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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 121 matching performances. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 2 January 1948 in 3h 4 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C H Middleton 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Margaret L Tutt 3 Francis Bibby 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Walter Allman 6 Dennis Maddock 7 Cyril Valentine 8 Cecil Raddon Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 3 January 1948 in 3h 4 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Sidney Hough jun 2 Alan A Potts 3 Revd R D St John Smith 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Peter Laflin 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth (C) First peal of London: 1. Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Friday, 9 January 1948 in 2h 52 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (3 Methods) 3 x 720 Plain Bob, 2 x 720 Kent Treble Bob, 2 x 720 Oxford Treble Bob 1 A Gordon Lawrence 2 Eric Hornby 3 Miss Elizabeth Morton 4 Harry Parker 5 Harry W Howard 6 Reginald W Worrall (C) First Peal as conductor First peal in three methods 'inside' : 3 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 10 January 1948 in 3h 12 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 William Fernley 2 Sidney Hough, jun 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 Alan A Potts 6 Charles W Lawton 7 John Worth (C) 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in this method: 2 & 6. In memoriam Mr. H. Langley. Ringing World page reference: 1923.0063Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 17 January 1948 in 3h 9 (18–0–11 in E) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J S Wilde 1 Jean C Brown 2 Mary Elkins 3 Doreen Wilde 4 Frances M Laflin 5 Jack Barker 6 A Richard Elkins 7 Tom Wilde (C) 8 Alan J Brown First peal of Treble Bob: 1. First peal of Treble Bob ‘inside': 3 & 6. First peal of Major: 5. Chester Diocesan Guild Fairfield, Derbyshire St Peter Saturday, 17 January 1948 in 2h 57 (12–0–10 in F♯) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (17m) Being seven extents in 17 methods as follows: (1) Newdigate and Willesden Delight; (2) Old Oxford and College Bob IV. Delight; (3) Ockley and Norbury Treble Bob; (4) Duke of Norfolk and
College Exercise Treble Bob; (5) Charlwood and Wragby Delight; (6) Neasden and St. Albans Delight; (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars’ Pleasure. Kingston and Oxford Treble Bob. 1 Alex Richardson 2 Arthur Hibbert 3 James A Milner 4 Eric Simpson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Alfred John Lee First peal in 17 methods: 1, 4 & 6. First peal in 17 methods away from treble: 2. Forty-nine changes of method. Ringing World page reference: 1924.0076Chester Diocesan Guild Knutsford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 24 January 1948 in 3h (11–2–16 in F♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven extents called differently 1 Stella P Wain 2 Doreen Wilde 3 Mary Elkins 4 Norman Hough 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Alan J Brown First peal: 1. First peal in the method and of Minor: 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Congleton, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 24 January 1948 in 3h 15 (13–1–2 in F) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Middleton's 1 Mrs C W Lawton 2 James A Milner 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Alan A Potts 5 Sydney Hough Jun 6 Charles W Lawton 7 John Worth (C) 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in the method: 1 Ringing World 27th February 1948 No. 1925 Vol. XLIV page 82 Ringing World page reference: 1925.0082Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Tuesday, 27 January 1948 in 3h 6 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Cheshire Surprise Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Norah M Bibby 3 George H Randles 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 Francis Bibby 8 James C E Simpson (C) The first peal in the method. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 31 January 1948 in 3h 40 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Composed by John Worth 1 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 John Worth (C) 4 Mrs C W Lawton 5 Alan A Potts 6 Charles W Lawton 7 John E Bibby 8 David Vincent 9 Walter Allman 10 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of Oxford T B Royal : 2,4 and 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Farndon, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 31 January 1948 in 3h 7 (12–1–22 in F) 5040 Double Court Bob Triples Composed by J J Parker's ten-part (C.C.C. No 27) 1 John Hayes 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 Henry O Baker 4 John W Best 5 James S Webb 6 Harry Pye 7 Percy Swindley 8 George F Sperring The first peal in the method by all, on the bells and for the Guild Ringing World page reference: 1925.0083Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Thursday, 5 February 1948 in 2h 35 (11–0–9) 5040 Minor (7m) Being seven extents, viz.. London Surprise, Beverley Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Bob, Plain Bob and Cambridge Surprise. 1 Alfred W Cusick 2 Joan M Webster 3 Charles B Pemberton 4 James H Cooke 5 Alexander J Martin (C) 6 William Dean First peal: 1 & 3 First peal as conductor Chester Diocesan Guild Taxal, Derbyshire St James Saturday, 7 February 1948 in 2h 55 (11–0–23 in G) 5040 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 Sydney Hough, Junr 2 Eric Simpson 3 Arthur Hibbert 4 Charles W Lawton 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 James A Milner (C) First peal in nine methods: 1. Ringing World page reference: 1927.0104Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Saturday, 7 February 1948 in 3h 2 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Liverpool Surprise Major Composed by H G Cashmore 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 George Ledsham 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Francis Bibby 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal in the method; 2. In memoriam Lord Derby. Chester Diocesan Guild Great Budworth, Cheshire St Mary and All Saints Saturday, 14 February 1948 in 3h 22 (20–2–4 in D) 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by J Cox 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Norah M Bibby 3 John E Bibby 4 George Ledsham 5 George H Randles 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Walter Allman 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Bristol on the bells. RW 1927.0104 Chester Diocesan Guild Burbage, Derbyshire Christ Church Saturday, 14 February 1948 in 2h 56 (9–0–2 in G) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (5m) Being one extent each of Capel, Sandal, London Scholars’ Pleasure, and two extents each of Kingston and Oxford 1 Jack Bagshaw 2 Henry Kirk 3 Alexander Richardson 4 Eric Simpson 5 Arthur Hibbert 6 James A Milner (C) First peal 1,2 Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Monday, 16 February 1948 in 3h 5 (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Middleton's 1 Miss E Morton 2 John E Bibby 3 Harry Parker 4 Reginald W Worrall 5 Gordon Lawrence 6 Cyril Valentine 7 Walter Allman (C) 8 Cecil Raddon First peal of Surprise: 1,4 First peal of Surprise inside: 5 First of Surprise as conductor Ringing World March 19th 1948 No. 1928 Vol. XLIV page 114 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 20 February 1948 in 3h 5 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by J Thorpe 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Dennis Maddock 7 George H Randles 8 Francis Bibby First peal of Superlative; 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 21 February 1948 in 2h 48 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Stedman Doubles Ten callings 1 Charles W Lawton 2 John Worth (C) 3 Alan A Potts 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 Mrs C W Lawton Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lawton have ‘circled’ the tower. Mr. John Worth and Mr. W. Stevenson have now a complete Stedman family of peals from Doubles to Cinques. Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 28 February 1948 in 2h 48 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (3 Methods) 1 x 720 Cambridge Surprise, 3 x 720 Kent Treble Bob, 3 x 720 Oxford Treble Bob 1 Albert H Booth 2 David Smith 3 Harry W Howard (C) 4 Harry Parker 5 Reginald W Worrall 6 A Gordon Lawrence Rung as a birthday compliment to HW Howard and Kenneth Parker Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 13 March 1948 in 3h 4 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Sidney Hough jun 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Alan A Potts 4 James Fernley 5 James A Milner 6 John Worth (C) 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 13 March 1948 in 3h 21 (20–0–0 in E) 5039 Grandsire Caters Composed by G Hayward 1 Edward J Holloway 2 Harry F Holding 3 Herbert Edge 4 Wilfred Kerr 5 Richard T Holding 6 Thomas W Lamb 7 Edward J Boffey 8 Richard D Langford 9 George A Packer (C) 10 J William Edge First peal inside: 3 First peal on ten bells: 7 First on ten as conductor Ringing World April 9th 1948 No. 1931 Vol. XLIV page 142 Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Monday, 15 March 1948 in 3h 6 (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Johnson's Variation 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Harry W Howard 3 Cyril Valentine 4 John E Bibby 5 Reginald W Worrall 6 Harry Parker 7 Walter Allman (C) 8 Cecil Raddon First peal of Surprise inside: 2 Ringing World April 9th 1948 No. 1931 Vol. XLIV page 144 Chester Diocesan Guild Bunbury, Cheshire St Boniface Saturday, 20 March 1948 in 3h 9 (14¾ in F) 5040 St Clement's College Bob Triples Composed by Holt's Ten-Part 1 George F Sperring 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 John E Cook 4 Denis Maddock 5 John W Best 6 Harry Pye 7 Percy Swindley 8 R Gordon Corby First peal of Triples in the method by all. RW 1932.0154 Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Monday, 29 March 1948 in 2h 50 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (13m) Being seven extents in 13 methods, viz.: (1) Willesden, Newdigate, Old Oxford and College Bob IV. Delight; (2) St. Albans and Neasden Delight; (3) Charlwood Delight; (4) Wragby Delight; (5) Sandal and Capel Treble Bob: (6) London Scholars’ Pleasure and Kingston Treble Bob; (7) Oxford Treble Bob. 1 Sidney Hough jun 2 Eric Simpson 3 Arthur Hibbert 4 Charles W Lawton 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 James A Milner (C) First peal in 13 methods: 1. A farewell to the Rev. Charles Musgrave, M.A., Vicar for 24 years. Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Monday, 29 March 1948 in 2h 50 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (4 Methods) 2 x 720 Cambridge Surprise, 2 x 720 Kent Treble Bob, 2 x 720 Oxford Treble Bob, 1 x 720 Plain Bob 1 Albert H Booth 2 Eric Hornby 3 Harry Parker 4 Denis Maddock 5 Harry W Howard (C) 6 A Gordon Lawrence First peal in four methods: 4 Chester Diocesan Guild Aldford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Monday, 29 March 1948 in 3h (12–3–20 in E) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Seven 720s 1 George F Sperring 2 Henry O Baker 3 John W Best 4 John W Griffiths 5 Percy Swindley (C) 6 Harry Pye First peal in the method: 2 Ringing World page reference: 1933.0164Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 2 April 1948 in 3h 3 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Rochester Surprise Major Composed by C K Lewis 1 Denis Maddock 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 George H Randles 7 Francis Bibby 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal in the method on the bells and by all except the conductor. First peal in the method as conductor. In honour of the marriage of Ralph G. Edwards and Ella Grace. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 3 April 1948 in 3h 12 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1 William Fernley 2 June Henshaw 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley (C) 5 Eric Simpson 6 Arthur Hibbert 7 James A Milner 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of Treble Bob Major: 2 & 5. In honour of the wedding of C. K. Lewis and Mary Elkins. Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 3 April 1948 in 3h 16 (14–1–26) 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Alan J Brown 2 Millicent Lawton 3 Charles W Lawton 4 Alan A Potts 5 Tom Wilde 6 Sidney Hough jun 7 John Worth (C) 8 Peter Laflin First peal in the method: 6. A wedding compliment to C. K. Lewis and Mary Elkins. Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Thursday, 8 April 1948 in 2h 38 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Minor (3m) Three 720s each Kent and Oxford, one 720 Plain Bob 1 William Allman 2 Thomas H Mather 3 Walter Allman 4 Albert H Booth 5 Harry W Howard (C) 6 J Dennis Maddock Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Friday, 9 April 1948 in 2h 40 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Minor (3m) Being three extents each of Cambridge Surprise and Plain Bob and one extent of Kent Treble Bob. 1 Thomas Smith (15) 2 A Kenneth Humphreys (17) 3 Charles B Pemberton (17) 4 Alfred W Cusick 5 Alexander J Martin (C) 6 Brian D Threlfall (19) First peal: 1 & 2 First peal away from the treble: 4 Chester Diocesan Guild Shotwick, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 10 April 1948 in 2h 38 (8–3–0 in F♯) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Arthur K Humphries 2 Alfred W Cusick 3 James H Cooke 4 Charles B Pemberton 5 Alexander J Martin (C) 6 Brian D Threlfall First peal of Surprise: 1, 2, 4 & 6 First peal in method: 3 First peal of Surprise as conductor Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Thursday, 15 April 1948 in 3h 13 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1 George E W Griffiths 2 John W Best 3 John W Griffiths 4 George F Sperring 5 John E Cook 6 Denis Maddock 7 Percy Swindley 8 Henry O Baker (C) First peal of Treble Bob Major: 1, 4. First peal of Major as conductor. Ringing World page reference: 1935.0186Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Thursday, 15 April 1948 in 2h 58 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by H Law James 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Norah M Bibby 3 John E Bibby 4 Walter Allman 5 Eric J Gilbert 6 George Ledsham 7 George H Randles (C) 8 Ralph G Edwards 101st peal; 2. First of Surprise as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 17 April 1948 in 3h 30 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5079 Stedman Caters Composed by Henry Johnson 1 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 Mrs C W Lawton 4 June M Henshaw 5 Alan A Potts 6 Charles W Lawton 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth (C) 9 Edward Seed 10 Gordon Henshaw First peal of Stedman Caters : 3,4,6 and tenor. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 23 April 1948 in 3h 3 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Ipswich Surprise Major Composed by H W Wilde 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 George H Randles 7 Francis Bibby 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal in the method for all except 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Taxal, Derbyshire St James Monday, 26 April 1948 in 2h 58 (11–0–23 in G) 5040 Minor (5m) Being one extent each of Capel, Sandal and London Scholars' Pleasure and two extents each of Kingston and Oxford. 1 Sam Depledge 2 Mavis Botham 3 Yvonne Botham 4 Eric Simpson 5 Arthur Hibbert 6 James A Milner (C) First peal in five methods: 1. First peal in five methods inside: 2. 25th peal together: 5 & 6. Ringing World page reference: 1937.0208Chester Diocesan Guild Knutsford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 1 May 1948 in 2h 45 (11–2–16 in F♯) 5040 Minor (3m) Seven 720’s, viz., two of Oxford Double Bob, two of Kent Treble Bob and three of Plain Bob 1 Ronald Hough 2 Norman Hough 3 Sidney Hough sen 4 Sidney Hough jun 5 John Worth (C) 6 Joseph W Whittaker Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 8 May 1948 in 3h 25 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major 1 John W L Slack 2 Joseph W Whittaker 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Mrs C W Lawton 5 Frank Yates 6 John Worth (C) 7 Charles W Lawton 8 Fred Horsfield First peal on eight bells 1,8; First peal on the bells which were dedicated on May 1st, 1948 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Thursday, 13 May 1948 in 3h 4 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5120 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by A Knights (120) 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 George Ledsham 7 George H Randles 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Yorkshire; 1,2. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 15 May 1948 in 3h 2 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major Composed by Arthur Craven 1 Arthur Hibbert 2 Alan A Potts 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 James A Milner 6 Peter Laflin 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth (C) First peal of Surprise: 1. First peal in the method: 2, 3, 5, 7 & 8. Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Thursday, 20 May 1948 in 3h 17 (14–1–26) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by John Carter 1 Herbert Ludkin 2 Frederick E Dukes 3 Mary Lewis 4 David Vincent 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Alan J Brown 7 Douglas Kirkpatrick 8 Cecil Raddon First peal: 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Thursday, 20 May 1948 in 2h 42 (11–0–9) 5040 Surprise Minor (12m) Being seven extents in twelve methods, viz.: (1) Carlisle; (2) Alnwick and Newcastle; (3) Chester and Munden; (4) London and Wells; (5) York and Durham ; (6) Beverley and Surfleet; (7) Cambridge. 1 Arthur K Humphreys 2 Charles B Pemberton 3 James H Cooke 4 John Cooke 5 Alexander J Martin (C) 6 William Dean * First peal in 12 methods and first ‘ touch ’ of Snliced Surprise. First peal in 12 methods: 1 & 2 and as conductor. A compliment to the verger and towerkeeper, Mr. Joseph O. Mann, on his 70th birthday. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 29 May 1948 in 3h 15 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5600 Aldenham Surprise Major Composed by Arr C K Lewis 1 Frances M Laflin 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 Alan A Potts 4 James Fernley 5 Wilfred Stevenson 6 Peter Laflin 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method by all the band, on the bells and for the Guild. Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 29 May 1948 in 2h 35 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Kent Treble Bob Minor Seven extents called differently 1 Mavis Botham 2 James A Milner 3 Eric Simpson 4 Mary Lewis 5 Arthur Hibbert 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) For the induction of the Rev. W. B. James as Vicar. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Monday, 31 May 1948 in 3h 7 (13–3–8 in F) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker's Twelve-Part 1 Frederick H Birks 2 Harry Lewis 3 Robin Guy 4 George F Sperring 5 Clifford Brown 6 John W Griffiths (C) 7 Henry O Baker 8 John W Best First peal: 1 First peal in the method: 3 Rung in memoriam William David Morris, verger at the above church, 1911-1948 Ringing World page reference: 1942.0263Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Wednesday, 2 June 1948 in 2h 31 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Minor (5m) Being two 720’s of Reverse Canterbury, two 720’s of Oxford Bob and one each bf Plain Bob, Oxford Treble Bob and Kent Treble Bob. 1 Sydney Flint 2 Eric Edmundson 3 Alfred W Cusick 4 Charles B Pemberton 5 A Kenneth Humphreys 6 Thomas S Horridge (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 5 June 1948 in 2h 59 (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (17m) Being seven extents in 17 methods, viz.:
(1) Spliced Newdigate and Old Oxford Delight; (2) Spliced College Bob IV. and Willesden Delight; (3) Spliced Wragby and St. Alban’s Delight; (4) Spliced Neasden and Charlwood Delight; (5) Spliced Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise and Norbury Treble Bob; (6) Spliced Kingston, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Sandal and Capel Treble Bob; (7) Oxford Treble Bob. 1 Sydney Hough, Jun 2 Arthur Hibbert 3 Eric Simpson 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 James A Milner (C) First peal in 17 methods: 1. [Ringing World No. 1943, Vol. XLIV, July 2, 1948, p273] Chester Diocesan Guild Warburton, Greater Manchester St Werburgh Wednesday, 9 June 1948 in 3h 13 (25–3–0) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by C. J. Sedgley 1 Alan J Brown 2 Alan A Potts 3 Wilfred J Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 David Vincent 7 John Worth 8 Leslie G Brett (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 12 June 1948 in 3h 27 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by Arr C Kenneth Lewis 1 James A Milner 2 James Fernley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 George A Packer 7 Charles W Lawton 8 John Worth (C) 9 Peter Laflin 10 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in the method by all the band and for the Guild. First peal of Surprise Royal on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Lymm, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 12 June 1948 in 3h 45 (29–3–8 in D) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by A. J. Pitman 1 David Vincent 2 John E Bibby 3 Cyril Valentine 4 Leslie G Brett 5 Alan J Brown 6 George Ledsham 7 Walter Allman 8 James C E Simpson (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 19 June 1948 in 3h 18 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5152 London Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Percy Swindley (C) 2 John Hayes 3 John W Best 4 Samuel Jones, Jun 5 Henry O Baker 6 James S Webb 7 John W Griffiths 8 Harry Pye First peal in the method: 8 First peal in the method 'inside': 5 First peal in the method as conductor A birthday compliment to Mr J Swindley Ringing World page reference: 1944.0283Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Thursday, 24 June 1948 in 3h 6 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (6m) Comprising 1,440 London, 1,440 Rutland, 640 each of Bristol, Cambridge and Superlative, and 320 Yorkshire, with 125 changes of method. Composed by A J Pitman 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 George H Randles 7 Francis Bibby 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Spliced Surprise; 7. First peal of Spliced Surprise Major in six methods for the Guild, in the tower and by all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Eccleston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 26 June 1948 in 3h 22 (26–3–3 in E♭) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 George F Sperring 2 John Hayes 3 George A Packer 4 John W Best 5 Henry O Baker 6 Richard D Langford 7 John W Griffiths 8 Percy Swindley (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 3 July 1948 in 3h 1 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5152 Belgrave Surprise Major Composed by Arr C K Lewis 1 Arthur Hibbert 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 James A Milner 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Charles W Lawton 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in the method on the bells. First peal in the method by all the band. Rung as a farewell peal to the curate, the Rev. Basil Hamer, LL.B., M.A. Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Monday, 5 July 1948 in 2h 31 (6 in B♭) 5040 Minor (5m) Being one 720 of Double Oxford, one 720 of Plain Bob, one 720 of Cambridge Surprise, two 720’s of Oxford Treble Bob and two 720’s of Kent Treble Bob 1 Bernard J Ongley 2 Miss Elizabeth Morton 3 Reginald W Worrall 4 A Gordon Lawrence 5 Harry W Howard (C) 6 Harry Parker First peal in five methods: 1,2 Ringing World July 23rd 1948 No. 1946 Vol XLIV page 308 Chester Diocesan Guild Acton, Cheshire St Mary Friday, 9 July 1948 in 2h 57 (13–0–8 in F) 5040 Minor (2m) Being three 720’s Kent Treble Bob and four 720’s Plain Bon 1 Herbert Sutton 2 Edward J Boffey 3 Harry W Howard 4 David Smith 5 Harry Parker 6 A Gordon Lawrence (C) A compliment to Mr and Mrs Harry Parker on the anniversary of their wedding Ringing World July 30th 1948 No. 1947 Vol. XLIV page 316 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 16 July 1948 in 2h 53 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Pudsey Surprise Major Composed by A Knights (158) 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Walter Allman 3 George Ledsham 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson First peal in method; 1,3,6. 100th peal; 5. 150th peal; 7. First peal in the method as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Wrenbury, Cheshire St Margaret Saturday, 17 July 1948 in 2h 52 (11–3–4 in F♯) 5040 Minor (3m) Being three extents of Plain Bob and two extents each of Kent and Oxford Treble Bob 1 Harry Parker (C) 2 John E Brough 3 David Smith 4 Albert Crawley 5 Edward V Rodenhurst 6 Harry W Howard Ringing World August 13th 1948 No. 1949 Vol. XLIV page 336 Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 24 July 1948 in 3h 1 (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 William E Allman 2 Oswald Claybrook 3 Dennis Maddock 4 Walter Allman 5 John E Bibby 6 James C E Simpson 7 Thomas Rogers 8 Ralph G Edwards (C) First peal of Major as conductor Ringing World August 13th 1948 No. 1949 Vol. XLIV page 334 Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Thursday, 29 July 1948 in 2h 44 (11–0–9) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (18m) Being seven Spliced extents in 18 methods, viz.: (1) Netherseale, Lightfoot and Wearmouth; (2) London, Wells and Cunecastre; (3) Carlisle and Northumberland; (4) Alnwick and Newcastle; (5) Chester and Munden; (6) Durham, Beverley, Surfleet and York; (7) Cambridge and Ipswich 1 Joan M Webster 2 Charles B Pemberton 3 James H Cooke 4 John Cooke 5 Alexander J Martin 6 William Dean First peal of Spliced: 1 & 2 First peal of Spliced as conductor First peal in 18 methods by all and on the bells. The greatest number of Surprise methods yet rung to a peal for the Guild. In honour of the birth of Mr. J. H. Cooke's daughter, granddaughter of Mr. J. Cooke and niece of the conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Wistaston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Friday, 6 August 1948 in 2h 30 (5–3–24 in B) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor 1 Bernard J Ongley 2 R T Holding 3 Eric Hornby 4 Albert Crawley 5 David Smith 6 Harry Parker (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 7 August 1948 in 3h 8 (18–0–11 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 William Fernley 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Alan A Potts 4 James A Milner 5 Arthur Hibbert 6 Sidney Hough jun 7 Alan J Brown 8 Peter Laflin First peal in the method: 5. For the wedding of Mr. G. D. Lawton and Miss D. Wilde. Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Saturday, 7 August 1948 in 2h 33 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Minor (7m) Being seven extents, viz.: Double Oxford, Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, St. Clement’s, Oxford Bob and Plain Bob. 1 John A Webster 2 Alfred W Cusick 3 Charles B Pemberton 4 Alexander J Webster 5 Alexander J Martin 6 Arthur K Humphreys First peal in seven methods away from the treble: 2 A birthday compliment to H.M. The Queen Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Thursday, 12 August 1948 in 3h (14–1–22 in F♯) 5152 Stockport Surprise Major Composed by Arr C K Lewis 1 James A Milner 2 Alan A Potts 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker Rung as a compliment to Mr. W. W. Wolstencroft, whose method has now been rung for the first time. This method is No. 299 in Corrigan’s Collection of Surprise Methods. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 14 August 1948 in 3h 30 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal Composed by Gabriel Lindoff 1 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 Mrs C W Lawton 4 Frances M Laflin 5 Alan A Potts 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 John Worth (C) 8 Charles W Lawton 9 Peter Laflin 10 Joseph W Whittaker Rung for the Silver Wedding of the Rev. and Mrs. A Clarke. Chester Diocesan Guild Great Budworth, Cheshire St Mary and All Saints Wednesday, 18 August 1948 in 3h (20–2–4 in D) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Heywood's Transposition 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 John E Bibby 3 Alan A Potts 4 Cyril Valentine 5 Wilfred Stevenson 6 John Scott 7 John Worth (C) 8 Walter Allman RW 1952.0368 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas, Hazel Grove Saturday, 21 August 1948 in 2h 48 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 James A Milner 2 Hilda M Stobbs 3 Margaret Fidell 4 James Fearnley 5 Wilfred Stevenson 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 John Worth (C) 8 Joseph Whittaker First peal in the method 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Oxton, Wirral St Saviour Saturday, 28 August 1948 in 3h 20 (20–1–16 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 George F Sperring 2 John W Griffiths 3 James S Webb 4 Henry O Baker 5 John W Best 6 Ernest F Bennett 7 Percy Swindley (C) 8 Harry Pye Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 28 August 1948 in 3h 12 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5040 Little Bob Major 1 Bernard J Ongley 2 John Scott 3 Miss Elizabeth Morton 4 David Smith 5 Denis Maddock 6 Reginald W Worrall 7 A Gordon Lawrence 8 Harry W Howard (C) First peal of Little Bob, 3,4,7. First peal of Little Bob as conductor. First peal of Little Bob on the bells. Rung as a birthday compliment to the ringer of the 3rd. Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Tuesday, 31 August 1948 in 2h 30 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Being seven extents, viz., London, Alnwick, Chester, Carlisle, York, Beverley and Cambridge. 1 James M Pemberton 2 A Trevor Sutton 3 Alfred W Cusick 4 Thomas Smith 5 Charles B Pemberton 6 Arthur K Humphreys (C) First peal of Surprise: 1 & 2 First peal in seven Surprise methods: 4 First peal as conductor First peal in seven Surprise methods on the bells by a local band. A birthday compliment to Sylvia D. Pryce. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Tuesday, 7 September 1948 in 3h 1 (13–3–8 in F) 5088 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 George F Sperring 2 John Hayes 3 John W Best (C) 4 Samuel Jones, Jun 5 Henry O Baker 6 James S Webb 7 John W Griffiths 8 Percy Swindley First peal in the method: 1,5 25th peal together: 5,7 First of Surprise as conductor Ringing World page reference: 1955.0404Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 11 September 1948 in 3h 13 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5152 Ramsey Surprise Major Composed by C K Lewis 1 John Worth 2 Alan A Potts 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 James A Milner 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker The first peal in the method. Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Thursday, 16 September 1948 in 2h 41 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Minor (7m) Being seven extents, viz., Cambridge Surprise, Double Oxford, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, St. Clement’s, Oxford Bob and Plain Bob. 1 Monica M Dutton (21) 2 Thomas Smith (15) 3 Joan M Webster (19) 4 Alfred W Cusick (16) 5 Charles B Pemberton (18) (C) 6 A Kenneth Humphreys (17) First peal: 1 First peal in seven methods: 2 First peal as conductor A 21st birthday compliment to the treble ringer. Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 18 September 1948 in 3h 20 (20–0–0 in E) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by William Pye 1 Harry F Holding 2 Alan A Potts 3 Richard D Langford 4 Arthur V Pearson 5 Barnabas G Key 6 George A Packer 7 Howard Howell 8 Alan F Thirst 9 Arthur Pritchard 10 John Worth (C) First peal of Cambridge Royal: 4,5,6,7 Ringing World October 8th 1948 No. 1957 Vol. XLIV page 422 Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Tuesday, 21 September 1948 in 2h 53 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Grandsire Doubles 1 Donald Pearson (16) 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Alan A Potts (16) (C) 4 John Worth 5 Ernest Pimlott 6 John P Jackson First peal: 1, 5 & 6. First peal in the method as conductor Chester Diocesan Guild Sandbach, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 25 September 1948 in 3h 11 (13–1–5 in F) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major 1 Miss Nancy M Evans 2 Eric Hornby 3 Miss Elizabeth Morton 4 Harry Parker (C) 5 Harry W Howard 6 David Smith 7 Albert H Booth 8 Cecil Raddon First peal on eight bells: 1 Ringing World October 8th 1948 No. 1957 Vol. XLIV page 423 Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Friday, 1 October 1948 in 2h 46 (14 in F) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Eric Hornby 2 Reginald W Worrall 3 David Smith 4 Harry Parker 5 Harry W Howard 6 A Gordon Lawrence (C) First Peal of Cambridge Surprise Minor : Eric Hornby, Reginald Worrall, David Smith, Gordon Lawrence Harry Howard's 100th Peal First peal of Surprise rung by a local band of the Northwich Branch of the Guild Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 2 October 1948 in 3h (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (10m) Being 10 methods spliced into seven extents, viz.:
(1) Braintree and Wragby Delight; (2) Charlwood, Neasden and St. Albans Delight; (3) Capel and Oxford Treble Bob; (4) Sandal and Oxford Treble Bob; (5) London Scholars’ Pleasure and Oxford Treble Bob; (6) Kingston and Oxford Treble Bob; (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Kingston and Oxford Treble Bob; 49 changes of method. 1 Frances M Laflin 2 Sidney Hough, jun 3 James A Milner 4 Eric Simpson 5 Arthur Hibbert 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of Minor: 1. First peal ‘inside’ in ten methods: 2. [Ringing World No. 1958, Vol. XLIV, October 15, 1948, p436] Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 2 October 1948 in 3h 55 (26–0–21 in D) 5016 Grandsire Cinques Composed by Henry Johnson 1 Kenneth Smith 2 Alan A Potts 3 Stanley Pickford 4 Mrs C W Lawton 5 Thomas Potts 6 John Worth 7 Charles W Lawton 8 Harold C Lonyon 9 Joseph Smith 10 Joseph W Whittaker 11 Frank Yates (C) 12 Victor Norbury First peal : Kenneth Smith, Stanley Pickford, Harold Lonyon, and Joseph Smith. First peal on twelve bells : Mrs C.W.Lawton, Thomas Potts, and Charles Lawton. First peal of Grandsire cinques : Alan Potts, Joseph Whittaker and Victor Norbury. First peal as conductor. Rung to commemorate the completion of 50 years as a bellringer by Mr. Wilfred Matthews at St Michael's, Macclesfield. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 9 October 1948 in 3h 15 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 Sidney Hough jun 2 Alan A Potts 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 9 October 1948 in 2h 44 (11–0–9) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Being seven extents, viz., Alnwick, Chester, Carlisle. London, York, Beverley and Cambridge. 1 Ernest T Carvell 2 Joan M Webster 3 Alfred W Cusick 4 Charles B Pemberton 5 Alexander J Martin (C) 6 Eric J Gilbert First peal in seven Surprise methods: 1, 2 and 3 For the induction and institution of the Rev. Kenneth Lee. M.A., as Vicar of the newly created dual parish of St. Mary and St. Paul, Birkenhead Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 15 October 1948 in 3h 4 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5152 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Parker 1 Ralph G Edwards 2 Edward Jenkins 3 George Ledsham 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Walter Allman 7 Francis Bibby 8 James C E Simpson (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 16 October 1948 in 3h 20 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by William Pye 1 Alan A Potts 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 John E Bibby 4 Peter Laflin 5 Cyril Valentine 6 John Worth (C) 7 Walter Allman 8 Ralph G Edwards 9 James C E Simpson 10 Edward Jenkins Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Monday, 18 October 1948 in 3h 8 (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by Thos. B Worsley 1 Albert J Pitman 2 John E Bibby 3 Dennis Maddock 4 Edward Jenkins 5 George Ledsham 6 Cecil Raddon 7 Walter Allman (C) 8 Ralph G Edwards Ringing World November 12th 1948 No. 1962 Vol. XLIV page 482 Chester Diocesan Guild Hartford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 23 October 1948 in 2h 45 (12–0–00 in G) 5040 Minor (7m) Being one extent each of Oxford Single, St Clement's, Double Oxford, Plain Bob, Cambridge Surprise, Kent and Oxford Treble Bob 1 Miss Elizabeth Morton 2 A Gordon Lawrence 3 Harry W Howard 4 Eric Hornby 5 Harry Parker (C) 6 David Smith First peal in seven methods by all except conductor. First peal in seven methods as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 30 October 1948 in 3h 50 (14–1–26) 5088 Plain Bob Major Composed by Alan J Brown 1 Stella P Wain 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 A Neville Brown 4 Jean C Brown 5 Frank Arrowsmith 6 David Vincent 7 Roy Broom 8 Alan J Brown (C) First peal of Major: 1. First peal away from the treble: 4. First peal: 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Bebington, Wirral St Andrew Saturday, 30 October 1948 in 3h 15 (8–1–13 in A♭) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Thomas Smith 2 Joan M Webster 3 Marjorie E Webster 4 Alfred W Cusick 5 Charles B Pemberton 6 James H Cooke 7 Arthur K Humphreys 8 Alexander J Martin (C) First peal of Major: 1,4,5 and 7. First peal of Major as conductor A birthday compliment to the ringers of 3rd and 7th. Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Thursday, 4 November 1948 in 2h 37 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Norah M Bibby 2 John Bailey 3 Harold Worrall 4 Cecil Raddon 5 George H Randles 6 J Dennis Maddock (C) First peal in the method - 1 and 5; A 73rd birthday compliment to John H Davenport, tower master for 38 years Ringing World page reference: 1964.0508Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Thursday, 4 November 1948 in 3h 20 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parkers 12 Part 1 Fred Horsfield 2 Barry Corbishley 3 John Worth 4 Joseph W Whittaker 5 Edward Seed 6 Wilfred Stevenson (C) 7 Hedley Wood 8 Harold Brough First Peal in method 2; First of Triples inside 5,7; First Peal 8 Chester Diocesan Guild Woodchurch, Wirral Holy Cross Friday, 5 November 1948 in 2h 45 (9–3–7) 5040 Minor (7m) Being seven extents, -viz.: York Surprise, Beverley Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Bob and Plain Bob. 1 John A Webster 2 George R Newton 3 Charles B Pemberton 4 James H Cooke 5 Alexander J Martin 6 William Dean (C) The 50th anniversary of the first peal on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 6 November 1948 in 3h 10 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Rochester Surprise Major Composed by C K Lewis 1 Arthur Hibbert 2 James A Milner 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in method 1, 3 & 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 6 November 1948 in 3h 17 (20–0–0 in E) 5039 Grandsire Caters Composed by George Hayward 1 Edward J Holloway 2 Harry F Holding 3 G Herbert Edge 4 Thomas W Lamb 5 Richard T Holding 6 Wilfred Kerr 7 George A Packer 8 J William Edge 9 Richard D Langford (C) 10 W Frank Stenson First peal: 10 A birthday peal for the ringers of the 8th and tenor, who were both 60 years of age Ringing World November 26th 1948 No. 1964 Vol. XLIV page 506 Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 6 November 1948 in 3h 14 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5152 London Surprise Major Composed by J Reeves 1 Percy Swindley (C) 2 John Hayes 3 John W Best 4 James S Webb 5 Henry O Baker 6 John W Griffiths 7 Harry Pye 8 Arthur Pritchard First peal of London: 8 A farewell to Canon A W Sarson, 23 years' Rector of this parish Ringing World page reference: 1964.0506Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 13 November 1948 in 3h 32 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by Rev H Law James 1 Mrs C W Lawton 2 Alan A Potts 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Charles W Lawton 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker Chester Diocesan Guild Great Budworth, Cheshire St Mary and All Saints Saturday, 13 November 1948 in 3h 3 (20–2–4 in D) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 David Smith 2 Miss Elizabeth Morton 3 Mrs Cecil Holden 4 Albert Crawley 5 Cecil Holden 6 Harry Parker (C) 7 Cecil Raddon 8 Harry W Howard First peal of Major 'inside.': 5. RW 1964.0508 Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Wirral St Nicholas Monday, 15 November 1948 in 2h 59 (16–2–20 in E) 5040 Single Oxford Bob Minor 1 Joseph W Hazlehurst 2 Lester L Gray 3 T Gilbert 4 George Ledsham 5 Harry Rogers 6 Thomas Rogers (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Monday, 15 November 1948 in 2h 45 (14 in F) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (3 Methods) Being three extents of Cambridge Surprise, two extents of Kent Treble Bob and Oxford Treble Bob 1 A Gordon Lawrence (C) 2 Miss Elizabeth Morton 3 Eric Hornby 4 Miss Dorothy C Osborn 5 David Smith 6 Harry Parker 25th Peal: 4 Chester Diocesan Guild Christleton, Cheshire St James Monday, 15 November 1948 in 2h 53 (12–1–26 in F♯) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker's Twelve-Part 1 William B Griffiths 2 William Astle 3 Frank Poston 4 Ernest Fleet 5 Arthur Newell 6 Nicholas Collins 7 William Griffiths (C) 8 Stanley Carman Rung on the occasion of the birth of Prince Charles. [The only evidence for this peal is the accompanying photograph of the peal board. All the ringers were from Christleton, but none of them rang a peal for the CDG in 1948 according to the Annual Report. Apart from the treble and tenor ringers all the others had previously rung at least one peal, but in several cases a good many years earlier.] JDA Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Tuesday, 16 November 1948 in 2h 41 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Minor (7m) Being seven extents, viz.: Double Oxford, Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Bob, St. Clement’s and Plain Bob. 1 Daphne Wain 2 Joan M Webster 3 Marjorie E Webster 4 Thomas Smith 5 Charles B Pemberton (C) 6 Alfred W Cusick First peal: 1 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Thursday, 18 November 1948 in 3h 5 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Edinburgh Surprise Major Composed by F Bennett 1 John E Bibby 2 George Ledsham 3 Ralph G Edwards 4 Walter Allman 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Francis Bibby 8 James C E Simpson (C) 300th peal; 1. First peal in the method for the Guild, on the bells, and by all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Thursday, 18 November 1948 in 2h 59 (16–1–5 in E) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Taylor's Six-part 1 Stanley Booth 2 Thomas Mather 3 Norah M Bibby 4 John Bailey 5 Denis Maddock 6 Harold Worrall (C) 7 George H Randles 8 Walter Foster First peal in the method: 1,4,6 First peal in the method inside: 5 First peal: 8 First peal as conductor A Royal Birth Peal Ringing World December 10th 1948 No. 1966 Vol. XLIV page 534 Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 20 November 1948 in 2h 47 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 Leonard Campey 2 John W L Slack 3 Charles W Lawton (C) 4 Mrs C W Lawton (C) 5 N Meakin 6 J W Whittaker (C) Conducted by Mrs W M P Lawton 4, C W Lawton 3 (two extents each), J W Whittaker 6 (three extents). For the dedication of a victory memorial clock and of the memorial clock to Thomas Taylor (a ringer at this church for over 48 years) Chester Diocesan Guild Fairfield, Derbyshire St Peter Saturday, 20 November 1948 in 2h 52 (12–0–10 in F♯) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (5m) Being seven extents in five methods: (1) Capel, (2) Capel and Sandal (spliced), (3) Sandal, (4) London Scholars, (5) London Scholars and Kingston (spliced), (6) Kingston, (7) Oxford. 1 Margaret White 2 Alec Richardson 3 Jack Smith 4 Henry Kirk 5 Eric Ellison 6 James A Milner (C) First peal: 1. Ringing World page reference: 1965.0529Chester Diocesan Guild Eccleston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 20 November 1948 in 3h 47 (26–3–3 in E♭) 5088 Rochester Surprise Major Composed by C K Lewis 1 Eric J Gilbert 2 George Ledsham 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 John E Biibby 5 James C E Simpson 6 Walter Allman 7 John Worth 8 Ralph G Edwards First peal in the method inside: 2. First peal in the method on the bells. Ringing World page reference: 1966.0535Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Tuesday, 23 November 1948 in 3h 17 (14–1–26) 5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by Alan J Brown 1 Joan Morris 2 Alan J Brown 3 David Vincent 4 A Neville Brown 5 Cecil Raddon 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Roy Broom 8 Harold Walker First peal in the method: 1 & 7 Chester Diocesan Guild Bebington, Wirral St Andrew Tuesday, 23 November 1948 in 3h 13 (8–1–13 in A♭) 5088 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 Ernest T Carvell 2 Joan M Webster 3 Marjorie E Webster 4 James H Cooke 5 Alfred W Cusick 6 Charles B Pemberton 7 Alexander J Martin 8 William Dean (C) The first peal in the method by all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Oxton, Wirral St Saviour Saturday, 27 November 1948 in 3h 35 (20–1–16 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Ernest T Carvell 2 Joan M Webster 3 Alfred W Cusick 4 Charles B Pemberton 5 James H Cooke 6 Alexander J Martin 7 Eric J Gilbert 8 William Dean (C) To mark the 25th anniversary of the first peal in the method by a resident Wirral band. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 4 December 1948 in 2h 50 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (35m) Being 35 methods spliced into seven extents: (1) Rostherne, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bogedone and Ely Delight; (2) Chepstow, Balmoral, Skipton, Fotheringay and Dover Delight; (3) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St. Werburgh and Abbeyville Delight; (4) Ockley, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, Norbury and Morning Star Treble Bob; (5) Charlwood, Neasden, St. Albans, Wragby and Braintree Delight;
(6) Newdigate, Old Oxford, College Bob IV, Willesden and Marple Delight; (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Kingston and Oxford Treble Bob 1 William Fernley 2 James Fernley 3 James A Milner 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth Fifty-five changes of method. Rung on the 25th anniversary of the first 35-method peal. Chester Diocesan Guild Eastham, Cheshire St Mary the Blessed Virgin Saturday, 4 December 1948 in 3h 6 (12–0–25 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Charles B Pemberton 2 Andrew J H Scott 3 Ernest T Carvell 4 A Lennard Shepherd 5 Alexander J Martin (C) 6 Frank E Hawthorne First peal in the method: 1,3 & 5 First peal: 2 A 15th birthday compliment to the 2nd ringer. Chester Diocesan Guild Bollington, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 4 December 1948 in 3h 24 (16–3–6) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1 June Henshaw 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 Alan A Potts (C) 4 Mrs E M P Lawton 5 Charles W Lawton 6 Arthur Hibbert 7 N Meakin 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal on 8 bells: 7. First peal in the method as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 11 December 1948 in 3h 11 (18–0–11 in E) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (7m) In seven methods, being 736 each of Cambridge, Aldenham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Belgrave, 448 Ramsey, and 1,024 Rutland, with 160 changes of method. Composed by C K Lewis (arr) 1 James A Milner 2 Alan A Potts 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of Spliced Surprise Major: 2, 5, 7 & 8. First peal of Spliced Surprise in seven methods by all the band, by the Guild and on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 11 December 1948 in 3h 17 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5040 Erin Triples Composed by E S Powell 1 John W Griffiths (C) 2 Nancy P Birks 3 John W Best 4 Frederick H Birks 5 Percy Swindley 6 Henry O Baker 7 Harry Pye 8 Dennis H B Millward First peal of Triples in the method by all, on the bells and for the Guild Ringing World page reference: 1969.0571Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 18 December 1948 in 6h 17 (13–2–15 in F♯) 10080 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Composed by Arthur Knights 1 Peter Laplin 2 Alan A Potts 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Walter Allman 7 John Worth (C) 8 Joseph W Whittaker This composition, rung for the first time, contains the 60 course-ends with the tenors together. Longest length for all except the ringer of the treble and 4th. RW 1949.0004 Ringing World page reference: 1970.0004Chester Diocesan Guild Acton, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 18 December 1948 in 2h 51 (13–0–8 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different 720’s 1 Dennis Moss 2 Herbert Sutton 3 Frank Ollier 4 John E Brough (C) 5 Frederick S Sutton 6 Edward J Boffey First peal: 1 First peal inside in method: 2 Rung for the royal christening Ringing World January 7th 1949 No. 1970 Vol. XLV page 9 Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Monday, 27 December 1948 in 3h 3 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1 Percy Swindley (C) 2 Nancy P Birks 3 Henry O Baker 4 Frederick H Birks 5 Arthur Watkin 6 Arthur B Close 7 Dennis H B Millward 8 John W Griffiths First peal: 5. First peal in the method: 2, 4 and 7. A birthday compliment to Mrs H O Baker. Ringing World page reference: 1971.0016Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Monday, 27 December 1948 in 3h 56 (26–0–21 in D) 5280 New Cambridge Surprise Maximus 5 course block Composed by John Worth 1 George Ledsham 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Edward Jenkins 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Walter Allman 7 John Worth (C) 8 Peter Laflin 9 Charles W Lawton 10 Joseph W Whittaker 11 Ralph G Edwards 12 James C E Simpson First peal of Surprise Maximus away from the treble : Joseph Whittaker. First peal of New Cambridge Surprise Maximus for all the band, on the bells, and for the Guild. Ringing World page reference: 1972.0026Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Monday, 27 December 1948 in 2h 30 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Minor (7m) Being seven extents, viz.: Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Double Oxford, St. Clement's, Oxford Bob and Plain Bob. 1 James M Pemberton 2 A Trevor Sutton 3 Thomas Smith 4 Arthur K Humphreys 5 Alfred W Cusick (C) 6 Charles B Pemberton First peal: 1 & 2 First peal as conductor Ringing World page reference: 1972.0033Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Thursday, 30 December 1948 in 3h 9 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Joan Brentnall 2 Arthur Hibbert 3 James A Milner 4 Sidney Hough jun 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 7 Wilfred Stevenson 8 Peter Laflin First peal: 1. 300th peal as conductor. Ringing World page reference: 1972.0027Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Friday, 31 December 1948 in 2h 54 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different 720’s 1 Ernest Pimlott 2 John W L Slack 3 Millicent Lawton 4 John Worth (C) 5 Charles W Lawton 6 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of Minor: 1. Ringing World page reference: 1973.0040 | |
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