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Sussex County Association

Hammerwood, East Sussex

St Stephen

Saturday, 20 January 1962 in 2h 24 (6–1–22 in B♭)

5040 Doubles (6m)

8 Extents each All Saints, Rev Canterbury, Rev St Bartholomew, 10 Grandsire, 5 Plain Bob

1 E Jane Smart

2 Derek Slater

3 M Peter Howard

4 John A Howard

5 Frank H Hicks (C)

1st peal 1, 1st in 5 methods 2,3. First on the bells since tuning and rehanging exactly 3 years ago.

Sussex County Association

Itchingfield, West Sussex

St Nicolas

Sunday, 11 February 1962 in 2h 22 (6–3–5 in B♭)

5040 Doubles (13m)

In 13 methods. viz.: St Nicholas', Winchendon Place, Longford S.C., Hascombe S.C., Thornborough S.C., St Simon's, St Martin's, Rugby S.C., Merton S.C., Slapton S.C., Reverse Canterbury, Grandsire and Plain Bob.

1 Raymond Banner

2 Edward F Fosberry

3 Bryan C Burrough

4 Bernard E Matthews

5 W Leslie Weller (C)

Rung in memory of Mr C. Sherston of this parish.

Sussex County Association

Bosham, West Sussex

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 24 February 1962 in 2h 49 (13–0–7 in F)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Seven different extents.

1 Raymond P Wood

2 Michael J Wake

3 Richard G Blackman

4 David S M Jones

5 Henry C Weaver

6 Robert Wake (C)

First peal inside - 2.

First peal as conductor.

A 21st birthday compliment to Philip R Wake.

Sussex County Association

Findon, West Sussex

St John the Baptist

Monday, 19 March 1962 in 2h 38 (9–2–14 in A♭)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

1 Bernard J Stone

2 Angela Grainger

3 E Winifred Keys

4 Bernard G North

5 Robert J Wake

6 Leonard Stilwell (C)

Birthday compliment to Harry Stalham

First peal: 1 & 4

Sussex County Association

Brighton, Sussex

St Nicholas

Saturday, 19 May 1962 in 3h 14 (18–0–20 in E)

5055 Stedman Caters

Composed by Cornelius Charge

1 Leonard Stilwell

2 Herbert W Woolven

3 Frank I Hairs

4 Albert W Bond

5 Angela Grainger

6 W Arthur Riddington

7 Reuben Sanders

8 Henry Stalham

9 John W Euston (C)

10 Bernard J Stone

In memoriam Ernest Morris

Sussex County Association

Bosham, West Sussex

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 7 July 1962 in 2h 35 (13–0–7 in F)

5040 Minor (6 Methods)

720 each London S, Cambridge S, Oxford TB, Kent TB and St Clements CB, 1440 Plain Bob

1 Rev C R Chad Coussmaker

2 E Winifred Keys

3 Robert Wake

4 Henry C Lewis

5 James R Taylor

6 Bernard E Matthews (C)

Rung for the ordination as Priest of the Reverend H K G Bearman in this church on 1st July by the Lord Bishop of Chichester.

100th Peal - 5.

Sussex County Association

Alfriston, East Sussex

St Andrew

Saturday, 11 August 1962 in 2h 58 (8–2–10 in A)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

7 Differnt extents

1 Betty Percy

2 Janet Percy

3 C Jane Smart

4 Robert W R Percy

5 M Peter Howard

6 Frank H Hicks (C)

1st inside 2,3. Rung immediately after the Wedding of Frank H Beeney (Secretary of the Eastern Division) and Judith D Funnell.

Sussex County Association

Horsham, West Sussex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 29 September 1962 in 3h 8 (23)

5120 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by J Pagett

1 Bernard J Stone

2 Edgar R Rapley

3 Albert W Bond

4 William T Beeson

5 Leonard Stilwell

6 Robert J Wake

7 Herbert W Woolven

8 Raymond P Wood (C)

Wedding compliment to Michael Browning and Patricia Webb.

Sussex County Association

Hailsham, Sussex

St Mary

Saturday, 29 September 1962 in 3h (9–2–0)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Horace Howlett

1 J Michael Swift

2 Janet M Percy

3 Betty Percy

4 John R Norris

5 Thomas M Barlow

6 Ian V J Smith

7 Eric A Fellows

8 Alan R Baldock (C)

First peal - 4 & 5

First peal of Major - 1, 2, 6 & 7

First peal of Plain Bob Major - 8

First peal as conductor

Rung for Michaelmas Day and also as a 28th wedding anniversary compliment to Hugh Goldsmith (a local ringer) and Mrs Vi Goldsmith and for the birth of their grandson Roy

RW 2688.0721

Sussex County Association

Eastbourne, East Sussex

St Saviour

Saturday, 20 October 1962 in 3h 9 (25 in D)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by JR Pritchard

1 Frederick J Lambert

2 Betty Percy

3 Thomas M Barlow

4 Leonard Stilwell

5 Ronald W Pankhurst

6 Alan R Baldock

7 A Patrick Cannon

8 Frank H Hicks (C)

First peal in the method and on the bells since 1946.

Rung to celebrate the 300th anniversary o f the Prayer Book.

RW 1962 p 774

Also, from Belfry Gossip in RW 1962 p 772:

Those who know their Sussex towers will take note of the peal at St. Saviour's, Eastbourne, on October 20th. In the last 30 or so years only three attempts have been made on this resonant Warner eight.

In 1937, for The Coronation of George VI, Frank Bennett brought round Stedman Triples in 3 hours 17 minutes, and in 1946 Oliver Sippetts conducted the first of Major on the bells (Double Norwich) in just two minutes less. These two performances are the slowest recorded. Another attempt in Coronation Week, 1953, failed.

Peals at St. Saviour's, Eastbourne, are rare since installation in the 1880s. Mrs. Percy is the first lady to ring a peal on the bells.

Sussex County Association

Thakeham, West Sussex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 3 November 1962 in 2h 32 (9–1–3 in A)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

1 Leonard Stilwell

2 Charles B Skinner

3 Bernard J Stone

4 Bernard G North

5 Benjamin W Farhall

6 Raymond P Wood (C)

In memory of Thomas Cherriman, for 20 years a ringer at this church.

Sussex County Association

Warbleton, Sussex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 1 December 1962 in 3h 5 (10–0–9 in A♭)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

Being 42 six-scores (ten callings).

1 Marion Baitup

2 E Sybil M Tonkin

3 Rosemary Earl

4 Philip D Pope

5 George Beeney (C)

6 Charles Pope

First peal: 1,3,4,6.

Rung by the Sunday service band.

Ringing World page reference: 2695.0845

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