)

5129 Grandsire Caters

No. 19, C.C.C.

Composed by H Hubbard

1 William Tillett

2 Frank L Fisher

3 George A Fleming

4 Hobart E Smith

5 Frank G Bloomfield

6 Percy May

7 George W Pipe

8 Frank Willis-Betts

9 George E Symonds (C)

10 John F Tillett

First peal of Grandsire Caters: 2, 5, 7, 8, 10. First peal of Grandsire Caters on the bells.

Rung half-muffled for the old year.

Ringing World page reference: 2024.0034

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