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Kent County Association

Eltham, Kent

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 18 January 1925 (10–2–24 in G)

1264 Plain Bob Major

1 Henry H Flower

2 Robert Brett-Smith (C)

3 John Dafters

4 H James

5 Francis Fraser

6 Cyril Brett-Smith

7 Robert Thompson

8 Jim Hurrell

First quarter-peal on the bells

3,4 - First quarter in the method

Kent County Association

Ashford, Kent

St Mary the Virgin

Tuesday, 20 January 1925 (23 cwt in E♭)

1152 Oxford Treble Bob Major

1 Archibald C Kay

2 Charles W Everett

3 Rose Thomas

4 Ernest W Powell

5 Percy Page

6 Thomas Tabrett

7 Henry C Castle

8 Harry Parkes (C)

Kent County Association

Ashford, Kent

St Mary the Virgin

Sunday, 1 February 1925 (23 cwt in E♭)

1260 Stedman Triples

1 Thomas Tabrett

2 Archibald C Kay

3 C Franklin

4 Charles W Everett

5 Percy Page

6 Henry C Castle

7 Earnest W Powell (C)

8 Harry Parkes

For Morning Service.

First quarter: 3

First as conductor

Kent County Association

Eltham, Kent

St John the Baptist

Thursday, 12 February 1925 in 2h 55 (10–2–24 in G)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Frank Bennett

1 Francis Fraser

2 Charles Dean

3 Percy J Spice

4 William Anderson

5 John Dafters

6 William J Jeffries

7 Robert Brett-Smith (C)

8 Jim Hurrell

4, 5, 6 - 1st peal

1 - 1st in method

3 - 50th peal

Rung in honour of the 75th birthday of Francis Fraser

1st peal on the bells (new 8) at the first attempt

RW 20 Feb 1925 - p115

Kent County Association

City of London

St Mary le Bow, Cheapside

Saturday, 14 February 1925 in 3h 50 (53)

5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus

Composed by F Dench

1 William J Nudds

2 Charles T Coles

3 George R Pye

4 John H Cheesman

5 William Hewett

6 William Pye

7 Herbert E Audsley

8 James E Davis

9 Thomas Groombridge, jun

10 Harold W Clark

11 Reuben Sanders

12 Thomas Groombridge, Sen (C)

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Eltham, Kent

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 22 March 1925 (10–2–24 in G)

1264 Plain Bob Major

1 Henry H Flower

2 Francis Fraser

3 Jim Hurrell

4 Frank Gorringe

5 Robert Thompson

6 Cyril Brett-Smith

7 Robert Brett-Smith

8 William Anderson C)

8 - 1st quarter as conductor

Number of changes not given in RW

RW p236

Kent County Association

Eltham, Kent

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 22 March 1925 (10–2–24 in G)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 Charles A Bines

2 Francis Fraser

3 Frederick W Richardson

4 William Anderson

5 Robert Thompson (C)

6 Jim Hurrell

7 William A Martin

8 Capt F A Yorke

1 - 1st quarter-peal

First quarter in the method on the bells

Kent County Association

Southwark, Surrey

Cathedral Church of St Saviour

Saturday, 4 April 1925 in 4h 5 (50)

5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus

Composed by William Pye

1 William J Nudds

2 George R Pye

3 Thomas Groombridge, jun (C)

4 Edwin F Pike

5 William Pye

6 Herbert E Audsley

7 Charles W Roberts

8 James E Davis

9 Herbert Langdon

10 Harold W Clark

11 Reuben Sanders

12 Thomas Groombridge, Sen

First peal on twelve bells as conductor

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Eltham, Kent

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 12 April 1925 (10–2–24 in G)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 Francis Fraser (C)

2 John W Crowder

3 Jim Hurrell

4 William Anderson

5 H James

6 Robert Thompson

7 Percy J Spice

8 Frederick J Hurrell

On Easter Day, for evening service

Number of changes not given

RW p252

Kent County Association

Ashford, Kent

St Mary the Virgin

Tuesday, 28 April 1925 (23 cwt in E♭)

1260 Stedman Triples

1 Ernest W Powell

2 Jack Garrett

3 Percy Page

4 Thomas Tabrett

5 Archibald C Kay

6 Henry C Castle

7 Harry Parkes (C)

8 John Parsons

Kent County Association

Eltham, Kent

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 24 May 1925 (10–2–24 in G)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 Henry H Flower

2 Francis Fraser

3 Charles A Bines

4 Percy J Spice

5 Robert Thompson

6 George Huxley

7 William Anderson

8 Frederick J Hurrell (C)

Number of changes not given in RW (p348)

3 - 1st quarter

8 - 1st in the method as Conductor

For evensong

Kent County Association

Quex Park, Kent

Waterloo Tower

Sunday, 31 May 1925 in 3h 19 (15)

5005 Stedman Cinques

Composed by Arthur Knights

1 William H Hewett

2 Edward P Duffield

3 Albert W Coles

4 George R Pye

5 Charles T Coles (C)

6 John H Cheesman

7 Edwin F Pike

8 Henry T Wilson

9 Herbert E Audsley

10 C S Mjr J Bennett

11 Reuben Sanders

12 Richard E Wilson

Source - G Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Ramsgate, Kent

St Laurence

Monday, 1 June 1925 in 2h 54 (18)

5001 Stedman Caters

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Edwin Barnett, jun

2 George R Pye

3 William H Hewett

4 John H Cheesman (C)

5 Albert W Coles

6 Charles T Coles

7 C S Mjr J Bennett

8 Herbert E Audsley

9 Edward P Duffield

10 Reuben Sanders

First peal on the ten bells

Source - G Pye peal book. Note - in peal book as rung at St Lawrence, Thanet.

Kent County Association

Eltham, Kent

St John the Baptist

Monday, 1 June 1925 in 2h 52 (10–2–24 in G)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Holt's Original

1 Francis Fraser

2 Ernest B Crowder

3 Jim Hurrell

4 George Durling

5 Robert Thompson

6 Frederick J Cullum jnr

7 William J Jeffries (C)

8 Robert Brett-Smith

1st in method on the bells.

Rung on the occasion of the wedding of Gladys Eleanor Mary Simpson to Walter James Cripps; also as a birthday compliment to Robert Thompson, the ringer of the fifth.

RW 12 June 1925 - p371

Kent County Association

Canterbury, Kent

Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ

Monday, 1 June 1925 in 3h 50 (30)

5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus

Composed by Henry Dains

1 Charles T Coles

2 Edwin Barnett, jun

3 George R Pye

4 John H Cheesman

5 William H Hewett

6 Albert W Coles

7 Edwin F Pike

8 Herbert E Audsley

9 Edward P Duffield

10 Harold W Clark

11 Reuben Sanders

12 William Pye (C)

First peal of Cambridge Maximus: 2 and 9

First peal of Maximus on the bells

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Ashford, Kent

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 8 August 1925 (23 cwt in E♭)

1260 Stedman Triples

1 Thomas Tabrett

2 Jack Garrett

3 Archibald C Kay

4 Charles W Everett (C)

5 Edward S Ruck

6 Percy Page

7 Henry C Castle

8 George Swaffer

Kent County Association

Ashford, Kent

St Mary the Virgin

Sunday, 25 October 1925 (23 cwt in E♭)

1280 Oxford Treble Bob Major

1 Thomas Tabrett

2 Edward S Ruck

3 Charles W Everett

4 C Franklin

5 Archibald C Kay

6 Ernest W Powell

7 Henry C Castle

8 Harry Parkes (C)

For Morning Service

Kent County Association

Eltham, Kent

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 1 November 1925 (10–2–24 in G)

1260 Kent Treble Bob Major

1 Francis Fraser

2 Percy J Spice

3 George Durling

4 Charles A Bines

5 William Anderson

6 William J Jeffries

7 Jim Hurrell

8 Robert Brett-Smith C)

No date given, but "for the anniversary of the opening of the bells"

4,5,7 - 1st quarter in method

RW p 829

Kent County Association

Frittenden, Kent

St Mary

Tuesday, 24 November 1925 in 3h 1 (13–0–2 in G)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by John Homes

1 Charles Tribe

2 Mrs H Baker

3 Charles W Player

4 Harry Baker

5 Ben F Baker

6 Charles Baker

7 Charles H Sone (C)

8 Harry Parkes

Rung in honour of the wedding of the Rector (the Rev Cecil Sumner Stooks) and Miss Edith May Homewood.

This is the first peal on the bells since 1891.

First Peal - Charles Baker

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