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Chester Diocesan Guild Altrincham, Cheshire 52 Wellington Road Thursday, 4 January 1962 in 2h 15 (14 in D) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven extents called differently 1–2 John O Freeman 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 Michael Bangham First peal on handbells: 1-2 Ringing World January 19th 1962 No. 2648 Vol. LVIII page 44 Ringing World page reference: 2648.0044Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 6 January 1962 in 2h 53 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 Giles B Thompson 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 Frederick Shallcross 4 John R Gilden 5 Roy Worrall 6 Barry Corbishley 7 John Robinson (C) 8 Michael D Fishwick Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 6 January 1962 in 2h 58 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5000 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by J E Burford 1 Edmund Shuttleworth 2 Harold C Lonyon 3 Carol Fernley 4 Peter Laflin 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 7 Basil Jones 8 Edward Jenkins 9 A Peter Whitehead 10 Brian Harris Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Saturday, 6 January 1962 in 2h 55 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 1,312 Bristol and 1,280 each of London, Cambridge and Superlative: the full work of every method for each bell; 112 changes of method. Composed by Albert J Pitman 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Cynthia Bibby 3 Cyril Valentine 4 Robert J Warrilow 5 Fred Jackson 6 Walter Allman (C) 7 John E Bibby 8 Francis Bibby First peal of Spliced; 2,4. Rung for the dedication of a memorial window to the Rev. W.M Myres, D.D , Vicar of Frodsham 1912-1954. Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Saturday, 6 January 1962 in 2h 46 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place Doubles Being 42 extents (five callings). 1 F George Forrester 2 Brian Schofield 3 Robert Barratt 4 Peter W Horn 5 Ernest Pimlott (C) 6 David Harradine First peal: 6. First in the method by all the band. Rung as a 70th birthday compliment to Mrs. A. Pimlott, mother of the ringer of the fifth. Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Tuesday, 9 January 1962 in 2h 40 (11–3–15 in G) 5040 Treble Bob Minor (7m) In seven methods, being one extent each of Cambridge Suprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Capel T.B., Sandal T.B., London Scholars'T.B., Kingston T.B. and Kent T.B. 1 Mrs C W Lawton 2 Anthony W Lawton 3 Charles W Lawton 4 Peter W Horn 5 John Worth (C) 6 Joseph W Whittaker First peal of Treble Bob and first in seven methods 2. Rung fully muffled in memoriam Norman Meakin, ringer at this church for over 30 years. Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 20 January 1962 in 2h 37 (6 in B♭) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1 Gerald Parsons 2 A Doreen Edwards 3 Christopher J Rees 4 Henry Parker 5 Victor Neal 6 Harry W Howard (C) Ringing World February 2nd 1962 No. 2650 Vol. LVIII page 84 Chester Diocesan Guild Sale, Cheshire 139 Firs Road Wednesday, 24 January 1962 in 2h 6 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1–2 T Michael Freeman 3–4 H David Holland 5–6 Roland F Eccles (C) First peal on handbells: 1-2 Ringing World February 9th 1962 No. 2651 Vol. LVIII page 99 Ringing World page reference: 2651.0099Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 24 January 1962 in 2h 55 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 1,312 Bristol and 1,280 each of Superlative, Cambridge and London; the full work of every method for each bell; 112 changes of method. Composed by Albert J Pitman 1 John Ryder 2 Geoffrey Fothergill 3 John E Bibby 4 Harold Worrall 5 Fred Jackson 6 Walter Allman (C) 7 John Ashcroft 8 Denis Maddock First peal of Spliced four methods; 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 3 February 1962 in 3h 13 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 London No. 3 Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Alan A Potts 2 Edmund Shuttleworth 3 Basil Jones (C) 4 Carol Fernley 5 Harold C Lonyon 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Peter Laflin 9 A Peter Whitehead 10 Brian Harris Rung in memoriam Sam Jones, of Eccleston, and Percy Derbyshire, of Worsley. Chester Diocesan Guild Waverton, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 10 February 1962 (8–0–10 in G) 1320 Plain Bob Doubles 1 M Suckley 2 Helen S Shone 3 Irene Marshall 4 Trevor Holmes 5 R J Lee (C) 6 K Speed First quarter: 6 First Doubles: 1,2,3 First of Doubles as conductor Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 10 February 1962 in 2h 44 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5120 London Surprise Major Composed by Stephen Ivin 1 Peter Laflin 2 Edmund Shuttleworth 3 Carol Fernley 4 Harold Lonyon 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Edward Jenkins 7 Basil Jones 8 A Peter Whitehead Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Sunday, 11 February 1962 in 3h 10 (14–1–26) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Robert H Topham 2 Mrs H D Holland 3 T Michael Freeman 4 David Vincent 5 John O Freeman 6 H David Holland 7 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Alan J Brown (C) First peal of Kent T.B. Major: 1, 3 & 5. Rung as a farewell to Canon and Mrs. D. P. Low. Chester Diocesan Guild Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 17 February 1962 in 3h 1 (15–1–16 in F) 5280 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Brian Harris 2 Carol Fernley 3 Harold Lonyon 4 Edmund Shuttleworth 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 A Peter Whitehead 7 Basil Jones 8 Edward Jenkins (C) This composition, now rung for the first time,contains the 6th 99 lead at home. Source: RW 1962, page 146. Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 17 February 1962 in 2h 55 (18–0–11 in E) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents. 1 John Robinson (C) 2 Reginald Chatterton 3 Derek F Wood 4 John A Booth 5 Colin H Dewsnap 6 Giles B Thompson First peal: 2 & 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Woodchurch, Wirral Holy Cross Monday, 19 February 1962 1260 Minor (3m) Kent Treble Bob, Plain Bob and Oxford Bob 1 Donald Peers 2 Robert Peers 3 James M Pemberton 4 Ernest T Carvell 5 Alexander J Martin (C) 6 William Hall First quarter: 1 and 2 Rung half-muffled in memoriam Mr. J. R. Spark, a ringer at Thurstaston and Woodchurch. Chester Diocesan Guild Woodchurch, Wirral Holy Cross Saturday, 24 February 1962 in 2h 35 (9–1–3) 5040 Minor (6m) In six methods, being one extent each of Oxford Treble Bob, Cambridge Surprise, St. Clement’s Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Bob, and two of Plain Bob. 1 Robert Peers 2 Ernest T Carvell 3 James M Pemberton 4 William Hall 5 Alexander J Martin (C) 6 Tudor P Edwards First peal: 1 Chester Diocesan Guild Marbury, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 24 February 1962 in 2h 29 (7–2–22 in A♯) 5040 Doubles (4m/3v) Being 42 extents in seven methods: (1 to 6) Reverse Canterbury Pleasure (7 to 14) Southrepps, (15 to 18) Kennington, (29 to 24) Plain Bob, (25 to 30) Reverse St Bartholomew, (31 to 36) April Day, (37 to 42) Grandsire 1 George A Packer 2 Herbert Sutton 3 R Anthony Trickett 4 John E Brough (C) 5 Frank R Morton 6 Thomas P Barlow Rung half muffled in memory of R.D. Langford (Crewe) and F.W. Chapman (Marbury), both highly respected members of the Crewe Branch Ringing World March 9th 1962 No. 2655 Vol. LVIII page 164 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 24 February 1962 in 3h 11 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Belgrave Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Basil Jones 2 Carol Fernley 3 Edmund Shuttleworth 4 Harold C Lonyon 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 A Peter Whitehead 7 Edward Jenkins 8 William H Dowse 9 Peter Laflin 10 Brian Harris Chester Diocesan Guild Grappenhall, Cheshire St Wilfrid Wednesday, 28 February 1962 in 2h 52 (11–2–6 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J E Burton 1 Christopher J Jones 2 John C Breese 3 Michael Thomson 4 Ian C Potts 5 Roy Forster 6 John Ryder 7 Harry W Howard 8 Harold Worrall (C) Rung as an 88th birthday compliment to Mrs B Taylor, mother of two local ringers. Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 3 March 1962 in 3h 4 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5088 St Clement's Bob Major Composed by H W Wilde 1 Roy Foster 2 Michael Thomson 3 Brian Schofield 4 John Ryder 5 Reginald W Worrall 6 Harry W Howard 7 Harold Worrall (C) 8 Victor Neal First peal in the method; 1-5,7. First in the method as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 10 March 1962 in 2h 51 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5184 Norfolk Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Edmund Shuttleworth 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 Carol Fernley 4 Basil Jones 5 John R Gilden 6 Edward Jenkins 7 A Peter Whitehead 8 Brian Harris (C) First peal in the method by all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Hartford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 10 March 1962 in 2h 52 (12–0–00 in G) 5040 Minor (5m) Being seven extents in five methods: (1) Cambridge Surprise, (2) St Clement's, (3) Oxford Treble Bob, (4 and 5) Kent Treble Bob, (6 and 7) Plain Bob. 1 Christopher J Jones 2 A Doreen Edwards 3 David Godfrey 4 John Ryder 5 Ernest Pimlott 6 Harry W Howard (C) First peal in five methods away from the treble: 2. The conductor's 150th peal. Rung as a birthday compliment to the daughter of the conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 17 March 1962 in 2h 50 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (6 Methods) Double Oxford, Cambridge Surprise, St Clements, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob and 2 extents Plain Bob 1 A Gordon Lawrence 2 Reginald W Worrall 3 David A Godfrey 4 Victor Neal 5 Henry Parker 6 Harry W Howard (C) Rung as an 80th birthday compliment to Albert H Booth, for many years leader at Davenham Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Monday, 19 March 1962 in 2h 57 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5280 Spliced Surprise Major (5m) 1,120 London, 1,088 Superlative, and 1,024 each of Bristol, Cambridge and Pudsey; with 107 changes of method, and all the work of each method for every bell. Composed by A J Pitman 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Cyril Valentine 3 Harold Worrall 4 Denis Maddock 5 Fred Jackson 6 Walter Allman (C) 7 John E Bibby 8 Francis Bibby First peal of 5-Spliced; 3,4,5. In memoriam Charles E.J. Allman, youngest son of the conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Knutsford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 24 March 1962 in 2h 57 (11–2–16 in F♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 David Brewer 2 John O Freeman 3 Adrian Hough 4 Michael T Freeman 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Christopher J Jones First peal: 1 & 3. A birthday compliment to the ringer of the treble. Chester Diocesan Guild Eccleston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 24 March 1962 in 3h 28 (26–3–3 in E♭) 5088 Kent and Oxford Treble Bob Major Ilkeston variation Composed by E C Gobey 1 Thomas Rogers 2 Marjorie E Webster 3 John F Grove 4 Christopher C Cooper 5 Kenneth J Hesketh 6 Charles B Pemberton 7 Alexander J Martin (C) 8 H Stewart Bailey First peal in the method:2, 4, 5 & 8. First peal in the method as conductor. 50th peal: 3. Ringing World page reference: 2660.0241Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Wednesday, 28 March 1962 in 2h 49 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Doubles (2m/1v) Being 1,200 April Day, 1,440 Plain Bob and 2,400 Grandsire Doubles. 1 David Harradine 2 Christopher J Jones 3 Brian Schofield 4 Harry W Howard 5 Ernest Pimlott (C) 6 F George Forrester First peal away from the tenor: 1. First of Doubles: 2. The tenor ringer has now ‘circled the tower’ twice to peals. Chester Diocesan Guild Weaverham, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Thursday, 29 March 1962 in 2h 35 (9–1–0 in A♭) 5040 Grandsire Doubles Being 42 extents (ten callings) 1 P June Woodward 2 William Hornby 3 Henry Parker 4 Alan W Walters 5 Fred Shaw 6 Ernest Bradley First peal: 1, 4. Chester Diocesan Guild Mobberley, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 7 April 1962 in 2h 52 (15–0–4 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 A Doreen Edwards 2 Raymond J Ballard 3 Victor Neal 4 Peter W Horn 5 Christopher J Jones 6 Harry W Howard (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Tuesday, 10 April 1962 in 2h 46 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Kathleen Pilsbury 2 Edmund Shuttleworth 3 Eileen M Fearn 4 Carol Fernley 5 Oliver P Hawtree 6 Peter Laflin 7 Robert B Smith 8 Basil Jones (C) First peal: 1 & 5. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 14 April 1962 in 2h 42 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 Peter Laflin 2 A Peter Whitehead 3 Edmund Shuttleworth 4 Carol Fernley 5 Harold Lonyon 6 Edward Jenkins 7 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Brian Harris (C) First peal in the method: 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 14 April 1962 in 3h 16 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Redcliffe Surprise Royal Composed by Charles J Sedgley 1 Peter Dale 2 F John Nelson 3 Tudor P Edwards 4 John Robinson 5 Frederick W Grocott (C) 6 John H Fielden 7 Denis Mottershead 8 Neil Bennett 9 Frederick Shallcross 10 Derek Ogden First peal in the method. Rung as a 90th birthday compliment to Mr. John Wheadon of Wilmslow. Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 14 April 1962 in 3h 20 (20–0–0 in E) 5079 Stedman Caters Composed by John Carter 1 Howard Howell (C) 2 Frank R Morton 3 John W Griffiths 4 Brian A Tomlinson 5 Robin J Lee 6 Ivor R Nichols 7 George A Packer 8 Frederick S Sutton 9 Dennis H B Millward 10 Edward J Holloway First peal in the method and on ten bells: 2 First in the method: 5 Ringing World May 4th 1962 No. 2663 Vol. LVIII page 289 Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire Whingarth, Ridge Road Wednesday, 18 April 1962 in 2h 30 (15 in C) 5088 Plain Bob Major Composed by E M Atkins 1–2 Edmund Shuttleworth 3–4 Christine C Macnair 5–6 Robert B Smith (C) 7–8 John Robinson Ringing World May 11th 1962 No. 2664 Vol. LVIII page 308 Ringing World page reference: 2664.0308Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire The Shanty, Church Lane Friday, 20 April 1962 in 2h 25 (15 in C) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by James Nicholl 1–2 Christine C Macnair 3–4 Bernard F L Groves 5–6 Robert B Smith (C) 7–8 John Robinson First peal of Kent TB Major in hand by all the band except the conductor First peal of Kent TB Major as conductor Ringing World May 11th 1962 No. 2664 Vol. LVIII page 308 Ringing World page reference: 2664.0308Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 28 April 1962 in 2h 45 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by Norman Smith 1 Tudor P Edwars 2 Sidney Hough, jun 3 David W Brunning 4 Ivor Jenkins 5 Alexander J Martin 6 John Robinson 7 John H Fielden 8 Frederick Shallcross (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Tuesday, 8 May 1962 in 2h 52 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Christine Johnson 2 Kathleen Pilsbury 3 Giles B Thompson 4 Eileen M Fearn 5 Carol Fernley 6 Peter Laflin 7 Edmund Shuttleworth 8 Basil Jones (C) First peal: 1. First ‘inside': 2. Rung half-muffled in memoriam Canon A. J. Humphreys, Vicar of Norbury from 1919 to 1945; also Fanny, wife of the late George Sellers, who was sexton of this church during the whole of Canon Humphreys' ministry at Norbury. Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Friday, 11 May 1962 in 2h 49 (11–0–9) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (12m) Being seven spliced extents in 12 methods, viz.: (1) Netherseale, Lightfoot and Wearmouth: (2) Chester and Munden: (3) London, Wells and Cunecastre; (4) Durham, Beverley, Surfleet and York: (5) Durham and York; (6) London and Wells; (7) Beverley and Surfleet. 1 Christopher K Cooper 2 Tudor P Edwards 3 Peter S Bennett 4 Alexander J Martin 5 Charles B Pemberton (C) 6 Thomas A Rogers First peal of Spliced Surprise Minor: 1, 2, 3 & 6 25th peal: 3 A wedding compliment to Miss Sheila Thomas and Mr. Maurice E. Rhodes. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Tuesday, 15 May 1962 in 2h 48 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Kathleen Pilsbury 2 Edward Jenkins 3 Eileen M Fearn 4 Carol Fernley 5 Giles B Thompson 6 Edmund Shuttleworth 7 Basil Jones 8 William H Dowse (C) First peal of Surprise: 1. Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 19 May 1962 in 2h 45 (14 in F) 5040 St Clement's College Bob Minor 1 Ernest Pimlott 2 John Ryder 3 Harold Worrall 4 Michael Thomson 5 Christopher J Jones 6 Harry W Howard (C) 1st peal in the method on the bells and by all the band Chester Diocesan Guild Timperley, Cheshire 52 Wellington Road Wednesday, 23 May 1962 in 2h 20 (15 in C) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by E M Atkins 1–2 Robert B Smith (C) 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis 5–6 John Worth 7–8 William H Dowse Ringing World June 22nd 1962 No. 2670 Vol. LVIII page 416 Ringing World page reference: 2670.0416Chester Diocesan Guild Altrincham, Cheshire 52 Wellington Road Wednesday, 23 May 1962 in 2h 20 (15 in C) 5040 Plain Bob Major Composed by E M Atkins 1–2 Robert B Smith (C) 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis 5–6 John Worth 7–8 William H Dowse Ringing World June 8th 1962 No. 2668 Vol. LVIII page 380 Ringing World page reference: 2668.0380Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 26 May 1962 in 3h (14–1–22 in F♯) 5184 Rutland Surprise Major Composed by H W Wilde 1 Basil Jones 2 Edmund Shuttleworth 3 Giles B Thompson 4 Harold Lonyon 5 Alan E Bagworth 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Peter Laflin 8 Edward Jenkins Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Tuesday, 29 May 1962 in 2h 59 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Pamela Dennis 2 Christine Johnson 3 Eileen M Fearn 4 Carol Fernley 5 Peter Laflin 6 Giles B Thompson 7 Edmund Shuttleworth 8 Basil Jones (C) First peal: 1. First ‘inside': 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Tuesday, 5 June 1962 in 2h 52 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by C Craven 1 Christine Livesey 2 Robert B Smith 3 Eileen M Fearn 4 Carol Fernley 5 Giles B Thompson 6 Edmund Shuttleworth 7 Peter Laflin 8 William H Dowse (C) First peal on eight bells, and first of Treble Bob: 1. Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire Whingarth, Ridge Road Wednesday, 6 June 1962 in 2h 31 (15 in C) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by John Reeves 1–2 Robert B Smith 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 John Worth 7–8 William H Dowse Ringing World June 29th 1962 No. 2671 Vol. LVIII page 436 Ringing World page reference: 2671.0436Chester Diocesan Guild Tushingham, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 9 June 1962 in 2h 37 (11–1–7 in G♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven different extents 1 Brian Schofield 2 Dorothy A Barrett 3 F George Forrester 4 Frank R Morton 5 Ernest Pimlott 6 John E Brough (C) First Peal: 2. Ringing World page reference: 2670.0416Chester Diocesan Guild Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 9 June 1962 in 3h 5 (15–1–16 in F) 5088 Wembley Surprise Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 Edward Jenkins 2 Sidney Hough jun 3 Edmund Shuttleworth 4 Ivor Jenkins 5 Peter Dale 6 Alexander Richardson 7 Neil Bennett 8 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in the method by all except the treble ringer. Source: RW 1962, page 414. Chester Diocesan Guild Wrexham, Clwyd St Giles Monday, 11 June 1962 in 3h 30 (24 in D) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by Wm Pye 1 John H Fielden 2 Carol Fearnley 3 Frederick Shallcross 4 Edmund Shuttleworth 5 Peter Dale 6 John F Murfin 7 John Robinson 8 Derek P Jones 9 Derek Ogden (C) 10 Denis Mottershead Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Tuesday, 12 June 1962 in 2h 50 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Vivienne Malone 2 Peter T Dale 3 Robert B Smith 4 Carol Fernley (C) 5 Edmund Shuttleworth 6 Giles B Thompson 7 Basil Jones 8 Peter Laflin First peal: 1. First as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Tuesday, 19 June 1962 in 2h 43 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Wye Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Kathleen Pilsbury 2 Edmund Shuttleworth 3 Giles B Thompson 4 Carol Fernley 5 Peter Laflin 6 Basil Jones (C) 7 Frank Osbaldiston 8 Edward Jenkins Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Tuesday, 19 June 1962 in 2h 50 (11–0–9) 5040 Minor (4m) Being two extents each of Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob and Oxford Treble Bob, and one of Plain Bob. 1 Hazel Arrowesmith 2 Geoffrey H Pullen 3 John H Fielden 4 Christopher K Cooper 5 Alexander J Martin (C) 6 Peter S Bennett First peal: 1 25th peal: 6 A 21st birthday compliment to P.S. Bennett Chester Diocesan Guild Altrincham, Cheshire 52 Wellington Road Tuesday, 19 June 1962 in 2h 12 (15 in C) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by H Dains 1–2 Robert B Smith 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 John Worth 7–8 William H Dowse Ringing World July 20th 1962 No. 2674 Vol. LVIII page 483 Ringing World page reference: 2674.0483Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 23 June 1962 in 3h 20 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by H W Wilde 1 Edmund Shuttleworth 2 Giles B Thompson 3 Ivor Jenkins 4 Richard A Shekelton 5 Sidney Hough jun 6 Basil Jones (C) 7 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Robert B Smith 9 Peter Laflin 10 Edward Jenkins First peal on ten bells : 2 and 4. First of Surprise on an inside bell : 4 Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire Whingarth, Ridge Road Sunday, 1 July 1962 in 2h 23 (15 in C) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1–2 Peter T Dale 3–4 Robert B Smith (C) 5–6 Christine C Macnair 7–8 Giles B Thompson First peal in hand: 1-2 First of Major in hand: 7-8 Ringing World July 27th 1962 No. 2675 Vol. LVIII page 500 Ringing World page reference: 2675.0500Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire Tuesday, 3 July 1962 in 2h 42 (15 in C) 5040 Plain Bob Royal Composed by T Francis 1–2 Frank Osbaldiston 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis 5–6 Robert B Smith 7–8 Christine C Macnair 9–10 John Worth (C) First 10 bell peal in hand: 7-8 Ringing World August 3rd 1962 No. 2676 Vol. LVIII page 516 Ringing World page reference: 2676.0516Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Thursday, 5 July 1962 in 2h 56 (14–1–26) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Taylor's 6 part 1 John O Freeman 2 Edna M Poulter 3 Mrs H D Holland 4 Peter W Horn 5 T Michael Freeman 6 H David Holland (C) 7 William H Riddle 8 Peter T Dale First peal in the method: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7. To welcome the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Horn. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Wednesday, 11 July 1962 in 3h 12 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Plain Bob Royal Composed by H Francis 1 Wilfred Stevenson 2 Harold C Lonyon 3 Sidney Hough jun 4 Edward F Potts 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Robert B Smith 7 William H Dowse 8 John Robinson 9 Basil Jones 10 Alan A Potts (C) Rung to welcome the Rev A.H.M.Turner, instituted and inducted to this parish of Christ Church, Macclesfield, on Monday 9th July 1962. Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Wirral St Hilary of Poitiers Saturday, 14 July 1962 in 2h 47 (8–2–17 in G) 5040 Minor (4m) In four methods being two extents each of Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, and Single Oxford Bob and one extent of Plain Bob. 1 Jennifer M Jones 2 Felicity I E Lochner 3 Thomas A Rogers 4 T Roy Humphreys 5 Edwin Jones 6 John McCulloch (C) First peal: 1 First peal inside: 2 First peal as conductor Rung to commemorate the dedication of a new west window in the church by the Lord Bishop of Chester on July 1st. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 14 July 1962 in 2h 58 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by Rev H Law James 1 Sidney Hough, jun 2 Christine McNair 3 Ivor Jenkins 4 Giles B Thompson 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Frank Osbaldiston 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Basil Jones (C) First peal of London Surprise 2,4. Rung as a welcome to the Rev. E. H. Williams, who was inducted as vicar of St. Peter's on July 12th. Chester Diocesan Guild New Mills, Derbyshire St George Tuesday, 17 July 1962 in 2h 48 (13–1–0 in G♯) 5088 Aldenham Surprise Major Composed by Harold G Cashmore 1 Basil Jones 2 Peter T Dale 3 Neil Bennett (C) 4 Christine C Macnair 5 Giles B Thompson 6 John Robinson 7 F John Nelson 8 Frederick Shallcross Source: RW, 1962, page 514. Chester Diocesan Guild Stalybridge, Cheshire Holy Trinity, Castlehall Wednesday, 18 July 1962 in 2h 50 (15–0–8 in F♯) 5040 Minor (7m) Being seven extents in seven methods: (1) Oxford Treble Bob. (2) London Scholars' Pleasure Treble Bob, Kingston Treble Bob, Sandal Treble Bob and Capel Treble Bob. (3) Cambridge Surprise. (4, 5, 6 and 7) Plain Bob. 1 Peter Watson 2 Christine Macnair 3 Basil Jones 4 John Robinson 5 Trevor Taylor 6 Robert B Smith (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 18 July 1962 in 2h 52 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 John R Bibby 2 Keith Hackney 3 Cyril Valentine 4 John E Bibby (C) 5 Fred Jackson 6 Oswald Claybrook 7 William G Bibby 8 Francis Bibby Rung for the engagement of Mr. W.G. Bibby and Miss M. Watkins. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Monday, 23 July 1962 in 2h 50 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Johnson's Variation. 1 Frank Beech, jun 2 F Hector Bennett 3 John F Oultram 4 Ian Friend 5 Geoffrey Davies 6 Charles A S Webb 7 David W Friend (C) 8 Brian J Wylde First peal of Surprise; 1,4. Rung as a wedding compliment to Robert J. Warrilow and Cynthia Bibby, who were married earlier this day in this church. Chester Diocesan Guild Congleton, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 28 July 1962 in 3h 4 (13–1–2 in F) 5152 Pudsey Surprise Major Composed by Roderick W Pipe (No.2) 1 Geoffrey Davies (C) 2 Michael Wilshaw 3 K Peter Jones 4 E Hector Bennett 5 Frederick E Wilshaw 6 Roy Worrall 7 Barry Corbishley 8 Trevor Taylor First peal in the method: 2,6,7 The composition is now rung for the first time Ringing World August 24th 1962 No. 2679 Vol. LVIII page 562 Ringing World page reference: 2679.0562Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Wednesday, 1 August 1962 in 3h (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Sydney Anthony 2 Clifford W Shaw 3 Harold Monks 4 Cynthia Woods 5 Roy Foster 6 Michael Thomson 7 Harold Worrall (C) 8 John Ryder First peal: 4 John Ryder has now circled the tower Ringing World August 17th 1962 No. 2678 Vol. LVIII page 546 Chester Diocesan Guild Marbury, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 11 August 1962 in 2h 34 (7–2–22 in A♯) 5040 Grandsire Doubles Being one 240 and 40 extents (ten callings) 1 Thomas P Barlow 2 Herbert Sutton 3 George A Packer 4 Frank R Morton (C) 5 Stanley Sutton 6 David E Parker The treble ringer has now completed the circle Rung as a wedding compliment to Miss I Molyneux (a ringer at this church) to Mr R.A. Ridgeway, who were married in this church earlier this day Ringing World August 31st 1962 No. 2680 Vol. LVIII page 580 Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Tuesday, 14 August 1962 in 2h 33 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Minor (6m) In six methods, being two extents of Cambridge Surprise and one each of Oxford T.B., Kent T.B., St. Clement's, Single Oxford and Plain Bob. 1 Christopher R Sutton 2 Joan M Pemberton 3 John McCulloch 4 A Raymond M Watkin 5 G Martin Roscamp 6 Charles B Pemberton (C) First peal: 1 Rung as a farewell to Rev. E. O. A. Thomas, Vicar of Bidston for 24 years. Chester Diocesan Guild Prestbury, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 18 August 1962 in 3h (17–2–15) 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by R W Pipe (no 1) 1 Cecil T Clarke 2 Royston Blackler 3 F Hector Bennett 4 Charles A S Webb 5 Geoffrey Davies (C) 6 Richard J Warrilow 7 Brian J Wilde 8 David W Friend First peal of Surprise Major: 1. [No time published] Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 18 August 1962 (26–0–21 in D) 5059 Grandsire Cinques Composed by Albert M Tyler 1 Patrick J Bird (C) 2 Barbara Stephens 3 Cynthia Warrilow 4 Robert J Warrilow 5 Royston Blackler 6 Charles A S Webb 7 Brian J Wylde 8 Cecil T Clarke 9 Geoffrey Davies 10 Richard J Warrilow 11 David W Friend 12 F Hector Bennett First peal on 12 bells : Cecil Clarke. Duration not given Chester Diocesan Guild Oxton, Wirral St Saviour Tuesday, 21 August 1962 in 3h 18 (20–1–16 in E) 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by James W Washbrook 1 Geoffrey Davies 2 Cynthia Warrilow 3 Barbara Stephens 4 Cecil T Clarke 5 Royston Blackler 6 Robert J Warrilow 7 Patrick J Bird 8 David W Friend (C) First peal in the method: 4 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Tuesday, 21 August 1962 in 2h 48 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Composed by Charles J Sedgley 1 Cynthia Warrilow 2 Robert J Warrilow 3 F Hector Bennett 4 Brian J Wylde 5 Charles A S Webb 6 David W Friend 7 Geoffrey Davies (C) 8 Richard J Warrilow Chester Diocesan Guild Christleton, Cheshire St James Tuesday, 21 August 1962 in 2h 49 (12–1–26 in F♯) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Dexter's No. 2 variation of Thurstans's Four-Part. 1 Royston Blackler 2 F Hector Bennett 3 Richard J Warrilow 4 Charles A S Webb 5 Geoffrey Davies 6 Patrick J Bird (C) 7 David W Friend 8 Cecil T Clarke First of Stedman Triples: 4, 5. 50th peal: 1. Ringing World page reference: 2685.0665Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 25 August 1962 in 3h 3 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5056 Belgrave Surprise Major Composed by Charles W Roberts 1 K Peter Jones 2 John S Dean 3 Barry Corbishley 4 Michael Wilshaw 5 Frederick W Grocott (C) 6 Ivor R Nichols 7 John W Griffiths 8 Roy Worrall First peal in the method by all except the conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 25 August 1962 in 3h 23 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 1 Robert J Warrilow 2 Cynthia Warrilow 3 Barbara Stephens 4 Frederick E Wilshaw 5 F Hector Bennett 6 Geoffrey Davies (C) 7 Charles A S Webb 8 Richard J Warrilow 9 David W Friend 10 Brian J Wylde First peal of Yorkshire Surprise Royal for Barbara Stephens. 150th peal for Geoffrey Davies. Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 25 August 1962 in 3h 7 (18–0–11 in E) 5088 Aldenham Surprise Major Composed by Arthur Craven 1 Peter T Dale 2 Sidney Hough 3 Christine Macnair 4 Giles B Thompson 5 R Kingsley Mason 6 John Robinson 7 Frederick Shallcross 8 Denis Mottershead (C) First peal in the method: 5 & 8. Rung as a birthday compliment to the conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Bromborough, Cheshire St Barnabas Saturday, 25 August 1962 in 3h 18 (23–1–5 in E♭) 5008 Plain Bob Major Composed by F Nolan Golden 1 Cynthia Warrilow 2 Beryl W Baldwin 3 John C Baldwin (C) 4 Royston Blackler 5 Patrick J Bird 6 Cecil T Clarke 7 Richard J Warrilow 8 Charles A S Webb Chester Diocesan Guild Acton, Cheshire St Mary Monday, 27 August 1962 in 2h 58 (13–0–8 in F) 5040 Minor (7m) Being seven extents in seven methods, viz: (1) Reverse Canterbury Pleasure (2) Single Oxford Bob (3) St Clement’s College Bob (4) Plain Bob (5) Cambridge Surprise (6) Oxford Treble Bob (7) Kent Treble Bob 1 Raymond J Ballard 2 Michael Wilshaw 3 David J Danby 4 Geoffrey Davies (C) 5 Charles A S Webb 6 M Keith Swingewood Ringing World October 19th 1962 No. 2687 Vol. LVIII page 705 Chester Diocesan Guild Holmes Chapel, Cheshire St Luke Tuesday, 28 August 1962 in 2h 56 (11 in F♯) 5040 Minor 7 Extents in 9 methods (1) Childwall Bob, (2) Kent & Oxford T.B. (3) Plain & Double Bob, (4) St Clement's C.B. (5) Cambridge Surprise (6) Single Oxford (7) Reverse Canterbury Pleasure 1 Raymond J Ballard 2 M Keith Swingewood 3 Charles A S Webb 4 Michael Wilshaw 5 F Hector Bennett 6 Geoffrey Davies (C) First Peal in 9 methods - 1,2,4 Chester Diocesan Guild Astbury, Cheshire St Mary Tuesday, 28 August 1962 in 2h 36 (12–0–20 in G♯) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Being seven extents in seven methods: (1) Ipswich (2) York (3) Durham (4) London (5) Wells (6) Norwich (7) Cambridge 1 David J Danby 2 Michael Wilshaw 3 Norman Sherratt 4 Geoffrey Davies (C) 5 Walter Sherratt 6 Roy Worrall First peal of seven surprise: 1,2 Ringing World October 19th 1962 No. 2687 Vol. LVIII page 705 Chester Diocesan Guild Fairfield, Derbyshire St Peter Wednesday, 29 August 1962 in 2h 45 (12–0–10 in F♯) 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by Arr Roderick W Pipe (No. 1) 1 David J Danby 2 Norman Sherratt 3 F Hector Bennett 4 Christine C Macnair 5 Michael Wilshaw 6 Geoffrey Davies (C) 7 Walter Sherratt 8 John Robinson First peal in the method: 1. Ringing World page reference: 2687.0705Chester Diocesan Guild Burbage, Derbyshire Christ Church Wednesday, 29 August 1962 in 2h 38 (9–0–2 in G) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Being two 2,160's and an extent 1 Geoffrey Davies (C) 2 Raymond J Ballard 3 Michael Wilshaw 4 M Keith Swingewood 5 David J Danby 6 Charles A S Webb Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Thursday, 30 August 1962 in 2h 33 (9–2–0 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Sydney J Anthony 2 Frank Brazendale 3 Cynthia Woods 4 Roy Forster 5 John Ryder 6 Harold Worrall (C) First peal - 2 Chester Diocesan Guild Gawsworth, Cheshire St James Thursday, 30 August 1962 in 3h 14 (11–1–9 in G) 5024 Oxford Treble Bob Major Composed by I J B Lates 1 Geoffrey Davies (C) 2 F Hector Bennett 3 Charles A S Webb 4 Barry Corbishley 5 Roy Worrall 6 Michael Wilshaw 7 David Danby 8 M Keith Swingewood First peal in the method: 1, 3, 6, 7 & 8 Chester Diocesan Guild Bosley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Thursday, 30 August 1962 in 2h 33 (5–2–22 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven extents 1 Geoffrey Davies 2 Raymond J Ballard 3 David J Danby 4 F Hector Bennett 5 Roy Worrall 6 M Keith Swingewood (C) First as conductor Chester Diocesan Guild Gawsworth, Cheshire St James Saturday, 1 September 1962 in 3h 6 (11–1–9 in G) 5184 Major (2m) Consisting of 3,072 Plain Bob and 2,112 Little Bob; with 95 changes of method. Composed by C K Lewis 1 Roger Morris 2 Roger W Powell 3 Ernest Pimlott 4 Roy Worrall 5 Victor Neal 6 Harold Worrall 7 Frank R Morton 8 Harry W Howard (C) First peal of Plain and Little Bob Major Spliced: 3, 4 & 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Monday, 3 September 1962 in 2h 40 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5152 Whitminster Surprise Major Composed by 27 course block reduced 1 Derek F Yates 2 Basil Jones (C) 3 Alan Kirk 4 Peter T Dale 5 Christine Macnair 6 Frederick Shallcross 7 John Robinson 8 Robert B Smith 300th peal for the Guild: 2. First in the method by all the band, and on the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 5 September 1962 in 2h 59 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 John Oultram 3 Cyril Valentine 4 John E Bibby 5 Fred Jackson 6 Denis Maddock (C) 7 Walter Allman 8 Francis Bibby Rung to celebrate the birth of a grandson to Cyril Valentine. Chester Diocesan Guild Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 8 September 1962 in 3h 4 (15–1–16 in F) 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Joseph W Parker 1 Derek F Yates 2 Edward Jenkins 3 Christine C Macnair 4 Alan Kirk 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 Alan J Brown 7 Robert B Smith (C) 8 Frank Osbaldiston Rung as a wedding compliment to Dorothy M Heap and Peter J Harrison, both ringers, who were married in this church immediately before the peal attempt. Source: RW 1962, page 651. Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Saturday, 15 September 1962 in 2h 41 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Grandsire Doubles 1 Mrs F G Forrester 2 F George Forrester 3 Peter W Horn 4 Ernest Pimlott 5 Brian Schofield (C) 6 Richard Forrester First peal: 6. First as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Astbury, Cheshire St Mary Sunday, 16 September 1962 in 2h 48 (12–0–20 in G♯) 5040 Minor (4m) In four methods, being one extent of Cambridge Surprise, three of Oxford Treble Bob, one of Kent Treble Bob and two of Plain Bob 1 Dorothy Booth 2 Roy Worrall 3 Victor J Stonier 4 Philip A Mason 5 William S Davenport 6 Harry W Howard (C) First peal attempt: 1 First in four methods: 5 Rung as a farewell to the Rector, Archdeacon J Tyler Whittle, on his retirement Ringing World October 12th 1962 No. 2686 Vol. LVIII page 689 Chester Diocesan Guild Disley, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Monday, 17 September 1962 in 2h 53 (7–1–8 in A) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Being seven different extents 1 Margaret Chappell 2 Brian Schofield 3 S Michael J Young 4 John Gee 5 Edmund Shuttleworth 6 Peter T Dale (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 19 September 1962 in 2h 50 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 John R Bibby 3 Walter Allman 4 Cyril Valentine 5 Fred Jackson 6 Denis Maddock (C) 7 John E Bibby 8 Francis Bibby First peal in the method 'inside'; 2. Rung to celebrate the birth of a son, Jonathan, to Jean and Denis Maddock. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Monday, 24 September 1962 in 2h 52 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Basil Jones 2 Kathleen Pilsbury 3 Christine Johnson 4 Eileen M Fearn 5 Carol Fernley 6 John Robinson (C) 7 Christine Macnair 8 Peter T Dale Rung in memoriam William Fernley, a member of the Norbury band for over 50 years. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 29 September 1962 in 2h 51 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by William Pye 1 Jack L Millhouse 2 Christine C Macnair 3 Clifford Skidmore 4 Charles A S Webb 5 Basil Jones 6 D John Hunt 7 Edward Jenkins 8 George E Fearn 9 Frank E Darby 10 Peter Border (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Worsley, Greater Manchester St Mark Sunday, 30 September 1962 in 3h 15 (24–0–7) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 1 Clifford Skidmore 2 Ruth M Border 3 Basil Jones 4 John Robinson 5 Jack L Millhouse 6 Edward Jenkins 7 D John Hunt 8 George E Fearn 9 Peter Border (C) 10 Frank E Darby Ringing world: 2689.0737 Ringing World page reference: 2689.0737Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Monday, 1 October 1962 in 2h 31 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by Nathan J Pitstow 1 Christine C Macnair 2 Clifford Skidmore 3 Jack L Millhouse 4 D John Hunt 5 Frank E Darby 6 George E Fearn 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Peter Border (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Monday, 1 October 1962 in 3h 22 (26–0–21 in D) 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 1 Harold C Lonyon 2 Neil Bennett 3 Clifford Skidmore 4 Basil Jones 5 Jack L Millhouse (C) 6 C Kenneth Lewis 7 D John Hunt 8 George E Fearn 9 Derek Ogden 10 Frank E Darby 11 Edward Jenkins 12 Peter Border Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Tuesday, 2 October 1962 in 2h 50 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Stephen Ivin 1 Basil Jones 2 Clifford Skidmore 3 Frank E Darby 4 D John Hunt 5 Jack L Millhouse 6 George E Fearn 7 Peter Border (C) 8 Wilfred Williams Chester Diocesan Guild Great Budworth, Cheshire St Mary and All Saints Thursday, 4 October 1962 in 3h 10 (20–2–4 in D) 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Brian D Price 1 John R Bibby 2 David Vincent 3 Clifford Skidmore 4 Frank E Darby 5 Jack L Millhouse 6 D John Hunt 7 George E Fearn 8 Peter Border (C) RW 2689.0737 Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Thursday, 4 October 1962 in 3h (12–1–3 in F♯) 5184 London Surprise Major Composed by Frederick Dench 1 John R Bibby 2 Clifford Skidmore 3 D John Hunt 4 John E Bibby 5 Jack L Millhouse (C) 6 George E Fearn 7 Frank E Darby 8 Peter Border Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 6 October 1962 in 2h 58 (11–0–7 in G) 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by J W Washbrook 1 R Anthony Trickett 2 Frank R Morton 3 Brian A Tomlinson 4 K Peter Jones 5 Michael Wilshaw 6 George A Packer 7 Roy Worrall 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) First peal on eight bells: 1 First in method: 2,4,5 150th peal: 6 Ringing World page reference: 2688.0722Chester Diocesan Guild Neston, Cheshire St Mary and St Helen Saturday, 6 October 1962 in 2h 40 (14–2–24 in G) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by J Washbrook 1 Kenneth J Hesketh 2 John H Fielden 3 Tudor P Edwards (C) 4 V David Jenner 5 Peter S Bennett 6 Alexander J Martin 7 Thomas W Hesketh 8 Maurice C Hughes First peal of Stedman: 4 & 5 Rung as a wedding compliment to Miss Josephine Peers of Bromborough and also as a farewell on her departure to New Zealand Chester Diocesan Guild Gawsworth, Cheshire St James Saturday, 6 October 1962 in 2h 54 (11–1–9 in G) 5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Composed by W Barton 1 John Robinson 2 Christine Macnair 3 Clifford Skidmore 4 Basil Jones 5 Jack L Millhouse (C) 6 George E Fearn 7 D John Hunt 8 Frank E Darby Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 20 October 1962 in 3h 7 (14–1–26) 5088 Plain Bob Major Composed by Alan J Brown 1 Gillian Craig Forrest 2 Bryan Gibson 3 David Vincent 4 John O Freeman 5 Robert Topham 6 Roy Broom 7 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Alan J Brown (C) First peal: 1 & 2. First ‘inside’: 5. Rung as a welcome to the Rev. Maurice H. Ridgway, B.A., F.S.A. whose induction took place on October 17th, 1962. Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Saturday, 20 October 1962 in 2h 35 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Minor (6m) In six methods, being one extent each of London Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, Kent T.B., St. Clement's, Oxford Single, and two of Plain Bob. 1 Charles B Pemberton 2 J Fraser Clift 3 John McCulloch 4 Christopher K Cooper 5 G Martin Roscamp 6 A Raymond M Watkin First peal as conductor. Rung to welcome the Rev. C. Singleton, who was inducted Vicar on October 11th. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Monday, 22 October 1962 in 2h 40 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Carol Fernley 2 Kathleen Pilsbury 3 Alan Kirk 4 Eileen M Fearn 5 Harold Lonyon 6 Sidney Hough jun 7 John R Gilden (C) 8 Basil Jones First peal as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 31 October 1962 in 2h 55 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by J W Parker 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Denis Maddock 3 Walter Allman (C) 4 John E Bibby 5 Fred Jackson 6 Cyril Valentine 7 Tudor P Edwards 8 Francis Bibby Rung to celebrate the marriage of Miss Mary Valentine (daughter of the ringer of the sixth) to Mr. Geoffrey Bean. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 3 November 1962 in 3h 16 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by William Pye 1 Sidney Hough jun 2 Carol Fernley 3 Ivor Jenkins 4 Harold C Lonyon 5 C Kenneth Lewis 6 John Worth (C) 7 Joseph W Whittaker 8 Alan A Potts 9 Basil Jones 10 Edward Jenkins Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 3 November 1962 in 2h 41 (6 in B♭) 5040 Minor (4m) Being seven extents in four methods, viz: (1) Cambridge Surprise (2) St Clement’s Bob (3 and 4) Kent Treble Bob (5,6,7) Oxford Treble Bob 1 Ernest Pimlott 2 Michael Thomson 3 Harry W Howard 4 Victor Neal 5 Peter Thorne 6 Harold Worrall (C) 50th peal together: 3,4 Ringing World November 30th 1962 No. 2693 Vol. LVIII page 811 Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Friday, 16 November 1962 in 2h 37 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Plain Minor (3m) Being seven extents in three methods, viz.: (1) St. Clement’s and Oxford Bob. (2) St. Clement’s and Plain Bob, (3) Oxford Bob and Plain Bob, (4) St. Clement’s, (5) Oxford Bob, (6 and 7) Plain Bob. 1 Philip H Lockwood 2 Christopher R Sutton 3 Charles B Pemberton 4 G Martin Roscamp 5 J Fraser Clift (C) 6 A Raymond M Watkin First peal: 1 First 'inside': 2 Rung for the 75th Anniversary of the Chester Diocesan Guild Chester Diocesan Guild Wrenbury, Cheshire St Margaret Saturday, 17 November 1962 in 2h 45 (11–3–4 in F♯) 5040 Minor (5m) In five methods, being one extent each of Cambridge Surprise, Oxford TB, Single Oxford, and two each of Kent TB and Plain Bob 1 Norman Sherratt 2 Harold Dowler 3 Paul Atkins 4 Michael Wilshaw 5 Dennis Latham (C) 6 Walter Sherratt First peal: 2 First of Minor: 3 First as conductor Ringing World December 14th 1962 No. 2695 Vol. LVIII page 844 Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Friday, 23 November 1962 in 2h 46 (8–2–3 in A) 5040 Minor (3m) Being two extents of Oxford, two of Kent and three of Plain Bob. 1 F George Forrester 2 Peter W Horn 3 Brian Schofield 4 John Ryder 5 Harold Worrall 6 Ernest Pimlott (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 24 November 1962 in 2h 45 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 Raymond J Ballard 2 David J Danby 3 Harold C Lonyon 4 Barry Corbishley 5 K Peter Jones 6 Michael Wilshaw 7 Roy Worrall 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) First peal of Surprise 1, First of Yorkshire 2, First as conductor in the method. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 24 November 1962 in 3h 40 (26–0–21 in D) 5280 Lambeth Surprise Maximus Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Maryl R Crossthwaite 2 Neil Bennett 3 Tudor P Edwards 4 Basil Jones 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 John H Fielden 8 John Robinson 9 Edward Jenkins 10 Frederick Shallcross 11 Derek Ogden 12 Denis Mottershead First peal in the method by the Guild. Chester Diocesan Guild Upton by Birkenhead, Merseyside St Mary Monday, 26 November 1962 in 2h 47 (9–2–8 in G) 5040 Doubles (9m/v) (Being four extents each of Reverse St Bartholomew, April day, St Nicholas, St Simon's, St Martin's, Plain Bob; five extents of Winchendon Place; six entents of Reverse Canterbury Pleasure and seven extents of Grandsire. 1 M Wendy H Jones 2 Edwin Jones 3 J Fraser Clift 4 Charles B Pemberton 5 Alexander J Martin (C) First peal of Doubles: 2 & 3 Rung for the 75th Anniversary of the Guild. Also as a welcome to the new Vicar, Rev R L Barker Chester Diocesan Guild Neston, Cheshire St Mary and St Helen Friday, 30 November 1962 in 3h 5 (14–2–24 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Triples Composed by J A Trollope 1 Carole Francis 2 T Henry Norman 3 D John Poole 4 J Fraser Clift 5 Charles B Pemberton 6 A Raymond M Watkin 7 Alexander J Martin (C) 8 R Edgar Jones First peal: 1. 2 & 8 Chester Diocesan Guild Heswall, Wirral St Peter Saturday, 1 December 1962 in 2h 40 (8–0–9 in B♭) 5040 Doubles (3m/v) In three methods being 14 extents each of Plain Bob, April Day and Grandsire 1 Gwendoline M Tillotson 2 Linda L Morrison 3 A Raymond M Watkin 4 Robert Peers 5 Alexander J Martin (C) 6 John G Lifton First peal and first attempt: 1, 2 & 6 First peal of Doubles: 3 First peal inside: 4 Rung to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Chester Diocesan Guild. Also rung to commemorate the dedication of the rebuilt daughter church, the Church of the Good Shepherd. Chester Diocesan Guild Stalybridge, Cheshire Holy Trinity, Castlehall Sunday, 2 December 1962 in 2h 52 (15–0–8 in F♯) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by N J Pitstow 1 Barbara Boardman 2 Frederick Shallcross 3 Harold Lonyon 4 Sidney Hough jun 5 Neil Bennett (C) 6 John Robinson 7 Denis Mottershead 8 Frank Osbaldiston Rung with the bells fully-muffled in memory of Dennis Cook, a ringer at this church, who died November 13th, 1962, aged 20 years. Chester Diocesan Guild Thurstaston, Wirral St Bartholomew Wednesday, 5 December 1962 in 2h 33 (6–2–15 in B♭) 5040 Doubles (26m/v) Being 42 extents in 26 methods or variations: Two extents each of Plain Bob, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, St. Simon, St. Nicholas, St Martin, Winchendon Place, April Day, Clifford's Pleasure, Eynsham, St. Andrew, St. Leonard, St. John, Reverse St. Bartholomew; one each of Southrepps Pleasure, St. Giles, St. Miles, Kennington, St. Albans, St. Paul, Besthorpe, Costessey, Shropham, Norwich, Mileham, Walsingham and four of Grandsire. 1 Leslie L N S Smith 2 J Fraser Clift 3 Ernest T Carvell 4 Charles B Pemberton 5 Alexander J Martin (C) First peal and first attempt: 1 First in 26 methods on the bells and by all the band. Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 5 December 1962 in 2h 55 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 1,312 Bristol, 1,280 London. 1,280 Cambridge and 1,280 Superlative; with 112 changes of method, and all the work of each method for every bell. Composed by A J Pitman 1 Oswald Claybrook 2 Tudor P Edwards (C) 3 Denis Maddock 4 John E Bibby 5 Fred Jackson 6 Cyril Valentine 7 Walter Allman 8 Francis Bibby Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Wirral St Nicholas Thursday, 6 December 1962 in 3h 3 (16–2–20 in E) 5040 Treble Dodging Minor (6m) Being seven extents in six methods, viz.: (1) London Surprise, (2) Beverley Surprise, (3) Surfleet Surprise, (4) Cambridge Surprise, (5) Oxford and Kent Treble Bob, (6) Oxford Treble Bob, (7) Kent Treble Bob. 1 William H Rogers 2 Marjorie E Webster 3 Vivian T O Boase 4 Charles B Pemberton 5 Alexander J Martin 6 Thomas Rogers (C) First peal attempt: 1 Rung for the 75th anniversary of the Chester Diocesan Guild Chester Diocesan Guild West Kirby, Wirral St Bridget Saturday, 8 December 1962 in 2h 52 (12–0–23 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Triples 1 Ernest T Carvell 2 Margaret K S Newton 3 Ann Freeman 4 Susan Jukes 5 William A Boote 6 Ian M Robertson 7 Alexander J Martin (C) 8 Robert Peers First Peal 2, 3, 4 & 6. Rung to mark the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Chester Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Wirral St Hilary of Poitiers Saturday, 8 December 1962 in 2h 48 (8–2–17 in G) 5040 Surprise Minor (4m) In four methods, being one extent of London and two each of Beverley, Surfleet and Cambridge. 1 Jean R Sutton 2 Felicity I E Lochner 3 Marjorie E Webster 4 T Roy Humphreys 5 Vivian T O Boase (C) 6 John McCulloch First peal: 1 First of Surprise Minor by all, and on the bells by the Sunday Service band. Chester Diocesan Guild Eccleston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 8 December 1962 in 3h 23 (26–3–3 in E♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by A Knights 1 J William Clarke 2 Charles W Lawton 3 Edna M P Lawton 4 John R Bibby 5 John E Brough 6 Harry W Howard 7 John W Griffiths (C) 8 Walter Allman In memoriam Samuel Jones. 1868-1962. Ringing World page reference: 2696.0859Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 8 December 1962 in 2h 58 (16–1–5 in E) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 John Ryder 2 Adrian Hough 3 Frank Brazendale 4 Pamela McInerny 5 Roy Foster 6 Harold Worrall (C) 7 Reginald W Worrall 8 Christopher Jones First peal of Major: 2,3 First peal: 4 A birthday compliment to Mrs C Ryder, mother of the treble ringer and grandmother of the ringer of the third Ringing World December 28th 1962 No. 2697 Vol. LVIII page 873 Chester Diocesan Guild Church Lawton, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 8 December 1962 in 3h (8–1–2 in G) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Graham Barlow 2 Norman Sherratt 3 Raymond J Ballard 4 Michael Wilshaw 5 Harold Dowler 6 Paul J Atkins 7 Walter Sherratt 8 Dennis Latham (C) First peal: 1 First of Major: 5,6,8 First peal since being rehung Ringing World December 28th 1962 No. 2697 Vol. VVIII page 873 Chester Diocesan Guild Acton, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 8 December 1962 in 2h 44 (13–0–8 in F) 5040 Doubles (2m/1v) In three methods, being ten extents of April Day, 15 of Plain Bob, one 240 and 15 extents of Grandsire 1 James S Baker 2 George A Packer 3 A Doreen Edwards 4 Frank R Morton (C) 5 Herbert Sutton 6 Thomas P Barlow A birthday compliment to Thomas P Barlow Ringing World December 28th 1962 No. 2697 Vol LVIII page 876 Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 15 December 1962 in 2h 50 (11–0–9) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 V David Jenner 2 Christopher K Cooper 3 J Fraser Clift 4 Kenneth J Hesketh 5 Frederick Pearson 6 Tudor P Edwards (C) First peal of Cambridge Minor: 3 & 5 Rung for the 75th Anniversary of the Chester Diocesan Guild. Chester Diocesan Guild Bromborough, Cheshire St Barnabas Monday, 17 December 1962 in 3h 2 (23–1–5 in E♭) 5040 Plain Bob Triples Composed by J A Trollope 1 Donald Peers 2 John D Heron 3 F Leslie Coventry 4 Richard C Hunt 5 Robert Peers 6 A Raymond M Watkin 7 Alexander J Martin (C) 8 H Stewart Bailey 1st peal: 1,3 & 4. 1st of triples inside: 5; Rung for the 75th Anniversary of the Chester Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire Whingarth, Ridge Road Saturday, 22 December 1962 in 7h 40 (15 in C) 15904 Plain Bob Major Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1–2 Derek Ogden 3–4 Neil Bennett 5–6 Robert B Smith (C) 7–8 Brian J Woodruffe Umpire: Giles B Thompson Longest peal of Major and of Plain Bob, ever to be rung on handbells; also the longest handbell peal for the Guild and by all the band Ringing World January 11th 1963 No. 2699 Vol. LIX page 29 Ringing World page reference: 2699.0029Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 29 December 1962 in 3h 9 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 London No. 3 Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Alan A Potts 2 Ruth M Border 3 Christine Macnair 4 Harold C Lonyon 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 John Worth 7 Edward Jenkins 8 Peter Laflin 9 Basil Jones 10 Peter Border Chester Diocesan Guild Eastham, Cheshire St Mary the Blessed Virgin Saturday, 29 December 1962 in 2h 45 (12–0–25 in G) 5040 Doubles (3m) Being 14 extents each of Reverse St. Bartholomew, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Bob and Plain Bob 1 Donald Peers 2 Keith Halford 3 Gillian E Scarth 4 Gillian Halford 5 Kenneth C Edwards (C) 6 Martin Vogwell First peal: 6 First peal of Doubles: 1 First peal inside: 2 Rung for the 75th anniversary of the Chester Diocesan Guild Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 29 December 1962 in 2h 52 (14 in F) 5040 Minor (7m) Single Oxford, Cambridge Surprise, Double Oxford, St Clements, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Plain Bob 1 Roy Foster 2 Christopher J Jones 3 David A Godfrey 4 Harold Worrall 5 John Ryder 6 Harry W Howard (C) First peal in 7 methods: 1,2,3,5 Rung as a birthday compliment to the wife of the ringer of the treble | |
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