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Sussex County Association

Hailsham, Sussex

St Mary

Saturday, 7 January 1956 in 2h 57 (9–2–0)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by John R Pitchard

1 Laura M Beeney

2 Betty Percy

3 Kathleen M Yeo

4 Frank H Beeney

5 Harold G F Reynolds

6 George Beeney

7 Ronald W J Pankhurst

8 Frank H Hicks (C)

First peal on eight bells inside - 3.

50th peal - 6

Ringing World page reference: 2340.0066

Sussex County Association

Goring by Sea, West Sussex

St Mary

Saturday, 7 January 1956 in 2h 45 (17–2–3 in F)

5040 Minor (2m)

720 Oxford Treble Bob, 4320 Plain Bob

1 Donald A Smith

2 June M Clements

3 Barwell B Dibben

4 Eric T Lee

5 George E Francis (C)

6 W Leslie Weller

First Peal on 6 - 1

Sussex County Association

Brighton, Sussex

St Peter

Sunday, 15 January 1956 (25½ in D)

1264 Plain Bob Major

1 George North

2 Charles W T Riddleston

3 Albert W Bond

4 Arthur W Gravett

5 William H Hargreaves

6 Roger A Beale

7 John V Lonsbrough

8 W Arthur Riddington (C)

First in method - 2.

For Evensong.

Ringing World page reference: 2339.0061

Sussex County Association

Brighton, Sussex

St Peter

Saturday, 28 January 1956 in 3h 8 (25½ in D)

5007 Stedman Caters

Composed by Henry W. Haley

1 Arthur W Gravett

2 Raymond Overy

3 Albert W Bond

4 Edgar R Rapley

5 Leonard Stilwell

6 Raymond P Wood

7 William Rogers (C)

8 W Arthur Riddington

9 A Patrick Cannon

10 Roger A Beale

First peal of Stedman Caters - 4.

First peal of Stedman Caters as conductor - 7.

Specially rung as an 87 birthday compliment to Mr. Frank Bennett, of Brighton.

Ringing World page reference: 2341.0082

Sussex County Association

Westham, Sussex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 18 February 1956 in 2h 45 (10–1–10 in G)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Being seven different extents.

1 Kathleen M Yeo

2 Frank H Beeney

3 George Beeney

4 Frederick J Lambert Jun

5 Stanley G Ponting

6 William A Kitchenside (C)

Ringing World page reference: 2344.0133

Sussex County Association

Hellingly, Sussex

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 17 March 1956 in 2h 45 (11–2–18 in F♯)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

Being 42 six-scores (ten callings)

1 E Sybil M Tonkin

2 Laura M Beeney

3 Kathleen M Yeo (C)

4 Frank H Beeney

5 George Beeney

6 Benjamin Stepney

First peal as conductor.

Rung by the local ringers as an 18th birthday compliment to the conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 2348.0196

Sussex County Association

Westbourne, West Sussex

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 31 March 1956 in 3h (10–1–12 in G)

5088 Gainsborough Surprise Major

Composed by Nathan J Pitstow

1 Richard H Smith

2 S Kathleen M Knight

3 Ian H Oram

4 Robin G Leale

5 E Winifred Keys

6 Frederick W Burnett

7 William T Beeson

8 Roger Baldwin (C)

The first peal in the method by all the band, in the county and for the Association.

25th peal together - 4 and 8.

A 27th wedding anniversary compliment to the parents of the ringer of the 2nd.

Sussex County Association

Billingshurst, West Sussex

St Mary the Virgin

Monday, 2 April 1956 in 2h 52 (14–2–18 in F♯)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Charles Middleton

1 Edgar R Rapley

2 Leonard Stilwell

3 Barwell B Dibben

4 J Richard Wilson

5 June M Clements

6 George E Francis

7 W Leslie Weller

8 Raymond P Wood (C)

First Peal of Surprise - 3, 4 & 5

First Peal in Method and 25th peal together - 6 & 7.

First of Surprise as conductor.

Sussex County Association

Withyham, East Sussex

St Michael and All Angels

Saturday, 14 April 1956 in 2h 54 (15–0–9 in F)

5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by George H Cross

1 Colin A Tester

2 Peter N Bond

3 William T Beeson

4 E Winifred Keys

5 Frederick W Burnett

6 Raymond Overy

7 Frederick W Rogers (C)

8 Alfred T Greenwood

Sussex County Association

Brighton, Sussex

St Peter

Sunday, 15 April 1956 (25½ in D)

1264 Plain Bob Major

1 William C Hart

2 George North

3 Miss R K How

4 W Arthur Riddington

5 Arthur W Gravett

6 Charles Riddleston

7 Roger A Beale

8 Albert W Bond (C)

First as conductor - 8.

For Evensong.

Ringing World page reference: 2352.0269

Sussex County Association

Brighton, Sussex

St Peter

Friday, 29 June 1956 (25½ in D)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 George North

2 J Riddleston

3 Albert W Bond

4 Arthur W Gravett (C)

5 C Norris

6 Henry Stalham

7 W Arthur Riddington

8 F J Lewis

Rung for the patronal festival Evensong.

Ringing World page reference: 2363.0438

Sussex County Association

Brighton, Sussex

St Peter

Saturday, 30 June 1956 in 3h 25 (25½ in D)

5040 Plain Bob Royal

Composed by Frederick H. Dallaway

1 George North

2 Edgar R Rapley

3 James H Lilley

4 June M Clements

5 Frederick H Dallaway

6 Arthur W Gravett

7 Herbert W Woolven

8 Charles E J Norris

9 Frederick Page

10 W Arthur Riddington (C)

First peal - 1.

First peal of Royal - 3.

First peal on ten bells - 4.

350th peal - 9.

First peal of Royal as conductor - 10.

Rung for the Patronal Festival and as a birthday compliment to the conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 2363.0434

Sussex County Association

Worth, West Sussex

St Nicholas

Tuesday, 3 July 1956 in 2h 30 (9–2–14 in A)

5040 Minor (7m)

720 Each of Kingston Treble Bob, London Scholars Pleasure, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Cambridge Surprise, Single Oxford & Plain Bob.

1 Evelyn D Adams

2 Ivan A C Butcher

3 Stanley G Pointing

4 Frederick J Lambert

5 William A Kitchenside

6 Frank H Hicks (C)

Rung as a second birthday compliment to Elizabeth Mary, daughter of the conductor and Mrs E M Hicks.

Sussex County Association

Rotherfield, East Sussex

St Denys

Sunday, 8 July 1956 in 3h 1 (23–0–23 in D)

5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by G Lindoff

1 William Rogers

2 Raymond Overy (C)

3 Patrick I Chapman

4 Thomas E Sone

5 George E Francis

6 W Leslie Weller

7 Frank H Hicks

8 A Patrick Cannon

Specially rung as a welcome to the Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chichester to this church for Confirmation.

Sussex County Association

Chichester, West Sussex

Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity

Saturday, 21 July 1956 in 3h 9 (18–1–12 in E♭)

5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by Nathan J Pitstow

1 June M Clements

2 Robert C Kippin

3 E Winifred Keys

4 Jessie M Kippin

5 R Roger Savory

6 William T Beeson

7 Frederick W Rogers (C)

8 Alfred T Greenwood

Sussex County Association

South Harting, West Sussex

St Mary and St Gabriel

Wednesday, 22 August 1956 in 2h 42 (12 in F♯)

5040 Minor (4m)

Being one 720 of Cambridge surprise, two 720's of Oxford Treble Bob, one 720 of Kent Treble Bob and three 720's of Plain Bob.

1 Leonard Stilwell

2 Edger R Rapley

3 George E Francis

4 W Leslie Weller

5 Ralph Bird

6 A Patrick Cannon (C)

The first peal on these bells since 1903. The Conductor's 125th Tower for a peal of Minor.

Ringing World page reference: 2371.0564

Sussex County Association

Brighton, Sussex

St Peter

Saturday, 25 August 1956 in 3h 13 (25½ in D)

5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal

Composed by John A. Burford

1 Doris E Colgate

2 Albert W Bond

3 Edgar R Rapley

4 Kenneth Snelling

5 Leonard Stilwell

6 Ernest Treagus

7 W Arthur Riddington

8 Raymond Overy

9 William Rogers (C)

10 William T Beeson

First peal of Cambridge Royal - 6 & 7.

200th peal - 8.

50th peal as conductor - 9.

Rung as a welcome to Vivienne Margaret, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hicks, born Tuesday, August 21st, 1956.

Ringing World page reference: 2371.0562

Sussex County Association

Brighton, Sussex

St Peter

Sunday, 2 September 1956 (25½ in D)

1277 Grandsire Caters

1 George North

2 M T Powell

3 Betty Stephenson

4 Ruth M K How

5 Albert W Bond

6 Herbert W Woolven

7 Arthur W Gravett (C)

8 Frederick Page

9 W Arthur Riddington

10 J Riddington

Rung for the Trades Union service of dedication, the preacher being the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Ringing World page reference: 2372.0589

Sussex County Association

Kirdford, West Sussex

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 15 September 1956 in 2h 42 (14½ in F)

5040 Doubles (9m/1p/1v)

240 Stedman, Reverse St Bartholomew, 360 St Remigius, St Nicholas, Winchendon Place, 480 St Osmunds, St Martins, St Simons, 600 Grandsire, Reverse Canterbury, Plain Bob

1 Sylvia Streeter

2 June M Clements

3 Barwell B Dibben

4 George E Francis

5 W Leslie Weller (C)

6 Michael Head

First Peal - 1

First of Doubles - 6

Rung half-muffled in memory of the late Rector of Kirdford, the Rev. C. R. Evans.

Sussex County Association

Cuckfield, West Sussex

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 13 October 1956 in 2h 50 (15 in E)

5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by Steven Ivin

1 Leonard Stilwell

2 Reginald V Johnson

3 Kenneth Snelling

4 Joan M Wilcockson

5 William Wenban

6 Edward G Talbot

7 Kenneth R Dunstan

8 Raymond Overy (C)

25th peal (4).

First peal of Yorkshire (6).

The composition, published in ‘The Ringing World’ on August 31st, is believed to be rung for the first time.

Sussex County Association

Cowfold, West Sussex

St Peter

Sunday, 14 October 1956 in 2h 38 (8½ in A)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Being seven 720’s, each called differently, all 5-6’s at backstroke.

1 Mary Carnochan

2 George Francis

3 Joan M Wilcockson

4 A Patrick Cannon (C)

5 William Wenban

6 Kenneth R Dunstan

First peal and first attempt (1).

75th peal and 50th for the Association (2).

First peal in the method (3).

Rung, at the request of the Vicar, for Harvest Festival.

Sussex County Association

Alfriston, Sussex

St Andrew

Saturday, 20 October 1956 in 2h 40 (8–1–16 in A)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Being seven different extents.

1 Frank H Beeney

2 Frederick J Lambert Jun

3 Kathleen M Yeo

4 Stanley G Ponting

5 George Beeney

6 William A Kitchenside (C)

A birthday compliment to Miss Laura Beeney, and a third birthday compliment to Philip, grandson of the conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 2379.0693

Sussex County Association

Brighton, Sussex

St Peter

Sunday, 11 November 1956 (25½ in D)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 George North

2 M W Stephenson

3 Miss Betty Stephenson

4 Arthur W Gravett (C)

5 John V Lonsbrough

6 Roger A Beale

7 Herbert W Woolven

8 Charles W T Riddleston

Rung half-muffled for Remembrance Day.

Ringing World page reference: 2384.0774

Sussex County Association

Westbourne, West Sussex

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 22 December 1956 in 2h 53 (10–1–12 in G)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Holt's Original

1 S Kathleen M Knight

2 Pauline M Saxton

3 E Keith Jordan

4 Albert York-Bramble

5 E Winifred Keys

6 Roger Baldwin

7 Robin G Leale (C)

8 Arthur E Hoodless

First peal inside - 3.

The conductor's 50th peal in 1956.

Sussex County Association

Brighton, Sussex

St Peter

Saturday, 29 December 1956 in 3h 7 (25½ in D)

5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal

Composed by Ernest W. Tipler

1 Arthur W Gravett

2 June M Clements

3 Brian G Warwick (C)

4 Ralph Bird

5 Barwell B Dibben

6 Leonard Stilwell

7 W Arthur Riddington

8 George Francis

9 Brian J Luff

10 A Patrick Cannon

First peal of Surprise Royal - 2.

25th peal together - 8 & 10.

First peal on ten bells - 9.

Fastest peal of Surprise Royal on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 2390.0034

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