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250th peal: 6.

This composition has now been rung for the first time.

First peal in hand: 1-2

Rung as a birthday compliment to Brian Harris

Ringing world January 27th 1961 No. 2597 Vol. LVII page 62

First peal in the method, on the bells, and by all the band except the ringer of the treble.

First peal in five methods: 4

First peal in four methods: 1 & 5.

First peal in the method: 2.

100th peal on the bells: 4. First in the method: 7 & 8.

First peal in the method for David Brunning.

First Peal: Christine Townend.

A birthday compliment to Miss Christine Townend.

Source: RW 1961, page 139.

Rung as a first birthday compliment to H R H Prince Andrew.

First peal of Stedman: 2,4

The quickest peal on the bells

Ringing World March 3rd 1961 No. 2602 Vol. LVII page 138

Ringing World March 10th 1961 No. 2603 Vol, LVII page 155

First peal of Spliced Plain and Little Bob, 2,4,6,7.

Rung as birthday compliments to Harry W Howard and Kenneth Parker.

100th peal together: 4 & 5.

Rung as a 21st birthday compliment to Miss Anne P Smith of Marple.

Rung as a birthday compliment to the daughter of the conductor.

First quarter: 1

For Matins

First peal in the method by all the band, on the bells, and for the Guild.

First peal at the first attempt: 4.

First peal in England: 1.

Rung on the day after St. Patrick’s Day as a compliment to Mr. Hall

Rung as a 79th birthday compliment to Albert H Booth for many years leader of this tower

Believed to be the first peal of Surprise on the bells.

Ringing world: 2607.0232

A wedding compliment to Hilary Kirkman and Peter Horne married at this church prior to the peal.

First peal of seven Surprise Minor on the bells

Ringing World April 14th 1961 No. 2608 Vol. LVII page 247

First peal of Surprise Royal : 3 and tenor.

First in four Royal methods for the Guild.

Source: RW 1961, page 264.

First peal of Surprise: Dorothy Stafford.

First peal of Surprise on an inside bell: Brian Schofield.

Source: RW, 1961, page 296.

Ringing world: 2612.0312

First peal of Treble Bob Major "inside": Christine Townend and Peter Dale.

Source: RW 1961, page 311.

First peal in the method by all, and for the Guild

First peal ‘inside’: 2.

First peal of Bristol; 2.

Rung for the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. O. Claybrook.

First peal in the method, and of Doubles: 1, 2.

First peal in method for all, except 8

Norman Hough has now ‘completed the circle.’

Rung in honour of Knutsford’s May Queen.

First peal as conductor.

Rung as a birthday compliment to the ringers of 4 and 5.

First Peal - 1,2; Rung as a 21st birthday compliment to Mrs P Horn

Source: RW, 1961, page 359.

The longest length of Spliced Surprise Major yet rung.

The extent of Spliced Surprise Major with the tenors together.

Umpire: Peter Laflin.

RW 1961.0360.

25th Peal 2.

Rung as part of Macclesfield's 700th charter anniversary celebrations.

First on 8 bells: 2. First of Major as conductor

Ringing world: 2618.0417

First peal in the method: 1,2,3,4,5,6

Ringing World June 30th 1961 No. 2619 Vol. LVII page 430

First peal and first attempt: 1 and 4

Rung by the Sunday Service band in honour of the wedding of the Duke of Kent and Miss Katherine Worsley.

First peal in five methods: 5.

First peal in 8 methods: 5

Rung to celebrate the birth of a grandson to D H B Millward.

First peal in the method; 1-4,7.

50th peal, 1.

First of Major; 3,7.

Rung to celebrate the birth of twin sons (Andrew and Robert) to Mr and Mrs Denis Heapy.

First peal of Cambridge Surprise Royal: 3, 9

First of Surprise Royal: 6

First on ten bells: 7

The ringer o f the second has now ‘circled the tower ’ to peals.

Alan F. Bailey was remembered with affection

Ringing world: 2624.0518

First peal of Surprise minor: Alan Patterson and David Llewellyn.

First of minor as conductor.

Source: RW, 1961, page 518.

First peal in the method: 1. First of Surprise ‘inside’: 3. First in the method ‘inside': 5. First in the method as conductor.

First peal in ten methods: 5

A birthday peal for Mr Cyril Perkins, towerkeeper

150th peal for the Guild: 7. First in the method on the bells, and by all the band except the ringer of the seventh.

Rung as a silver wedding compliment to the conductor.

Rung in honour of the enthronement of the Most Rev A Michael Ramsey as 100th Archbishop of Canterbury. This was the second attempt for a peal for this occasion; the first rung on the day was lost owing to a broken rope

First peal in the method inside: 2.

First peal in the method: 2, 3, 5 & 6. First in the method as conductor.

First peal: 1 & 3. 25th peal: 4.

Rung as a farewell peal to the treble ringer, who is leaving to go to college.

Rung as a 70th birthday compliment for the father of the treble ringer

Ringing World September 1st 1961 No. 2628 Vol. LVII page 584

First peal of Surprise; 2.

Rung for the 21st birthday of the ringer of the fourth.

First peal in the method: Edmund Shuttleworth, Peter Dale and Neil Bennett.

First peal in the method as conductor.

Soure: RW, 1961, page 685.

A wedding anniversary compliment to Harry Howard

First peal in the method: 4. First in the method as conductor.

First peal of Surprise Major: 1. First in the method ‘inside': 3 & 6. First in the method: 5.

50th peal: 2.

Rung in honour of the enthronement of the Most Rev. Frederick Donald Coggan as 88th Archbishop of York.

First peal in 7 methods: 1. 25th peal together 5&6. First peal in 7 methods as conductor.

Rung in honour of the wedding, earlier in the day at St. James church, Birch-in-Rusholme, Manchester, of Mr. Geoffrey D Fearnehough and Miss E. Dorothy France.

100th peal : A Peter Whitehead.

The conductor has now called peals on all the bells in the tower

First in the method: 2, 5 & 6.

Rung for the dedication of the new church organ by the Bishop of Stockport, the Rt. Rev. D. H. Saunders-Davies, on the previous Sunday.

50th peal: 3. First of Major 'inside': 4. First as conductor on eight bells.

First peal: 1.

Rung for Harvest Festival; also as birthday compliments to Marian Forrester and Robert Barratt.

First peal in the method: 1, 3, 4, 5. 25th peal: 5.

RW 2634.0687

First peal and first attempt - 1,4

First peal in the method; 2.

Rung for the engagement of Miss Cynthia Bibby to Mr. Robert J. Warrilow.

Rung as a birthday compliment to John W Maddock, the conductor’s father and also for the engagement of Cynitha Bibby and Robert J Warrilow

Ringing World October 20th 1961 No. 2635 Vol. LVII page 709

Rung as a 21st birthday compliment to Miss Carol Fernley

Rung to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the rehanging of these bells and the addition of two trebles which were dedicated on October 9th, 1911. Also to commemorate the first peal on the eight bells on November llth, 1911, which was conducted by E.H. Lewis.

Rung as a 60th birthday compliment to Mr J. Heap of Mottram; also an 83rd birthday compliment to Mr Sidney Hough, snr.

Source: RW 1961, page 742.

Rung as a golden wedding anniversary compliment to Mr. J. Hornby (for many years a ringer at this church) and Mrs. Hornby.

First peal: 1

First peal as conductor

Rung to welcome the Rev. J M LLoyd back to his parish after a long illness.

First peal of Minor and in 4 methods: 1,2

First in 4 methods: 4

First of Minor as conductor

First peal of Surprise Minor: 2, 100th peal for the Chester Guild: 5. First of Surprise Minor as conductor.

First peal in the method: 1, 2, 4 & 6.

25th peal: 7.

First peal in the method; 1,2,5,6,8.

First in the method as conductor.

First in the method on the bells.

Rung by the Sunday service band to celebrate 50 years as a Sunday service ringer at this church by John E. Bibby.

First peal: 1, 2, 3 & 4.

To mark the birth of a son to H.R.H. Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon.

To celebrate the birth of a son to H.R.H. Princess Margret and the Earl of Snowdon

Rung to celebrate the birth of a son to HRH Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon

Rung to celebrate the consecration of Rev'd Moses Nathaniel Christopher Omobiala Scott, Archdeacon of Bonthe and Bo in the Diocese of Sierra Leone, as Bishop of Sierra Leone. Bishop Scott, an African, was curate of Grappenhall from 1951-1956

First peal: 1 & 2. 25th peal together: 3 & 6. The ringer of the tenor has now 'circled the tower’ twice.

Rung as a ruby wedding compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Heyes.

First attempt in the method; 2.

RW 2643.0846

Ringing World December 8th 1961 No. 2642 Vol. LVII page 831

First peal of Little Bob Major: 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6. First in the method as conductor.

A birthday compliment to the treble ringer.

1000th peal : John Worth.

Rung as a birthday compliment to Mr. Peter Laflin of St. George’s Church, Stockport, and also as a 21st birthday compliment to Miss Margaret C. Mackay, of All Saints’ Church, Marple.

First peal of Spliced Surprise Major; 1,2,3.

Rung as a 73rd birthday compliment to Mrs C Ryder, mother of the treble ringer

Ringing World December 29th 1961 No. 2645 Vol. LVII page 877

First major - 3; first major in the method - 7.

Rung as an 83rd birthday compliment to Frank Leech Esq, church warden.

Rung in celebration of the 93rd birthday of Mr. Samuel Jones, of Eccleston.

Ringing World January 12th 1962 No. 2647 Vol. LVIII page 28

First peal: 2,3 and 8.

First on 8 bells: 4

Rung half-muffled by members of the local band in memoriam John W. Evans, 65 years a ringer at this church.

Rung as a wedding compliment to Miss June M. Henshaw and Mr. Barry H. Nicholls

First peal of Surprise on the bells

Ringing World January 12th 1962 No. 2647 Vol. LVIII page 27

First peal of Royal in the method : Treble, 3,6,7,8,9.

Circled the tower : Brian Harris.

First peal in hand: 1-2 and 5-6

First of Major in hand: 7-8

Ringing World January 19th 1962 No. 2648 Vol LVIII page 44