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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 274 matching performances. The top 200 are listed below. Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Sunday, 2 January 2011 in 46m (25.2.24) 1344 Spliced Stedman and Grandsire Triples 672 of each, 15 c.o.m. 1 Bernard J Ongley 2 David W Friend 3 Rebecca Glen 4 Dennis Latham 5 Peter Wilkinson 6 C Michael Orme 7 K George Lee (C) 8 Tim J Calvert First of spliced Stedman and Grandsire for all except 5 and 7. Rung on the back 8 for church open afternoon. Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Monday, 3 January 2011 in 45m (13.1.6) 1260 Plain Bob Triples 1 Dennis Latham 2 Wendy M Lee 3 Jonathan D Calvert 4 Bernard J Ongley 5 John Birks 6 Tim J Calvert 7 K George Lee (C) 8 Nic D P Moore For practice. Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 4 January 2011 in 2h 15 (11) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by R B Pullin 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 James W Holdsworth (C) 7–8 William H Dowse Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 4 January 2011 in 2h 18 (12) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by J S Warboys 1–2 David W Friend 3–4 Peter C Randall (C) 5–6 James S Croft 7–8 Peter Broadbent Chester Diocesan Guild Thurstaston, Merseyside St Bartholomew Friday, 7 January 2011 in 42m (6–2–15) 1320 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Sarah E Robson 2 Amy M Robson 3 Christopher J Eden 4 Jennifer A McIntyre 5 Peter W Robson (C) 6 Christine M Higgins Rung to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the consecration of St Bartholomew's Church, Thurstaston (7th January 1886). 1st quarter; 1, 6. 50th quarter as Conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Holmes Chapel, Cheshire St Luke Friday, 7 January 2011 in 40m (11 cwt) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Jonathan M D Copley 2 S James Fisher 3 John F Murfin 4 David J Phillips 5 Mervyn J Harrison (C) 6 Derek R Copley Half muffled in memory of Peter Schofield, a ringer at this tower, who died on 31 Dec 2010, following a tragic climbing accident. First quarter peals 1,6 Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, 14 Park Road Sunday, 9 January 2011 in 2h 5 (size 11) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 7–8 C Paul Cheshire In memory of Michael D Heywood, relative of the conductor, Chairman of Willaston Parish Council, who died on January 2nd 2011. Ringing World page reference: 5207.0135Chester Diocesan Guild Thurstaston, Merseyside St Bartholomew Sunday, 9 January 2011 in 41m (6–2–15) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 David T G Jones 2 Amy M Robson 3 Helen A Powell 4 Samuel E Jackson 5 Ian W Taylor 6 Peter W Robson (C) Rung for the 125th anniversary of the consecration of St Bartholomew's, Thurstaston on 7th January 1886. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 11 January 2011 in 2h 38 (15) 5024 Littleport Little Surprise Royal Composed by D F Morrison (no 4528) 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 James W Holdsworth 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 Peter C Randall (C) 9–10 David W Friend Birthday compliment to 5-6 Ringing World page reference: 5205.0088Chester Diocesan Guild Buerton, Cheshire 4 Windmill Close Wednesday, 12 January 2011 (15 in C) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1–2 Christine Johnson 3–4 John R Scott (C) 5–6 Geoffrey A Edwards Chester Diocesan Guild Cranage Briarwood, Goostrey Lane Thursday, 13 January 2011 in 1h 43 (size 13) 5040 Minor (3m) (3m: (1-3) Plain B (4-5) Kent TB (6-7) Oxford TB) 1–2 John F Murfin 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Michael C E Hodge (C) In memory of Peter Schofield, a ringer at Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, who died recently following a tragic accident on 27th December 2010. Ringing World page reference: 5206.0112Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael & All Angels Sunday, 16 January 2011 in 53m (26–0–21) 1344 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by HWWH x 2 1 Doreen M Dawson 2 Ben Hockenhull 3 Ivor R Nichols 4 Alan J Wootton 5 Ian J Brown 6 John H Gibb 7 James C Marchbank (C) 8 C Michael Orme For Choral Evensong. 300th quarter: 7. £4. Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 18 January 2011 in 2h 35 (15) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by C U G Collective 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 James W Holdsworth (C) 5–6 J David Atkinson 7–8 James S Croft 9–10 Peter Broadbent Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Tuesday, 18 January 2011 in 44m (9.1.21) 1260 Stedman Doubles 1 Julia Davies 2 Nic D P Moore 3 Dennis Latham 4 Bernard J Ongley 5 K George Lee (C) 6 John Birks First of Stedman - 2. Chester Diocesan Guild Buerton 4 Windmill Close Tuesday, 18 January 2011 in 1h 59 (size 15) 5040 Minor (9m) (9m: (1) Single Oxford (2) St Clements CB, Childwall, Buxton B (3) St Nicholas College, Heatherslade, Gower B (4 & 5) Rev Canterbury Please Pl (6 & 7) Plain B) 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 John R Scott 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 900th peal together: 3-4 & 5-6. Ringing World page reference: 5208.0160Chester Diocesan Guild Cranage Briarwood, Goostrey Lane Thursday, 20 January 2011 in 1h 50 (size 13) 5040 Minor (13m) (13m: (1) Single Oxford, Plain B (2) Double, Fulbeck, Plain B (3) St Clements CB, Buxton, Childwall B (4) St Nicholas, Gower, Heatherslade B (5) Rev Canterbury PB (6) Kent TB (7) Oxford TB) 1–2 John F Murfin 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Michael C E Hodge (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Wistaston, Cheshire St Mary V Saturday, 22 January 2011 in 2h 39 (6) 5056 Musbury Surprise Major Composed by A J Pitman 1 Philip W Gay 2 Raymond H Daw 3 Christine M Johnson 4 Geoffrey A Edwards 5 C Paul Cheshire 6 Rosemary A Maddocks 7 John R Scott 8 Frank R Morton (C) 1st in method: 3,4,5,7,8 Completes Surprise Major Alphabet: 7 Conductor's 300th peal on the bells. 160 together: 2 & 8 100 together: 2 & 4 Ringing World page reference: 5207.0133Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Saturday, 22 January 2011 in 2h 45 (11–0–7) 5088 Xerxes Surprise Major Composed by Brian V Mountjoy 1 Ian W Taylor 2 Diana M Anderson 3 Scott Wheaver 4 J David Adams 5 Brian Harris (Ches) 6 Geoffrey Parting 7 Duncan L C Hyde (C) 8 Peter Wilkinson Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 25 January 2011 in 2h 35 (15) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by J W Holdsworth (no 5) 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 James W Holdsworth (C) 9–10 Peter Broadbent Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 25 January 2011 in 2h 14 (12) 5024 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by D F Morrison (no 1609) 1–2 James S Croft 3–4 Peter C Randall (C) 5–6 David W Friend 7–8 William H Dowse Chester Diocesan Guild Alderley, Cheshire St Mary Thursday, 27 January 2011 in 50m (11) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Gill Walmsley 2 Margaret Graham 3 Les Holt 4 John Wilson 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 Ray Britland To celebrate the birthday today of Mary Karasu Chester Diocesan Guild Backford, Cheshire St Oswald Saturday, 29 January 2011 in 45m (10–0–12) 1320 Plain Bob Minor 1 Helen Thomas 2 Trevor Holmes 3 Jean Welch 4 David Russell 5 Gordon Welch 6 Andrew Jobson (C) Chester Diocesan Guild West Kirby, Wirral St Bridget Sunday, 30 January 2011 (12–0–24) 1260 Plain Bob Triples 1 Jane Davies 2 Fiona Nuttall 3 Heather Nuttall 4 Margaret Allin 5 Lisa Nuttall 6 Eric Jones 7 Randle Tinkler (C) 8 Greg Buckridge Rung for Patronal Festival Service First Triples inside, 3. (a RW100QP) Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 1 February 2011 in 2h 54 (15) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Composed by P C Randall 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 James W Holdsworth 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 James S Croft 9–10 David W Friend 11–12 Peter Broadbent Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Tuesday, 1 February 2011 in 44m (9.1.21) 1260 Armitage-is-the-Name Bob Minor 1 Dennis Latham 2 Wendy M Lee 3 Nic D P Moore 4 Bernard J Ongley 5 Tim J Calvert 6 K George Lee (C) First in the method for all. Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Sunday, 6 February 2011 in 50m (25.2.24) 1256 Spliced Grandsire Triples and Plain Bob Major 616 Grandsire, 640 Plain Bob, 7 c.o.m. 1 Bernard J Ongley 2 Rebecca Glen 3 Christine Broadley 4 Clive R Calton 5 Dennis Latham 6 David W Friend 7 K George Lee (C) 8 Peter Wilkinson First of spliced triples and major for all except the conductor. Rung on the back 8 for church open afternoon. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 8 February 2011 in 2h 53 (15) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Composed by P C Randall 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 James W Holdsworth 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 Peter C Randall (C) 9–10 David W Friend 11–12 Peter Broadbent Chester Diocesan Guild Woodchurch, Merseyside Holy Cross Wednesday, 9 February 2011 in 2h 22 (3–3–27) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by John Hyden 1 John Hyden 2 Ruth Blackwell 3 Siân E Austin 4 David T G Jones 5 Peter L Furniss 6 Revd Brian Harris (Cheshire) 7 Samuel M Austin (C) 8 Lenard J Mitchell Rung to mark the centenary year of the death of John Rae Pritchard; and also to congratulate Rev. Anne Davis, Rector, on her appointment as an honorary canon of Chester Cathedral. 999th tower bell peal: 1 Ringing World page reference: 5210.0207Chester Diocesan Guild Mobberley, Cheshire St Wilfrid Thursday, 10 February 2011 in 50m (15) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Margaret Graham 2 Mary Karasu 3 John Wilson 4 Peter Wilkinson 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 Ray Britland Chester Diocesan Guild Middlewich 78 Long Lane Thursday, 10 February 2011 in 2h 14 (size 13) 5120 Spliced Treble Bob Major (2m) (2m: 3812 Kent; 1308 Oxford; 88 com - Worcester var) 1–2 Ian W Taylor (C) 3–4 John F Murfin 5–6 Michael C E Hodge 7–8 C Paul Cheshire Significant birthday compliment to Sue Keen, Middlewich ringer. Ringing World page reference: 5210.0208Chester Diocesan Guild Chester Cathedral, Cheshire Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 13 February 2011 in 52m (24–3–0) 1264 St Valentine Bob Major 1 John Hyden 2 Helen S Mitchell 3 Peter Hooper 4 J David Adams 5 Rev'd Brian Harris (Cheshire) 6 Peter Wilkinson 7 Duncan L C Hyde 8 Andrew Jobson (C) Rung prior to a special service in Chester Cathedral 'Celebrating Marriage'. Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 15 February 2011 in 2h 33 (15) 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (3 methods) 1920 Cambridge, 1680 Yorkshire, 1440 Lincolnshire; 18 com, atw Composed by P C Randall 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 David W Friend 9–10 James S Croft Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Tuesday, 15 February 2011 in 41m (11) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Jennifer M Christian 2 Neville Brown 3 Duncan L C Hyde 4 Robert Challenor 5 Andrew Jobson (C) 6 Simon Christian Chester Diocesan Guild Cranage, 50 Needham Drive Friday, 18 February 2011 in 2h 11 (size 13) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1–2 David N Young 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Michael C E Hodge (C) 7–8 C Paul Cheshire Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, 14 Park Road Sunday, 20 February 2011 in 2h 9 (size 11) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 7–8 C Paul Cheshire Chester Diocesan Guild Shotwick, Wirral St Michael's Sunday, 20 February 2011 1320 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Moya Fawcett 2 Robert Peers 3 Susan E Costello 4 Cathy Robertson 5 David J Hocker (C) 6 David H Lewis Rung half muffled in memory and celebration of the life of John Collinson. John was instrumental in forming a band and reinstating regular ringing at St Michael's in 2007, after the bells had been largely silent for many years. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michaels and all Angels Sunday, 20 February 2011 in 48m 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Doreen M Dawson 2 Richard S Starkie 3 Alan J Wootton 4 Ivor R Nichols 5 John H Gibb 6 Ian J Brown (C) For Choral Evensong £3 Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 22 February 2011 in 2h 38 (15) 5048 Kent Treble Bob Royal Granta Variation Composed by P C Randall 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 Neil D Lomas 5–6 James W Holdsworth (C) 7–8 Peter Broadbent 9–10 William H Dowse 200th handbell peal: 5-6 Ringing World page reference: 5212.0260Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 22 February 2011 in 2h 40 (15) 5056 Littleport Little Surprise Royal Composed by D F Morrison (no 4534) 1–2 James S Croft 3–4 Thomas J Hinks 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 Peter C Randall (C) 9–10 David W Friend Chester Diocesan Guild Cranage Briarwood, Goostrey Lane Thursday, 24 February 2011 in 1h 50 (size 13) 5040 Minor (13m) (13m: (1) Single Oxford, Plain B (2) Double, Fulbeck, Plain B (3) St Clements CB, Buxton, Childwall B (4) St Nicholas, Gower, Heatherslade B (5) Rev Canterbury P Pl (6) Kent TB (7) Oxford TB) 1–2 John F Murfin 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Michael C E Hodge (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Chester Cathedral, Cheshire Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 27 February 2011 in 51m (24–3–0) 1312 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by A Jobson 1 Fiona Harrison 2 Helen S Mitchell 3 Brian Heys 4 J David Adams 5 Simon Christian 6 Peter Wilkinson 7 Duncan L C Hyde 8 Andrew Jobson (C) For Evensong Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, 16 Westminster Green Monday, 28 February 2011 in 2h 21 (size 14) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1–2 David T G Jones 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Michael C E Hodge 7–8 Brian Harris (Ches) (C) Rung to celebrate the birth of Genevieve and Elizabetta, great granddaughters of the conductor. Ringing World page reference: 5213.0288Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 1 March 2011 in 2h 37 (size 15) 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (4m) (4m: 1280 each Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; 1200 Rutland; 28 com, atw) Composed by P C Randall 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 James W Holdsworth 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 David W Friend 9–10 Peter Broadbent Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Tuesday, 1 March 2011 in 45m (9–1–21) 1260 Buxton Bob Minor 1 Bernard J Ongley 2 Nic D P Moore 3 Wendy M Lee 4 Tim J Calvert 5 Dennis Latham 6 K George Lee (C) First in the method - 2, 3 and 4. Chester Diocesan Guild Buerton 4 Windmill Close Friday, 4 March 2011 in 1h 56 (size 15) 5040 Minor (11m) (11m: (1) Single Oxford, Plain B (2) Kent TB (3) Oxford TB (4) St Clements CB, Childwall, Buxton B (5) St Nicholas CB, Heatherslade, Gower B (6) Rev Canterbury Pleasure Pl (7) Plain B) 1–2 C Paul Cheshire 3–4 John R Scott 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, 14 Park Road Sunday, 6 March 2011 in 2h 15 (size 11) 5184 Plain Bob Major Composed by E J Lindley 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 7–8 C Paul Cheshire Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 8 March 2011 in 2h 24 (size 12) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by R I Allton (No 1510) 1–2 David W Friend 3–4 Peter C Randall (C) 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 Martin J E Daniels Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, 33 Sandringham Road Tuesday, 8 March 2011 in 2h 15 (size 11) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton (arr H Johnson) 1–2 James S Croft 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 James W Holdsworth (C) 7–8 Peter Broadbent Chester Diocesan Guild Horton, Staffordshire St Michael and All Angels Tuesday, 8 March 2011 in 2h 35 (8cwt) 5040 Treble Dodging Minor (35m) (35m: (1) Balmoral, Chepstow, Dover, Fotheringay, Skipton D (2) Bogedone, Ely, Knutsford, Rostherne, Wilmslow D (3) Abbeyville, Combermere, Crowland, St Werburgh, Vale Royal D (4) College Bob IV, Marple, Newdigate, Old Oxford, Willesden D (5) Braintree, Charlwood, Neasden, St Albans, Wragby D (6) College Exercise, Duke of Norfolk, Morning Star, Norbury, Ockley TB (7) Capel, Kingston, London Scholars, Oxford, Sandal TB; 48 com) 1 William H Dowse 2 Peter Wilkinson 3 Brian Harris (Ches) 4 J David Adams 5 Simon Humphrey (C) 6 Duncan L C Hyde Most Minor methods as conductor. Ringing World page reference: 5213.0285Chester Diocesan Guild Buerton 4 Windmill Close Tuesday, 8 March 2011 in 1h 54 (size 15) 5040 Minor (10m) (10m: (1) Single Oxford, Wight B (2) St Clements CB, Childwall, Buxton B (3) St Nicholas CB, Heatherslade, Gower B, Rev Canterbury Pleasure Pl (4) Rev Canterbury Pleasure Pl (5-7) Plain B) 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 John R Scott 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Mobberley, Cheshire St Wilfrid Thursday, 10 March 2011 in 45m (15) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Ray Britland 2 Margaret Graham 3 Mary Karasu 4 Gill Walmsley 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 Christopher Tetlow Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Thursday, 10 March 2011 in 49m (26–0–21) 1250 Spliced Surprise Major (3 Methods) 480 Lincolnshire, 386 Cambridge, 384 Yorkshire, 35 com, atw Composed by Quarter 500 1 Helen Foster 2 Ellen M Brown 3 Ivor R Nichols 4 Kevin J Rogers 5 Alan J Wootton 6 John H Gibb 7 William H Dowse 8 James C Marchbank (C) In anticipation of Branch Quarter Peal Fortnight... £4 (block donation). Chester Diocesan Guild Pulford, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 12 March 2011 in 2h 46 (10cwt) 5056 Albion Treble Bob Major Composed by James Morgan 1 Geoffrey Parting 2 David T G Jones 3 Andrew J Jobson 4 J David Adams 5 Ian W Taylor 6 Brian Harris (Ches) (C) 7 Duncan L C Hyde 8 Peter Wilkinson To celebrate 100 years of The Ringing World. The same method (with the same composition) was rung on these bells on 11th March 1911; and the peal was published in the first edition of The Ringing World. Ringing World page reference: 5213.0282Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 15 March 2011 in 2h 34 (size 15) 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (3m) (3m: 1680 each Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; 16 com, atw) Composed by P C Randall 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 James W Holdsworth 9–10 Peter Broadbent Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Chester St Helen Tuesday, 15 March 2011 in 43m (11–0–7) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Andrew Jobson 2 Neville Brown 3 Helen S Mitchell 4 Peter W H Barker 5 Roger Boultbee 6 J David Adams 7 Simon Christian (C) 8 Duncan L C Hyde Birthday compliments to Jennifer M Christian, Richard Brierley and Brian How; Sunday service ringers at Tarporley. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Wednesday, 16 March 2011 (23–2–3) 1282 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 1 W J Charles Seddon 2 Helen Foster 3 Ivor R Nichols 4 Clive R Calton 5 Alan J Wootton 6 Dennis Latham 7 Kevin J Rogers 8 David W Friend 9 Andrew C D Mayes 10 Simon R Holden (C) For East Branch quarter peal fortnight £5 BD Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire St Thomas Thursday, 17 March 2011 in 43m (14) 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8 Methods) 192 Bristol, Rutland, Cambridge, Superlative, 128 Lincolnshire, Pudsey, London, Yorkshire 1 Kathy A Jones 2 Rorick P Houghton 3 Christine Broadley 4 Clive R Calton 5 Rebecca Glen 6 Peter Broadbent 7 Paul Clifford 8 Simeon W Farrington-Newman (C) Birthday compliments to David Edwards, husband of 3. Rung as part of the Quarter Peal festival of the East Branch of the Chester Diocesan Guild Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Thursday, 17 March 2011 in 51m (26–0–21) 1280 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by Mark B Davies 1 Helen Foster 2 Ellen M Brown 3 Alan J Wootton 4 James C Marchbank (C) 5 Ivor R Nichols 6 Kevin J Rogers 7 Ben Hockenhull 8 Andrew C D Mayes 9 Richard S Starkie 10 C Michael Orme First of Surprise Royal inside: 2. For East Cheshire branch quarter peal fortnight. £5 (block donation). Chester Diocesan Guild Wistaston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 19 March 2011 in 2h 30 (6cwt) 5024 Plain Bob Major Composed by R Bailey 1 Frank R Morton (C) 2 C Paul Cheshire 3 Christine M Johnson 4 Jacqueline H A Thompson 5 John R Scott 6 Rosemary A Maddocks 7 Jennifer M Beech 8 Frank Beech Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, 14 Park Road Sunday, 20 March 2011 in 2h (size 11) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Christine M Johnson 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 7–8 C Paul Cheshire Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 20 March 2011 in 52m (26–0–21) 1320 Grandsire Cinques Composed by Simon A Bond 1 Doreen M Dawson 2 K George Lee 3 Clive R Calton 4 Helen Foster 5 Kevin J Rogers 6 Ivor R Nichols 7 James C Marchbank (C) 8 Alan J Wootton 9 Melanie R Curwen 10 Richard S Starkie 11 C Michael Orme 12 David W Friend First on twelve: 1. For Choral Evensong, and for East Cheshire branch quarter peal fortnight. £6 (block donation). Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Monday, 21 March 2011 in 42m (9–1–21) 1260 Childwall Bob Minor 1 Julia Davies 2 Wendy M Lee 3 Nic D P Moore 4 Dennis Latham 5 Tim J Calvert 6 K George Lee (C) First in the method - 2, 3 and 5. For East Branch quarter peal festival. Chester Diocesan Guild Bosley, Cheshire St Mary Monday, 21 March 2011 (5cwt) 1440 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Tim Hughes 2 Denise A Hughes 3 Rosemary S Spencer 4 Clive R Calton 5 William H Dowse 6 David W Friend (C) For East Cheshire Branch Quarter Peal Festival. £3 BD Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 22 March 2011 in 2h 40 (size 15) 5120 Oxford Treble Bob Royal Composed by G A C John 1–2 Peter C Randall (C) 3–4 Neil D Lomas 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 Peter Broadbent 9–10 Martin J E Daniels Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 22 March 2011 in 2h 15 (size 12) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J W Holdsworth (No.2) 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 James W Holdsworth (C) 5–6 David W Friend 7–8 William H Dowse With JDA's compliments to Geoff Davies and Charles Webb, who steered him through his first handbell peal (Plain Bob Minor for the Birmingham University Society) 50 years ago this day. 1,400th handbell peal: 1-2. Ringing World page reference: 5215.0339Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Peter Wednesday, 23 March 2011 in 45m (7–2–22) 1344 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by HWWH x 2 1 Sarah E Jacot 2 Mark P Jacot 3 Helen Foster 4 Ivor R Nichols 5 Graham Jenkins 6 Alan J Wootton 7 Ben Hockenhull (C) 8 James C Marchbank For East Cheshire branch quarter peal fortnight. Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Sunday, 27 March 2011 (11–3–15 in G) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Frank Moss 2 Denise A Hughes 3 Peter Newman (C) 4 Tony Greenham 5 Tim G Hughes 6 Sarah Jacot To celebrate safe arrival of 4's first grandchild Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 29 March 2011 in 2h 56 (size 15) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Composed by P C Randall 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 James S Croft 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 James W Holdsworth 9–10 David W Friend 11–12 Peter Broadbent Chester Diocesan Guild Mobberley, Cheshire St Wilfrid Tuesday, 29 March 2011 in 50m (15) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Margaret Graham 2 Les Holt 3 Mary Karasu 4 John Wilson 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 Ray Britland In celebration of Gordon Smith's 90th birthday today, a ringer at Mobberley for many years and former Tower Captain. Congratulations from us all! Chester Diocesan Guild Heswall, Wirral Tuesday, 29 March 2011 1260 Plain Bob Triples 1 Fiona Nuttall 2 Lisa Nuttall 3 Lindsey Jones 4 Margaret Allin 5 Peter Newton 6 John Willasey 7 Samantha Harrison (C) 8 Mike Lloyd Morris First as conductor. Rung to celebrate to Golden Wedding anniverary (50 years) of Phyl and John Jones (Lindsey's parents). Congratulations from all your ringing friends Chester Diocesan Guild Birkenhead St Saviour, Oxton Wednesday, 30 March 2011 1320 Spliced Plain and Little Bob Royal 1 Helen Stansfield 2 Jane E Davies 3 Helen Powell 4 David T G Jones 5 Joanne Wood 6 Christopher W Neale 7 Peter W Robson 8 Randle T J Tinkler (C) 9 Christopher J Eden 10 Steven W Hughes Rung prior to the Service of Induction of the Rev'd Dr Joe Kennedy, as Vicar of this parish of St Saviour, Oxton with St Andrew, Noctorum. William Harrison (Tower Captain) is associated with this Quarter Peal. Chester Diocesan Guild Norbury, Cheshire Thursday, 31 March 2011 in 43m 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Cordelia Warr 2 Rosemary Spencer 3 Rebecca Glen 4 Phil Houghton 5 Matthew Jones 6 Peter Broadbent 7 Tony Freemont 8 Martyn Owen (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Chelford, Cheshire St John the Evangelist Thursday, 31 March 2011 in 44m (8) 1320 Plain Bob Minor 1 Tim Hughes 2 Mary Karasu 3 Margaret Graham 4 Denise Hughes 5 Peter Wilkinson 6 Phil Roberts (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Sunday, 3 April 2011 in 46m (25.2.24) 1260 Barrow-upon-Humber Triples 1 Bernard J Ongley 2 Christine Broadley 3 Clive R Calton 4 Peter Wilkinson 5 Dennis Latham 6 C Michael Orme 7 K George Lee (C) 8 Simon R Holden First in the method for all. Wedding anniversary compliment to Pam and Alan McFall. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, 33 Sandringham Road Tuesday, 5 April 2011 in 2h 30 (size 15) 5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal Composed by K I Lucas 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 Peter C Randall (C) 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 James S Croft 9–10 Martin J E Daniels Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, 14 Park Road Sunday, 10 April 2011 in 2h 3 (size 11) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 7–8 C Paul Cheshire Chester Diocesan Guild Chester Cathedral, Cheshire Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 10 April 2011 in 54m (24–3–0) 1325 Stedman Cinques 1 John Hyden 2 Jennifer M Christian 3 Helen Mitchell 4 Ann C Bennett 5 Neil Bennett 6 Andrew Jobson 7 J David Adams 8 Simon Christian 9 Laura M Davies 10 Peter Wilkinson 11 Duncan L C Hyde (C) 12 Geoffrey A Edwards For Evensong Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Monday, 11 April 2011 in 46m (9–1–21) 1272 Kent Treble Bob Minor 1 Jonathan D Calvert 2 Wendy M Lee 3 Nic D P Moore 4 Dennis Latham 5 Tim J Calvert 6 K George Lee (C) First of treble bob inside - 2, 3 and 5. Birthday compliment to Jane Hobbs, Susan Freemont and Tim Calvert. Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 12 April 2011 in 2h 37 (size 15) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by Arr C U G Collective 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 James W Holdsworth (C) 7–8 David W Friend 9–10 Peter Broadbent Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Thursday, 14 April 2011 in 43m (6) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Margaret Graham 2 Les Holt 3 Mary Karasu 4 Gill Walmsley 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 Ray Britland Chester Diocesan Guild Cranage, Briarwood, Goostrey Lane Friday, 15 April 2011 in 2h 11 (size 13) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1–2 C Paul Cheshire 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Michael C E Hodge (C) 7–8 William H Dowse A Golden Wedding anniversary compliment to Pam and Jim Fisher (8th April). Ringing World page reference: 5219.0466Chester Diocesan Guild Buckley, Clwyd St Matthew Saturday, 16 April 2011 in 2h 53 (14cwt) 5088 Cassiobury Surprise Major Composed by Andrew N Tyler 1 Jason M Walker 2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3 David T G Jones 4 J David Adams 5 David R Raggett 6 Geoffrey Parting 7 Duncan L C Hyde (C) 8 Peter Wilkinson 50th peal: 5. Ringing World page reference: 5219.0465Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 17 April 2011 in 51m (26–0–21) 1265 Stedman Caters Composed by Mark B Davies 1 Helen Foster 2 Ben Hockenhull 3 Clive R Calton 4 Alan J Wootton 5 Ivor R Nichols 6 Ian J Brown 7 Kevin J Rogers 8 James C Marchbank (C) 9 David W Friend 10 C Michael Orme For Choral Evensong. £5 (block donation). To test Kevin's allergy. Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 19 April 2011 in 2h 13 (size 11) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by C Adams (reversed) 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 Mungo B Stacy 5–6 James W Holdsworth (C) 7–8 Martin J E Daniels Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 19 April 2011 in 2h 23 (size 12) 5184 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by P C Randall 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 Peter C Randall (C) 5–6 David W Friend 7–8 Peter Broadbent Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Tuesday, 19 April 2011 in 44m (9–1–21) 1260 Single Oxford Bob Minor 1 Bernard J Ongley 2 Wendy M Lee 3 Nic D P Moore 4 Jonathan D Calvert 5 Tim J Calvert 6 K George Lee (C) First in the method - 3. Chester Diocesan Guild Cranage Briarwood, Goostrey Lane Thursday, 21 April 2011 in 2h 9 (size 13) 5056 Spliced Treble Bob Major (2m) (2m: 4160 Kent; 896 Oxford; 56 com - Ilkeston var) Composed by D F Morrison 1–2 Ian W Taylor (C) 3–4 John F Murfin 5–6 Michael C E Hodge 7–8 William H Dowse Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 23 April 2011 in 3h 6 (23cwt) 5000 Bristol Surprise Royal Composed by James C Marchbank 1 C Michael Orme 2 Carol A Marchbank 3 Pauline Campling 4 Richard S Starkie 5 Geoffrey R Gardner 6 Paul B Hunter 7 James C Marchbank (C) 8 R Owen Battye 9 George H Campling 10 Trevor W Marchbank 250th together: 2, 10. Ringing World page reference: 5220.0489Chester Diocesan Guild Prestbury, Cheshire St Peters Monday, 25 April 2011 in 46m (14 cwt) 1260 Plain Bob Triples 1 Clive R Calton 2 Alan McFall 3 Jeanette F Jenkins 4 Helen Foster 5 Richard Raymond 6 Graham Jenkins 7 David W Friend (C) 8 Kevin J Rogers Rung for Easter Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Monday, 25 April 2011 in 49m (23–2–3) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by Mark B Davies 1 Ben Hockenhull 2 Helen Foster 3 Kevin J Rogers 4 Ivor R Nichols 5 John H Gibb 6 James C Marchbank (C) 7 Christian J Brown 8 Ian J Brown 9 Richard S Starkie 10 C Michael Orme £5. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 26 April 2011 in 2h 37 (size 15) 5056 Littleport Little Surprise Royal Composed by D F Morrison (no 4534) 1–2 James S Croft 3–4 James W Holdsworth 5–6 J David Atkinson 7–8 Peter C Randall (C) 9–10 David W Friend Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Tuesday, 26 April 2011 in 43m (9–1–21) 1272 Mixed Plain Minor (4m) 360 each St Clements, Double Oxford, Single Oxford, 192 Plain Bob. 1 Wendy M Lee 2 Bernard J Ongley 3 Jonathan D Calvert 4 Dennis Latham 5 Tim J Calvert 6 K George Lee (C) Most minor methods to a quarter - 3 and 5. Chester Diocesan Guild Neston, Cheshire Church of SS Mary & Helen Wednesday, 27 April 2011 in 1h 55 (size 6) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1–2 Helen A Powell 3–4 Samuel M Austin 5–6 David T G Jones (C) A Ruby Wedding compliment to Geoff & Sue Sparling. 1st in hand: 1-2. 1st in hand as C. 150th peal: 5-6. Ringing World page reference: 5221.0514Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Thursday, 28 April 2011 in 53m (26–0–21) 1344 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Composed by M 18B W 1 Ben Hockenhull 2 Carol A Marchbank 3 James C Marchbank (C) 4 Christine Broadley 5 Helen Foster 6 Kevin J Rogers 7 David W Friend 8 Geoffrey R Gardner 9 Peter Wilkinson 10 Richard S Starkie 11 Trevor W Marchbank 12 C Michael Orme £6 (block donation) Chester Diocesan Guild Cranage 50 Needham Drive Thursday, 28 April 2011 in 1h 52 (size 13) 5040 Minor (7m) (7m: (1) St Nicholas B (2) Rev Canterbury P Pl (3) Double B (4) St Clement's CB (5) Plain B (6) Kent TB (7) Oxford TB) 1–2 David N Young 3–4 John F Murfin 5–6 Michael C E Hodge (C) Rung on David Youngs 70th birthday, with congratulations from John and Mike. Also, we would like to send our best wishes to Ian Taylor, who was to have rung with us tonight, for a speedy recovery. Ringing World page reference: 5221.0514Chester Diocesan Guild Witton, Cheshire St Helen Friday, 29 April 2011 (14–0–0 in F) 1440 Plain Bob Minor 1 Ashley Pugh 2 Lynne M Sawyer 3 Nick Harris 4 Ray Poole 5 Frank Horrocks 6 Craig Poole (C) Rung to celebrate the wedding this day of H R H Prince William & Kate Middleton congratulations to Craig on conducting this quarter First as conductor Chester Diocesan Guild Sutton, Cheshire St James Friday, 29 April 2011 (11–3–15 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles, St Simons Doubles Grandsire Doubles (3m) 1 Peter Newman 2 Denise A Hughes 3 Tim G Hughes 4 Tony Greenham 5 Mark Jacot (C) 6 Tim Taylor To celebrate wedding of Kate & Will and a days holiday! Chester Diocesan Guild Prestbury, Cheshire St Peter Friday, 29 April 2011 in 2h 55 (14cwt) 5040 Plain Bob Triples Composed by B Annable 1 Rosemary A Maddocks 2 Stefan R Zientek 3 Peter Wilkinson 4 Andrew J Rawlinson 5 Richard M Raymond 6 Graham Jenkins 7 Duncan L C Hyde (C) 8 J David Adams Rung to celebrate the wedding today of HRH Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton. First peal: 4,5. Ringing World page reference: 5223a.0579Chester Diocesan Guild Oxton, Merseyside St Saviour Friday, 29 April 2011 in 3h 20 (20–1–16) 5184 Plain Bob Caters Composed by DTG Jones 1 Iain D Scott 2 Helen A Powell 3 Helen A Stansfield 4 Kieran D Houghton 5 Peter W Robson 6 David T G Jones (C) 7 Randle T J Tinkler 8 Gavin E Price 9 Paul B Hunter 10 Steven W Hughes Rung to Celebrate the Wedding on This Day of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. First on 10: 2, 3, 4 & 5 First on 10 as C Ringing World page reference: 5223a.0578Chester Diocesan Guild Mobberley, Cheshire St Wilfrid Friday, 29 April 2011 in 50m (15 cwt) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 John Wilson 2 John Birks 3 Mary Karasu 4 Margaret Graham 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 Ray Britland To celebrate the wedding today of HRH Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton Chester Diocesan Guild Knutsford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Friday, 29 April 2011 in 2h 55 (12cwt) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by Graham M Bradshaw 1 Christopher J Jones 2 Michael C E Hodge 3 Bruce Hicks 4 Frank Osbaldiston 5 Alastair J Hopkins 6 William H Dowse 7 Brian Harris (Cheshire) 8 Duncan G Walker (C) Rung to celebrate the marriage on this day of HRH Prince William of Wales KG with Miss Catherine Middleton. First peal on the bells, since augmentation in 1996. Ringing World page reference: 5223a.0579Chester Diocesan Guild Holmes Chapel, Cheshire St Luke Friday, 29 April 2011 in 42m (11 cwt) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Tracy J Budd 2 John F Murfin (C) 3 James S Fisher 4 Mervyn J Harrison 5 David J Phillips 6 Derek A Copley For marriage of HRH Prince William and Catherine Middleton. Fist Quarter 1 Chester Diocesan Guild Heswall, Merseyside St Peter Friday, 29 April 2011 in 2h 50 (9cwt) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by S Bruerton 1 Jane E Davies 2 Samantha C Harrison 3 Margaret K S Allin 4 Valerie M Beecroft 5 John S T Willasey (C) 6 Lisa K Nuttall 7 Nicholas C Willasey 8 David J Hocker Rung to celebrate the wedding on this day of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. First peal in the method: 2,6. Ringing World page reference: 5223a.0578Chester Diocesan Guild Congleton, Cheshire St Peter Friday, 29 April 2011 in 50m 1344 Plain Bob Triples 1 Carole Bain 2 Shirley Vernon 3 Anne C Orme 4 Helen Foster 5 Kevin J Rogers 6 C Michael Orme 7 John H Gibb (C) 8 Robert F Holloway For the marriage today of HRH Prince William and Catherine Middleton. (BD) Chester Diocesan Guild Cheadle, Greater Manchester St Mary Friday, 29 April 2011 in 2h 54 (13cwt) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by Mark B Davies 1 Christine Broadley 2 Carol A Marchbank 3 David E Rydeheard 4 Trevor W Marchbank 5 Clive R Calton 6 J Paul Clifford 7 James C Marchbank (C) 8 Edward O Marchbank To mark the occasion of the wedding of HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge to Miss Catherine Middleton. Ringing World page reference: 5223a.0579Chester Diocesan Guild Wybunbury, Cheshire Wybunbury Tower Saturday, 30 April 2011 in 2h 53 (14cwt) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) (7m: (1) Bourne (2) York (3) Norwich (4) Beverley (5) Ipswich (6) Surfleet (7) Cambridge) 1 Christine M Johnson 2 Jacqueline H A Thompson 3 Harold Dowler 4 Frank R Morton (C) 5 Geoffrey A Edwards 6 C Paul Cheshire Rung to celebrate the marriage of HRH Prince William and Catherine Middleton. Ringing World page reference: 5223a.0579Chester Diocesan Guild Stockport, Greater Manchester St George Saturday, 30 April 2011 in 3h 19 (29cwt) 5040 Ness Surprise Royal Composed by Anthony J Cox 1 Matthew J Jones (TDO) 2 Ben Hockenhull 3 William T Bosworth 4 Andrew C D Mayes 5 Katherine A Hinchliffe 6 George H Campling (C) 7 Edward O Marchbank 8 James C Marchbank 9 Gordon R Birks 10 Trevor W Marchbank With best wishes to Kathy Jones, Matthew tdo's mum, on her 50th birthday. Ringing World page reference: 5221.0513Chester Diocesan Guild Wistaston, Cheshire St Mary V Sunday, 1 May 2011 in 38m (6–0–6) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Michiko Iwata 2 Margaret E Morton 3 Frank R Morton (C) 4 C Paul Cheshire 5 Paul Maddock 6 John A Dodd Rung to celebrate the marriage on Friday 29 April of HRH Prince William & Miss Catherine Middleton. First of minor - 1. For evensong. Chester Diocesan Guild Waverton, Cheshire St Peter Sunday, 1 May 2011 in 42m (8–0–10 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 David T Andrews 2 Matthew Andrews 3 Carol F Ferris 4 Robin Ferris 5 Martin Speed 6 Peter W H Barker (C) Rung for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on 29th April 2011 Ringing World page reference: 5223a.0591Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Sunday, 1 May 2011 in 45m (25–2–24) 1260 April Day Triples 1 Nic D P Moore 2 Bernard J Ongley 3 Christine Broadley 4 Clive R Calton 5 Rebecca Glen 6 Peter Wilkinson 7 K George Lee (C) 8 Tim J Calvert First of April Day triples for all the band. Rung to celebrate the Royal Wedding of April 29th. Chester Diocesan Guild Wistaston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Monday, 2 May 2011 in 2h 35 (6cwt) 5056 Ashworth Surprise Major Composed by A J Pitman 1 Jacqueline H A Thompson 2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3 Christine M Johnson 4 Rosemary A Maddocks 5 Raymond H Daw 6 C Paul Cheshire 7 John A Dodd 8 Frank R Morton (C) Rung to celebrate the marriage on Friday 29 April of HRH Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton. 1st in method for all. Ringing World page reference: 5223a.0579Chester Diocesan Guild Backford, Cheshire St Oswald Monday, 2 May 2011 (10–0–12) 1280 Brigstock Bob Doubles 1 Andrew Jobson (C) 2 Helen Thomas 3 Jean Welch 4 David Russell 5 Gordon Welch 6 Colin Mitchell First in the variation for all. Rung on St George's day 2011 with congratulations and best wishes to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their recent marriage. Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 3 May 2011 in 2h 59 (size 15) 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus Composed by P C Randall 1–2 James S Croft 3–4 Neil D Lomas 5–6 James W Holdsworth 7–8 Peter C Randall (C) 9–10 David W Friend 11–12 Martin J E Daniels Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, 14 Park Road Tuesday, 3 May 2011 in 2h 6 (size 11) 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1–2 David N Young 3–4 Frank R Morton 5–6 Michael C E Hodge (C) 7–8 C Paul Cheshire A 53rd birthday compliment to Paul Cheshire (4th May). Ringing World page reference: 5221.0514Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael & All Angels Saturday, 7 May 2011 in 3h 27 (26–0–21) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Composed by James C Marchbank 1 Richard S Starkie 2 Joanne R Holden 3 Carol A Marchbank 4 Christine Broadley 5 Geoffrey R Gardner 6 Ben Hockenhull 7 Andrew C D Mayes 8 David W Friend 9 C Michael Orme 10 Simon R Holden 11 Trevor W Marchbank (C) 12 James C Marchbank Circled the tower: 8. Ringing World page reference: 5223.0561Chester Diocesan Guild Shotwick, Wirral St Michael's Sunday, 8 May 2011 in 44m 1320 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Moya Fawcett 2 Edwina W Zacharias 3 Robert Peers 4 Richard Roberts (C) 5 David J Hocker 6 Breandân Fawcett To celebrate the wedding on 29th April of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester Cathedral, Cheshire Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 8 May 2011 in 53m (24–3–0) 1312 Spliced Surprise Major Cambridge, London, Bristol and Superlative Surprise Major spliced. 1 Geoffrey A Edwards 2 Helen S Mitchell 3 David T G Jones 4 J David Adams 5 Robert Peers 6 Simon Christian 7 Duncan L C Hyde (C) 8 Andrew J Jobson On V E Day and prior to Evensong Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Tuesday, 10 May 2011 in 43m (11–0–7) 1260 Stedman Triples 1 Jennifer M Christian 2 Helen S Mitchell 3 Andrew J Jobson 4 J David Adams 5 Robert Peers (C) 6 Peter W H Barker 7 Simon Christian 8 Arthur Wycherley Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 10 May 2011 in 2h 50 (15) 5024 Littleport Little Surprise Maximus Composed by D W Friend 1–2 James S Croft 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 Peter C Randall (C) 9–10 James W Holdsworth 11–12 David W Friend Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Tuesday, 10 May 2011 in 43m (9–1–21) 1260 Double Oxford Bob Minor 1 Julia Davies 2 Dennis Latham 3 Nic D P Moore 4 Bernard J Ongley 5 Tim J Calvert 6 K George Lee (C) First in the method - 3 and 5. Chester Diocesan Guild Davenham, Cheshire St Wilfrid Thursday, 12 May 2011 in 50m (14 cwt) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Denise Hughes 2 Mary Karasu 3 Margaret Graham 4 Tim Hughes 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 Ray Britland Rung 20 years after the last visit to Davenham by ringers 2, 3 & 5 Chester Diocesan Guild Tarvin, Cheshire St Andrew Saturday, 14 May 2011 in 2h 45 (8–1–8 in G♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor (7 exts diff called) 1 Phill Nightingale 2 John G Hallett 3 Brian Harris (Ches) (C) 4 Robert Nightingale 5 Brian Heys 6 Peter W H Barker Runt to commemorate the life of Richard Nightingale, father of the ringers of 1 and 4, who was at one time captain at this tower. £10 Ringing World page reference: 5223.0561Chester Diocesan Guild Chirbury, Shropshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 14 May 2011 in 2h 46 (12cwt) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) (7m: (1) Annables London (2) York (3) Bourne (4) Beverley (5) Norwich (6) Ipswich (7) Cambridge) 1 John R Scott 2 Richard D Blagrove 3 C Paul Cheshire 4 Christopher D Hughes 5 Geoffrey A Edwards 6 Frank R Morton (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, 14 Park Road Sunday, 15 May 2011 in 2h 3 (size 11) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 Michael C E Hodge 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 7–8 C Paul Cheshire Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Sunday, 15 May 2011 in 42m (8–3–18 in A) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 John F Oultram 2 Nicholas Thomson (C) 3 Malcolm Murphy 4 Ian W Taylor 5 J Robert Jervis 6 Graeme A Littler 7 Michael Thomson 8 Andrew J Jobson Rung by the same band that rang 10 in a day at the ten mid-Cheshire rings of eight on 17.05.1986 Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 15 May 2011 in 51m (26.0.21) 1259 Grandsire Caters 1 Doreen M Dawson 2 Anne C Orme 3 Clive R Calton 4 C Michael Orme 5 Ivor R Nichols 6 Alan J Wootton 7 Melanie R Curwen 8 Ian J Brown 9 K George Lee (C) 10 J David Atkinson For choral evensong. Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Chester St Helen Tuesday, 17 May 2011 in 40m (11–0–7) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Neville Brown 2 Andrew J Jobson 3 Roger Boultbee 4 David A Elsworth 5 Duncan L C Hyde (C) 6 Richard Brierley To celebrate the visit today of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 17 May 2011 in 2h 35 (15) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by P C Randall 1–2 James S Croft 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 David W Friend 9–10 Martin J E Daniels 250th peal: 9-10 Ringing World page reference: 5223.0563Chester Diocesan Guild Dunham Massey, Cheshire St Margaret Tuesday, 17 May 2011 in 43m (9.1.21) 1260 Doubles (4 methods) 360 each Reverse Canterbury and St Simons, 300 Grandsire, 240 Plain Bob.
Change of method each extent. 1 Julia Davies 2 Bernard J Ongley 3 Wendy M Lee 4 Nic D P Moore 5 Tim J Calvert 6 K George Lee (C) For practice. Chester Diocesan Guild Middlewich, 78 Long Lane Thursday, 19 May 2011 in 2h 14 (size 13) 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1–2 Ian W Taylor 3–4 John F Murfin 5–6 Michael C E Hodge (C) 7–8 C Paul Cheshire 250th peal as conductor. Ringing World page reference: 5224.0607Chester Diocesan Guild Frodsham, Cheshire St Lawrence Friday, 20 May 2011 in 42m (12–1–3) 1250 Waterloo Tower Surprise Major 1 Andrew J Rawlinson 2 Helen S Mitchell 3 Andrew J Jobson 4 Adrian J Bowen 5 Robert Peers 6 Geoffrey Parting 7 Duncan L C Hyde (C) 8 Peter Wilkinson Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 24 May 2011 in 2h 27 (12) 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by B D Price 1–2 David W Friend 3–4 Peter C Randall (C) 5–6 James W Holdsworth 7–8 Martin J E Daniels Chester Diocesan Guild Neston, Cheshire Sts Mary and Helen Thursday, 26 May 2011 (8C) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Peter W Robson 2 Jane E Davies 3 David T G Jones (C) Rung in memory of Wendy H Jones, tower captain of St Mary, Upton. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael & All Angels Thursday, 26 May 2011 in 55m (26–0–21) 1344 Bristol Surprise Maximus Composed by WHWH 1 K George Lee 2 Joanne R Holden 3 Carol A Marchbank 4 Christine Broadley 5 Ben Hockenhull 6 Richard S Starkie 7 David W Friend 8 Andrew C D Mayes 9 James C Marchbank (C) 10 Simon R Holden 11 C Michael Orme 12 Trevor W Marchbank £6 (block donation). Chester Diocesan Guild Grappenhall, Cheshire St Wilfrid Thursday, 26 May 2011 in 41m (11–1–6) 1280 Belfast Surprise Major Composed by Andrew Jobson? 1 J Robert Jervis 2 Peter Wilkinson 3 Nicholas Thomson 4 Iain D Scott 5 Ian W Taylor 6 Adrian Bowen 7 Duncan L C Hyde 8 Andrew Jobson (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 31 May 2011 in 2h 37 (15) 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (3 methods) 2160 Yorkshire, 1440 each Cambridge and Lincolnshire; 13 com, atw Composed by R Bailey 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 James W Holdsworth 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 James S Croft 9–10 J David Atkinson Chester Diocesan Guild Mobberley, Cheshire St Wilfrid Tuesday, 31 May 2011 in 50m (15 cwt) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Yvette Runciman 2 Margaret Graham 3 Mary Karasu 4 John Birks 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 Ray Britland Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 7 June 2011 in 2h 20 (11) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (8 methods) 896 Rutland; 704 Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; 640 Cambridge; 576 London, Pudsey, Superlative; 448 Bristol; 87 com, atw Composed by P G K Davies 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 Peter C Randall (C) 5–6 James W Holdsworth 7–8 David W Friend Chester Diocesan Guild Hoar Cross, Staffordshire Church of the Holy Angels Thursday, 9 June 2011 in 57m (28 cwt) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Denise Hughes 2 Mary Karasu 3 Margaret Graham 4 Tim Hughes 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 Ray Britland To celebrate the 93rd birthday on Tuesday 7th June of Derrick G.C.Cross, Tour Co-ordinator and Organist at Hoar Cross Chester Diocesan Guild Thurstaston, Merseyside St Bartholomew Saturday, 11 June 2011 in 2h 25 (6–2–15) 5040 Minor (7m) 1 Extent each of Westminster S, Norwich S, Oxford TB, Kent TB, Cambridge S, St Clements CB, Plain Bob 1 David T G Jones (C) 2 Helen A Powell 3 Peter W Robson 4 J David Adams 5 Rev Brian Harris 6 Duncan L C Hyde Rung to celebrate the wedding of Andrew and Michelle Rannard. Ringing World page reference: 5229.0725Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 14 June 2011 in 2h 17 (11) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by H Johnson 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 David W Friend Chester Diocesan Guild Mobberley, Cheshire St Wilfrid Wednesday, 15 June 2011 in 48m (15 cwt) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Yvette Runciman 2 Margaret Graham 3 John Wilson 4 Mary Karasu 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 Ray Britland Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, 14 Park Road Sunday, 19 June 2011 in 2h 2 (size 11) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 7–8 C Paul Cheshire 1,000th peal of Major: 5-6. Ringing World page reference: 5228.0703Chester Diocesan Guild Handbridge Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the walls Sunday, 19 June 2011 in 44m (10–3–11) 1300 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Cari Johnson 2 Fiona Harrison 3 Irene James 4 Brian Boyd 5 Andrew Jobson (C) 6 Colin Mitchell For evensong. First quarter for the treble ringer. Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire 33 Sandringham Road Tuesday, 21 June 2011 in 2h 15 (11) 5088 Spliced Surprise Major (4 methods) 1536 Rutland, 1344 Bristol, 1152 Yorkshire, 1056 Cambridge; 74 com Composed by D F Morrison (no 71) 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 Peter C Randall (C) 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 James S Croft Chester Diocesan Guild Lower Peover, Cheshire St Oswald Thursday, 23 June 2011 in 48m (12 cwt) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Ray Britland 2 Margaret Graham 3 Mary Karasu 4 Dave Tickle 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 Andrew Riley To celebrate Andrew Riley's 21st birthday yesterday Chester Diocesan Guild Handbridge Chester, Cheshire St Mary without the walls Sunday, 26 June 2011 in 41m (10–3–11) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Jack Ninnes 2 Fiona Harrison 3 J David Adams 4 Colin Mitchell 5 Andrew Jobson (C) 6 Brian Boyd For evensong. First quarter for the treble ringer. Chester Diocesan Guild Tarporley, Cheshire St Helen Tuesday, 28 June 2011 in 41m (11–0–7) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Jan Lancaster 2 Jennifer M Christian 3 Roger Boultbee 4 Duncan L C Hyde 5 Andrew Jobson (C) 6 Neville Brown First quarter for the treble ringer. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 28 June 2011 in 2h 16 (11) 5024 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by G A C John 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 Peter C Randall (C) 5–6 David W Friend 7–8 William H Dowse Chester Diocesan Guild Cranage 50 Needham Drive Monday, 4 July 2011 in 1h 56 (size 13) 5040 Minor (7m) (7m: (1) St Nicholas B (2) Double B (3) St Clement's CB (4) Rev Canterbury PB (5) Plain B (6) Kent TB (7) Oxford TB) 1–2 David N Young 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Michael C E Hodge (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 5 July 2011 in 3h (15) 5040 Kent Treble Bob Maximus Composed by P C Randall 1–2 J David Atkinson 3–4 Neil D Lomas 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 James S Croft 9–10 David W Friend 11–12 Martin J E Daniels Chester Diocesan Guild Mobberley, Cheshire St Wilfrid Tuesday, 5 July 2011 in 50m (15 cwt) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Mary Harwood 2 Margaret Graham 3 Mary Karasu 4 John Birks 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 Ray Britland First Quarter (1) Rung to celebrate the 18th birthday of Jessica Britland today. Chester Diocesan Guild Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Wednesday, 6 July 2011 1280 London Surprise Major 1 Nina Brannan 2 Christine Broadley 3 Alan McFall 4 Esther Venables 5 Andrew C D Mayes 6 Derek Thomas 7 Matthew J Jones 8 Jeffrey Brannan (C) 1st in method 4. Chester Diocesan Guild Wistaston, Cheshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 9 July 2011 in 2h 19 (6cwt) 5040 Minor (7m) (7m: (1) Norwich (2) Ipswich (3) Cambridge S (4) Oxford (5) Kent TB (6) St Clements College B (7) Plain B) 1 John R Scott 2 Malcolm Clarke 3 Geoffrey A Edwards 4 Christopher D Hughes 5 C Paul Cheshire 6 Frank R Morton (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, 14 Park Road Sunday, 10 July 2011 in 1h 57 (size 11) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 7–8 C Paul Cheshire Chester Diocesan Guild Chester Cathedral, Cheshire Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 10 July 2011 in 52m (24–3–0) 1282 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 1 John Hyden 2 Helen S Mitchell 3 Geoffrey A Edwards 4 David T G Jones 5 Andrew Rawlinson 6 J David Adams 7 Peter W H Barker 8 Andrew Jobson 9 Duncan L C Hyde (C) 10 Peter Wilkinson For Evensong. First of Royal 5. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 12 July 2011 in 2h 35 (15) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by Robert W Lee (no 6) 1–2 James S Croft 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 David W Friend 9–10 Martin J E Daniels Chester Diocesan Guild Middlewich 78 Long Lane Thursday, 14 July 2011 in 1h 44 (size 13) 5040 Minor (7m) (7m: (1) Double B (2) St Nicholas College B; (3) St Clement's College B; (4) Reverse Canterbury Pleasure B; (5) Plain B (6) Kent TB (7) Oxford TB) 1–2 C Paul Cheshire 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Michael C E Hodge (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Broughton, Staffordshire St Peter Saturday, 16 July 2011 in 2h 52 (15cwt) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by S Biddleston 1 C Paul Cheshire 2 John R Scott 3 Christine M Johnson 4 Geoffrey A Edwards 5 Christopher D Hughes 6 Frank R Morton (C) 7 William H Dowse 8 Andrew J C Brown Circled the tower twice to peals: 2. Ringing World page reference: 5232.0797Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael & All Angels Sunday, 17 July 2011 in 51m (26–0–21) 1254 Grandsire Cinques Composed by RWD 1 David W Friend 2 James C Marchbank (C) 3 Anne C Orme 4 Helen Foster 5 Ivor R Nichols 6 Alan J Wootton 7 Kevin J Rogers 8 Ian J Brown 9 John H Gibb 10 J David Atkinson 11 Christian J Brown 12 C Michael Orme To mark Ivor's retirement as tower captain, with thanks for his many years of hard work. Circled the tower to 12 bell quarters as conductor. For Choral Evensong. £6 (block donation). Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 19 July 2011 in 2h 39 (15) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by A M Barber 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 David W Friend 9–10 Martin J E Daniels Chester Diocesan Guild Daresbury, Cheshire Saturday, 23 July 2011 in 42m 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Malcolm Murphy 2 Kathryn Kelly 3 Heather Peters 4 Andrew Rawlinson 5 Adrian Bowen 6 Noel Kelly (C) Rung as a birthday celebration for Robert and Stephany Luszczak who will be 83 and 81 respectively this week, parents of 2. First time conducting this method, 6. Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, 16 Westminster Green Monday, 25 July 2011 in 2h 25 (size 14) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Helen A Powell 3–4 David T G Jones 5–6 Paul B Hunter 7–8 Brian Harris (Ches) (C) First Major in hand: 1-2. Ringing World page reference: 5235.0871Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, Cheshire 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 26 July 2011 in 2h 35 (15) 5024 Littleport Little Surprise Royal Composed by D F Morrison (no 4782) 1–2 James S Croft 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 Peter C Randall (C) 9–10 David W Friend Rung in memoriam Mark A S Jones Ringing World page reference: 5235.0871Chester Diocesan Guild Cranage 50 Needham Drive Tuesday, 26 July 2011 in 1h 56 (size 13) 5040 Minor (11m) (11m: (1) Single Oxford, Plain B (2) Double, Fulbeck, Plain B (3) St Nicholas, Gower B (4) St Clements CB, Buxton B (5) Rev Canterbury PB (6) Kent TB (7) Oxford TB) 1–2 David N Young 3–4 John F Murfin 5–6 Michael C E Hodge (C) A 70th birthday compliment to Gillian Young (25th July). Ringing World page reference: 5233.0822Chester Diocesan Guild Holmes Chapel, Cheshire St Luke Friday, 29 July 2011 in 41m 1260 Stedman Doubles 1 James S Fisher 2 John F Murfin 3 Ian W Taylor (C) 4 David J Phillips 5 Mervyn J Harrison A belated Golden Wedding anniversary compliment to Pam and Jim Fisher. Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, Cheshire 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 2 August 2011 in 2h 39 (15) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by G A C John 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 David W Friend (C) 9–10 Martin J E Daniels Chester Diocesan Guild Holmes Chapel, Cheshire St Luke Saturday, 6 August 2011 (11 cwt) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Judith Copley 2 Glyn Maddock 3 Tom Blair 4 Jonathan M D Copley 5 John F Murfin (C) 6 Derek R Copley Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 9 August 2011 in 2h 28 (size 11) 5600 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 James S Croft 600th handbell peal: 7-8 Ringing World page reference: 5235.0871Chester Diocesan Guild Keele, Staffordshire Woodlands Saturday, 13 August 2011 in 2h 8 (103lbs) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Philip W Gay 2 Jane E Davies 3 Peter W Robson 4 Helen A Powell 5 David T G Jones (C) 6 Timothy M Davis Chester Diocesan Guild Chester Cathedral, Cheshire Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 14 August 2011 in 50m (24–3–0) 1282 Oakham Surprise Royal 1 Andrew Rawlinson 2 David T G Jones 3 Helen S Mitchell 4 Geoffrey A Edwards 5 J David Adams 6 Paul B Hunter 7 Andrew J Jobson 8 Simon Christian 9 Duncan L C Hyde (C) 10 Peter Wilkinson Chester Diocesan Guild Cranage 50 Needham Drive Thursday, 18 August 2011 in 1h 53 (size 13) 5040 Minor (8m) (8m (1) Plain, Double, Fulbeck B (2) St Clement's CB (3) St Nicholas B (4) Rev Canterbury PB (5) Plain B (6) Kent TB (7) Oxford TB) 1–2 David N Young 3–4 John F Murfin 5–6 Michael C E Hodge (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Stretton, Cheshire St Matthew Saturday, 20 August 2011 in 43m (8–3–18) 1280 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by trad 1 Pam Thomson 2 Ian W Taylor 3 Diana M Anderson 4 Stefan R Zientek 5 Iain D Scott 6 J David Adams 7 Peter Wilkinson 8 Andrew J Rawlinson (C) First of surprise as conductor. Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, 14 Park Road Sunday, 21 August 2011 in 2h 7 (size 11) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Christine M Johnson 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 7–8 Geoffrey A Edwards Chester Diocesan Guild Chester, 16 Westminster Green Monday, 22 August 2011 in 2h 23 (size 12) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Helen A Powell 3–4 Paul B Hunter 5–6 David T G Jones 7–8 Brian Harris (Ches) (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Cranage, 50 Needham Drive Thursday, 25 August 2011 in 2h 15 (size 13) 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1–2 Lynne P Hughes 3–4 David N Young 5–6 Michael C E Hodge 7–8 Ian W Taylor (C) Chester Diocesan Guild Prestbury, Cheshire St Peter Saturday, 27 August 2011 in 2h 51 (14cwt) 5088 Lessness Surprise Major Composed by Philip A B Saddleton 1 John B Marchbank 2 Carol A Marchbank 3 Alexandra J Marchbank 4 Robert J Marchbank 5 Trevor W Marchbank 6 Alan J Marchbank 7 James C Marchbank (C) 8 Edward O Marchbank Celebrating the forthcoming wedding of James Marchbank and Ben Hockenhull. First of Major by the family. First of Lessness: 3. Ringing World page reference: 5249.1213Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 27 August 2011 in 50m (26–0–21) 1254 Grandsire Cinques Composed by RWD 1 Clive R Calton 2 Ben Hockenhull 3 Carol A Marchbank 4 Alexandra J Marchbank 5 Edward O Marchbank 6 James C Marchbank (C) 7 Alan J Marchbank 8 Robert J Marchbank 9 Richard S Starkie 10 C Michael Orme 11 Trevor W Marchbank 12 John B Marchbank First on twelve: 4, 12. Celebrating James and Ben's forthcoming wedding. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 30 August 2011 in 2h 37 (size 15) 5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (4m) (4m: 1280 each Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; 1200 Rutland; 28 com, atw) Composed by P C Randall 1–2 John S Croft 3–4 Peter C Randall (C) 5–6 Thomas J Hinks 7–8 James S Croft 9–10 David W Friend Chester Diocesan Guild Mobberley, Cheshire St Wilfrid Tuesday, 30 August 2011 in 50m (15 cwt) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Sarah Bowler 2 Margaret Graham 3 Mary Karasu 4 John Birks 5 Phil Roberts (C) 6 David Hollas First Quarter (1) Chester Diocesan Guild Cheadle, Cheshire St Mary Tuesday, 30 August 2011 in 43m (8 cwt) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Maria Polyakova 2 Clive Calton 3 Paul Clifford 4 Trevor Marchbank (C) 5 David Rydeheard 6 Carol Marchbank First quarter-peal - 1. Rung to mark the forthcoming civil partnership of James Marchbank and Ben Hockenhull. Chester Diocesan Guild Cheadle, Cheshire St Mary Tuesday, 30 August 2011 in 45m (8 cwt) 1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Kate Bullock 2 David Rydeheard 3 Derek Sanderson 4 Clive Calton 5 Paul Clifford 6 Trevor Marchbank (C) First of Treble Bob - 1. Rung to mark the forthcoming civil partnership of James Marchbank and Ben Hockenhull. Chester Diocesan Guild Tilston, Cheshire St Mary Saturday, 3 September 2011 in 2h 35 (9cwt) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) (7m: 1 ext each London, Norwich, Bourne, Ipswich, Beverley, Surfleet, Cambridge) 1 Geoffrey A Edwards 2 Jane E Davies 3 Brian Harris (Ches) 4 J David Adams 5 Peter Wilkinson 6 Duncan L C Hyde (C) Rung as a 20th Wedding Anniversary compliment to Mike and Jane Davies. First of 7 S Minor: 2. Ringing World page reference: 5239.0965Chester Diocesan Guild Macclesfield, Cheshire Christ Church Saturday, 3 September 2011 in 49m (23–2–3) 1282 Yorkshire Surprise Royal 1 Anne C Orme 2 Helen Foster 3 Ellen M Brown 4 Alan J Wootton 5 Kevin J Rogers 6 Simon R Holden (C) 7 Melanie R Curwen 8 Ian J Brown 9 Christian J Brown 10 C Michael Orme Rung with best wishes from the band to James Marchbank and Ben Hockenhull on their Civil Partnership taking place later this day. 1st Yorkshire Royal inside 3 Joanne Holden would like to be associated with this quarter. Chester Diocesan Guild Holt, Clwyd St Chad Saturday, 3 September 2011 in 41m (7–3–14) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Bernard J Ongley 2 Jonathan D Calvert 3 Dennis Latham 4 Wendy M Lee 5 Tim J Calvert 6 K George Lee (C) 100th quarter for Tim Calvert (5), and rung on the bells he first learned to ring on some 40 years ago. Chester Diocesan Guild Aldford, Cheshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 3 September 2011 (12–3–20) 1260 Doubles (1 Principle, 2 Methods) Stedman, Grandsire, Plain Bob. 1 Bernard J Ongley 2 K George Lee (C) 3 Jonathan D Calvert 4 Wendy M Lee 5 Tim J Calvert 6 Dennis Latham Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, 14 Park Road Sunday, 4 September 2011 in 2h 14 (size 12) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 7–8 John R Scott Chester Diocesan Guild West Kirby, Wirral Monday, 5 September 2011 1344 Plain Bob Triples 1 Val Beecroft 2 Robert Peers 3 Janet Jones 4 Cathy Robertson 5 Robert Preston 6 Randle Tinkler 7 Eric Jones (C) 8 Greg Buckridge Rung for the Service of Induction and Installation of Revd. John G. Bleazard as Rector of the Parish Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 6 September 2011 in 2h 40 (size 15) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by P C Randall 1–2 Peter C Randall (C) 3–4 Paul B Hunter 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 David W Friend 9–10 Martin J E Daniels Chester Diocesan Guild Buxton, Derbyshire Fairfield, St Peter Friday, 9 September 2011 in 2h 51 (12cwt) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by J W Holdsworth 1 Frank Osbaldiston 2 Alan McFall 3 Clive R Calton 4 Anne C Orme 5 John H Gibb 6 David W Friend (C) 7 Duncan M Matheson 8 C Michael Orme First peal for 24 years: 4. Ringing World page reference: 5240.0989Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 13 September 2011 in 2h 38 (size 15) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by A G Reading (no 2) 1–2 Neil D Lomas 3–4 J David Atkinson 5–6 Mungo B Stacy 7–8 David W Friend (C) 9–10 Martin J E Daniels Chester Diocesan Guild Wilmslow, 9 Hawthorn Lane Tuesday, 20 September 2011 in 2h 20 (size 11) 5184 Kent Treble Bob Major Composed by M C W Sherwood 1–2 J David Atkinson (C) 3–4 Neil D Lomas 5–6 David W Friend 7–8 William H Dowse Chester Diocesan Guild Shotwick, Wirral St Michael Friday, 23 September 2011 (8–3–0) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Michael Richardson 2 Susan E Costello 3 Jean Welch 4 Cathy Robertson 5 Victoria C Hocker 6 Robert Peers (C) Rung in memory of Henry Norman, a worshipper at St Michael's, Shotwick, and former Tower Captain of SS Mary & Helen, Neston. Chester Diocesan Guild Willaston, 14 Park Road Sunday, 25 September 2011 in 2h 5 (size 11) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by C K Lewis 1–2 Geoffrey A Edwards 3–4 Ian W Taylor 5–6 Frank R Morton (C) 7–8 C Paul Cheshire 300th peal at this address. Ringing World page reference: 5243.1068Chester Diocesan Guild Middlewich, 78 Long Lane Monday, 26 September 2011 in 2h 14 (size 13) 5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major Composed by J Reeves 1–2 Ian W Taylor (C) 3–4 John F Murfin 5–6 Michael C E Hodge 7–8 C Paul Cheshire Chester Diocesan Guild Goostrey, Cheshire St Luke Wednesday, 28 September 2011 in 41m (6) 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Glyn Maddock 2 Victoria U Harris 3 Mervyn J Harrison 4 David J Phillips 5 Michael C E Hodge (C) 6 S James Fisher Chester Diocesan Guild Wallasey, Cheshire St Hilary of Poitier Sunday, 2 October 2011 in 44m (8–2–17) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Dan T H Whale 2 John McCulloch (C) 3 E Alison Plant 4 Jean R Taylor 5 Alf J R Plant 6 Geoff W Cowell For Quarter Peal fortnight. Chester Diocesan Guild Oxton, Merseyside St Saviour Sunday, 2 October 2011 in 41m (8–1–10) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 William Harrison 2 Joanne Wood 3 Helen A Stansfield 4 Chris W Neale 5 Peter W Robson (C) 6 Robert D Cross Rung prior to the evening service on Harvest Sunday and to celebrate the Ministry of the Rev. Diane Watson (Past President of the Branch) who retires today as Associate Vicar of this Church. Chester Diocesan Guild Poynton, 2 Adlington Close Tuesday, 4 October 2011 in 2h 37 (size 15) 5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal Composed by P C Randall 1–2 Oliver M Austin 3–4 Paul B Hunter 5–6 Peter C Randall (C) 7–8 David W Friend 9–10 J David Atkinson Chester Diocesan Guild Oxton, Wirral St Saviour Thursday, 6 October 2011 (20–1–16) 1260 Plain Bob Royal 1 Joanne Wood 2 Helen A Stansfield 3 Margaret K S Allin 4 Lisa Nuttall 5 Samantha C Harrison 6 Cathy Robertson 7 William Harrison 8 Randle T J Tinkler (C) 9 Peter Newton 10 Peter W Robson First on ten - 5, 6 Rung for Wirral Branch Quarter Peal Fortnight | |
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