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Kent County Association

Brenchley, Kent

All Saints

Friday, 7 January 1927 in 3h 15 (17–3–24 in E)

5024 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Walter Marshall

2 Archibald C Kay

3 George Fuller

4 Charles H Sone

5 Thomas E Sone (C)

6 John Wheadon

7 Arthur H Smith

8 Bertram Luck

The conductor has now rung each bell in the tower in a peal ,also his 50th for the above association , and 25th as conductor .

Kent County Association

Erith, Kent

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 26 February 1927 in 6h 36 (16–3–22 in F♯)

11008 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Joseph W Parker

1 Herbert E Audsley

2 John Wheadon

3 John H Cheesman (C)

4 James George

5 George Gilbert

6 Henry T Wilson

7 Frederick J Cullum, Jun

8 George H Daynes

RW 1927.0133

Kent County Association

Eltham, Kent

St John the Baptist

Thursday, 5 May 1927 in 2h 54 (10–2–24 in G)

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by T B Worsley

1 Francis Fraser

2 William J Jeffries

3 Isaac Emery

4 Charles A Bines

5 Frederick J Cullum jnr

6 William Martin

7 Henry Wood

8 Robert Brett-Smith (C)

4 - 1st peal. Great credit is due to him for ringing well throughout, and also to the treble ringer, who is in his 75th year.

Rung as a birthday compliment to W A Anderson*.

RW 20 May 1927 - p307

[* Presumably the Captain W Anderson MC who organised the restoration and augmentation of the bells in 1924, as per inscription on the 2nd bell.]

Kent County Association

Southwark, Surrey

Cathedral Church of St Saviour

Saturday, 7 May 1927 in 4h 4 (50)

5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus

Composed by H Dains

1 Charles T Coles

2 Mrs Frank I Hairs

3 John H Cheesman

4 Thomas Groombridge, jun

5 Frank I Hairs

6 George R Pye

7 Charles W Roberts

8 William J Nudds

9 Herbert E Audsley

10 Harold W Clark

11 William Pye

12 Thomas Groombridge, Sen (C)

Source - W Pye peal book

Kent County Association

Ash next Sandwich, Kent

St Nicholas

Saturday, 18 June 1927 in 3h 5 (21–3–0 in E♭)

5040 Stedman Triples

Pitstow's variation

Composed by Pitstow

1 Charles W Player

2 William Spice

3 Henry J Castle

4 Edwin G Buesden (C)

5 Frederick A Fairbeard

6 Arthur A Saxby

7 Harry Parkes

8 Harrison Smith

First Peal since rehanging by Mears & Stainbank

Kent No. 3255

Kent County Association

Sevenoaks, Kent

St Nicholas

Saturday, 25 June 1927 in 3h (21)

5056 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 John H Cheesman

2 Alfred B Peck

3 Edwin F Pike

4 Charles T Coles

5 Charles W Roberts

6 Thomas Groombridge, jun

7 Thomas Groombridge, Sen

8 William Pye (C)

First Surprise peal on the bells

Source - W Pye peal book.

Kent County Association

Ashford, Kent

St Mary the Virgin

Sunday, 11 September 1927 (23 cwt in E♭)

504 Stedman Triples

1 Thomas Tabrett

2 John Parsons

3 G F Margetson (Romford)

4 George Swaffer

5 Percy Page

6 Ernest W Powell

7 Charles W Everett (C)

8 Daniel Godden

For Morning Service.

Rung with the bells half muffled as a token of respect to Mr E B Ballard who was a Sidesman at the Parish Church for many years.

Kent County Association

Ash next Sandwich, Kent

St Nicholas

Saturday, 19 November 1927 in 3h 5 (21–3–0 in E♭)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by F A Holden

1 Samuel E Taylor

2 Charles W Brett

3 Frederick G Brett

4 William E Pitman

5 Frederick R Weller

6 Frederick A Fairbeard

7 George Gilbert

8 Edwin G Buesden (C)

First Peal in the Method on the Bells.

Kent no 3302

Kent County Association

Rochester, Kent

Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary

Monday, 26 December 1927 in 3h 25 (30–0–14 in D)

5043 Stedman Caters

Composed by Cornelius Charge

1 Charles Winser

2 William Haigh

3 William H Hewett (C)

4 Percy Spice

5 Edwin F Pike

6 James E Davis

7 Charles W Roberts

8 Charles E J Norris

9 Edward A G Allen

10 Alfred Haylor

Kent County Association

Chatham, Kent

St Mary

Monday, 26 December 1927 in 2h 59 (25 cwt)

5040 Stedman Triples

Pitstow's variation .

1 William Spice

2 Percy J Spice

3 John H Cheeseman (C)

4 William E Pitman

5 Charles E Norris

6 William J Walker

7 Charles W Roberts

8 George Gilbert

Kent County Association

Sittingbourne, Kent

St Michael

Tuesday, 27 December 1927 in 3h (19–0–6 in E)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by E Barnett Sen.

1 William R G Seager

2 Samuel Taylor

3 John H Cheeseman (C)

4 William Spice

5 Percy J Spice

6 Ernest J Dobbie

7 William J Walker

8 Clarence H Dobbie

First peal of Double Norwich 1 .

Kent County Association

Frindsbury, Kent

All Saints

Saturday, 31 December 1927 in 2h 46 (15–2–4 in F)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Carter's Twelve-part

1 Miss Hilda Collishaw

2 C A Winser

3 E A G Allen (C)

4 S T Jerrett

5 T Beaumont

6 W S Beaumont

7 P C Springham

8 W Collinshaw

First peal and first attempt treble & tenor .First peal in the method 4 & 6. First peal as conductor .First peal in the method on the bells . All are Sunday service ringers at the church . W Collishaw and Miss Collishaw are father and daughter .

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