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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 137 matching performances. Chester Diocesan Guild Warburton, Greater Manchester St Werburgh Saturday, 7 January 1950 in 3h 23 (23–0–0) 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by W. Hubbard 1 Harry W Howard 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Eric Hornby 4 Douglas Kirkpatrick 5 Harold Worrall 6 George H Randles 7 Harry Parker (C) 8 Cecil Raddon A birthday compliment to C. Raddon. Ringing World page reference: 2026.0068Chester Diocesan Guild Stalybridge, Greater Manchester St Paul, Stayley Saturday, 7 January 1950 in 3h 3 (17–3–10 in E) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 June Henshaw 2 James A Milner 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Peter Laflin 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Alan A Potts 7 John Worth (C) 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in the method: 1. First peal in the method on the bells. Ringing World page reference: 2026.0068Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire 19 Falcon Road Sunday, 8 January 1950 in 2h 28 (17 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven extents 1–2 Alexander J Martin (C) 3–4 Charles B Pemberton 5–6 Alfred W Cusick Umpire: A T Sutton First peal of Minor ‘in hand’ by all the band and for the Wirral Branch Ringing World February 3rd 1950 No. 2026 Vol. XLVI page 77 Ringing World page reference: 2026.0077Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 14 January 1950 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 R Boardman 2 A Frost 3 A G Clarke 4 E A Jackson 5 J Clegg 6 A Cairns (C) First quarter peal: 1. First quarter peal as conductor: 6. [Ringing World No. 2027 Vol. XLVI, February 10, 1950, p94] Chester Diocesan Guild Lymm, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 14 January 1950 in 3h 41 (29–3–8 in D) 5056 Rochester Surprise Major Composed by A. Knights 1 Alexander J Webster 2 Cyril Valentine 3 Walter Allman 4 Frank Varty 5 Ralph G Edwards 6 John E Bibby 7 Eric J Gilbert 8 James C E Simpson (C) First touch of Rochester: 4. First peal in the method on the bells. Ringing World page reference: 2027.0083Chester Diocesan Guild Buckley, Flintshire St Matthew Saturday, 14 January 1950 in 3h 5 (14–2–7 in F♯) 5040 Reverse Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker's 12 part 1 Brian Harris 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 Henry O Baker 4 John W Best 5 Frederick H Birks 6 R Gordon Corby 7 Percy Swindley 8 Dennis H R Millward First peal in the method by all. Ringing World page reference: 2026.0069Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire 12A Rowson Street Monday, 16 January 1950 in 2h 17 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1–2 Alex J Webster 3–4 Eric J Gilbert 5–6 Frank Varty (C) First peal on handbells: 1-2 and 3-4 First peal of Minor ‘in hand’: 5-6 First peal as conductor ‘in hand’ Ringing World page reference: 2027.0087Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 21 January 1950 in 3h (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Albion Little Treble Bob Major Composed by J Morgan 1 George F Sperring 2 Brian Harris 3 Henry O Baker 4 John W Best 5 Frederick H Birks 6 John W Griffiths 7 R Gordon Corby 8 Percy Swindley (C) First peal in the method by all the band except 6 and 8. Ringing World page reference: 2028.0098Chester Diocesan Guild Grappenhall, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 21 January 1950 in 2h 58 (11–2–6 in F) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by Gabriel Lindoff 1 Lester L Gray 2 Julia M Preston 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 5 Frank Varty 6 Ralph G Edwards 7 Eric J Gilbert 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal in the method on the bells Ringing World page reference: 2027.0084Chester Diocesan Guild Bromborough, Cheshire St Barnabas Saturday, 21 January 1950 in 3h 20 (23–1–5 in E♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Charles B Pemberton 2 Alexander J Martin 3 Robert S F P Harris 4 H Stewart Bailey 5 Ernest L Humphries 6 Derek Parry 7 Joesph Goddard 8 Frank T Parry (C) 1st peal inside: 4. 1st peal of major: 6 and as C. A compliment to Mr & Mrs D Parry on their 1st wedding anniversary. Also a birthday compliment to Mary Parry and Mrs D Parry. Ringing World page reference: 2027.0084Chester Diocesan Guild Barthomley, Cheshire St Bertoline Sunday, 22 January 1950 in 2h 55 (13–1–14 in E) 5040 Grandsire Triples Grove’s variation 1 Beryl Skerratt 2 John Brassington 3 Eric B Allman 4 Reginald Rowley 5 George Astbury 6 John Timmis 7 Arthur Allman (C) 8 George Meade First peal: 1 First peal inside: 5 A birthday compliment to Mrs A Allman, wife of the conductor Ringing World page reference: 2027.0084Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 27 January 1950 in 3h 2 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) Composed by James Topp 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 John E Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 Henry O Baker 5 Eric J Gilbert 6 Cyril Valentine 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Spliced Surprise Major on an 'inside' bell; 4. Ringing World page reference: 2028.0099Chester Diocesan Guild Nantwich, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 28 January 1950 in 3h 2 (14–2–18 in E) 5040 Little Bob Major Composed by H Hubbard 1 Edward J Boffey 2 Harold G Smith 3 Frank Barnard 4 Richard D Langford 5 George A Packer 6 Wilfred Kerr 7 Frederick S Sutton 8 John E Brough (C) First peal in the method - 2,3. First peal in the method as conductor. For the Golden Wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs F Ollier, parents of a local ringer. Also a birthday compliment to H Chesworth. Ringing World page reference: 2028.0100Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Friday, 3 February 1950 in 3h 8 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by John R Pritchard 1 Barry Corbishley 2 Anne Worth 3 June Henshaw 4 Denis Mottershead 5 Dennis Heapy 6 Ivor Nichols 7 Harold C Lonyon 8 Alan A Potts (C) First Peal 6; Average age of band 18 years Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 3 February 1950 in 2h 59 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by H Law James 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Walter Allman 3 Henry O Baker 4 Eric J Gilbert 5 Cyril Valentine 6 John E Bibby 7 Francis Bibby 8 Ralph G Edwards (C) First peal of London as conductor. A birthday compliment to John E. Bibby. Ringing World page reference: 2029.0114Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 4 February 1950 in 3h 20 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Rutland Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Alan A Potts 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 5 John Worth (C) 6 Walter Allman 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker 9 Ralph G Edwards 10 James C E Simpson First peal of Rutland Royal by all the band, on the bells, in the county, and for the Guild. Ringing World page reference: 2028.0098Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire Sunday, 5 February 1950 in 1h 52 (11 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1–2 Alex J Webster 3–4 Eric J Gilbert 5–6 Frank Varty (C) 100th peal for the Guild: 5-6 Ringing World February 24th 1950 No. 2029 Vol. XLVI page 119 Ringing World page reference: 2029.0119Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire 9 Ponsonby Road Wednesday, 8 February 1950 in 1h 50 (11 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1–2 Alex J Webster 3–4 Frank Varty (C) 5–6 Eric J Gilbert Witness: J A Webster Ringing World February 24th 1950 No. 2029 Vol. XLVI page 119 Ringing World page reference: 2029.0119Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 11 February 1950 in 3h 2 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 College Bob Triples Composed by A J Pitman 1 George F Sperring 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 Brian Harris 4 John W Best 5 Frederick H Birks 6 R Gordon Corby 7 Percy Swindley 8 Dennis H B Millward First peal in the method by all. Ringing World page reference: 2031.0146Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 11 February 1950 in 2h 55 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (14m) Being 14 methods: 704 Aldenham, 608 London, 544 Cambridge, 416 Superlative, 384 Rutland, 352 each of Yorkshire and Belgrave, 320 each of Lincolnshire and Ramsey, 288 Pudsey, 256 Blackburn, 192 each of Painswick and Bristol, 96 Premier, with 156 changes of method. Composed by C K Lewis 1 James A Milner 2 Edward Jenkins 3 Alan A Potts 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker The first peal in 14 Spliced Surprise Major methods by all the band, in the county and by the Guild. A farewell peal for the ringer of the third, who joined H.M. Forces on February 16th. Ringing World page reference: 2030.0132Chester Diocesan Guild Bollington, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 11 February 1950 in 2h 49 (16) 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by F Nolan Golden 1 Anne Worth 2 Ronald Barlow 3 June M Henshaw 4 H C Lonyon 5 Harry Corbishley 6 Denis Mottershead 7 Ivor R Nicholls 8 Frederick W Grocott (C) First peal in the method - 2,5,7. First peal in the method inside - 6. First peal in the method as conductor. Average age of band 17 1/2. Rung in honour of the wedding of C E Lovelock and Joan Sugrue. Contains all combinations of 4-5-6 in 5-6 and the 7468's, 7658's and 7548's. Ringing World page reference: 2029.0117Chester Diocesan Guild Acton, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 11 February 1950 in 2h 52 (13–0–8 in F) 5040 Stedman Doubles Being forty two 120’s, ten callings 1 Edward J Boffey 2 George A Packer (C) 3 John E Brough 4 Frederick S Sutton 5 Herbert Sutton 6 Roy Boyer First peal of Stedman inside: 1 First peal of Stedman: 6 First peal of Stedman as conductor A birthday peal for the daughter of the third ringer. Mr EJ Boffey has now circled the tower Ringing World March 3rd 1950 No. 2030 Vol. XLVI page 134 Ringing World page reference: 2030.0134Chester Diocesan Guild Wistaston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 18 February 1950 in 2h 25 (5–3–24 in B) 5040 Minor (7m) 1 ext each Cambridge S, Oxford and Kent TB, Single Oxford, Double Oxford, St Clement's and Plain Bob. 1 J Derek Smith 2 Eric Hornby 3 Albert Crawley 4 David Smith 5 Henry Parker (C) 6 Cecil Raddon First peal in 7 methods - 1. Ringing World page reference: 2032.0166Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire 19 Falcon Road Sunday, 19 February 1950 in 2h 8 (10 in E) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven extents 1–2 Alexander J Martin 3–4 Charles B Pemberton 5–6 Alfred W Cusick (C) Witness: A K Humphreys First peal of Minor ‘in hand’ as conductor An 85th birthday compliment to Mrs E Pickthall of Bromborough Ringing World March 17th 1950 No. 2032 Vol. XLVI page 167 Ringing World page reference: 2032.0167Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 25 February 1950 in 3h 4 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5152 Hereward Bob Major Composed by J Morgan 1 George F Sperring 2 John W Griffiths 3 Henry O Baker 4 John W Best 5 Frederick H Birks 6 Brian Harris 7 R Gordon Corby 8 Percy Swindley (C) First peal in the method by all except the conductor. Ringing World page reference: 2032.0164Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 25 February 1950 in 2h 46 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (4m) Being one extent Cambridge Surprise and two extents of Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob and Plain Bob 1 Elizabeth Morton 2 David Smith 3 Eric Hornby 4 Henry Parker 5 Cecil Raddon 6 Harry W Howard (C) 25th Peal: 1 For the birthdays of the sons of the ringer of the 4th and conductor Ringing World page reference: 2032.0167Chester Diocesan Guild Bebington, Wirral St Andrew Saturday, 25 February 1950 in 3h 17 (8–1–13 in A♭) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Thorp 1 John Cooke 2 Charles B Pemberton 3 Alfred W Cusick 4 Frank T Parry 5 A Lennard Shepherd 6 Ernest T Carvell 7 Joseph Goddard 8 Alexander J Martin (C) First peal in the method: 2,3 and 6 First peal of Major: 5 50th peal of Kent Treble Bob Major: 7 First peal in the method as conductor and 25th peal as conductor. Rung as a wedding compliment to Mr. W. Dean on the occasion of his marriage to Miss D. White. Also a 75th birthday compliment to Mr. J. Goddard. Ringing World page reference: 2032.0164Chester Diocesan Guild Wistaston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 4 March 1950 in 2h 30 (5–3–24 in B) 5040 Doubles (3m) 1200 April Day, 1440 Plain Bob and 2400 Grandsire 1 Richard T Holding 2 M G Morgan-Wynne 3 J Derek Smith 4 Kenneth W Mackintosh 5 Albert Crawley (C) 6 Denis Moss First peal of Doubles - 2,3,4. First peal inside - 2. To celebrate the coming of age of the ringer of the 2nd. Ringing World page reference: 2033.0182Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 4 March 1950 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 Delight, (2) Spliced St. Albans and Wragby Delight, (3) Capel Treble Bob, (4) Sandal Treble Bob, (5) Spliced Sandal and London Scholars’ Pleasure Treble Bob, (6) Spliced London Scholars’ Pleasure and Kingston Treble Bob, (7) Oxford Treble Bob. 1 Frances M Laflin 2 Arthur Hibbert 3 Sidney Hough jun 4 Alexander Richardson 5 George H Ashmore 6 James A Milner (C) 50th peal: 2. Ringing World page reference: 2033.0181Chester Diocesan Guild Barthomley, Cheshire St Bertoline Sunday, 5 March 1950 in 2h 50 (13–1–14 in E) 5040 Grandsire Triples Grove’s variation 1 Thomas Skerratt 2 John Brassington 3 Eric B Allman 4 John Timmis 5 George Astbury 6 Frederick W Grocott 7 Arthur Allman (C) 8 Frederick Windsor First peal: 1,8 90th for the Guild: 2 Ringing World March 24th 1950 No. 2033 Vol. XLVI page 179 Ringing World page reference: 2033.0179Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Friday, 10 March 1950 in 2h 58 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by John R Pritchard 1 Daniel Naden 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Anne Worth 4 Denis Heapy 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 Hedley Wood 7 Stanley Naden 8 John Worth (C) First Peal 1 Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 11 March 1950 in 3h 10 (18–0–11 in E) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by G R Pye 1 Eric J Gilbert 2 Edward Jenkins 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 5 Walter Allman 6 James C E Simpson 7 John Worth 8 Ralph G Edwards 500th peal: 7. This is first silent peal of Bristol. Umpire: Tom Wilde Ringing World page reference: 2033.0180Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 18 March 1950 in 2h 59 (14–1–4) 5040 (4) Treble Bob Minor Being one extent of Capel Treble Bob, two each of Sandal and London Scholar Treble Bob and one each of Kingston and Oxford Treble Bob 1 Frances M Laflin 2 Dorothea Way 3 James A Milner 4 Alexander Richardson 5 George Ashmore 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal 2. A 21st birthday compliment to the ringer of the 2nd Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 18 March 1950 in 3h 16 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5000 Plain Bob Royal Composed by John Reeves 1 Donald Pearson 2 Alan A Potts 3 Mrs C W Lawton 4 June M Henshaw 5 Anne Worth 6 Peter Laflin 7 Wilfred Stevenson (C) 8 William E Mashiter 9 Joseph W Whittaker 10 John Worth First peal in the method: treble,5 and 8. First peal in the method as conductor. A birthday compliment to Mr. J.W. Whittaker. Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire 9 Ponsonby Road Sunday, 19 March 1950 in 1h 52 (11 in G) 5040 Minor (3m) Comprising one extent of Double Bob, two extents of Reverse Bob and four of Plain Bob 1–2 Alex J Webster 3–4 Eric J Gilbert 5–6 Frank Varty (C) First peal in three methods ‘in hand’ by all In honour of the birth of a daughter to the wife of the conductor Ringing World April 7th 1950 No. 2035 Vol. XLVI page 214 Ringing World page reference: 2035.0214Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 24 March 1950 in 3h 10 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Wembley Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Edward Jenkins 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal in the method by all the band, for the Guild and on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Wybunbury, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 25 March 1950 in 2h 55 (14–0–8 in E) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 M Roy Boyer 2 Herbert Sutton 3 Edward J Boffey 4 Harold G Smith 5 Frank Ollier 6 Frederick S Sutton (C) A birthday compliment to the ringer of the 5th Ringing World April 14th 1950 No. 2036 Vol. XLVI page 228 Chester Diocesan Guild Sandbach, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 1 April 1950 in 3h 24 (13–1–5 in F) 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major Reeves five part 1 Albert H Booth 2 David A Godfrey 3 Harry W Howard 4 Eric Hornby 5 Henry Parker 6 Harold Worrall 7 Cecil Raddon 8 David Smith (C) First peal of Major in the method: 2 First peal of Treble Bob as conductor Ringing World April 14th 1950 No. 2036 Vol. XLVI page 228 Chester Diocesan Guild Bosley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 1 April 1950 in 2h 46 (5–2–22 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Mrs C W Lawton 2 E Anne Rose 3 June Henshaw 4 Denis Mottershead 5 Ivor R Nichols 6 Charles W Lawton (C) First peal, aged 13 - 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Oxton, Wirral St Saviour Monday, 10 April 1950 in 3h 21 (20–1–16 in E) 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major Composed by A Craven 1 James M Pemberton 2 Joan M Webster 3 Charles B Pemberton 4 James H Cooke 5 Alfred W Cusick 6 John Cooke 7 Alexander J Martin (C) 8 Alfred K Leatham First peal of Surprise Major: 1 First peal in the method by all the band, on the bells and for the Wirral Branch. In memoriam Samuel Moston, for 52 years a ringer at this church. Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Monday, 10 April 1950 in 2h 29 (6 in B♭) 5040 Minor (4m) Being one extent of Cambridge Surprise, two each of Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob and Plain Bob 1 David Smith 2 Eric Hornby 3 Miss Elizabeth Morton 4 Bernard J Ongley 5 Harry W Howard (C) 6 Miss Dorothy C Osborn A compliment to the Rev. W H Bolton on his completion of 20 years’ service as Vicar and on his appointment as Rural Dean Ringing World April 21st 1950 No. 2037 Vol. XLVI page 244 Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Monday, 10 April 1950 in 3h 38 (29–0–0 in C) 5039 Grandsire Caters Composed by E C Shepherd 1 John W Best 2 Frederick H Birks 3 Henry O Baker 4 Arthur B Close 5 Brian Harris 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 Samuel Jones, Junr 8 R Gordon Corby 9 John W Griffiths (C) 10 Percy Swindley First peal of Grandsire Caters: 2, 3, 6. First peal on ten bells: 5, 8. Ringing World page reference: 2038.0258Chester Diocesan Guild Wrenbury, Cheshire St Margaret Saturday, 22 April 1950 in 2h 44 (11–3–4 in F♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1 Thomas G Hayes 2 Harold G Smith 3 Frederick S Sutton 4 John E Brough (C) 5 Frank Ollier 6 Edward J Boffey First peal: 1 Ringing World May 12th 1950 No. 2040 Vol. XLVI page 294 Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 22 April 1950 in 2h 53 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Leonard Campey 2 Denis Mottershead 3 Mrs C W Lawton 4 Ivor Nichols 5 Charles W Lawton (C) 6 George Barnard A 70th birthday compliment to Mr J W L Slack, a Sunday service ringer at the above church for 53 years, and a respected member of Macclesfield Branch. Also a 9th birthday compliment to Anthony Wm. Lawton, youngest ringer in the tower. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 22 April 1950 in 3h 2 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 James A Milner 2 Anne Worth 3 James Fernley 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Joseph W Whittaker 7 Peter Laflin 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method 2; First peal of London on the bells. A 70th Birthday compliment to Mr J W L Slack, and esteemed member of the Macclesfield Branch. Chester Diocesan Guild Port Sunlight, Wirral Christ Church Saturday, 29 April 1950 in 3h (14–1–25 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Tamia Dunn 2 Charles B Pemberton 3 Alfred W Cusick 4 Alexander J Martin 5 Ernest L Humphries 6 Derek Parry 7 H Stewart Bailey 8 Frank T Parry (C) First peal: 1. To commemorate the golden jubilee of the foundation of this church. Also a 21st birthday compliment to Miss Tamia Dunn. Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Wednesday, 3 May 1950 in 2h 39 (11–0–9) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Being seven extents, viz., Alnwick, Chester, Carlisle, London, York, Beverley and Cambridge. 1 Ernest T Carvell 2 Stanley D Sutton 3 A Trevor Sutton 4 Charles B Pemberton (C) 5 Alfred W Cusick 6 Alexander J Martin First peal of Surprise: 2 First peal of Surprise as conductor For the occasion of the visit of Her Majesty the Queen to Birkenhead to launch the aircraft carrier 'Ark Royal.' Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 6 May 1950 in 2h 58 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker's Twelve-Part 1 Norah M Bibby 2 Daphne Lloyd 3 John W Griffiths 4 Arthur Watkin 5 Brian Harris 6 Henry O Baker (C) 7 George H Randles 8 Dennis H B Millward First peal inside: 2. First peal of Grandsire Triples: 4, 5. Ringing World page reference: 2041.0308Chester Diocesan Guild Marbury, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 6 May 1950 in 2h 44 (7–2–22 in A♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1 Frederick Chapman 2 Brian Schofield 3 Harold G Smith 4 Frank Barnard 5 Edward J Boffey 6 John E Brough (C) First peal in the method: 1.2 Ringing World May 19th 1950 No. 2041 Vol. XLVI page 310 Chester Diocesan Guild Bosley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 6 May 1950 in 2h 35 (5–2–22 in A) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor Being seven extents 1 E Ann Rose 2 Charles W Lawton 3 Mrs C W Lawton 4 June M Henshaw 5 Ronald Barlow 6 Frederick William Growcott (C) First peal of Treble Bob - 1, First peal of Oxford - 4,5. Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Monday, 8 May 1950 in 3h 5 (16–1–5 in E) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by W Hudson 1 Alfred Wilkinson 2 Eric Hornby 3 Dorothy C Osborn 4 David Smith 5 Harry W Howard 6 Harold Worrall 7 Henry Parker (C) 8 Cecil Raddon First peal: 1 A wedding compliment to Mr S Booth (a local ringer) and Miss A Grounds Ringing World May 26th 1950 No. 2042 Vol. XLVI page 322 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 12 May 1950 in 3h (12–1–3 in F♯) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 Lester L Gray 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Henry O Baker 4 Walter Allman 5 John E Bibby 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of London; 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 19 May 1950 in 3h 10 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 William G Bibby 2 John E Bibby (C) 3 Frederick Jackson 4 Henry O Baker 5 Dennis Maddock 6 William Allman 7 John Orm 8 Walter Allman First peal; 1,3. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 20 May 1950 in 2h 55 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) Consisting of 2,688 London, 1,056 Bristol, 672 Cambridge and 672 Superlative. Composed by Albert J Pitman 1 James A Milner 2 John E Bibby 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Joseph W Whittaker 7 Walter Allman 8 John Worth (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Eastham, Cheshire St Mary the Blessed Virgin Saturday, 20 May 1950 in 3h (12–0–25 in G) 5040 Grandsire Doubles 1 John Amer 2 Philip C Holmes 3 Andrew J H Scott 4 James R Turner 5 A Lennard Shepherd (C) 6 Thomas H Wood First peal: 1 & 4 First peal inside: 2 This is the first peal ever rung on the bells by an all Eastham band. Chester Diocesan Guild Barthomley, Cheshire St Bertoline Sunday, 21 May 1950 in 3h (13–1–14 in E) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by W Hudson 1 Eric B Allman 2 John Brassington 3 Eric Hornby 4 David Smith 5 Albert Crawley 6 Henry Parker (C) 7 Arthur Allman 8 Harry W Howard First peal of Treble Bob: 1 A birthday compliment to the father of the conductor and J Brassington Ringing World June 2nd 1950 No. 2043 Vol XLVI page 340 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Tuesday, 23 May 1950 in 3h 11 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Heywood's Transposition of Thurstan's 1 Wilfred Stevenson 2 June M Henshaw 3 Anne Worth 4 Gerald Farrer 5 A Hedley Wood 6 Harry Farrer 7 John Worth (C) 8 Gordon Henshaw First peal in the method for 3,4,5,6 and tenor. Rung by fellow members of the Christ Church tower to celebrate the election of Councillor J.B. Hidderley, bellringer at this church, as Mayor of Macclesfield. Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 27 May 1950 in 3h 10 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by J Clegg 1 Alfred Wilkinson 2 Bernard J Ongley 3 Eric Hornby 4 Denis Maddock 5 Reginald W Worrall 6 Albert H Booth 7 David Smith 8 Harry W Howard (C) First peal of Bob Major, 1. First peal away from the treble, 2. 50th Peal, 3. A birthday compliment to Queen Mary. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Monday, 29 May 1950 in 2h 50 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 Ann Worth 2 R Joyce Pett 3 Ralph G Edwards 4 James Fernley 5 Eric J Gilbert 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal: 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Audley, Staffordshire St James the Great Saturday, 10 June 1950 in 3h 10 (15–0–18 in F♯) 5088 Plain Bob Major Composed by F Hopgood 1 Frank Barnard 2 Ken W Mackintosh 3 Richard T Holding (Snr) 4 Harold G Smith 5 J Derek Smith 6 Charles H Page 7 Edward V Rodenhurst 8 Albert Crawley (C) First peal of Bob Major: 1,2 & 5. Ringing World page reference: 2046.0387Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Monday, 12 June 1950 in 3h 5 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Daphne Lloyd 2 John W Griffiths 3 Nancy P Birks 4 J Benjamin Budd 5 Dennis H B Millward 6 Brian Harris 7 R Gordon Corby 8 Percy Swindley (C) A Birthday Compliment to 4. Also a farewell peal to 2, leaving for an appointment in London. Ringing World page reference: 2046.0388Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire St Bartholomew Wednesday, 14 June 1950 in 2h 50 (13–0–0) 5040 Minor (2m) 2160 of Kent Treble Bob minor, 2880 of Plain Bob Minor 1 Neil D Lomas 2 Sydney Sage 3 Dorothy Kidd (C) 4 Arthur Rhodes 5 Ian D Lomas 6 Denis Mottershead First peal (1,4,5), first peal as conductor (3), first peal on the bells by local band. A fifth birthday compliment to Miss Christine Kidd. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Thursday, 15 June 1950 in 2h 54 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Ann Worth 2 June Henshaw 3 James A Milner 4 Alan A Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Wilfred Stevenson 7 Peter Laflin 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 1. First peal in the method away from treble: 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Port Sunlight, Wirral Christ Church Saturday, 17 June 1950 in 2h 50 (14–1–25 in F) 5040 Single Court Bob Triples Composed by A. B. Carpenter’s Ten-part (C.C.C. No. 9). 1 George F Sperring 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 Henry O Baker 4 John W Best 5 Frederick H Birks 6 Brian Harris 7 Percy Swindley 8 R Gordon Corby First peal in the method by all. Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Wednesday, 28 June 1950 in 2h 40 (11–0–9) 5040 Plain Minor (4m) Comprising one extent of St. Clement’s Bob, one extent of Double Oxford Bob three extents of Single Oxford Bob and two of Plain Bob, rung alternately. 1 Vivian T O Boase 2 Julia M Preston 3 Frank Varty 4 Eric J Gilbert (C) 5 Alex J Webster 6 Hugh F Roberts First peal: 1 Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 1 July 1950 in 3h (16–1–5 in E) 5056 St Clement's College Bob Major Composed by Sir A P Heywood 1 Daphne Lloyd 2 John W Griffiths 3 Henry O Baker 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 Frederick H Birks 6 Brian Harris 7 R Gordon Corby (C) 8 Percy Swindley First peal in the method: 1,4,5,6,7 First peal as conductor Ringing World July 14th 1950 No. 2049 Vol. XLVI page 435 Chester Diocesan Guild Audlem, Cheshire St James the Great Saturday, 1 July 1950 in 2h 50 (8–3–19 in A) 5040 Doubles (3m/1v) Being eleven 120’s of Stedman, ten 120’s of Grandsire, nine 120’s of April Day and twelve 120’s of Plain Bob Doubles, calling all the different 120’s 1 John E Brough (C) 2 Harold G Smith 3 Herbert Sutton 4 Edward J Boffey 5 Frederick S Sutton 6 M Roy Boyer 25th peal: 5 First peal in four Doubles methods by all the band Ringing World July 14th 1950 No. 2049 Vol. XLVI page 436 Chester Diocesan Guild Acton, Cheshire St Mary Monday, 3 July 1950 in 2h 53 (13–0–8 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 John E Brough (C) 2 Joseph Boyer 3 Harold G Smith 4 Edward J Boffey 5 Frederick S Sutton 6 Herbert Sutton First peal of Minor: 2 Ringer of the tenor has now completed the circle at Acton Ringing World July 14th 1950 No. 2049 Vol. XLVI page 437 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 14 July 1950 in 3h 3 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) being 2,688 London, 1,056 Bristol and 672 each of Superlative and Cambridge, with 129 changes of method. Composed by A J Pitman 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 John Worth 3 Henry O Baker 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Walter Allman 7 Fred Dunkerley 8 Ralph G Edwards First peal of Spliced Surprise; 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 15 July 1950 1308 Minor (2m) 720 Kent Treble Bob and 588 Plain Bob Minor. 1 E Jackson 2 B Hallworth 3 D Mottershead 4 W Shaw 5 S Sage 6 S Hough, jun (C) First quarter peal in method: 2. First quarter peal as conductor: 6. Rung for Confirmation. [Ringing World No. 2053 Vol. XLVI, August 11, 1950, p503] Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 15 July 1950 in 2h 54 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 Peter Laflin 2 Ann Worth 3 June Henshaw 4 John Worth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 James A Milner 7 Wilfred Stevenson 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in the method: 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Christleton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 15 July 1950 in 3h (12–1–26 in F♯) 5024 Plain Bob Major Composed by Sir A P Heywood 1 Percy Swindley 2 Daphne Lloyd 3 Henry O Baker 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 J Benjamin Budd 6 Brian Harris 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 R Gordon Corby First peal of Major inside: 2. 50th peal together: 1, 3. Ringing World page reference: 2051.0467Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 22 July 1950 in 3h 17 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 London No. 3 Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Joseph W Whittaker 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Ralph G Edwards 7 Eric Gilbert 8 Peter Laflin 9 James C E Simpson 10 John Worth (C) First peal in the method : treble,2,6,7,8 and 9. First peal in the method as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 22 July 1950 in 2h 49 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (4 Methods) Being one extent of Cambridge Surprise, three extents of Oxford Treble Bob, one extent of Kent Treble Bob, two extents of Plain Bob 1 Alfred Wilkinson 2 David A Godfrey 3 Eric Hornby 4 Miss Dorothy C Osborn 5 Reginald W Worrall 6 Harry W Howard (C) First peal of minor: 1 25th peal as conductor A birthday compliment to the son of the 5th ringer Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Wednesday, 9 August 1950 in 2h 43 (11–0–9) 5040 Plain Minor (7m) Comprising one extent each of Hereward, Reverse Bob, Double Bob, Thelwall, Childwall, Double Oxford and Single Oxford. 1 Gordon W Craine 2 Hugh F Roberts 3 Julia M Preston 4 Alex J Webster 5 Eric J Gilbert 6 Frank Varty (C) First peal: 1 First peal in seven methods: 3 Chester Diocesan Guild Wybunbury, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 12 August 1950 in 2h 38 (14–0–8 in E) 5040 Doubles (3m) Being 2520 Grandsire, 1080 April Day, 1440 Plain Bob, calling all the different 120’s 1 Herbert Sutton 2 Harold G Smith 3 John E Brough (C) 4 Ivor R Nichols 5 Frederick S Sutton 6 Edward J Boffey First peal of Doubles: 4 Rung to celebrate the birthday of the 2nd ringer and also the 19th wedding anniversary of the tenor ringer Ringing World August 25th 1950 No. 2055 Vol. XLVI page 533 Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 12 August 1950 in 3h 9 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 George F Sperring 2 John Hayes 3 John W Best 4 Henry O Baker 5 Frederick H Birks 6 John W Griffiths 7 Percy Swindley (C) 8 R Gordon Corby First peal of Cambridge: 8 Rung by a Sunday service band as a wedding compliment to Joan Close and Derek Griffiths, both ringers at this church; also a 21st birthday peal for R Gordon Corby Ringing World page reference: 2055.0532Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Monday, 14 August 1950 in 3h (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Middleton's 1 Alan Dugdale 2 John E Bibby 3 John Orme 4 Denis Maddock 5 William Allman 6 Harold Worrall 7 Walter Allman (C) 8 Cecil Raddon First Surprise peal: 1,5,6 First Surprise peal on a working bell: 3 Ringing World August 25th 1950 No. 2055 Vol. XLVI page 532 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 16 August 1950 in 3h 2 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) Containing 2,080 Bristol, 1,920 London, 576 Cambridge and 544 Superlative, with 110 changes of method. Composed by J Topp 1 John E Bibby 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Brian D Threlfall 4 Henry O Baker 5 Walter Allman 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Spliced Surprise on a working bell; 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire 9 Ponsonby Road Saturday, 19 August 1950 in 1h 47 (11 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1–2 Hugh F Roberts 3–4 Alex J Webster 5–6 Frank Varty (C) First peal on handbells: 1-2 First peal on an inside pair: 3-4 Ringing World September 22nd 1950 No. 2059 Vol. XLVI page 599 Ringing World page reference: 2059.0599Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday, 19 August 1950 in 3h 42 (29–0–0 in C) 5040 Plain Bob Royal Composed by Arr P Swindley 1 Daphne Lloyd 2 John W Best 3 J Benjamin Budd 4 George F Sperring 5 Frederick H Birks 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 Henry O Baker 8 Brian Harris 9 John W Griffiths 10 Percy Swindley (C) First peal on ten bells: 1. First peal of Bob Royal: 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. 25th peal: 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Runcorn, Cheshire All Saints Wednesday, 23 August 1950 in 2h 58 (15–3–15 in E) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 William G Bibby 2 John E Bibby 3 Walter Allman (C) 4 Alan Dugdale 5 Robert B P Hulse 6 William E Allman 7 John Orme 8 Denis Maddock RW 2056.0547 Chester Diocesan Guild Witton (Northwich), Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 26 August 1950 in 3h 7 (14–0–0 in F) 5040 Little Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1 John Scott 2 Eric Hornby 3 Elizabeth Morton 4 Bernard J Ongley 5 Alfred Wilkinson 6 A Gordon Lawrence 7 David Smith 8 Harry W Howard (C) First peal away from Treble: 5 First peal of Little Bob on the bells. Rung as a 21st birthday compliment to the ringer of 3rd and for the birth of a son to the ringer of the 2nd. Chester Diocesan Guild Rostherne, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 2 September 1950 in 3h 1 (19½ in E♭) 5040 Minor (4m) Two extents each of Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob
and Kent Treble Bob, and one extent of Plain Bob. 1 Alfred Wilkinson 2 Elizabeth Morton 3 Reginald Worrall 4 David Smith 5 Harry W Howard 6 A Gordon Lawrence (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire 39 Wakefield Drive, Leasowe Sunday, 3 September 1950 in 1h 48 (11 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1–2 Hugh F Roberts 3–4 Eric J Gilbert (C) 5–6 Alex J Webster First peal in hand as conductor Ringing World September 22nd 1950 No. 2059 Vol. XLVI page 599 Ringing World page reference: 2059.0599Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire 9 Ponsonby Road Wednesday, 6 September 1950 in 1h 51 (11 in G) 5040 Minor (5m) Comprising one extent each of St Clement’s, Single Oxford, Reverse Bob, Double Bob and three of Plain Bob 1–2 Alex J Webster 3–4 Eric J Gilbert 5–6 Frank Varty (C) First peal in five methods ‘in hand’ for all Ringing World September 29th 1950 No. 2060 Vol. XLVI page 613 Ringing World page reference: 2060.0613Chester Diocesan Guild Marbury, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 9 September 1950 in 2h 42 (7–2–22 in A♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 Frederick S Sutton 2 Herbert Sutton 3 John E Brough (C) 4 Brian Schofield 5 Harold G Smith 6 Edward J Boffey Rung for the birthday of the ringer of the 2nd Ringing World September 29th 1950 No. 2060 Vol. XLVI page 612 Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire Nordale, School Lane Wednesday, 20 September 1950 in 1h 55 (11 in G) 5040 Minor (6m) Comprising one extent each of Kent Treble Bob, St Clement’s, Single Oxford, Reverse Bob, Double Bob and two of Plain Bob 1–2 Alex J Webster 3–4 Eric J Gilbert 5–6 Frank Varty (C) First peal in six methods for all the band 50th peal as conductor Ringing World October 6th 1950 No. 2061 Vol. XLVI page 630 Ringing World page reference: 2061.0630Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 23 September 1950 in 3h 3 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by H Law James 1 James Fernley 2 June Henshaw 3 Ann Worth 4 James A Milner 5 William Fernley 6 Wilfred Stevenson 7 Peter Laflin 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 2 & 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Nantwich, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 23 September 1950 in 3h 12 (14–2–18 in E) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by JR Pritchard 1 Frank Barnard 2 Joseph Boyer 3 Herbert Sutton 4 Bernard J Ongley 5 Fred Sutton 6 Harold Smith 7 J E Brough (C) 8 Edward Boffey For the 600th Anniversary of the Church Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 23 September 1950 in 2h 58 (14–1–26) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Stella P Wain 2 Mary Lewis 3 Jean C Brown 4 A Neville Brown 5 Roy Broom 6 Cecil Raddon 7 Alan J Brown 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal of Treble Bob: 1. First peal in the method: 3 & 4. A birthday compliment for Jean C. Brown Chester Diocesan Guild Knutsford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Monday, 25 September 1950 in 2h 52 (11–2–16 in F♯) 5040 Minor (3m) Being two extents each of Oxford Treble Bob and Plain Bob and three extents of Kent Treble Bob. 1 A Doreen Edwards 2 Henry Parker 3 Eric Hornby 4 Alfred Wilkinson 5 A Gordon Lawrence 6 Harry W Howard (C) First peal ‘inside’ in three methods: 4. Rung as a birthday compliment to the ringer of the treble. Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Monday, 25 September 1950 in 3h 1 (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Johnson's Variation 1 Alan Dugdale 2 Walter Allman (C) 3 Henry O Baker 4 William E Allman 5 John Orme 6 Harold Worrall 7 John E Bibby 8 Cecil Raddon Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 30 September 1950 in 2h 31 (6 in B♭) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1 Brian Ongley 2 Frederick S Sutton 3 Herbert Sutton 4 Bernard J Ongley 5 John E Brough (C) 6 Edward J Boffey First peal: 1 First peal in the method by all the band Ringing World October 20th 1950 No. 2063 Vol. XLVI page 660 Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 30 September 1950 in 2h 40 (11–0–9) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Being seven extents, viz.,. Alnwick, Chester, Carlisle, London, York, Beverley and Cambridge. 1 Charles B Pemberton 2 James M Pemberton 3 Alexander J Martin 4 Stanley D Sutton 5 A Trevor Sutton 6 Alfred W Cusick (C) First peal of Surprise away from the treble: 2 First peal of Surprise as conductor To commemorate the octocentenary of the foundation of the Benedictine Priory in Birkenhead dedicated to SS. Mary and James. Chester Diocesan Guild Aldford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 30 September 1950 in 2h 42 (12–3–20 in E) 5040 Minor (3m) Being two extents each of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob and three extents of Plain Bob 1 John W Griffiths (C) 2 Frederick H Birks 3 Brian Harris 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 R Gordon Corby 6 Percy Swindley First peal of Minor: 2 First peal in three methods: 4,5 A welcome home from hospital to Mrs Gambles, wife of local ringer Ringing World page reference: 2063.0660Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Wednesday, 11 October 1950 in 3h 2 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (5 Methods) Being two extents of Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, one extent of Cambridge Surprise, Plain Bob and Double Oxford 1 Albert Booth 2 Eric Hornby 3 Harry Parker 4 Miss Dorothy C Osborn 5 David Smith 6 A Gordon Lawrence (C) Rung half muffled in memory of Canon GR Sandars, Rector of Davenham from 1904-1939 who was interred at Davenham earlier this day Chester Diocesan Guild Farndon, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 14 October 1950 in 3h 7 (12–1–22 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Frank Barnard 2 Joseph Boyer 3 Harold G Smith 4 Herbert Sutton 5 Kenneth W Macintoch 6 Edward J Boffey 7 John E Brough (C) 8 Frederick S Sutton Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Monday, 16 October 1950 in 2h 58 (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C H Middleton 1 Alan Dugdale 2 Henry O Baker 3 Cecil Raddon 4 Harold Worrall 5 William E Allman 6 Walter Allman (C) 7 John Orme 8 John E Bibby 150th peal: 3 Ringing World November 3rd 1950 No. 2066 Vol. XLVI page 690 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 28 October 1950 in 2h 55 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Pudsey Surprise Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 James A Milner 2 Ann Worth 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker Chester Diocesan Guild Lymm, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 28 October 1950 in 3h 49 (29–3–8 in D) 5376 Rutland Surprise Major Composed by H. W. Wilde 1 William E Allman 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Henry O Baker 4 John E Bibby 5 Walter Allman 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 James C E Simpson (C) 8 Ralph G Edwards First peal in the method: 2 & 3. First peal in the method on the bells Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire St Bartholomew Saturday, 4 November 1950 in 2h 49 (13–0–0) 5040 Minor (3m) Oxford TB 720;Kent TB 3x720; 3 x 720 Plain Bob 1 Ian D Lomas 2 Arthur Rhodes 3 Dorothy Kidd (C) 4 Neil D Lomas 5 Sydney Sage 6 Denis Mottershead In celebration of 700th anniversary of St Bartholomew's Church Chester Diocesan Guild Stalybridge, Greater Manchester St Paul, Stayley Saturday, 4 November 1950 in 3h 14 (17–3–10 in E) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Holt's 10-part 1 Arthur F Taylor (C) 2 Fred Pritchard 3 Albert Hodgson 4 Joan Carter 5 Sydney Hodgson 6 John T Halmsley 7 James Carter 8 Alfred Roberts First peal of Triples: 4. To commemorate 50 years of service ringing at St. Paul’s of Alfred Roberts and Charles Wood. Also as a farewell peal to Canon B. B. Slater, R.D. Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 4 November 1950 in 12h 58 (13–2–15 in F♯) 21600 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Thomas B Worsley 1 Peter Laflin 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Henry O Baker 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Walter Allman 7 Fred Dunkerley 8 John Worth (C) The longest length ever rung by one set of ringers. RW 1950.0724 Ringing World page reference: 2068.0724Chester Diocesan Guild Audley, Staffordshire St James the Great Saturday, 4 November 1950 in 2h 59 (15–0–18 in F♯) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by Henry Dains 1 Edward J Boffey 2 June M Henshaw 3 John E Brough 4 Frederick S Sutton 5 George A Packer 6 Richard D Langford 7 John N Lindon 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) First peal of Major in the method: 1. 50th peal: 3. First peal of Kent: 7 & 8. First peal as conductor. Ringing World page reference: 2068.0723Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 11 November 1950 in 2h 55 (11–0–7 in G) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 John E Bibby 2 Walter Allman (C) 3 Frederick E Wilshaw 4 Henry O Baker 5 Arthur Peake 6 Neville R Holland 7 Frederick Wm Grocott 8 Ralph G Edwards First peal in the method: 3,5,6,7 Ringing World page reference: 2069.0739Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 11 November 1950 in 2h 49 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (4m) Consisting of two 720’s each of Sandal, London Scholars’ Pleasure, and Kingston Treble Bob, and one 720 of Oxford Treble Bob. 1 Ian D Lomas 2 Neil D Lomas 3 Sidney Hough jun 4 Denis Mottershead 5 George H Ashmore 6 James A Milner (C) First peal in four methods: 1, 2 & 4. Rung as an 82nd birthday compliment to Mr. J. Mottershead, of Wilmslow, father of the 4th ringer. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Sunday, 12 November 1950 1272 Oxford Treble Minor 1 E A Jackson 2 N D Lomas 3 E Houldsworth 4 W Shaw 5 S Sage 6 D Mottershead (C) Rung half-muffled to commemorate Remembrance Day. [Ringing World No. 2070 Vol. XLVI, December 1, 1950, p765] Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 15 November 1950 in 3h 8 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5280 Spliced Surprise Major (6m) Containing 960 London, 928 Watford, 896 Bristol and 832 each of Cambridge, Pudsey and Superlative, with 127 changes of method. Composed by A L Pitman 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 John E Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 Fred Dunkerley 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) This is the first peal to be rung of Spliced Surprise Major in six methods in which the full work of all methods is done by all the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 24 November 1950 in 3h 3 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) Containing 2,944 London, 640 Bristol, 736 Cambridge, 736 Superlative, with 112 changes of method. Composed by E C S Turner 1 Eric J Gilbert 2 Walter Allman 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 5 John Worth 6 James C E Simpson 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Ralph G Edwards This is the first silent peal of Spliced Surprised Major. Umpire: Henry O. Baker. Chester Diocesan Guild Marbury, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 25 November 1950 in 2h 46 (7–2–22 in A♯) 5040 Doubles (4m/1v) Being sixteen 120’s of Stedman, twelve 120’s of Grandsire, four 120’s of Plain Bob, four 120’s St Simon’s and six 120’s of April Day. All the different 120’s being called 1 Edward J Boffey 2 Harold G Smith 3 Kenneth W Mackintosh 4 J Derek Smith 5 John E Brough (C) 6 Frederick W Chapman First peal in five Doubles methods by all the band Ringing World December 8th 1950 No. 2071 Vol. XLVI page 774 Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 25 November 1950 in 2h 50 (6 in B♭) 5040 Doubles (3m/1v) Being four extents of Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, six extents of April Day, 12 extents of Plain Bob and 20 extents of Grandsire 1 Miss J M S Cooke 2 Bernard J Ongley 3 R Barrett 4 Sydney Sage 5 Ernest Pimlott (C) 6 Ernest L Ellis First peal: 1,6 First peal in four doubles methods: 2,3,4,5 A 55th birthday compliment to R J Ongley, the local captain Ringing World December 8th 1950 No. 2071 Vol. XLVI page 774 Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 25 November 1950 in 2h 48 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (4 Methods) Being one extent of Double Oxford and two extents of Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob and Plain Bob 1 Doreen Edwards 2 Henry Parker 3 William R Hammons 4 Harry W Howard 5 Alfred Wilkinson 6 Eric Nobles (C) First peal in four methods: 1,5 Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 25 November 1950 in 2h 57 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by W A Cave's variation of Washbrook's 1 Norah M Bibby 2 Harry Pye 3 Frederick H Birks 4 George H Randles 5 Brian Harris 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 R Gordon Corby First peal of Stedman: 8 Ringing World page reference: 2071.0771Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Friday, 1 December 1950 in 3h 10 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Matthews 12 part 1 Joseph W Whittaker 2 June M Henshaw 3 Neil D Lomas 4 Anne Worth 5 Stanley Naden 6 Denis Heapy 7 John Worth (C) 8 Harold Brough First peal of Grandsire Triples 2; First peal on eight bells 3; FIrst peal of Grandsire 3,4,5 Chester Diocesan Guild Taxal, Cheshire St James Saturday, 2 December 1950 in 2h 53 (11–0–0) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (5m) 720 Capel, 720 London Scholars Pleasure, 720 Oxford,1440 Sandal, 1440 Kingston 1 Ian D Lomas 2 Anne Worth 3 Neil D Lomas 4 Denis Mottershead 5 Sidney Hough Jnr 6 James A Milner (C) ** First peal in 5 methods, (2)First peal of minor Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 2 December 1950 in 2h 58 (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Minor (7m) Being one extent each of Wells, London and Cambridge Surprise, Kent and Oxford Treble Bob, Plain Bob and Double Oxford. 1 Alfred Wilkinson 2 David Smith 3 Eric Hornby 4 Harry W Howard 5 Harry Parker 6 A Gordon Lawrence (C) First peal in seven methods: 1. First peal as conductor in seven methods: 6. [Ringing World No. 2073 Vol. XLVI, December 22, 1950, p804] Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 2 December 1950 in 3h 24 (20–0–0 in E) 5039 Grandsire Caters Composed by G Hayward 1 Stephen Layland 2 Richard D Langford 3 Harry F Holding 4 Ivor R Nichols 5 Richard T Holding 6 Wilfred Kerr 7 George A Packer (C) 8 Edward V Rodenhurst 9 Howard Howell 10 W Frank Stenson First peal: 1 100th peal together: 3 and 5 A 62nd birthday peal for the tenor ringer and for Mr W Edge, the tower keeper at Crewe Ringing World December 15th 1950 No. 2072 Vol. XLVI page 786 Chester Diocesan Guild Church Minshull, Cheshire St Bartholomew Saturday, 2 December 1950 in 2h 45 (10 in G) 5040 Doubles (2m/1v) Being twenty one 120’s of Grandsire Doubles, nine 120’s of April Day and twelve 120’s of Plain Bob Doubles, calling all the different extents, including Morris’s 240 of Grandsire 1 Harold G Smith 2 Kenneth W Mackintosh 3 J Derek Smith 4 John E Brough (C) 5 Edward J Boffey 50th peal for the Guild: 4 First peal on the bells Ringing World December 15th 1950 No. 2072 Vol. XLVI page 790 Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire 9 Ponsonby Road Sunday, 3 December 1950 in 1h 51 (11 in G) 5040 Minor (7m) Being seven methods, viz: Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, St Clement’s, Single Oxford, Double Oxford, Reverse Bob and Plain Bob 1–2 Alex J Webster 3–4 Eric J Gilbert 5–6 Frank Varty (C) First peal in seven methods ‘in hand’: 1-2 Ringing World December 22nd 1950 No. 2073 Vol. XLVI page 806 Ringing World page reference: 2073.0806Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire 9 Ponsonby Road Wednesday, 6 December 1950 in 2h 10 (11 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by H Hubbard 1–2 Alex J Webster 3–4 Roger C Preston 5–6 Julia M Preston 7–8 Frank Varty (C) First peal on eight handbells: 1-2 First peal on an ‘inside’ pair: 3-4 First peal of Major ‘in hand’ as conductor Ringing World December 22nd 1950 No. 2073 Vol. XLVI page 806 Ringing World page reference: 2073.0806Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 6 December 1950 in 3h 13 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) Containing 1,440 London, 1,440 Rutland, 640 Bristol and 320 each of Cambridge. Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative and Yorkshire, with 125 changes of method. Composed by A J Pitman 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 John E Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 Fred Dunkerley 5 Cyril Valentine 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Spliced Surprise in eight methods; 1,4,5,6. Chester Diocesan Guild Cheadle, Greater Manchester St Mary Saturday, 9 December 1950 in 3h 1 (13–2–19) 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Composed by H Dains 1 Ian D Lomas 2 Edward A Jackson 3 Sydney Sage 4 Neil D Lomas 5 Denis Mottershead 6 Alec Cairns 7 Jack Clegg (C) 8 Richard Benson First peal of Major: 1, 2, 3, 4, First peal in the method: 5, 6. First peal in the method on the bells A birthday compliment to Mr Charles Clegg Ringing world: 2073.0803 Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 9 December 1950 in 2h 47 (11–0–9) 5040 Minor (7m) Comprising one extent each of London, York, Beverley and Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Plain Bob, and Single Oxford
Bob. 1 Vivian T O Boase 2 Lester L Gray 3 Frank Varty (C) 4 Eric J Gilbert 5 Hugh F Roberts 6 Alex J Webster First peal in seven methods: 1 Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire 39 Wakefield Drive, Leasowe Wednesday, 13 December 1950 in 1h 57 (11 in G) 5040 Minor (8m) Being eight methods, viz: (1) Double Oxford Bob (2) Oxford Treble Bob, (3) Kent Treble Bob, (4) St Clement’s Bob, (5) Plain Bob and Double Bob, (6) Reverse Bob, (7) Single Oxford Bob 1–2 Alex J Webster 3–4 Eric J Gilbert 5–6 Frank Varty (C) First peal in eight Minor methods for all Ringing World 5th January 1951 No. 2075 Vol. XLVII page 6 Ringing World page reference: 2075.0006Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 15 December 1950 in 2h 59 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5184 Kendal Surprise Major Composed by Arr. C Kenneth Lewis 1 Ralph G Edwards 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Fred Dunkerley 4 Henry O Baker 5 Walter Allman 6 John Worth 7 John E Bibby 8 James C E Simpson The treble ringer has now ‘circled the tower’ twice and this was his 250th peal. The first peal in the method for the Guild. Chester Diocesan Guild Tushingham, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 16 December 1950 in 2h 43 (11–1–7 in G♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 Frederick W Chapman 2 J Derek Smith 3 Herbert Sutton 4 George A Packer 5 John E Brough (C) 6 Edward J Boffey Chester Diocesan Guild Hartford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 16 December 1950 in 2h 51 (12–0–00 in G) 5040 Minor (4m) Being one extent of Double Oxford, two extents each of Kent and Oxford Treble Bob, and Plain Bob. 1 A Doreen Edwards 2 David Godfrey 3 Eric Hornby 4 Dorothy C Osborn 5 Alfred Wilkinson 6 Harry W Howard (C) Rung as a birthday compliment to Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Wright. Chester Diocesan Guild Eccleston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 16 December 1950 in 3h 19 (26–3–3 in E♭) 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Composed by C K Lewis 1 Dennis H B Millward 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Frederick H Birks 4 John W Best 5 John W Griffiths 6 Brian Harris 7 George H Randles 8 Percy Swindley (C) The first peal in the method by all. A birthday compliment to Mr. S. Jones, a respected member of the local band. Ringing World page reference: 2074.0820Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 23 December 1950 in 3h 4 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker's Twelve-Part 1 Bernard R Millward 2 John W Griffiths 3 Daphne Lloyd 4 J Benjamin Budd 5 George F Sperring 6 Brian Harris (C) 7 Percy Swindley 8 Dennis H B Millward First peal:1 First peal of Grandsire as conductor. Ringing World page reference: 2075.0004Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 23 December 1950 in 3h 23 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by William Pye 1 James A Milner 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 Neil D Lomas 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Anne Worth 6 John Worth (C) 7 Denis Mottershead 8 Wilfred Stevenson 9 Peter Laflin 10 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of Surprise Royal : Sidney Hough and Anne Worth. First peal of Royal : Neil Lomas and Denis Mottershead. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Tuesday, 26 December 1950 in 3h 56 (26–0–21 in D) 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Edward Jenkins 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 John E Bibby 5 Fred Dunkerley 6 Walter Allman 7 John Worth 8 Peter Laflin 9 Henry O Baker 10 Leslie W G Morris 11 Joseph W Whittaker 12 James C Simpson *First peal of Yorkshire Surprise Maximus #First peal of maximus Chester Diocesan Guild Capenhurst, Cheshire Holy Trinity Tuesday, 26 December 1950 in 2h 34 (11–0–22 in G) 5040 Doubles (3m/v) Being eight 120's of Plain Bob (four callings), six 120's of April Day (3 callings), six 240's of Grandsire (3 callings) and sixteen 120's of Grandsire (10 callings) 1 Betty Griffiths (15) 2 Shirley Golding (15) 3 John Boutland (15) 4 Brian Harris 5 R Gordon Corby (C) 6 Samuel S Wood (17) First peal and first attempt: 1,2,3 and 6 First peal in three doubles methods: 5 & 6 Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Wednesday, 27 December 1950 in 2h 49 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Minor (3m) Seven 720's being two each of St. Clement's Bob Minor and Oxford Bob Minor and three of Plain Bob. 1 John W L Slack 2 Anne Worth 3 Barry Lawson 4 Mrs C W Lawton 5 Charles W Lawton 6 John Worth (C) First peal 3. Rung for the 19th birthday of Miss M. Cundiff, a prominent member of St. James' Youth Fellowship Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 30 December 1950 in 3h 13 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5120 Spliced Treble Bob Major (2m) Oxford and Kent: 'Worcester' Variation. Composed by H W Wilde 1 Harry W Howard 2 David Smith 3 Henry Parker 4 Eric Hornby 5 Elizabeth Morton 6 Dorothy C Osborn 7 Alfred Wilkinson 8 A Gordon Lawrence (C) First peal of Treble Bob 'inside', 3. First peal of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob by all the band. Harry W Howard has now 'completed the circle' at this tower. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 30 December 1950 in 2h 35 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m) Being one extent each of F 5040 TREBLE BOB M IN O R
Being one extent each of Wragby Delight, St. Albans Delight. Neasden Delight, Sandal Treble Bob, London Scholars’ Pleasure Treble Bob, Kingston Treble Bob and Oxford Treble Bob 1 Denis Heapy 2 Anne Worth 3 Joseph W Whittaker 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 John Worth 6 Wilfred Stevenson First Peal of Minor 1; First peal in seven methods 2 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Saturday, 30 December 1950 in 4h 57 (12–1–3 in F♯) 8032 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) Containing 1,504 Bristol, 1,152 each of Cambridge, Pudsey and Watford, and 768 each of Kendal, London, Superlative and Wembley, with 202 changes of method. Composed by A J Pitman 1 Edward Jenkins 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Walter Allman 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Eric J Gilbert 6 John Worth 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) This is the longest length of Spliced Surprise yet rung. The peal was rung on, and in honour of, the 21st birthday of Elizabeth M. Bibby, one of the local ringers. | |
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