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Guildford Diocesan Guild

Shalford, Surrey

St Mary the Virgin

Thursday, 9 January 1964 in 2h 45 (13)

5024 Knebworth Surprise Major

Composed by H G Cashmore

1 Patricia J Laycock

2 Brian J Woodruffe

3 E Jane Sibson

4 William T Beeson

5 Stanley G Ponting

6 Derek E Sibson (C)

7 W Leslie Weller

8 Robert C Kippin

First peal in the method by all the band and for the Guild.

Ringing World page reference: 2754.0083

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Seale, Surrey

St Lawrence

Thursday, 30 January 1964 in 2h 32 (7)

5040 Surprise Minor (10m)

(1) London, Wells; (2) Bourne; (3) Durham, York; (4) Beverley, Durham, Surfleet, York; (5) Beverley, Cambridge, Surfleet; (6) Cambridge, Ipswich; (7) Netherseale

1 E Jane Sibson

2 Stanley G Ponting

3 Peter J Joyce

4 Tom Page

5 Derek E Sibson (C)

6 Robert C Kippin

First peal in ten Surprise Minor methods: 2,3,4,6.

First peal in ten Surprise Minor methods for the Guild.

Ringing World page reference: 2759.0163

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Cranleigh, Surrey

St Nicolas

Saturday, 8 February 1964 in 3h 19 (17)

5216 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Dennis Knox

1 John H Taylor

2 Carolyn Vibert

3 John R Faithfull

4 Malcolm M Powell

5 Michael J Thomas

6 Peter J Joyce

7 David E House

8 Robert C Kippin (C)

First peal of Treble Bob: 1.

First peal of Surprise inside: 4.

Ringing World page reference: 2757.0131

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Yorktown, Surrey

St Michael

Saturday, 21 March 1964 in 2h 55 (13–3–9)

5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by Dennis Knox

1 Derek J Cox

2 Carolyn Vibert

3 Beryl R Simpson

4 Peter G Sherwood

5 John R Faithfill

6 G Kenneth Williamson

7 Peter J Joyce

8 Robert C Kippin (C)

First peal on eight: 1.

First peal in method: 4.

Ringing World page reference: 2766.0278

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Epsom Common, Surrey

Christ Church

Saturday, 21 March 1964 in 2h 51 (8½)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by J R Pritchard

1 Ruth Carr

2 Dennis J F Oakshott

3 Charles W Munday

4 Brian J Bull

5 Adrienne Gibson

6 John C Davidge

7 Frederick E Collins

8 David J Herschell (C)

First peal of Major: 1,6.

First peal of Major as conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 2763.0225

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Farnborough, Hampshire

St Peter

Tuesday, 7 April 1964 in 2h 33 (6)

5040 London Surprise Minor

Seven extents, four callings

1 Robert C Kippin (C)

2 Alan D Elsmore

3 Hilary N Kippin

4 V Michael Cox

5 Michael J Thomas

6 Peter J Joyce

First peal of London Surprise Minor by all except the conductor and on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 2766.0283

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Grayshott, Hampshire

St Luke

Saturday, 11 April 1964 in 2h 46 (8)

5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Henry Johnson

1 Hilary N Kippin

2 Peter J Joyce

3 G Kenneth Williamson

4 Peter G Sherwood

5 Alan D Elsmore

6 Tom Page

7 Robert C Kippin

8 W John Couperthwaite (C)

First peal in the method: 1,2,4,5.

Ringing World page reference: 2767.0298

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Cranleigh, Surrey

St Nicolas

Saturday, 25 April 1964 in 3h 3 (17)

5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by N J Pitstow

1 E Winifred Keys

2 Jennifer M Taylor

3 Edward F Fosberry

4 William T Beeson

5 Peter J Joyce

6 Stanley G Ponting

7 Brian J Luff

8 James R Taylor (C)

100th peal: 2.

Ringing World page reference: 2772.0384

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Guildford, Surrey

Holy Trinity

Thursday, 30 April 1964 in 3h 26 (24)

5184 London Surprise Major

Composed by Stephen Ivin

1 Patricia J Laycock

2 Patricia Diserens

3 Ronald F Diserens

4 Stanley G Ponting

5 W John Couperthwaite

6 Tom Page

7 Peter J Joyce

8 Robert C Kippin (C)

50th peal: 2.

First peal in the method: 5.

Ringing World page reference: 2771.0361

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Esher, Surrey

Christ Church

Saturday, 2 May 1964 in 2h 58 (7)

5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major

Composed by J Platt

1 Rupert L Caporn

2 Michael J Bangham

3 A David Leach

4 Andrew Pearmain

5 Bruce B Rogers

6 A Patrick Cannon (C)

7 Christopher D J Webb

8 John F M Maybrey

First peal of Treble Bob Major: 1,2,3,5,7.

First peal of Oxford Treble Bob: 4,8.

Rung in honour of the birth of a daughter to HRH Princess Margaret.

Ringing World page reference: 2770.0346

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Chobham, Surrey

St Lawrence

Saturday, 2 May 1964 in 2h 44 (9)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by E John Wells

1 Peter J Privett

2 Dudley P Elsmore

3 James W Priest

4 P Roy Collins

5 Christopher K Hill

6 Alan D Elsmore

7 Dennis G Blows

8 E John Wells (C)

First peal at first attempt: 1.

A compliment to John Martin and Joan Smith on their engagement.

Ringing World page reference: 2770.0346

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Albury, Surrey

SS Peter and Paul

Saturday, 2 May 1964 in 2h 53 (16)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

42 extents

1 Julie Nursey

2 James G Etherington

3 Peter Mepham

4 Charles H Bailey

5 Herbert G Arthur (C)

6 Basil Trebenham

First peal: 1,3,6.

First peal inside: 2,4.

Rung by the local band.

Ringing World page reference: 2769.0333

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Godalming, Surrey

SS Peter and Paul

Saturday, 9 May 1964 in 3h 10 (22)

5088 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by J W Parker

1 Michael J Thomas

2 Carolyn Vibert

3 W John Couperthwaite

4 Stanley G Ponting

5 John R Faithfull

6 Peter J Joyce

7 David E House

8 Robert C Kippin (C)

First peal in the method: 1,2,5,6,7.

100th peal: 7.

25th peal for the Guild: 6.

First peal in the method as conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 2771.0362

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Aldershot, Hampshire

St Michael the Archangel

Sunday, 24 May 1964 in 2h 50 (8)

5024 Plain Bob Major

Composed by G H Cross

1 Mary E A Bragg

2 Edward J Bragg

3 Alan D Elsmore

4 Dudley P Elsmore

5 Jennifer M Bunyan

6 Derek A Cox

7 Tom Page

8 G Kenneth Williamson (C)

First peal: 1.

First peal inside: 6.

Rung for the prdination this day of John Dart, son of the Revd T H Dart, vicar of this parish, as priest.

Ringing World page reference: 2775.0437

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Hascombe, Surrey

St Peter

Monday, 8 June 1964 in 2h 20 (4)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

1 John H Payton

2 Michael D Fuller

3 Brian G D Vince

4 Timothy J Wellen

5 John E Clark (C)

First peal at first attempt: 1,2,3,4.

Rung for the centenary of the rebuilding of the church (June 2nd 1864).

Ringing World page reference: 2775.0438

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Seale, Surrey

St Lawrence

Saturday, 20 June 1964 in 2h 37 (7)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Seven different extents

1 Ernest Gardner

2 Christopher K Hill

3 Peter J Privett

4 Dennis G Blows

5 P Roy Collins

6 Douglas A R May (C)

First peal of Minor: 2,3.

First peal inside: 3.

75th peal: 5.

Ringing World page reference: 2776.0455

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Esher, Surrey

Christ Church

Saturday, 11 July 1964 in 3h 3 (7)

5152 Hereward Bob Major

Composed by J Reeves

1 John F M Maybrey

2 C Martin Press

3 Michael J Bangham

4 Bruce B Rogers

5 Christopher D J Webb

6 A David Leach

7 Andrew Pearmain

8 A Patrick Cannon (C)

First peal in the method in the county, for the Guild and by all the band.

Ringing World page reference: 2779.0502

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Cranleigh, Surrey

St Nicolas

Monday, 27 July 1964 in 3h (17)

5024 Valbourne Surprise Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Patricia Diserens

2 E Jane Sibson

3 William T Beeson

4 Edgar R Rapley

5 Stanley G Ponting

6 Derek E Sibson (C)

7 Ronald F Diserens

8 W Leslie Weller

First peal in the method by all the band and for the Guild.

Rung as a birthday compliment to the Editor of the Ringing World.

Ringing World page reference: 2783.0566

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Farnborough, Hampshire

St Peter

Saturday, 1 August 1964 in 2h 30 (6)

5040 Minor (4m)

Two extents each: Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Treble Bob; one extent Plain Bob

1 Richard H Mills

2 Peter J Joyce

3 Beryl R Simpson

4 W John Couperthwaite

5 Derek A Cox

6 Charles H Kippin (C)

Rung to celebrate the wedding of the Rector's daughter, Miss Angela Hutchinson, to Mr Richard Rand, on this day,

Ringing World page reference: 2786.0623

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Egham, Surrey

St John the Baptist

Thursday, 20 August 1964 in 2h 56 (17)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by F Bennett

1 Leonard Stilwell

2 Dennis G Blows

3 Peter J Joyce

4 John F M Maybrey

5 E John Wells

6 P Roy Collins

7 Martyn W Harbott

8 A Patrick Cannon (C)

Mr L Stilwell has now 'completed the circle' in this tower.

Ringing World page reference: 2785.0602

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Farnborough, Hampshire

St Peter

Saturday, 10 October 1964 in 2h 29 (6)

5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (14m)

(1) Alnwick, Newcastle; (2) London, Wells; (3) Lightfoot, Wearmouth; (4) Allendale, Westminster; (5) Durham, York; (6) Beverley, Surfleet; (7) Cambridge, Ipswich

1 G Sidney Joyce

2 Peter J Joyce

3 Charles H Kippin

4 W John Couperthwaite

5 V Michael Cox

6 Robert C Kippin (C)

First peal of 14 methods spliced, by all the band, on the bells and for the Guild, and believed to be the greatest number of Surprise Minor methods rung to a peal by a local band in its own tower in the south of England.

Last peal on the bells before augmentation.

Ringing World page reference: 2795.0766

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Aldershot, Hampshire

St Michael the Archangel

Saturday, 10 October 1964 in 2h 43 (8)

5088 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by J W Parker

1 William H Viggers

2 Jessie M Kippin

3 G Kenneth Williamson

4 Jennifer M B Cook

5 W John Couperthwaite

6 Peter J Joyce

7 Robert C Kippin

8 Tom Page (C)

First peal in the method: 3,4.

First peal in the method as conductor.

Rung to mark the opening of St Michael's Mission Week.

Ringing World page reference: 2793.0734

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Shalford, Surrey

St Mary the Virgin

Friday, 6 November 1964 in 2h 59 (13)

5280 Spliced Surprise Major (5m)

1120 London; 1088 Superlative; 1024 each Bristol, Cambridge, Pudsey; with 107 changes of method and all the work of each method for every bell.

Composed by A J Pitman

1 Patricia J Laycock

2 E Jane Sibson

3 Yvonne Edwards

4 Edgar R Rapley

5 William T Beeson

6 Stanley G Ponting

7 Derek E Sibson (C)

8 Ronald F Diserens

First peal of 5-spliced: 3,6.

Ringing World page reference: 2799.0838

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Ashtead, Surrey

St Giles

Saturday, 7 November 1964 in 2h 54 (13)

5120 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Composed by R F B Speed

1 Martyn W Harbott

2 Julia A Fellowes

3 Ruth M Foreman

4 Edgar R Rapley

5 Eric Edmundson

6 Martyn L J Jordan

7 Michael D Frost

8 Gerald Penney (C)

First peal in the method: 2,5,6,7.

A birthday compliment to Mrs Pat Frost.

Ringing World page reference: 2796.0786

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Ash, Surrey

St Peter

Saturday, 12 December 1964 in 2h 35 (9)

5040 Surprise Minor (4m)

One extent London; two extents each Surfleet, Beverley, Cambridge

1 Angela J Hawes

2 Stanley T A Russell

3 Peter G Smart

4 Peter G Sherwood

5 Colin J Champion

6 Tom Page (C)

First peal: 1.

First peal of Surprise Minor: 3,5.

Has circled the tower: 4.

First peal of Surprise on the bells.

Rung to welcome the new Rector, the Revd Stanley Zeal, who was inducted the previous day.

Ringing World page reference: 2804.0042

Guildford Diocesan Guild

Aldershot, Hampshire

St Michael the Archangel

Thursday, 31 December 1964 in 3h 1 (8)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by E Taylor's 6-part

1 Charles W Denyer

2 Dudley P Elsmore

3 William H Viggers

4 Rex J Corke

5 Edward J Bragg

6 Tom Page

7 G Kenneth Williamson (C)

8 William Siggery

First peal: 8.

40th anniversary of first peal: 1.

Rung half-muffled to let the Old Year out.

Ringing World page reference: 2805.0062

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