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Crewe Branch

First peal in the method: 4

First peal: 6

First peal on eight bells: 8

First peal in the method as conductor

First peal in the method on the bells rung as a peace peal for the village, also as a birthday compliment to JH Riding

Ringing World January 30th 1920 No. 463 Vol. XV page 51

First peal: 3

First peal in the method by all, except 4 and 6

The above are all members of the tower

First peal : Harry Bardsley.

Rung as a welcome home to local ringers demobilised from the army.

Source: RW, Vol.15, no.468, page 112

First Peal: 1,5

First inside: 3

Ringers of 1,2,3,5 & 6 hail from Alford, 4 from Christleton

First peal: 1

First peal with Bob bell: 3

All are members of the above tower

First peal: 5

A birthday compliment to F Fox.

['The Ringing World' of 9 April 1920 - p. 171 - gives simply 'George Jones' for the ringers of 2 and 6. Unfortunately this is repeated in the Chester Guild Annual Report for 1920. I have guessed that George R Jones rang the 2nd, purely on the basis that in other peals he rang around this time he was at the front end; but there is, of course, no proof that I am right. I am, however, confident in writing that one of the ringers was George R Jones (of St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester) and another was George Jones, of Pulford.] JDA.

First peal of Triples - 2, 4 & 6

First peal away from tenor: 1

First peal as conductor

Rung to honour Mr Joseph Kent’s 25 years faithful service to the church as church warden

Ringing World April 23rd 1920 No. 475 Vol. XV page 195

First peal of Major: 1,2,6

First peal of Major by all members of the tower

Rung as a birthday compliment to the ringer of the 6th

First peal: 1

First peal of Stedman: 4 and 6.

The ringer of the 2nd was elected a member before starting.

First peal: 1

Great credit is due to Geoffrey Milton, who is only 13 years of age, for the way in which he handled his bell throughout the peal.

The ringer of the 6th, for whom the peal was arranged, hails from Tyldesley

First peal in the method: 5

Ringing World August 6th 1920 No. 490 Vol. XV page 384

First peal; 2,4,8.

Quickest peal on the bells.

The ringers of 4th and tenor are 17 years of age.

Rung for evening service in memory of John Lancelot Smith, killed in action August 9th 1916

First peal of Minor: 1

Methods as per printed in RW 0494.0432

Rung to commemorate the safe return of three of the band from the war. First peal in these methods on the bells. First peal and first attempt 1.

First-peal: 1.

First peal of Major: 2.

First peal in the method away from treble: 4 and 6.

A. Lintott was elected a non-resident life member of the Guild before starting.

First peal of Minor: 1

First peal in seven methods: 3 & 5

First peal on the bells.

The band wish to tender their best thanks to Mr. Maddocks and family for their kind hospitality after the peal.

1st peal of triples: John Saddington, Alfred Johnson

Rung as a birth compliment to the conductor

J Saddington was elected as a member prior to the peal and hails from Kettering

First peal of Triples on the bells

First peal in the method: 2.

Arranged for Arthur E Pegler of Bangor, N Wales.

First peal in the method: 3.

Rung with the bells half-muffled in deepest sympathy for the esteemed Master of the Guild, the late Mr C J Bowen Cooke, CBE. 150th peal: 3.

First Peal in the Method 2.

First peal away from the treble: 2. First peal: 4. All are members of local band.

Rung as a compliment to the Vicar (Rev. A.J. Humphreys, B.A., B.D.) and the Curate (Rev. A. B. Waggett, L.Th.), who have both entered the parish during the past twelve months.

Crewe Branch

First peal away from the Tenor: 1

Rung with the bells half-muffled as a token of respect to the Master of the Guild, the late C J Bowen Cooke CBE, and also to the late Richard Langford, both regular members of the above tower.

Quickest peal on the bells

All the above ringers are employed by the L & NW Railway Company, to which Mr Cooke was Chief Mechanical Engineer

Ringing World November 12th 1920 No. 504 Vol. XV page 550

First peal away from treble: 5.

First peal on the bells since being recast and rehung in a new iron frame by Taylors.

Rung with the bells half-muffled for those who fell in the war and on occasion of burying the Unknown British Warrior in Westminster Abbey.

All ringers are members of the tower

The band wish to thank the Rector for the use of the bells and Mr Mosford for having everything ready. First peal: 1 & 8, and made members of the Guild before starting. They are local men.

RW 0510.0623

First peal in the method: 1, 4 and 8.

First peal in any method on a working bell: 2

Rung as a birthday compliment to the ringer of the 5th.

Rung as a birthday compliment to Mr Barnes and the conductor.

First peal of major and first attempt : Miss E K Barnes.

Source: RW, Vol. 15, no.511, page 637.

First peal in the method away from treble: 5.

First peal of Treble Bob on the new bells.

First peal: 1. First peal as conductor.

Rung by members of the Chester Branch.