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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 101 matching performances. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Friday, 2 January 1953 in 3h 10 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by John R Pritchard 1 John Worth 2 June M Henshaw 3 Stephen W J Penny 4 Joseph W Whittaker 5 Denis Heapy 6 Denis Mottershead 7 O Michael Slaney 8 Barry Corbishley (C) First peal on eight bells 3, First peal as conductor Chester Diocesan Guild Oxton, Wirral St Saviour Saturday, 3 January 1953 in 3h 15 (20–1–16 in E) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Thomas B Worsley 1 Henry O Baker 2 Ralph G Edwards 3 Peter Laflin 4 Edward Jenkins 5 John E Spice 6 John Worth (C) 7 Brian D Threlfall 8 Joseph Whittaker A birthday peal for Brian D Threlfall Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 3 January 1953 in 3h 3 (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Harold Worrall 2 John Scott 3 Eric Hornby 4 John E Bibby 5 Henry Parker 6 Harry W Howard 7 Walter Allman 8 Cecil Raddon (C) First peal as conductor Rung as a 63rd birthday compliment to the conductor Ringing World January 23rd 1953 No. 2182 Vol. XLIX page 51 Chester Diocesan Guild Acton, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 3 January 1953 in 2h 58 (13–0–8 in F) 5040 Stedman Doubles Ten extents 1 Kenneth Mackintosh 2 John E Brough (C) 3 June M Henshaw 4 O Michael Slaney 5 Ivor R Nichols 6 Herbert Sutton First peal of Stedman Doubles: 1 Has now twice circled the tower: 6 Ringing World January 23rd 1953 No. 2182 Vol. XLIX page 54 Chester Diocesan Guild Dodleston, Cheshire St Mary Tuesday, 6 January 1953 in 2h 25 (8–0–0 in A) 5040 Doubles (2m) Being eighteen extents (10 callings) and two 240s of Grandsire, and twenty extents of Plain bob 1 George Case 2 Shirley Golding 3 Henry O Baker 4 Jack Hughes 5 Brian Harris (C) First peal of Doubles: 1,4 First peal on five bells and in two Doubles methods: 5 A birthday compliment to the conductor. Rung on the front five after meeting short for Minor Ringing World page reference: 2183.0070Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Tuesday, 6 January 1953 in 3h 2 (14–1–26) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Jean C Brown 2 Barry Corbishley 3 June Henshaw 4 A Neville Brown 5 Allen Twyman 6 David A Edwards 7 Alan J Brown (C) 8 David Vincent First peal: 5. First peal in the method: 6. Rung half-muffled in memory of Charles Edwards, member of the above tower, and formerly, for some years, Master of the Hereford Diocesan Guild, who was interred at Fownhope, Herefordshire, earlier this day. Chester Diocesan Guild Liscard, Wirral St Mary Saturday, 10 January 1953 in 2h 57 (16–2–2 in F) 5088 Liscard Bob Major Composed by H W Wilde (CCC 13 DO) 1 John W Griffiths (C) 2 Norah M Bibby 3 John W Best 4 Percy Swindley 5 George H Randles 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 Brian Harris 8 R Gordon Corby 150th peal: 2 The first peal in the method (C.C.C. 220). Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 17 January 1953 in 2h 54 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by E Bennett 1 James A Milner 2 William Fernley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Joseph W Whittaker 7 Peter Laflin 8 John Worth (C) The 200th peal on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 24 January 1953 in 2h 56 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5088 Westminster Bob Major Composed by Arranged by J W Griffiths 1 J Benjamin Budd 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 Norah M Bibby 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 John W Best 6 George H Randles 7 Percy Swindley 8 R Gordon Corby The first peal in the method (C.C.C. 203). 200th peal: 2. Ringing World page reference: 2185.0098Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 24 January 1953 in 2h 35 (6 in B♭) 5040 Doubles (2m) Being 20 extents of Plain Bob and 22 extents of Grandsire 1 Jean M S Cooke 2 Ivor R Nichols 3 Shirley Golding 4 Elizabeth M Robinson 5 Henry O Baker (C) 6 Bernard J Ongley First peal of Doubles in two methods: 4 Ringing World February 20th 1953 No. 2186 Vol. XLIX page 116 Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Saturday, 24 January 1953 in 3h 8 (13–3–8 in F) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (12m) 960 each of London and Rutland, 320 each of Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley and Yorkshire. 139 com Composed by A J Pitman 1 Henry O Baker 2 Alan A Potts 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Ralph G Edwards 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in twelve methods: 7 First peal of Spliced Surprise on the bells and in the city of Chester A birthday compliment to Henry O Baker, Anthea Baker and Kathleen Mary Lewis Ringing World page reference: 2208.0479Chester Diocesan Guild Dodleston, Cheshire St Mary Wednesday, 28 January 1953 in 2h 28 (8–0–0 in A) 5040 Doubles (2m) Being twelve extents (6 callings) and five 240s Grandsire and twenty extents Plain Bob 1 Desmond Clays 2 Elizabeth M Robinson 3 Jack Hughes 4 George F Sperring 5 Henry O Baker (C) 6 George Case First peal: 1 Ringing World page reference: 2186.0117Chester Diocesan Guild Bunbury, Cheshire St Boniface Saturday, 31 January 1953 in 3h 13 (14¾ in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 John W Best 2 J Benjamin Budd 3 Frederick H Birks 4 George F Sperring 5 John W Griffiths 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 Percy Swindley (C) 8 R Gordon Corby RW 2185.0099 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 7 February 1953 in 2h 43 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Anne Worth 3 Fred Dunkerly 4 Peter Laflin 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 Neil D Lomas 7 John Worth (C) 8 Edward Jenkins 400th peal as conductor. In memoriam Dr James C E Simpson died February 6th 1952 Chester Diocesan Guild Handley, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 7 February 1953 in 2h 42 (14–1–6 in F) 5040 Plain Minor (7m) Being 720 each of Double Court, St Clement's, Childwall, Double Oxford, Thelwall, Oxford Bob and Plain Bob 1 John W Best 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 Percy Swindley 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 R Gordon Corby 6 Brian Harris 100th tower bell peal: 6 The first peal of the bells since their recent rehanging. In memoriam Robert Sperring Ringing World page reference: 2186.0118Chester Diocesan Guild Farndon, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 7 February 1953 in 3h 13 (12–1–22 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by F Rishworth 1 Rev J Kingdon 2 Elizabeth M Robinson 3 Shirley Golding 4 Betty Griffiths 5 Fred Jackson 6 Henry O Baker 7 John E Bibby (C) 8 J William Clarke First peal of Major 'inside': 2 Rung half-muffled to the revered memory of Robert Sperring (a native of Farndon), who died the previous day Ringing World page reference: 2186.0115Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire All Saints, Hoole Saturday, 7 February 1953 in 2h 39 (7½ in B) 5040 Grandsire Doubles One Morris 240 and 40 120's 10 callings 1 Brian Harris 2 Roselyn Crewe 3 Edward C Crewe 4 Shirley Golding 5 John W Griffiths (C) 6 R Gordon Corby First peal inside 2,3 In memoriam Robert Sperring who conducted the first peal on the bells. Died February 6th 1953. Ringing World page reference: 2186.0118Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Tuesday, 10 February 1953 in 2h 50 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (4 Methods) Being two extents of Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob and one Plain Bob 1 A Gordon Lawrence 2 David A Godfrey 3 Reginald W Worrall 4 Eric Hornby 5 Harry W Howard 6 David Smith (C) Reginald W Worrall has now completed the circle of this tower. Rung as a birthday compliment to Mr Joseph Ashmole on his 90th birthday Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Friday, 13 February 1953 in 2h 59 (13–3–8 in F) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by J W Parker 1 Shirley Golding 2 Brian D Threlfall 3 Henry O Baker 4 John E Bibby 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 7 Samuel Jones, Jun 8 Ralph G Edwards First peal of Surprise: 1 Rung half-muffled in memoriam Robert Sperring, for many years a ringer at this church Ringing World page reference: 2187.0130Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 14 February 1953 in 2h 46 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Seven extents called differently 1 James A Milner 2 Mary Lewis 3 Alexander Richardson 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Stephen W J Penney First peal in the method: 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 14 February 1953 in 3h 3 (16–1–5 in E) 5120 St Valentine's Imperial Bob Major Composed by A P Heywood 1 J Benjamin Budd 2 R Gordon Corby 3 Norah M Bibby 4 John W Best 5 Dennis H B Millward 6 John W Griffiths 7 George H Randles 8 Percy Swindley (C) First peal in the method CCC No. 248 Ringing World February 27th 1953 No. 2187 Vol. XLIX page 130 Chester Diocesan Guild Dodleston, Cheshire St Mary Tuesday, 17 February 1953 in 2h 29 (8–0–0 in A) 5040 Single Oxford Bob Minor 1 George F Sperring 2 Henry O Baker 3 Jack Hughes 4 George Case 5 Jack Tilston 6 Brian D Threlfall (C) First peal in the method: 5,6 Ringing World page reference: 2187.0134Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Saturday, 21 February 1953 in 3h 2 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5184 Spliced Plain Major (2m) Consisting of 3,072 of Plain Bob, and 2,112 of Little Bob, 95 changes of method. Composed by C K Lewis 1 Douglas Kirkpatrick 2 Henry O Baker 3 Eric Hornby 4 Henry Parker 5 Harold Worrall 6 Cecil Raddon 7 John Scott 8 Harry W Howard (C) First peal of Spliced Plain and Little Bob; all except 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Waverton, Cheshire St Peter Wednesday, 25 February 1953 in 2h 26 (8–0–10 in G) 5040 Minor (2m) Being three extents of Oxford Bob and four of Plain Bob 1 George F Sperring 2 Jack Hughes 3 Henry O Baker 4 George Case 5 Jack Tilston 6 Brian D Threlfall (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Wednesday, 25 February 1953 in 2h 27 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Minor (4m) Two 720s each Cambridge, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent; one 720 Plain Bob 1 Douglas W Kirkpatrick 2 Harold Worrall 3 Harry W Howard 4 Eric Hornby 5 Harry Parker (C) 6 Cecil Raddon 21st birthday compliment to Ken, son of Harry Parker, and also a birthday compliment to Harry Howard Chester Diocesan Guild Malpas, Cheshire St Oswald Saturday, 28 February 1953 in 3h 1 (15–3–6 in E) 5040 Malpas Bob Major Composed by C Charge (CCC 99 Pl B) 1 J Benjamin Budd 2 Norah M Bibby 3 John W Best 4 Percy Swindley 5 Dennis H B Millward 6 George H Randles 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 R Gordon Corby The first peal in the method (CCC No. 276) Published as Malpas Imperial Bob Major in the Ringing World Ringing World page reference: 2189.0163Chester Diocesan Guild Bebington, Wirral St Andrew Saturday, 14 March 1953 in 2h 58 (8–1–13 in A♭) 5152 Bebington Bob Major Composed by G H Beevor 1 J Benjamin Budd 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 Norah M Bibby 4 Alexander J Martin 5 Dennis H B Millward 6 R Gordon Corby 7 George H Randles 8 Percy Swindley The first peal in the method (CCC No. 224). Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 21 March 1953 in 3h 2 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 James A Milner 2 John Worth 3 Edward Jenkins 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Peter Laflin 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Ernest Bennett (C) Rung in recognition of the 52nd anniversary of the first peal in the method. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Saturday, 28 March 1953 in 3h 2 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Composed by J W Parker 1 Walter Allman (C) 2 Henry O Baker 3 Allan Dugdale 4 Frederick Jackson 5 Henry Parker 6 William Allman 7 Douglas Kirkpatrick 8 John Scott First peal in the method; 3,4. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 28 March 1953 in 3h 10 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5040 Single Oxford Bob Triples Composed by J J Parker (CCC No.3) 1 Roselyn Crewe 2 Betty Griffiths 3 Shirley Golding 4 J Benjamin Budd 5 Roger B Morris 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 Brian Harris (C) 8 R Gordon Corby First peal on eight bells: 1 First peal of Single Oxford Bob Triples: 2,3,5 25th peal together: 4,7 Rung half-muffled in memoriam H.M. Queen Mary Ringing World page reference: 2193.0227Chester Diocesan Guild Runcorn, Cheshire All Saints Tuesday, 31 March 1953 in 3h 2 (15–3–15 in E) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Ann Slinger 2 Stanley Ireland 3 Alan Dugdale 4 Walter Allman (C) 5 Charles ward 6 William E Allman 7 Robert B P Hulse 8 John Orme First peal: 1. First peal on an 'inside' bell: 2. Rung half-muffled by the Sunday service band in memoriam Queen Mary. RW 2194.0243 Chester Diocesan Guild Warburton, Greater Manchester St Werburgh Monday, 6 April 1953 in 3h 19 (26–0–0) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C. Middleton 1 Eric Hornby 2 Henry Parker 3 Harold Worrall 4 William Allman 5 John Scott 6 John E Bibby 7 Walter Allman 8 Harry W Howard (C) First peal in the method as conductor. Rung for the Festival of Easter. Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 11 April 1953 in 2h 53 (11–0–7 in G) 5040 Little Bob Major Composed by Stephen H Wood 1 David Godfrey 2 Cecil Raddon 3 Henry Parker 4 Eric Hornby 5 William Allman 6 John Scott 7 Harold Worrall 8 Harry W Howard (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Shotwick, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 11 April 1953 in 2h 48 (8–3–0 in F♯) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 George F Sperring 2 Percy Swindley 3 J Benjamin Budd 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 John W Griffiths (C) 6 R Gordon Corby 50th peal together: 5 & 6 Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday, 11 April 1953 in 3h 32 (29–0–0 in C) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by W Pye 1 C Kenneth Lewis 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Henry O Baker 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Walter Allman 6 John Worth 7 Leslie W G Morris 8 Peter Laflin 9 Ralph G Edwards 10 Edward Jenkins Chester Diocesan Guild Taxal, Derbyshire St James Saturday, 18 April 1953 in 2h 43 (11–0–23 in G) 5040 Minor (25m) In 25 methods,viz.: (1) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh and Abbeyville Delight; (2) Willesden, Newdigate, College Bob IV, Old Oxford and Marple Delight; (3) College Exercise, Norbury, Ockley, Duke of Norfolk and Morning Star Treble Bob; (4) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby and Braintree Delight; (5) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans and Wragby Delight; (6) Capel, Sandal, London Scholar's Pleasure, Kingston and Oxford Treble Bob; (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars' Pleasure and Kingston Treble Bob. 1 Sidney Hough, Junr 2 M Jillian Brierley 3 Barry Corbishley 4 Eric Simpson 5 Alexander Richardson 6 Denis Mottershead (C) 25th peal: 2. Ringing World page reference: 2197.0294Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 18 April 1953 in 3h 5 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Joyce Rothwell 2 James Fernley 3 Elise Brentnall 4 Molly May 5 Mary Lewis 6 James A Milner 7 Basil Jones (C) 8 C Kenneth Lewis First peal of Major: 1. First peal in the method: 3 & 4. First peal as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 18 April 1953 in 2h 27 (6 in B♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Rev E Bankes James’ arrangement 1 Douglas Kirkpatrick 2 Harold Worrall 3 Henry Parker 4 John Scott 5 Cecil Raddon 6 Harry W Howard (C) First peal of Cambridge on the bells Ringing World May 8th 1953 No. 2197 Vol. XLIX page 293 Chester Diocesan Guild Port Sunlight, Wirral Christ Church Saturday, 25 April 1953 in 3h 18 (14–1–25 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by J Carter 1 Percy Swindley 2 Shirley Golding 3 Carol Forster Jones 4 John W Griffiths 5 J Benjamin Budd 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 R Gordon Corby (C) 8 H Stewart Bailey First peal on 8 bells: 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 25 April 1953 in 2h 50 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5040 Minor (4m) Consisting of one extent of Cambridge Surprise, two extents each of Kent and Oxford Treble Bob and Plain Bob. 1 Cecil Raddon 2 Ethel Wise 3 Henry Parker 4 Harold Worrall 5 John Scott 6 Harry W Howard (C) The conductor's 200th peal for the Chester Diocesan Guild. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 29 April 1953 in 2h 58 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Middleton's 1 Alan Dugdale 2 Denis Maddock 3 John Orme 4 Fred Jackson 5 Walter Allman (C) 6 William E Allman 7 John E Bibby 8 John Scott First peal of Surprise; 4. Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Monday, 4 May 1953 in 2h 58 (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Shirley Golding 2 Henry O Baker 3 Walter Allman 4 Cecil Raddon 5 William Allman 6 John E Bibby 7 Harold Worrall (C) 8 Brian Harris First peal in the method as conductor Ringing World May 22nd 1953 No. 2199 Vol. XLIX page 322 Chester Diocesan Guild Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 9 May 1953 in 3h 2 (15–1–16 in F) 5024 Oxford Treble Bob Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Dorothy T Heap 2 Joan Carter 3 Basil Jones 4 Mary Lewis 5 Tom Wilde 6 James Carter 7 John R Heap 8 C Kenneth Lewis (C) First peal in the method: Dorothy Heap, Joan Carter, Mary Lewis and John Heap. Source: RW 1953, page 323. Chester Diocesan Guild Farndon, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 9 May 1953 in 3h 4 (12–1–22 in F) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by J J Parker 1 John W Griffiths (C) 2 C Anne Muirhead 3 Robert W Hinde 4 J Benjamin Budd 5 Percy Swindley 6 George F Sperring 7 Dennis H B Millward 8 R Gordon Corby First peal: 3 First peal on eight bells: 2 Rung as a farewell peal for the Rector, Canon G Vaughan, who is leaving Farndon to take up another appointment Ringing World page reference: 2199.0323Chester Diocesan Guild Capenhurst, Cheshire Holy Trinity Saturday, 9 May 1953 in 2h 40 (11–0–22 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Shirley Golding 2 Roselyn Crewe 3 Brian Harris 4 John W Griffiths 5 Andrew J H Scott 6 R Gordon Corby (C) First peal of Minor inside: 2 Birthday compliment to George F. Sperring and to D. F. Ferguson, president of the Manchester University Guild Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 13 May 1953 in 2h 58 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Composed by W Barton 1 Alan Dugdale 2 Denis Maddock 3 Walter Allman (C) 4 Fred Jackson 5 John Orme 6 William E Allman 7 John E Bibby 8 John Scott First peal in the method; all except 3,7. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Tuesday, 19 May 1953 in 3h 17 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Neil D Lomas 3 Anne Worth 4 Gerald Farrer 5 John Worth 6 Harry Farrer 7 A Hedley Wood 8 Alan A Potts (C) Rung for the installation of Alderman John B Hidderley as Mayor of Macclesfield. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Saturday, 23 May 1953 in 2h 55 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Cynthia Bibby (aged 12) 2 Elizabeth M Bibby 3 William G Bibby 4 Harold Mathias 5 Fred Jackson 6 Oswald Claybrook 7 John E Bibby (C) 8 Francis Bibby First peal; 1,4. First peal ‘inside’; 3. Rung to celebrate the engagement of Elizabeth M. Bibby and Mr. George Edward Daniels, of Dilham, Norfolk. Also completes 40 years as regular Sunday service ringers at Frodsham for J.E. Bibby and F. Bibby. Rung by the Sunday service band. Chester Diocesan Guild West Kirby, Wirral St Bridget Tuesday, 2 June 1953 (12–0–23 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Triples 1 Frances Killingley 2 Arthur Killingley 3 John Andrew 4 Barbara Ledger 5 John Jukes (C) 6 William Stanley 7 Alan Houston 8 Ian M Robertson Rung on the morning of the Coronation her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Tuesday, 2 June 1953 in 2h 45 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 John W L Slack 2 Anne Rose 3 Charles W Lawton (C) 4 N Meakin 5 Mrs C W Lawton 6 G Barnard Rung for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II by the Sunday service band. [Additional note added 2022 - we believe that Anne Rose, aged 16, had by this time had her arm amputated due to cancer and rang this peal single handed] Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Tuesday, 2 June 1953 in 3h 17 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5039 Grandsire Caters Composed by B Jealous 1 May Lomas 2 Basil Jones 3 Alan A Potts 4 Neil D Lomas 5 Anne Worth 6 Gerald Farrer (C) 7 John Worth 8 Harry Farrer 9 Joseph W Whittaker 10 Roy A Booth Rung for the Coronation of H.M Queen Elizabeth II. Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Tuesday, 2 June 1953 in 2h 50 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1 Eve V Parker 2 Arthur Beeley 3 James A Milner 4 Mrs D E Hawksford 5 Albert T Bancroft 6 Stephen W J Penney (C) First peal: 2. Rung by members of the local band. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Tuesday, 2 June 1953 in 3h 2 (13–3–8 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by Henry O Baker 1 Rev J Kingdon 2 Harry Lewis 3 Shirley Golding 4 Betty Griffiths 5 John Ashcroft 6 Harold Worrall 7 Henry O Baker (C) 8 Brian Harris Rung in honour of the Coronation of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. Ringing World page reference: 2202.0371Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Wednesday, 3 June 1953 in 2h 51 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Grandsire Doubles Being 42 six-scores(10 callings) 1 Harry Callwood 2 Arthur Street 3 Ernest Pimlott (C) 4 Arnold Worth 5 Robert Barratt 6 George Barber Rung in honour of the Coronation of H. M. Queen Elizabeth II. Rung by the local band. Chester Diocesan Guild Bebington, Wirral St Andrew Wednesday, 3 June 1953 in 2h 59 (8–1–13 in A♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 John Cooke 2 Charles B Pemberton 3 Robert Maddock 4 Stanley D Sutton 5 William Dean 6 Charles Wiltshaw 7 H Stewart Bailey 8 Frank T Parry (C) First peal of Major: 3 Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Thursday, 4 June 1953 in 2h 59 (14–1–26 in F) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Anne P Brown 2 Jean C Brown 3 Stella P Wain 4 Ruth M Jackson 5 Allen Twyman 6 David Vincent 7 Roy E Broom 8 Alan J Brown (C) Rung in honour of the Coronation of H. M. Queen Elizabeth II. Rung by the Sunday service band. First peal in the method:1, 3, 4 and 5. Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Thursday, 4 June 1953 in 2h 34 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Plain Minor (4m) Being one extent each of Double Oxford Bob and St. Clement’s Bob, two extents of Oxford Bob and three extents of Plain Bob. 1 Frank H Holland 2 Terry Owen 3 Charles B Pemberton 4 Bruce A Critten 5 Thomas Smith (C) 6 Stanley D Sutton First peal: 1,2 & 4 First peal as conductor Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Wirral St Hilary of Poitiers Saturday, 6 June 1953 in 2h 50 (8–2–17 in G) 5040 Minor (4m) Being one extent each of Oxford Treble Bob and Kent Treble Bob, two extents of Oxford Bob and three extents of Plain Bob. 1 Joyce Rogers 2 Joan M Webster 3 Marjorie E Webster 4 Vivian T O Boase 5 Charles B Pemberton 6 John A Webster (C) First peal: 1 Chester Diocesan Guild Oxton, Wirral St Saviour Saturday, 6 June 1953 in 3h 20 (20–1–16 in E) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Douglas Watson Snr 2 Carol F Jones 3 Ernest T Carvell 4 Thomas Smith 5 Alexander J Martin (C) 6 H Stewart Bailey 7 Ernest F Bennett 8 Thomas A Rogers Chester Diocesan Guild Grappenhall, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 6 June 1953 in 2h 44 (11–2–6 in F) 5040 Minor (2m) 3 extents Kent Treble Bob, 4 extents Plain Bob, each called differently. 1 John C Breese 2 James H Peters 3 John E Ashcroft 4 Harold Monks 5 Clifford W Shaw 6 Harold Worrall (C) First peal in 2 methods 1 & 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Tuesday, 9 June 1953 in 2h 57 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker's Twelve-Part 1 Edward Webster 2 Robert W Hinde 3 Fred Evans 4 J Benjamin Budd 5 William Cathrall 6 John W Griffiths (C) 7 Percy Swindley 8 Dennis H B Millward First peal: 1. A Birthday Compliment to Mr J B Budd. Ringing World page reference: 2206.0448Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Wednesday, 10 June 1953 in 2h 40 (11–0–9) 5040 Minor (7m) Being seven extents, viz.: Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Double Oxford Bob, St. Clement’s Bob, Oxford Bob and Plain Bob. 1 Andrew J H Scott 2 Terry Owen 3 Stanley D Sutton 4 Charles B Pemberton (C) 5 Thomas Smith 6 Alexander J Martin First peal in seven methods: 2 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 12 June 1953 in 2h 55 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Shirley Golding 2 John E Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 William Allman 5 Frederick Jackson 6 Henry O Baker 7 Brian Harris 8 Denis Maddock (C) First peal of Surprise as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Witton (Northwich), Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 13 June 1953 in 3h 5 (14–0–0 in F) 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Thorp 1 Henry Parker (C) 2 Harry W Howard 3 Eric Hornby 4 Ethel Wise 5 Reginald W Worrall 6 Harold Worrall 7 Cecil Raddon 8 John Scott First peal of Kent Treble Bob Major: 4 Chester Diocesan Guild Malpas, Cheshire St Oswald Saturday, 13 June 1953 in 3h (15–3–6 in E) 5152 Cholmondeley Bob Major Composed by G Lindoff (CCC 28 Plain Bob) 1 J Benjamin Budd 2 Norah M Bibby 3 Dennis H B Millward 4 John W Best 5 Percy Swindley 6 George H Randles 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 R Gordon Corby 50th peal together: 3 and 4 The first peal in the method (CCC 52 A) Rung to the memory of James Swindley Ringing World page reference: 2206.0449Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 13 June 1953 in 2h 54 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5088 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 James A Milner 2 Basil Jones 3 Alex Richardson 4 Alan A Potts 5 Edward Jenkins 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 John Worth (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Friday, 19 June 1953 in 3h 34 (24–3–0 in D) 5003 Grandsire Caters Composed by J George 1 Betty Griffiths 2 Hazel Close 3 Norah M Bibby 4 Frederick H Birks 5 John W Griffiths (C) 6 J Benjamin Budd 7 George H Randles 8 Dennis H B Millward 9 Percy Swindley 10 R Gordon Corby First peal of Grandsire Caters: 1, 2. Rung on the eve of St. Werbergh’s Day as a farewell peal to Bishop N. H. Tubbs, Dean of Chester, who has recently retired. Ringing World page reference: 2206.0448Chester Diocesan Guild Bodelwyddan, Flintshire St Margaret Saturday, 27 June 1953 in 3h 4 (14–1–6 in F) 5088 Double Bob Major Composed by J W Parker 1 J Benjamin Budd 2 Norah M Bibby 3 R Gordon Corby 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 Roger B Morris 6 George H Randles 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 Percy Swindley The first peal of Double Bob Major by all. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Wednesday, 1 July 1953 in 2h 59 (13–3–8 in F) 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 2304 Bristol, 1600 London, 576 Superlative and 544 Cambridge, with 96 com Composed by A J Pitman 1 Shirley Golding 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Brian Harris 4 John E Bibby 5 Henry O Baker 6 John Worth 7 Samuel Jones, Jun 8 Walter Allman First peal of Spliced: 7 Rung for the Feast of Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ringing World page reference: 2208.0479Chester Diocesan Guild Eccleston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 4 July 1953 in 3h 21 (26–3–3 in E♭) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 Ronald Edwards 2 Basil Jones 3 Henry O Baker 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 John Worth 6 Walter Allman 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Ralph G Edwards Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 11 July 1953 in 3h (14–1–22 in F♯) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (12m) In twelve methods, being 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 Basil Jones 3 Edward Jenkins 4 James Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Alan A Potts 8 Joseph W Whittaker Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Saturday, 11 July 1953 in 2h 55 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by H N Pitstow 1 Shirley Golding 2 Denis Maddock 3 Fred Jackson 4 Walter Allman (C) 5 Harold Worrall 6 William E Allman 7 John E Bibby 8 Cecil Raddon Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 11 July 1953 in 3h 5 (16–1–5 in E) 5040 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by H W Pitstow 1 Betty Griffiths 2 Harold Worrall 3 Walter Allman (C) 4 Fred Jackson 5 John E Bibby 6 William E Allman 7 Cecil Raddon 8 Denis Maddock First peal in the method: 4 Ringing World July 31st 1953 No. 2209 Vol. XLIX page 495 Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Thursday, 23 July 1953 in 3h 12 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by J J Parker's Twelve-part 1 Roselyn Crewe 2 Daphne Lloyd 3 Frederick H Birks 4 Percy Swindley 5 Samuel Jones, Jun 6 John W Griffiths (C) 7 Dennis H B Millward 8 H Stewart Bailey Rung with the bells half-muffled as a token of respect to His Grace the Duke of Westminster, patron of this church and the Chester Diocesan Guild, whose funeral took place at Eccleston, near Chester, earlier in the day Ringing World page reference: 2210.0512Chester Diocesan Guild Waverton, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 25 July 1953 in 2h 49 (8–0–10 in G) 5040 Minor (2m) Being two 720s Single Oxford Bob (Nos 58 & 59) and five Plain Bob (Nos 28,29,34,50 and 52) 1 Percy Swindley 2 Roselyn Crewe 3 J Benjamin Budd 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 John W Griffiths 6 R Gordon Corby (C) Rung half-muffled in memoriam of the Duke of Westminster First peal in two methods: 2 Ringing World page reference: 2210.0515Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 8 August 1953 in 2h 51 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by E Bennett 1 James A Milner 2 C Kenneth Lewis 3 Peter Laflin 4 Basil Jones 5 Joseph W Whittaker 6 John Worth (C) 7 Edward Jenkins 8 John E Bibby Rung in honour of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. W. Allman. Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 15 August 1953 in 3h 4 (11–0–7 in G) 5040 Single Oxford Bob Triples Composed by J J Parker's Six-part CCC No. 3 1 Daphne Lloyd 2 Percy Swindley 3 Robert W Hinde 4 J Benjamin Budd 5 Dennis H B Millward 6 H Stewart Bailey 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 R Gordon Corby First peal in the method: 3,6 Ringing World page reference: 2213.0560Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 15 August 1953 in 3h 16 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Henry O Baker 2 June M Henshaw 3 Peter Laflin 4 John Worth (C) 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Denis Mottershead 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 William Allman 9 Walter Allman 10 Edward Jenkins Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 22 August 1953 in 2h 55 (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (5m) (1 & 2) Sandal; (3 & 4) London Scholars’ Pleasure; (5) Capel; (6) Kingston; (7) Oxford 1 James A Milner 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 Sydney Sage 4 Ivor Jenkins 5 Alexander Richardson 6 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in 5 methods: 4. Rung in honour of the appointment of the Rev J G S Winstanley, Vicar of Poynton, as an Honorary Canon of Chester Cathedral, and also to mark the birth of a son to Mrs I Jenkins. Chester Diocesan Guild Nether Alderley, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 29 August 1953 in 2h 52 (11–1–24 in F♯) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (21m) (1) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal and St. Werburgh Delight. (2) Willesden, Newdigate, College Bob IV. and Old Oxford Delight. (3) College Exercise, Norbury, Ockley and Duke of Norfolk Treble Bob. (4) and (5) Charlwood, Neasden, St. Albans and Wragby Delight. (6) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars’ Pleasure
and Kingston Treble Bob. (7) Oxford Treble Bob. 1 Sydney Sage 2 Jean C Brown 3 Eric Simpson 4 Sidney Hough jun 5 Alexander Richardson 6 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in 21 methods: 1 & 2. Rung to celebrate the birthday of Mr. R. Hayden, local tower captain, and the coming-of-age of the conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Fairfield, Derbyshire St Peter Wednesday, 2 September 1953 in 3h (12–0–10 in F♯) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by H Dains 1 Brian J Woodruffe 2 James A Milner 3 Mrs M E White 4 Sydney Hough, Junr 5 Mrs G Richardson 6 Barry Corbishley 7 Denis Mottershead 8 Alexander Richardson (C) First peal of Major: 1. First peal of Major inside: 5. First peal of Major as conductor. Rung as a 21st birthday compliment to William A Smith. Ringing World page reference: 2216.0607Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 5 September 1953 in 3h 9 (26–0–21 in D) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Wilfred Matthews 1 Sheila Machin 2 Mrs C W Lawton 3 Alan A Potts 4 Charles W Lawton 5 Wilfred Stevenson 6 John Worth 7 Frank Yates (C) 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal : Sheila Machin. Rung fully muffled in memory of the late Wilfred Matthews, who was buried at St. James church, Sutton on Tuesday 1st September. Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Saturday, 12 September 1953 in 2h 37 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Minor (4m) One 720 Cambridge, two 720s each Oxford Treble Bob, Kent and Plain Bob 1 John Scott 2 Cecil Raddon 3 Eric Hornby 4 Harold Worrall 5 James W Grounds 6 Harry W Howard (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Oxton, Wirral St Saviour Saturday, 12 September 1953 in 3h 26 (20–1–16 in E) 5040 Plain Bob Triples Composed by H Hubbard 1 Charles B Pemberton 2 Terry Owen 3 C Anne Muirhead 4 Carol F Jones 5 Thomas Smith 6 Ernest F Bennett 7 Alexander J Martin (C) 8 H Stewart Bailey First peal of Triples: 1,2,4,5 and 7. First peal in the method by all the band. Rung half-muffled in memoriam George R. Newton, interred at Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool, on Thursday, September 10th. Chester Diocesan Guild Church Lawton, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 12 September 1953 in 2h 38 (8–1–2 in G) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Reeves' Variation 1 Reginald Harper 2 Douglas R Whalley (C) 3 Phillip S Whalley 4 Charles D Page 5 Robert S Arrowsmith 6 Arnold Moore 7 Ronald Barlow 8 Walter Longman Also rung for The North Staffordshire Association First peal: 3 Rung as a 92nd birthday compliment to Mr William Rigby, of Lawton, and also to the conductor’s wife Ringing World October 2nd 1953 No. 2218 Vol. XLIX page 639 Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 19 September 1953 in 3h 11 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by H Dains (CCC No.31) 1 Hazel Close 2 Robert W Hinde 3 Fred Evans 4 Frederick H Birks 5 John W Best 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 Percy Swindley First peal in the method: 1,2 Ringing World page reference: 2218.0640Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 3 October 1953 in 2h 57 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) In four methods, being 1,312 Bristol, and 1,280 each of London, Cambridge and Superlative with 110 changes of method. Composed by Albert J Pitman 1 James A Milner 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Frederick E Wilshaw 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Edward Jenkins 7 Alan A Potts 8 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in four spliced methods: 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 17 October 1953 in 3h 7 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5152 Poulton Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1 Fred Evans 2 John W Best 3 Robert R W Hinde 4 Percy Swindley 5 Frederick H Birks 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 R Gordon Corby The first peal in the method (C.C.C. 364) Ringing World page reference: 2222.0704Chester Diocesan Guild Hartford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 17 October 1953 in 2h 40 (12–0–00 in G) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Consisting of four 720's and one 2,160. 1 Henry Parker 2 Eric Hornby 3 Reginald W Worrall 4 Cecil Raddon 5 Harold Worrall 6 Harry W Howard (C) Rung to inaugurate the Northwich Crusade for the parish of Hartford, and as a birthday compliment to the wife of the ringer of the 4th. Henry parker has now 'completed the circle' of this tower. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 30 October 1953 in 3h 3 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 John E Bibby 4 Fred Jackson 5 Henry O Baker 6 Edward Jenkins 7 Walter Allman 8 John Worth (C) First peal in the method; 4. Chester Diocesan Guild Weaverham, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 31 October 1953 in 2h 48 (9–0–0 in A♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Rev. E. Bankes James' arrangement 1 Douglas Kirkpatrick 2 Eric Hornby 3 Harold Worrall 4 Henry Parker 5 Cecil Raddon 6 Harry W Howard (C) First peal of Surprise on the bells. Rung as a birthday compliment to the ringer of the 4th and Edward V. Rodenhurst. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary within the Walls Friday, 20 November 1953 in 3h (13–3–8 in F) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by H Law James 1 Betty Griffiths 2 John E Bibby 3 Walter Allman (C) 4 Fred Jackson 5 Henry O Baker 6 William Allman 7 John W Griffiths 8 Samuel Jones, Jun First peal in the method: 1,6 100th peal together: 3,5 A birthday compliment to Miss Shirley Golding, a ringer at this tower Ringing World page reference: 2227.0783Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 21 November 1953 in 3h 4 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J A Trollope 1 Victor Neal 2 Henry Parker 3 Ethel Wise 4 Harold Worrall 5 Douglas Kirkpatrick 6 John Scott 7 Cecil Raddon 8 Harry W Howard (C) First peal of Plain Bob Major, 1,3. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 5 December 1953 in 3h 19 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Pudsey Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Alan A Potts 2 Basil Jones 3 Fred Dunkerley 4 James Fernley 5 Peter Laflin 6 John E Bibby 7 Edward Jenkins 8 John Worth (C) 9 Walter Allman 10 Joseph W Whittaker First peal in the method : treble,2,3 and 4. First peal in the method as conductor. A birthday compliment to Mr. Peter Laflin, 64 years old, Mr. A Barnes, 85 years old and Mr. W Gayes, 80 years old. Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 5 December 1953 in 3h 14 (20–0–0 in E) 5039 Grandsire Caters Composed by George Hayward 1 Malcolm S Owen 2 Harry F Holding 3 Steven Layland 4 G Herbert Edge 5 Richard D Langford 6 E John Holloway 7 George A Packer (C) 8 Ivor R Nichols 9 Wilfred Kerr 10 W Frank Stenson First peal (15years): 1 First peal inside: 3.6 Rung by the full Sunday service band to the glory of God and in memoriam Richard T Holding, Harry Overton and Jack Price, all former Sunday service ringers at Christ Church, Crewe Ringing World December 18th 1953 No. 2229 Vol. XLIX page 814 Chester Diocesan Guild Christleton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 5 December 1953 in 3h 8 (12–1–26 in F♯) 5152 Christleton Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1 George F Sperring 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 Brian Harris 4 Robert W Hinde 5 John W Best 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 Percy Swindley 8 R Gordon Corby The first peal in the method (C.C.C. 108). Ringing World page reference: 2229.0816Chester Diocesan Guild Holmes Chapel, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 12 December 1953 in 2h 56 (11 in F♯) 5040 Doubles 12 Extents of Plain Bob, (4 Callings), 26 Extents Grandsire (10 Callings) & 2 Morris's 240 of Grandsire 1 Robert Barratt 2 William McDowell 3 Leonard Copnall 4 Bernard J Ongley 5 Ernest Pimlott (C) 6 Sydney Sage Rung to commemorate the opening of the bells after rehanging Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 12 December 1953 in 3h 12 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5056 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by George Lewis 1 J Benjamin Budd 2 John W Griffiths 3 F Hector Bennett 4 Percy Swindley 5 William A Farmer 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 R Gordon Corby 8 Arthur Pritchard (C) First peal in the method: 5 First peal in the method 'inside': 6 A birthday compliment to Mr S Jones of Eccleston Ringing World page reference: 2230.0832Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 19 December 1953 in 3h (11–0–7 in G) 5040 Hereward Bob Triples Composed by CCC Triples Methods, Peal No. 1 1 George F Sperring 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 J Benjamin Budd 4 Robert W Hinde 5 John W Best 6 Dennis H B Millward 7 Percy Swindley 8 R Gordon Corby First peal in the method: 3,4 First peal in the method inside: 6 Ringing World page reference: 2231.0004Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 26 December 1953 in 3h 42 (26–0–21 in D) 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Composed by W Pye 1 Samuel Jones jnr 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Wilfred Stevenson 4 C Kenneth Lewis 5 Basil Jones 6 Alan A Potts 7 John E Bibby 8 John Worth (C) 9 Henry O Baker 10 Peter Laflin 11 Edward Jenkins 12 Ralph G Edwards Chester Diocesan Guild Fairfield, Derbyshire St Peter Tuesday, 29 December 1953 in 2h 42 (12–0–10 in F♯) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (10m) In ten methods: (1) Braintree and St. Albans, (2) Neasden, (3) Charlwood, (4) Wragby Delight, (5) Sandal and Kingston, (6) Capel and London Scholars' Pleasure, (7) Oxford Treble Bob. 1 Alexander Richardson 2 M Gillian Brierley 3 Sidney Hough, Junr 4 Mrs A Richardson 5 William A Smith 6 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in ten methods: 4. 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