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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 102 matching performances. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Thursday, 1 January 1959 in 2h 56 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 Eileen M Fearn 2 Carol Fernley 3 Robert B Smith 4 Basil Jones 5 Bernard F L Groves 6 William H Dowse 7 Leslie Boumphrey 8 Brian Harris (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Thursday, 1 January 1959 in 2h 41 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5056 New Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by F H Dexter 1 Eileen M Fearn 2 Carol Fernley 3 Bernard F L Groves 4 William H Dowse 5 Basil Jones (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Brian Harris 8 Robert B Smith Run as one of four surprise peals in a day by the Chester Diocesan Guild Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Thursday, 1 January 1959 in 2h 19 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Being seven extents 1 Brian Harris 2 Basil Jones 3 William H Dowse 4 Leslie Boumphrey 5 Bernard F L Groves 6 Robert B Smith (C) Rung as a compliment to Miss Eileen M. Fearn on her birthday. Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Thursday, 1 January 1959 in 2h 25 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Beverley Surprise Minor Being seven extents 1 Robert B Smith 2 Bernard F L Groves (C) 3 William H Dowse 4 Basil Jones 5 Leslie Boumphrey 6 Brian Harris Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 3 January 1959 in 3h 25 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Lincolnshire Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Philip G K Davies 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones 4 Bernard F L Groves 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth 7 Robert B Smith 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Peter Laflin 10 Brian Harris First peal in the method on the bells and by the Guild. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 7 January 1959 in 2h 58 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Cynthia Bibby 3 John E Bibby (C) 4 William G Bibby 5 Fred Jackson 6 Walter Allman 7 Cyril Valentine 8 Francis Bibby Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Friday, 9 January 1959 in 2h 53 (16–1–5 in E) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by Harold Worrall 1 John Hays 2 John Orme 3 Roy Forster 4 Cecil Raddon 5 John Ryder 6 William Allman 7 Harold Worrall (C) 8 Walter Allman Rung as a birthday compliment to the ringer of the fourth Ringing World February 20th 1959 No. 2499 Vol. LV page 118 Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 10 January 1959 in 2h 53 (14–1–4) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor Being seven extents 1 Bernard F L Groves (C) 2 Frank Osbaldiston 3 Christine C Macnair 4 Basil Jones 5 Robert B Smith 6 William H Dowse A 'coming of age' compliment to to the ringer of the 5th Chester Diocesan Guild Tushingham, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 17 January 1959 in 2h 39 (11–1–7 in G♯) 5040 Plain Minor (7m) Being one 720 each of Double Bob, St. Clement’s, Childwall, Double Oxford, Thelwall, Single Oxford and Plain Bob. 1 Roger King 2 Geoffrey Parting 3 John S Dean 4 Edward V Rodenhurst 5 John W Griffiths (C) 6 Percy Swindley Chester Diocesan Guild Nether Alderley, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 17 January 1959 in 2h 48 (11–1–24 in F♯) 5040 Delight Minor (15m) (1) Castleton; (2) Peveril and Beeston; (3) Leasowe and Melandra: (4) Skipton, Chepstow, Balmoral and Fotheringay; (5) Dover; (6) Knutsford, Rostherne, Wilmslow and Bogedone; (7) Ely. 1 Ivor Jenkins 2 William H Dowse 3 Neil D Lomas 4 Sidney Hough jun 5 Alexander Richardson 6 Denis Mottershead (C) A birthday compliment to Mr. and Mrs. John Wheadon, of Wilmslow Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Monday, 19 January 1959 in 2h 54 (14–1–26) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (6m) In six methods, comprising 1,600 London, 1,280 Rutland, 640 each of Bristol, Cambridge and Superlative, and 320 Yorkshire, with 110 changes of method. Composed by Albert J Pitman 1 Allen Twyman 2 Trevor Taylor 3 Frederick William Grocott 4 Neil D Lomas 5 Derek Taylor 6 Geoffrey D Fernyhough 7 Derek Ogden (C) 8 Denis Mottershead First peal of Spliced Surprise Major and 100th peal for the Guild: 8. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 24 January 1959 in 2h 55 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Glasgow Surprise Major Composed by C K Lewis 1 John Worth (C) 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Robert B Smith 4 Basil Jones 5 Bernard F L Groves 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Brian Harris 8 Edward Jenkins Chester Diocesan Guild Church Lawton, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 31 January 1959 in 2h 50 (8–1–2 in G) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by H Dains 1 Frank Morton 2 Leonard Copnall 3 John E Brough 4 Derek A N Holland 5 Bernard J Ongley 6 George A Packer 7 Henry Parker 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) First peal of Major and in the method: 1,4 First of Major in the method: 2 Rung as a thanksgiving and welcome home for the Rector, now restored to health after a serious illness Ringing World February 20th 1959 No. 2499 Vol. LV page 119 Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Tuesday, 3 February 1959 in 2h 37 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Grandsire Doubles Being 21 different 240's. 1 Thomas Norbury 2 Barry Corbishley 3 F George Forrester 4 Harry Callwood 5 Ernest Pimlott (C) 6 Derek Briscall First peal: 1. Rung for the wedding of Wilfred Denis Norbury to Beryl Pauleen Norbury, daughter of the treble ringer. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 14 February 1959 in 3h 25 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Bristol Surprise Royal Rung with a fourths place bob. Composition contains 16 567890s, 657890s, 467890s and 457890s. Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Peter Laflin 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones 4 Bernard F L Groves 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Robert B Smith 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Edward Jenkins 10 Brian Harris Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 21 February 1959 in 2h 55 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5120 Watford Surprise Major Composed by M Hodgson 1 Bernard F L Groves 2 John Worth 3 Robert B Smith 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Peter Laflin 8 Brian Harris Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 28 February 1959 in 2h 54 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5152 Hanbury Surprise Major Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Robert B Smith 2 Bernard F L Groves 3 John Worth 4 Edward Jenkins 5 Brian Harris 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 8 Basil Jones Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 7 March 1959 in 2h 55 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Robert B Smith 2 Eileen M Fearn 3 Carol Fernley 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 Bernard F L Groves 6 William H Dowse 7 Leslie Boumphrey 8 Brian Harris (C) First peal ‘inside’ in the method: 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire 4 Rushton Drive Saturday, 7 March 1959 in 2h 16 (15 in C) 5152 Plain Bob Major Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1–2 Frank Osbaldiston 3–4 Robert B Smith 5–6 Bernard Groves (C) 7–8 William H Dowse First handbell peal as conductor Ringing World March 27th 1959 No. 2504 Vol. LV page 201 Ringing World page reference: 2504.0201Chester Diocesan Guild Handley, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 7 March 1959 in 2h 48 (14–1–6 in F) 5040 Plain Minor (8m) Being 720 each of Double Court, Double and Plain Bob, Double Oxford, Thelwall, St Clement's, Childwall and Single Oxford 1 Denise Shallcross 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 John S Dean 4 Edward V Rodenhurst 5 Roger King 6 Geoffrey Parting The most methods rung to a peal 'inside': 5,6 Ringing World page reference: 2503.0185Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Thursday, 12 March 1959 in 3h 12 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 Leslie Boumphrey 2 Bernard F L Groves 3 Ernest Bennett 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 7 Robert B Smith 8 Peter Laflin Rung half-muffled to the memory of Mrs. Eva Fernley, buried the previous day. Chester Diocesan Guild New Mills, Derbyshire St George Wednesday, 1 April 1959 in 3h 5 (13–1–0 in G♯) 5152 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Parker 1 Carol Fernley 2 Bernard F L Groves 3 Basil Jones 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 William H Dowse 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Robert B Smith 8 Brian Harris (C) First peal in the method: Carol Fernley, Frank Osbaldiston and William Dowse. Source: RW, 1959, page 231. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 1 April 1959 in 2h 53 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by W Royle 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Cynthia Bibby 3 John E Bibby 4 Francis Bibby 5 Frederick Jackson 6 Cyril Valentine 7 Walter Allman (C) 8 Denis Maddock First peal in the method; 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Stockport, Greater Manchester St George Saturday, 4 April 1959 in 3h 37 (29¼) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by W Pye 1 Sidney Hough 2 Philip G K Davies 3 Neil Bennett 4 Trevor Taylor 5 James S Webb 6 Derek Taylor 7 Denis Mottershead (C) 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Derek Ogden 10 Neil D Lomas Rung with the best wishes of the band to Mr. and Mrs. L. Boumphrey on the birth of a daughter, Jaclyn Ringing world: 2508.0262 Ringing World page reference: 2508.0262Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 4 April 1959 in 3h 21 (20–0–0 in E) 5039 Grandsire Caters Composed by G Hayward 1 Michael Allman 2 Wilfred Kerr 3 Richard D Langford 4 Derek Holland 5 John E Brough 6 Edward J Holloway 7 George A Packer (C) 8 Malcolm Owen 9 Frederick S Sutton 10 W Frank Stenson Rung to celebrate the wedding of Ivor R Nichols (a ringer at this tower) to Miss Rosalie Garrett, of Tenby, South Wales, which took place on Easter Monday Ringing World April 24th 1959 No. 2508 Vol. LV page 262 Chester Diocesan Guild Cheadle, Greater Manchester St Mary Tuesday, 7 April 1959 in 3h 8 (13–2–19) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Eileen M Fearn 2 Bernard F L Groves 3 Philip G K Davies 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 Robert B Smith 6 William H Dowse 7 Peter Laflin 8 Denis Mottershead (C) Ringing world: 2508.0263 Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 11 April 1959 in 2h 46 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Minor (4m) Being two extents each of Cambridge Surprise, Oxford and Kent Treble Bob and one extent of Plain Bob. 1 Carol Fernley 2 Eileen M Fearn 3 Christine Macnair 4 Philip G K Davies 5 Bernard F L Groves (C) 6 William H Dowse First peal in four Minor methods: 2 & 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 18 April 1959 in 3h 6 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Plain Bob Major Composed by F Clayton 1 John Robinson 2 Philip G K Davies 3 Eileen M Fearn 4 Bernard F L Groves 5 Carol Fernley 6 John R Kennett 7 Peter Laflin 8 Robert B Smith (C) First peal: 1. Rung as a birthday compliment to Bernard Groves. Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 18 April 1959 in 3h 2 (16–1–5 in E) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Nichol 1 Christopher Jones 2 Cecil Raddon 3 Mrs D Lowe 4 John Ryder 5 Douglas Lowe 6 Harold Worrall 7 Henry Parker (C) 8 Denis Maddock Ringing World May 8th 1959 No. 2510 Vol. LV page 295 Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Friday, 24 April 1959 in 2h 41 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Doubles (3m/1v) Being 42 extents: 1,440 Grandsire, 1,440 Plain Bob, 1,080 April Day, 1,080 Reverse St. Bartholomew. 1 Derek Briscall 2 Brian Schofield 3 Robert Barratt 4 Harry Callwood 5 Ernest Pimlott (C) 6 Nigel Ryder First peal: 6. Rung as a silver wedding compliment to Mr. and Mrs. T. Newton, married at Chelford on April 25th, 1934. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 25 April 1959 in 2h 55 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Eileen M Fearn 3 John R Kennett 4 Carol Fernley 5 Basil Jones (C) 6 Ernest Boumphrey 7 Leslie Boumphrey 8 William H Dowse Rung on St. Mark’s Day. Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 25 April 1959 in 2h 54 5040 (7) Treble Bob Minor In seven methods (1) Cambridge Surprise (2) Kent Treble Bob (3)Kingston (4) Sandal (5) Capel (6) London Scholar's Pleasure (6) Oxford Treble Bob 1 M Jillian Brierley 2 Bernard F L Groves 3 Brian S Schofield 4 Ivor Jenkins 5 Alexander Richardson 6 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in seven methods inside 3. A wedding anniversary compliment to Mr & Mrs A Richardson Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 2 May 1959 in 3h 20 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 London No. 3 Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Bernard F L Groves 2 Robert B Smith 3 Basil Jones 4 Ernest Bennett 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Peter Laflin 10 Brian Harris Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 6 May 1959 in 2h 52 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Walter Allman 3 John E Bibby (C) 4 Denis Maddock 5 Fred Jackson 6 Cyril Valentine 7 Francis Bibby 8 Cecil Raddon The ringer of the fourth has now ‘completed the circle.’ Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Friday, 22 May 1959 in 3h 5 (14–1–26) 5152 London Surprise Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Leslie Boumphrey 2 Barrie Hendry 3 Robert B Smith 4 William H Dowse 5 Basil Jones 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Alan J Brown 8 Brian Harris Chester Diocesan Guild Runcorn, Cheshire All Saints Tuesday, 26 May 1959 in 2h 55 (15–3–15 in E) 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1 John Hayes 2 Phyllis Hackney 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby 5 Frederick Jackson 6 William E Allman 7 Charles Ward 8 Denis Maddock (C) First peal in the method: 1 & 2. First in the method as conductor. RW 2515.0379 Chester Diocesan Guild Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 30 May 1959 in 2h 58 (15–1–16 in F) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 Bernard F L Groves 4 Ivor Jenkins 5 William H Dowse 6 Alexander Richardson 7 Derek Taylor 8 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in the method "inside": Sidney Hough and Ivor Jenkins. Source: RW 1959, page 379. Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 13 June 1959 in 6h (13–2–15 in F♯) 9568 Spliced Surprise Major (10m) 1,536 each of Cambridge and Superlative, 1,152 Watford, 768 each of Ealing, Hanbury, Kendal, London, Pudsey and Wembley, and 736 of Bristol, with 237 changes of method. Composed by Albert J Pitman 1 Bernard F L Groves 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 John Worth 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Robert B Smith 8 Brian Harris Umpire: William H Dowse. The longest length of Spliced Surprise Major yet rung. Chester Diocesan Guild Christleton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 13 June 1959 in 3h 3 (12–1–26 in F♯) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by A Knights 1 John Hayes 2 Reginald W Worrall 3 Harry Parker 4 Cecil Raddon 5 Harry W Howard 6 John Ryder 7 Harold Worrall 8 A Gordon Lawrence (C) Rung to celebrate the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Worrall (June 16th), and the 26th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. G . Lawrence (June 10th). Ringing World page reference: 2517.0410Chester Diocesan Guild Astbury, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 13 June 1959 in 2h 37 (12–0–20 in G♯) 5040 Minor (5m) Being one extent each of Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Single Oxford Bob and three extents of Plain Bob 1 Richard Cartlidge 2 Norman Sherratt 3 Victor Stonier 4 Walter Sherratt 5 Roy Worrall 6 Barry Corbishley (C) First peal: 2 First peal in more than one method as conductor Ringing World August 14th 1959 No. 2521 Vol. LV page 445 Chester Diocesan Guild New Mills, Derbyshire St George Tuesday, 16 June 1959 in 2h 57 (13–1–0 in G♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Shirley Harris 2 John R Gilden 3 Eileen M Fearn 4 Carol Fernley 5 Robert B Smith 6 Brian Harris 7 Basil Jones (C) 8 Leslie Boumphrey First peal of major and first away from the treble: John Gilden. Source: RW, 1959, page 443. Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Wednesday, 17 June 1959 in 3h 4 (16–1–5 in E) 5024 Plain Bob Major Composed by J Barker 1 Dennis Maddock 2 John Hayes 3 John Ryder 4 Cecil Raddon 5 Roy Foster 6 Walter Allman 7 Harold Worrall (C) 8 Alan E Hartley First peal inside: 2 Rung to celebrate the wedding of Mr and Mrs E Walker and the 80th birthday of Miss E Houghton, former sexton Ringing World August 14th 1959 No. 2521 Vol. LV page 443 Chester Diocesan Guild Dodleston, Cheshire St Mary Friday, 19 June 1959 in 2h 40 (8–0–0 in A) 5040 Minor (4m) Being two extents each of Oxford Treble Bob, Cambridge Surprise and Kent Treble Bob, and one of Plain Bob 1 John Hayes 2 John W Griffiths 3 John S Dean 4 Geoffrey Parting 5 Walter Allman 6 J Denis Maddock (C) First peal of Minor: 1 75th peal: 6 First in four methods as conductor A birthday peal for Harold Hayes, father of the treble ringer Ringing World page reference: 2521.0446Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 24 June 1959 in 2h 55 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Alan E Hartley 3 Walter Allman (C) 4 John E Bibby 5 Frederick Jackson 6 Denis Maddock 7 Cyril Valentine 8 Francis Bibby Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Thursday, 2 July 1959 in 2h 55 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5024 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by Arthur Knights 1 John Gilden 2 Margaret Boumphrey 3 Eileen M Fearn 4 Shirley Harris 5 Carol Fernley 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Philip G K Davies 8 Brian Harris (C) First peal of Treble Bob: 1. First in the method:: 2, 3, 5 & 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Witton (Northwich), Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 4 July 1959 in 3h 3 (14–0–0 in F) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by Arthur Craven 1 John Worth (C) 2 Harold Lonyon 3 Bernard F L Groves 4 Eileen M Fearn 5 Robert B Smith 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Peter Laflin 8 Brian Harris First peal inside: 4 Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Thursday, 9 July 1959 in 2h 46 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Sydney J Anthony 2 John Ryder 3 Michael Thomson 4 Roy Forster 5 Cecil Raddon 6 Harold Worrall (C) First peal - 1; To welcome the Rev'd T E N Pennell on his induction Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 11 July 1959 in 3h 12 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5024 Plain Bob Major Composed by A P Heywood 1 Percy Swindley 2 Denise Shallcross 3 John S Dean 4 John Parsonage 5 Arthur B Close 6 George F Sperring 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 Geoffrey Parting First peal of Major 'inside': 2 First peal 'inside' and of Major: 3 Ringing World page reference: 2523.0475Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 15 July 1959 in 2h 55 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 William S Deason 3 Walter Allman 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Frederick Jackson 6 Denis Maddock 7 Cyril Valentine 8 Francis Bibby First peal in the method - 5, 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Wednesday, 15 July 1959 in 2h 31 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (35m) Being seven extents in 35 methods: (1) 192 Peveril, 120 Melandra, 120 Beeston, 168 Leasowe and 120 Castleton Delight; (2) 168 Wilmslow, 120 Rostherne, 120 Knutsford, 192 Bogedone and 120 Ely Delight; (3) 144 Balmoral, 120 Chepstow, 120 Skipton, 216 Fotheringay and 120 Dover Delight; (4) 192 Willesden, 168 College Bob IV, 168 Old Oxford, 72 Newdigate and 120 Marple Delight; (5) 120 Norbury, 120 College Exercise, 120 Duke of Norfolk, 120 Ockley and 240 Morning Star Treble Bob; (6) 168 St. Werburg, 120 Vale Royal, 120 Combermere, 192 Crowland and 120 Abbeyville Delight; (7) 168 Wragby, 120 St. Albans, 120 Neasden, 192 Charlwood and 120 Braintree Delight. 45 changes of method. 1 John R Kennett 2 William H Dowse 3 Frank Osbaldiston 4 Bernard F L Groves 5 Brian J Woodruffe (C) 6 Robert B Smith Chester Diocesan Guild Fairfield, Derbyshire St Peter Saturday, 18 July 1959 in 2h 37 (12–0–10 in F♯) 5040 London Surprise Minor Being two different 2,160's and one 720. 1 Eileen Fearn 2 Philip G K Davies 3 Carol Fernley 4 John R Kennett 5 Frank Osbaldiston 6 Brian J Woodruffe (C) First peal of London Surprise Minor for all except the conductor. Ringing World page reference: 2524.0494Chester Diocesan Guild Shotwick, Cheshire St Michael Friday, 24 July 1959 in 2h 43 (8–3–0 in F♯) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor 1 Walter Allman (C) 2 John Hayes 3 William S Deason 4 Roger King 5 John Orme 6 Denis Maddock First peal of Oxford Treble Bob Minor for all. Chester Diocesan Guild Grappenhall, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 25 July 1959 in 3h (10–3–17 in G) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton - Johnson's var 1 John Hayes 2 Roger King 3 Denis Maddock 4 Henry Parker 5 William S Deason 6 William E Allman 7 Harold Worrall 8 Walter Allman (C) First peal of Surprise - 1, 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Eastham, Cheshire St Mary the Blessed Virgin Saturday, 25 July 1959 in 3h 12 (12–0–25 in G) 5040 Minor (3m) Being two extents each of St Clement's and Single Oxford and three extents of Plain Bob. 1 Gillian Scarth 2 Kenneth C Edwards 3 Carol F Ferris 4 Robert W Winstanley 5 Richard Hamm 6 Robert F Ferris (C) First peal: 1 First peal as conductor Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 1 August 1959 in 3h (16–1–5 in E) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) Comprising 1312 Bristol and 1280 each of London, Cambridge and Superlative, with 112 changes of method and all the work of each method for each bell. Composed by A J Pitman 1 Lester L Gray 2 Walter Allman (C) 3 William S Deason 4 John E Bibby 5 John Ashcroft 6 Thomas W Hesketh 7 John F Grove 8 Joseph Ridyard First peal of Spliced Surprise - 1, 3, 5, 6, 8. Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Thursday, 6 August 1959 in 2h 45 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Minor (7m) Being seven extents, viz.: Cambridge Surprise. Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Double Oxford, St. Clement's, Oxford Single Bob and Plain Bob. 1 Joan M Pemberton 2 Margaret R Jeacock 3 J Fraser Clift 4 David G Marsh 5 A Raymond M Watkin 6 Charles B Pemberton (C) First peal: 2, 3 & 4 A wedding compliment to Mr. J. M. Pemberton of Bidston and Miss M. Murphy Chester Diocesan Guild Stockport, Cheshire 19 Cromley Road, Woodsmoor Monday, 10 August 1959 in 1h 55 (15 in C) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven extents 1–2 Brian Harris 3–4 Bernard F L Groves 5–6 Robert B Smith (C) First peal of Minor on handbells: 1-2 Ringing World September 11th 1959 No. 2525 Vol. LV page 517 Ringing World page reference: 2525.0517Chester Diocesan Guild Backford, Cheshire St Oswald Saturday, 15 August 1959 in 2h 50 (10–0–12 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1 Denise Shallcross 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 John Parsonage 4 John S Dean 5 Percy Swindley 6 Roger King Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Monday, 24 August 1959 in 3h 1 (14–1–26) 5152 London Surprise Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 John P Partington 2 Neil Bennett 3 Bernard F L Groves 4 Edward Jenkins 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 William H Dowse 7 Peter Laflin 8 Brian Harris Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Thursday, 27 August 1959 in 2h 56 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (12m) In 12 methods, being 320 each of Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, New Gloucester, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, Wembley, Yorkshire, and 960 of London and Rutland, with 139 changes of method. Composed by Albert J Pitman 1 Eileen M Fearn 2 John Worth 3 Edward Jenkins 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Robert B Smith 8 Brian Harris Rung for the diamond wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Sellars, of Hazel Grove. Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Thursday, 27 August 1959 in 3h 10 (18–0–11 in E) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 John P Partington 2 Bernard F L Groves (C) 3 Carol Fernley 4 A Peter Whitehead 5 Neil Bennett 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Peter Laflin 8 Edward Jenkins Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire St Bartholomew Friday, 28 August 1959 in 2h 48 (13–0–0) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor Being seven 720’s 1 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Frederick Shallcross 3 Philip G K Davies 4 Bernard F L Groves 5 Brian Harris 6 William H Dowse (C) Completes Oxford from Minor to Maximus (5). First peal of Oxford on the bells. Cheshire Ringers’ Peal Tour Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire St George Saturday, 29 August 1959 in 2h 45 (13–2–17 in F♯) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (35m) (1) Skipton, Chepstow, Balmoral, Fotheringay and Dover Delight; (2) Knutsford, Rostherne, Wilmslow, Bogedone and Ely Delight; (3) Crowland, Combermere, Vale Royal, St Werburgh and Abbeyville Delight; (4) Willesden, Newdigate, College Bob IV, Old Oxford and Marple Delight; (5) College Exercise, Norbury, Ockley, Duke of Norfolk and Morning Star TB; (6) Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby and Braintree Delight; (7) Capel, Sandal, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Kingston and Oxford TB. 1 Neil D Lomas 2 William H Dowse 3 Ivor Jenkins 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 Sidney Hough jun 6 Denis Mottershead (C) Rung to celebrate the centenary of the church Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 29 August 1959 in 2h 58 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5152 London Surprise Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Peter Laflin 2 Robert B Smith 3 Basil Jones 4 Bernard F L Groves 5 Leslie Boumphrey 6 Edward Jenkins 7 C Kenneth Lewis 8 John Worth (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Acton, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 29 August 1959 in 2h 56 (13–0–8 in F) 5040 Minor (7m) Bring an extent each of Double Court, Oxford Bob, Double Oxford, Thelwall, St Clement’s, Childwall and Plain Bob 1 Herbert Sutton 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 Frederick S Sutton 4 John E Brough 5 Geoffrey Parting 6 Percy Swindley First peal in seven methods: 1,3,4 Ringing World September 11th 1959 No. 2525 Vol. LV page 516 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 2 September 1959 in 2h 55 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Cynthia Bibby 3 Walter Allman (C) 4 William S Deason 5 Frederick Jackson 6 John E Bibby 7 Cyril Valentine 8 Francis Bibby First peal in the method - 2. Rung for the silver wedding of Mr and Mrs C Valentine. Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 5 September 1959 in 3h (11–0–7 in G) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by J W Parker 1 John E Bibby 2 J Denis Maddock 3 John D Rock 4 William S Deason 5 Barwell B Dibben 6 Frederick R Scott 7 Robin G Leale (C) 8 Walter Allman 50th peal together - 4 and 6. Ringing World page reference: 2527.0549Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 5 September 1959 in 2h 57 (14–1–26) 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by C H Martin 1 William H Dowse 2 Carol Fernley 3 Bernard F L Groves 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Peter Laflin 7 Leslie Boumphrey 8 Edward Jenkins Rung for the marriage of Wilfred L. Robinson and Ann P. Brown, which took place at this church earlier in the day Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Sunday, 6 September 1959 in 2h 35 (8–3–18 in A) 5040 Minor (7m) Being two extents of spliced Double Oxford and St.Clement's, and one extent each of Single Oxford, Kent T B, Oxford T B, Cambridge and Plain Bob. 1 Walter Allman 2 Robin G Leale (C) 3 William S Deason 4 Frederick R Scott 5 John D Rock 6 Barwell B Dibben Chester Diocesan Guild Gawsworth, Cheshire St James Wednesday, 9 September 1959 in 3h (11–1–9 in G) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Bernard F L Groves 2 Ernest Pimlott 3 Brian Schofield 4 Harold Lonyon 5 Basil Jones 6 Philip G K Davies 7 Robert B Smith (C) 8 William H Dowse First peal of major 'inside' and in the method: 2. First peal on 8 bells and in the method: 3. A wedding compliment to Elizabeth Brogden and John Greenwood, of Christ Church. Macclesfield, who were married at Bollington on Saturday, September 5th. Also a first birthday compliment to the daughter of the ringer of the second. Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 12 September 1959 in 2h 58 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5056 Kinnerton Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 George F Sperring 2 Geoffrey Parting 3 John S Dean 4 F Hector Bennett 5 Dennis H B Millward 6 Edward V Rodenhurst 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 Percy Swindley First peal in the method (C.C.C. No. 229). A silver wedding compliment to Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Sperring. Ringing World page reference: 2528.0565Chester Diocesan Guild New Mills, Derbyshire St George Saturday, 12 September 1959 in 2h 53 (13–1–0 in G♯) 5056 Pudsey Surprise Major Composed by Philip C K Davies 1 Basil Jones 2 Eileen M Fearn 3 Stella Hughes 4 Carol Fernley 5 Bernard F L Groves 6 Philip G K Davies 7 Michael W Crowder 8 Robert B Smith (C) First peal in the method: Eileen Fearn, Michael Crowder and Robert Smith. First in the method inside: Carol Fernley. 100th peal for the Guild: Bernard Groves. Source: RW, 1959, page 565. Chester Diocesan Guild Tarvin, Cheshire St Andrew Saturday, 19 September 1959 in 2h 38 (8–1–8 in G♯) 5040 Plain Minor (7m) Being an extent each of Fulbeck, Double, Double Oxford, Thelwall, St Clements, Childwall and Plain Bob 1 John Parsonage 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 John S Dean 4 Edward V Rodenhurst 5 Geoffrey Parting 6 Percy Swindley First peal in seven methods: 1 This peal is dedicated to Miss Mary Pearson, a ringer at this church and daughter of Canon Pearson (Vicar of Tarvin), who has departed to Ghana as a missionary Ringing World page reference: 2529.0583Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 19 September 1959 in 3h 51 (26–0–21 in D) 5280 Superlative Surprise Maximus Being a 5 course block rep. 1 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Bernard F L Groves 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 7 William H Dowse 8 Edward Jenkins 9 Peter Laflin 10 Leslie Boumphrey 11 Robert B Smith 12 Brian Harris First peal in the method by all, on the bells, and for the Guild. Rung without previous practice. Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 19 September 1959 in 2h 27 (6 in B♭) 5040 Minor (9m) Being seven extents in nine methods: (1) Cambridge Surprise (2) Oxford, Kingston, London Scholars Pleasure and Sandal Treble Bob (3) Oxford, Capel, Kingston and London Scholars Pleasure Treble Bob (4) Kent and Oxford Treble Bob (5) Plain Bob (6) Kent Treble Bob (7) St Clement’s College Bob; 29 changes of method 1 Philip G K Davies 2 Eileen Fearn 3 Ernest Pimlott 4 Carol Fernley 5 Sidney Hough jun 6 Brian J Woodruffe (C) Ringing World December 4th 1959 No. 2537 Vol LV page 720 Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Saturday, 19 September 1959 in 2h 40 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different 720’s 1 Robert Barratt 2 Ernest Pimlott 3 F George Forrester 4 Philip G K Davies 5 Basil Jones 6 Brian Harris (C) A birthday compliment to Robert Barratt. Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 10 October 1959 in 2h 58 (11–0–7 in G) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Frank R Morton 2 George A Packer 3 Frederick S Sutton 4 Charles A S Webb 5 John E Brough 6 Geoffrey Davies 7 Bernard J Ongley 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) First peal of Surprise: 1 Ringing World page reference: 2532.0632Chester Diocesan Guild Fairfield, Derbyshire St Peter Saturday, 10 October 1959 in 2h 51 (12–0–10 in F♯) 5184 London Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Carol Fernley 3 Ivor Jenkins 4 Bernard F L Groves 5 Derek Taylor 6 Neil D Lomas 7 Derek Ogden 8 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in the method: 2. Ringing World page reference: 2532.0631Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Thursday, 15 October 1959 in 2h 49 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 Geoffrey J Hemming 2 John Worth (C) 3 William H Dowse 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 Gerald C Hemming 8 Brian Harris First peal in the method: 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Stockport, Greater Manchester St George Saturday, 17 October 1959 in 3h 33 (29¼) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by (Arr C Kenneth Lewis) 1 Bernard F L Groves 2 John Worth 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Basil Jones 5 Geoffrey J Hemming 6 Gerald C Hemming 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Peter Laflin 10 Brian Harris First peal in the method on the bells Ringing world: 2533.0647 Ringing World page reference: 2533.0647Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the Walls, Handbridge Saturday, 24 October 1959 in 3h 12 (19–3–12 in E♭) 5088 Overleigh Bob Major Composed by John W Griffiths 1 John Parsonage 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 John S Dean 4 Percy Swindley 5 F Hector Bennett 6 Edward V Rodenhurst 7 Dennis H B Millward 8 Geoffrey Parting First peal in the method (CCC No.212) Published in RW as Overleigh Imperial Bob Ringing World page reference: 2533.0648Chester Diocesan Guild Barthomley, Cheshire St Bertoline Saturday, 24 October 1959 in 3h (13–1–14 in E) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Tony Allman 2 Eric B Allman 3 John E Bibby 4 Michael Allman 5 Frederick Jackson 6 William E Allman 7 Ivor R Nichols 8 Walter Allman (C) First peal: 1 First of Bob Major: 4 Ringing World November 6th 1959 No. 2533 Vol. LV page 648 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 31 October 1959 in 3h 3 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (12m) In 12 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 1 Basil Jones 2 Brian Harris 3 Bernard F L Groves 4 Edward Jenkins 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Leslie Boumphrey 7 William H Dowse 8 Robert B Smith Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 31 October 1959 in 2h 36 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5040 Minor (5m) Being one extent each of London Scholars’, Kingston, Oxford and Kent Treble Bob and three extents of Plain Bob. 1 Richard Cartledge 2 Ernest Pimlott 3 Harold C Lonyon 4 Roy Worrall 5 Barry Corbishley 6 Joseph W Whittaker (C) The ringer of the fifth has now "circled the tower" Chester Diocesan Guild Knutsford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 31 October 1959 in 2h 45 (11–2–16 in F♯) 5040 Minor (3m) Being two 720's Oxford T.B., two 720’s Kent T.B. and three 720’s Plain Bob 1 Henry Parker (C) 2 Christopher J Jones 3 Arthur Crump 4 Norman Hough 5 Reginald Worrall 6 Harry W Howard First peal ‘inside’ and in three methods: 2. First peal: 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Saturday, 31 October 1959 in 3h (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Composed by A Knights 1 Frederick Shallcross 2 Sidney Hough, jun 3 Brian Schofield 4 Carol Fernley 5 Ivor Jenkins 6 Neil D Lomas 7 Denis Mottershead (C) 8 Frank Osbaldiston A wedding compliment to Mr. James Thomson and Miss Christine Mason, of Poynton, Cheshire. Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Sunday, 1 November 1959 in 2h 50 (16–1–5 in E) 5024 Plain Bob Major Composed by J Barker 1 Sydney J Anthony 2 John E Bibby 3 Roy Foster 4 Henry Parker 5 Cecil Raddon 6 Harold Worrall (C) 7 John Ryder 8 Walter Allman Rung to celebrate the founding of the church on November 1st 1159 by Henry Prior of Norton Ringing World November 20th 1959 No. 2535 Vol. LV page 684 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 7 November 1959 in 3h 12 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Edward Jenkins 2 Edward F Potts 3 Basil Jones 4 Alan A Potts 5 Bernard F L Groves 6 John Worth 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Leslie Boumphrey 9 Peter Laflin 10 Brian Harris Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 21 November 1959 in 2h 58 (18–0–11 in E) 5088 Cornwall Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 Sidney Hough jun 2 M Jillian Brierley 3 Carol Fernley 4 Robert J Warrilow 5 Frank Osbaldiston 6 A Peter Whitehead 7 Derek Taylor 8 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in the method for the Guild, and by all the band except the seventh ringer. Chester Diocesan Guild Christleton, Cheshire St James Saturday, 21 November 1959 in 2h 53 (12–1–26 in F♯) 5088 Littleton Bob Major Composed by Arranged by J W Griffiths 1 George F Sperring 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 F Hector Bennett 4 John S Dean 5 Dennis H B Millward 6 Edward V Rodenhurst 7 Geoffrey Parting 8 Percy Swindley First peal in the method (C.C.C. 221). Ringing World page reference: 2537.0719Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Wednesday, 25 November 1959 in 3h (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 John Ryder 2 John Hayes 3 John E Bibby 4 Walter Allman (C) 5 Frederick Jackson 6 Cecil Raddon 7 Harold Worrall 8 Denis Mottershead First peal of Surprise: 1 First of Surprise inside: 2 Ringing World December 11th 1959 No. 2538 Vol. LV page 735 Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Wirral St Hilary of Poitiers Saturday, 28 November 1959 in 2h 43 (8–2–17 in G) 5040 Plain Minor (2m) Being three extents of Oxford Bob and four of Plain Bob. 1 Peter R Jones 2 John McCulloch 3 Marjorie E Webster 4 Vivian T O Boase 5 Edwin Jones (C) 6 Charles B Pemberton First peal and first attempt: 1 First peal: 2 First as conductor Rung to celebrate the centenary of the present church. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 28 November 1959 in 2h 54 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Mrs C W Lawton 2 Alan A Potts 3 Edward Potts 4 Denis A Henshaw 5 Harold C Lonyon 6 Charles W Lawton 7 Barry Corbishley 8 John Worth (C) First peal of Surprise 4 Chester Diocesan Guild Hartford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 28 November 1959 in 2h 50 (12–0–20 in G) 5040 Minor (3m) Being two 720's Oxford T.B., two 720's Kent T.B. and three 720's Plain Bob. 1 Cecil Raddon 2 Reginald W Worrall 3 Harry W Howard 4 John Ryder 5 Harold Worrall 6 Henry Parker (C) Rung to mark the 61st wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. S. Worrall, of Great Budworth (parents of the ringer of the second). Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 5 December 1959 in 3h 17 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by T B Worsley 1 Eileen M Fearn 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones (C) 4 Carol Fernley 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Bernard F L Groves 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Alan A Potts 9 Leslie Boumphrey 10 Brian Harris Rung as a compliment to Mr. Peter Laflin on his 70th birthday. Chester Diocesan Guild Dodleston, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 5 December 1959 in 2h 38 (8–0–0 in A) 5040 Plain Minor (7m) Being an extent each of London Bob, Lytham Bob, Hereward Bob, Double Court, Double Bob, Fulbeck Bob and Oxford Bob 1 George F Sperring 2 John W Griffiths (C) 3 John S Dean 4 Edward V Rodenhurst 5 Percy Swindley 6 Geoffrey Parting Chester Diocesan Guild Eccleston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 12 December 1959 (26–3–3 in E♭) 4200 Plain Bob Triples 1 John W Griffiths (C) 2 C W Lawton 3 Mrs C W Lawton 4 Henry Parker 5 C Raddon 6 Samuel Jones, Jun 7 A J Martin 8 F T Parry In honour of the 91st birthday of Mr S Jones, of Eccleston. This was a peal attempt which had to be curtailed owing to indisposition of a member of the band Ringing World page reference: 2542.0023Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 12 December 1959 in 3h 11 (20–0–0 in E) 5184 Little Bob Royal Composed by Traditional 1 Herbert Sutton 2 Harold F White 3 John S Dean 4 Frederick S Sutton 5 Thomas Price 6 George A Packer 7 Ivor R Nichols (C) 8 Richard J Warrilow 9 Geoffrey Parting 10 Percy Swindley First peal of Royal: 1,2,9 First of Royal in the method: 3,4,6,7,8 First of Little Bob Royal on the bells Rung in honour of the Rev. Basil Stratton of Market Drayton, being appointed Archdeacon of Stafford Ringing World December 25th 1959 No. 2550 Vol. LV page 766 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Friday, 18 December 1959 in 2h 44 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by John Howse 1 Carol Fernley 2 Sheila Wallace 3 John R Gilden 4 Margaret Boumphrey 5 Eileen M Fearn 6 Brian Harris 7 Leslie Boumphrey (C) 8 Basil Jones First peal: 2. Rung by members of the Sunday service band. Chester Diocesan Guild Taxal, Derbyshire St James Saturday, 19 December 1959 in 2h 43 (11–0–23 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven extents 1 Anne P Smith 2 John Robinson 3 Eileen M Fearn 4 Peter Dale 5 Frank Osbaldiston 6 Robert B Smith (C) First peal : 1, 4. Ringing World page reference: 2542.0021Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire Whingarth, Ridge Road Thursday, 24 December 1959 in 1h 57 (15 in C) 5040 Plain Minor (2m) In two methods: (1) and (2) Double Bob, (3) and (4) Plain Bob and Double Bob, (5) and (6) Plain Bob, (7) Double Bob and Plain Bob; 30 changes of method 1–2 Frank Osbaldiston 3–4 Brian J Woodruffen (C) 5–6 Robert B Smith First of 2 Minor on handbells: 1-2 150th as conductor Ringing World January 15th 1960 No. 2543 Vol. LVI page 38 Ringing World page reference: 2543.0038Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 26 December 1959 in 3h 44 (26–0–21 in D) 5280 Pudsey Surprise Maximus 1 William H Dowse 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 7 Philip G K Davies 8 Robert B Smith 9 Edward Jenkins 10 Leslie Boumphrey 11 Brian Harris 12 Peter Laflin First peal of Maximus in the method by all, except the ringer of the 9th, on the bells, and for the Guild. Edward Jenkins has now circled the tower. Rung for the occasion of the wedding of Muriel Yates and John Lomas at this church. | |
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