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Southwell Diocesan Guild

Warsop, Nottinghamshire

St Peter and St Paul

Wednesday, 3 January 1996 in 2h 47 (14–2–24 in F)

5152 Lancashire Surprise Major

Composed by R P Graves

1 Robert C Graves

2 John P Ottaway

3 Mandy K Freeman

4 J Stuart Brown

5 Brynley A Richards

6 Nicholas J Parkes

7 Christopher B Richards

8 R Philip Graves (C)

Ringing World page reference: 4426.0199

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Kneesall, Nottinghamshire

St Bartholomew

Saturday, 3 February 1996 in 43m (10–1–2 in F♯)

1260 Plain Bob Singles

1 Peter McCoy

2 Benjamin D Kipling

3 Matthew J Smith (C)

Rung for the 50th Anniversary of the Southwell Diocesan Guild

Ringing World page reference: 4435.0450

Southwell Diocesan Guild

City of London

St Sepulchre without Newgate, Holborn Viaduct

Saturday, 3 February 1996 in 3h 22 (28–2–16 in C♯)

5042 Juquila Surprise Maximus

Composed by J M Jelley

1 Sally A Mason

2 Ruth Richardson

3 John M Jelley (C)

4 John Cornock

5 Kenneth J Hesketh

6 Martin F Mitchell

7 R Philip Graves

8 Paul F Curtis

9 Maurice F Edwards

10 Simon J Poole

11 Michael Maughan

12 R Kingsley Mason

First peal in the method.

Completes Surprise Max Alphabet to peals: 12

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Beckingham, Nottinghamshire

All Saints

Monday, 5 February 1996 (9–2–0 in A)

1260 Plain Bob and Reverse Bob Singles

1 John Pye

2 Anthony Thomas

3 Matthew J Smith

Rung for the 50th Anniversary of the Southwell Diocesan Guild

Southwell Diocesan Guild

South Collingham, Nottinghamshire

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 17 February 1996 in 42m (6–3–10 in A)

1272 Plain Bob Minimus

1 Michael Strathmann

2 Matthew J Smith

3 Peter W McCoy (C)

4 Benjamin D Kipling

Rung to mark 50 years of the Southwell DG.

Rung on the back 4.

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Wollaton, Nottinghamshire

St Leonard

Sunday, 18 February 1996 in 37m (5–2–6)

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Katie A Lacy

2 Daniel J Vickers

3 Stuart Allenby

4 Peter S Lacy (C)

5 David J T Wilson

6 Peter W McCoy

Ringing World page reference: 4432.0383

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Wollaton, Nottinghamshire

St Leonard

Sunday, 28 April 1996 in 36m (5–2–6)

1272 Oxford Treble Minor

1 Peter W McCoy

2 Katie A Lacy

3 John F Mason

4 Philip J H Hudson

5 Peter S Lacy

6 David J T Wilson (C)

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire

St John the Baptist

Wednesday, 22 May 1996 in 2h 48 (7–2–7 in G♯)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by J Holt (10 part)

1 Nicholas J Parkes (C)

2 Joan Crosby

3 Walter Davis

4 Mandy K Freeman

5 Jim Heading

6 Christopher B Richards

7 J Stuart Brown

8 John P Ottaway

First peal of Grandsire Triples - 2.

Circled tower - 1.

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Taunton, Somerset

St Mary Magdalene

Sunday, 2 June 1996 in 3h 8 (29–3–20)

5042 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus

Composed by R I Allton

1 Jenny M A Astridge

2 George A Dawson

3 Stephen J A Ollerton

4 Ruth Richardson

5 Lenard J Mitchell

6 Matthew R T Higby

7 Richard I Allton

8 Andrew R Aspland

9 Peter L R Hayward

10 Paul F Curtis

11 Mark A Boylan

12 Andrew B Mills (C)

Ringing World page reference: 4444.0660

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Basford, Nottinghamshire

St Leodegarius

Sunday, 2 June 1996 in 2h 46 (14–3–0 in F♯)

5088 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Roger D Bailley (No.4)

1 Anna L Webb

2 David J Marshall

3 Jennifer Clarke

4 John P Ottaway

5 Colin Aked

6 Robin E H Woolley

7 Elizabeth Dunford (C)

8 Tony Lewis

On the 75th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Bells

Ringing World page reference: 4445.0684

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Tuxford, Nottinghamshire

St Nicholas

Wednesday, 17 July 1996 in 2h 42 (11–2–15 in G)

5056 Spliced Surprise Major (4m)

1344 Lincolnshire; 1280 each Cambridge, Yorkshire; 1152 Rutland: 74 com, atw.

1 Walter Davis

2 Brynley A Richards

3 Jim Heading

4 John P Ottaway

5 Mandy K Freeman

6 J Stuart Brown

7 Christopher B Richards

8 Nicholas J Parkes (C)

To welcome William Andrew Davis, a grandson for Irene and Walter Davis.

125 peal together - 2 & 8, 5 & 8, 6 & 8.

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Sunningwell, Oxfordshire

St Leonard

Sunday, 25 August 1996 in 2h 30 (8½ in B♭)

5040 Surprise Minor (11m)

(11m: (1) Westminster, Allendale (2) Cambridge (3) London, Wells (4) Norwich (5) York, Durham (6) Bourne (7) Beverley, Surfleet)

1 Tudor P Edwards

2 Ruth Richardson

3 Sally A Mason

4 John Cornock

5 Richard C L Brown

6 Paul F Curtis (C)

750th peal: 6.

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Thomas the Martyr

Sunday, 25 August 1996 in 2h 43 (11–2–6 in G)

5040 Cherwell Hall Surprise Royal

Composed by M A Coleman

1 Sally A Mason (C)

2 Ruth Richardson

3 Carol A Marchbank

4 John Cornock

5 Tudor P Edwards

6 Graham M Bradshaw

7 Trevor W Marchbank

8 Ian Butters

9 Paul F Curtis

10 R Kingsley Mason

Cherwell Hall Surprise Royal b -30-14-50-16-70-18-14-50.36-34.90,12

Ringing World page reference: 4460.1056

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Brightwell, Oxfordshire

St Agatha

Monday, 26 August 1996 in 2h 48 (9–3–3)

5184 Spliced Surprise Major

8m: 768 each London, Bristol, Rutland; 576 each Cambridge, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Superlative, Pudsey: 138 com

Composed by M C W Sherwood

1 Sally A Mason

2 George A Dawson

3 Ian Butters (C)

4 Carol A Marchbank

5 Ruth Richardson

6 John Cornock

7 Paul F Curtis

8 Trevor W Marchbank

800th different tower for a peal: 1.

Ringing world: 4460.1057

Ringing World page reference: 4460.1057

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Bampton, Oxfordshire

St Mary

Tuesday, 27 August 1996 in 3h 18 (23–0–4 in D)

5088 Lessness Surprise Major

Composed by S Jenner

1 Sally A Mason

2 Ruth Richardson

3 Tudor P Edwards

4 Andrew D Higson

5 Peter G C Ellis

6 Paul F Curtis

7 Ian Butters

8 R Kingsley Mason (C)

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire

St Mary and All Saints

Saturday, 26 October 1996 in 7h 59 (6–0–1 in B♭)

16560 Surprise Minor (23m)

1 extent each London, Cunecastre, Coldstream, Lincoln, Wells, Wearmouth, Lightfoot, Primrose, Norfolk, Berwick, Hexham, Hull, Norwich, Annable's London, Rossendale, Stamford, Cambridge, Ipswich, Surfleet, Beverley, York, Durham, Bourne

1 George A Dawson

2 R Brian Mills

3 David J T Wilson

4 Peter S Lacy

5 Richard I Allton

6 Andrew B Mills (C)

Longest length by the treble, 3rd, 4th & 5th ringers.

The longest length peal in Nottinghamshire.

RW 1996.1178

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Thrumpton, Nottinghamshire

All Saints

Thursday, 31 October 1996 in 2h 39 (6)

5040 Minor (3 Methods)

2 extents each Cambridge S Minor and St Clements, and 3 extents Plain Bob Minor

1 Tony Lees

2 Jill Danby

3 Mary J Stephens

4 John Shaw

5 Richard J Danby

6 Peter J Hawcock (C)

First peal at first attempt: 1

Rung to mark the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Southwell Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers; to welcome safely home Katherine Lucy, daughter of John and Lisa Shaw, born 9th August 1996; and as a Golden Wedding compliment to David and Marcia Swift of Thrumpton.

Ringing World page reference: 4467.1225

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Beeston, Nottinghamshire

St John the Baptist

Sunday, 10 November 1996 (17–1–14 in E)

1296 Erin Triples

1 Bridget Eickhoff

2 Ian G Vincent

3 Brian R J Walton

4 Helen Newell

5 Michael J Garle

6 Neil A Westman

7 Richard I Allton (C)

8 Stuart Kitch

First in method for all.

Half muffled for Remembrance Sunday.

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Melbourne, Derbyshire

St Michael

Thursday, 5 December 1996 in 2h 54 (15–1–24 in F♯)

5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (7m)

760 Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; 720 Pudsey, Superlative (No 2); 680 Rutland; 640 London (No 3); 76 com atw.

Composed by Arr. R P Graves

1 Mandy K Freeman

2 Brynley A Richards

3 J Stuart Brown

4 Robert C Graves

5 John P Ottaway

6 David A Holland

7 Richard C L Brown

8 Nicholas J Parkes

9 Christopher B Richards

10 R Philip Graves (C)

Most Spliced S Royal by all the band except 10.

200th peal for the Guild: 9.

RW (1997) 4475.0122.

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire

St Mary and All Saints

Sunday, 8 December 1996 in 42m (6–0–1 in B♭)

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 Matthew J Smith

2 Ian Wright

3 James Cocking

4 James K Eggleston

5 Benjamin D Kipling

6 Peter W McCoy (C)

40th together: 5,6. 35th together: 1,5. 25th together: 1,6

These four quarters were rung by a band with an

age average of 19.5 years and were for 50 years of

the Southwell D.G. of which all the above are

resident members.

Ringing World page reference: 4488.0461

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Rempstone, Nottinghamshire

All Saints

Sunday, 8 December 1996 in 42m (6–1–26 in A)

1260 Doubles (4m)

1 Peter W McCoy

2 Benjamin D Kipling

3 James K Eggleston

4 Ian Wright

5 James Cocking (C)

6 Matthew J Smith

These four quarters were rung by a band with an

age average of 19.5 years and were for 50 years of

the Southwell D.G. of which all the above are

resident members.

Ringing World page reference: 4488.0461

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Bunny, Nottinghamshire

St Mary the Virgin

Sunday, 8 December 1996 in 42m (14–1–22 in F)

1260 Grandsire Doubles

1 James K Eggleston

2 Ian Wright

3 James Cocking

4 Benjamin D Kipling

5 Peter W McCoy (C)

6 Matthew J Smith

30th this year: 1,6.

These four quarters were rung by a band with an

age average of 19.5 years and were for 50 years of

the Southwell D.G. of which all the above are

resident members.

Ringing World page reference: 4488.0461

Southwell Diocesan Guild

Wollaton, Nottinghamshire

St Leonard

Sunday, 15 December 1996 in 33m (5–2–6)

1272 Oxford Treble Bob Minor

1 Peter W McCoy

2 Daniel J Vickers

3 Duncun J Stacy

4 Peter S Lacy

5 John F Mason

6 David J T Wilson (C)

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