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35th Birthday Compliment to - 8

First atw - 3

First in method - 3 & 8 and first as C

First in method - 2

1st Stedman: 2.

Qtr. Peal rung in memory of Alban Disney who had been a member of the Anstey band for over 60years. It was rung during the evening of Wednesday 22nd January prior to Alban's funeral on Thursday 23rd Jan. Stedman was one of Alban's favorite methods. Submitted by his son Colin after finding a copy of Alban's Obituary in an old copy of the February 1992 Ringing World.

First in m - 2

Rung half muffled in memory of Alban Disney, a member of this tower for 60 years

First on 12 - 1

First in method - 2,3,5,6,8,9 & 10

First as C8 as conductor and a birthday complement to 8

First of treble bob

For Ash Wednesday

First inside and on 8 - 3

First in method- 6 & 8

Completes standard 8 - 8

First peal as Conductor

First minor inside - 2

First on cover - 7

Most methods as C

Birthday compliment to M E Wade father of treble ringer

First on 8 - 1

Most methods - 2

Birthday compliments to 5

Rung as an 18th Birthday compliment to brother of 2 and 21st birthday compliment to sister of 6

For St George's Day

Wedding compliment to Nicky & Andrew Ace

80th birthday compliment to Jack Veasey, 60 years a ringer at this tower

Rung on the 47th anniversary of V E Day

Good Luck to the Cup Final participants

1st in method

Birthday compliments to 6 & 8

To welcome The Rev T Leighton and Rev Susan Leighton to the village of Groby

First in m - 2

For Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day

First in method as Conductor

50th peal - 2

Birthday compliments to the tenor ringer and brother of the 2nd ringer

Silver Wedding Compliment to Revd & Mrs Hall, vicar at Anstey

For Evensong on the eve of the feast of St Peter to mark the ordination to the Priesthood of the Revd Mark Eary (curate of this Parish) and the Revd Dr Reginald J Stretton (curate of The Good Shepherd, Loughborough) which took place at Leicester Cathedral earlier in the day

First Grandsire : 4

Believed to be the fastest on the back 10

For the Golden Wedding of Dr & Mrs Brown

First blows in the method for all the band

Circled the tower - 1

Popocatepetl means "smoking mountain" and is a volcano about 40 miles SE of the city of Mexico. It rises in the form of a cone to a height of 17,784 ft above sea level

350th peal - 8

Circled to tower to S Royal peals - 10

First of Royal - 4

The longest length in the method.

Umpires: David Marshall, Sally Mason, Gary Mason.

First in method as C

300th peal

First Surprise - 3

Golden Wedding compliment to Mr & Mrs Poole of Rothley parents in law of - 8

First Quarters: 1 & 6

For Evensong

First as C in method

First in method- 3

First in method as c

For Evensong

On the Eve of All Saints Day

A Golden Wedding Compliment to Edith & Harold Sleath, married on 31/10/1942 not able to have bells at their wedding due to the wartime ban.

300th peal together - 1 & 6

No. 3 of the day

No. 4 of the day

No. 2 of the day

No. 7 of the day

No. 5 of the day

No. 6 of the day

First peal on the six bells since augmentation from five.

No. 1 of the day

No 8 of the day.

Each of these 8 Leicester District ringers rang a different bell every time and each conducting a different quarter peal. All rung at different Leicester District towers but after a loss at Aylestone we had a 2nd attempt at St Margarets

Firs Avon in hand: 3-4.

The Sence is a Leicestershire river - a tributary of the river Soar

First Maximus as C

To mark the 50th Anniversary of the Allies in El Alamein

I am indebted to the Revd Malcolm C C Melville of Bedford for the name Xochimilco, which is the name given to the floating gardens of a world famous suburb of Mexico City

First on 12 - 3

First of maximus as C

This is the 30th peal of S Royal that the C has called on these bells in 1992.

A Birthday compliment to Ruth Stretton

First attempt- 1

First quarter - 8

For the Advent Carol Service, also to welcome home A Robinson form his 3 year posting to Hong Kong

The conductors 100th peal on this bell

On the Back 6 prior to Leicester Guild Barn Dance

18th Birthday Compliment to Caroline Carter

First peal - 3

For Choral Evensong

I am informed by the Revd M C C Melville that the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan is by far the largest of the pre-conquest pyramids

The conductors 1900th peal on tower bells.On Christmas Eve

800th peal: 2. First peal: 3. First Cambridge: 4.

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the dedication of the bells, all cast by John Taylor & Co. in 1912.