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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 83 matching performances. Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Saturday, 1 January 1949 in 3h 37 (25–0–20 in D) 5280 New Cambridge Surprise Maximus 1 Redvers F Elkington 2 Kathleen Tilley 3 Dorothy Udale 4 Jill Poole 5 Alfred Ballard 6 Shirley Burton 7 Ernest W Rawson 8 J Frederick Milner 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 Harold J Poole (C) 11 Peter J Staniforth 12 William J Root First peal of New Cambridge Surprise Maximus: 2, 3, 5, 8 and 11. Ringing World page reference: 1972.0026Leicester Diocesan Guild Claybrooke, Leicestershire St Peter Saturday, 1 January 1949 in 2h 58 (13–3–10 in E♭) 5184 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by W P Whitehead 1 John B Bennett 2 Mrs A H Beamish 3 Frank E Pervin 4 J W Frank Trotman 5 Paul K Williamson 6 Walter P Whitehead (C) 7 Alan Cattell 8 John A L Thompson Leicester Diocesan Guild Ashby Folville, Leicestershire St Mary Wednesday, 5 January 1949 in 2h 53 (12–1–2 in G) 5184 London Surprise Major Composed by F Dench 1 Phyllis Poole 2 Dorothy Udale 3 Sidney O Cheney 4 Kathleen Tilley 5 Harry G Wayne 6 J Frederick Milner 7 Herrick B Bowley 8 Harold J Poole (C) First peal in the method: 4, 5. Ringing World page reference: 1974.0050Leicester Diocesan Guild Copt Oak, Leicestershire St Peter Saturday, 8 January 1949 in 2h 44 (9–3–4 in A) 5040 Minor (7m) 1 extent each of Cambridge Surprise, Kent TB, Oxford TB, Double Oxford, St Clement's, Single Oxford and Plain Bob. 1 John Hawtin 2 John A Underwood 3 C William Hall 4 Alan E Jacques Jun 5 Roland Beniston 6 G Ronald Edwards (C) First in 7 methods - 1,2,4. Ringing World page reference: 1974.0054Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Thursday, 20 January 1949 in 3h 41 (25) 5280 Superlative Surprise Maximus 1 Jill Poole 2 Kathleen Tilley 3 Dorothy Udale 4 Phyllis Poole 5 Harry G Wayne 6 Shirley Burton 7 Ernest W Rawson 8 Redvers F Elkington 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 Harold G Jenney 11 Peter J Staniforth 12 Harold J Poole (C) First peal of Maximus in the method: 2, 3 and 4. 150th peal: 10. Ringing World page reference: 1974.0050Leicester Diocesan Guild Desford, Leicestershire St Martin Saturday, 12 February 1949 in 2h 23 (10–2–9 in A♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Brian G Warwick 2 Jill Poole 3 Elizabeth Faulknall 4 Herrick B Bowley 5 Sidney O Cheney 6 Peter J Staniforth (C) First peal of Cambridge Surprise Minor - 1, 3, 5. First peal of Cambridge Surprise Minor on tower bells and as conductor - 6. Ringing World page reference: 1978.0097Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Thursday, 17 February 1949 in 3h 43 (25–0–20 in D) 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Composed by William Pye 1 John B Bennett 2 Elizabeth Faulknall 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Phyllis Poole 5 Jill Poole (C) 6 Shirley Burton 7 Ernest W Rawson 8 J Frederick Milner 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 Lawrence Greenhow 11 Peter J Staniforth 12 Harold J Poole First peal on 12 bells: 1. First peal of Cambridge Surprise Maximus: 2. 100th peal together: 4, 12. 50th peal of Surprise together: 5, 11. Ringing World page reference: 1978.0090Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Saturday, 19 February 1949 in 5h 15 (6–2–13 in B) 10976 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Walter P Whitehead 1 E Harry Stoneley 2 Paul K Williamson 3 Walter P Whitehead (C) 4 Frank E Pervin 5 Alan Cattell 6 J W Frank Trotman 7 John J Morris 8 Ernest Morris The longest peal of Surprise on the bells. RW 1949.0103. Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Thursday, 10 March 1949 in 2h 25 (6–2–13 in B) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by J S Wilde 1 Dorothy M Udale 2 Colin Harrison 3 Harold J Poole (C) 4 Phyllis Poole 5 E Alan Jacques 6 John R Smith 7 Paul L Taylor 8 Herrick B Bowley First peal in the method - 7. Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire All Saints Saturday, 12 March 1949 in 3h 22 (30–2–0 in D♭) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by H Law James 1 Paul L Taylor 2 Leonard Trevor 3 John R Smith 4 Colin Harrison 5 Alan Cattell 6 Walter P Whitehead 7 Joseph A Fenton (C) 8 John Thompson 9 Leslie W Stevens 10 Edward F Gobey First peal of Cambridge Royal - 1, 9. Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Wednesday, 16 March 1949 in 2h 25 (6–2–13 in B) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Brook's Variation 1 F Horace E Stubbs 2 John R Smith 3 Harry G Wayne 4 Paul L Taylor 5 Leonard G Hall 6 Harold J Poole 7 Colin Harrison (C) 8 Ronald G Edwards First peal of Stedman - 5 Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Thursday, 17 March 1949 in 3h 42 (25–0–20 in D) 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 1 Elizabeth Faulknall 2 Kathleen V Tilley 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Phyllis Poole 5 Jill Poole 6 Harry G Wayne 7 Ernest W Rawson 8 Shirley Burton 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 Herrick B Bowley 11 Peter J Staniforth 12 Harold J Poole (C) First peal of Yorkshire Surprise Maximus - 3. 200th peal - 4. Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Friday, 25 March 1949 in 2h 40 (6–2–13 in B) 5184 London Surprise Major Composed by F Dench 1 E Alan Jacques 2 John R Smith 3 Alfred Ballard 4 Herrick B Bowley 5 Dennis R Carlisle 6 J Frederick Milner 7 Edward F Gobey 8 Harold J Poole (C) First peal in the method - 5, 7. Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Friday, 1 April 1949 in 2h 25 (6–2–13 in B) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by H Dains 1 E Alan Jacques 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Herrick B Bowley 4 Shirley Burton 5 John R Smith 6 J Frederick Milner 7 Philip L Parrott 8 Alfred Ballard 250th peal - 4. First peal in the method - 7 Leicester Diocesan Guild Earl Shilton, Leicestershire St Simon and St Jude Saturday, 2 April 1949 in 2h 46 (11–3–13 in A♭) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C H Middleton 1 Joseph W Lawrence 2 Elizabeth Faulknall 3 Cecil E Carr 4 Edgar Vallance 5 Leslie E Rivers 6 William A Wood 7 Alfred Ballard 8 Frank K Measures (C) First peal of Treble Bob - 1. First peal of Surprise Major by an all Hinckley District Band. Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Tuesday, 5 April 1949 in 3h 37 (25–0–20 in D) 5019 Stedman Cinques Composed by F H Dexter 1 Brian G Warwick 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Elizabeth Faulknall 4 Phyllis Poole 5 Harry G Wayne 6 Harold G Jenney 7 Ernest W Rawson 8 Shirley Burton 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 Herrick B Bowley 11 Lawrence Greenhow 12 John Grant First peal on 12 bells - 1. First of Stedman Cinques - 3, 10. Rung half-muffled to the respected memory of Charles Marshall. Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Friday, 8 April 1949 in 2h 35 (6–2–13 in B) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by W Pye 1 Phyllis Poole 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 E Alan Jacques 4 Kathleen Tilley 5 John R Smith 6 Shirley Burton 7 Sidney O Cheney 8 F Frederick Milner 9 Herrick B Bowley 10 Alfred Ballard First peal on ten bells - 3. First peal of Cambridge Surprise Royal on an 'inside' bell - 4. A compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Taylor on their wedding anniversary. Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Thursday, 21 April 1949 in 3h 32 (25–0–20 in D) 5040 Rochester Surprise Maximus Composed by Gabriel Lindoff 1 Phyllis Poole 2 Kathleen Tilley 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Jill Poole 5 Peter J Staniforth 6 Ernest W Rawson 7 John R Smith 8 Harry G Wayne 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 Herrick B Bowley 11 William J Root 12 Harold J Poole (C) First peal in the method by all and for the Guild. Rung in honour of H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth on her birthday. Leicester Diocesan Guild Lutterworth, Leicestershire St Mary Saturday, 23 April 1949 in 2h 54 (14–2–1 in E) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by F H Dexter 1 Elizabeth Faulknall 2 E Charles Turner 3 A John Timson 4 Richard J Jackson 5 Ernest W Tipler 6 Cecil E Carr 7 Frank K Measures (C) 8 Horace G Goosey A birthday compliment to the mother of the conductor on her 82nd birthday, and the father of the third ringer upon reaching the age of 85. Leicester Diocesan Guild Claybrooke, Leicestershire St Peter Thursday, 12 May 1949 in 3h (13–3–10 in E♭) 5088 Bedfordshire Surprise Major Composed by A Knight 1 Lawrence Greenhow 2 E Alan Jacques 3 John R Smith 4 Shirley Burton 5 Herrick B Bowley 6 Frank K Measures 7 Alfred Ballard 8 Harold J Poole (C) 50th Surprise peal - 5. First peal in the method by all the band and for the Guild. Leicester Diocesan Guild Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire St Michael Wednesday, 18 May 1949 in 2h 45 (14–0–0 in F♯) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C H Middleton 1 Eileen M Cheney 2 Gerald F Ball 3 E Alan Jacques 4 William A Wood 5 Harold J Poole (C) 6 John R Smith 7 Herrick B Bowley 8 Alfred Ballard First peal of Major - 1. First peal of Cambridge Major on a working bell - 2. Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Thursday, 19 May 1949 in 2h 32 (6–2–13 in B) 5088 Bedfordshire Surprise Major Composed by A Knight 1 Paul L Taylor 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Harry G Wayne 4 Ernest W Rawson 5 Sidney O Cheney 6 John R Smith 7 E Alan Jacques 8 Herrick B Bowley First peal in the method - 3, 4, 5. Leicester Diocesan Guild Kegworth, Leicestershire St Andrew Saturday, 21 May 1949 in 3h 2 (17–0–3 in F♯) 5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by A Craven 1 G Ronald Edwards 2 Roland Beniston 3 John P Fidler 4 Paul Lea Taylor 5 Arthur E Rowley 6 C William Hall 7 Leslie W Stevens 8 Colin Harrison (C) Rung as a mark of appreciation to Mr Felix Sutton a ringer at this Church for sixty years. First in method - 2,4,6 Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Monday, 23 May 1949 in 3h 29 (25–0–20 in D) 5040 Bedford Surprise Maximus Composed by G Lindoff 1 Phyllis Poole 2 John R Smith 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Jill Poole 5 Peter J Staniforth 6 Ernest W Rawson 7 Sidney O Cheney 8 Harry G Wayne 9 Shirley Burton 10 Herrick B Bowley 11 William J Root 12 Harold J Poole (C) First peal of Maximus in the method. Rung with fourths place (extending lead) bob. Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Thursday, 26 May 1949 in 2h 40 (6–2–13 in B) 5040 Bedford Surprise Royal Composed by G R Newton 1 Paul L Taylor 2 Shirley Burton 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Harold J Poole (C) 5 John R Smith 6 Ernest W Rawson 7 Alfred Ballard 8 Harry G Wayne 9 E Alan Jacques 10 Herrick B Bowley First peal of Royal in the method by all the band and for the Guild. Rung with fourths place (extending lead) bob. Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Tuesday, 31 May 1949 in 2h 44 (15 in C) 5040 Plain Bob Royal Composed by F H Dexter 1–2 Brian G Warwick 3–4 Harold J Poole (C) 5–6 Alfred Ballard 7–8 Harry Poyner 9–10 John R Smith Rung in the belfry. First peal on handbells: 9-10 Leicester Diocesan Guild Quorn, Leicestershire St Bartholomew Thursday, 9 June 1949 in 2h 55 (14) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C H Middleton 1 Harry Poyner 2 G Stanley Brewin 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Brian Austin 5 John R Smith 6 Harold J Poole (C) 7 E Alan Jacques 8 Herrick B Bowley First peal on tower bells - 1. First peal of Surprise Major on 'inside' bell - 2, 4. Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Wednesday, 22 June 1949 in 2h 31 (6–2–13 in B) 5056 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Composed by H Law James 1 Harold J Poole (C) 2 Dorothy M Udale 3 John R Smith 4 Brian G Warwick 5 Harry G Wayne 6 Sidney O Cheney 7 E Alan Jacques 8 Herrick B Bowley First peal in the method - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Thursday, 23 June 1949 in 2h 19 (6–2–13 in B) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C H Middleton 1 Terence A Thornber 2 Brian G Warwick 3 Jill Poole 4 Michael D Staniforth 5 Stanley R Gardner 6 John R Smith 7 E Alan Jacques 8 Peter J Staniforth (C) Young peal. Average age of band is 19 and a half years. First peal of Major - 1. 150th peal - 3. 25th peal - 7. Leicester Diocesan Guild Claybrooke, Leicestershire St Peter Friday, 24 June 1949 in 2h 57 (13–3–10 in E♭) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by H Dains 1 Terence A Thornber 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 John R Smith 4 W Arthur Riddington 5 Frank K Measures 6 Herrick B Bowley 7 J Frederick Milner 8 Alfred Ballard First peal in the method - 1, 4. A birthday compliment to Mrs. H. J. Poole. Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Thursday, 30 June 1949 in 3h 42 (25–0–20 in D) 5280 Lindsey Surprise Maximus 1 Brian G Warwick 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Phyllis Poole 5 Harry G Wayne 6 Ernest W Rawson 7 Sidney O Cheney 8 Redvers F Elkington 9 Shirley Burton 10 John R Smith 11 E Alan Jacques 12 William J Root First of Maximus - 1. First on twelve bells - 11. First of Maximus in the method by all. Leicester Diocesan Guild Birmingham, Warwickshire Cathedral Church of St Philip Thursday, 4 August 1949 in 3h 45 (31–0–21 in D) 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 1 Brian G Warwick 2 Edgar C Shepherd 3 Phyllis Poole 4 Alfred Ballard 5 W Eric Critchley 6 George E Fearn 7 Sidney O Cheney 8 J Frederick Milner 9 Edward Jenkins 10 Thomas H Francis 11 William J Root 12 Harold J Poole (C) First peal of Yorkshire Surprise Maximus: 1 and 9. First peal on twelve bells: 5. Birthday compliment to Mrs. Sidney O. Cheney. Ringing World page reference: 2002.0386Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Thursday, 11 August 1949 in 3h 43 (25) 5280 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus 1 Brian G Warwick 2 Jill Poole 3 Phyllis Poole 4 Dorothy Udale 5 Peter J Staniforth 6 Shirley Burton 7 Ernest W Rawson 8 Harry G Wayne 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 Herrick B Bowley 11 Alan Jacques 12 Harold J Poole (C) First peal of Maximus in the method by all and for the Guild. Ringing World page reference: 2003.0398Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Thursday, 8 September 1949 in 3h 22 (25–0–20 in D) 5280 Belgrave Surprise Maximus 1 Brian G Warwick 2 E Alan Jacques 3 Harold J Poole (C) 4 John R Smith 5 Jill Poole 6 Shirley Burton 7 Ernest W Rawson 8 Harry G Wayne 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 Herrick B Bowley 11 Peter J Staniforth 12 William J Root First peal in the method by all the band. Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Wednesday, 14 September 1949 in 2h 27 (6–2–13 in B) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by H Dains 1 Paul L Taylor 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Ernest W Rawson 4 Revd W H K Felsted 5 Sidney O Cheney 6 John R Smith 7 Herrick B Bowley 8 E Alan Jacques First peal in the method: 4. Ringing World page reference: 2008.0463Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Friday, 16 September 1949 in 2h 35 (6–2–13 in B) 5040 Belgrave Surprise Royal Composed by F H Dexter 1 Terence A Thornber 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Ernest W Rawson 5 John R Smith 6 Shirley Burton 7 Sidney O Cheney 8 J Frederick Milner 9 Herrick B Bowley 10 E Alan Jacques First peal of Royal in the method by all. Leicester Diocesan Guild Anstey, Leicestershire St Mary Monday, 19 September 1949 in 2h 32 (10–2–4 in G) 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 Redvers F Elkington (C) 2 Elizabeth Faulknall 3 Jill Poole 4 Norman G McCrum 5 Peter J Staniforth 6 John R Smith 7 William Bottrill 8 E Alan Jacques First peal in the method - 4 150th peal - 7 50th peal - 8 Compliment to tenor ringer on his 18th birthday and quickest peal on the bells Leicester Diocesan Guild Quorn, Leicestershire St Bartholomew Thursday, 29 September 1949 in 2h 47 (11–1–17 in G) 5120 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by F H Dexter 1 G Stanley Brewin 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Norman G McCrum 4 Michael D Staniforth 5 Shirley Burton 6 Herrick B Bowley 7 John R Smith 8 E Alan Jacques First peal in the method - 1, 3, 4, 8 Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Friday, 30 September 1949 in 2h 29 (6–2–13 in B) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by W Pye 1 Terence A Thornber 2 Brian G Warwick 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Jill Poole 5 Elizabeth Faulknall 6 John R Smith 7 Michael D Staniforth 8 Norman G McCrum 9 E Alan Jacques 10 Peter J Staniforth (C) First peal of Cambridge Royal - 5 First peal on 10 bells - 7, 8 50th peal this year - 9 Average age of band is 20 years 4 months Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Thursday, 6 October 1949 in 3h 31 (25–0–20 in D) 5280 Albanian Surprise Maximus 1 Kathleen V Tilley 2 Herrick B Bowley 3 Harold J Poole (C) 4 John R Smith 5 Jill Poole 6 Ernest W Rawson 7 Brian G Warwick 8 Norman G McCrum 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 William J Root 11 E Alan Jacques 12 Peter J Staniforth First peal on 12 bells - 8 First in the method by all the band Leicester Diocesan Guild Claybrooke, Leicestershire St Peter Saturday, 8 October 1949 in 2h 50 (13–3–10 in E♭) 5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by Charles W Roberts 1 Bryan F Sims 2 Ronald C Noon 3 C Henry Harding 4 Alfred Ballard 5 Ronald J Sharp 6 Andrew C Sinfield 7 Lewis H Bywaters 8 C Edward Jeffries (C) First peal in the method: 2. Leicester Diocesan Guild Birmingham, Warwickshire Cathedral Church of St Philip Saturday, 22 October 1949 in 3h 58 (31) 5280 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 1 Paul L Taylor 2 Phyllis Poole 3 Redvers F Elkington 4 Alfred Ballard 5 Harry G Wayne 6 Shirley Burton 7 Ernest W Rawson 8 Laurence Greenhow 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 Herrick B Bowley 11 William J Root 12 Harold J Poole (C) First peal on 12 bells: 1. Ringing World page reference: 2014.0538Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Saturday, 29 October 1949 in 3h 43 (25–0–20 in D) 5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Composed by W Pye 1 John B Bennett 2 Brian G Warwick 3 Elizabeth Faulknall 4 Dorothy M Udale 5 Jill Poole 6 Kathleen V Tilley 7 Ernest W Rawson 8 Sidney O Cheney 9 Michael D Staniforth 10 John R Smith 11 E Alan Jacques 12 Peter J Staniforth (C) First peal of Cambridge Surprise Maximus - 2 First peal on 12 - 9. First peal of Maximus as conductor. A 21st birthday compliment to the ringer of the 5th Leicester Diocesan Guild Gilmorton, Leicestershire All Saints Thursday, 3 November 1949 in 2h 54 (10–2–9 in G) 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by E W Tipler 1 John R Smith 2 Shirley Burton 3 Elizabeth Faulknall 4 W Arthur Riddington 5 E Alan Jacques 6 Harold J Poole (C) 7 Herrick B Bowley 8 Alfred Ballard First peal in the method - 4 A birthday compliment to J Frederick Milner Leicester Diocesan Guild Woodhouse, Leicestershire St Mary in the Elms Saturday, 5 November 1949 in 2h 22 (12–1–15 in G) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor 7 different extents 1 Elizabeth Faulknall 2 Kathleen V Tilley 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 John R Smith 5 Redvers F Elkington (C) 6 E Alan Jacques First peal of Cambridge Minor for all except treble ringer, and all have rung from Minor to Maximus. Leicester Diocesan Guild Whetstone, Leicestershire St Peter Saturday, 5 November 1949 in 2h 50 (8½) 5040 Grandsire Doubles 42 six-scores. 1 Colin Hall 2 George Pickering 3 Peter Hallam 4 Frederick Watson 5 Joseph Taylor (C) 6 Herbert Needham First peal: 1, 6. First peal of Doubles: 2, 3. Rung half-muffled in memory of the men of Whetstone who fell in the two World Wars. Ringing World page reference: 2025.0053Leicester Diocesan Guild Enderby, Leicestershire St John the Baptist Tuesday, 8 November 1949 in 2h 56 (11–2–15 in G) 5056 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 Alfred Ballard 2 Elizabeth Faulknall 3 Harold J Poole (C) 4 John R Smith 5 Shirley Burton 6 Lawrence Greenhow 7 E Alan Jacques 8 Herrick B Bowley First peal in the method - 2 Leicester Diocesan Guild Hugglescote, Leicestershire St John the Baptist Friday, 11 November 1949 in 3h 1 (16–1–4 in F) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by F H Dexter 1 Terence A Thornber 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 George D Hadfield 4 Michael D Staniforth 5 Horace O Over 6 John R Smith 7 Arthur E Rowley 8 Edwin J Tovell First peal in the method - 3 Memorial peal to the men of the parish who made the supreme sacrifice in both wars. Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Wednesday, 16 November 1949 in 2h 39 (6–2–13 in B) 5152 Aldenham Surprise Major 1 Brian Austin 2 John R Smith 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Ernest W Rawson 5 Sidney O Cheney 6 Herrick B Bowley 7 E Alan Jacques 8 Harold J Poole (C) Arranged by Shirley Burton. First peal in the method by all of the band. Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Monday, 21 November 1949 in 3h 37 (25–0–20 in D) 5280 Wigston Surprise Maximus 1 Dorothy M Udale 2 Jill Poole 3 Harold J Poole (C) 4 John R Smith 5 Harry G Wayne 6 E Alan Jacques 7 Ernest W Rawson 8 Lawrence Greenhow 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 Herrick B Bowley 11 Peter J Staniforth 12 William J Root First peal of Maximus to be rung in this method. Ringing World page reference: 2018.0590Leicester Diocesan Guild Ashby Folville, Leicestershire St Mary Wednesday, 23 November 1949 in 2h 55 (12–1–2 in G) 5184 London Surprise Major Composed by F Dench 1 Brian Austin 2 John R Smith 3 John J Morris 4 W Arthur Riddington 5 Alfred Ballard 6 Herrick B Bowley 7 E Alan Jacques 8 Harold J Poole (C) First peal in the method - 3, 4 Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Wednesday, 30 November 1949 in 2h 32 (6–2–13 in B) 5056 Aldenham Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 John P Fiddler 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Elizabeth Faulknall 5 John R Smith 6 Shirley Burton 7 Colin Harrison 8 E Alan Jacques First peal in the method - 1, 4, 6, 7 Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Monday, 5 December 1949 in 3h 38 (25–0–20 in D) 5280 Leicestershire Surprise Maximus 1 Dorothy M Udale 2 Jill Poole 3 Harold J Poole (C) 4 John R Smith 5 E Alan Jacques 6 Shirley Burton 7 Ernest W Rawson 8 Lawrence Greenhow 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 Herrick B Bowley 11 Peter J Staniforth 12 William J Root First peal of Maximus to be rung in this method. The conductor's 50th peal of Surprise Maximus on tower bells. Leicester Diocesan Guild Willoughby Waterleys, Leicestershire St Mary the Virgin Wednesday, 14 December 1949 in 2h 22 (6–1–24 in B♭) 5040 Grandsire Doubles 4 x 240's each by Morris, Price, Lindoff and Pitman, 10 x 120's (360 calls) 1 Harold Kilby 2 W Arthur Riddington 3 Ernest Morris (C) 4 Arthur Bodycote 5 John J Morris First peal of Doubles - 1,2,5. Rung on the birthday of HM King George VI. Ringing World page reference: 2022.0005Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Wednesday, 14 December 1949 in 2h 27 (6–2–13 in B) 5056 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Composed by H Law James 1 John P Fidler 2 Ernest W Rawson 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Stanley R Gardner 5 Harold J Poole (C) 6 E Alan Jacques 7 Colin Harrison 8 Herrick B Bowley First peal in the method - 1,4,7. A birthday compliment to Alfred Ballard. Ringing World page reference: 2022.0003Leicester Diocesan Guild Claybrooke, Leicestershire St Peter Thursday, 15 December 1949 in 2h 53 (13–3–10 in E♭) 5056 Aldenham Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 William A Wood 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Brian Austin 4 Michael D Staniforth 5 John R Smith 6 Alfred Ballard 7 Herrick B Bowley 8 Leonard Trevor First peal in the method - 1, 3, 8 First peal of Major in this method - 4, 6 Ringing World page reference: 2022.0003Leicester Diocesan Guild Thurcaston, Leicestershire All Saints Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 2h 42 (10–0–11 in F♯) 5184 London Surprise Major Composed by F Dench 1 Norman G McCrum 2 Shirley Burton 3 John R Smith 4 Herrick B Bowley 5 E Alan Jacques 6 Alfred Ballard 7 William J Root 8 Harold J Poole (C) The second of four Surprise peals in a day. Ringing World page reference: 2022.0002Leicester Diocesan Guild Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire St Michael Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 2h 35 (14–0–0 in F♯) 5040 Grandsire Doubles 10 callings 1 M Vernon (15) 2 N Walker 3 R C Tipler (C) 4 M Abbot 5 W Briggs 6 R Hayward (16) First peal - 1,4,6. Ringing World page reference: 2023.0022Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 2h 7 (6–2–13 in B) 5056 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 John R Smith 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Alfred Ballard 4 Shirley Burton 5 Norman G McCrum 6 William J Root 7 E Alan Jacques 8 Herrick B Bowley The first of four Surprise peals in a day. Ringing World page reference: 2022.0002Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 2h 25 (6–2–13 in B) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by W Pye 1 Terence A Thornber 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Michael D Staniforth 4 John R Smith 5 Shirley Burton 6 William J Root 7 Alfred Ballard 8 Norman G McCrum 9 Herrick B Bowley 10 E Alan Jacques Fourth peal of four Surprise peals in a day. Ringing World page reference: 2022.0002Leicester Diocesan Guild Copt Oak, Leicestershire St Peter Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 2h 37 (9–3–4 in A) 5040 Minor (20m) 1 G Ronald Edwards 2 Richard Manton 3 C William Hall 4 John A Underwood 5 James W Rowley 6 Roland Beniston (C) First peal in 20 Minor methods by all, and for the Guild. Ringing World page reference: 2023.0022Leicester Diocesan Guild Anstey, Leicestershire St Mary Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 2h 27 (10–2–4 in G) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by H Dains 1 Herrick B Bowley 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Norman G McCrum 4 John R Smith 5 Shirley Burton 6 William J Root 7 E Alan Jacques 8 Alfred Ballard Third peal of four Surprise peals in a day. Ringing World page reference: 2022.0002Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Monday, 19 December 1949 in 2h 40 (6–2–13 in B) 5040 Leicestershire Surprise Royal Composed by F H Dexter 1 Paul L Taylor 2 Harold J Poole (C) 3 Michael D Staniforth 4 Jill Poole 5 Harry G Wayne 6 Shirley Burton 7 Sidney O Cheney 8 Norman G McCrum 9 E Alan Jacques 10 Peter J Staniforth First peal of Royal in the method. Birthday compliment to Shirley Burton. Ringing World page reference: 2023.0018Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester St Margaret's Select Vestry Hall Monday, 19 December 1949 in 2h 10 (17 in A) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Morris I Morris' var of Parker's 1–2 Joseph A Fenton 3–4 Walter P Whitehead 5–6 Alan Cattell 7–8 John Bramley (C) 1st peal of Grandsire Triples "in hand" - 1-2. 1st peal as conductor "in hand". Ringing World page reference: 2023.0029Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester Wayside, 150 Narborough Rd S Tuesday, 20 December 1949 in 2h 36 (17 in A) 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal Composed by C J Sedgley 1–2 Alfred Ballard 3–4 Peter J Staniforth 5–6 Harold J Poole (C) 7–8 Harry Poyner 9–10 Terence A Thornber 50th peal together - 1-2, 3-4. First peal of Kent TB Royal - 7-8. A birthday compliment to G Stedman Morris. Ringing World page reference: 2023.0029Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester Wayside, 150 Narborough Rd S Wednesday, 21 December 1949 in 2h 13 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Dexter's Variation 1–2 Alfred Ballard 3–4 Harold J Poole (C) 5–6 Harry Poyner 7–8 Derek G Goodman 1st peal of Stedman Triples on handbells - 5-6, 7-8. Ringing World page reference: 2023.0029Leicester Diocesan Guild Hugglescote, Leicestershire St John the Baptist Friday, 23 December 1949 in 3h 2 (16–1–4 in F) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by A Craven 1 Horace O Over 2 Terence A Thornber 3 Roland Beniston 4 Arthur E Rowley 5 Harold J Poole (C) 6 Charles W Hall 7 Leslie E Stevens 8 Colin Harrison First peal in the method - 1,3,4,6,7. Specially rung as a compliment to Mr & Mrs H O Over on he occasion of their silver wedding. Ringing World page reference: 2023.0020Leicester Diocesan Guild Wigston Magna, Leicestershire All Saints Saturday, 24 December 1949 in 3h 2 (16–0–11 in E) 5088 Wigston Surprise Major Composed by AJ Pitman 1 Terence A Thornber 2 Sidney O Cheney 3 Norman G McCrum 4 Shirley Burton 5 Frank S Cheney 6 Edwin Lloyd 7 T Edward Harrold 8 Harold J Poole (C) First peal in the method - 1,2,3,4,5,7. Ringing World page reference: 2023.0020Leicester Diocesan Guild Broughton Astley, Leicestershire The Nook Saturday, 24 December 1949 in 2h 44 (18 in G) 5040 Kent Treble Bob Royal Composed by C J Sedgley 1–2 Peter J Staniforth 3–4 Derek G Goodman 5–6 Harold J Poole (C) 7–8 Alfred Ballard 9–10 Brian G Warwick Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester St Margaret Monday, 26 December 1949 in 3h 42 (32–3–14 in C♯) 5016 Plain Bob Maximus Composed by E Morris 1 Alan Cattell (C) 2 Ernest Morris 3 Walter P Whitehead 4 Alfred Mould 5 Jack Bailey 6 Joseph W Cotton 7 W Harry Duncombe 8 Joseph A Fenton 9 William Thornley 10 John J Morris 11 J W Frank Trotman 12 John Bramley First peal of Maximus on tower bells - 3. First peal of Maximus - 4,8,11,12. First peal on 12 bells - 5,6,7,9,10. First peal as conductor on 12 bells. Ringing World page reference: 2023.0018Leicester Diocesan Guild Shepshed, Leicestershire St Botolph Tuesday, 27 December 1949 in 2h 50 (15–0–0 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Arthur E Wilson 2 Madeline P Smith 3 C William Hall 4 John A Underwood 5 J Eric Walley 6 Philip Webster 7 Roland Deniston 8 G Ronald Edwards (C) First peal - 1,2,5,6. First in method - 3,7. First of Major - 4. First peal on the recast bells. Ringing World page reference: 2024.0036Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester Wayside, 150 Narborough Rd S Tuesday, 27 December 1949 in 2h 5 (15 in C) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by Dexter's Variation 1–2 Jill Poole 3–4 Peter J Staniforth 5–6 Harold J Poole (C) 7–8 Norman J McCrum First peal in the method - 7-8. Ringing World page reference: 2024.0039Leicester Diocesan Guild Aylestone, Leicestershire Belfry, St Andrew's Church Tuesday, 27 December 1949 in 1h 34 (14 in D) 5040 Grandsire Doubles 42 extents 1–2 Terence A Thornber 3–4 Harry Power 5–6 Brian G Warwick (C) First peal of Doubles - 3-4. First peal of Grandsire Doubles in hand - 5-6. First peal of Doubles and of Grandsire as conductor. Ringing World page reference: 2024.0039Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Wednesday, 28 December 1949 in 2h 15 (6–2–13 in B) 5184 London Surprise Major Composed by F Dench 1 Paul L Taylor 2 Kathleen Tilley 3 Jill Poole 4 Shirley Burton 5 Peter J Staniforth 6 E Alan Jacques 7 Norman G McCrum 8 Harold J Poole (C) First in the method on an inside bell - 7. Ringing World page reference: 2024.0036Leicester Diocesan Guild Barwell, Leicestershire St Mary Wednesday, 28 December 1949 in 2h 52 (15–0–11 in F) 5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by Walter P Whitehead 1 Roy Coleman 2 Thomas C Belton 3 Alan H Hough 4 W Harry Duncombe 5 Walter P Whitehead (C) 6 Charles R Belton 7 Thomas K Deacon 8 George P Garner First peal of Major - 1. First peal in the method - 7. First peal in the method by a Barwell band. A farewell to the Rev J D Wakeling, MC, MA, curate of Barwell, and member of the local band, who is leaving for Cambridge. Ringing World page reference: 2025.0050Leicester Diocesan Guild Whetstone, Leicestershire St Peter Thursday, 29 December 1949 in 2h 33 (8–0–23 in A) 5040 Doubles (2m) 12 six-scores of Plain Bob and 30 of Grandsire (5 240's each by Pitman and Price and 10 ordinary 120's) 1 Frederick Watson 2 George Pickering 3 Ernest Morris (C) 4 Peter Hallam 5 Joseph Taylor 6 John H Burrage First peal - 6. 4 of the ringers are vergers, viz: 1 Croft, 3 St Margaret's, Leicester, 5 Thurlaston, 6 Whetstone. Ringing World page reference: 2025.0054Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester Wayside, 150 Narborough Rd S Thursday, 29 December 1949 in 2h 33 (15 in C) 5040 Plain Bob Royal Composed by James George 1–2 Jill Poole 3–4 Alfred Ballard 5–6 Peter J Staniforth 7–8 Harold J Poole (C) 9–10 Gordon M Maclure First peal on 10 bells - 9-10. Ringing World page reference: 2024.0039Leicester Diocesan Guild Gilmorton, Leicestershire All Saints Friday, 30 December 1949 in 2h 46 (10–2–9 in G) 5152 Leicestershire Surprise Major Composed by A J Pitman 1 Paul L Taylor 2 Shirley Burton 3 Jill Poole 4 Peter J Staniforth 5 Sidney O Cheney 6 Alfred Ballard 7 Alan Jacques 8 Harold J Poole (C) The first peal of Major in the method by all. Ringing World page reference: 2024.0037Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Saturday, 31 December 1949 in 2h 40 (6–2–13 in B) 5040 New Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by C J Sedgley 1 Terence A Thornber 2 Peter J Staniforth 3 Michael D Staniforth 4 Alfred Ballard 5 Elizabeth Faulknall 6 Shirley Burton 7 John R Smith 8 E Alan Jacques 9 Herrick B Bowley 10 Harold J Poole (C) First peal in the method - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8. First peal of Royal in the method - 2, 9 The conductor's 100th peal in six months Ringing World page reference: 2025.0050Leicester Diocesan Guild Loughborough, Leicestershire Bell Foundry Tower Saturday, 31 December 1949 in 2h 25 (6–2–13 in B) 5056 Aldenham Surprise Major Composed by C H Hattersley 1 Edward F M Samson 2 Kathleen Tilley 3 Dorothy M Udale 4 Michael D Staniforth 5 Alfred Halland 6 Harold J Poole (C) 7 Herrick B Bowley 8 Peter J Staniforth First peal of Major in the method - 1,2,8. The conductor's 100th tower bell peal this year. Ringing World page reference: 2025.0052Leicester Diocesan Guild Leicester, Leicestershire Cathedral Church of St Martin Saturday, 31 December 1949 in 3h 27 (25–0–20 in D) 5280 Aldenham Surprise Maximus 1 E Alan Jacques 2 Kathleen V Tilley 3 Harold J Poole (C) 4 Jill Poole 5 John R Smith 6 Shirley Burton 7 Ernest W Rawson 8 Michael D Staniforth 9 Sidney O Cheney 10 Herrick B Bowley 11 Peter J Staniforth 12 William J Root First peal of Maximus to be rung in this method. Ringing World page reference: 2025.0050Leicester Diocesan Guild Croft, Leicestershire St Michael and All Angels Saturday, 31 December 1949 in 2h 33 (6–2–6 in B) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 7 different extents. 1 Frederick Watson 2 William A Wood 3 George Pickering 4 Leon Watkinson 5 Peter Hallam 6 Joseph Taylor (C) Leicester Diocesan Guild Asfordby, Leicestershire All Saints Saturday, 31 December 1949 in 3h 5 (12–1–17 in F) 5040 Minor (3m) 2 720's of Oxford TB, 2 of Kent TB and 3 of Plain Bob. 1 Harold T Bonshor 2 Dennis Toon 3 Reginald Looker 4 J Harry Cook 5 Hugh Bell 6 Ernest Morris (C) First peal of Treble Bob - 1. First peal - 3. Ringing World page reference: 2025.0054 | |
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