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First peal of Surprise Royal 1,6,and 8 . First peal of Surprise Royal on the bells .

* First peal of Surprise . All the band are Sunday service ringers at Frodsham. First peal of Surprise on the bells by a band resident in the parish . Rung as 21st birthday compliment to Miss L M Bibby.

First peal of Minor on the bells. The 5th extent in this peal was the conductor's 2,000th

First peal of London and 100th peal: 5. First peal of London in the tower.

Rung with muffled clappers as a tribute of respect to that great British soldier, Field-Marshal Earl Haig.

Rung half-muffled to the respected memory of the late Field-Marshal Earl Haig and the late Rev T Lewis Jones M.A., president of the North Wales Association, who was interred at Bangor Cemetery on February 2nd, 1928

First peal: 1 & 2. First peal of Major as conductor. The ringer of the second is only 15 years of age. The above band are all Sunday service ringers at this church.

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First attempt for a peal by the treble ringer.

First peal of Double Norwich: 1.

First in the method as conductor.

Rung on the 40th anniversary of the cutting of the first sod for the erection of the Port Sunlight Works.

First peal of Bristol: 5. First peal of Bristol in the tower

First peal: 2, 5, 8.

Ringing world: 887.0179

First peal: 3 & 5.

First peal and first attempt for a peal of Treb1e Bob: 1.

100th peal: 1

First peal in the method: 2

Rung as a birthday compliment to Mr Jos Hughes of Bangor

First peal of Oxford Treble Bob: 1,6 and 8.

First peal of Treble Bob Major: 3 and 5.

Rung for the 21st anniversary of the wedding of Mr and Mrs Reginald L Ince, who kindly entertained the company to tea.

First peal of Major on the bells since they were rehung and tuned by Messrs Taylor and Co. The 'go' is excellent.

First peal of Major: 2.

First peal of Bob Major, and first peal away from treble: 3.

This is believed to be the quickest peal of Major on the bells, and the composition is now rung for the first time. All the above band except the ringer of the 7th are under 21 years of age the ringers of 2nd and 6th being only 14, and the ringer of the 3rd 15 years old.

First peal of Minor inside: 2

First peal of Minor as conductor.

Rung after meeting short for Major

Ringing World May 18th 1928 No. 895 Vol. XXIII page 309

First peal on an inside bell: 2.

First peal 4 and 6.

First as conductor.

Rung on the Eve of Ascension Day.

This is the first peal of Surprise in seven methods for all the band, and the first peal of Surprise on the bells.

Also the quickest peal on the bells.

Rung at first attempt.

The above are all members of the local band.

First peal of New Cambridge on the bells and by all the band except the ringers of 3rd and tenor.

First peal of Minor: 2

First peal inside in six methods: 5 & 6

This peal was rung with half-muffled clappers as a token of deep regret to the memories of Isaac F. Winstanley and William Hughes, two members of the local band, who both recently passed away. Mr. Winstanley retired from ringing some years ago, but Mr. Hughes was able to ring until a few months before his death, and had been

a ringer at the church for forty years.

First peal: 1

First peal inside: 2

First peal of Doubles: 4,6

First peal as conductor

Arthur Allman’s 50th peal for The Chester Guild

Ringing World June 15th 1928 No. 899 Vol. XXIII page 374

First peal in the method: 1

This peal was rung on the 50th anniversary of bells being put into this tower. The band, with the exception of Mr Sperring are Sunday service ringers at this church

Ringing World June 15th 1928 No. 899 Vol. XXIII page 371

This was a branch quarterly peal, and seven towers were represented, viz., Mossley, Oldham, Ashton, Stalybridge, Hyde, Norbury and New Mills.

First peal: 2.

First peal of Bristol; 6.

First peal of Bristol on the bells.

Arranged and rung as a birthday compliment to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.

First peal and first attempt: 1.

First peal in the method: 3, 5 and 6.

First peal away from the treble: 3.

This peal was specially arranged to enable the first 'all-local' peal to be rung on the bells; and it is believed to be the first peal of Major to be rung for the Wirral Branch of the Chester Guild by a band all of whom are members of one and the same local company.

Arranged and rung as a birthday compliment to the Vicar, the Venerable Archdeacon J. H. Thorp, M.A., B.D., who attained his 75th birthday on the 19th inst.

It is 30 years since Mr. A. E. Pegler rang a peal of Surprise Royal.

Ringing world: 0905.0466

This peal was arranged for Mr. A. Tomlinson, of Blackburn who was on holiday in the district.

First peal on the bells, which have recently been rehung by J. Taylor and Co.

The ringers wish to thank the Vicar of Marbury for the use of the bells

Ringing World August 3rd 1928 No. 906 Vol. XXIII page 483

1st peal in method on the bells. It is upwards of 25 years since a peal was rung on these fine bells. They have recently been re-hung by Messrs. Taylor & Co., their 'go' being highly satisfactory.

First peal in seven methods: 1,2 & 6

First 720 of London: 2 & 6

First 720 of London and Beverley: 1

First peal of Superlative by all except ringers of 3rd, 5th and 6th

Ringing World August 24th 1928 No. 909 Vol. XXIII page 531

First peal of Surprise: 2. First peal of Superlative: 3, 4, 7 & 8. First peal of Superlative on the bells. The ringer of the 2nd, aged 16, is believed to be the youngest ringer in the Guild to ring a peal in a Surprise method.

1st peal of Treble Bob and 1st peal of Major away from treble: 2; 1st peal in m: 4; The band wish to thank the Vicar for the use of the bells and Mr Grindley for having all in readiness.

First peal in the method: 2 & 3. This composition, which is in forty-seven courses, has twenty-three 4-6-8's, six 5-6-8's, and eighteen 6-7-8's, is now rung for the first time.

Rung to celebrate the birth of a son to Mr. John Oldham, of Loughborough.

First peal in the method; 1,2,7.

First peal of London inside; 5.

First peal in the method as conductor.

All the above are regular Sunday service ringers at St. Lawrence’s, Frodsham. Rung with the bells half-muffled as a last tribute of respect to Rev. A.E. Bartlett, who passed away on Sunday, September 9th, and was interred at Great Crosby, near Liverpool, on Wednesday, September 12th. He was for some years assistant clergyman at Frodsham, and retired recently on account of ill-health.

First peal in the method and first attempt: 4,8

First in the method: 3

First peal of Major: 4

W Lycett belongs to Stanton, near Shrewsbury, and was made a life member of the Guild

First peal in the method: 1, 6, 8.

First peal of Grandsire rung in Mossley.

Ringing world: 919.692

First peal and first attempt: 1.

First peal on an inside bell: 3

All the above band, with the exception of the ringer of the 6th, are under 21 years of age, and the ringer of the treble is only 12 years old.

50th peal: 5.

Rung to commemorate the third anniversary of the consecration of the new chancel and dedication of the bells.

First peal in the method: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

First peal in the method as conductor

Ringing world: 921.0723

Rung on the thirtieth anniversary of the conductor's first peal, which was rung on these bells.

Rung in honour of the golden wedding of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and as a birthday compliment to the ringer of the 2nd

First peal: 2. First peal in the method on the bells.

Rung as a compliment to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Davidson on their golden wedding day, and on the day of the Archbishop's retirement after twenty-five years as Primate of England.

First peal, at first attempt: 4.

First peal and first attempt: 1 and 2; the ages of these two ringers are 13 and 15 respectively, and it is the first peal in which a lady member of the Wirral Branch has taken part.

Rung as a birthday compliment to the ringer of the 3rd on attaining his majority, also to Mr J H Cooke.

First peal: 1. First peal away from the treble: 2.

Rung to celebrate the 70th birthday of Mrs. Wilde, of Hyde, mother of the conductor.

Rung as a birthday compliment to Mr W Thomas.

Mr A Pritchard is from Wellington, Shropshire.

First peal of Stedman Triples in hand in the county and by the Guild

Ringing World December 28th 1928 No. 927 Vol. XXIII page 819

First peal of Bob Major: 2,3

25th peal: 5

50th peal: 7 and has now rung each bell in the tower through a peal

Ringing World January 4th 1929 No. 928 Vol. XXIV page 5

First peal of Major: 3

Ringing World January 4th 1929 No. 928 Vol. XXIV page 5

First peal and first attempt: 1.

First peal on eight bells and first attempt: 5.

This peal was specially arranged and rung in order to enable the ringer of the treble to score his first. It was rung for watchnight service, with half-muffled clappers, to ring out the old year 1928. All are members of the local band, except ringers of 4th and 5th.