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Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Messingham, Lincolnshire

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 9 January 1988 in 2h 37 (9–1–26 in A)

5040 Minor (3m)

3 of Plain Bob, 2 of Cambridge S., 2 of Single Oxford Bob

1 Dinah E Reed (C)

2 Edward Colley

3 John F Underwood

4 Michael J de C Henshaw

5 David R Mitchell

6 Harold Judd

First peal as conductor

Ringing World page reference: 4006.0132

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Edenham, Lincolnshire

St Michael

Saturday, 6 February 1988 in 2h 59 (15–3–25 in F)

5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal

Composed by Timothy F Collins

1 William A Holmes

2 Susan J Riley

3 Christopher J Sharp

4 Judith M Corby

5 Martin F Mitchell

6 Keith W Brown

7 Michael J Belcher

8 W John Riley

9 Robin H Rogers

10 Philip A Corby (C)

40th birthday compliment to Andrew Wilby.

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Stamford, Lincolnshire

All Saints

Sunday, 7 February 1988

1260 Stedman Triples

1 Judith M Corby (C)

2 Ronald C Noon

3 Lucile M Corby

4 Robin H Rogers

5 Philip A Corby

6 Vic Chamberlain

7 Andrew J Parker

8 Ian Barratt

An 81st birthday compliment to Bert Luck of Canterbury Cathedral

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Spalding, Lincolnshire

St Mary and St Nicolas

Saturday, 13 February 1988 in 2h 58 (15–1–12 in F♯)

5088 London Surprise Major

Composed by Stephen J Ivin

1 C Anita Freeman

2 Sally A Mason

3 Judith M Corby

4 Kenneth J Hesketh

5 Michael J Belcher

6 Keith W Brown

7 Robin H Rogers

8 R Kingsley Mason (C)

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Billingborough, Lincolnshire

St Andrew

Monday, 15 February 1988 in 3h (7–3–11 in A♭)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by George H Cross

1 Gwen I Bloomfield

2 Judith J Williamson

3 Margaret A Parker

4 J Philip Hunt

5 John Freeman

6 Barbara Clipsham (C)

7 Alan D H Bird

8 Peter S Abbott

First peal inside: 4.

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Spilsby, Lincolnshire

St James

Saturday, 12 March 1988 in 46m (11–2–17 in G)

1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor

1 Rachel Parker

2 Peter Limage

3 Nora Wall

4 Keith Buckingham

5 John Turner

6 Robert Simpson (C)

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Edenham, Lincolnshire

St Michael

Wednesday, 16 March 1988 in 2h 55 (15–3–25 in F)

5040 Bristol Surprise Royal

Composed by Anon

1 William S Croft

2 Janet I Rogers

3 Gwen I Bloomfield

4 Kenneth J Hesketh

5 Judith M Corby

6 Christopher J Sharp

7 Martin F Mitchell

8 Harold F Gibson

9 Keith W Brown

10 Michael J Belcher (C)

First of Bristol Royal 3.

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

University Church of St Mary the Great

Monday, 4 April 1988 in 3h 21 (27–0–10 in C♯)

5019 Stedman Cinques

Composed by M Maughan

1 Michael Maughan (C)

2 Judith Corby

3 Janet Rogers

4 Susan Riley

5 Roger Bailey

6 Anita Freeman

7 Robin Rogers

8 Harold Gibson

9 Michael Belcher

10 Alison K Surry

11 George W Pipe

12 W John Riley

In thanksgiving for the life of E T (Ted) Chapman, bellringer of Gosberton, Lincolnshire

Ringing World page reference: 4018.0418

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Ewerby, Lincolnshire

St Andrew

Saturday, 9 April 1988 in 3h 15 (15–0–23 in D)

5043 Stedman Caters

Composed by Charles W Roberts

1 Judith J Williamson

2 Margaret A Parker

3 Jack L Millhouse

4 John Freeman (C)

5 Barbara Clipsham

6 C Aubrey Harrison

7 Peter S Abbott

8 David J Sutton

9 Geoffrey R Parker

10 Philip H Reynolds

First peal on 10: 1

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Ruddington, Nottinghamshire

St Peter

Saturday, 23 April 1988 in 2h 47 (9–1–24 in A♭)

5120 Spliced Surprise Major (8m)

1600 London; 1440 Rutland; 480 Bristol; 320 Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, Yorkshire:120 com

Composed by W Eric Critchley

1 Margaret A Parker

2 Barbara Clipsham

3 Geoffrey R Parker

4 Gwen I Bloomfield

5 Peter S Abbott

6 John Freeman (C)

7 David A Holland

8 Robin H Rogers

First peal of 8-Spliced Surprise Major: 5,7.

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Friskney, Lincolnshire

All Saints

Saturday, 23 April 1988 in 2h 44 (9–0–0 in A♭)

5040 Minor

Cambridge Surprise, Single Oxford, St. Clements, Double Oxford, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, Plain Bob

1 Michael Smith

2 Nora Wall

3 Philip Reynolds

4 Robert Simpson

5 John Turner

6 Keith Buckingham (C)

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Spilsby, Lincolnshire

St James

Monday, 2 May 1988 in 47m (11–2–17 in G)

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 P Boyall

2 Rachel Parker

3 Keith Buckingham

4 Nora Wall

5 Peter Limage

6 Robert Simpson (C)

First inside 2

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Spalding, Lincolnshire

St Mary and St Nicolas

Thursday, 19 May 1988 in 2h 55 (15–1–12 in F♯)

5056 London Surprise Major

Composed by Roger Baldwin

1 Rosalind A Knight

2 Judith M Corby

3 Denis A Frith

4 Kenneth J Hesketh

5 C Anita Freeman

6 Christopher J Sharp

7 Michael J Belcher (C)

8 Keith W Brown

To commemorate the unveiling of a stained glass window by HRH Princess Royal earlier this day recording the quatercentenary of the granting of a Royal Charter to Spalding Grammar School.

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Stamford, Lincolnshire

All Saints

Saturday, 21 May 1988 in 3h 5 (14–1–14 in F♯)

5120 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Peter Border

1 Sally A Mason

2 Ruth M Border

3 Judith M Corby

4 John G Gipson

5 Keith W Brown

6 Kenneth J Hesketh

7 R Kingsley Mason

8 Peter Border (C)

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Balderton, Nottinghamshire

St Giles

Saturday, 21 May 1988 in 2h 41 (8–0–26 in A♭)

5088 Rutland Surprise Major

Composed by John S Warboys

1 Barbara Clipsham

2 Judith J Williamson

3 C Aubrey Harrison

4 Sylvia M Collin

5 Alan D H Bird

6 P Barry Jones

7 Peter S Abbott

8 David J Sutton (C)

First peal of Rutland: 2, 6.

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Surfleet, Lincolnshire

St Laurence

Wednesday, 25 May 1988 in 3h 1 (12–0–9 in F♯)

5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus

Composed by Peter Border

1 Janet I Rogers

2 C Anita Freeman

3 Judith M Corby

4 Sally A Mason

5 Andrew J Parker

6 Kenneth J Hesketh

7 Martin F Mitchell

8 Robin H Rogers

9 Simon S Meyer

10 Keith W Brown

11 Andrew B Mills

12 R Kingsley Mason (C)

First of maximus 7.

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Nettleham, Lincolnshire

All Saints

Saturday, 25 June 1988 in 2h 42 (8–3–1 in G)

5040 Minor (7m)

1 extent each of Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, St Clements, Double Oxford, Single Oxford, Plain Bob.

1 A Mark Underwood

2 John A Hickman

3 Jeremy W Spiller

4 Robert Sutton

5 David J Sutton

6 Revd Kevin M Price (C)

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Bassingham, Lincolnshire

St Michael and All Angels

Saturday, 25 June 1988 in 2h 47 (10–1–0 in G)

5040 Minor (2m)

1 extent of Cambridge Surprise and 6 of Plain Bob

1 John A Hickman

2 A Mark Underwood

3 Richard A Sutton

4 Revd Kevin M Price (C)

5 Jeremy W Spiller

6 David J Sutton

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Spilsby, Lincolnshire

St James

Saturday, 2 July 1988 in 41m (11–2–17 in G)

1272 London Surprise Minor

1 John Turner

2 Rhoda Reynolds

3 Nora Wall

4 Robert Simpson

5 Philip Reynolds

6 Keith Buckingham (C)

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Burgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire

St Peter and St Paul

Sunday, 3 July 1988 in 47m (17–2–4 in E♭)

1260 Plain Bob Triples

1 Ann Aspinal

2 Vic Waite

3 Nora Wall

4 Isabel Pickering

5 Tony Barker

6 Robert Simpson

7 John Turner (C)

8 Keith Buckingham

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Monday, 15 August 1988 in 3h 32 (23–3–13 in D)

5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus

Composed by John Worth

1 A Robin Heppenstall

2 Jack L Millhouse

3 John Freeman (C)

4 Gwen I Bloomfield

5 Margaret A Parker

6 Harold F Gibson

7 Peter S Abbott

8 David Fox

9 Ian Lloyd

10 Peter Wakefield

11 Geoffrey R Parker

12 Peter A Sharp

First peal of Maximus: 10

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Swineshead, Lincolnshire

St Mary

Thursday, 18 August 1988 in 47m (16–2–10 in F)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 John Turner

2 Nora Wall

3 Rhoda Reynolds

4 Robert Simpson

5 Tony Barker

6 Keith Buckingham

7 Philip Reynolds (C)

8 Peter Limage

For the birth of Philip and Rhoda's1st granddaughter Rebecca Jane

All officers of the Eastern Branch

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Surfleet, Lincolnshire

St Laurence

Wednesday, 24 August 1988 in 3h 9 (12–0–9 in F♯)

5077 Stedman Cinques

Composed by John Carter

1 Margaret A Parker

2 Jack L Millhouse

3 Sylvia M Collin

4 John Freeman (C)

5 Barbara Clipsham

6 Judith M Corby

7 Peter S Abbott

8 David Fox

9 Ian Lloyd

10 Harold F Gibson

11 Geoffrey R Parker

12 Alan D H Bird

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Sutterton, Lincolnshire

St Mary the Blessed Virgin

Saturday, 27 August 1988 in 3h 8 (12–1–19 in F)

5088 London Surprise Major

Composed by James W Washbrook

1 J Philip Hunt

2 Jack L Millhouse

3 Margaret A Parker

4 Barbara Clipsham

5 C Aubrey Harrison

6 John Freeman (C)

7 Peter S Abbott

8 Geoffrey R Parker

First peal of Surprise: 1.

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Tuxford, Nottinghamshire

St Nicholas

Saturday, 17 September 1988 in 2h 48 (11–2–15 in G)

5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m)

704 Pudsey; 640 Bristol, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Yorkshire; 608 London; 576 Cambridge, Superlative: 120 com, atw

Composed by Noel J Diserens

1 Frank G Bloomfield

2 Margaret A Parker

3 Gwen I Bloomfield

4 Martin F Mitchell

5 Barbara Clipsham

6 Geoffrey R Parker

7 Peter S Abbott

8 John Freeman (C)

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Tuxford, Nottinghamshire

St Nicholas

Wednesday, 12 October 1988 in 2h 48 (11–2–15 in G)

5024 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Joseph W Parker

1 Philip Hunt

2 John Freeman (C)

3 C Aubrey Harrison

4 Barbara Clipsham

5 Geoffrey R Parker

6 Christopher P Turner

7 A Robin Heppenstall

8 Peter S Abbott

First peal of Bristol: 1

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Spilsby, Lincolnshire

St James

Saturday, 22 October 1988 (11–2–17 in G)

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 Stuart Lee

2 Sue Lee

3 Peter Limage

4 Don Hare

5 Keith Buckingham

6 Robert Simpson (C)

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Surfleet, Lincolnshire

St Laurence

Wednesday, 26 October 1988 in 2h 44 (12–0–9 in F♯)

5040 R Glen Surprise Royal

1 Sally A Mason

2 Janet I Rogers

3 Michael J Belcher

4 Christopher J Sharp

5 Simon S Meyer

6 David J Sutton

7 Kenneth J Hesketh

8 Derek E Sibson (C)

9 Keith W Brown

10 R Kingsley Mason

First peal in the method by all the band,

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

St Giles

Wednesday, 9 November 1988 in 3h (18–0–2 in E)

5024 Rutland Surprise Major

Composed by Norman Smith

1 Geoffrey R Parker

2 Gwen I Bloomfield

3 Jack L Millhouse

4 Barbara Clipsham

5 Peter S Abbott

6 John Freeman

7 David Fox

8 Ian Lloyd (C)

First Rutland and 75th peal: 7.

First peal of Surprise as Conductor.

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Spilsby, Lincolnshire

St James

Friday, 11 November 1988 (11–2–17 in G)

1260 Minor

720 St Clements, 540 Plain Bob

1 Stuart Lee

2 Sue Lee

3 Nora Wall

4 Peter Limage

5 Keith Buckingham

6 Robert Simpson (C)

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Spilsby, Lincolnshire

St James

Sunday, 27 November 1988 in 43m (11–2–17 in G)

1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor

1 Rachel Parker

2 Sue Lee

3 Peter Limage

4 Don Hare

5 Keith Buckingham

6 Robert Simpson (C)

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Burgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire

St Peter and St Paul

Sunday, 11 December 1988 (17–2–4 in E♭)

1260 Plain Bob Triples

1 Ann Aspinal

2 Vic Waite

3 Nora Wall

4 John Turner (C)

5 Robert Simpson

6 Dawn

7 Greg

8 Revd Geoffrey Spencer

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Spilsby, Lincolnshire

St James

Saturday, 17 December 1988 in 2h 47 (11–2–17 in G)

5040 Minor

2 extent each of Kent Treble Bob, Cambridge Surprise, St Clements. 1 extent of Plain Bob

1 Rachel Parker

2 Sue Lee

3 Keith Buckingham

4 Peter Limage

5 Philip Reynolds

6 Robert Simpson (C)

Lincoln Diocesan Guild

Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire

St Mary

Saturday, 31 December 1988 in 3h 2 (18–0–9 in E)

5056 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Anthony J Cox

1 C Anita Freeman

2 Sally A Mason

3 Michael J Belcher (C)

4 Harold F Gibson

5 Martin F Mitchell

6 R Kingsley Mason

7 Kenneth J Hesketh

8 Keith W Brown

25th Bristol SM: 3. On Audrey Gibson's birthday

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