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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 120 matching performances. Chester Diocesan Guild Altrincham, Cheshire 52 Wellington Road Thursday, 4 January 1973 in 2h 34 (15) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 Alan F Scholfield 7–8 Gerald Moorhouse 9–10 J David Atkinson Ringing World February 16th 1973 No. 3225 Vol. LXIX page 131 Ringing World page reference: 3225.0131Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 6 January 1973 in 3h 20 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by John R Ketteringham 1 Peter Broadbent 2 Norman Sherratt 3 Charles A S Webb 4 Frank R Morton 5 Roy Worrall 6 Raymond J Ballard 7 Roland W Morant 8 Ralph B Mitchell 9 Basil Jones 10 Ivor R Nichols (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 13 January 1973 in 3h 1 (15–1–16 in F) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (16m) Comprising 640 London; 320 each Bristol, Cambridge, Cray, Eastcote, Lincolnshire, Lindum, New Gloucester, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative, Yorkshire, Wembley, Wordsworth; 160 each Uxbridge and Watford. 139 changes of method. Composed by A J Pitman 1 Peter Broadbent 2 Neil Bennett 3 Basil Jones 4 Roland W Morant 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Raymond J Ballard 7 Ivor R Nichols 8 Roy Worrall First in all 16 methods for all except Neil Bennett, Basil Jones and C Kenneth Lewis. Source: RW 1973, page 187. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Friday, 19 January 1973 in 2h 38 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Johannesburg Surprise Major 1 Frank R Morton 2 Peter Broadbent 3 Michael J Platt 4 Basil Jones (C) 5 Roy Worrall 6 Eric Hotine 7 David J Midgley 8 Roland W Morant 100th peal: 2. First in method for all. 400th on bells. Also wedding compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Simon Cole. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire 33 Sandringham Road Thursday, 25 January 1973 in 2h 16 (14 in D) 5056 St Clement's College Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 Frederick Shallcross 7–8 Neil D Lomas First in method by all Ringing World March 9th 1973 No. 3228 Vol. LXIX page 190 Ringing World page reference: 3228.0190Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 27 January 1973 in 2h 47 (13–2–12 in F) 5040 Plain Bob Triples Arranged by Composed by Alan F. Scholfield 1 Kathryn Johnson 2 Sheila Nolan 3 Basil Jones 4 Peter Broadbent 5 Brian S B Kear 6 Ronald F Andrew 7 Alan F Scholfield (C) 8 Norman Bainbridge 1st peal for 1 Chester Diocesan Guild Worsley, Lancashire St Mark Saturday, 3 February 1973 in 3h 7 (24–0–7 in D) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by C K Lewis 1 Alan J Brown 2 Michael Thomson 3 Christopher J Jones 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Christopher L D Munday 6 Charles F Pocock 7 Geoffrey C Sparling 8 Robert Peers 9 Eric J Gilbert 10 Anthony P Foster Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire 43 Leigh Avenue Thursday, 8 February 1973 in 2h 52 (15 in C) 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus Composed by J D Atkinson 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 Margaret L Sherwood 5–6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7–8 Frederick Shallcross 9–10 Marcus C W Sherwood 11–12 Alan F Scholfield First of Kent TB Maximus: 7-8 Ringing World March 16th 1973 No. 3229 Vol. LXIX page 211 Ringing World page reference: 3229.0211Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 10 February 1973 in 2h 50 (9–3–6 in A♭) 5088 Rutland Surprise Major Composed by Charles W Roberts 1 Susan D Sparling 2 Norah M Randles 3 John P Horrocks 4 Anthony P Foster 5 Robert Peers 6 Charles F Pocock 7 Eric J Gilbert 8 Geoffrey C Sparling (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Eccles, Greater Manchester St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 10 February 1973 in 3h (19–3–13 in E♭) 5184 Rutland Surprise Major Composed by Norman Smith 1 Ronald F Andrew 2 Sidney Hough 3 Eric Roughley 4 Peter Broadbent 5 Nicholas Thomson 6 Michael Thomson 7 Timothy Wylie (C) 8 David J Midgley Chester Diocesan Guild Middlewich, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Tuesday, 13 February 1973 (20–0–20 in E) 1260 Plain Bob Triples 1 N Hall 2 Paul Maddock 3 Christine Garnett 4 Gordon Garnett 5 Stephen Bailey 6 Shirley Garnett 7 George H Bailey (C) 8 Mrs Betty Garnett 1st Quarter 1 & 8 First of Triples by all except 2 & 7 First plain Bob Triples as Conductor Chester Diocesan Guild Prestbury, Cheshire West Pines, Dale Brow Thursday, 15 February 1973 in 2h 36 (15 in C) 5080 Kent Treble Bob Royal Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Alan F Scholfield 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 J David Atkinson 7–8 Gerald Moorhouse 9–10 Neil D Lomas Ringing World March 23rd 1973 No. 3230 Vol. LXIX page 229 Ringing World page reference: 3230.0229Chester Diocesan Guild Congleton, Cheshire St Peter Friday, 16 February 1973 in 2h 48 (13–1–2 in F) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (5m) 1216 Cambridge, 1120 Rutland, 1056 Lincolnshire, 864 each of Yorkshire and Superlative with 87 changes of method and all the work Composed by P G K Davies 1 Frank R Morton 2 Basil Jones 3 Roy Worrall 4 Peter Broadbent 5 David J Midgley 6 Ralph B Mitchell 7 Roland W Morant 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) Circled the tower: 1 First of 5 spliced: 4 Ringing World March 16th 1973 No. 3229 Vol. LXIX page 207 Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 17 February 1973 in 2h 42 (13–2–12 in F) 5056 Rutland Surprise Major Composed by S.J.Ivin 1 John Booth 2 Ronald F Andrew 3 Peter Broadbent 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Brian S B Kear 6 William H Dowse 7 Basil Jones 8 Frank Osbaldiston Chester Diocesan Guild Church Lawton, Cheshire All Saints Friday, 23 February 1973 in 2h 35 (8–1–2 in G) 5152 Vancouver Surprise Major Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 David J Midgley 2 Frank R Morton 3 Ralph B Mitchell 4 Simon R Cole 5 Eric Hotine 6 Ivor R Nichols (C) 7 Roland W Morant 8 Roy Worrall First in the method by all and for the Guild Ringing World March 23rd 1973 No. 3230 Vol. LXIX page 227 Chester Diocesan Guild Bromborough, Wirral 35 Croft Avenue Friday, 23 February 1973 in 2h 24 (13 in E) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Nicoll 1–2 Elizabeth R Mullett 3–4 Eric J Gilbert (C) 5–6 Robert Peers 7–8 Thomas R Butler First of Treble Bob in hand: 7-8. Chester Diocesan Guild Knutsford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 24 February 1973 in 2h 50 (11–2–16 in F♯) 5040 Minor (4m) 2 extents each Cambridge Surprise, Kent T.B., Oxford T.B., one Plain Bob 1 Colin Davies 2 Brian Schofield 3 Clive Smith 4 Alan J Brown 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Christopher J Jones First attempt: 1. To welcome Rebecca Ann, born February 13, second daughter of Chris and Diana Jones Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 3 March 1973 in 2h 48 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5024 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1 Stephen Gregory 2 Peter Broadbent 3 Geoffrey Dyson 4 Brian S B Kear 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Ronald F Andrew 7 Frank Osbaldiston 8 William H Dowse First peal: 1 & 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Prestbury, Cheshire West Pines, Dale Brow Thursday, 8 March 1973 in 2h 28 (15 in C) 5040 Plain Bob Royal Composed by A F Scholfield 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis 5–6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 7–8 Gerald Moorhouse 9–10 John Gander Ringing World April 27th 1973 No. 3235 Vol. LXIX page 336 Ringing World page reference: 3235.0336Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Friday, 16 March 1973 in 2h 35 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Langley Surprise Major 1 Ivor R Nichols 2 Roland W Morant 3 Eric Hotine 4 Basil Jones (C) 5 Ralph B Mitchell 6 David J Midgley 7 Frank R Morton 8 Roy Worrall 100th together: 7 & 8. First in method for Guild. Chester Diocesan Guild Bromborough, Wirral 35 Croft Avenue Friday, 16 March 1973 in 2h 12 (13) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Ruth Blackwell 3–4 Eric J Gilbert 5–6 Robert Peers 7–8 Elizabeth R Mullett (C) First peal: 1-2 Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 17 March 1973 in 2h 53 (13–2–12 in F) 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Arranged by Composed by Michael J. Platt 1 John Bell 2 Peter Watson 3 Sidney Hough 4 Eric Roughley 5 Ralph Mitchell 6 Timothy Wylie 7 Geoffrey R Gardner 8 Denis Mottershead (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Bromborough, Wirral St Barnabas Tuesday, 20 March 1973 1260 Grandsire Triples 1 Celia A Hills 2 Margaret Hallifield 3 R E Payne 4 R A Roberts 5 A J Kidd 6 S P Coker 7 G C Sparling (C) 8 A C Jones 1st of Triples: 1 &2 Chester Diocesan Guild Prestbury, Cheshire West Pines, Dale Brow Thursday, 29 March 1973 in 2h 31 (15 in C) 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal Composed by A F Scholfield 1–2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 C Kenneth Lewis 7–8 Gerald Moorhouse 9–10 Neil D Lomas Ringing World April 27th 1973 No. 3235 Vol. LXIX page 336 Ringing World page reference: 3235.0336Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 31 March 1973 in 2h 45 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Sidney Hough 2 Kathryn M Johnson 3 Frank Osbaldiston 4 Elizabeth A Hibbert 5 Margaret P Booth 6 Ronald F Andrew 7 Brian S B Kear (C) 8 John A Booth First inside: 2. Wedding compliment to Rev. J. M. G. Davies (curate) and Miss Beryl Sharples. Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 31 March 1973 in 3h 7 (18–0–6 in E) 5152 London Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Basil Jones 2 Raymond J Ballard 3 Peter Broadbent 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Alan J Brown 6 Roland W Morant 7 Ivor R Nichols 8 Roy Worrall Chester Diocesan Guild Tushingham, Cheshire St Chad Friday, 6 April 1973 in 2h 18 (11–1–7 in G♯) 5040 Minor (7m) (Single Oxford, Cambridge S., Double Oxford, Oxford T.B., St. Clements, Kent
T.B., Plain Bob) 1 Roland W Morant 2 Basil Jones 3 Frederick S Sutton 4 Roy Worrall 5 Geoffrey A Edwards 6 Frank R Morton (C) Circled the tower: 1. Ringing World page reference: 3235.0332Chester Diocesan Guild Bromborough, Wirral 35 Croft Avenue Friday, 6 April 1973 in 2h 8 (13) 5184 Double Bob Major Composed by Robert Peers 1–2 Elizabeth R Mullett 3–4 Eric J Gilbert 5–6 Robert Peers 7–8 F Leslie Coventry (C) 50th peal: 7-8 Chester Diocesan Guild Witton (Northwich), Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 7 April 1973 in 2h 48 (14–0–0 in F) 5040 Grandsire Triples Parkers 12 part (7 obs) 1 Jean Simpson 2 Judith M Fletcher 3 Lynne E Owen 4 Elizabeth Stevens 5 J Robert Jervis 6 Lorna E Bedford 7 Richard C Stevens (C) 8 Clive W Simpson First on eight: 1 First peal: 2 First triples and of Grandsire: 3,5 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Friday, 13 April 1973 in 2h 35 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by T B Worsley 1 Simon R Cole 2 Eric Hotine 3 Basil Jones 4 Roland W Morant 5 Roy Worrall 6 Frank R Morton 7 Paul J Atkins 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) First Bristol: 1, 2 & 7. 450th tower bell peal and has circled tower twice: 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 14 April 1973 in 2h 59 (13–2–12 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C.K.Lewis 1 Sheila Nolan 2 Barbara Johnson 3 Alec Osbaldiston 4 Kathryn Johnson 5 Peter Broadbent 6 Arthur E Whiting 7 Michael Foulds 8 Ronald F Andrew (C) 1st peal for 2 Chester Diocesan Guild Bebington, Wirral 4 Meadway Friday, 27 April 1973 in 2h 43 5220 Plain Bob Royal Composed by Robert B Smith 1–2 Elizabeth R Mullett 3–4 F Leslie Coventry 5–6 Charles F Pocock (C) 7–8 Robert Peers 9–10 Thomas R Butler Chester Diocesan Guild Middlewich, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 5 May 1973 in 2h 40 (20–0–20 in E) 5040 Plain Bob Triples 1 Christine M Garnett 2 Christopher J Jones 3 Paul Maddock 4 Stephen Bailey 5 George H Bailey 6 Michael Thomson 7 Frank R Morton 8 Gordon Garnett First peal - 1, 4 & 8 Rung as a 21st birthday compliment to Stephen Bailey Chester Diocesan Guild Acton, Cheshire St Mary Tuesday, 8 May 1973 in 2h 30 (13–0–8 in F) 5040 Doubles (15m/14v) 15 methods: Stedman, St Simon, St Osmund, St Martin, Eynesbury, St Nicholas, St Remigius, Winchendon Place, Huntley, All Saints, Grandsire, Newborough, Reverse St Bartholomew, Reverse Canterbury, Plain Bob and 14 variations 1 Herbert Sutton 2 Roland W Morant 3 Eric Hotine 4 Frederick S Sutton 5 Frank R Morton (C) 6 Stanley Sutton Half muffled in memoriam John E Brough of Nantwich and Edith M Brough, his wife, both died 1st May 1973 Ringing World June 1st 1973 No. 3240 Vol. LXIX page 436 Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Friday, 11 May 1973 in 2h 40 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5152 Kemsing Surprise Major Composed by 27 course block reduced 1 Valerie A Mayhew 2 Roy Worrall 3 Basil Jones 4 Frank R Morton 5 Eric Hotine 6 Ralph B Mitchell 7 Roland W Morant 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) 500th for Guild: 4. First in method by all and for Guild. Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire In the Belfry of All Saints’ Church Thursday, 24 May 1973 in 2h 35 (14 in D) 5040 Plain Bob Royal Composed by A F Scholfield 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis 5–6 Alan F Scholfield (C) 7–8 John Gander 9–10 Ronald F Andrew 200th peal: 1-2 Ringing World June 22nd 1973 No. 3243 Vol. LXIX page 500 Ringing World page reference: 3243.0500Chester Diocesan Guild Altrincham, Cheshire 52 Wellington Road Thursday, 31 May 1973 in 2h 13 (15 in C) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1–2 J David Atkinson (C) 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis 5–6 Frank R Morton 7–8 Alan F Scholfield First as conductor Ringing World June 22nd 1973 No, 3243 Vol. LXIX page 500 Ringing World page reference: 3243.0500Chester Diocesan Guild Congleton, Cheshire St Peter Friday, 8 June 1973 in 2h 54 (13–1–2 in F) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (6m) 1120 Rutland, 896 Superlative, 800 Pudsey, 768 each Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, 98 changes of method, all the work Composed by M C W Sherwood 1 Geoffrey A Edwards 2 Roland W Morant 3 Ralph B Mitchell 4 Frank R Morton 5 Simon R Cole 6 David J Midgley 7 Roy Worrall 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) First Spliced: 5 Ringing World June 29th 1963 No. 3244 Vol. LXIX page 516 Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 23 June 1973 in 2h 59 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5184 London Surprise Major Composed by N. J. Pitstow 1 Michael S Haighton 2 Roy Worrall 3 Simon R Cole 4 Roland W Morant 5 Frank R Morton 6 David J Midgley 7 Eric Hotine 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) First of London: 7. Chester Diocesan Guild Liscard, Wirral St Mary Saturday, 23 June 1973 in 2h 56 (16–2–2 in F) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Stephen J Ivin 1 Vivian T O Boase 2 Roy Worrall 3 Charles F Pocock 4 David J Midgley 5 Simon R Cole 6 Roland W Morant 7 Frank R Morton 8 Ivor R Nichols 200th peal: 8 Chester Diocesan Guild Altrincham, Cheshire 52 Wellington Road Thursday, 28 June 1973 in 2h 15 (15 in C) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1–2 John Gander 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 J David Atkinson 7–8 Stuart W Bracegirdle First in hand: 7-8 Ringing World August 3rd 1973 No. 3249 Vol. LXIX page 620 Ringing World page reference: 3249.0620Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Saturday, 30 June 1973 in 2h 39 (8–3–18 in A) 5040 Minor (3m) 3m - 2 extents each Kent Treble Bob and Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Plain Bob. 1 Simon R Cole 2 Nicholas Thomson 3 Pam Hough 4 Edward J Gould 5 Michael Thomson (C) 6 John Moore First peal - 4; First as conductor; wedding compliment to Richard and Susan Brown, married at this church 23 June 1973. Chester Diocesan Guild Stockport, Greater Manchester St George Saturday, 30 June 1973 in 3h 15 (29¼) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 James Swallow 2 Sidney Hough 3 Alec Cairns 4 Paul Smith 5 Charles Bell 6 Eric Roughley 7 Geoffrey R Gardner 8 Alan F Scholfield (C) To mark the 20th anniversary of the induction of Canon W. Garlick Ringing world: 3260.0840 Ringing World page reference: 3260.0840Chester Diocesan Guild Middlewich, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 8 July 1973 (20–0–20 in E) 1320 Plain Bob Doubles 1 N Hall 2 Christine Garnett (C) 3 Gordon Garnett 4 George H Bailey 5 Stephen Bailey 6 Nigel Turner Birthday compliment to Christine Garnett & Nigel Turner Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire In the Belfry of All Saints’ Church Thursday, 12 July 1973 in 2h 13 (15 in C) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 Alan F Scholfield 7–8 Gerald Moorhouse Ringing World August 3rd 1973 No. 3249 Vol. LXIX page 620 Ringing World page reference: 3249.0620Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Saturday, 14 July 1973 in 2h 56 (13–2–12 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C. Kenneth Lewis 1 Michael Foulds (C) 2 Elizabeth Hibbert 3 Kathryn Johnson 4 Roy Dady 5 Sidney Hough 6 Peter Broadbent 7 Brian S B Kear 8 Ronald F Andrew First peal 4. Compliment to Gerald Ellison, Lord Bishop of Chester, on his preferment to the see of London Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Friday, 20 July 1973 in 2h 40 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5056 Quedgeley Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 David J Midgley 2 Peter Broadbent 3 Basil Jones (C) 4 Roy Wills 5 Brian S B Kear 6 Ralph B Mitchell 7 Roland W Morant 8 Frank R Morton First in the method by all. Compliment to the Bishop of Chester, translated to the Bishopric of London. Chester Diocesan Guild Prestbury, Cheshire West Pines, Dale Brow Saturday, 21 July 1973 in 2h 50 (15 in C) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus Composed by J David Atkinson 1–2 Robert B Smith (C) 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis 5–6 J David Atkinson 7–8 Alfred Ballard 9–10 Gerald Moorhouse 11–12 Alan F Scholfield First of Oxford TB Maximus, completing Oxford TB from Minor to Maximus on handbells: 7-8 Ringing World September 21st 1973 No. 3256 Vol. LXIX page 758 Ringing World page reference: 3256.0758Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 21 July 1973 in 3h (13–2–15 in F♯) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by Joseph W. Parker 1 Richard E Morris 2 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 3 Jonathan D Shanklin 4 Alan J Brown 5 Edward V Rodenhurst 6 John W Griffiths 7 John G Hallett 8 Christopher J Jones On the 50th anniversary of the 17,280 Kent, in which the fifth ringer rang the same bell (the only survivor of the band). Also to mark the departure of the Rt. Rev. Gerald Ellison from Chester for London. 55th wedding anniversary peal for Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Elkins. Ringing World page reference: 5790.0335Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 18 August 1973 in 3h 6 (20–0–0 in E) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by John R Ketteringham 1 David R Hymas 2 Alan H Long 3 John R Ketteringham (C) 4 Timothy Wylie 5 Peter J W Hardwick 6 Graham C Firman 7 Denis Mottershead 8 David Woodward 9 David C Brown 10 Christopher Forster In memoriam Thomas W Lamb, for many years a local ringer Ringing World October 26th 1973 No. 3261 Vol. LXIX page 863 Chester Diocesan Guild Sandbach, Cheshire St Mary Sunday, 19 August 1973 in 2h 55 (13–1–5 in F) 5088 Upton Snodsbury Surprise Major Composed by Sir A P Heywood 1 Alan H Long 2 John R Ketteringham 3 David C Brown (C) 4 Arthur F Hall 5 Christopher Forster 6 Timothy Wylie 7 Graham C Firmam 8 David Woodward First peal in the method Upton Snodsbury Surprise Major B-38-1456-56-16-12-58-16.34.58 Ringing World October 26th 1973 No. 3261 Vol. LXIX page 863 Chester Diocesan Guild Dodleston, Cheshire St Mary Monday, 20 August 1973 in 2h 38 (8–0–0 in A) 5040 Minor (8m) London S, Norwich S, Cambridge S, Plain Bob, St Clements, Double Oxford, Kent TB, Oxford TB 1 John R Ketteringham 2 Alan H Long 3 Peter J W Hardwick 4 David C Brown (C) 5 Graham G Firman 6 Arthur F Hall Rung on John Ketteringham's 1973 Peal Tour Ringing World page reference: 3261.0863Chester Diocesan Guild Runcorn, Cheshire All Saints Tuesday, 21 August 1973 in 2h 55 (15–3–15 in E) 5152 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Composed by Simon Humphrey 1 Arthur F Hall 2 David C Brown 3 John R Ketteringham (C) 4 Alan H Long 5 David Woodward 6 Timothy Wylie 7 Peter J W Hardwick 8 Christopher Forster John Ketteringham’s 1973 Peal Tour Ringing World October 26th 1973 Vol. LXIX No. 3261 page 863 Ringing World page reference: 3261.0863Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Tuesday, 21 August 1973 in 3h 10 (12–1–3 in F♯) 5184 Cheddar Surprise Major 1 Arthur F Hall 2 John R Ketteringham 3 David C Brown 4 Timothy Wylie 5 Christopher Forster (C) 6 David R Hymas 7 Graham G Firman 8 David Woodward John R Ketteringham's 1973 Peal Tour. First in method for all except the Second. First peal in the method with all the work for every bell. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Wednesday, 22 August 1973 in 2h 45 (7–2–22 in B♭) 5184 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by Christopher Forster 1 David C Brown 2 Alan H Long 3 Christopher Forster (C) 4 David R Hymas 5 Timothy Wylie 6 Arthur F Hall 7 David Woodward 8 Graham G Firman Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Wednesday, 22 August 1973 in 3h 11 (26–0–21 in D) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by John R Ketteringham 1 Arthur F Hall 2 Alan H Long 3 John R Ketteringham (C) 4 David R Hymas 5 Graham G Firman 6 Timothy Wylie 7 Peter J W Hardwick 8 David Woodward 9 Christopher Forster 10 David C Brown Rung for the Chester Guild during John Ketteringham's peal week. Chester Diocesan Guild Tushingham, Cheshire St Chad Thursday, 23 August 1973 in 2h 44 (11–1–7 in G♯) 5040 Minor (12m) (12 methods: London Surprise, Norwich Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, Kent T.B.,
Oxford T.B., Plain Bob, Double Oxford, St. Clements, Thelwall, Childwall, Pinehurst, Buxton College) 1 John R Ketteringham 2 Arthur F Hall 3 David C Brown (C) 4 Timothy Wylie 5 Graham G Firman 6 Peter J W Hardwick Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire In the Belfry of All Saints’ Church Thursday, 23 August 1973 in 1h 55 (15 in C) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1–2 Alan F Scholfield 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 J David Atkinson 7–8 Gerald Moorhouse Ringing World September 14th 1973 No. 3255 Vol. LXIX page 738 Ringing World page reference: 3255.0738Chester Diocesan Guild Bebington, Wirral St Andrew Thursday, 23 August 1973 in 2h 47 (8–1–13 in A♭) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by Stephen J Ivin 1 John R Ketteringham 2 Alan H Long 3 David R Hymas 4 Christopher Forster (C) 5 David Woodward 6 Peter J W Hardwick 7 Graham R Firman 8 David C Brown Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Friday, 24 August 1973 in 2h 54 (11–0–7 in G) 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) 640 each Bristol, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative and Yorkshire. 608 each of Cambridge, Lincolnshire and London. 120 com and atw Composed by N J Diserens 1 John R Ketteringham 2 Christopher Forster (C) 3 Alan H Long 4 David Woodward 5 Timothy Wylie 6 Peter J W Hardwick 7 Graham G Firman 8 David C Brown Rung as part of John Ketteringham's 1973 Peal Tour Ringing World page reference: 3261.0864Chester Diocesan Guild Malpas, Cheshire St Oswald Friday, 24 August 1973 in 3h 9 (15–3–6 in E) 5056 Snodland Delight Major Composed by A J Pitman (Wratten 30) 1 Alan H Long 2 John R Ketteringham 3 David C Brown (C) 4 Arthur F Hall 5 Peter J W Hardwick 6 Graham G Firman 7 Timothy Wylie 8 David Woodward First peal in the method and named after Tim Wylie's present place of residence Rung on John Ketteringham's 1973 Peal Tour Ringing World page reference: 3261.0864Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 25 August 1973 in 3h 4 (18–0–6 in E) 5088 Pudsey Surprise Major Composed by R J Parker 1 John R Ketteringham 2 David R Hymas 3 Arthur F Hall 4 David Woodward 5 Graham G Firman (C) 6 Timothy Wylie 7 Peter J W Hardwick 8 Christopher Forster Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Monday, 27 August 1973 in 3h 12 (20–0–0 in E) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by W Pye 1 Sidney Hough 2 Michael Foulds 3 James Hedgcock 4 J David Atkinson 5 Ronald F Andrew 6 Stuart I Bamforth 7 C Kenneth Lewis 8 Peter A Sharp 9 Robert B Smith (C) 10 Alan F Scholfield Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Saturday, 1 September 1973 in 2h 47 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by G Lindoff 1 William H Dowse 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Peter Broadbent 4 John A Booth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Basil Jones 7 Jeffrey Brannan 8 Brian Harris Chester Diocesan Guild Grappenhall, Cheshire St Wilfrid Saturday, 1 September 1973 (11–1–6 in F♯) 1320 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Kim A Massey 2 Stella E O'Brien 3 Malcolm Murphy 4 John Moore 5 Michael Thomson (C) 6 Nigel J Moore First Quarter - 1 & 2 Chester Diocesan Guild Prestbury, Cheshire West Pines, Dale Brow Thursday, 6 September 1973 in 2h 15 (15 in C) 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by Arthur Knights 1–2 Gerald Moorhouse 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 Alan F Scholfield 7–8 Neil D Lomas Ringing World October 5th 1973 No. 3258 Vol. LXIX page 797 Ringing World page reference: 3258.0797Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 8 September 1973 in 3h 15 (26–0–21 in D) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 Basil Jones 2 Frank R Morton 3 Harold C Lonyon 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 Robin J Lee 6 William H Dowse 7 Roy Worrall 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) To mark the 50th anniversary of the rehanging of the bells. Chester Diocesan Guild Derby, Derbyshire Cathedral Church of All Saints Saturday, 8 September 1973 in 3h 15 (19–0–1 in D♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by C Kenneth Lewis 1 David W Friend 2 Janet S Lee 3 Christopher J Jones 4 Margaret P Booth 5 Brian S B Kear 6 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 7 Peter Broadbent 8 Michael Foulds 9 Stuart I Bamforth 10 John A Booth Chester Diocesan Guild Congleton, Cheshire St Peter Friday, 14 September 1973 in 2h 53 (13–1–2 in F) 5184 Macclesfield Surprise Major Composed by A G Driver 1 Geoffrey A Edwards 2 Frank R Morton 3 Basil Jones 4 Simon R Cole 5 Roland W Morant 6 David J Midgley 7 Roy Worrall 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) 350th peal : 1 First in the method by all except 3rd Ringing World October 5th 1973 No. 3258 Vol. LXIX page 796 Chester Diocesan Guild Marple, Cheshire All Saints Friday, 21 September 1973 in 2h 40 (13–2–12 in F) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C. Middleton 1 Peter Broadbent 2 Frederick Dunkerley 3 Basil Jones (C) 4 Margaret P Booth 5 Ronald F Andrew 6 Brian S B Kear 7 William H Dowse 8 Jeffrey Brannan Chester Diocesan Guild Heswall, Wirral St Peter Saturday, 22 September 1973 in 2h 40 5040 Minor (3m) 3 extents each of Cambridge Surprise and Plain Bob and 1 extent of Kent Treble Bob 1 John Hyden 2 Julia E Neame 3 Ruth Blackwell 4 Geoffrey C Sparling 5 Charles F Pocock 6 Anthony P Foster (C) First peal: 2 First peal on tower bells: 3 To mark the enthronement of the new Bishop of London, formerly Bishop of Chester. Chester Diocesan Guild Acton, Cheshire St Mary Tuesday, 25 September 1973 in 2h 37 (13–0–8 in F) 5040 Doubles (13m/57v) 13 methods: St Simon, St Osmund, St Martin, Eynesbury, St Nicholas, St Remigius, Winchendon Place, Huntley, Grandsire, All Saints, Reverse St Bartholomew, Reverse Canterbury and Plain Bob and 57 variations 1 Herbert Sutton 2 Frank R Morton (C) 3 Roland W Morant 4 Frederick S Sutton 5 Geoffrey A Edwards 6 Stanley Sutton 50th together: 1,4 350th together: 2,5 70th birthday compliment to Herbert Sutton Ringing World October 26th 1973 No. 3261 Vol. LXIX page 860 Chester Diocesan Guild Middlewich, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 29 September 1973 in 2h 53 (20–0–20 in E) 5120 London Surprise Major Composed by Stephen Ivin 1 Christopher J Sharp 2 Arthur V Pearson 3 Frank R Morton 4 Jack L Millhouse 5 Norman J Goodman 6 George E Fearn 7 Eric J Gilbert 8 Stephen Ivin (C) 550th peal - 3 For Patronal Festival Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 29 September 1973 in 2h 55 (18–0–6 in E) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by Stephen Ivin 1 Christopher J Jones 2 Jack L Millhouse 3 Christopher J Sharp 4 Arthur V Pearson 5 George E Fearn 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Norman J Goodman 8 Stephen Ivin (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Astbury, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 29 September 1973 in 2h 35 (12–0–20 in G♯) 5040 London Surprise Minor 1 David J Midgley 2 Basil Jones 3 Harold C Lonyon 4 William F Gibbons 5 Ivor R Nichols 6 Roy Worrall (C) First of London Minor: 1,3,4,5 Ringing World October 26th 1973 No. 3261 Vol. LXIX page 860 Chester Diocesan Guild Bromborough, Cheshire St Barnabas Monday, 1 October 1973 in 3h 12 (23–1–5 in E♭) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by Stephen Ivin 1 Arthur V Pearson 2 Christopher J Sharp 3 Bryan D A Woolley 4 Jack L Millhouse 5 Norman J Goodman 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 George E Fearn 8 Stephen Ivin (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Wednesday, 3 October 1973 in 2h 37 (11–0–7 in G) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by Roger Baldwin 1 Arthur V Pearson 2 Christopher J Sharp 3 Norman J Goodman 4 Jack L Millhouse 5 Eric J Gilbert 6 Bryan D A Woolley 7 George E Fearn 8 Stephen Ivin (C) 250th of London Surprise Major: 7 Ringing World page reference: 3263.0903Chester Diocesan Guild Eccleston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Wednesday, 3 October 1973 in 3h 18 (26–3–3 in E♭) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by Stephen Ivin 1 Jack L Millhouse 2 Arthur V Pearson 3 Christopher J Sharp 4 Norman J Goodman 5 George E Fearn 6 Eric J Gilbert 7 Bryan D A Woolley 8 Stephen Ivin (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire 9 Hawthorn Road Thursday, 4 October 1973 in 2h 37 (14 in D) 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal Composed by Alan F Scholfield 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 J David Atkinson 7–8 Alan F Scholfield 9–10 John W Gander First peal of Royal in Wilmslow Ringing World November 2nd 1973 No. 3262 Vol. LXIX page 883 Ringing World page reference: 3262.0883Chester Diocesan Guild Warburton, Cheshire St Werburgh Saturday, 6 October 1973 in 3h 7 (25–2–6 in E♭) 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Thomas B Worsley 1 Jeffrey Brannan 2 J David Atkinson 3 Basil Jones 4 John A Booth 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 William H Dowse 7 Robert B Smith 8 Brian Harris For Harvest Thanksgiving Ringing World November 2nd 1973 Vol. LXIX No. 3262 page 880 Ringing World page reference: 3262.0880Chester Diocesan Guild Liscard, Wirral St Mary Saturday, 6 October 1973 in 3h 18 (16–2–2 in F) 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by C I Rowson 1 Norah M Randles 2 Cynthia E Warrilow 3 Christopher J Jones 4 Elizabeth R Mullett 5 Robert Peers 6 Robert J Warrilow 7 Eric J Gilbert 8 Jack L Millhouse (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Eccleshall, Staffordshire Holy Trinity Saturday, 6 October 1973 in 2h 35 (10–3–11 in G♯) 5040 Doubles (14m) 1 Colin Davies 2 Paul Maddock 3 P Graham Walters 4 Frank R Morton (C) 5 John R Scott 6 William H Watkin Chester Diocesan Guild Waverton, Cheshire St Peter Sunday, 7 October 1973 (8–0–10 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Rachel J Elliott 2 Joan Bray 3 P M Prime 4 M A Speed 5 R J Elliott (C) 6 Robin H Parry Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, Cheshire 4 Coppice Road Tuesday, 9 October 1973 in 1h 45 (18 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 John R Scott 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) Ringing World November 16th 1973 No. 3264 Vol. LXIX page 923 Ringing World page reference: 3264.0923Chester Diocesan Guild Church Lawton, Cheshire All Saints Friday, 12 October 1973 in 2h 36 (8–1–2 in G) 5088 Xenia Surprise Major Composed by Stephen J Ivin 1 Roland W Morant 2 Basil Jones 3 Roy Worrall 4 Eric Hotine 5 David J Midgley 6 Frank R Morton 7 Ralph B Mitchell 8 Ivor R Nichols (C) Circled tower twice: 6 First in the method by all and for the Guild Ringing World November 2nd 1973 No. 3262 Vol. LXIX page 880 Chester Diocesan Guild Bredbury, Greater Manchester St Mark Saturday, 13 October 1973 in 2h 45 (11–2–7 in G) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 John A Booth 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Margaret Booth 4 Peter Broadbent 5 Stephen C Proctor 6 Basil Jones (C) 7 William H Dowse 8 Jeffrey Brannan Chester Diocesan Guild Tushingham, Cheshire St Chad Tuesday, 16 October 1973 in 2h 25 (11–1–7 in G♯) 5040 Minor (4m) (1 extent each Kent T.B., St. Clements, Rev. Canterbury, 4 Plain Bob) 1 Edward V Rodenhurst 2 Colin Davies 3 Paul Maddock 4 Geoffrey A Edwards 5 John R Scott 6 Frank R Morton (C) First peal inside: 2. Ringing World page reference: 3263.0900Chester Diocesan Guild Altrincham, Cheshire 52 Wellington Road Thursday, 18 October 1973 in 2h 19 (15 in C) 5120 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by William Harrison 1–2 Gerald Moorhouse 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 J David Atkinson 7–8 Stuart W Bracegirdle First TB in hand and first of Kent TB Major: 7-8 Ringing World December 21/28 1973 No. 3269/3270 Vol. LXIX page 1040 Ringing World page reference: 3269.1040Chester Diocesan Guild Audlem, Cheshire St James the Great Tuesday, 23 October 1973 in 2h 23 (8–3–19 in A) 5040 Minor (5m) 1 extent each Single Oxford, St Nicholas, St Clement’s and Reverse Canterbury, 3 Plain Bob 1 C Paul Cheshire 2 Paul Maddock 3 Frederick S Sutton 4 John R Scott 5 Geoffrey A Edwards 6 Frank R Morton (C) First of Minor: 1 300th as conductor for the Guild Ringing World November 30th 1973 No. 3266 Vol. LXIX page 960 Chester Diocesan Guild Weaverham, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 27 October 1973 (9–0–23 in A♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 John C Breese 2 Malcolm Murphy 3 Raymond L Poole 4 Colin Davies 5 Nicholas Thomson (C) First quarter - 3; for the local ringers, who were taking part in a sponsored walk. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 27 October 1973 in 2h 58 (23–2–3 in E♭) 5040 Lincolnshire Surprise Royal Composed by Charles J Sedgeley 1 Basil Jones 2 Frank R Morton 3 Roy Worrall 4 J David Atkinson 5 Roland W Morant 6 Ivor R Nichols (C) 7 Eric Nixon 8 David J Midgley 9 John C Eisel 10 Ian M Holland First of Royal in the method by all except the ringer of the ninth. Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, Cheshire 4 Coppice Road Tuesday, 30 October 1973 in 1h 40 (18 in G) 5040 Minor (2m) 3 extents Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, 4 Plain Bob 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 John R Scott 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 300th together: 3-4 and 5-6 Ringing World November 30th 1973 No. 3266 Vol. LXIX page 963 Ringing World page reference: 3266.0963Chester Diocesan Guild Offerton, Stockport, Cheshire 46 Brookside Avenue Thursday, 8 November 1973 in 2h 27 (15 in C) 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal Composed by Arthur Knights 1–2 John Gander 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 Alan F Scholfield 7–8 Gerald Moorhouse 9–10 Neil D Lomas Birthday compliment to N D Lomas Ringing World December 21/28 1973 No. 3269/3270 Vol. LXIX page 1040 Ringing World page reference: 3269.1040Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Saturday, 10 November 1973 in 2h 32 (8–3–18 in A) 5040 Minor (7m) 1 extent each Surfleet Surprise, Beverley Surprise, St Clement's Bob, Childwall Bob, Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Plain Bob. 1 Christopher L D Munday (C) 2 Colin Davies 3 Nicholas Thomson 4 David M Hunns 5 Michael C E Hodge 6 Michael Thomson Most methods - 2; on Guild Dinner Day. Chester Diocesan Guild New Mills, Derbyshire St George Saturday, 10 November 1973 in 2h 54 (13–1–0 in G♯) 5280 Rutland Surprise Major Composed by Arthur Craven 1 R S Curtis Twitchell 2 Stuart I Bamforth 3 Margaret P Booth 4 Janet S Lee 5 Arthur F Hall 6 David C Walker 7 Gordon A Halls (C) 8 John A Booth Source: RW, 1973, page 980. Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 10 November 1973 in 2h 46 (18–0–11 in E) 5056 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Composed by W Barton 1 Brian S B Kear 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Robert Pettifor 4 Ronald F Andrew 5 Peter Broadbent 6 Basil Jones (C) 7 William H Dowse 8 Frank Osbaldiston Engagement compliment to Kathryn Johnson and Peter Broadbent. Chester Diocesan Guild Weaverham, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Wednesday, 14 November 1973 (9–0–23 in A♭) 1440 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Thomas Smith 2 Paul Maddock 3 Pam Hough 4 Colin Davies 5 Clive W Simpson 6 Nicholas Thomson (C) First Cambridge - 2. For the marriage of HRH Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Wirral St Hilary of Poitiers Wednesday, 14 November 1973 in 2h 43 (8–2–17 in G) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Margaret F Webster 2 Susan L Webster 3 Vivian T O Boase 4 Lynda M Davies 5 T Roy Humphreys 6 John McCulloch (C) First of surprise: 1 and 2 Rung in honour of the wedding of HRH Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips Chester Diocesan Guild Oxton, Merseyside St Saviour Wednesday, 14 November 1973 in 2h 58 (20–1–16 in E) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Charles Middleton 1 Gillian Lifton 2 Ruth Blackwell 3 Thomas E Howarth 4 Christopher J Eden 5 John E Ledsham 6 John P Horrocks 7 Alexander J Martin 8 Anthony P Foster (C) First in method; 2,4,6 First Major, 5 For Royal wedding Also for birth of a son (Andrew Philip) to Geoff and Sue Sparling Chester Diocesan Guild Bidston, Wirral St Oswald Wednesday, 14 November 1973 in 2h 45 (5–1–24 in C) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 J Owen Roberts 2 Julie A Elder 3 Alison J Woods 4 S Glenn O'Brian 5 Charles B Pemberton (C) 6 W J Charles Seddon First peal: 1,2,3,4 & 6 First attempt: 1,2 & 3 By Sunday Service Band. Rung for the wedding of Her Royal Highness Princes Anne and Captain Mark Phillips Chester Diocesan Guild Aldford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Wednesday, 14 November 1973 in 2h 55 (12–3–20 in E) 5040 Minor (7m) One extent each of Double Bob, St Clements Bob, Childwall Bob, Double Oxford Bob, Thelwall Bob, Single Oxford Bob and Plain Bob 1 Robert Nightingale 2 Rachel J Elliott 3 John W Griffiths (C) 4 Dennis H B Millward 5 J David Adams 6 John G Hallett First in 7 methods: 1,6 First peal on the bells since rehanging Rung in honour of the Wedding of Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips Ringing World page reference: 3268.0999Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Friday, 16 November 1973 in 2h 30 (14–1–22 in F♯) 5088 Ospringe Surprise Major Composed by R F B Speed 1 Valerie A Mayhew 2 Basil Jones 3 Raymond J Ballard 4 Roy Worrall 5 John A Booth 6 Ivor R Nichols (C) 7 Roland W Morant 8 Frank R Morton First in the method by all and for the Guild. Chester Diocesan Guild Holmes Chapel, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 17 November 1973 in 2h 33 (11 in F♯) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 7 Different Extents 1 Frank R Morton 2 Leonard Copnall 3 Harrold C Lorgon 4 William F Gibbons 5 Ivor R Nichols 6 Roy Worral (C) First Cambridge inside - 2 Completes Cambridge Minor to Maximus - 3 Rung for the wedding of HRH Princess Anne & Capt. Mark Phillips Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 17 November 1973 in 3h 14 (18–0–6 in E) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by A Knights 1 Michael Foulds (C) 2 Frederick Dunkerley 3 Nicholas Thomson 4 Peter Broadbent 5 Alan J Brown 6 Brian S B Kear 7 Sidney Hough 8 Ronald F Andrew 50th for the Guild - 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Grappenhall, Cheshire St Wilfrid Sunday, 18 November 1973 (11–1–6 in F♯) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 John C Breese 2 Stella E O'Brien 3 Clifford W Shaw 4 Colin Davies 5 Michael Thomson 6 Nicholas Thomson (C) For evensong, for the royal wedding Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire 33 Sandringham Road Thursday, 22 November 1973 in 2h 17 (15 in C) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by Arthur Craven 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5–6 Alan F Scholfield 7–8 Gerald Moorhouse 300th peal: 5-6 Ringing World January 18th 1974 No. 3273 Vol. LXX page 53 Ringing World page reference: 3273.0053Chester Diocesan Guild Over, Cheshire St Chad Saturday, 24 November 1973 in 2h 55 (13–2–15 in F♯) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Bruerton's 12-Part 1 Leslie England 2 Paul Maddock 3 Colin Davies 4 Clive W Simpson 5 John R Scott (C) 6 Geoffrey A Edwards 7 P Graham Walters 8 Nicholas Thomson First peal: 2. First Triples as conductor. Birthday compliment to Michael Thomson, Mid-Cheshire Branch ringing master. Chester Diocesan Guild Witton (Northwich), Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 1 December 1973 in 2h 58 (14–0–0 in F) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Gabriel Lindoff 1 Simon R Cole 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 4 Neil D Lomas 5 Christopher L D Munday 6 William H Dowse 7 Stuart W Bracegirdle 8 Basil Jones First in method: 7 Chester Diocesan Guild Tattenhall, Cheshire St Alban Saturday, 1 December 1973 in 2h 43 (12–0–17 in F♯) 5040 Minor (3m) 1 extent each Single Oxford Bob, Kent Treble Bob; 5 extents Plain Bob. 1 Frank R Morton (C) 2 Nicholas Thomson 3 John G Hallett 4 Colin Davies 5 P Graham Walters 6 Paul Maddock Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, Cheshire All Saints, Hoole Saturday, 1 December 1973 in 2h 25 (7½ in B) 5040 Minor (5m) 1 Extent each of Cambridge Surprise, St. Clements, Kent Treble Bob, Single oxford and 3 extents of Plain Bob. 1 Paul Maddock 2 John G Hallett 3 P Graham Walters 4 Colin Davies 5 Nicholas Thomson 6 Frank R Morton (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Bowdon, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 15 December 1973 in 3h 1 (18–0–6 in E) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven extents called differently 1 Andrew W Giddings 2 George H Bailey 3 Colin Davies 4 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 5 Alan J Brown 6 Christopher J Jones First peal: 1. Chester Diocesan Guild Salford, Greater Manchester Sacred Trinity Saturday, 22 December 1973 in 2h 46 (11–2–17 in G) 5088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Composed by W Barton 1 Colin Davies 2 Sidney Hough 3 Giles B Thompson 4 Nicholas Thomson 5 P Graham Walters 6 Michael Thomson 7 Ian Smith 8 Christopher L D Munday (C) First of major - 1; first in the method -4; first of surprise - 5. Chester Diocesan Guild Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire St Michael Saturday, 22 December 1973 in 2h 56 (15–1–16 in F) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by J Pigott 1 Margaret Booth 2 Fred Dunkerley 3 Peter Broadbent 4 William H Dowse 5 C Kenneth Lewis (C) 6 Basil Jones 7 John Booth 8 Jeffrey Brannan Source: RW, 1974, page 94. Chester Diocesan Guild Hyde, Cheshire St George Saturday, 22 December 1973 in 2h 35 (18–0–11 in E) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Stephen C Proctor 2 Anne Snowball 3 Carol McAdam 4 Ian Slinger 5 Graham N Proctor 6 David C Walker (C) First on six by all. Chester Diocesan Guild Weaverham, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Sunday, 23 December 1973 (9–0–23 in A♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Linda M Capper 2 Rosemary Wilkinson 3 Lesley K England 4 P Graham Walters 5 Peter Wilkinson (C) 6 Robert J Fearnett For the service of Nine Lessons and Carols. First quarter -1 Chester Diocesan Guild Shotwick, Cheshire St Michael Thursday, 27 December 1973 in 2h 52 (8–3–0 in F♯) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 John Lifton 2 Thomas E Howarth 3 Kenneth C Edwards 4 Clarissa J E Caroe 5 Alexander J Martin 6 John Ledsham (C) First peal in the method: 2, 3 and 6 First peal as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Prestbury, Cheshire West Pines, Dale Brow Thursday, 27 December 1973 in 2h 26 (15 in C) 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Composed by Alan F Scholfield 1–2 Alan F Scholfield (C) 3–4 C Kenneth Lewis 5–6 J David Atkinson 7–8 Gerald Moorhouse 9–10 Robert B Smith Ringing World February 1st 1974 No. 3275 Vol. LXX page 99 Ringing World page reference: 3275.0099Chester Diocesan Guild Crewe, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 29 December 1973 in 3h 8 (20–0–0 in E) 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (2m) 2520 each of Cambridge and Yorkshire, 55 changes of method Composed by C K Lewis 1 Geoffrey A Edwards 2 Roland W Morant 3 William H Dowse 4 Frank R Morton 5 Roy Worrall 6 Ralph B Mitchell 7 Eric Hotine 8 Basil Jones 9 David J Midgley 10 Ivor R Nichols (C) 300th peal: 2 First Spliced Royal by all except 3 and 8 Ringing World January 25th 1974 No. 3274 Vol. LXX page 72 Chester Diocesan Guild Audley, Staffordshire St James the Great Saturday, 29 December 1973 in 3h 8 (15–0–18 in F♯) 5184 Rutland Surprise Major Composed by Norman Smith 1 Peter Dyson 2 Sidney Hough 3 Elizabeth A Hibbert 4 Eric Roughley 5 Raymond J Ballard 6 Timothy Wylie (C) 7 Geoffrey R Gardner 8 Denis Mottershead First in method: 3. To welcome Jonathan, a son for Valerie and John Bell. Chester Diocesan Guild Grappenhall, Cheshire St Wilfrid Monday, 31 December 1973 (11–1–6 in F♯) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 John C Breese 2 Stella E O'Brien 3 Pam Hough 4 Paul Maddock 5 Nicholas Thomson 6 Michael Thomson (C) To mark the passing of 1973. Also an engagement compliment to Pam Hough and Mike Thomson | |
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