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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 109 matching performances. Chester Diocesan Guild Hale, Cheshire 6 Stanway Drive Wednesday, 1 January 1947 in 2h 30 (15 in B) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by E M Atkins 1–2 David Vincent 3–4 John E Bibby 5–6 Miss Julia M Preston 7–8 John Worth (C) Ringing World January 31st 1947 No. 1871 Vol. XLII page 55 Ringing World page reference: 1871.0055Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 3 January 1947 in 2h 53 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by Rev H Law James 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Margaret L Tutt 3 Norah M Bibby 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 George H Randles 8 Francis Bibby First peal of London; 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 11 January 1947 in 3h (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 James A Milner 2 Alan A Potts 3 Basil Jones 4 James Fernley (C) 5 John Worth 6 Anthony Beaumont 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Peter Laflin First peal of Surprise Major: 2, 3 & 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Monday, 13 January 1947 in 2h 25 (15 in C) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by E.M.Atkins 1–2 Alan A Potts 3–4 Joseph W Whittaker 5–6 John Worth (C) 7–8 Charles W Lawton First peal "in hand" : Charles Lawton. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 17 January 1947 in 2h 53 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Oswald Delight Major Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Margaret Tutt 3 Norah M Bibby 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 George H Randles 8 Francis Bibby First peal in the method. Chester Diocesan Guild Hale, Cheshire 6 Stanway Drive Wednesday, 22 January 1947 in 2h 16 (15 in B) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 David Vincent 3–4 John E Bibby 5–6 Miss Margaret L Tutt 7–8 John Worth (C) Ringing World February 14th 1947 No. 1873 Vol. XLII page 82 Ringing World page reference: 1873.0082Chester Diocesan Guild Lymm, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 25 January 1947 in 3h 30 (29–3–8 in D) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by H. Law James 1 Cecil Raddon 2 Norah M Bibby 3 John E Best 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 George H Randles 8 Percy Swindley Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 25 January 1947 in 2h 48 (11–0–9) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Being one extent each of London, Wells, York, Durham, Beverley, Surfleet and Cambridge 1 Ernest T Carvell 2 Frank Varty (C) 3 Eric J Gilbert 4 John E Spice 5 George Ledsham 6 Ralph G Edwards First peal: 1 First peal in seven Surprise Minor methods: 4 Hundreth peal: 6 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 31 January 1947 in 2h 53 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 John Orme 2 James S Webb 3 Norah M Bibby 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 George H Randles 8 Francis Bibby First peal of Surprise; 1. First peal of Bristol; 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Worsley, Greater Manchester St Mark Saturday, 1 February 1947 in 3h 31 (24–0–7) 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Composed by G Lindoff 1 Basil Jones 2 Alan A Potts 3 John Worth (C) 4 James S Webb 5 George Ledsham 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Joseph Whittaker 8 Peter Laflin 9 Thomas Rogers 10 Ralph G Edwards First peal of Oxford Royal: 2, 4, 5, 9, 10 First peal on ten bells: 1, 6. Ringing world: 1873.0078 Ringing World page reference: 1873.0078Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Sunday, 9 February 1947 in 2h 44 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m) Cambridge Surprise, Sandal, Kingston, Capel, London Scholars' Pleasure, Oxford and Kent Treble Bob 1 John W L Slack 2 Alan A Potts 3 Charles W Lawton 4 Mrs C W Lawton 5 John Worth (C) 6 Joseph Whittaker Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 15 February 1947 in 3h 3 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Arthur Knights 1 Geoffrey Howell 2 Alan A Potts 3 James Fernley 4 Basil Jones 5 James Webb 6 Alan J Brown 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth (C) First peal of Surprise: 1. First peal of Bristol: 2, 4 & 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 8 March 1947 in 3h (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor seven different 720's 1 Leonard Campey 2 George Barnard 3 Charles W Lawton 4 Mrs C W Lawton 5 John W L Slack 6 Joseph W Whittaker (C) First Peal 1, First peal away from treble 2, Rung fully muffled in memory of Mrs A E Mason, organist at the church for 28 years. Chester Diocesan Guild Grappenhall, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 8 March 1947 in 2h 58 (11–2–6 in F) 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Henry O Baker 2 Norah M Bibby 3 John W Best 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Walter Allman 6 Cyril Valentine 7 George H Randles 8 Cecil Raddon First in the method - 5. Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Merseyside St Saviour, Oxton Saturday, 8 March 1947 in 3h 15 (20–1–16 in E) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 Ernest F Bennett 2 George Ledsham 3 Ralph G Edwards 4 Alexander J Martin 5 William Dean 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Frank Varty 8 James C R Simpson (C) First peal in the method: 5 First peal of London on the bells and by a resident Wirral band. Chester Diocesan Guild Alsager, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 8 March 1947 in 2h 50 (10–2–20 in G♯) 5040 Grandsire Triples Parker’s twelve part 1 Richard T Holding 2 Harry F Holding 3 P R E M D Johnson 4 Wilfred Kerr 5 Thomas W Lamb 6 George A Packer 7 Richard D Langford (C) 8 E John Holloway First peal of Grandsire Triples: 3,4,8 Ringing World March 21st 1947 No. 1876 Vol. XLII page 122 Chester Diocesan Guild Weaverham, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Wednesday, 12 March 1947 in 2h 48 (9–1–0 in A♭) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 William Hornby 2 Eric Hornby 3 Reginald W Worrall 4 S Hough, jun 5 Harry W Howard 6 A Gordon Lawrence (C) First peal of Minor, 1. First peal as conductor. A birthday compliment to the ringers of the 2nd and tenor. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Monday, 17 March 1947 in 2h 49 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Double Mancroft Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Margaret L Tutt 3 Norah M Bibby 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 George H Randles 8 Francis Bibby First peal in the method. Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 22 March 1947 in 3h 5 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker's Twelve-Part 1 George E W Griffiths 2 John W Best 3 George F Sperring 4 Thomas Griffiths 5 Percy Swindley 6 John W Griffiths (C) 7 Henry O Baker 8 Robert Roberts First peal: 1, 8. Ringing World page reference: 1878.0148Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 5 April 1947 in 2h 52 (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 Arthur Snape 2 Allan A Potts 3 Basil Jones 4 Millicent Lawton 5 Charles W Lawton 6 Joseph W Whittaker (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 11 April 1947 in 2h 50 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 John W Best 3 Norah M Bibby 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 George H Randles 8 Cecil Raddon First peal of Superlative; 2,6. Chester Diocesan Guild Farndon, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 12 April 1947 in 3h (12–1–22 in F) 5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by W Royle 1 George F Sperring 2 John W Griffiths 3 John W Best 4 James Swindley 5 James S Webb 6 Arthur B Close 7 Harry Pye 8 Percy Swindley (C) First peal in the method: 3,6 A welcome home to the Rector of Farndon after a serious operation Ringing World page reference: 1881.0184Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 12 April 1947 in 3h 20 (20–0–0 in E) 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Composed by John Worth 1 Alan A Potts 2 Harry F Holding 3 F Hector Bennett 4 Thomas Price 5 Richard T Holding 6 George A Packer 7 G Leonard Hewitt 8 Edward V Rodenhurst 9 Arthur Pritchard 10 John Worth (C) First peal of Oxford Treble Bob Royal: 3,4,7 Ringing World April 25th 1947 No. 1881 Vol. XLIII page 182 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Sunday, 13 April 1947 in 3h 16 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5039 Grandsire Caters Composed by Wilfred Matthews 1 Gordon Henshaw 2 Arthur Challinor 3 Alan A Potts 4 John Worth (C) 5 Jack Tipper 6 Lawrence Ward 7 William Gayes 8 Harry Farrer 9 Gerald Farrer 10 Edward Seed First peal on ten bells : 6,8 and tenor. First peal on the new ring of ten bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 19 April 1947 in 2h 57 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (5m) Being 720 each of Oxford, Overton, London Scholars’ Pleasure and two 720’s each of Sandal and Kingston. 1 Eric Simpson 2 Yvonne Botham 3 James Fernley 4 Basil Jones 5 Arthur Hibbert 6 James A Milner (C) First peal: 1. First peal of Treble Bob Minor: 2 & 4. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire Bryher, London Road Tuesday, 22 April 1947 in 2h 27 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1–2 David Vincent 3–4 John E Bibby 5–6 Miss Margaret L Tutt 7–8 John Worth (C) Ringing World May 9th 1947 No. 1883 Vol. XLIII page 211 Ringing World page reference: 1883.0211Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 25 April 1947 in 2h 52 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 Margaret L Tutt 2 Walter Allman 3 Norah M Bibby 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Ralph G Edwards 7 George H Randles 8 James C E Simpson First peal of Bristol; 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 26 April 1947 in 2h 58 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Heywood's variation 1 James A Milner 2 Alan A Potts 3 James Fernley 4 Basil Jones 5 Peter Laflin 6 Joseph W Whittaker 7 John Worth (C) 8 Arthur Hibbert First peal of Stedman Triples: 2, 4, 6 & 8. Rung in honour of the 21st birthday of H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth. Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 26 April 1947 in 3h 13 (18–0–11 in E) 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J S Wilde 1 Doreen Wilde 2 Frances M Laflin 3 Millicent Lawton 4 Mary Elkins 5 Charles W Lawton 6 Charles E Tomlinson 7 Tom Wilde 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal: 1. First peal away from the treble: 2. First peal of Treble Bob Major: 4. Rung as an 80th birthday compliment to Mr. H. T. G. Lee, churchwarden at the time the bells were restored in 1920. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Monday, 28 April 1947 in 3h (13–3–8 in F) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Heywood's Transposition of Thurstans' 1 John W Best 2 John Hayes 3 James S Webb 4 Percy Swindley 5 Harry Pye 6 Henry O Baker 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 George F Sperring First peal in method as conductor Ringing World page reference: 1884.0222Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 3 May 1947 in 3h 5 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5184 St Clement's College Bob Major Composed by J Morgan 1 George Sperring 2 Margaret L Tutt 3 Harry O Baker 4 James S Webb 5 John W Best 6 John W Griffiths 7 Harry Pye 8 Percy Swindley (C) First peal in the method: 3, 4, 5 & 6. Ringing World page reference: 1884.0223Chester Diocesan Guild Great Budworth, Cheshire St Mary and All Saints Saturday, 3 May 1947 in 3h 18 (20–2–4 in D) 5184 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 John E Bibby (C) 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Cyril Valentine 4 Eric J Gilbert 5 George Ledsham 6 Walter Allman 7 George H Randles 8 Ralph G Edwards RW 1885.0235 Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Monday, 5 May 1947 in 2h 50 (11–0–9) 5040 Minor (7m) Being one extent each of Cambridge Surprise, Kent and Oxford Treble Bob, Double Oxford, Single Oxford, St. Clement’s and Plain Bob. 1 Ernest T Carvell 2 Lester L Gray 3 Ralph G Edwards (C) 4 Eric J Gilbert 5 Ronald H Dove 6 George Ledsham Arranged for the visit of Mr. R. H. Dove Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 10 May 1947 in 3h (11–0–7 in G) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Lester L Gray 2 John E Bibby (C) 3 Miss F Bedford 4 Walter Allman 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 George Ledsham 8 Ralph G Edwards Rung for the first birthday of the niece and godchild of W Allman Ringing World page reference: 1886.0247Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 16 May 1947 in 3h 6 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5184 London Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 John Orme 2 John W Best 3 Norah M Bibby 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 George H Randles 8 Cecil Raddon First peal of London; 8. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 17 May 1947 in 3h 1 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by Arthur Craven 1 Frances M Laflin 2 Alan A Potts 3 James Fernley 4 Tom Wilde 5 James A Milner 6 John Worth (C) 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Peter Laflin First peal of Surprise: 1 & 7. First peal of Yorkshire: 2. Rung to commemorate the first date touch on the bells 50 years ago, on the original six. Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Monday, 19 May 1947 in 2h 59 (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by Thos. B Worsley 1 William E Allman 2 Charles H Ward 3 Walter Allman (C) 4 Thomas H Mather 5 John E Bibby 6 Cecil Raddon 7 Cyril Valentine 8 Harry W Howard First peal: 1 First inside: 2 75th peal: 8 Ringing World June 6th 1947 No. 1887 Vol. XLIII page 259 Chester Diocesan Guild Runcorn, Cheshire All Saints Tuesday, 20 May 1947 in 2h 53 (9–0–0 in G♯) 5040 Minor (3m) Two extents of Plain Bob, two of Oxford Treble Bob, three of Kent Treble Bob. 1 Ernest E Hughes 2 Charles H Ward 3 Robert B P Hulse 4 Thomas H Mather 5 Walter Allman (C) 6 John Orme Rung by the Sunday service band for the induction of the Rev. L. S. Brasnett. RW 1888.0276 Chester Diocesan Guild Hale, Cheshire 6 Stanway Drive Tuesday, 20 May 1947 in 2h 31 (15 in B) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by E M Atkins 1–2 David Vincent 3–4 John E Bibby 5–6 Rev R D St J Smith 7–8 John Worth (C) Ringing World June 6th 1947 No. 1887 Vol. XLIII page 263 Ringing World page reference: 1887.0263Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 24 May 1947 in 3h 8 (18–0–11 in E) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 Joseph W Whittaker 2 Alan A Potts 3 George Ledsham 4 Ralph G Edwards 5 James Fernley 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 John Worth 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of London, aged 15: 2 Chester Diocesan Guild Great Budworth, Cheshire St Mary and All Saints Monday, 2 June 1947 in 3h 6 (20–2–4 in D) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by Thos. B Worsley 1 Cecil Holden 2 John E Bibby 3 Miss Dorothy Osborn 4 Walter Allman (C) 5 David Smith 6 Harry W Howard 7 Cyril Valentine 8 Cecil Raddon First peal of Major: 1. RW 1889.0287 Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Monday, 9 June 1947 in 2h 40 (6 in B♭) 5040 Minor (3m) Being one 720 of Oxford Treble Bob, two 720’s of Kent Treble Bob and four 720’s of Plain Bob 1 Miss Betty Morton 2 Eric Hornby 3 A Gordon Lawrence 4 Miss Dorothy C Osborn 5 Harry W Howard 6 David Smith (C) First peal in three methods: 1,2 Rung for the conductor’s ninth wedding anniversary and the 14th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs A Gordon Lawrence Ringing World July 4th 1947 No. 1891 Vol XLIII page 312 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 14 June 1947 in 3h 47 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5003 Grandsire Caters Composed by Hy Cooper 1 William Gayes 2 Jack Tipper 3 Alan A Potts 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 Charles W Lawton 6 Lawrence Ward 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth (C) 9 Edward Seed 10 Gordon Henshaw First peal away from the tenor: Edward Seed. For the wedding of Mr. G. Farrer, a ringer at this church, to Miss F. Gidman. Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 14 June 1947 in 2h 50 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (9m) Being seven extents in nine methods, viz.: (1) Spliced Charlwood and
Neasden; (2) Spliced St. Albans and Wragby; (3) Kingston; (4) Capel;
(5) London Scholars’ Pleasure; (6) Sandal; (7) Oxford. 1 Alan J Brown 2 Yvonne Botham 3 James Fernley 4 Stanley Ardern 5 Arthur Hibbert 6 James A Milner (C) First peal in nine methods: 2. First peal in nine methods ‘inside’: 5. Rung on the occasion of the opening of Lyme Park to the public by the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Wednesday, 25 June 1947 in 2h 42 (14 in F) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 John E Bibby (C) 2 Miss Norah M Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 Cyril Valentine 5 George H Randles 6 Harry W Howard 50th Peal: Walter Allman First Peal of Cambridge Surprise Minor by all except conductor First peal of Cambridge Surprise Minor on the bells Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Thursday, 3 July 1947 in 2h 54 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (4 Methods) 1 x 720 Cambridge Surprise, 1 x 720 Oxford Treble Bob, 2 x 720 Kent Treble Bob, 3 x 720 Plain Bob 1 Miss Nancy M Evans 2 Albert H Booth 3 Harry W Howard 4 Miss Dorothy C Osborn 5 David Smith 6 A Gordon Lawrence (C) First peal in 4 methods: Miss Nancy Evans, David Smith, Gordon Lawrence Rung to celebrate the birth of a daughter to the wife of the Rev JM Lloyd, Rector Chester Diocesan Guild Taxal, Derbyshire St James Saturday, 5 July 1947 in 2h 50 (11–0–23 in G) 5040 Minor (5m) Being two 720's of Capel, two of Sandal, and one each of London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston and Oxford. 1 Mavis Botham 2 Yvonne Botham 3 Stanley Ardern 4 Eric Simpson 5 James A Milner (C) 6 Arthur Hibbert First peal: 1. First peal inside: 4. In honour of the coming of age of Miss Yvonne Botham and Miss Frances M Laflin. Ringing World page reference: 1893.0338Chester Diocesan Guild Sandbach, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 5 July 1947 in 3h 7 (13–1–5 in F) 5280 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by F Bennett 1 Harry W Howard 2 Margaret L Tutt 3 John E Bibby 4 Eric J Gilbert 5 Walter Allman 6 Ralph G Edwards 7 George Ledsham 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Surprise Major: 1 First peal of Bristol: 4,7 Ringing World July 18th 1947 No. 1893 Vol. XLIII page 336 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 12 July 1947 in 3h 2 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Composed by C K Lewis 1 James A Milner 2 James Fernley 3 William Fernley 4 Alan A Potts 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 David Vincent 7 John Worth (C) 8 Peter Laflin First peal in the method by all the band, on the bells and for the Guild. This composition is now rung for the first time. Chester Diocesan Guild Lymm, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 12 July 1947 in 3h 30 (29–3–8 in D) 5088 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by N. J. Pitstow 1 Lester Gray 2 Norah M Bibby 3 John E Bibby (C) 4 Walter Allman 5 Eric Gilbert 6 George H Randles 7 George Ledsham 8 Ralph G Edwards Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 18 July 1947 in 3h 13 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) Bristol, Cambridge, London, and Superlative. Composed by A J Pitman 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Ralph G Edwards 3 Norah M Bibby 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 George H Randles 8 James C E Simpson (C) 50th peal together; 2 and 8. First peal of Spliced Surprise in the tower and by all the band except the conductor. The composition appeared in ‘The Ringing World’ on April 11th, 1947; the optional leads were all rung as Cambridge. Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Monday, 21 July 1947 in 3h 6 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Miss Betty Morton 2 David Godfrey 3 Eric Hornby 4 Miss D C Osborn 5 Reginald W Worrall 6 David Smith 7 A Gordon Lawrence 8 Harry H Howard First peal of Major, 2. First peal of Major as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Thursday, 31 July 1947 in 2h 55 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C H Middleton 1 Betty Spice 2 Margaret L Tutt 3 Norah M Bibby 4 Frances A Edgar 5 William L B Leese 6 John E Bibby 7 C John Dickinson 8 Wilfrid F Moreton (C) First peal of Cambridge Surprise Major; 2. First peal of Surprise ‘inside’; 5. First peal in the method; 7. First peal of Surprise as conductor. In honour of the wedding of Dr. J.E. Spice and Miss Betty Hollingworth. Chester Diocesan Guild Liscard, Wirral St Mary Saturday, 2 August 1947 in 2h 53 (16–2–2 in F) 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Lester L Gray 2 Ralph G Edwards 3 George Ledsham 4 Edna F Bedford 5 Alexander J Martin 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Ernest F Bennett 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Yorkshire: 2, 5 and 7. First peal of Yorkshire for the Branch. In honour of the birth of a son to Mr. G. R. Edwards, brother of the 2nd ringer. Chester Diocesan Guild Runcorn, Cheshire All Saints Thursday, 7 August 1947 in 3h 4 (15–3–15 in E) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by W Nicoll 1 Walter Allman (C) 2 Charles Ward 3 Albert Billington 4 Ernest H Hughes 5 Robert B P Hulse 6 Thomas H Mather 7 John Orme 8 Denis Maddock First peal in the method 'inside': 2. Rung by the Sunday service band on the anniversary of the death of the late Master Mr. Sam Booth, who taught all the band. The first peal in the method on the bells by a local band. RW 1898.0399 Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Saturday, 9 August 1947 in 3h 5 (13–3–8 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 George E W Griffiths 2 John W Best (C) 3 John Hayes 4 Denis Maddock 5 Henry O Baker 6 James S Webb 7 John W Griffiths 8 Percy Swindley First peal in the method: 1 First peal as conductor Ringing World page reference: 1899.0411Chester Diocesan Guild Northwich, Cheshire 108 Shipbrook Road, Rudheath Tuesday, 12 August 1947 in 2h 30 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C H Martin 1–2 David Vincent 3–4 John E Bibby 5–6 John Worth 7–8 Thos Groombridge, jun (C) Ringing World August 29th 1946 No. 1899 Vol. XLIII page 412 Ringing World page reference: 1899.0412Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 15 August 1947 in 3h 4 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) Bristol, Cambridge, London, and Superlative Composed by A J Pitman 1 George Ledsham 2 Margaret L Tutt 3 Thomas Groombridge 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Spliced Surprise; 1,2. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday, 16 August 1947 in 3h 30 (29–0–0 in C) 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by A P Heywood 1 Percy Swindley 2 John W Griffiths 3 John Hayes 4 John E Bibby 5 Walter Allman 6 James S Webb 7 Harry Pye 8 A Patrick Cannon (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Bollington, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 30 August 1947 in 3h 10 (16–3–6) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Malcolm Harwood 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Alan A Potts 4 Mrs E M P Lawton 5 Sidney Hough jun 6 John Worth (C) 7 Edward Seed 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal: 1. First peal of major: 7. A farewell to the Vicar (the Rev. J. Kingdon), who has accepted the living of St. Mary’s Within-the-Walls, Chester. Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Wirral St Nicholas Saturday, 6 September 1947 in 2h 54 (16–2–20 in E) 5040 Plain Minor (4m) Being two 720’s each of Double Oxford, St. Clement’s, Single Oxford and one 720 Plain Bob. 1 Joseph W Hazlehurst 2 Lester Lyon Gray 3 Eric J Gilbert 4 George Ledsham 5 Harry Rogers 6 Thomas Rogers (C) First peal: 1 and 4. A 65th birthday compliment to Lester L Gray Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 6 September 1947 in 3h (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Arthur Knights 1 Frederick R Harris 2 James A Milner 3 William Fernley 4 Alan A Potts 5 James Fernley (C) 6 Peter Laflin 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth First peal in the method: 1. First peal in the method as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire All Saints, Hoole Saturday, 6 September 1947 in 2h 38 (7½ in B) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 7 different 720's 1 R Gordon Corby 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 Henry O Baker 4 George F Sperring 5 Harry Pye 6 John Griffiths First Peal 1 Ringing World page reference: 1903.0460Chester Diocesan Guild Witton (Northwich), Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 13 September 1947 in 3h 11 (14–0–0 in F) 5088 Plain Bob Major Composed by F Hopgood 1 Denis Maddock 2 Albert H Booth 3 Eric Hornby 4 Richard T Holding 5 Miss Dorothy C Osborn 6 David Smith 7 A Gordon Lawrence 8 Harry W Howard (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Monday, 15 September 1947 in 2h 57 (16–1–5 in E) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by W Nicoll 1 William E Allman 2 Oswald Claybrook 3 Norah M Bibby 4 Walter Allman (C) 5 Harry W Howard 6 Eric Nobles 7 George H Randles 8 Cecil Raddon First peal in the method: 1 Ringing World October 3rd 1947 No. 1904 Vol. XLIII page 471 Chester Diocesan Guild Warburton, Greater Manchester St Werburgh Wednesday, 17 September 1947 in 3h 8 (23–0–0) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by A. Knights 1 Denis Maddock 2 Norah M Bibby 3 John E Bibby 4 Alan J Brown 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 George H Randles 8 John Worth (C) First peal of Surprise: 1. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Thursday, 18 September 1947 in 2h 53 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C H Middleton 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Norah M Bibby 3 George H Randles 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Ralph G Edwards 6 Dennis Maddock 7 Walter Allman 8 Cyril Valentine First peal of Surprise; 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 20 September 1947 in 3h 6 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 James Fernley (C) 2 Stanley Ardern 3 Mavis Botham 4 Eric Simpson 5 Geoffrey Howell 6 James A Milner 7 Arthur Hibbert 8 Peter Laflin First peal of Major: 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 20 September 1947 in 3h 28 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Plain Bob Royal Composed by Arr C Kenneth Lewis 1 Malcolm Harwood 2 Arthur Challinor 3 Charles W Lawton 4 Mrs C W Lawton 5 Alan A Potts 6 Wilfred Stevenson 7 William Gayes 8 John Worth (C) 9 Edward Seed 10 Joseph W Whittaker First peal on ten bells : Malcolm Harwood. First peal of Royal : 2,3 and 9. First peal of Royal on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Warburton, Greater Manchester St Werburgh Saturday, 27 September 1947 in 3h 58 (23–0–0 in E♭) 5824 London Surprise Major Composed by Rev. H. L. James 1 Lester L Gray 2 John E Bibby 3 Cyril Valentine 4 Walter Allman 5 Eric J Gilbert 6 George Ledsham 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) Longest length of London for the Guild, on the bells and by all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Sandbach, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 27 September 1947 in 3h 20 (13–1–5 in F) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by W Nicoll 1 Miss Betty Morton 2 Harry Parker 3 Eric Hornby 4 Albert H Booth 5 Reginald W Worrall 6 David Smith 7 Harry W Howard 8 A Gordon Lawrence (C) First peal in the method: 1 First peal of Major as conductor A birthday compliment to the daughter of the ringer of the sixth Ringing World October 17th 1947 No. 1906 Vol. XLIII page 495 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 27 September 1947 in 2h 30 (15 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by E.M.Atkins 1–2 Alan A Potts 3–4 Joseph W Whittaker 5–6 John Worth (C) 7–8 Charles W Lawton Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Tuesday, 30 September 1947 in 2h 58 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Thurstans's Four-Part 1 John Hayes 2 James S Webb 3 John W Best 4 Percy Swindley 5 Harry Pye 6 Henry O Baker 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 George Sperring Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Friday, 3 October 1947 in 2h 51 (14 in F) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor 1 Miss Nancy M Evans 2 Albert H Booth 3 Eric Hornby 4 A Gordon Lawrence 5 David Smith 6 Harry W Howard (C) First Peal of Oxford Treble Bob Minor by all except the conductor First Peal of Oxford Treble Bob as conductor First Peal in the method on the bells Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Wednesday, 8 October 1947 in 2h 46 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 John W L Slack 2 Sidney Hough 3 Charles W Lawton 4 Mrs C W Lawton 5 John Worth (C) 6 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of Cambridge 2, Rung for the wedding of Denis Lockhart Armitage and Miss Dorothy M Lamb Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 11 October 1947 in 3h 14 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Daphne Lloyd 2 R Gordon Corby 3 John W Best (C) 4 George F Sperring 5 Henry O Baker 6 John W Griffiths 7 Percy Swindley 8 Harry Pye First peal: 1 First peal of Major: 2 Ringing World page reference: 1908.0519Chester Diocesan Guild Bromborough, Cheshire St Barnabas Saturday, 11 October 1947 in 3h 13 (23–1–5 in E♭) 5024 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 George T Grover 2 James H Cooke 3 Charles C Hulse 4 Alexander J Martin 5 William Dean 6 James C E Simpson (C) 7 Joesph Goddard 8 Frank T Parry First peal of major: 2 & 3. First peal in the method: 4 Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 11 October 1947 in 3h 12 (14–1–26) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Jean C Brown 2 Mary Elkins 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 Frank Arrowsmith 5 Herbert McKinnel 6 Joan Morris 7 A Richard Elkins 8 Alan J Brown First peal: 1 & 4 Chester Diocesan Guild Stalybridge, Cheshire Holy Trinity, Castlehall Tuesday, 14 October 1947 in 2h 55 (15–0–8 in F♯) 5040 Grandsire Doubles Ten different callings 1 Robert Crawshaw 2 Walter Schofield 3 Harry Saxon 4 James Jackson 5 Frank Hodge (C) 6 Vernon Turner First peal: 1, 2, 3 & 4. First peal of Doubles: 5 & 6. First as conductor. Rung for the centenary of the church. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Tuesday, 14 October 1947 in 2h 52 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 George H Randles 8 James C E Simpson Chester Diocesan Guild Lymm, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 18 October 1947 in 3h 40 (29–3–8 in D♭) 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by G. H. Cross 1 Cecil Raddon 2 John E Bibby 3 George Ledsham 4 Cyril Valentine 5 Walter Allman 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Bristol on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 24 October 1947 in 2h 57 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5024 Liverpool Surprise Major Composed by Gabriel Lindoff 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Francis Bibby 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 George H Randles 8 James C E Simpson (C) 75th peal; 6. The first peal in the method. Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 25 October 1947 in 3h 7 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Heywood's Transposition of Thurstans's 1 James S Webb 2 John W Best 3 Arthur B Close 4 Percy Swindley 5 John Hayes 6 John W Griffiths 7 Henry O Baker (C) 8 George F Sperring First peal of Stedman: 3. First peal as conductor. Ringing World page reference: 1910.0543Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 25 October 1947 in 3h 3 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 Cecil Raddon 2 Ralph G Edwards 3 Walter Allman 4 George Ledsham 5 John E Bibby 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 John Worth 8 James C E Simpson (C) 50th Peal, 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Hartford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 25 October 1947 in 3h (12–0–0 in G) 5040 Minor (5m) Being one 720 of Kent and Oxford Treble Bob, one 720 of Kent Treble Bob, one 720 Oxford Treble Bob, one 720 Cambridge Surprise, two 720's Plain Bob and one 720 Double Oxford Bob. 1 Albert Booth 2 Harry Parker 3 Eric Hornby 4 David Smith 5 Harry W Howard 6 A Gordon Lawrence (C) First peal in more than four methods: 3, 4 and 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 1 November 1947 in 3h 1 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5152 London Surprise Major Composed by from 'Clavis' 1 William Fernley 2 Peter Laflin 3 Alan A Potts 4 James Fernley 5 James A Milner 6 Tom Wilde 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth (C) First peal of London on ‘inside’ bell: 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Worsley, Greater Manchester St Mark Saturday, 8 November 1947 in 3h 22 (24–0–7) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by G E Symonds 1 Lester L Gray 2 John Cooke 3 Frank Varty 4 Alexander J Martin 5 William Dean 6 Ralph G Edwards 7 Eric J Gilbert 8 George Ledsham 9 Thomas Rogers 10 James C E Simpson (C) First peal on ten bells: 4, 5 First peal of Cambridge Royal: 9 First peal of Surprise Royal for the Guild to be rung by a band all o f whom are resident members of one branch. Rung in honour of the birth of a son of Mr. Martin, and of a granddaughter of Mr. Cooke Ringing world: 1912.0566 Ringing World page reference: 1912.0566Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 8 November 1947 in 3h 27 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal Composed by John Worth 1 William Gayes 2 Arthur Challinor 3 Alan A Potts 4 James A Milner 5 Wilfred Stevenson 6 Harry Farrer 7 Sidney Hough jun 8 John Worth (C) 9 Edward Seed 10 Joseph W Whittaker Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Tuesday, 11 November 1947 in 2h 55 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Single Oxford Bob Triples Composed by J J Parker's Ten-part (C.C.C. No. 25) 1 George F Sperring 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 Henry O Baker 4 James S Webb 5 John W Best 6 Harry Pye 7 Percy Swindley 8 John Griffiths First peal in the method by all except the ringer of the 7th. Ringing World page reference: 1915.0606Chester Diocesan Guild Warburton, Greater Manchester St Werburgh Saturday, 15 November 1947 in 3h 28 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) Being 2,944 London, 736 each Cambridge and Superlative (rung in alternate courses) and 608 Bristol with 111 changes of method. 1 George Ledsham 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 Ralph G Edwards 5 John E Bibby 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 George H Randles 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Spliced Surprise Major: 6. First peal of Spliced Surprise on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Saturday, 15 November 1947 in 3h 5 (13–3–8 in F) 5040 Victoria Little Bob Major Composed by John Carter 1 George F Sperring 2 John Hayes 3 James S Webb 4 John W Best 5 Henry O Baker 6 John W Griffiths 7 Harry Pye 8 Percy Swindley (C) 50th peal: 4 50th peal together: 6,8 First peal in the method by all on the bells and for the Guild Published in RW as Victoria Little Court Bob Ringing World page reference: 1915.0607Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Thursday, 20 November 1947 in 2h 51 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Leonard Campey 2 G Barnard 3 Charles W Lawton 4 Mrs C W Lawton 5 John W L Slack 6 J W Whittaker (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Runcorn, Cheshire All Saints Thursday, 20 November 1947 in 3h 6 (15–3–15 in E) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by Thos. B Worsley 1 William E Allman 2 Walter Allman (C) 3 Charles Ward 4 Ernest H Hughes 5 Denis Maddock 6 Robert B P Hulse 7 Thomas H Mather 8 John Orme 50th peal during 1947: 2 RW 1913.0582 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Thursday, 20 November 1947 in 3h 24 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5079 Stedman Caters Composed by Harry Johnson 1 William Gayes 2 Arthur Challinor 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Gerald Farrer 5 Alan A Potts 6 Albert V Rees 7 John Worth (C) 8 Sidney Hough jun 9 Edward Seed 10 A Hedley Wood First peal in the method : treble, 2,6,8,9 and tenor. First peal of Stedman on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Thursday, 20 November 1947 in 2h 52 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (9m) Being seven extents in nine methods, viz.: (1) Charlwood and Neasden (Spliced); (2) St. Albans and Wragby (Spliced); (3) Capel; (4) Sandal; (5) London Scholars’ Pleasure; (6) Kingston; (7) Oxford 1 Arthur Hibbert 2 Stanley Ardern 3 Yvonne Botham 4 Eric Simpson 5 Alfred John Lee 6 James A Milner (C) First peal in nine methods: 4. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday, 20 November 1947 in 3h 28 (29–0–0 in C) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Daphne Lloyd 2 George F Sperring 3 Arthur B Close 4 John W Best (C) 5 Henry O Baker 6 John W Griffiths 7 Ernest F Bennett 8 Percy Swindley Chester Diocesan Guild Bebington, Wirral St Andrew Thursday, 20 November 1947 in 3h 12 (8–1–13 in A♭) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Kenneth Abernethy 2 John Cooke 3 Charles C Hulse 4 Joseph Leslie 5 Alexander J Martin 6 Donald W Singleton 7 James H Cooke 8 William Dean (C) First peal: 1 and 6 First peal of Surprise Major: 3,4 and 7 First peal of Major as conductor Chester Diocesan Guild Youlgreave, Derbyshire All Saints Saturday, 22 November 1947 in 3h 43 (26 in E♭) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by Gabriel Lindoff 1 Cecil Raddon 2 John E Bibby 3 Ralph G Edwards 4 Walter Allman 5 George Ledsham 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 John Worth 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of London on the bells. Ringing World page reference: 1914.0597Chester Diocesan Guild Great Budworth, Cheshire St Mary and All Saints Saturday, 22 November 1947 in 3h 23 (20–2–4 in D) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by H Hubbard 1 Cecil Holden 2 Mrs Cecil Holden 3 Miss Betty Morton 4 Harry Parker 5 Reginald W Worrall 6 Albert H Booth 7 Harry W Howard 8 A Gordon Lawrence (C) First peal of Major: 2. First peal of Major 'inside': 3. First peal in the method as conductor. RW 1914.0597 Chester Diocesan Guild Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 29 November 1947 in 3h 3 (15–1–16 in F) 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by George H Cross 1 Lester L Gray 2 Alan A Potts 3 Ralph G Edwards 4 George Ledsham 5 Arthur Firth 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 John Worth 8 James C E Simpson (C) Source: RW 1947, page 618. Chester Diocesan Guild Bosley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 29 November 1947 in 2h 45 (5–2–22 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven extents called differently 1 Miss June Henshaw 2 F Horsfield 3 Charles W Lawton (C) 4 Sidney Hough, jun 5 John W L Slack 6 Mrs C W Lawton First Peal - 1; First Peal as conductor. A visual aid to memory was used by the conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 6 December 1947 in 4h 3 (26–0–21 in D) 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Composed by John Worth 1 Joseph W Whittaker 2 Alan A Potts 3 James Fernley 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Walter Allman 8 James C E Simpson 9 George Ledsham 10 Eric J Gilbert 11 Ralph G Edwards 12 John Worth (C) First peal of surprise maximus : Joseph Whittaker, James Fernley, Cyril Valentine, C Kenneth Lewis, George Ledsham, Ralph Edwards, and John Worth. First twelve bell peal : Alan Potts and Eric Gilbert. First peal of Cambridge Surprise Maximus for the Guild. Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 6 December 1947 in 3h 7 (14–1–26) 5088 Plain Bob Major Composed by Alan J Brown 1 Jean C Brown 2 A Neville Brown 3 Frances M Laflin 4 Mary Elkins 5 Joan Morris 6 Peter Laflin 7 Joseph Saunders 8 Alan J Brown (C) First peal in the method 'inside': 2 & 3 Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 13 December 1947 in 3h 17 (20–0–0 in E) 5007 Stedman Caters Composed by Sir A P Heywood 1 Howard Howell (C) 2 Harry F Holding 3 Richard D Langford 4 Richard T Holding 5 Cyril Taberner 6 George A Packer 7 Arthur V Pearson 8 Edward V Rodenhurst 9 Arthur Pritchard 10 Alan F Thirst 100th peal: 3 150th peal: 9 Ringing World January 9th 1948 No. 1918 Vol. XLIV page 14 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 20 December 1947 in 3h 9 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5152 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Frances M Laflin 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 Alan A Potts 4 James Fernley 5 Peter Laflin 6 James A Milner 7 John Worth (C) 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of Superlative: 1, 2 & 3. First peal in the method ‘inside': 8. Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Friday, 26 December 1947 in 2h 42 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m) Being seven extents, viz., Cambridge Surprise, Kent, Oxford, Kingston, London Scholars' Pleasure, Sandal and Cape Treble Bob. 1 Sydney Hough, Jun 2 Alan A Potts 3 Charles W Lawton 4 Mrs C W Lawton 5 John Worth (C) 6 Joseph W Whittaker Fiftieth peal 2 Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Friday, 26 December 1947 in 2h 42 (11–0–9) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Seven different 720's 1 Ralph G Edwards 2 George Ledsham 3 Eric J Gilbert 4 Alexander J Martin 5 Walter Allman 6 Frank Varty To celebrate the 30th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J Mann Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 27 December 1947 in 3h 32 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5000 Plain Bob Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Gordon Henshaw 2 Arthur Challinor 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 June M Henshaw 5 Mrs C W Lawton 6 Alan A Potts (C) 7 Sidney Hough jun 8 Charles W Lawton 9 John Worth 10 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of Bob Royal : treble,and 7. First peal on 10 bells : June Henshaw. 100th peal for the Chester Diocesan Guild : Joseph Whittaker. First peal as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Liscard, Wirral St Mary Saturday, 27 December 1947 in 2h 59 (16–2–2 in F) 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by G H Cross 1 George Ledsham 2 Norah M Bibby 3 John E Bibby 4 Walter Allman 5 Ralph G Edwards 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 George H Randles 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Bristol on the bells. A farewell peal for the Vicar, Canon L. C. Davies. | |
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