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Suffolk Guild

Debenham, Suffolk

St Mary Magdalene

Saturday, 7 January 1950 in 3h 8 (21–0–20 in E♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Carter's 12 part

1 William J Button

2 Charles E Fisher

3 Frank G Bloomfield

4 Cecil W Pipe

5 George A Fleming (C)

6 George W Pipe

7 Frank Willis-Betts

8 William Last

100th peal - 1. A birthday compliment to William Last.

Ringing World page reference: 2026.0067

Suffolk Guild

Wingfield, Suffolk

St Andrew

Saturday, 21 January 1950 in 3h 2 (13½)

5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor

1 Charles Brown

2 William H Cracknell

3 Robert J Plummer

4 Lewis J Batley (C)

5 George C J Filby

6 George Filby

First peal: 2.

Suffolk Guild

Stowmarket, Suffolk

St Peter and St Mary

Saturday, 21 January 1950 in 3h 7 (19–3–15 in D)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Middleton's

1 Harry D Lester (C)

2 Leslie G Forster

3 Robert E Lester

4 William B Duncan

5 Horace J Mansfield

6 Ernest W Pye

7 Garnham A Blaxcell

8 Oliver G Barnard

First peal of Cambridge - 3. A first birthday compliment to William, son of Ernest W Pye.

Ringing World page reference: 2028.0099

Suffolk Guild

Benhall, Suffolk

St Mary

Saturday, 21 January 1950 in 2h 50 (8–1–7 in A♭)

5040 Minor (3m)

Being two 720s each of Kent Treble Bob and Oxford Treble Bob, and three of Plain Bob, each 720 called differently.

1 Alderman G Ling, Jun (C)

2 Frank Shaw

3 Arthur A Ling

4 Arthur E Smith

5 Alan S Pipe

6 Ernest A J Steward

First peal of Minor: 6.

Ringing World page reference: 2027.0086

Suffolk Guild

Helmingham, Suffolk

St Mary

Saturday, 11 February 1950 in 3h 3 (17–3–16 in D)

5056 London Surprise Major

Composed by F Bennett

1 William G Whiting

2 Leslie C Wightman

3 Frank G Bloomfield

4 William Wightman

5 Frank L Fisher

6 George A Fleming

7 Albert E Whiting

8 Leslie G Brett (C)

First peal of London - 3.

Ringing World page reference: 2030.0132

Suffolk Guild

Stowmarket, Suffolk

St Peter and St Mary

Saturday, 18 February 1950 in 3h 18 (19–3–15 in D)

5152 Oxford Treble Bob Major

Composed by A Knights

1 Shelford Sparrow

2 Leslie G Forster

3 Robert Wilding

4 Harry D Lester

5 Robert E Lester

6 Horace J Mansfield

7 Oliver G Barnard (C)

8 Garnham A Blaxcell

First peal in the method - 5.

Ringing World page reference: 2031.0149

Suffolk Guild

Framsden, Suffolk

St Mary

Saturday, 18 February 1950 in 3h 1 (16–2–3 in F)

5184 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Washbrook's Variation

1 Charles W Beecroft

2 Albert E Whiting

3 Russel Parker

4 William Wightman

5 Frank L Fisher

6 Leslie C Wightman

7 Walter W Miiller

8 Leslie G Brett (C)

100th peal on the bells - 6.

Ringing World page reference: 2030.0133

Suffolk Guild

West Stow, Suffolk

St Mary

Saturday, 25 February 1950 in 3h 1 (15 in F)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

7 different 720's.

1 Arthur F Ballam (C)

2 William Stannard Sen

3 Richard J Stannard

4 Ernest Footer

5 Edward A Murrell

6 Charles Stannard

First peal - 3. First peal inside - 5. First peal as conductor. Rung in honour of the first anniversary of the Rev William J Parker as priest-in-charge of West Stow.

Ringing World page reference: 2033.0180

Suffolk Guild

Ipswich, Suffolk

St Margaret

Saturday, 4 March 1950 in 2h 51 (15–3–10 in F)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Charles Middleton

1 V E Palmer Whittell

2 R John Munnings

3 Ernest W Bloomfield (C)

4 Ernest E Grimes

5 John W Crapnell

6 W Keith Whittell

7 Claude W J Woodard

8 Sidney W Arbon

First of Surprise : 1

First peal of Cambridge : 2,3,5,8.

First peal of Surprise by the local company.

Ringing World page reference: 2032.0166

Suffolk Guild

Hadleigh, Suffolk

St Mary

Saturday, 4 March 1950 in 3h 14 (22–1–17 in D)

5024 Plain Bob Major

Composed by J A Trollope

1 Frank G Bloomfield (C)

2 Albert Catterwell

3 George W Moss

4 Charles A Andrews

5 Ronald Steward

6 George E Symonds

7 Alan R Andrews

8 William J Button

First peal of Major as conductor. Rung half muffled in memoriam Mr David Elliott of Groton, who, until his recent illness, was a frequent visitor to Hadleigh.

Ringing World page reference: 2033.0178

Suffolk Guild

Helmingham, Suffolk

St Mary

Saturday, 15 April 1950 in 3h 2 (19¾ in E)

5088 London Surprise Major

Composed by J W Washbrook

1 William Wightman

2 Albert E Whiting

3 Leslie C Wightman

4 Leslie G Brett

5 Frank L Fisher

6 George Sayer

7 Rev A Gilbert G Thurlow

8 F Nolan Golden (C)

First peal in the method - 6, 7.

Suffolk Guild

Holbrook, Suffolk

All Saints

Saturday, 10 June 1950 in 2h 45 (8 in A)

5040 Minor (4m)

Being two extents each: Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Plain Bob. And one extent St Clement's College Bob

1 Frank G Bloomfield (C)

2 Alfred E Honeywood

3 Raymond Talbot

4 Peter Barnes

5 Roy Duesbury

6 George N Orman

First peal: 3

First peal of Minor: 4

Suffolk Guild

Holbrook, Suffolk

All Saints

Wednesday, 12 July 1950 in 2h 33 (8 in A)

5040 Minor (7m)

Being one extent each: Cambridge Surprise, Double Court Bob, St Clement's College Bob, Single Oxford Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob and Plain Bob

1 Peter Barnes

2 Alfred E Honeywood

3 Frank G Bloomfield

4 George W Moss

5 Noel Foakes

6 Alan R Andrews (C)

A 70th birthday compliment to G W Moss and rung on the 52nd anniversary of his first peal of Minor

Suffolk Guild

Halesworth, Suffolk

St Mary

Wednesday, 19 July 1950 in 2h 59 (18–0–25 in E)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by William Shipway

1 E Jack Thurlow

2 Joy Rawding

3 Walter Kerrison

4 Alfred H Watson

5 Ernest F Newson

6 John W Blythe

7 Richard S Payne

8 Frank Warrington (C)

First peal of Major in the method: 5.

Ringing World page reference: 2051.0468

Suffolk Guild

Ipswich, Suffolk

St Mary le Tower

Saturday, 14 October 1950 in 3h 40 (32)

5060 Plain Bob Cinques

Composed by George E Symonds

1 William Tillett

2 George W Pipe

3 Alan A Andrews

4 Harry D Lister

5 George A Fleming

6 George E Symonds (C)

7 Frank L Fisher

8 William J Button

9 Charles A Andrews

10 John F Tillett

11 Cecil W Pipe

12 Herbert G Jillings

Believed to be the first peal of Plain Bob Cinques ever rung.

Suffolk Guild

Debenham, Suffolk

St Mary Magdalene

Saturday, 21 October 1950 in 7h 19 (21–0–20 in E♭)

11568 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Nolan Golden

1 Frank B Lufkin

2 Edgar R Rapley

3 Nolan Golden (C)

4 Norman V Harding

5 Sidney F Carter

6 Garnham A Blaxcell

7 Leslie G Brett

8 A Patrick Cannon

Umpires: Cecil W Pipe and Sylvia Pipe.

Longest length in the method by all and in East Anglia.

Rung in honour of the christening of Princess Anne and to hallow the memory of Robert Green, of Debenham, killed at the battle of Trafalgar.

RW 1950.0706.

Ringing World page reference: 2067.0706

Suffolk Guild

Blythburgh, Suffolk

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 28 October 1950 in 2h 40 (10–1–10 in G)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Being seven varied extents.

1 Richard S Payne

2 Walter Kerrison

3 Reginald J Darch

4 E Jack Thurlow

5 Norman R Bailey

6 John W Blythe (C)

First peal of Minor: 4. First peal as conductor.

First peal on the bells since dedication on September 17th, 1950.

Ringing World page reference: 2067.0709

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