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1st Peal for 26 years - 6. 1st Peal for the Society - 3, 6. 1st Peal of Doubles - 3. Rung for New Year, as a 21st birthday compliment to Catherine Williams for 3rd January, and to complete the centenary year of these bells. Get Well compliment to Paul Wilkinson who should have rung in this Peal with thanks to Steve Colley for standing in at very short notice.

1st Quarter Peal in the method.The first time that this Treble path has been used in a Querter Peal. Method previously named in a 240 at Barrow upon Humber on Monday 30th Dec 2024

Dunkirk Treble Place: 125.5.125.1.5.125.5.1.5.125-1

1st blows in the method and the first time that this Treble path has been used.

Magi Treble Place Doubles: 125.5.125.1.345.125.345.1.5.125-1

1st Quarter Peal at this address, and probably the first on handbells in this parish. A Hull Handbells Project performance.

1st Quarter Peal of Treble-dodging - 1.

1st Quarter Peal in the method, previously named at Barrow upon Humber for Epiphany on 6/1/25

Rung on monthly Brigg Farmers Market day dedicated to the memory of Dame Joan Plowright, Baroness Olivier, native of this parish, who died on 16th January.

Rung in thanksgiving for the life of Michael J Day former Tower Captain of Louth and Lincoln Diocesan Guild Northern Branch officer who died on 8th January.

Rung for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. A Hull Handbells Project performance

1st true block in the method.

Space Donkey Treble Place Doubles

5.345.5.1.345.125.345.1.5.125 - 1

1st Quarter Peal in the method, previously named at Barrow-upon-Humber on 27th Feb 2025

1st Quarter of Caters inside for 12 years - 2. Well done Pat!

1st Peal on the bells and of Singles in the County of Nottinghamshire. This is the 1st Peal of Treble-dodging Singles. 1st Peal of Singles - 1, 3. Completes Peals on all stages from Singles to Maximus - 3.

The Conductor has now conducted a Peal at every individual stage from Singles to Sixteen, and is the first to do so.

50th Quarter Peal and first in the method - 2. Rung as a birthday compliment for 7th February to Francesca Yaxley, daughter of Barrow & District Society Secretary Zena Robertson.

Rung in affectionate memory of Barrow & District Society member Jeffrey Knipe of Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset whose birthday fell today. He is much missed.

1st Quarter Peal in the method on tower bells in the United Kingdom, by all the band and with a covering bell.

Rung for Brigg Farmers Market and as congratulations to Jon and Maxine Cook of the Elsham band on the birth of a granddaughter.

Rung as a 70th birthday compliment for the previous Wednesday to local Tower Captain Paul Wilcockson with the best wishes of the Barrow & District Society

1st Quarter Peal on the bells for 17 years. Rung as a birthday compliment for yesterday to Howard Kerman of the Barrow upon Humber band.

1st true block in the method. Rung as a compliment to Timothy Billings on his new career.

Sparky Treble Place: 5.345.5.1.345.125.345.1.345.125-1

1st Quarter Peal in the method, previously named in a 240 at this tower on 2nd March. Rung as a compliment to Timothy Billings on his new career.

1st true block in the method which is now rung for the 1st time. Name derivation: Well, it's all places.

Geographical Treble Place:

125.345.125.1.345.125.345.1.345.125 - 1

First as conductor on hand bells.

A Hull Handbells Project performance

1st Quarter Peal in the Variation by all except Conductor. Welcome to The Barrow & District Society to Gary Miles, recently moved here from Gloucestershire, ringing his 7th Quarter Peal and his first away from Coaley, Gloucs.

1st 10-bell Quarter Peal on a working bell - 1.

Monthly Brigg Farmers Market Quarter Peal

This is the 1st true round block in the Principle now named Stallingborough Church Minimus.

Stallingborough Church Minimus

34.12.14.12.14 le 2341

1st Quarter Peal in the method previously named at Barrow-upon-Humber on 10th March. 1st Quarter Peal on the bells for 12 years. 1st Quarter Peal on the bells for 28 years - 6. Rung for Mothering Sunday as a compliment to the Tenor ringer on his reappointment as Tower Captain after a long absence.

Rung for Mothering Sunday

A Hull Handbells Project performance

1st Quarter including St Simon's group methods and most m/v inside - 2. A Sunday Service band Quarter.

1st true block in the method. This is believed to be the first identity change Doubles method to be named since the Framework for Method Ringing permitted sequential repeated rows.

Kirmington Treble Place Doubles

12345.5.12345.1.5.125.5.1.5.125 - 1

1st Quarter Peal for 38 years, 1st of Minor and 1st inside - 2.

Rung as birthday compliments to Helen Inglis (daughter of the Peacheys) and Elaine Peachey (sister-in-law of the Peacheys) both this day, and in memory of Barrow & District Society member Neville Pailing, for many years Captain of this tower, whose birthday fell on 15th April and who left us 17 months ago. Many thanks to the church authorities for making their bells available for this performance at very short notice.

1st Quarter in the method - 4. Rung for Goxhill Open Gardens event.

1st Peal after 60 years as a ringer - 1. This is the 1st ever covered Peal of Singles.

Rung to celebrate Easter for the Conductor's 70th birthday on 16th April and as a 46th wedding anniversary celebration for Barry and Heather Peachey for the following day. Heather had more sense than to ring! Congratulations to the Treble ringer on recently completing his ART accreditation and becoming a full member of ART.

1st Quarter in the Variation - 4. Rung to celebrate St George's Day and with 'Get Well' wishes to Dan Robertson, son of Paul and Zena who is currently in Grimsby Hospital.

Most methods as Conductor. Monthly Farmers Market Quarter rung during the funeral of Pope Francis.

1st Quarter Peal in the method - 2, 3.

1st Quarter Peal of Plain Bob Doubles - 2, 3. 1st Quarter Peal of Doubles 'inside' - 3.

1st Quarter including Treble-dodging - 1. Kirmington TP is now rung in a Quarter Peal for the first time. Rung as a birthday compliment for today to the Tenor ringer.

1st of Triples - 3. Rung as a birthday compliment for today to the Barrow Tower Captain Paul Wilkinson

Rung to celebrate V.E. Day

Rung to celebrate V.E. Day

Circled tower: 3

First in principal by all

Rung to celebrate V.E. Day

Rung to celebrate V.E. Day

Circled tower: 1

Rung to celebrate V.E. Day

On the anniversary of the treble ringer's first 3-bell quarter peal, rung at Carlton-le-Moorland (a village nearby where the bells have since been augmented to 4), 30 years ago on this day.

Rung for the parish V E Day 80th anniversary memorial events, and as a 12th wedding anniversary compliment for tomorrow to Michael and Denise Peachey.

1st Quarter Peal in the Variation which is now rung for the 1st time. Rung for West Lindsey Churches Festival Weekend events held in this church.

Monthly Farmers Market Quarter rung in memoriam David Brittain, former Headmaster of Nelthorpe Secondary School who died last month.

1st Quarter Peal of Singles and of a Principle and on a Treble - 1. 1st Quarter Peal in the Principle by all the band. 1st covered Quarter Peal in the Principle, previously known as Whole Pull Singles.

1st Quarter Peal of Minor as Conductor

1st Quarter Peal in the method which was named at this tower on 7th April 2025. This is believed to be the first 'identity change' Doubles method to be rung to a Quarter Peal since the Framework for Method Ringing permitted sequential repeated rows.

1st true block in the method.

Wootton Dale Treble Place Doubles

125.345.125.1.5.125.5.1.5.125-1

Rung by a band of Barrow & District Society officers in memory of John ('Jack') Brocklesby, former Tower Captain and generous church beneficiary, who died 19 years ago aged 89 yrs. He rang his first Quarter Peal on these bells at the age of 85.

100th Quarter Peal - 8. 1st Quarter Peal on 8 as Conductor. Rung to celebrate the Better Barrow Weekend Festival and as a 2nd birthday compliment to Evan Brown, grand-nephew of the Treble ringer.

1st Quarter in the Variation by all. Rung to celebrate the Diamond Wedding Anniversary today of Roger and Elizabeth Johnson of New Alresford, Hants with the very best wishes of the Barrow & District Society. Elizabeth Johnson is Michael Peachey's God-mother.

1st Quarter Peal on a working bell for 34 years - 1. Rung for Fathers Day.

Most m/v in a Quarter Peal - 2, 4. Rung for the village Open Gardens event and as a 'Get Well' compliment to Dan Robertson, son of the Treble ringer after surgery two days ago.

1st Quarter Peal of Grandsire - 3. Rung for the Goxhill Open Gardens event

1st Quarter Peal in the method, previously named at Barrow-upon-Humber on 2nd June.

Monthly Farmers Market Quarter rung by the Barrow & District Society in celebration of the Ordination to the Priesthood of the Revd Dr Rhona McEune, the Society Central Council Representative, at Ely Cathedral this afternoon.

Rung in support of Cleethorpes Armed Forces Weekend. Thanks to Paul Wilkinson for standing in at no notice

1st of Minimus - 2, 3. 1st of Treble-dodging 'inside' - 2.

1st Quarter Peal as Conductor. Rung as a 55th wedding anniversary compliment to Paul and Wendy Wilkinson for yesterday.

49th Quarter Peal on the 49th anniversary of his 1st Quarter and 1st 12-bell Quarter Peal since 1987, which was of Cambridge S. Maximus - 8.

1st block in the Principle. Rung with three covering bells. Rung in recognition of the Conductor's talents as a handbell ringer

Stunned Slug

3.123.123.123.1.123.123.123.3.123.123.123.1.123.123.123.3.123.123.123.1.123.123.123

Believed to be the first blows in this principal:

3.1.1,1.3.1

The 2nd ringer has now rung quarter peals at 150 three-bell towers.

Believed to be the first blows in this method:

3.3.3.1.123.123,1

Rung immediately following the wedding of Jack and Emma Nicholson

Rung as a 43rd wedding anniversary compliment to the Tenor ringer and her husband Paul for 10th July, and to congratulate the 4th ringer on graduating from the University of Sheffield with a BA (Music).

That'll Do Bob Doubles is a non-palindromic method derived by Heather Peachey from four consecutive That'll Do Nicely Singles.

5.145.5.1.5.1.5.145.3 le 125 (ppp-ppps x 3)

1st Quarter Peal of Minor as Conductor. Rung as a 65th birthday compliment to David Hibbert of Owmby, with congratulations to the Conductor on her Graduation Ceremony at Sheffield tomorrow.

1st Quarter Peal in the Principle, named at Barrow-upon-Humber on 7th July. Rung as a compliment to Peter Church of Hull in recognition of his assessment of the Conductor's skills as a handbell ringer.

Monthly Farmers Market Quarter rung as a birthday compliment for yesterday to Tower Captain Andrew Groves

Rung half-muffled in thanksgiving for the life of Dr Glyn Christopher Coppack, distinguished medieval monastic archeologist and author immediately following his funeral

50th Quarter Peal - 1. 1st Quarter on 10 as Conductor

Rung in the week leading up to V J Day in remembrance of all those who have lost their lives in nuclear conflicts and accidents.

1st Quarter in the Variation by all the band. Rung as a Golden Wedding compliment to the Revd Andrew and Janet Marsden of Barrow upon Humber. Andrew is a former Vicar of this parish.

1st Quarter Peal of Singles on the bells. 1st Quarter Peal on 4, of Singles and of Treble-dodging - 2. Rung for V J Day in remembrance of those of 550 Lancaster Bomber Squadron out of RAF North Killingholme who lost their lives in World War II

1st blows in the method. Rung half-muffled in honour of Ozzy Osbourne. As co-founder of Black Sabbath he helped forge heavy metal, a genre that reshaped modern music and inspired generations. His final concert raised £140 million for Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Acorn Children’s Hospice, setting a record as the highest-grossing charity performance in history.

Ozzy Osbourne Treble Place Minor: 12.34.12.16-12-16-12- le 16

1st Quarter Peal - 6. Rung by a Barrow-upon-Humber Service band in memory of Christine Reya, Churchwarden at Barrow who died 5 years ago today.

Most m/v to a Quarter - 2. Rung after a wedding blessing Service.

Three covering bells. Method rung for the first time

Dead Slug Singles

3,123.123.123.123.1.123.123.123.123.3.123.123.123.123.1

Conductor's 100th Quarter Peal this year.

Rung half-muffled following the funeral of Katherine, Duchess of Kent.

1st Peal after 50 years as a ringer - 1. 1st 'inside' and of Doubles - 4. 150th Peal together - 3, 5. 1st Peal on the bells for 13 years, with the same Conductor. Rung for the Church Festival and Scarecrow Trail event.

Monthly Farmers Market Quarter rung with deepest sympathy to Tower Captain Andrew Groves on the recent loss of his mother and step-father Val and Paul of Poole, Dorset.

1st Quarter of the Twineham group - 2, 4. Rung after the wedding of Thomas Witter and Amy Bell and as a birthday compliment for yesterday to the Barrow & District Society's senior member and Michael Peachey's God-mother, Elizabeth Johnson of New Alresford, Hants.

1st of Cambridge Surprise inside for 38 years, and that was Maximus - 2. Rung as a birthday compliment for today to the Treble ringer and to Olivia Yaxley (7), grand-daughter of Barrow & District Society Secretary Zena Robertson.

Rung on Barrow & District Society AGM day. A Hull Handbells Project performance

This Principle is now rung for the first time. Rung with two covers

Slug Pellets Singles

3.123.123.123.123.123.1

Believed to be the first blows in this method:

3.3.3.1.1.1.123.123,1.1

Believed to be the first blows in this method:

3.1.1.1.3,123.123

Rung immediately after a wedding at the church

1st Quarter Peal of Shipway-above Group methods by all the band. Rung half-muffled in thanksgiving for the life of respected Ulceby parishioner John Gabbitas with deepest sympathy to his wife Marilyn and their family

1st Quarter including any St Simon's Group methods -2. Rung as a birthday compliment to Pip for yesterday, and to congratulate her on her appointment as Tower Captain of Cottingham.

Believed to be the first blows in this method:

3.3.3.1.123.3,123

Completes quarter peals at all ringable three-bell towers in Warwickshire: 3

Believed to be the first blows in this principal:

3,1.123.3

Named after Jeptha Pacey, architect and surveyor of Boston, Lincolnshire. Working in the late Georgian period, he is known to have been responsible for three churches in South Lincolnshire, and is believed to have been the designer of five of the six churches built in the fens under act of parliament.

A Hull Handbells Project performance.

First in the method: 1-2, 3-4.

First in the method on physical bells and 450th as Conductor: 5-6.

A Hull Handbells Project performance.

First Minor in hand as conductor.

A Hull Handbells Project performance.

Monthly Farmers Market Quarter

Rung as a 90th birthday compliment for the previous Thursday to Reg Ellis, the oldest living native Ulceby resident whose family have been in the parish for over 200 years.

1st 4-bell Quarter - 4. 1st Quarter of Singles - 1, 2, 4. Most Principles in a Quarter by all. Spritely Slug, Dead Slug and Slug Pellets are now rung in a Quarter for the first time.

1st Quarter Peal in the method - 6.

1st Quarter in a St Faith Place variation by all. Rung half-muffled for Remembrance Sunday.

125th Quarter Peal this year - 5. Rung for Remembrance Day Parade Service

100th Quarter Peal this year - 3. Rung half-muffled on Remembrance Day in memory of Laurence George 'Pop' Toyne, Mick's father, who died on 11th Nov 2004 aged 75.

Rung in thanksgiving for the lives of Paul Spencer Williams who died on 12th September 2025 and Valerie May Groves who died on 15th September 2025, the step-father and mother of the Tenor ringer. Both lived in Poole and this Quarter Peal followed a lost Peal attempt at Poole (St James) the previous day. We are extremely grateful to Barbara and Jonathan King for making up the Barrow & District Society band.

Monthly Farmers Market Quarter.

Most Doubles methods - 2, 4. Rung for the town Christmas Lights switch-on event

1st Quarter Peal in the method, and first blows in the method on tower bells, previously rung and named as part of a handbell Quarter Peal.

Rung for the Carol Service and as birthday compliments for today to Barrow & District Society ringers Holly Peachey. Zena Robertson and Catherine Knight

1st Quarter Peal in the method - 3, 4. Rung for the Christingle Service on the Patronal Festival weekend of this church.

1st 8-bell Quarter after 50 years as a ringer - 8.

Believed to be the first blows in this method:

3.3.3.1.123.123.3.1.3.3.3.123

Believed to be the first blows in this method:

3.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.3.123.1.1

75th 3-bell quarter peal: 1

250th 3-bell quarter peal: 3

Believed to be the first blows in this method:

3.3.3.1.123.3.3.1.3.3.3.1

50th 3-bell quarter this year: 1

1st Quarter Peal including Stedman - 1. Rung in thanksgiving for the life of Barrow & District Society member Hilda A Culley of Winterton. Lincs who died on 5th December aged 94 years. Hilda insisted on maintaining her Society membership even when she was in her care home.

Rung for Carol Service. Thanks to Mike Peachey for standing in at very short notice with 'Get Well' wishes to Steve Nutt who should have been ringing.

Monthly Farmers Market Quarter Peal

50th Quarter Peal this year - 2. Rung for the annual Barnetby Silver Band Carol Service and on the 16th anniversary of the death of John Harris, the Treble ringer's father.

Most m/v as Conductor. Rung in memory of Alf Donnelly, the Conductor's husband who died on 29th December 2003. Rung on Barrow & District Society Christmas Quarter Peal day.

For Barrow & District Society Quarter Peal Day

1st Of Bristol S Major as Conductor. Rung on Barrow & District Society Christmas Quarter Peal day.

First surprise as conductor.

Rung for the Barrow & District Society Christmas Quarter Peal Day.

Rung on the back eight.

First quarter of Major: 4.

Rung for the Barrow & District Society Christmas Quarter Peal Day.

A Hull Handbells Project performance.

Conductor's 150th Quarter Peal this year. He should get out less. A Hull Handbells Project (Southern Branch) performance.