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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 64 matching performances. Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 7 January 1939 in 2h 50 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (20m) Being seven extents in 20 methods: (1) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV., Willesden and Marple Delight; (2) Charlwood, Neasden and Braintree Delight; (3) St. Albans and Wragby Delight. (4) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk and Morning Star Treble Bob; (5) College Exercise and Norbury Treble Bob; (6) London Scholars' Pleasure and Kingston Treble Bob; (7) Capel, Sandal and Oxford Treble Bob. There were 70 changes of method. 1 Harry Farrar 2 Albert T Bancroft 3 Thomas Taylor 4 John Worth (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 James A Milner First peal in more than one method: 1. Chester Diocesan Guild Stockport, Cheshire 20 Aberdeen Crescent, Edgeley Thursday, 12 January 1939 in 1h 56 (12 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by C Charge 1–2 Harold Jackson 3–4 Allen F Bailey (C) 5–6 Harry Ashton 7–8 Alfred Barnes Witness: Mrs A F Bailey Ringing World January 20th 1939 No. 1452 Vol. XXXIV page 38 Ringing World page reference: 1452.0038Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 14 January 1939 in 3h 7 (11–0–7 in G) 5056 St Clement's College Bob Major Composed by J Morgan 1 George F Sperring 2 Robert Sperring 3 William E Fletcher 4 Frank Varty 5 Fred Hartman 6 Harry Pye 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 Percy Swindley (C) First peal in method by all except 2 Ringing World page reference: 1453.0051Chester Diocesan Guild Stockport, Cheshire 20 Aberdeen Crescent, Edgeley Thursday, 19 January 1939 in 2h 10 (20 in E) 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Composed by G Lindoff 1–2 Alfred Barnes 3–4 Harold Jackson 5–6 Allen F Bailey (C) 7–8 Peter Laflin Rung as a birthday compliment to Mrs A F Bailey Ringing World January 27th 1939 No. 1458 Vol. XXXIV page 53 Ringing World page reference: 1453.0053Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 21 January 1939 in 2h 52 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (29m) Being seven extents in 29 methods, viz.; (1) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St. Werburgh, Abbeyvillo and Canterbury Delight;
(2) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV., Willesden, Marple and Taxel;
(3) Braintree, Humber and Wragby Delight;
(4) Charlwood, Neasden and St. Albans;
(5) Ockley, Morning Star Treble Bob and Disley Delight;
(6) Norbury Duke of Norfolk and College Exercise Treble Bob;
(7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Kingston and Oxford Treble Bob 1 Harry Farrer 2 James Fernley 3 Joseph W Whittaker 4 Thomas Taylor 5 James A Milner 6 John Worth (C) First peal in 29 methods 1. There were 76 changes of method. Chester Diocesan Guild Capenhurst, Cheshire Holy Trinity Saturday, 4 February 1939 in 3h 58 (11–0–22 in G) 7200 Surprise Minor (10m) Comprising one extent each of Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Beverley, Surfleet, York, Durham, London, Wells and Cambridge 1 William E Fletcher 2 Lester L Gray 3 Frank Varty (C) 4 Ralph G Edwards 5 George Ledsham 6 Thomas A Rogers First peal in ten methods and the longest length for all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Sandbach, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 11 February 1939 in 3h 20 (13–1–5 in F) 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by J S Wilde 1 Joseph Whittaker 2 Ernest Bennett 3 Revd Frank Bonner 4 William Fernley 5 James Fernley 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 James A Milner 8 John Worth (C) Ringing World February 24th 1939 No. 1457 Vol. XXXIV page 119 Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 11 February 1939 in 3h 15 (20–0–0 in E) 5007 Erin Caters Composed by Joseph W Parker 1 Robert Sperring 2 George A Packer 3 Richard D Langford 4 Harry T Holding 5 James Swindley 6 Harry Overton 7 Samuel Jones jun (C) 8 Harry Pye 9 James H Riding 10 Harry Thelwell Chester and Crewe Branches First peal on the method on the bells; first for the Chester Diocesan Guild in the county by a resident band Ringing World February 17th 1939 No. 1456 Vol. XXXIV page 103 Chester Diocesan Guild Stockport, Cheshire 20 Aberdeen Crescent, Edgeley Thursday, 16 February 1939 in 2h 32 (17 in B♭) 5021 Grandsire Caters Composed by J W Washbrook 1–2 Alfred Barnes 3–4 Harold Jackson 5–6 Allen F Bailey (C) 7–8 Peter Laflin 9–10 Harry Ashton Witness: Mrs A F Bailey Ringing World February 24th 1939 No. 1457 Vol. XXXIV page 121 Ringing World page reference: 1457.0121Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 18 February 1939 in 3h 10 (17–0–0 in F) 5040 (3) Methods Minor 3 extents of Kent TB Minor, 3 extents of Oxford TB Minor and 1 extent of Plain Bob Minor 1 Frank Walters 2 Albert T Bancroft 3 C Kenneth Lewis (Conductor 4 Wilfred Wilde 5 Edmund Walters 6 James A Milner First peal and first attempt at Kent for 1 and 5 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 25 February 1939 in 3h (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by F Bennett 1 Joseph W Whittaker 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 James Fernley 4 Revd Frank Bonner 5 William Fernley 6 James A Milner 7 Tom Wilde 8 John Worth (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Gawsworth, Cheshire St James Thursday, 2 March 1939 in 3h 3 (11–1–9 in G) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1 William Gayes 2 Joseph W Whittaker 3 Harry Farrar 4 Ernest Haigh 5 Jack Tipper 6 T Bradshaw Knight 7 John Worth (C) 8 Jack Waumsley First peal in the method at first attempt: 3, 4 & 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Bosley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 4 March 1939 in 2h 45 (5–2–22 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 John W L Slack 2 Arthur Cheers 3 Rev Frank Bonner 4 Ernest Hague 5 John Worth (C) 6 Joseph J Whittaker First peal in the method away from the treble - 2, First peal in the method - 3 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Ash Mount, Peter Street Wednesday, 8 March 1939 in 2h 27 (12 in F) 5152 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Harry Farrer 3–4 Joseph W Whittaker 5–6 John Worth 7–8 Gerald Farrer Ringing World March 17th 1939 No. 1460 Vol. XXXIV page 169 Ringing World page reference: 1460.0169Chester Diocesan Guild Stockport, Cheshire 20 Aberdeen Crescent, Edgeley Thursday, 9 March 1939 in 2h 19 (12 in F) 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Composed by G R Newton 1–2 Alfred Barnes 3–4 Harold Jackson 5–6 Allen F Bailey (C) 7–8 Peter Laflin 9–10 Harry Ashton Witness: Mrs A F Bailey Rung as a 72nd birthday compliment to Mr Hiram Meakin, Master of St George’s company, Stockport Ringing World March 17th 1939 No. 1460 Vol. XXXIV page 169 Ringing World page reference: 1460.0169Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Monday, 13 March 1939 in 2h 45 (14 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Harry W Howard 2 Herbert McKunnel 3 Harry Parker 4 John Hassal 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 David Vincent Rung as a birthday compliment to HW Howard and Kenneth Parker David Vincent has now rung peals of Plain Bob Minor, Major, Royal & Maximus Chester Diocesan Guild Sandbach, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 25 March 1939 in 3h 5 (13–1–5 in F) 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Major Composed by J Thorp 1 Harry Parker 2 George H Crawley 3 Thomas Hurd 4 Richard T Holding 5 Walter Longman 6 Alan D Steele 7 Albert Crawley 8 Charles H Page (C) First peal of Oxford Treble Bob Major: 2 Ringing World March 31st 1939 No. 1462 Vol. XXXIV page 200 Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 25 March 1939 in 2h 53 (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven extents called differently 1 Ivan B Gardiner 2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 3 Arnold Worth 4 Harry Farrar 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of minor: 1 & 2. First peal of Bob Minor away from the treble: 4 Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 25 March 1939 in 3h 5 (18–0–11 in E) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 William Fernley 2 James Fernley 3 Rev Frank Bonner 4 John Worth 5 Tom Wilde 6 Lionel Clough 7 James A Milner 8 Ernest Bennett (C) First peal in the method as conductor. Rung as a birthday compliment to Mr T Wilde Chester Diocesan Guild Alsager, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 25 March 1939 in 2h 52 (10–2–20 in G♯) 5024 Oxford Treble Bob Major Composed by Samuel Wood 1 Harry Overton 2 Thomas Price 3 Harry F Holding 4 William J Chester 5 George A Packer 6 Harry Thelwell 7 Richard D Langford 8 James H Riding (C) First peal of Major: 6 A birthday peal for the tower keeper, Mr G Whalley Ringing World March 31st 1939 No. 1462 Vol. XXXIV page 200 Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 8 April 1939 in 2h 42 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5056 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 William E Fletcher 2 Fred Hartman 3 George R Newton 4 Percy Swindley 5 Frank Varty 6 Lester L Gray 7 Edwin Jennings 8 James C E Simpson (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 8 April 1939 in 2h 59 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5280 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Parker 1 George A Packer 2 Harry F Holding 3 Richard D Langford 4 James Fernley 5 James A Milner 6 William Fernley 7 James H Riding 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 1 & 3. First peal in the method away from treble: 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 8 April 1939 in 3h 4 (17–0–0 in F) 5040 (3) Methods Minor Being two extents of Kent TB two extents of Oxford Tb and three extents of Plain Bob 1 Ivan B Gardiner 2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 3 Thomas Taylor 4 Rev Frank Bonner 5 C Kenneth Lewis (Conductor 6 Joseph Whittaker First peal in more than one method and first attempt for Treble Bob for 1 and 2. Rung on the occasion of the retirement of Mr J B Wood, of the local band, after 55 year of devoted service Chester Diocesan Guild Marbury, Cheshire St Michael Monday, 10 April 1939 in 2h 55 (7–2–22 in A♯) 5040 Grandsire Doubles Forty two six scores, ten callings 1 Harold W Clutton 2 Frederick W Chapman 3 Thomas P Barlow 4 Wilfred H Clutton 5 Albert J Biggs (C) 6 Charles W Allman First peal inside: 3 First peal and first attempt: 4.6 First peal as conductor Ringing World April 21st 1939 No. 1465 Vol. XXXIV page 249 Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Monday, 10 April 1939 in 2h 45 (14 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Cecil Tomkinson 2 Albert H Booth 3 George A Parker 4 David Smith 5 Harry Thelwell 6 Harry W Howard (C) First peal: Cecil Tomkinson First peal of Plain Bob Minor: George Parker Chester Diocesan Guild Rock Ferry, Wirral St Peter Tuesday, 11 April 1939 in 2h 33 (10–0–8 in G) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (14m) Being seven spliced extents viz.: (1) Northumberland and Carlisle; (2) Ipswich and Cambridge; (3) Alnwick and Newcastle; (4) London and Wells; (5) York and Durham; (6) Chester and Munden; (7) Beverley and Surfleet 1 John Cooke (C) 2 James H Cooke 3 Alexander J Martin 4 Joseph Leslie 5 Frank T Parry 6 William Dean First peal and first attempt: 2 & 3 First peal of Spliced Surprise Minor on the bells. There were 52 changes of method. Chester Diocesan Guild Taxal, Derbyshire St James Saturday, 15 April 1939 in 2h 51 (11–0–23 in G) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (29m) Being seven extents in 29 methods: (1) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St. Werburgh, Abbeyville and Canterbury Delight; (2) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden, Marple and Taxal Delight; (3) Wragby, Braintree and Humber Delight; (4) Charlwood, Neasden and St Albans Delight; (5) Ockley, Morning Star Treble Bob and Disley Delight; (6) Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise and Norbury Treble Bob; (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston and Oxford Treble Bob. There were 64 changes of method. 1 Albert T Bancroft 2 John Worth 3 Thomas Taylor 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Joseph Whittaker 6 James A Milner [This peal does not appear in the 1939 Chester Guild Annual Report.] JDA Ringing World page reference: 1466.0265Chester Diocesan Guild Great Budworth, Cheshire St Mary and All Saints Saturday, 15 April 1939 in 3h 15 (20–2–4 in D) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Heywood's Transposition of Thurstans' Four-part 1 Robert Sperring 2 Lester L Gray 3 Thomas R Butler 4 William E Fletcher 5 Edwin C Birkett 6 George R Newton (C) 7 Frank Varty 8 Ralph G Edwards First peal of Stedman on the bells. Rung in honour of the completion of 53 years as a service ringer at this church by the tower-keeper, Mr Harry Dickens. [Printed in RW as Great Bedworth] RW 1466.0263 Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 22 April 1939 in 2h 54 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different 720's 1 S Ronald Fethers 2 Arnold Worth 3 Charles W Lawton 4 Miss E Millicent P Fethers 5 John Worth (C) 6 Joseph W Whittaker First peal at first attempt 1. Rung as a 21st birthday compliment to Miss N. Jones. Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 29 April 1939 in 2h 49 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven extents called differently 1 Jocelyn B Gardiner 2 Ivan B Gardiner 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 John Anthony Beaumont 5 Albert T Bancroft 6 James A Milner First peal away from treble: 2. First peal: 4. First peal of Bob Minor: 5. Rung as a welcome to the Rev. Frank Bonner, who has just commenced duties as curate at Disley; also as a birthday compliment to J. A. Milner. Chester Diocesan Guild Church Lawton, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 29 April 1939 in 2h 52 (8–1–2 in G) 5024 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by S Wood 1 James H Riding 2 Walter Longman 3 Harry F Holding 4 Richard D Langford 5 Harry Overton 6 Harry Thelwell 7 J William Edge 8 George A Packer (C) First peal of Kent Major: 6 First peal in the method as conductor Ringing World May 12th 1939 No. 1468 Vol. XXXIV page 296 Chester Diocesan Guild Fairfield, Derbyshire St Peter Saturday, 13 May 1939 in 2h 56 (12–0–10 in F♯) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (9m) Being seven extents in nine methods, viz.: (1) Wragby Delight; (2) Charlwood, Neasden and St. Albans Delight; (3) Capel and Kingston Treble Bob; (4) London Scholars’ Pleasure Treble Bob; (5) Sandal Treble Bob; (6) Kingston Treble Bob; (7) Oxford Treble Bob. 1 Revd Frank Bonner 2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 3 Eric Ellison 4 Albert T Bancroft 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 James A Milner First peal in nine methods: 2. Rung in connection with the centenary celebrations at this church. Ringing World page reference: 1470.0333Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday, 13 May 1939 in 3h 49 (29–0–0 in C) 5040 Plain Bob Royal Composed by H J Tucker 1 George Lee 2 Robert Sperring 3 John Best 4 Fred Hartman 5 William E Fletcher 6 John W Griffiths 7 James Swindley 8 Ralph G Edwards 9 Harry Pye 10 Percy Swindley (C) First peal of Bob Royal: 1, 3, 5, 6, 9. First peal of Bob Royal on the bells. First peal of Bob Royal as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Bebington, Wirral St Andrew Saturday, 13 May 1939 in 2h 34 (8–1–13 in A♭) 5040 Minor (7m) Being 720 each of Oxford Bob, Plain Bob, Kent Treble Bob, London, York, Beverley and Cambridge Surprise 1 Walter J Battle 2 Dorothy Battle 3 Frank T Parry 4 Joseph Leslie 5 Derek Parry 6 William Dean (C) First peal and first attempt: 2 and 5 Chester Diocesan Guild Fairfield, Derbyshire St Peter Saturday, 20 May 1939 in 2h 55 (12–0–10 in F♯) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (17m) Being seven extents in 17 methods: (1) Ockley and Norbury Treble Bob (2) Duke of Norfolk and College Exercise Treble Bob; (3) Newdigate and Willesden Delight; (4) Old Oxford and College Bob IV. Delight; (5) Charlwood and Wragby Delight;
(6) Neasden and St. Albans Delight; (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Kingston and Oxford Treble Bob. 1 Albert T Bancroft 2 Revd Frank Bonner 3 Thomas Taylor 4 Eric Ellison 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 James A Milner Rung in connection with the centenary celebrations at this church. There were 49 changes of method. Ringing World page reference: 1471.0349Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire In the Belfry of All Saints’ Church Saturday, 27 May 1939 in 2h 23 (15 in C) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven extents 1–2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 Ivan B Gardiner First peal of Minor ‘in hand’ by all the band Ringing World June 9th 1939 No. 1472 Vol. XXXIV page 366 Ringing World page reference: 1472.0366Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 27 May 1939 in 3h 18 (20–0–0 in E) 5163 Stedman Caters Composed by C W Roberts 1 James H Riding 2 George A Packer 3 Robert Sperring 4 Harry F Holding 5 William J Chester 6 Harry Overton 7 Richard D Langford (C) 8 Arthur Pritchard 9 Percy Swindley 10 Harry Thelwell First peal of Stedman as conductor Rung as a birthday compliment to HM Queen Mary Ringing World June 2nd 1939 No. 1471 Vol. XXXIV page 347 Chester Diocesan Guild Stockport, Cheshire 20 Aberdeen Crescent, Edgeley Thursday, 1 June 1939 in 2h 5 (17 in B♭) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Alfred Barnes 3–4 Harold Jackson 5–6 Allen F Bailey (C) 7–8 Harry Ashton Ringing World June 9th 1939 No. 1472 Vol. XXXIV page 366 Ringing World page reference: 1472.0366Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Wednesday, 7 June 1939 in 2h 45 (11–0–9) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Being 720 each of Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, London, York, Beverley and Chester. 1 Wallace K C Townley 2 William Dean 3 John Cooke 4 Joseph Leslie 5 James Blair 6 Frank T Parry (C) First peal and first attempt: 1 First peal as conductor Rung with the bells half-muffled as a tribute to the men who lost their lives in H.M. Submarine 'Thetis.' Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 10 June 1939 in 2h 59 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by C K Lewis 1 Jocelyn B Gardiner 2 Joseph W Whittaker 3 James Fernley 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 William Fernley 6 Peter Laflin 7 James A Milner 8 John Worth (C) First peal of Major with a Treble Bob bell: 1. First peal in the method: 2, 4, 6 & 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Wirral St Nicholas Wednesday, 14 June 1939 in 2h 56 (16–2–20 in E) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Comprising one extent each of London, York, Canterbury, Carlisle,
Chester , Beverley and Cambridge. 1 George Ledsham 2 Lester L Gray 3 John Ledsham 4 Frank Varty 5 Harry Rogers 6 Thomas Rogers (C) First peal: 3 Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 17 June 1939 in 2h 53 (17–0–0 in F) 5040 (39) Methods Spliced Treble Bob Minor Being seven extents in 39 methods viz:- (1) Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Balmoral and Chepstow Delight (2) Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow and Rostherne Delight (3) Cantebury, Abbeville, Crowland, Comberemere, Vale Royal and St Werburgh Delight (4) Taxal, Marple, Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob (iv) and Willesden Delight (5) Humber, Braintree, Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans and Wragby Delight (6) Disley Delight, Morning Star, Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, and Norbury Treble Bob (7) Oxford, Capel, Sandal, London Scholar's Pleasure and Kingston Treble 1 Jocelyn B Gardiner 2 Rev Frank Bonner 3 C Kenneth Lewis (Conductor 4 John Worth 5 Joseph Whittaker 6 James A Milner First peal in 39 methods 1 and 2. Rung in honour of the birth of a daughter to Rev F S Spackman, vicat of this parish and Mrs Spackman. Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 24 June 1939 in 2h 35 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Spliced Minor (46m) Being seven extents in 46 methods:- 1. Plain Bob, Double Bob, Reverse Bob, Fulbeck Bob and Canterbury Pleasure Bob. 2. Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton, Balmoral and Chepstow Delight. 3. Ely, Bogedone, Knutsford, Wilmslow and Rostherne Delight. 4. Abbeyville, Canterbury, Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal and St. Werburgh Delight. 5. Marple, Taxal, Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV. and Willesden Delight. 6. Braintree, Humber, Charlwood, Neasden, St. Albans and Wragby Delight. 7. Oxford, Capel, Ockley, Sandal, Duke of Norfolk, London Scholars' Pleasure, College Exercise, Kingston, Norbury Treble Bob, Carisbrooke, Donottar, Wath and Pontefract Delight.
89 changes of method. 1 Albert T Bancroft 2 James Fernley 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 John Worth 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 James A Milner First peal in 46 methods: 1 & 5. Rung on the occasion of the wedding of Mr. A. Rowbotham, a member of the local band, to Miss K. Marsh. Chester Diocesan Guild Hartford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 1 July 1939 in 2h 59 (12–0–00 in G) 5040 Minor (3m) One extent of Plain Bob and three extents each of Kent and Oxford Treble Bob 1 Reginald W Worrall 2 David Smith 3 Albert Crawley 4 Richard T Holding 5 Walter Allman 6 Harry W Howard (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 8 July 1939 in 3h 7 (17–0–0 in F) 5040 Grandsire Doubles Being 42 six scores with 10 callings 1 Eric Wigley 2 Edward F M Samson 3 Albert T Bancroft 4 Wilfred Wilde 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 James A Milner First peal and rung at first attempt-2. First peal of Grandsire Doubles for 3, 4 and 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Shotwick, Cheshire St Michael Monday, 10 July 1939 in 2h 55 (8–3–0 in F♯) 5040 Minor (3m) Being three extents of Kent Treble Bob, two of Oxford Treble Bob and two of Plain Bob. 1 Robert Sperring (C) 2 Mrs A S Roberts 3 George Jones 4 Charles Dryland 5 Rev A S Roberts 6 J William Clarke A wedding compliment to the Rev. and Mrs. A. S. Roberts. Chester Diocesan Guild Tarvin, Cheshire St Andrew Saturday, 22 July 1939 in 2h 45 (8–1–8 in G♯) 5040 Minor (7m) Comprising one extent each of Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Double Oxford, Oxford Bob, St Clements and Plain Bob 1 William E Fletcher 2 Fred Hartman 3 Ralph G Edwards 4 Percy Swindley 5 Harry Pye 6 Frank Varty (C) First peal in seven methods on the bells Ringing World page reference: 1480.0492Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 22 July 1939 in 2h 55 (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (57m) (1) Double Oxford, London Bob, Thelwall Bob, Lytham Bob, St Clement's Bob, College, Childwall Bob and Wavertree College; (2) Plain Bob, Double Bob, Reverse Bob, Fulbeck Bob and Canterbury Pleasure Bob; (3) Dover, Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton and Fotheringay Delight; (4) Ely, Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford and Bogedone Delight; (5) Canterbury, Abbeyville, Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal and St. Werburgh Delight; (6) Taxal, Humber, Marple, Braintree, Newdigate, Charlwood, Old Oxford, Neasden, College Bob IV, St Albans, Willesden, Wragby, Elston, Clarence Delight and Morning Star TB; (7) Oxford, Ockley, Capel, Duke of Norfolk, Sandal, College Exercise, London Scholars' Pleasure, Norbury, Kingston TB, Donottar, Carisbrooke, Pontefract and Wath Delight. 136 changes of method. 1 Jocelyn B Gardiner 2 James Fernley 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 John Worth 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 James A Milner First peal in 57 methods: 1&5. First peal in 57 methods away from the treble: 6 Chester Diocesan Guild Farndon, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 29 July 1939 in 3h 5 (12–1–22 in F) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Johnson's variation of Middleton's 1 William E Fletcher 2 Fred Hartman 3 James C E Simpson 4 Frank Varty 5 James Swindley 6 John W Griffiths 7 Harry Pye 8 Percy Swindley (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Rock Ferry, Wirral St Peter Thursday, 3 August 1939 in 2h 31 (10–0–8 in G) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Being 720 each of Beverley, Chester, Cambridge, Carlisle, Canterbury, London and York. 1 Harold Andrew 2 James H Cooke 3 Charles C Hulse 4 Joseph Leslie (C) 5 Alexander J Martin 6 Frank T Parry First peal and first attempt: 1 & 3 First peal as Conductor Rung as wedding compliment to the Rev. H. P. Williams (curate at St. Peter's) on the occasion of his marriage to Miss F. M. Lythgoe. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 5 August 1939 in 2h 57 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 William Fernley 2 Joseph W Whittaker 3 James Fernley 4 Walter Shaw 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 7 James A Milner 8 Jack L Millhouse (C) First Surprise peal: 4. First peal of Cambridge Major: 8. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 5 August 1939 in 3h (19–3–12 in E♭) 5008 Gonville Bob Major Composed by J A Trollope 1 William E Fletcher 2 Fred Hartman 3 George R Newton 4 Percy Swindley 5 James Swindley 6 Ralph G Edwards 7 Percival W Cave 8 James C E Simpson (C) The first peal in the method Ringing World page reference: 1481.0507Chester Diocesan Guild Wrenbury, Cheshire St Margaret Saturday, 12 August 1939 in 3h (11–3–4 in F♯) 5040 Minor (2m) Consisting of four extents of Kent Treble Bob and three of Plain Bob, each called differently 1 Harry Overton 2 R Thomas Holding 3 Harry F Holding 4 George A Packer 5 J William Edge 6 James H Riding (C) Rung as a wedding compliment to Mr Francis C King, one of the local ringers, on the occasion of his marriage to Miss Jessie Garnett Ringing World August 18th 1939 No. 1482 Vol XXXIV page 526 Chester Diocesan Guild Christleton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 12 August 1939 in 3h 3 (12–1–26 in F♯) 5072 Treble Bob Major (3m) (Spliced Kent, Oxford and Granta Treble Bob) Composed by J Morgan 1 William E Fletcher 2 Fred Hartman 3 John Best 4 John W Griffiths 5 James Swindley 6 Ralph G Edwards 7 Frank Varty 8 Percy Swindley (C) First peal to be rung in these three Treble Bob variations. Ringing World page reference: 1482.0525Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday, 19 August 1939 in 3h 32 (29–0–0 in C) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by F Dench 1 James H Shepherd 2 Mrs R Richardson 3 Gabriel Lindoff 4 Frank Varty 5 George Martin 6 George R Newton 7 Frank Bennett (C) 8 Frederick White 9 Rupert Richardson 10 James C E Simpson First peal of Surprise Royal on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Bebington, Wirral St Andrew Saturday, 19 August 1939 in 2h 55 (8–1–13 in A♭) 5152 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by Ernest Pye 1 James H Shepherd 2 Frederick White 3 George R Newton (C) 4 Frank Bennett 5 James C E Simpson 6 Rupert Richardson 7 George Martin 8 Frank Varty Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire At the Church of All Saints Monday, 21 August 1939 in 2h 23 (14 in D) 5040 Plain Bob Doubles Being 42 six-scores 1–2 J Anthony Beaumont 3–4 Jocelyn B Gardiner (C) 5–6 Ivan B Gardiner First peal ‘in hand’ and in the method: 1-2 First peal as conductor Ringing World September 1st 1939 No. 1484 Vol. XXXIV page 556 Ringing World page reference: 1484.0556Chester Diocesan Guild Runcorn, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 26 August 1939 in 2h 58 (15–3–15 in E) 5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by C W Roberts 1 George Williams 2 Gabriel Lindoff 3 James C E Simpson (C) 4 George R Newton 5 Frank Bennett 6 George Martin 7 Frederick White 8 Frank Varty First Surprise peal on the bells. RW 1484.0558 Chester Diocesan Guild Liscard, Wirral St Mary Saturday, 26 August 1939 in 2h 56 (16–2–2 in F) 5088 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Frank Varty 2 Frederick White 3 George R Newton 4 George Martin 5 Frank Bennett (C) 6 James H Shepherd 7 James C E Simpson 8 Ralph G Edwards First peal of Superlative on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Bollington, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 26 August 1939 in 3h 21 (16–3–6) 5184 Spliced Treble Bob Major (2m) Kent and Oxford Composed by J S Wilde 1 Ivan B Gardiner 2 Jocelyn B Gardiner 3 Thomas Taylor 4 Miss E Millicent P Fethers 5 John Worth 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Charles W Lawton 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of major: 1 & 7. A 21st birthday compliment to Miss E. M. P. Fethers, and rung to celebrate the birth of a daughter to the curate, Rev. Ollier, and Mrs. Ollier. The first peal of Spliced Treble Bob Major for the Guild. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 14 October 1939 in 2h 57 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by J Reeves 1 Mrs J Fernley 2 James Fernley 3 William Fernley 4 Revd Frank Bonner 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 James A Milner 7 Lionel Clough 8 John Worth (C) First peal of Surprise: 1. Rung in honour of the wedding of Mr. Alan James Kendal to Miss Margaret Edith Humphreys. The bride is the daughter of the Rev. A. T. Humphreys, Vicar of Norbury and Rural Dean. The peal was also a welcome to the curate, the Rev. Selwyn Gummer. Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 21 October 1939 in 2h 45 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Minor (4m) Consisting of one 720 of Oxford Bob and two each of Kent and Oxford Treble Bob and Plain Bob. 1 John W L Slack 2 Joseph W Whittaker 3 Thomas Taylor 4 Miss E Millicent P Fethers 5 Norman Meakin 6 John Worth (C) Arranged and rung for the wedding of Mr. S. Noble (a Sunday service ringer at the above church) to Miss V. Pickford. Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 2 December 1939 in 3h 10 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 George Sperring 2 Harry Lewis 3 Robert Sperring 4 Fred Hartman 5 James Swindley 6 Harry Pye 7 John W Griffiths 8 Percy Swindley (C) Rung as a welcome to the new Bishop of Chester, the Right Rev. Douglas Henry Crick. Ringing World page reference: 1498.0727Chester Diocesan Guild Capenhurst, Cheshire Holy Trinity Tuesday, 26 December 1939 in 2h 45 (11–0–22 in G) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Comprising one extent each of Surfleet, Beverley, York, Durham, London, Wells and Cambridge 1 Robert Sperring 2 Lester L Gray 3 Ralph G Edwards 4 George R Newton 5 Percy Swindley 6 Frank Varty (C) | |
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