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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 75 matching performances. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Thursday, 1 January 1925 in 2h 45 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by J W Parker 1 Harry Chapman 2 Henry C Collyer 3 William Bibby 4 Henry W Wilde 5 George H Randles 6 John E Bibby 7 Francis Bibby 8 Edward Jenkins (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 3 January 1925 in 3h 14 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by J S Wilde 1 Harry Chapman 2 Henry C Collyer 3 John E Bibby 4 William Bibby 5 Francis Bibby 6 Charles R Lilley 7 Henry W Wilde 8 Edward Jenkins (C) First Peal of Cambridge on the Bells. 500th Peal: 1. 100th Peal: 4. Ringing World page reference: 721.0022Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Monday, 19 January 1925 in 2h 29 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Minor (7m) 720 each St Clement's, College Single Reverse, Oxford Single, Plain Bob, Woodbine, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob 1 Frederick Hindes 2 George Vernon 3 Ernest Bostock 4 Cecil Raddon 5 John H Davenport 6 Edward Jenkins (C) First peal in 7 methods - 1; first inside in 7 methods - 2. For the birth of a son to Leonard Bostock Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Wednesday, 21 January 1925 in 2h 58 (14 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Arthur Hann 2 John S Royle 3 Thomas Wilkinson 4 Harry Eyres 5 Harry Parker 6 Albert H Booth (C) First peal : Arthur Hann, Harry Eyres First peal as conductor A birthday compliment to Mr S Royle's son Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 31 January 1925 in 2h 45 (10–0–10) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Wilde's transposition of Thurstans 1 Thomas R Butler 2 Thomas Butler 3 George R Jones 4 Robert Sperring (C) 5 James H Riding 6 Edward V Rodenhurst 7 Samuel Jones, Jun 8 William S Higginson Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Tuesday, 3 February 1925 in 2h 45 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by J W Parker 1 Harry Chapman 2 Henry C Collyer 3 William Bibby 4 Henry W Wilde 5 George H Randles 6 John E Bibby 7 Francis Bibby 8 Edward Jenkins (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Rock Ferry, Wirral St Peter Saturday, 7 February 1925 in 2h 48 (10–0–8 in G) 5040 Minor (3m) Being 720 of Single Court, two 720's of Oxford Bob, and four of Plain Bob, each called differently. 1 James Withers 2 Frederick Banton 3 Frederick C Amos 4 William Dean 5 Herbert Ludkin 6 John Cooke (C) First peal: 1 First peal in 3 methods: 2 & 3 First peal as conductor A birthday compliment to Mr F. C. Amos and Mrs J. Cooke. Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 14 February 1925 in 2h 55 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Sir A. P. Heywood's Variation of Thurstan's 1 Thomas Butler, Senr 2 James H Riding 3 Edward Harrison 4 William S Higginson 5 George R Jones 6 Robert Sperring 7 Thomas R Butler (C) 8 William Higginson, Senr Peal peal of Stedman Triples inside: 4 Ringing World page reference: 727.0116Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 14 February 1925 in 3h 2 (16–1–5 in E) 5088 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by C J Sedgley 1 Claude I Davies 2 Thomas W Gilmour 3 Henry C Collyer 4 William Bibby 5 John Wilkinson 6 John E Bibby 7 Edward Jenkins (C) 8 Francis Bibby First peal in the method on the bells First peal of Surprise Major: 1 Ringing World February 20th 1925 No. 727 Vol. XX page 116 Chester Diocesan Guild Barthomley, Cheshire St Bertoline Saturday, 14 February 1925 in 3h 2 (13–1–14 in E) 5040 Grandsire Triples Grove’s variation of Parker’s twelve part 1 John Parker 2 John Brassington 3 George Addison 4 Frederick H Crawley 5 Arthur Peake 6 Arthur Allman 7 Albert Crawley (C) 8 Albert Astbury First peal in the method away from the tenor: 1 First peal in the method away from the treble: 3,4 Rung on the completion of the new chancel and east window erected to the memory of the late Earl of Madeley, heir to the Earl of Crewe Ringing World February 20th 1925 No. 727 Vol. XX page 116 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Tuesday, 17 February 1925 in 2h 56 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by James S Wilde 1 Thomas Lightfoot 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Cyril Valentine 4 William Bibby 5 Henry C Collyer 6 John E Bibby 7 George Randles 8 Francis Bibby (C) First peal in the method; 1,2,3. Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 28 February 1925 in 2h 58 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by G Williams 1 George F Sperring 2 Robert Sperring (C) 3 Edward V Rodenhurst 4 Thomas Butler 5 Edward Harrison 6 George R Jones 7 Thomas R Butler 8 James H Riding Chester Diocesan Guild Alsager, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 28 February 1925 in 2h 55 (10–2–20 in G♯) 5040 Grandsire Triples Groves variation of Parker’s twelve part 1 John H Parker 2 Frank E Corfield 3 Thomas Arrowsmith 4 George Addison 5 John Brassington 6 Frederick H Crawley 7 Arthur Peake (C) 8 Albert Crawley First peal: 2 Also first peal as conductor in this method This peal was rung as a welcome to the new Vicar, the Rev AL Moir Also as a birthday compliment to the conductor Ringing World March 6th 1925 No. 729 Vol. XX page 147 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 6 March 1925 in 2h 47 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Cyril Valentine 2 Miss Norah M Bibby 3 Edward Jenkins (C) 4 Henry C Collyer 5 William Bibby 6 John E Bibby 7 George H Randles 8 Francis Bibby First peal of Surprise; 1. First peal of Surprise ‘inside’; 2. After the peal, Miss Bibby received the hearty congratulations of the band upon her splendid performance. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Saturday, 7 March 1925 in 2h 59 (13–3–8 in F) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Edward V Rodenhurst 2 John E Bibby 3 Robert Sperring (C) 4 Henry C Collyer 5 George R Jones 6 Edward Jenkins 7 Albert J Hughes 8 James H Riding First peal of Surprise: 1 Ringing World page reference: 730.0163Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Saturday, 14 March 1925 in 2h 53 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 Henry W Wilde 2 Henry C Collyer 3 Thomas Gilmour 4 William Bibby 5 Edward Jenkins (C) 6 John Wilkinson 7 Francis Bibby 8 James Martin Mr. Wilde has now rung each bell in this tower to a peal of Cambridge. Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 21 March 1925 in 2h 41 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Thurstans's Four-Part 1 Thomas R Butler 2 Thomas Butler 3 Robert Sperring (C) 4 George R Jones 5 William S Higginson 6 James H Riding 7 Samuel Jones, Junr 8 John F Sharpe Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Monday, 23 March 1925 in 2h 26 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor 1 George Vernon 2 Ernest Bostock 3 Frederick Hindes 4 John H Davenport 5 Leonard Bostock 6 Edward Jenkins (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 28 March 1925 in 2h 50 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Brooks' Variation of Thurstans's 1 Thomas R Butler 2 Thomas Butler 3 Edward Harrison 4 John Hayes 5 Samuel Jones, Junr 6 George R Jones 7 Robert Sperring (C) 8 William Higginson First peal in the method: 4. Ringing World page reference: 734.0226Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 4 April 1925 in 3h 13 (20–0–0 in E) 5067 Stedman Caters Composed by J E Groves 1 William Edge 2 Richard T Holding 3 Harry F Holding 4 George H Crawley 5 George R Jones 6 Robert Sperring (C) 7 Harry Overton 8 Samuel Jones jun 9 James H Riding 10 Richard D Langford First peal of Stedman Caters: 4 First peal of Stedman away from Tenor: 1 Ringing World April 10th 1925 No. 734 Vol. XX page 226 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Thursday, 16 April 1925 in 2h 44 (7–2–2) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m) Being 720 each Trowel, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Sandal, London Scholars and Kingston. 1 James Fernley jun 2 James Fernley sen 3 John P Fidler 4 William Fernley 5 Lionel Clough 6 John W Hartley (C) First peal: 5. Rung as a welcome to the new curate, the Rev. E. D. Reeman, B.A. Chester Diocesan Guild Eccleston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 25 April 1925 in 3h 21 (26–3–3 in E♭) 5088 New Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by H W Wilde 1 Cyril Valentine 2 Harry Chapman 3 Francis Bibby 4 John E Bibby 5 William E Bibby 6 Edward Jenkins (C) 7 James Morgan 8 Henry W Wilde First peal of New Cambridge in the county, and by the Guild. Rung on the 12th anniversary of the conductor's first peal. Ringing World page reference: 737.0275Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Saturday, 25 April 1925 in 3h 3 (13–3–8 in F) 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by H W Wilde 1 George R Jones 2 Robert Sperring (C) 3 John Hayes 4 Albert J Hughes 5 Edward V Rodenhurst 6 James Swindley 7 Samuel Jones, Jun 8 James H Riding Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Tuesday, 28 April 1925 in 2h 56 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5184 Rutland Surprise Major Composed by H W Wilde 1 Cyril Valentine 2 Miss N M Bibby 3 Edward Jenkins (C) 4 Henry C Collyer 5 William Bibby 6 John E Bibby 7 George H Randles 8 Francis Bibby First peal in the method in the county, by the Guild, and by all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Stockport, Greater Manchester St George Saturday, 2 May 1925 in 3h 40 (29¼) 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal Composed by G R Newton 1 Thomas W Gilmour 2 George Pownall 3 Thomas Ball Worsley 4 Samuel Booth 5 Claude I Davies 6 George Hill 7 Titus Barlow 8 John Wilkinson (C) 9 Cecil Raddon 10 Edward Jenkins First peal on ten: 2, 6 First peal of Royal: 3, 7 First peal of Royal 'inside.': 5 First peal of Royal as conductor Ringing world: 0738.0290 Ringing World page reference: 738.0290Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 2 May 1925 in 2h 56 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Heywood's variation 1 Albert J Hughes 2 Thomas Butler, Senr 3 George R Jones 4 Edward V Rodenhurst 5 William S Higginson 6 Thomas R Butler 7 James H Riding (C) 8 William Higginson, Senr Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Thursday, 7 May 1925 in 2h 18 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Doubles (2m) Being 21 six-scores each of St Simon's and Plain Bob. 1 Allan Done 2 Frederick Hindes 3 George Vernon 4 John H Davenport 5 Edward Jenkins (C) First peal: 1. First peal of Doubles on the bells, and by all the band. Ringing World page reference: 739.0309Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 8 May 1925 in 2h 59 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5184 Rutland Surprise Major Composed by H W Wilde 1 Cyril Valentine 2 William Bibby 3 Henry C Collyer 4 Edward Jenkins (C) 5 Henry W Wilde 6 John E Bibby 7 George H Randles 8 Francis Bibby First peal in the method; 5. Chester Diocesan Guild Great Budworth, Cheshire St Mary and All Saints Saturday, 9 May 1925 in 3h 4 (20–2–4 in D) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Groves' Transposition of Parker's Twelve-Part 1 Arthur Moore 2 Thomas Wilkinson 3 Albert Booth 4 Revd W R Ingham 5 Samuel Moore (Sen) 6 Joseph Ashmole 7 Albert Crawley (C) 8 Samuel Moore (Jun) First peal of Triples: 5. First peal of Triples on these bells, which were cast by Rudhall in 1732. RW 0789.0309 Chester Diocesan Guild Christleton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 9 May 1925 in 2h 46 (12–1–26 in F♯) 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by Sir A P Heywood 1 Albert J Hughes 2 James H Riding 3 Robert Sperring (C) 4 George R Jones 5 Richard T Holding 6 Thomas R Butler 7 Harry Overton 8 Edward V Rodenhurst Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Tuesday, 12 May 1925 in 2h 57 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by A Knights (121) 1 Miss Norah M Bibby 2 Thomas Lightfoot 3 Cyril Valentine 4 Francis Bibby 5 John E Bibby 6 Henry C Collyer 7 Edward Jenkins (C) 8 William Bibby First peal of Treble Bob 'inside'; 2. Mr. W. Bibby’s 100th peal for the Guild. Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Thursday, 14 May 1925 in 2h 20 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Minor (7m) 720 each Double Bob, Double Court, Double Oxford, St Clement's, College Single Reverse, Oxford Single, Plain Bob 1 Allan Done 2 George Vernon 3 Frederick Hindes 4 Edward Jenkins (C) 5 John H Davenport 6 Ernest Bostock First peal of minor for the treble; first of 7 methods inside - 3 Chester Diocesan Guild Port Sunlight, Wirral Christ Church Saturday, 16 May 1925 in 3h 7 (14–1–25 in F) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Wilde's transposition of Thurstans 1 Walter J Battle 2 George R Jones 3 Herbert Ludkin 4 Robert Sperring 5 Sydney F Barnes 6 Thomas H Butler 7 James H Riding 8 John Cooke Rung with the bells half-muffled as a token of deepest sympathy for the late Lord Leverhulme, who was buried at this church, and who was the donor of the church and bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Wednesday, 20 May 1925 in 2h 21 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Double Bob Minor 1 Allan Done 2 Frederick Hindes 3 George Vernon 4 John H Davenport 5 Ernest Bostock 6 Edward Jenkins (C) First in the method by all the band Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 23 May 1925 in 3h 12 (18–0–11 in E) 5024 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by Benjamin Thorp 1 William Shaw 2 William Brammer 3 John Brierley 4 John P Fidler 5 Albert Hough 6 George Hill 7 Benjamin Thorp (C) 8 Samuel Booth Rung on the eve and in honour of Empire Day. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Saturday, 23 May 1925 in 2h 55 (13–3–8 in F) 5216 New Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by A Knights (No. 94) 1 James Swindley 2 Robert Sperring 3 Edward Jenkins (C) 4 Albert J Hughes 5 George R Jones 6 John E Bibby 7 James H Riding 8 Cecil Raddon First Surprise peal: 1 First peal in the method on the bells and by all the band, except ringers of 3rd and 6th Ringing World page reference: 741.0340Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Thursday, 28 May 1925 in 2h 23 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (3m) 720 Kent, three 720s Woodbine, three 720s Oxford 1 Frederick Hindes 2 Henry C Collyer 3 Ernest Bostock 4 Edward Jenkins (C) 5 John H Davenport 6 Leonard Bostock Chester Diocesan Guild Witton (Northwich), Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 30 May 1925 in 3h 18 (14–0–0 in F) 5024 Plain Bob Major Composed by H W Wilde 1 Alfred Johnson 2 Hugh Yarwood 3 John Austin (C) 4 Rev W R Ingham 5 Samuel Moore snr 6 Thomas Wilkinson 7 Albert Booth 8 Joseph Ashmole J Austin hails from Gloucester, and was elected a member previous to starting Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 30 May 1925 in 2h 55 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Heywood's Variation of Thurstans's (adapted) 1 Thomas Butler, Senr (C) 2 Robert Sperring 3 John Hayes 4 George R Jones 5 Thomas R Butler 6 William S Higginson 7 James Swindley 8 William Higginson, Senr First Peal as conductor. Ringing World page reference: 742.0356Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Monday, 1 June 1925 in 3h 21 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5024 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by Joseph W. Parker 1 Robert Sperring (C) 2 John Hayes 3 Joseph W Parker 4 George W Jones 5 Samuel Jones, Junr 6 Edward V Rodenhurst 7 James Swindley 8 James H Riding Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Monday, 1 June 1925 in 2h 52 (13–3–8 in F) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Dexter's Variation of Thurstans' 1 Phyllis Hare 2 William H Hollier 3 John W Jones 4 Edward Barnett, Sen 5 T Reginald Dennis 6 Harold J Poole (C) 7 William Bolton 8 William H Barber The above were elected life members before starting Ringing World page reference: 743.0372Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 3 June 1925 in 2h 59 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Parker's Reverse 1 Harry Chapman 2 William Bibby 3 Edward Jenkins (C) 4 John E Bibby 5 George R Newton 6 Francis Bibby 7 Arthur E Sharman 8 T Groombridge, sen Chester Diocesan Guild Bebington, Wirral St Andrew Thursday, 4 June 1925 in 2h 47 (8–1–13 in A♭) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by James Platt 1 Claude I Davies 2 Joseph Waghorn Snr 3 George R Newton 4 Edward Caunce 5 James Martin 6 John Wilkinson 7 Arthur E Sharman (C) 8 T Groombridge Snr The ringer of the second is in his 83rd year, and he was heartily congratulated by the rest or the 'band on the way he rang throughout the peal. Chester Diocesan Guild Farndon, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 6 June 1925 in 2h 58 (12–1–22 in F) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Wilde's No. 2 Transposition of Thurstans' 1 George R Jones 2 Arthur Prince 3 Thomas R Butler 4 Robert Sperring (C) 5 James Swindley 6 Edward V Rodenhurst 7 James H Riding 8 Reginald L Ince First peal of Stedman on the bells Ringing World page reference: 744.0387Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Thursday, 11 June 1925 in 2h 30 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Minor (7m) 720 each Double Bob, Double Court, St Clement's, Oxford Single, Kent Treble Bob, Woodbine, Oxford Treble Bob 1 Frederick Hindes 2 George Vernon 3 John H Davenport 4 Leonard Bostock 5 Ernest Bostock 6 Edward Jenkins (C) A farewell to the ringer of the treble, who is leaving for Australia Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 11 July 1925 in 3h 3 (9) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by Arthur Knights 1 Robert Sperring (C) 2 William Jones 3 Thomas Catherall 4 Harry Parker 5 Walter Thomas 6 George R Jones 7 James Swindley 8 James H Riding First peal in the method: 4. Ringing World page reference: 749.0466Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 18 July 1925 in 2h 58 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Heywood's Variation of Thurstans's 1 Thomas Butler, Senr 2 Robert Sperring 3 George R Jones 4 James H Riding 5 William S Higginson 6 Thomas Cathrall 7 Thomas R Butler (C) 8 William Higginson, Senr Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Saturday, 25 July 1925 in 2h 55 (13–3–8 in F) 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by H W Wilde 1 James Swindley 2 Edward Jenkins (C) 3 Robert Sperring 4 Albert J Hughes 5 George R Jones 6 Henry W Wilde 7 Harry Chapman 8 James H Riding First peal of Yorkshire on the bells and by all the band, except ringers of 2nd and 7th Ringing World page reference: 750.0483Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire All Saints, Hoole Saturday, 1 August 1925 in 2h 43 (7½ in B) 5040 Minor (3m) 2 720's Oxford Treble Bob, 3 720's Kent Treble Bob, 2 720's Plain Bob. 1 Walter Thomas 2 Samuel Jones jun 3 George R Jones 4 James Swindley 5 Albert J Hughes 6 James H Riding (C) First peal on the Augmented Six Ringing World page reference: 751.0500Chester Diocesan Guild Weaverham, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Monday, 3 August 1925 in 2h 42 (9–0–00 in A♭) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Harry Howard 2 Samuel Royle 3 George Vernon 4 Albert Booth 5 George W Biddulph 6 Harry Parker (C) First Peal: 1; First Peal of Minor: 5; First Peal as Conductor: 6; First Peal on the bells Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Saturday, 8 August 1925 in 2h 16 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (5m) 1440 each College Exercise, London Scholars' Pleasure 720 each Woodbine, Kent and Oxford Treble Bob. 1 George Vernon 2 John H Davenport 3 Harry Parker 4 Leonard Bostock 5 Ernest Bostock 6 Edward Jenkins (C) First peal in five Treble Bob methods by all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Port Sunlight, Wirral Christ Church Saturday, 8 August 1925 in 3h 15 (14–1–25 in F) 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by Henry W Wilde 1 Herbert Ludkin 2 Robert Sperring (C) 3 Walter J Battle 4 John Cooke 5 James H Riding 6 Albert J Hughes 7 George R Jones 8 Sydney F Barnes Rung as a birthday compliment to Miss Doris Sperring, of Chester. Chester Diocesan Guild Clive, Shropshire All Saints Saturday, 8 August 1925 in 3h 20 (25–0–9 in D) 5040 Doubles (2m/1p) 10 extents Grandsire, 4 extents Plain Bob all called differently, 28 extents Stedman with 12 different callings. 1 Richard Biggs 2 Thomas Butler, Sen 3 William S Higginson 4 Edward V Rodenhurst 5 Thomas R Butler (C) 6 William Higginson, Sen First peal of Doubles and in three methods, 1. First peal of Doubles in three methods, 2. First peal in three methods: 3, 5, 6. St Mary's Society, Ellesmere. Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Wednesday, 12 August 1925 in 2h 45 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by A Variation of Thurstans's Four-Part 1 Thomas Butler, Senr (C) 2 Robert Sperring 3 George R Jones 4 John Hayes 5 William S Higginson 6 Thomas R Butler 7 James Swindley 8 John F Sharp Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Wednesday, 2 September 1925 in 2h 28 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor 1 Edward Jenkins (C) 2 Harry W Howard 3 George Vernon 4 Leonard Bostock 5 Harry Parker 6 Ernest Bostock First peal away from treble - 2. Rung half muffled for A Holland, local ringer Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 5 September 1925 in 2h 40 (6 in B♭) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 John Parker 2 George H Crawley 3 George Addison 4 John Matthews 5 John Brassington 6 Arthur Allman (C) First peal on the bells Ringing World September 11th 1925 No. 756 Vol. XX page 581 Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 12 September 1925 in 3h 3 (10–0–10) 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 George R Jones 2 Robert Sperring 3 Harry F Holding 4 John Hayes 5 Edward V Rodenhurst 6 James Swindley 7 Richard T Holding 8 James H Riding (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Backford, Cheshire St Oswald Saturday, 12 September 1925 in 3h (10–0–12 in G) 5040 Minor (7m) Being 720 each of Cambridge Surprise, Oxford and Kent Treble Bob, Single Court, Double Court, Oxford Bob and Plain Bob. 1 Walter J Battle 2 William Dean 3 Frederick C Amos 4 John Cooke 5 Herbert Ludkin (C) 6 Sydney F Barnes First peal of Minor in seven methods: 2,3 & 6. First peal of Minor in seven methods on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Neston, Cheshire St Mary and St Helen Saturday, 26 September 1925 in 2h 55 (14–2–24 in G) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Heywood's variation 1 Robert Sperring (C) 2 Thomas Butler 3 James Swindley 4 George R Jones 5 William S Higginson 6 James H Riding 7 Thomas H Butler 8 Charles Coventry 50th peal: 7 First of Stedman on the bells Chester Diocesan Guild Barthomley, Cheshire St Bertoline Saturday, 26 September 1925 in 3h 5 (13–1–14 in E) 5040 Grandsire Triples Grove’s variation of Parker’s twelve part 1 John Parker 2 John Brassington 3 George Addison 4 Frederick H Crawley 5 George H Crawley 6 Arthur Allman 7 Albert Crawley (C) 8 Albert Astbury Rung as a birthday compliment to the conductor and on the 17th anniversary of the first peal on the bells Ringing World October 2nd 1925 No. 759 Vol. XX page 628 Chester Diocesan Guild Farndon, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 3 October 1925 in 3h (12–1–22 in F) 5058 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Robert Sperring (C) 2 Albert J Hughes 3 John Hayes 4 Samuel Jones, Jun 5 George R Jones 6 James Swindley 7 Reginald L Ince 8 James H Riding First peal in the method on the bells Ringing World page reference: 760.0644Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 10 October 1925 in 2h 47 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Heywood's Variation of Thurstans's Four-part dapted) 1 Robert Sperring 2 Thomas Butler 3 John Hayes 4 Thomas R Butler 5 James H Riding 6 Samuel Jones, Jnr 7 Albert J Hughes (C) 8 George R Newton Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 10 October 1925 in 3h 4 (14–1–4) 5040 7 Methods Treble Bob Minor Being an extent each of: Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury, Sandal, London Scholar's Pleasure, Kingston, Oxford 1 James Fernley sen 2 John P Fidler (C) 3 William Fernley 4 John W Hartley 5 Walter W Wolstencroft 6 Fred Holt First peal on these bells since they were hung in this tower in 1816 and presumed to be the first peal ever rung on them. They were cast in 1731 by Abr. Rudall and hung in the old tower of Stockport Parish Church. Previous attempts had failed through the bad'go' of the bells Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 24 October 1925 in 3h 16 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5280 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by J S Wilde 1 Edward Jenkins (C) 2 Cyril Valentine 3 Henry C Collyer 4 John E Bibby 5 William Bibby 6 Francis Bibby 7 James Morgan 8 Henry W Wilde Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Saturday, 7 November 1925 in 3h 10 (13–3–8 in F) 5280 Spliced Treble Bob Major (2m) Composed by H W Wilde 1 Robert Sperring (C) 2 Edward Harrison 3 John Hayes 4 Albert J Hughes 5 James Swindley 6 George R Jones 7 Samuel Jones, Jun 8 James H Riding First peal of Spliced Treble Bob: 2,7 Rung as a birthday compliment to George R Jones Ringing World page reference: 765.0724Chester Diocesan Guild Christleton, Cheshire St James Monday, 23 November 1925 in 2h 57 (10) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Joseph J Parker 1 Robert Griffiths 2 John Hayes 3 Robert Sperring (C) 4 Austin Gregory 5 William Astle 6 Walter Thomas 7 William Griffiths 8 Arthur Harrison First peal: 1. First peal inside: 5. Rung with the bells half-muffled for the death and funeral of the beloved Queen Alexandra, the Queen Mother. Rung by members of the Chester Branch. Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Wednesday, 25 November 1925 in 2h 42 (14 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Arthur Hann 2 Harry Eyres 3 Harry W Howard 4 Albert H Booth 5 John S Royle 6 Harry Parker (C) This is the first peal for 26 years that has been rung by all Sunday Service ringers at this church Rung half muffled for the death of Queen Alexandra Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Wednesday, 25 November 1925 in 3h 6 (13–3–8 in F) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker's Twelve-Part 1 George Lea 2 George F Sperring 3 Robert Sperring (C) 4 Edward Harrison 5 Frank Fox 6 George R Jones 7 Walter Thomas 8 John Bennion, Jun First peal: 1,8 First peal with a Bob bell: 3 Rung with the bells half-muffled Ringing World page reference: 768.0772Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Thursday, 26 November 1925 in 2h 58 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker's Twelve-Part 1 George F Sperring 2 Henry W Wilde 3 Thomas Butler 4 Robert Sperring (C) 5 Arthur Watkin 6 George R Jones 7 Thomas R Butler 8 William S Higginson Rung with the bells half-muffled. Ringing World page reference: 768.0772Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Thursday, 26 November 1925 in 3h 27 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5120 Spliced Treble Bob Major (2m) Kent and Oxford Composed by H W Wilde 1 John P Fidler 2 Walter W Wolstencroft 3 James Fernley jun 4 Harry Langley 5 John W Hartley 6 William Fernley 7 James Fernley sen (C) 8 Fred Holt Rung muffled. First peal on eight bells: 3. First peal of Spliced Major: 4. First peal on the new bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire All Saints, Hoole Saturday, 5 December 1925 in 2h 43 (7½ in B) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (3m) 2 720's Cambridge; 2 720's Oxford; 3 720's Kent. 1 Robert Sperring (C) 2 George R Jones 3 Samuel Jones jun 4 James H Riding 5 James Morgan 6 Henry W Wilde Chester Diocesan Guild Hartford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Tuesday, 8 December 1925 in 2h 44 (12–0–0 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different 720's 1 Thomas Wilmot 2 Harry W Howard 3 John S Royle 4 Harry Eyres 5 Albert Booth 6 Harry Parker (C) First Peal: 1. First peal on the bells. Rung to welcome the Rev. E. S. Oliver as Vicar. He was inducted on Saturday, December 5th, by the Bishop of Chester. Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 12 December 1925 in 2h 48 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Pitstow's Variation 1 Robert Sperring 2 William S Higginson 3 James H Riding 4 Thomas Butler, Senr 5 James Swindley 6 George R Jones 7 Thomas R Butler (C) 8 William Higginson, Senr Arranged and rung as a compliment to the ringer of the second on his 21st birthday. Ringing World page reference: 770.0804Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Monday, 21 December 1925 in 2h 58 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by J S Wilde (No. 4) 1 Cyril Valentine 2 Edward Jenkins (C) 3 Henry C Collyer 4 William Bibby 5 Frederick Lambeth 6 John E Bibby 7 Francis Bibby 8 Cecil Raddon First attempt for Surprise; 5. Rung as a thanksgiving for the Vicar’s recovery from a long and serious illness, and as a 21st birthday compliment to his son. Chester Diocesan Guild Gresford, Denbighshire All Saints Saturday, 26 December 1925 in 3h 8 (25) 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by Henry W Wilde 1 Walter Thomas 2 Robert Sperring (C) 3 Thomas R Butler 4 Albert J Hughes 5 George R Jones 6 James Swindley 7 James H Riding 8 Arthur E Pegler The band wish to thank Mr G Williams for his kind hospitality. Rung by members of the North Wales Association. | |
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