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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 155 matching performances. Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Monday, 8 January 1951 in 2h 33 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Seven 720s called differently 1 W D Kirkpatrick 2 John E Bibby (C) 3 Harold Worrall 4 William Allman 5 Walter Allman 6 Cecil Raddon First in the method 1, 3, 4, 6. For the centenary of the hanging of the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire All Saints, Hoole Tuesday, 9 January 1951 in 2h 38 (7½ in B) 5040 Grandsire Doubles 3 240's, 36 120's 1 M Jennifer Lee 2 Betty Griffiths 3 Shirley Golding 4 John Boutland 5 Brian Harris (C) 6 Heather M Logan First Peal 1,6 First peal inside 2 Rung in connection with the "Universal Week of Prayer" And as an 18th Birthday Compliment to B. Harris. Average age if band 15 years 5 months All are still undergoing full time education in the city of Chester at: The Queens School Chester 1, 6 The City High School 2,3 The Kings School Chester 4,5 Ringing World page reference: 2079.0069Chester Diocesan Guild Bollington, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 13 January 1951 in 2h 52 (16–3–6) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 N R Holland 2 Neil D Lomas 3 Dennis Knox 4 Denis Mottershead 5 Ronald Barlow 6 Frederick William Grocott First peal of Cambridge minor: 2. First peal of surprise minor 'inside': 2, 3 & 4. Conducted by all the band: 1, 2, 3, 4 and tenor one 720 each; 5 two 720’s. Chester Diocesan Guild Sandbach, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 20 January 1951 in 3h 2 (13–1–5 in F) 5040 Little Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1 A Doreen Edwards 2 David A Godfrey 3 Eric Hornby 4 Albert H Booth 5 Alfred Wilkinson 6 A Gordon Lawrence 7 David Smith 8 Harry W Howard (C) First peal of Major: 1 First peal in the method: 2 Ringing World February 2nd 1951 No. 2079 Vol. XLVII page 69 Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 20 January 1951 in 3h 10 (18–0–11 in E) 5280 Spliced Surprise Major (6m) Being 960 London, 928 Watford, 896 Bristol and 832 each of Pudsey, Cambridge and Superlative, with 127 changes of method. Composed by Albert J Pitman 1 James A Milner 2 Edward Jenkins 3 Fred Dunkerley 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Peter Laflin 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth In this composition all the bells do all the work of all the methods. Rung to celebrate the installation of the Vicar, Canon A. T. Parker, as a Canon of Chester Cathedral. Chester Diocesan Guild Great Budworth, Cheshire St Mary and All Saints Saturday, 20 January 1951 in 3h 15 (20–2–4 in D) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 William E Allman 2 Walter Allman 3 Denis Maddock 4 Henry O Baker 5 John E Bibby 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of London: 3. A birthday compliment to Anthea, daughter of H. O. Baker. RW 2079.0068 Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 27 January 1951 in 3h 9 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker's Twelve-Part 1 Shirley Golding 2 Daphne Lloyd 3 Bernard R Millward 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 John E Usher 6 J Benjamin Budd 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 Brian Harris First peal on eight: 1. First peal inside: 3. Ringing World page reference: 2080.0084Chester Diocesan Guild Liscard, Wirral St Mary Saturday, 27 January 1951 in 3h 6 (16–2–2 in F) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Lester L Gray 2 George Hesketh 3 Thomas W Hammond 4 Alfred W Cusick 5 Percival W Cave 6 Hugh F Roberts 7 Ernest F Bennett 8 Frank Varty (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Bromborough, Cheshire St Barnabas Saturday, 27 January 1951 in 3h 15 (23–1–5 in E♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Robert S F P Harris 2 H Stewart Bailey 3 A Trevor Sutton 4 Stanley D Sutton 5 Raymond L Humphries 6 Derek Parry 7 Joesph Goddard 8 Frank T Parry (C) Rung in honour of the birth of a son to Mrs Price and Rev W J Alan Price (Rector). Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Tuesday, 30 January 1951 in 2h 44 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Grandsire Doubles Being one Morris’ 240 and forty six-scores, ten different callings. 1 Arthur Street 2 Arnold Worth 3 Robert Barratt 4 Arthur Campbell 5 Ernest Pimlott (C) 6 Harry Callwood First peal: 4. A birthday compliment to Ian Davidson and Arthur Campbell Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire 9 Ponsonby Road Wednesday, 31 January 1951 in 1h 49 (11 in G) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (2m) Being one extent of Oxford and Kent combined and three each of Oxford and Kent 1–2 Alex J Webster 3–4 Eric J Gilbert 5–6 Frank Varty (C) Ringing World 23rd February 1951 No. 2082 Vol. XLVII page 118 Ringing World page reference: 2082.0118Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Friday, 2 February 1951 in 2h 57 (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (5m) (1 & 2) London Scholars’ Pleasure; (3 & 4) Kingston; (5) Capel; (6) Sandal; (7) Oxford. 1 Sydney Sage 2 Edward Houldsworth 3 Neil D Lomas 4 Denis Mottershead 5 Sidney Hough jun 6 James A Milner (C) First peal in five methods: 1. Rung in honour of the consecration of Canon Saunders-Davies as Bishop Suffragan of Stockport. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Friday, 2 February 1951 in 2h 55 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by John R Pritchard 1 Daniel Naden 2 June M Henshaw 3 Ernest Pimlott 4 Anne Worth 5 Stanley Naden 6 Joseph W Whittaker 7 Denis Heapy 8 John Worth (C) Rung for the consecration of David Henry Saunders-Davies, M A Rector of Stockport, to the Bishopric of Stockport Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 2 February 1951 in 3h 3 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5040 St Lawrence Bob Major Composed by James Howlett 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Walter Allman 3 Denis Maddock 4 Henry O Baker 5 John E Bibby 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) The first peal in the method. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 3 February 1951 in 2h 54 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) Consisting of 2,688 London, 1,056 Bristol, 678 each of Cambridge and Superlative, with 140 changes of method. Composed by C W Roberts 1 James A Milner 2 Anne Worth 3 Frederick William Grocott 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Joseph W Whittaker 7 Peter Laflin 8 John Worth (C) First peal of Spliced: 2. Rung for the consecration of the Rector of Stockport, D. H. Saunders-Davies, M.A., as Bishop of Stockport. Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 3 February 1951 in 2h 46 (6 in B♭) 5040 Doubles (3m/1v) Being 42 extents viz; 480 Reverse Canterbury, 720 April Day, 1440 Plain Bob, 2400 Grandsire, using all the callings 1 Miss J M S Cooke 2 Arnold Worth 3 Sydney Sage 4 Bernard J Ongley 5 Ernest Pimlott (C) 6 Ernest L Ellis First peal in four methods: 2 Rung for the consecration of the Bishop of Stockport at York Minster the previous day Ringing World February 23rd 1951 No. 2082 Vol. XLVII page 117 Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 10 February 1951 in 3h 2 (11–0–7 in G) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Frank Barnard 2 Herbert Sutton 3 Harold G Smith 4 J Derek Smith 5 George A Packer 6 John E Brough (C) 7 Frederick S Sutton 8 Edward J Boffey 25th peal: 2 Rung for the 18th wedding anniversary of George A Packer Also a birthday compliment to Janet, daughter of conductor Ringing World page reference: 2083.0131Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 10 February 1951 in 2h 50 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (4 Methods) Being one extent each of Durham, York and two extents of London and three extents of Cambridge 1 Alfred Wilkinson 2 Elizabeth Morton 3 David Smith 4 Harry W Howard 5 Miss Dorothy C Osborn 6 A Gordon Lawrence (C) First peal in four Surprise methods by all. A birthday compliment to the ringer of the 5th Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Saturday, 10 February 1951 in 3h 5 (13–3–8 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Dennis H B Millward 2 Denis Maddock 3 Henry O Baker 4 Stella M Kingdon 5 Arthur G Watkin 6 Ivor R Nichols 7 William Allman 8 Frank T Parry (C) First peal: 4 Rung to celebrate the wedding of Kathleen (daughter of Harry Lewis, the towerkeeper) to Stanley Phillips, which took place earlier in the day Ringing World page reference: 2082.0116Chester Diocesan Guild Bollington, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 10 February 1951 in 3h (16–3–6) 5040 Minor (4m) Consisting of two 720’s each of Plain Bob and Oxford and Kent Treble
Bob, and one 720 of Cambridge Surprise. 1 Jean C Brown 2 June Henshaw 3 M Jillian Brierley 4 Neil D Lomas 5 Ronald Barlow 6 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal as conductor. Average age of the band 18 years. Chester Diocesan Guild Stockport, Greater Manchester St George Saturday, 17 February 1951 in 3h 32 (29¼) 5040 Rutland Surprise Royal Composed by C K Lewis 1 Henry O Baker 2 Walter Allman 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 5 John Worth (C) 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Frederick W Grocott 9 Ralph G Edwards 10 James C E Simpson In memoriam Harry Shuker, late general secretary, Lancashire Association. Ringing world: 2084.0146 Ringing World page reference: 2084.0146Chester Diocesan Guild Bosley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 17 February 1951 in 2h 55 (5–2–22 in A) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (5m) Consiting of two extents each of Sandal and London Scholars' Pleasure and one extent each of Capel, Kingston and Oxford. 1 M Jilian Brierley 2 Jean C Brown 3 June M Henshaw 4 Ivor R Nichols 5 Ronald Barlow 6 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in these methods 1,2,3,4,5; First peal in these methods as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Waverton, Cheshire St Peter Monday, 19 February 1951 in 2h 43 (8–0–10 in G) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 John E Bibby (C) 2 J William Clarke 3 Ivor R Nichols 4 Henry O Baker 5 William E Allman 6 Walter Allman First peal of Surprise Minor: 3 A birthday compliment to Mr J W Clarke Ringing World page reference: 2085.0164Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 23 February 1951 in 3h 5 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (12m) Containing 960 London, 960 Rutland and 320 each of Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley and Yorkshire, with 139 changes of method. Composed by Pitman's Reverse 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 James Fernley 5 John E Bibby 6 Walter Allman 7 John Worth 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal of Spliced Surprise Major in 12 methods for the Guild, on the bells and by all the band. The reverse arrangement of A.J. Pitman’s composition is by C.K. Lewis. Chester Diocesan Guild Mobberley, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 24 February 1951 in 3h 15 (15–0–4 in F) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (5m) Cnsisting of two extents each of London Scholars’ Pleasure and
Sandal, and one each of Capel, Kingston and Oxford. 1 Ernest Pimlott 2 Mrs D Kidd 3 James A Milner 4 Sidney Hough jun 5 Sydney Sage 6 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in these methods: 1, 2 & 5. The first peal on the bells for 40 years. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 24 February 1951 in 3h 32 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5000 Plain Bob Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Walter Allman (C) 2 June M Henshaw 3 Arthur Hibbert 4 Frances M Laflin 5 Anne Worth 6 Henry O Baker 7 John E Bibby 8 William E Allman 9 Peter Laflin 10 Joseph W Whittaker In memoriam Joseph Lomas, ringer at Christ Church. First peal on ten bells : 3 and 8. First peal in the method :Treble and 4. Chester Diocesan Guild Farndon, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 24 February 1951 in 2h 54 (12–1–22 in F) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Middleton's 1 Dennis H B Millward 2 Norah M Bibby 3 John W Best 4 John W Griffiths 5 Frederick H Birks 6 Brian Harris 7 George H Randles 8 Percy Swindley (C) 25th peal together: 1,6 First peal of Cambridge: 6 Rung to celebrate the 100th birthday of Canon Thomas Houghton on February 23rd Ringing World page reference: 2085.0162Chester Diocesan Guild Eastham, Cheshire St Mary the Blessed Virgin Saturday, 24 February 1951 in 3h (12–0–25 in G) 5040 Doubles (2m) Comprising twenty 120's of Grandsire and twenty-two 120's of Plain Bob 1 Robin Thompson 2 Harry Rowlands 3 Andrew J H Scott 4 John Amer 5 A Lennard Shepherd (C) First peal: 1 & 2 First peal in more than one method and away from the treble: 4 Rung half-muffled as a token of respect in the passing of the Rev F H Cooke, MA, Vicar of Hooton. Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 24 February 1951 in 3h 5 (16–1–5 in E) 5040 Little Bob Major Composed by H Hubbard 1 A Doreen Edwards 2 Henry Parker 3 Eric Hornby 4 Harold Worrall 5 Cecil Raddon 6 Alfred Wilkinson 7 David Smith 8 Harry W Howard (C) First peal in the method: 4 The conductor’s 150th peal Rung as a birthday compliment to the son of the ringer of the second and the conductor Ringing World March 9th 1951 No. 2084 Vol. XLVII page 148 Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 3 March 1951 in 3h (14–1–4) 5040 (7) Treble Bob Minor Being seven extents: (1) Wragby and Charlwod Delight (2) St Albans and Neasden Delight (3) Capel Treble Bob (4) Sandal Treble Bob (5) Kingston Treble Bob (Oxford Treble Bob 1 Dorothea Way 2 James A Milner 3 Alexander Richardson 4 Denis Mottershead 5 Sydney Hough JUN 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) Rung to commemorate the instillation of the vicar Canon F.S Spackman M.A. as Canon of Chester Cathedral and his appointment as Rural Dean Chester Diocesan Guild Acton, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 3 March 1951 in 2h 45 (13–0–8 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1 Alex Merrill 2 Frederick S Sutton 3 J Derek Smith 4 Herbert Sutton 5 Edward J Boffey 6 John E Brough (C) First peal: 1 25th peal as conductor JE Brough has now completed the circle Rung as a birthday compliment to the ringer of the tenor Ringing World March 23rd 1951 No. 2086 Vol. XLVII page 180 Chester Diocesan Guild Waverton, Cheshire St Peter Tuesday, 6 March 1951 in 2h 40 (8–0–10 in G) 5040 Grandsire Doubles Being 32 six scores, ten callings and five Morris' 240 1 Betty Griffiths 2 Shirley Golding 3 John Boutland 4 Rev J Kingdon 5 Henry O Baker (C) 6 William Bramall First Peal: 6 First peal of Doubles: 4 Ringing World page reference: 2086.0182Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 10 March 1951 in 3h 19 (20–0–0 in E) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by C K Lewis 1 Harry F Holding 2 Fred Price 3 Richard D Langford 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 George A Packer 7 William Tyler 8 John Worth (C) 9 Howard Howell 10 Ralph G Edwards First peal of Surprise Royal: 2,7 Ringing World March 31st 1951 No. 2087 Vol. XLVII page 194 Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday, 10 March 1951 in 3h 38 (29–0–0 in C) 5093 Double Norwich Court Bob Caters Composed by F Nolan Golden 1 George F Sperring 2 John W Best 3 Norah M Bibby 4 Samuel Jones, Junr 5 Dennis H B Millward 6 John W Griffiths (C) 7 George H Randles 8 Harry Pye 9 Percy Swindley 10 Brian Harris The first peal of Caters in the method for the Guild and by all the band. Ringing World page reference: 2086.0178Chester Diocesan Guild Bosley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 10 March 1951 in 2h 57 (5–2–22 in A) 5040 Minor (7m) Being one extent of Kingston and London Scholars’ Pleasure, Treble Bob, Charlwood, Neasden, St. Albans and Wragby Fourth’s Delight 1 June M Henshaw 2 M Jilian Brierley 3 Jean C Brown 4 Derek Ogden 5 Denis Mottershead 6 Ronald Barlow (C) First peal in seven methods by for all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Backford, Cheshire St Oswald Friday, 16 March 1951 in 2h 32 (10–0–12 in G) 5040 Doubles (2m/1v) Being six 120’s of April Day, sixteen 120’s of Plain Bob and twenty 120's of Grandsire. 1 M Jennifer Lee 2 Shirley Golding 3 Dennis H B Millward 4 John Boutland 5 Brian Harris (C) 6 Brian R Kenny (15) First peal in three methods: 1 First peal of Doubles: 3 First peal: 6 First peal as conductor in three methods. A birthday peal for John W. Griffiths, of Handbridge. Chester Diocesan Guild Waverton, Cheshire St Peter Tuesday, 20 March 1951 in 2h 43 (8–0–10 in G) 5040 Doubles (2m) 1200 Plain Bob and 3840 Grandsire. 12 Morris's 240 and eight extents, six callings 1 Betty Griffiths 2 Henry O Baker (C) 3 Shirley Golding 4 Rev J Kingdon 5 Ivor R Nichols 6 John Boutland First peal in two methods: 4 Ringing World page reference: 2088.0212Chester Diocesan Guild Witton (Northwich), Cheshire St Helen Monday, 26 March 1951 in 3h 8 (14–0–0 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1 Eric Hornby 2 Albert H Booth 3 David A Godfrey 4 Henry Parker 5 William Allman 6 Miss Dorothy C Osborn 7 David Smith 8 Harry W Howard (C) Rung as a birthday compliment to Mrs Parker and son of ringer of the 7th and for Mr Johnson, who has just completed 60 years as a ringer at this tower Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Friday, 30 March 1951 in 2h 55 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by James Washbrook 1 Wilfred Stevenson 2 June M Henshaw 3 Anne Worth 4 Gerald Farrer 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 Harry Farrer 7 A Hedley Wood 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method on the bells. Rung by the ringers of Christ Church, Macclesfield ringers to mark the 19th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Worth. First peal in the method : 6 and 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Friday, 30 March 1951 in 3h 7 (13–3–8 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Betty Griffiths 2 John E Bibby 3 Frank Jackson 4 Shirley Golding 5 Henry O Baker 6 John Boutland 7 William Allman 8 Walter Allman (C) First peal in the method all aged 15: 1,4,6 Ringing World page reference: 2089.0228Chester Diocesan Guild Worsley, Greater Manchester St Mark Saturday, 31 March 1951 in 3h 37 (24–0–7) 5007 Stedman Caters Composed by H W Haley 1 John W Griffiths (C) 2 Frederick H Birks 3 A Edward Reeves 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 Harold Worrall 6 Frederick G Beddow 7 Cecil Raddon 8 Brian Harris 9 Percy Swindley 10 Douglas W Kirkpatrick 25th peal together First peal of Stedman Caters First peal of Stedman Caters ‘ inside.’ Rung on the first birthday of the granddaughter of the ringer of the 7th. Ringing world: 2090.0242 Ringing World page reference: 2090.0242Chester Diocesan Guild Astbury, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 31 March 1951 in 2h 44 (12–0–20 in G♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1 Richard J Moore 2 Richard Cartlidge 3 J Victor Stonier 4 Frank Barnard 5 Edward J Boffey 6 John E Brough (C) First peal: 1,2,3 Rung for the induction of the Ven. J Tyler Whittle as Rector of Astbury Ringing World April 20th 1951 No. 2090 Vol XLVII page 246 Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Monday, 2 April 1951 in 3h 9 (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Cecil Raddon 2 Harold Worrall 3 Mary Colegate 4 Harry W Howard 5 Alfred Wilkinson 6 A Gordon Lawrence 7 Henry Parker (C) 8 Douglas Kirkpatrick First peal: 3 100th peal together: 4,7 50th peal: 6 Ringing World April 20th 1951 No. 2090 Vol. XLVII page 243 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 7 April 1951 in 3h 1 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (12m) Containing 960 London, 960 Rutland and 320 each of Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley and Yorkshire, with 139 changes of method. Composed by Albert J Pitman (reversed) 1 James A Milner 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 7 April 1951 in 2h 32 (6 in B♭) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1 Miss J M S Cooke 2 Bernard J Ongley 3 Norman Hough 4 Miss Elizabeth Morton 5 Alfred Wilkinson 6 Harry W Howard (C) First peal of Minor: 1 First peal of Plain Bob Minor: 5 First peal of Plain Bob Minor inside: 2,4 Ringing World April 27th 1951 No. 2091 Vol. XLVII page 262 Chester Diocesan Guild Christleton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 7 April 1951 in 3h 4 (12–1–26 in F♯) 5152 Marlborough Bob Major Composed by Arranged by J W Griffiths 1 John W Best 2 John W Griffiths 3 Norah M Bibby 4 Frederick H Birks 5 Dennis H B Millward 6 Brian Harris 7 George H Randles 8 Percy Swindley (C) The first peal in the method by all and for the Guild. Ringing World page reference: 2091.0259Chester Diocesan Guild Bebington, Wirral St Andrew Saturday, 7 April 1951 in 3h 8 (8–1–13 in A♭) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Charles Wiltshaw 2 Daphne M Wain 3 Charles C Hulse 4 A Trevor Sutton 5 John Cooke 6 Stanley D Sutton 7 Joseph Goddard 8 Alexander J Martin (C) First peal: 1 First peal away from the treble: 2 First peal in the method: 4 and 6 50th peal: 8 A 76th birthday compliment to Mr. Joseph Goddard. Chester Diocesan Guild Sandbach, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 14 April 1951 in 3h 12 (13–1–5 in F) 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by W Hubbard 1 Henry Parker (C) 2 Albert H Booth 3 Eric Hornby 4 Bernard J Ongley 5 Dorothy C Osborn 6 Alfred Wilkinson 7 David Smith 8 Harry W Howard Rung as a birthday compliment to the mother of the ringer of the 5th Ringing World May 4th 1951 No. 2092 Vol. XLVII page 275 Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Sunday, 15 April 1951 in 2h 37 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor consisting of seven 720's 1 John W L Slack 2 Charles W Lawton 3 Barry Lawson 4 Mrs C W Lawton 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 John Worth (C) A farewell to the Rev. E G M Evans on his leaving the parish for Durham. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Thursday, 19 April 1951 in 3h 4 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Claybrooke Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 5 Henry O Baker 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) The first peal in the method for the Guild, on the bells and by all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Rostherne, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 21 April 1951 in 3h 10 (19½ in E♭) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (5m) Being 720’s rung thus: (1 & 2) Spliced Capel, Kingston, London Scholars’
Pleasure and Sandal Treble Bob, (3) Capel, (4) Kingston,
(5) London Scholars’ Pleasure, (6 ) Sandal, (7) Oxford. 1 J Neville Haile 2 M Jillian Brierley 3 Sydney Sage 4 Derek Ogden 5 Ronald Barlow 6 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal of Treble Bob: 1 Chester Diocesan Guild Malpas, Cheshire St Oswald Saturday, 21 April 1951 in 3h 9 (15–3–6 in E) 5184 Winchester Bob Major Composed by J W Parker 1 John W Best 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Dennis H B Millward 4 Frederick H Birks 5 George H Randles 6 John W Griffiths 7 Brian Harris (C) 8 Percy Swindley The first peal in the method by all and for the Guild Rung in honour of the birthday of HRH Princess Elizabeth Ringing World page reference: 2092.0276Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 21 April 1951 in 3h 37 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (12m) Being 960 each of London and Rutland and 320 each of Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, New Gloucester, Wembley, Yorkshire, with 139 changes of method. Composed by A J Pitman (reversed) 1 Henry O Baker 2 Walter Allman 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker A birthday compliment to H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth. Chester Diocesan Guild Cheadle, Greater Manchester St Mary Saturday, 21 April 1951 in 3h 16 (13–2–19) 5040 Little Bob Major Composed by H Hubbard 1 A Doreen Edwards 2 Eric Hornby 3 David Smith 4 Henry Parker 5 Harold Worrall 6 Alfred Wilkinson 7 Cecil Raddon 8 Harry W Howard (C) Believed first peal of Little Bob on the bells. A birthday compliment to H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth Ringing world: 2093.0290 Chester Diocesan Guild Rostherne, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 28 April 1951 in 3h 4 (19½ in E♭) 5040 Doubles (4m) Being 720 April Day, 960 Plain Bob, 960 St. Simon’s and 2,400 of
Grandsire 1 A Doreen Edwards 2 Dorothy C Osborn 3 Harry Parker (C) 4 Alfred Wilkinson 5 David Smith 6 Harry W Howard First peal of doubles in 4 methods: 1. First peal of doubles inside: 2. First peal of doubles: 4. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 28 April 1951 in 3h 5 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (16m) Being 16 methods, viz.: 640 London, 320 each of Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, Lindum, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Rutland, Wembley, Wordsworth, Yorkshire and Bristol, and 160 each of Uxbridge and Watford, with 139 changes of method. Composed by Albert J Pitman (reversed) 1 James A Milner 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker The first peal in 16 Spliced Surprise Major methods by the Guild, in the county and by all the band. Rung for the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fernley. Chester Diocesan Guild Bunbury, Cheshire St Boniface Saturday, 28 April 1951 in 3h 7 (14¾ in F) 5040 Gainsborough Little Bob Major Composed by J Morgan 1 John W Griffiths (C) 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Frederick H Birks 4 John W Best 5 Brian Harris 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 George H Randles 8 Percy Swindley The first peal in the method by all. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Wednesday, 2 May 1951 in 3h 5 (13–3–8 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Shirley Golding 2 Henry O Baker 3 Betty Griffiths 4 John E Bibby 5 Rev J Kingdon 6 John Boutland 7 William Allman 8 Walter Allman (C) First peal in method inside: 3 First peal in method: 5 Rung in honour of the Ascended Lord Ringing World page reference: 2095.0327Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Friday, 4 May 1951 in 3h (19–3–12 in E♭) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by J J Parker's Twelve-part 1 Norah M Bibby 2 Hazel Close 3 John Hayes 4 J Benjamin Budd 5 George H Randles 6 John W Griffiths (C) 7 Brian Harris 8 Percy Swindley First peal of Grandsire: 2 Rung to mark the opening of the Festival of Britain Ringing World page reference: 2095.0322Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Friday, 4 May 1951 in 3h 2 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Doubles (2m) Being 30 six-scores of Grandsire and 12 six-scores of Antelope. 1 Ian Davidson 2 Arnold Worth 3 Arthur Campbell 4 Ernest Pimlott (C) 5 Arthur Street 6 John P Jackson First peal: 1. First peal in two methods: 3, 5 & 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire St Bartholomew Saturday, 5 May 1951 in 2h 51 (13–0–0) 5040 Minor (4m) 720 Cambridge, 1440 Oxford TB, 1440 Kent TB, 1440 Plain Bob 1 Arthur Rhodes 2 M Jillian Brierley 3 Dorothy Kidd (C) 4 S Sage 5 Neil D Lomas 6 Denis Mottershead Chester Diocesan Guild Marbury, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 5 May 1951 in 2h 47 (7–2–22 in A♯) 5040 Grandsire Doubles Being one 240 of Morris’s and 40 extents, ten callings 1 Frederick W Chapman 2 Edward J Boffey 3 Thomas P Barlow 4 John E Brough (C) 5 J Derek Smith 6 John Barlow First peal of Grandsire Doubles: 5 Festival peal to mark the opening of the Festival of Britain Ringing World May 25th 1951 No. 2095 Vol XLVII page 326 Chester Diocesan Guild Bosley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 5 May 1951 in 2h 48 (5–2–22 in A) 5040 Minor (4m) Being two extents each of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob and Plain Bob and one extent of Cambridge Surprise 1 J Beardmore 2 June M Henshaw 3 Neville Haille 4 Peter E Parry 5 Derek Ogden 6 Ronald Barlow (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Monday, 7 May 1951 in 3h 8 (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Johnson’s variation Composed by C Middleton 1 Alfred Wilkinson 2 John E Bibby (C) 3 Eric Hornby 4 A Gordon Lawrence 5 David Smith 6 Harold Worrall 7 Harry W Howard 8 Cecil Raddon First peal of Surprise Major: 1,3,5 Rung for the opening of the Festival of Britain Ringing World May 25th 1951 No. 2095 Vol. XLVII page 322 Chester Diocesan Guild Aldford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Wednesday, 9 May 1951 in 3h (12–3–20 in E) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 Betty Griffiths 2 John Boutland 3 Shirley Golding 4 Rev J Kingdon 5 George F Sperring 6 Henry O Baker (C) First peal of Minor: 1,2,3,4 Rung as a birthday compliment to George F Sperring and his sister Ringing World page reference: 2096.0342Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Thursday, 10 May 1951 in 2h 33 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (14m) Being seven spliced extents, viz.: (1) Cambridge and Ipswich, (2) Carlisle and Northumberland, (3) Alnwick and Newcastle, (4) Chester and Munden, (5) London and Wells, (6 ) York and Durham, (7) Beverley and Surfleet. 1 Charles B Pemberton 2 James M Pemberton 3 Alfred W Cusick 4 A Trevor Sutton 5 Stanley D Sutton (C) 6 Arthur K Humphreys First peal of Spliced: 2, 4 & 5 First peal of Spliced Minor: 3 First peal of Spliced Minor away from the treble: 6 First peal as conductor. A 78th birthday compliment to Mrs. M. Pemberton, grandmother of treble and 2nd ringers. Also a farewell peal to J. M. Pemberton, leaving to join H.M. Forces. Chester Diocesan Guild Bromborough, Cheshire St Barnabas Saturday, 12 May 1951 in 3h 9 (23–1–5 in E♭) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 Charles McGuiness 2 Henry O Baker 3 C Henry Harding 4 Ronald J Sharp 5 Thomas J Lock 6 Jack L Millhouse 7 Cecil W Pipe 8 A Patrick Cannon (C) First peal of Yorkshire on the bells. Mr A.P. Cannon's 250th tower for a peal. Chester Diocesan Guild Witton (Northwich), Cheshire St Helen Monday, 14 May 1951 in 3h 3 (14–0–0 in F) 5088 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 Leonard Stilwell 2 C Henry Harding 3 Ronald J Sharp 4 Frank Bennett (C) 5 Rev A G G Thurlow 6 A Patrick Cannon 7 William C Duffield 8 Thomas E Sone Chester Diocesan Guild Warburton, Greater Manchester St Werburgh Monday, 14 May 1951 in 3h 15 (23–0–0) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C. H. Hattersley 1 Cecil W Pipe 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Leslie W G Morris 4 John E Bibby 5 Walter Allman (C) 6 T Mark White 7 Thomas J Lock 8 Wilfred Williams Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Monday, 14 May 1951 in 3h 22 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by Henry Daine 1 Frank B Lufkin 2 Charles McGuiness 3 Geoffrey J Lewis 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Jack Bray 6 Jack L Millhouse (C) 7 Peter Laflin 8 George E Fearn 9 John Worth 10 Thomas H Francis The conductor's 400th peal. First peal in the method for Geoffrey Lewis. Chester Diocesan Guild Hartford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Monday, 14 May 1951 in 2h 32 (12–0–00 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents. 1 A Doreen Edwards 2 Mary Drew 3 David Smith 4 Henry Parker 5 Alfred Wilkinson 6 Harry W Howard (C) 150th peal for the Chester Diocesan Guild. The quickest peal on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Grappenhall, Cheshire St Wilfrid Monday, 14 May 1951 in 2h 52 (11–2–6 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1 A Doreen Edwards 2 Mary Drew 3 Harold Worrall 4 David Smith 5 Albert Booth 6 Alfred Wilkinson 7 Henry Parker 8 Harry W Howard (C) First away from treble - 2; Rung as a 74th birthday compliment to Noah Smith, a local ringer Chester Diocesan Guild Eastham, Cheshire St Mary the Blessed Virgin Monday, 14 May 1951 in 2h 47 (12–0–25 in G) 5040 Minor (7m) Being seven extents viz., Double Oxford, St. Clement's, Oxford Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Cambridge Surprise and Plain Bob 1 Andrew J H Scott 2 A Trevor Sutton 3 A Lennard Shepherd 4 Stanley D Sutton 5 Frank E Hawthorne 6 Alexander J Martin (C) First peal in seven methods: 1 & 5 50th peal for the Guild; 6 A birthday compliment to Mr A L Shepherd. Chester Diocesan Guild Knutsford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Wednesday, 16 May 1951 in 2h 52 (11–2–16 in F♯) 5040 Plain Bob Doubles Being 42 extents, four different callings. 1 Alice Worrall 2 Alfred Wilkinson 3 Mary Drew 4 A Doreen Edwards 5 Harry W Howard (C) 6 David Smith First peal: 1. First peal in the method by all. Rung as a birthday compliment to the ringer of the 3rd. Chester Diocesan Guild Farndon, Cheshire St Chad Wednesday, 16 May 1951 in 2h 55 (12–1–22 in F) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Alfred Ballard 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Frank W Perrins 4 Leslie W G Morris 5 Frank E Haynes 6 Harold J Poole 7 Walter Allman 8 Wilfred Williams (C) Rung for the installation of Canon George Vaughan, B.D., Rector of Farndon, Hon. Canon of Chester Cathedral Ringing World page reference: 2097.0356Chester Diocesan Guild Barthomley, Cheshire St Bertoline Saturday, 19 May 1951 in 2h 55 (13–1–14 in E) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1 Frederick Windsor 2 John Brassington 3 John Timmis 4 George Astbury 5 Arthur Allman (C) 6 Eric B Allman First peal of Minor: 1,3,4 50th on the bells: 5 Ringing World June 15th 1951 No. 2098 Vol. XLVII page 374 Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Sunday, 20 May 1951 in 2h 56 (14–1–26) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Jean C Brown 2 A Neville Brown 3 Jack Clegg 4 Roy Broom 5 Charles Clegg 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Alan J Brown 8 David Vincent Rung for the ordination as deacon of the curate, the Rev. A. W. Penn, B.A., for the 25th anniversary of the Vicar’s (the Rev. D. P. Low, M.A., T.D.) ordination as deacon, and for the 60th anniversary of the Assistant Priest’s (the Rev. Arthur Dale, M.A.) ordination as priest. Chester Diocesan Guild Stretford, Greater Manchester St Matthew Saturday, 26 May 1951 in 3h 5 (11–1–23) 5070 Plain Bob Major Composed by H Hubbard 1 Cecil Raddon 2 Eric Hornby 3 Bernard J Ongley 4 David Smith 5 Harold Worrall 6 Alfred Wilkinson 7 Henry Parker 8 Harry W Howard (C) Rung as birthday compliments to H.M. Queen Mary and the father of the ringer of the seventh, who were 84 on May 26th and 24th respectively. Ringing world: 2099.387 Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Monday, 28 May 1951 in 2h 46 (11–0–9) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (21m) Being seven Spliced extents in 21 methods) viz: (1) Primrose, Berwick and Hexham ; (2) Netherseale, Lightfoot and Wearmouth; (3) Chester, Munden, Alnwick and Newcastle; (4) London, Wells and Cunecastre; (5) Carlisle and Northumberland; (6) Durham, Beverley, Surfleet and York; (7) Cambridge and Ipswich; 80 changes of method. 1 Ernest T Carvell 2 Alfred W Cusick 3 James H Cooke 4 John Cooke 5 Alexander J Martin (C) 6 Charles B Pemberton First peal of Spliced Minor: 1 First peal in 21 methods by all the band, on the bells and in the Wirral Peninsula. Greatest number of Surprise methods, yet rung to a peal for the Guild. A compliment to the verger and towerkeeper, Mr. Joseph O. Mann, on his 73rd birthday. Mr. A. W. Cusick has now circled this tower. Chester Diocesan Guild Shotwick, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 2 June 1951 in 3h (8–3–0 in F♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 James H Cooke 2 Gordon F Pickthall 3 Alexander J Martin (C) 4 Andrew J H Scott 5 John Cooke 6 Ernest T Carvell First peal away from the treble: 2 A birthday compliment to Mrs. E. Shepherd Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 2 June 1951 in 3h 32 (20–0–0 in E) 5067 Stedman Caters Composed by J E Groves 1 George A Packer (C) 2 Ivor R Nichols 3 Harry F Holding 4 Wilfred Kerr 5 Richard T Holding 6 Frederick S Sutton 7 Richard D Langford 8 Edward J Boffey 9 John E Brough 10 William Frank Stenson First peal of Stedman Caters: 2,6,8,9 200th peal: 3 First peal of Stedman: 4 First peal of Stedman Caters as conductor Rung as a compliment to Cclr John A Madeley, JP, MBE, Mayor of Crewe, to whom the ringers were presented before the peal. The conductor has now completed the circle at this tower Ringing World June 22nd 1951 No. 2099 Vol. XLVII page 386 Chester Diocesan Guild Warburton, Greater Manchester St Werburgh Saturday, 9 June 1951 in 3h 22 (23–0–0 in E♭) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by H. Johnson's Variation of C. Middleton's 1 Albert Booth 2 William Allman 3 Harold Worrall 4 Reginald Worrall 5 David Smith 6 Cecil Raddon 7 A Gordon Lawrence 8 Walter Allman (C) First peal of Surprise Major: 1. Rung as a compliment to Mr. and Mrs. R. Worrall, D. Smith and A. G. Lawrence on their wedding anniversaries. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 23 June 1951 in 3h 2 (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (5m) (1) Capel; (2) Sandal; (3) Oxford; (4 & 5) London Scholars' Pleasure; (6 & 7) Kingston. 1 Ann Worth 2 Stephen W J Penney 3 Neil D Lomas 4 James A Milner 5 Denis Mottershead 6 Sidney Hough jun (C) First peal in the method 'inside': 2. 25th peal: 5. 50th peal and first peal as conductor: 6 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 23 June 1951 in 3h 19 (26–0–21 in D) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Henry O Baker 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Alfred W Smith 4 Leslie W G Morris 5 Walter Allman 6 Joseph W Whittaker 7 John E Bibby 8 Eric J Gilbert 9 Peter Laflin 10 Ralph G Edwards Rung after meeting short for Maximus, W Stevenson kindly standing down. Chester Diocesan Guild Waverton, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 30 June 1951 in 2h 40 (8–0–10 in G) 5040 Doubles (2m) Being 600 Plain Bob and 4440 Grandsire (Eight Morris's 240s and twenty-one extents). 1 Betty Griffiths 2 Brian R Kenney 3 Rev J Kingdon 4 Henry O Baker (C) 5 Ivor R Nichols 6 S Samuel Wood Rung for the Patronal Festival and also for the marriage of Henry Bale Jones and Doris Mary Purcell. First peal inside: 2 Ringing World page reference: 2104.0469Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 30 June 1951 in 2h 57 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (9m) Consisting of 3 extents of Spliced Charlwood, Neasden, St. Albans and Wragby Delight. 3 of Spliced Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure and Kingston Treble Bob, and 1 of Oxford Treble Bob. 1 Eve V Parker 2 James A Milner 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 Sidney Hough jun 5 Alexander Richardson 6 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal: 1. First peal in 9 methods as conductor Chester Diocesan Guild Bunbury, Cheshire St Boniface Saturday, 30 June 1951 in 3h 9 (14¾ in F) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by J J Parker's 12-part (Grove's Variation) 1 Herbert Sutton 2 Frederick S Sutton 3 Wilfred Kerr 4 J Derek Smith 5 Frank Barnard 6 Edward J Boffey 7 John E Brough (C) 8 Thomas P Barlow First peal of Triples: 4 & 8. Arranged and rung for the 4th ringer, who is going to Scotland to do his National Service in the R.E.'s. RW 2103.0451 Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Thursday, 5 July 1951 in 3h (13–3–8 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by Henry O Baker 1 John Boutland 2 A Arthur Hughes 3 Betty Griffiths 4 Shirley Golding 5 Henry O Baker 6 George F Sperring 7 Arthur Watkin 8 Walter Allman (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 7 July 1951 in 2h 56 (11–0–7 in G) 5120 Loughborough Bob Major Composed by Arranged by Brian Harris 1 George F Sperring 2 Norah M Bibby 3 John W Griffiths 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 George H Randles 6 John W Best 7 Brian Harris (C) 8 Percy Swindley The first peal in the method by all and for the Guild The conductor's 50th peal Ringing World page reference: 2104.0468Chester Diocesan Guild Marbury, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 7 July 1951 in 2h 44 (7–2–22 in A♯) 5040 Doubles (2m/1v) Being one 240 of Morris’s and 19 extents of Grandsire, 10 callings, 9 extents of April Day, 3 callings, 12 extents of Plain Bob Doubles, 4 callings 1 John E Brough (C) 2 Brian J Boyer 3 Edward J Boffey 4 Harold G Smith 5 Herbert Sutton 6 Thomas P Barlow First peal: 2 Rung as a farewell peal to the Vicar, the Rev. E. Banks, on preferment to the living at Dukenfield, Cheshire Ringing World July 27th 1951 No. 2104 Vol. XLVII page 470 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 7 July 1951 in 3h 25 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 London No. 3 Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Henry O Baker 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Leslie W G Morris 4 John E Bibby 5 Wilfred Stevenson 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 John Worth (C) 8 Edward Jenkins 9 Walter Allman 10 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in the method : treble,2 and 8. Firstpeal in the method on an inside bell : tenor. Chester Diocesan Guild Burbage, Derbyshire Christ Church Saturday, 7 July 1951 in 2h 46 (9–0–2 in G) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (6m) Being seven extents in six methods thus: (1) Spliced Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston and Oxford Treble Bob; (2), (3), (4) and (5) Spliced Capel, Sandal, London Scholars’ Pleasure and Kingston : (6) Oxford; (7) Kent. 1 Neville A Brown 2 M Jilian Brierley 3 P Ronald Forster 4 Derek Ogden 5 Ronald Barlow 6 Denis Mottershead (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 14 July 1951 in 3h 10 (18–0–11 in E) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (12m) In 12 methods, being 960 each London and Rutland, and 320 each Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley and Yorkshire, with 139 changes of method. Composed by Albert J Pitman (reversed) 1 James A Milner 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Leslie W G Morris 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Peter Laflin 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in 12 methods: 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Oxton, Wirral St Saviour Saturday, 21 July 1951 in 2h 55 (20–1–16 in E) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Dexter's Four Part Variation 1 Lester L Gray 2 Henry O Baker 3 Thomas R Butler (C) 4 Ralph G Edwards 5 John E Bibby 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 John Worth 8 Walter Allman First peal of Stedman Triples: 6 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 21 July 1951 in 3h 6 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5024 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis (arr) 1 Elise Brentnall 2 Anne Worth 3 James A Milner 4 Frances M Laflin 5 Sylvia Cain 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Peter Laflin First peal: 1 & 5. Chester Diocesan Guild Capenhurst, Cheshire Holy Trinity Saturday, 21 July 1951 in 2h 34 (11–0–22 in G) 5040 Doubles (3m) Being eight 120's of Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Bob, fourteen 120's of Plain Bob and twenty 120's of Grandsire 1 Jeanne Pilkington 2 Shirley Golding 3 Roger B Morris 4 John W Griffiths 5 Brian Harris (C) 6 R Gordon Corby First peal: 1 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Monday, 23 July 1951 in 3h 13 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5000 Plain Bob Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Donald Pearson 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Sidney Hough jun 4 June M Henshaw 5 Anne Worth 6 Gerald Farrer 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Harry Farrer 9 A Hedley Wood 10 John Worth (C) Rung for the Christening of Christine Andrea, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Farrer. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 25 July 1951 in 2h 48 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 John E Bibby (C) 2 Alexander J Webster 3 Hugh F Roberts 4 Henry O Baker 5 William Allman 6 Walter Allman 7 Eric J Gilbert 8 Frank Varty 50th peal; 2. First touch in the method; 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Tushingham, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 28 July 1951 in 2h 44 (11–1–7 in G♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 Edward J Boffey 2 Roy M Boyer 3 Brian J Boyer 4 John E Brough (C) 5 Herbert Sutton 6 Frederick S Sutton First peal inside: 2. First peal in the method: 3. Ringing World page reference: 2106.0502Chester Diocesan Guild Liscard, Wirral St Mary Thursday, 2 August 1951 in 3h 7 (16–2–2 in F) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by J J Parker's Twelve part 1 Shirley Golding 2 John Boutland 3 Dennis H B Millward 4 George F Sperring 5 Brian Harris 6 John W Griffiths (C) 7 R Gordon Corby 8 Percy Swindley First peal of Triples: 2 Chester Diocesan Guild Bromborough, Cheshire St Barnabas Thursday, 2 August 1951 in 3h 10 (23–1–5 in E♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Percy Swindley 2 Shirley Golding 3 John Boutland 4 George F Sperring 5 Dennis H B Milward 6 John W Griffiths 7 Brian Harris (C) 8 R Gordon Corby A farewell peal for the ringer of the third who is leaving for Australia. Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Wirral St Hilary of Poitiers Monday, 6 August 1951 in 2h 43 (8–2–17 in G) 5040 Minor (6m) Being seven extents in six methods, viz.: (1) Cambridge Surprise, (2) Oxford and Kent Treble Bob, (3) Oxford Treble Bob, (4) Kent Treble Bob, (5) St. Clement’s Bob, (6) Single Oxford Bob, (7) Plain Bob. 1 John A Webster 2 Hugh F Roberts 3 Eric J Gilbert 4 Vivien T O Boase 5 Alex J Webster 6 Frank Varty (C) First peal 'inside': 4 A Festival of Britain peal. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Friday, 10 August 1951 in 2h 57 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by F Bennett 1 May Lomas 2 June M Henshaw 3 Anne Worth 4 Neil D Lomas 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 Wilfred Stevenson 7 Hedley Wood 8 John Worth (C) First Peal 1, First peal of Bob Major 4. Chester Diocesan Guild Fairfield, Derbyshire St Peter Saturday, 11 August 1951 in 2h 51 (12–0–10 in F♯) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 James Milner 2 Anne Worth 3 Neil D Lomas 4 Wilfred Stevenson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Peter Laflin 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method: 3. The conductor's 50th peal of Major in the method. Ringing World page reference: 2108.0532Chester Diocesan Guild Barthomley, Cheshire St Bertoline Saturday, 11 August 1951 in 2h 50 (13–1–14 in E) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1 Frederick Windsor 2 John Timmis 3 Eric B Allman 4 John Brassington 5 Arthur Allman (C) 6 George Astbury Ringing World August 24th 1951 No. 2108 Vol. XLVII page 534 Chester Diocesan Guild Shotwick, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 18 August 1951 in 2h 44 (8–3–0 in F♯) 5040 Minor (4m) Being one extent of Cambridge Surprise and two extents of each of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob and Plain Bob. 1 Daphne Lloyd 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 J Benjamin Budd 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 Percy Swindley 6 R Gordon Corby First peal in four methods: 1, 4 & 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 18 August 1951 in 2h 54 (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (17m) (1) Willesden, College Bob IV, Old Oxford and Newdigate Delight; (2) College Exercise, Norbury, Duke of Norfolk and Ockley TB; (3 & 4) Wragby, St Albans, Neasden and Charlwood Delight; (5 & 6) Kingston, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Sandal and Capel TB; (7) Oxford TB. 1 James A Milner 2 Ann Worth 3 Sidney Hough jun 4 Neil D Lomas 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in 17 methods: 2, 4, & 6 Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Monday, 20 August 1951 in 2h 30 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Minor (4m) One 720 Cambridge, two 720s each Kent, Oxford and Plain Bob 1 Cecil Raddon 2 Harold Worrall 3 Walter Allman 4 Harry Parker 5 William Allman 6 Harry W Howard (C) The treble ringer has now circled the tower. A 21st birthday compliment to HRH Princess Margaret. Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Friday, 24 August 1951 in 2h 42 (14 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Albert H Booth 2 Eric Hornby 3 A Gordon Lawrence 4 David Smith 5 William Hornby 6 Harry W Howard (C) First peal in the method inside: 5 A first birthday compliment to the son of the ringer of the second AG Lawrence has now completed the circle at Davenham Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Saturday, 1 September 1951 in 2h 26 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Douglas W Kirkpatrick 2 Harry Parker 3 Eric Hornby 4 Cecil Raddon 5 Alfred Wilkinson 6 Harry W Howard (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Acton, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 1 September 1951 in 2h 55 (13–0–8 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven extents, called differently 1 Herbert E Sutton 2 M Roy Boyer 3 J Brian Boyer 4 Stanley Sutton 5 Herbert Sutton 6 Frederick S Sutton (C) First peal: 1 First peal in the method on inside bell: 4 First peal rung by local ringers Rung to celebrate the 800th year of the church Ringing World September 14th 1951 No. 2111 Vol. XLVII page 582 Chester Diocesan Guild Eccleston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 8 September 1951 in 3h 25 (26–3–3 in E♭) 5056 New Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by G . Lindoff (C.C.C. 24) 1 John E Brough 2 Kenneth W Mackintosh 3 June M Henshaw 4 Frederick E Wilshaw 5 Ronald T Barlow 6 Charles H Page 7 Ivor R Nichols 8 Frederick W Grocott (C) First peal of Surprise: 1, 2. First peal of Surprise inside: 7. 250th peal: 6. Ringing World page reference: 2113.0611Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Wednesday, 12 September 1951 in 2h 41 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Consiting of seven 720's 1 John W L Slack 2 Anne Worth 3 Barry Lawson 4 Mrs C W Lawton 5 Charles W Lawton 6 John Worth (C) A welcome to the Rev. A Williams on his induction to the above living. Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Thursday, 13 September 1951 in 2h 44 (11–0–9) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (14m) Being seven spliced extents in 14 methods, viz.: (1) Carlisle and Northumberland, (2) Alnwick and Newcastle, (3) Chester and Munden, (4) London and Wells, (5) York and Durham, (6 ) Beverley and Surfleet, (7) Cambridge and Ipswich; 34 changes of method. 1 A Trevor Sutton 2 Joan M Webster 3 Charles B Pemberton (C) 4 John Cooke 5 Alexander J Martin 6 Stanley D Sutton First peal of Spliced Surprise away from the treble: 2 100th peal for the Guild: 4 First peal of Spliced Surprise as conductor Rung in connection with Birkenhead's Festival celebrations. Chester Diocesan Guild Cheadle, Greater Manchester St Mary Saturday, 15 September 1951 in 2h 47 (13–2–19) 5040 Minor (4m) Consisting of one extent of Cambridge Surprise and two extents each of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob and Plain Bob. 1 Albert H Booth 2 Harry W Howard 3 Denis Maddock 4 Harold Worrall 5 Henry Parker (C) 6 Cecil Raddon Ringing world: 2113.0614 Chester Diocesan Guild Mobberley, Cheshire St Wilfrid Wednesday, 19 September 1951 in 2h 41 (15–0–4 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Consisting of seven different extents 1 James Sydney Walton 2 A Doreen Edwards 3 Harold Worrall 4 Norman Hough 5 Cecil Raddon 6 Harry W Howard (C) First peal: 1. 50th peal as conductor. A birthday compliment to the ringers of the 2nd and 4th. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 22 September 1951 in 3h 10 (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 Denis Mottershead 2 Ernest Pimlott 3 Roy Boardman 4 Sydney Sage 5 Edward A Jackson 6 Edward Houldsworth (C) First peal 'inside': 2. First peal: 3. First peal in the method: 5. First peal as conductor. Rung for the Festival of Britain. Chester Diocesan Guild Port Sunlight, Wirral Christ Church Saturday, 22 September 1951 in 3h 7 (14–1–25 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 A Trevor Sutton 2 Stanley D Sutton 3 H Stewart Bailey 4 Ernest L Humphries 5 Raymond L Humphries 6 Derek Parry 7 Joseph Goddard 8 Frank T Parry (C) Rung to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of William Hesketh Lever, first Viscount Leverhulme and founder of Port Sunlight. First peal on the bells since complete restoration by Gillett and Johnston. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 22 September 1951 in 2h 55 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 James A Milner 2 Peter Laflin 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John E Bibby (C) 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth Chester Diocesan Guild Warburton, Greater Manchester St Werburgh Saturday, 29 September 1951 in 3h 18 (26–0–0) 5024 Plain Bob Major Composed by J. Barker 1 A Doreen Edwards 2 Douglas Kirkpatrick 3 Eric Hornby 4 Denis Maddock 5 Ralph Taylor 6 Henry Parker 7 Cecil Raddon 8 Harry W Howard (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 29 September 1951 in 3h 20 (20–0–0 in E) 5067 Stedman Caters Composed by G Lindoff 1 George A Packer 2 Howard Howell 3 Harry F Holding 4 June Marie Henshaw 5 Alan Elsmore 6 Edward V Rodenhurst 7 Richard D Langford (C) 8 David C Vincent 9 Ivor R Nichols 10 John Holloway This is the first time a lady has taken part in a peal at Crewe Ringing World October 12th 1951 No. 2115 Vol. XLVII page 642 Chester Diocesan Guild Runcorn, Cheshire All Saints Tuesday, 2 October 1951 in 2h 47 (15–3–15 in E) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Stanley Ireland 2 Charles Ward 3 John Orme 4 John E Bibby 5 Henry O Baker 6 William E Allman 7 Walter Allman 8 Denis Maddock (C) First peal: 1. First peal of Major as conductor. Rung for the 250th anniversary of the S.P.G. and on the visit of the S.P.G. ship 'Centurion,' to the town of Runcorn. RW 2116.0659 Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 6 October 1951 in 2h 48 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker's Twelve-Part 1 Bernard R Millward 2 Fred Evans 3 Roger B Morris 4 John W Best 5 George F Sperring 6 Percy Swindley 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 Dennis H B Millward First peal on eight: 3. A wedding compliment to Richard Edward Evans (son of second ringer) and Miss Rosemary K. Mawr. Ringing World page reference: 2116.0660Chester Diocesan Guild Nether Alderley, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 6 October 1951 in 3h (11–1–24 in F♯) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (15m) Consisting of seven extents in 15 methods, viz.: (1) Charlwood, Neasden, St. Albans and Wragby Delight; (2) Willesden, Newdigate, College Bob IV. and Old Oxford Delight; (3) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars’ Pleasure and Kingston Treble Bob, (4) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars’ Pleasure and Kingston Treble Bob, (5) Cambridge Surprise, (6) Oxford Treble Bob. (7) Kent Treble Bob. 1 A Neville Brown 2 Jean C Brown 3 M Jillian Brierley 4 Derek Ogden 5 Ronald Barlow 6 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in 15 methods: 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5. Rung as a welcome to the new Vicar, the Rev. K. F. Parsons, and for the celebration of harvest tide. Average age of the band is 19 years Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Thursday, 11 October 1951 in 2h 54 (13–3–8 in F) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Lester L Gray 2 Walter Allman (C) 3 Denis Maddock 4 Brian D Threlfall 5 Henry O Baker 6 John E Bibby 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 Frank Varty A 70th birthday compliment to Mr A T Baker of Bridgnorth, Shropshire Ringing World page reference: 2117.0674Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 13 October 1951 in 2h 45 (11–0–7 in G) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C H Middleton 1 Henry Parker 2 Henry O Baker 3 Walter Allman (C) 4 Harold Worrall 5 William Allman 6 Alfred Wilkinson 7 Cecil Raddon 8 John E Bibby 100th peal for the Guild: 2 First peal of Surprise Major: 6 Ringing World page reference: 2117.0676Chester Diocesan Guild Knutsford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 13 October 1951 in 2h 53 (11–2–16 in F♯) 5040 Minor (3m) Consisting of two extents each of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob and three extents of Plain Bob. 1 Douglas Kirkpatrick 2 A Doreen Edwards 3 David Smith 4 Sidney Hough jun 5 Norman Hough 6 Harry W Howard (C) Rung for the harvest festival and as a 73rd birthday compliment to Mr. S. Hough, sen., leader of the tower. Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire St Bartholomew Wednesday, 17 October 1951 in 2h 50 (13–0–0) 5040 Minor (4m) 720 Cambridge Surprise, 1440 Oxford TB, 1440 Kent TB, 1440 Plain Bob 1 Sydney Sage 2 Ann Worth 3 Dorothy Kidd (C) 4 Denis Mottershead 5 Roger Leigh 6 Neil D Lomas Rung as a 25th Birthday compliment to Noel J Moores Chester Diocesan Guild Taxal, Derbyshire St James Saturday, 20 October 1951 in 2h 45 (11–0–23 in G) 5040 Minor (5m) Being six extents each of Spliced London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Sandal and Capel, and one extent each of Spliced London Scholars' Pleasure, Kingston, Sandal, Capel and Oxford. 1 Anne Worth 2 Stephen Penney 3 James A Milner 4 Neil D Lomas 5 Sidney Hough, Junr 6 Denis Mottershead (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Monday, 22 October 1951 in 2h 29 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 John H Davenport 2 Cecil Raddon 3 Harold Worrall 4 Harry W Howard 5 Walter Allman 6 Harry Parker (C) 50th together 2 and 6; 76 birthday compliment to J H Davenport Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 26 October 1951 in 2h 54 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C H Middleton 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Elizabeth M Bibby 3 Henry O Baker 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 William Allman 6 Dennis Maddock 7 Walter Allman 8 Francis Bibby First peal of Surprise; 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Northenden, Greater Manchester St Wilfrid Saturday, 27 October 1951 in 2h 57 (14) 5040 Minor (4m) Comprising one extent each of Cambridge Surprise and Kent Treble Bob, two of Oxford Treble Bob, and three of Plain Bob 1 Ronald Barlow 2 Dorothy Kidd 3 M Jilian Brierley 4 Sydney Sage 5 Edward Houldsworth 6 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in four methods on the bells Ringing world: 2119.0710 Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Tuesday, 30 October 1951 in 2h 52 (14–1–26) 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by A P Heywood 1 Jean C Brown 2 Frances M Laflin 3 A Neville Brown 4 Roy Broom 5 Ronald H Dove 6 Alan J Brown 7 David Vincent 8 A Patrick Cannon First peal of Double Norwich: 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 3 November 1951 in 3h 16 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5408 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) Rung on the first anniversary of the 21,600 Bristol rung at this church. The composition was taken from the original peal Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 3 November 1951 in 2h 27 (6 in B♭) 5040 Minor (7m) Consisting of an extent each of Oxford Single Bob, St Clement’s, Double Oxford Bob, Plain Bob, Cambridge Surprise, Oxford and Kent Treble Bob 1 A Doreen Edwards 2 Harry W Howard 3 Eric Hornby 4 Harold Worrall 5 Henry Parker (C) 6 Cecil Raddon First peal in seven methods: 1,4 100th peal as conductor Birthday compliment to conductor, William Allman (Runcorn) and Edward V Rodenhurst (Hodnet) Ringing World November 23rd 1951 No. 2121 Vol XLVII page 742 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Monday, 5 November 1951 in 3h 12 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Heywood's variation of Thurstan's 4-part 1 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Gerald Farrer 3 Anne Worth 4 Neil D Lomas 5 John Worth (C) 6 Harry Farrer 7 A Hedley Wood 8 Joseph W Whittaker Rung for the marriage of Miss June Price Weeks, of Macclesfield, to Mr. David Victor Hill of Galway, Ireland, which took place at Manchester Cathedral on November 1st. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 14 November 1951 in 2h 52 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Henry Parker 3 Henry O Baker 4 Harold Worrall 5 William Allman 6 Alfred Wilkinson 7 Walter Allman (C) 8 Cecil Raddon Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Friday, 16 November 1951 in 2h 50 (13–3–8 in F) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Henry Parker 2 Ralph G Edwards 3 Henry O Baker 4 Frances A Edgar 5 Walter Allman (C) 6 Harry A Howard 7 Brian D Threlfall 8 Cecil W Pipe 300th peal: 5 50th peal of Surprise: 7 A 16th birthday compliment to Miss Shirley Golding, a ringer at the above tower Ringing World page reference: 2122.0755Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 17 November 1951 in 2h 56 (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Minor (3m) (1 & 2) Kent TB; (3 & 4) Oxford TB; (5 & 6) Plain Bob; (7) Oxford and Kent TB Laminated 1 Sidney Hough jun 2 Mrs S Hough 3 Denis Mottershead 4 Walter Shaw 5 Sydney Sage 6 Edward Houldsworth (C) First peal of minor: 1. Rung as a birthday compliment to the tower keeper, Mr A Snape. Chester Diocesan Guild Eccleston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 17 November 1951 in 3h 15 (26–3–3 in E♭) 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by H Law James (47) 1 John W Griffiths (C) 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Denis Maddock 4 Samuel Jones, Junr 5 John W Best 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 George H Randles 8 Percy Swindley First peal in the method: 3. Ringing World page reference: 2122.0755Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 24 November 1951 in 3h 31 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Gabriel Lindoff 1 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Neil D Lomas 4 Brian D Threlfall 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 John E Bibby 7 John Worth 8 James C E Simpson (C) First peal in the method on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Tuesday, 27 November 1951 in 2h 56 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Doubles (2m/1v) Being ten extents of April Day, twelve extents of Plain Bob, twenty extents of Grandsire Doubles, calling all the different extents. 1 Arthur Street 2 William McDowell 3 Arnold Worth 4 Robert Barratt 5 Ernest Pimlott (C) 6 George Barber First peal in three methods: 1, 4 & 5. First peal: 2, 3 & 6. A wedding compliment to Ian Davidson and Cynthia Smith, married at Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Also his farewell peal. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 28 November 1951 in 3h 9 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5152 Hanbury Surprise Major Composed by C K Lewis 1 Henry O Baker 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Ralph G Edwards 4 John E Bibby 5 Brian D Threlfall 6 John Worth 7 Walter Allman 8 James C E Simpson (C) The first peal in the method for the Guild, on the bells and by all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Runcorn, Cheshire All Saints Tuesday, 4 December 1951 in 2h 52 (15–3–15 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C H Middleton 1 Alan Dugdale 2 Charles Ward 3 Walter Allman (C) 4 Denis Maddock 5 John Orme 6 William E Allman 7 Robert B P Hulse 8 John E Bibby First peal of Surprise: 2. Rung for the centenary of the installation of the bells. RW 2125.0803 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 8 December 1951 in 3h 5 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by CCC 63 1 Walter Allman 2 Wilfred Stevenson 3 Joseph W Whittaker 4 Harold Worrall 5 Dennis Maddock 6 Cecil Raddon 7 John E Bibby (C) 8 Ralph Edwards Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire St Bartholomew Saturday, 15 December 1951 in 2h 55 (13–0–0) 5040 Minor (7m) 2160 Plain Bob, 720 Kent TB, 720 Oxford TB,720 Cambridge Surprise, 720 laminated Kent & Oxford TB 1 Dorothy Kidd 2 M Jillian Brierley 3 Sydney Sage 4 Ronald Barlow 5 Edward Holdsworth 6 Denis Mottershead (C) Rung as a mark of appreciation of 37 year's service completed by Mr & Mrs Edwin Henshall the local Sunday School superintendents, on the occasion of their retirement. Chester Diocesan Guild Malpas, Cheshire St Oswald Saturday, 15 December 1951 in 3h 5 (15–3–6 in E) 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Frederick G Beddow 2 Norah M Bibby 3 John W Best 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 George H Randles 6 William A Farmer 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 Percy Swindley First peal of Surprise: 1 First peal of Surprise inside: 6 Ringing World page reference: 2127.0002Chester Diocesan Guild Farndon, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 22 December 1951 in 3h (12–1–22 in F) 5008 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by G Williams (204) 1 John W Griffiths (C) 2 Peter E Parry 3 Frederick H Birks 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 Brian Harris 6 John W Best 7 Percy Swindley 8 R Gordon Corby First peal in the method: 2 Rung to celebrate the completion of 40 years in the ministry by the Rector, Canon G Vaughan, who was ordained on St Thomas' Day 1911 Ringing World page reference: 2127.0003Chester Diocesan Guild Dodleston, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 22 December 1951 in 2h 51 (8–0–0 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven extents 1 Brian Kenny 2 Betty Griffiths 3 George Case 4 Jack Tilston 5 Jack Hughes 6 Henry O Baker (C) First peal of Minor: 1 A 16th birthday compliment to Miss Betty Griffiths, and a birthday compliment to the Rev J Kingdon M.A. Ringing World page reference: 2128.0022Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Wednesday, 26 December 1951 in 3h 2 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Thorpe 1 Bernard R Millward 2 Roger B Morris 3 Dennis H B Millward 4 Percy Swindley 5 J Benjamin Budd 6 Harry Pye 7 John W Griffiths 8 Brian Harris (C) First peal of Major: 1, 2. First peal of Kent as conductor. Ringing World page reference: 2127.0004Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Wednesday, 26 December 1951 in 3h 50 (26–0–21 in D) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Composed by Joseph W Parker 1 Henry O Baker 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Brian D Threlfall 7 Walter Allman 8 John Worth 9 Peter Laflin 10 Ralph G Edwards 11 Joseph W Whittaker 12 James C E Simpson Henry Baker, Fred Dunkerley, and Brian Threlfall have now completed the Cambridge sequence from Minor to Maximus. Ringing World page reference: 2128.0018Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire All Saints, Hoole Wednesday, 26 December 1951 in 2h 33 (7½ in B) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 7 different 720's 1 John W Griffiths 2 J Benjamin Budd 3 Dennis H B Millward 4 Roger B Morris 5 R Gordon Corby 6 Brian Harris (C) 50th Peal Together 1,6 First peal of Minor 4 First peal of Bob Minor 3 First peal of minor as conductor Ringing World page reference: 2128.0022Chester Diocesan Guild Backford, Cheshire St Oswald Friday, 28 December 1951 in 2h 40 (10–0–12 in G) 5040 Minor (7m) Being one extent each of Double Court, St. Clement’s, Double Oxford, Single Oxford, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob and Plain Bob. 1 Betty Griffiths 2 L Malcolm Parry 3 Peter E Parry 4 Brian Harris 5 John W Griffiths (C) 6 R Gordon Corby First peal: 2 First peal in seven methods: 1 & 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 29 December 1951 in 2h 58 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5152 Ealing Surprise Major 1 Henry O Baker 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 C Kenneth Lewis 4 John E Bibby 5 Walter Allman 6 John Worth 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 James C E Simpson (C) 50th peal this year, 6. First peal in the method for the Guild, on the bells and by all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 29 December 1951 in 2h 55 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (5 Methods) Being one extent of Cambridge Surprise, Double Oxford, Plain Bob and two extents each of Kent Treble Bob and Oxford Treble Bob 1 Albert H Booth 2 Kenneth W Mackentosh 3 A Gordon Lawrence 4 Miss Dorothy C Osborn 5 Albert H Crawley 6 David Smith (C) 50th Peal: 4 270th Peal: 5 | |
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