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Suffolk Guild

Leiston, Suffolk

St Margaret

Saturday, 7 January 1961 in 2h 58 (20½ in E)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 Jack Pilgrim

2 James M Bailey

3 Raymond Peck

4 Walter Ruffles

5 Alan R Bridges

6 Walter W Miller

7 Leslie G Brett (C)

8 Peter S Bedford

First peal of Cambridge Surprise Major 3

Rung in honour of the birth of a grandson to the conductor, Also a birthday compliment to Ernest S Bailey.

Suffolk Guild

Sproughton, Suffolk

All Saints

Sunday, 29 January 1961 in 2h 52 (8–2–25 in A♭)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

1 David R Wilson

2 Neville F Whittell

3 Roger L K Whittell

4 W Keith Whittell

5 Max Page (C)

6 Ronald W Steward

First Peal at first attempt: 1 and 2

Suffolk Guild

Wenhaston, Suffolk

St Peter

Tuesday, 31 January 1961 in 2h 40 (12–0–6 in F♯)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Being seven different extents

1 William E Riggs

2 Peter S Bedford

3 Jack Pilgrim

4 H William Barrett

5 C Jack Gibson

6 John W Blythe (C)

First peal 1. Mr Peter Bedford has now circled this tower twice.

A silver wedding compliment to Mr and Mrs A S Pipe.

Suffolk Guild

Redgrave, Suffolk

St Mary

Saturday, 4 March 1961 in 2h 47 (7–2–25 in A)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

7 different extents.

1 Albert G Driver

2 Hubert A Mitson

3 James Bailey

4 Arthur E Cook

5 John L Girt

6 Robert E Lester (C)

First Peal (1). A birthday peal for the conductor. Extracted from the 1961 Suffolk Guild Report Page 29 Peal 2774.

Suffolk Guild

Halesworth, Suffolk

St Mary

Monday, 6 March 1961 in 3h 3 (18–0–25 in E)

5088 Plain Bob Major

Composed by F Hopgood

1 Raymond Peck

2 Jack Pilgrim

3 James M Bailey

4 C Jack Gibson

5 H William Barrett

6 Ernest G Pearce

7 John W Blythe (C)

8 Peter S Bedford

In memoriam Mr J B Parling, church warden and ringer at Halesworth, who died the previous day.

Suffolk Guild

Theberton, Suffolk

St Peter

Tuesday, 14 March 1961 in 2h 35 (6–2–9 in B♭)

5040 Minor (12m)

Being seven extents in 12 methods : (1) London Surprise, (2) Norwich Surprise, (3) Ipswich Surprise, and Cambridge Surprise, (4) Kent Treble Bob, and Oxford Treble Bob, (5) Single Oxford Bob, and Plain Bob, (6) Childwall Bob, and Thelwall Bob, (7) St Clement's College Bob, and Double Oxford Bob.

1 C Jack Gibson

2 Jack Pilgrim

3 Raymond Peck

4 Peter S Bedford

5 H William Barrett

6 John W Blythe (C)

A wedding anniversary compliment to Mr and Mrs P S Bedford

Suffolk Guild

Redgrave, Suffolk

St Mary

Friday, 24 March 1961 in 2h 35 (7–2–25 in A)

5040 Minor (7m)

Extents of Double Court, Double Oxford, St Clement's, Cambridge Surprise, Oxford TB, Kent TB, Plain Bob

1 Raymond F Taylor

2 Robert E Lester

3 Bernard W Fairhead

4 Hubert A Mitson

5 Frank B Lufkin (C)

6 Urban W Wildness

Extracted from the 1961 Suffolk Guild Report Page 31 Peal 2779.

Suffolk Guild

Hollesley, Suffolk

All Saints

Saturday, 1 April 1961 in 2h 45 (17–0–11 in F)

5040 St Clement's College Bob Major

Composed by Roderick W Pipe

1 Ronald W Steward

2 Ernest G Pearce

3 James B Morley

4 Cecil W Pipe

5 James Bennett

6 Peter S Bedford

7 Roderick W Pipe (C)

8 Leslie N Melton

First in the method 2,3,4,6,7,8

Suffolk Guild

Blythburgh, Suffolk

Holy Trinity

Monday, 10 April 1961 in 2h 39 (10–1–10 in G)

5040 Minor (9m)

Being seven extents in 9 methods : (1) Norwich Surprise, (2) Ipswich Surprise, (3) Double Oxford Bob, and St Clement's College Bob, (4) Oxford Treble Bob, and Kent Treble Bob, (5) Single Oxford Bob, (6) Plain Bob, (7) Cambridge Surprise.

1 C Jack Gibson

2 Peter S Bedford

3 Richard F Prime

4 Jack Pilgrim

5 H William Barrett

6 John W Blythe (C)

Ringing World page reference: 2613.0328

Suffolk Guild

Leiston, Suffolk

St Margaret

Saturday, 15 April 1961 in 3h 8 (20–2–2 in E)

5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Harry D Lister Arr.

1 Ernest S Bailey

2 Robert E Lester

3 James M Bailey

4 Hubert A Mitson

5 Harry D Lister (C)

6 William B Duncan

7 Alan R Bridges

8 Peter S Bedford

A compliment to Mary Parker and Neville Moorey, whose wedding took place the previous Saturday.

Suffolk Guild

Yoxford, Suffolk

St Peter

Monday, 24 April 1961 in 2h 38 (11 in G)

5040 Minor (10m)

Being seven 720's in 10 methods, Viz.: (1) Beverley Surprise, (2) Norwich Surprise, (3) Ipswich Surprise, (4) Oxford Treble Bob, and Kent Treble Bob, (5) Double Oxford Bob, and St Clement's College Bob, (6) Single Oxford Bob, and Plain Bob, (7) Cambridge Surprise.

1 C Jack Gibson

2 Jack Pilgrim

3 Peter S Bedford

4 Richard F Prime

5 H William Barrett

6 John W Blythe (C)

Ringing World page reference: 2613.0329

Suffolk Guild

Stradbroke, Suffolk

All Saints

Saturday, 6 May 1961 in 3h 14 (20–1–10 in E♭)

5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal

Composed by Charles W Roberts

1 Harry D Lister

2 Alice E J Lester

3 Muriel R Page

4 Richard F Prime

5 John W Blythe

6 Walter Ruffles

7 Walter W Miller

8 Leslie G Brett (C)

9 William J Button

10 Peter S Bedford

First peal of Cambridge Surprise Royal 2,3,7,10

First of Surprise Royal as conductor.

A wedding compliment to Mr Frank Ruffles and Mrs Margaret Last, married this day.

Suffolk Guild

Framsden, Suffolk

St Mary

Saturday, 20 May 1961 in 2h 52 (16–2–3 in F)

5056 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by C J Sedgley (No. 23)

1 William J Button

2 James M Bailey

3 Muriel R Page

4 Walter W Miller

5 Jack Pilgrim

6 Walter Ruffles

7 Leslie G Brett (C)

8 Peter S Bedford

First peal of Superlative Surprise Major 8.

Suffolk Guild

Ingham, Suffolk

St Bartholomew

Tuesday, 6 June 1961 in 2h 48 (12–0–27 in F♯)

5040 Doubles (4m)

1,200 each of St. Martin’s, St. Simon’s and Plain Bob (four callings), and 1,440 of Grandsire.

1 Arthur F Ballam (C)

2 Winifred M Ivings

3 Richard J Stannard

4 Charles R Stannard

5 Henry Ivings

Rung for the marriage of the Duke of Kent. Also a birthday compliment to Charles Stannard.

First peal on the bells for 48 years.

Suffolk Guild

Wrentham, Suffolk

St Nicholas

Saturday, 17 June 1961 in 2h 42 (10½ in G)

5040 Minor (5m)

Being two extents each of Plain Bob and Kent Treble Bob, and one each of Oxford Treble Bob, Single Oxford and St Clement's College Bob.

1 John W Sampson

2 Richard C L Brown

3 Michael J Parker

4 A William Bird

5 Trevor N J Bailey

6 H William Barrett (C)

First peal in five Minor methods: 1, 2, 3.

In memoriam George Lee, for many years a regular service ringer at Kessingland and Wrentham.

Ringing World page reference: 2624.0520

Suffolk Guild

Framsden, Suffolk

St Mary

Friday, 23 June 1961 in 2h 47 (16–2–3 in F)

5152 Plain Bob Major

Composed by F Nolan Golden

1 Jack Pilgrim

2 Neville Whittell

3 Alice E J Lester

4 Roger L K Whittell

5 James Bennett

6 Peter S Bedford

7 Ernest G Pearce

8 Leslie N Melton (C)

First peal of Major 2.

Suffolk Guild

Ipswich, Suffolk

St Margaret

Saturday, 12 August 1961 in 2h 35 (15–1–10 in F)

5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Composed by William Barton

1 Robert B Smith

2 Bernard F L Groves (C)

3 Frederick E Wilshaw

4 Frederick R Shallcross

5 Basil Jones

6 A Peter Whitehead

7 Edward Jenkins

8 Rev Brian Harris

Suffolk Guild

Redgrave, Suffolk

St Mary

Wednesday, 23 August 1961 in 2h 47 (7–2–25 in A)

5040 Minor (3m)

3 Extents of Kent TB; 2 of Oxford TB; 2 of Plain Bob Minor.

1 Pauline Adcock

2 Leonard J Minns

3 Clive R Calton

4 Ernest Whiting (C)

5 Norman Watson

6 Harry B Fuller

Extracted from the 1961 Suffolk Guild Report Peal 2828.

Suffolk Guild

Aldeburgh, Suffolk

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 26 August 1961 in 2h 52 (11–2–20 in A♭)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by T B Worsley

1 Jack Pilgrim (C)

2 Alan R Bridges

3 C Jack Gibson

4 Raymond Peck

5 Ernest S Bailey

6 H William Barrett

7 John W Blythe

8 Peter S Bedford

First peal on the bells since being rehung and augmented to eight.

Suffolk Guild

Framsden, Suffolk

St Mary

Friday, 8 September 1961 in 2h 42 (16–2–3 in F)

5040 Little Bob Major

Composed by Roderick W Pipe Arr.

1 Muriel R Page

2 Jack Pilgrim

3 Roger L K Whittell

4 James Bennett

5 Ernest G Pearce

6 Roderick W Pipe (C)

7 Peter S Bedford

8 Leslie G Brett

First peal in the method 8.

A birthday compliment to Ernest G Pearce, Peter S Bedford and Mrs Brett.

Suffolk Guild

Beccles, Suffolk

St Michael

Saturday, 14 October 1961 in 3h 28 (25–1–25 in D♭)

5040 Plain Bob Royal

Composed by George H Cross

1 Charles R C Boggis

2 Richard C L Brown

3 Edwin R Goat (C)

4 Norman P J Cossey

5 A William Bird

6 Michael J Stokes

7 Dorothy Constance

8 Michael J Parker

9 Ralph W Bickers

10 Peter S Bedford

First peal of Plain Bob Royal 2, & 8.

First on 10 bells 5.

Rung as a Silver Wedding compliment to Mr & Mrs R W Bickers.

Suffolk Guild

Heveningham, Suffolk

St Margaret

Saturday, 21 October 1961 in 2h 35 (9 in A♭)

5040 Doubles (5m)

Being two extents of Stedman, and 10 each of Grandsire, St Martin's Bob, St Simon's Bob, and Plain Bob.

1 C Jack Gibson

2 H William Barrett

3 Jack Pilgrim

4 Peter S Bedford

5 John W Blythe (C)

Rung in honour of the marriage of Miss Margita Vanneck, of Heveningham Hall, to Mr David Wheeler, which took place at this church earlier in the day.

Suffolk Guild

Blythburgh, Suffolk

Holy Trinity

Monday, 23 October 1961 in 2h 40 (10–1–10 in G)

5040 Minor (7m)

Being one 720 each of Cambridge Surprise, Norwich Surprise, Ipswich Surprise, St Clement's College Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, and Plain Bob.

1 C Jack Gibson

2 Raymond Peck

3 Jack Pilgrim

4 H William Barrett

5 Peter S Bedford

6 John W Blythe (C)

100th peal 5.

Rung in memoriam William H P Mellin, of Witham, Essex, and formerly of Wrentham, Suffolk, who was called to higher service on October the 12th, 1961.

Suffolk Guild

Wenhaston, Suffolk

St Peter

Monday, 6 November 1961 in 2h 38 (12–0–6 in F♯)

5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor

Being seven extents

1 John W Blythe

2 James M Bailey

3 Jack Pilgrim

4 Peter S Bedford

5 C Jack Gibson

6 H William Barrett (C)

Rung for the marriage of Miss G Burrows, of Wenhaston, to Mr F Hunt; also for the birth of a grandson to the ringer of the 5th

Suffolk Guild

Blythburgh, Suffolk

Holy Trinity

Monday, 27 November 1961 in 2h 36 (10–1–10 in G)

5040 Minor (7m)

A 720 each of London Surprise, Ipswich Surprise, Norwich Surprise, and Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, and Plain Bob

1 C Jack Gibson

2 James M Bailey

3 Jack Pilgrim

4 Peter S Bedford

5 H William Barrett

6 John W Blythe (C)

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