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On the Tenor ringer's birthday and to welcome, Elliot John Gibb, born 28/09/11

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First peal (aged 13): 2.

First of Minor: 4.

Rung for Harvest Thanksgiving, and during Wirral Branch Quarter Peal Fortnight.

Rung to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Guide Dogs for the Blind, and to give thanks for the numerous blind and partially sighted people who have had their lives completely changed by having a guide dog.

Also for Wirral Branch Quarter Peal Week.

First of Erin Caters - 3,4,5,6,7 and 8.

10th wedding anniversary compliment to Val and Jim Andrews (2 and 10).

For Evensong

1st treble to surprise major

For Wirral Branch Quarter Peal Fortnight

For Wirral Branch Quarter Peal fortnight

First Quarter Peal - 6

Rung during Wirral Branch Quarter Peal Fortnight

For Choral Evensong

1st surprise inside: 2

For Wirral Branch Quarter Peal Fortnight

Rung (belatedly) for Wirral Branch quarter peal fortnight

To celebrate safe arrival of 4's second grandchild.

First of Major: 4.

First quarter peal on treble: 1.

First quarter peal: 6.

Rung with 6 and 8 covering.

Arranged and rung to commemorate the bicentenary of the first handbell peal, Oxford Treble Bob Major, rung at Bailey Lane in Sheffield on October 30th 1811.

A 60th birthday compliment to the ringer of the second.

Rung to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of Peter & Pam Newton (Oct 28th) and the birthday of Margaret Allin (01Nov).

Also, first cover for Fiona Nuttall.

Specially arranged and rung as a 70th birthday compliment to Pam Andrew, a ringer at this church for over 35years.

To welcome the new Curate Tim Watson (and his wife Clare and their daughter Evie) to Nantwich (following his ordination as deacon in Chester in June) and to congratulate local ringer Emma Beavon on her engagement to Carl Shepley.

First peal: 1.

First in Method 3rd & 4th.

Birthday compliment to Margaret Allin. 50th wedding anniversary compliment to Peter & Pam Newton.

First of spliced and minor as conductor.

Rung for Mid Cheshire quarter peal fortnight.

Rung on the eve of the funeral service of

Minnie (Min) Martin (1921 - 2011).

Min was a former ringer at this

church and a life member of the

Chester Diocesan Guild of Church

Bell Ringers.

Ernie Carvell and Margaret Allin

wish to be associated with this

quarter peal.

First of London Royal inside: 5.

First of London Royal for a decade: 2.

To welcome Thomas Edward Holden, born 27th October, a son for Simon and Jo.

£5.

Marking the centenary of the first peal on the eight (11/11/1911) with the same method and composition.

Rung half-muffled for Remembrance.

First of Major: 1.

5: Circled the tower to quarter peals.

Rung half-muffled for Remembrance Sunday.

Part of Mid Cheshire branch quarter peal fortnight.

100th quarter together - 9 and 10.

Rung half-muffled for Remembrance Sunday Evensong.

Prior to Evensong. Rung half muffled on Armistice Sunday.

2: First quarter inside.

3, 5: 50th quarter this year.

For Mid branch quarter peal fortnight.

To celebrate Arthur Yorke's 38 years as Tower Captain at St. Mary, Sandbach, and his long standing support for the Guild.

Rung in thanksgiving for the 19 years of Ministry of the Revd Ian Day as Vicar of Mold and on his Induction as Vicar of Rhuddlan and Bodelwyddan.

In affectionate memory of M Jack Pryor who taught six of the band to ring in the 1950s at Marple in Cheshire.

400th peal: 4.

300th handbell peal : 7-8.

For Evensong and Mid Cheshire quarter peal fortnight.

With the band’s compliments to Ian Taylor on his birthday.

For Advent Carol Service.

£5 (block donation).

With thanks from the St Michael's ringers to David Whittaker for all the work he has undertaken restoring our pulleys.

Rung on the centenary of the dedication of the church, the bells, and of the first peal which took place immediately after the dedication.

To welcome Albert Knight, born 2nd December 2011, a first grandchild for Liz and Mike Hodge.

For Evensong

First in method 2,7 and 8

100th handbell peal: 9-10

Rung specifically on these bells, in memory of Judy Orpen of Grahamstown, South Africa, on the anniversary of her untimely death.

Rung for Christmas

First quarter inside - 2

For Christmas and in thanksgiving for the life of Frances Hibbert (née Laflin), a former ringer at this church, and mother of Elizabeth, William and Peter.

* 55th anniversary of first peal, rung on this bell.

First in method: 5

First of Surprise by the Sunday Service band.