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Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Fareham, Hampshire

St Peter and St Paul

Wednesday, 14 January 1948 in 2h 55 (11–2–27 in F♯)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by H Howlett

1 R E M John V Davis R N HMS Barrosa

2 Inst Lt Joseph Merritt R N HMS Excellent

3 Writer Aubrey D Mills R N HMS Victory

4 CPO A Leslie Pearson R N HMS Glasgow

5 Writer Philip H Speck R N HMS Battleaxe

6 Inst Lt Comd R G Cross R N HMS Excellent (C)

7 O/Seaman Bruce B Rogers R N HMS Glasgow

8 PO Ernest F Salmons R N HMS Vernon II

First peal - 2. First peal in the method - 4. The first peal ever rung by serving officers of the Royal Navy

Ringing World page reference: 4825.1005

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Sherfield English, Hampshire

St Leonard

Saturday, 17 January 1948 in 3h (9–2–1 in A)

5040 Single Oxford Bob Triples

Composed by Joseph H Parker

1 Jack Mussell

2 Frank L Harris (C)

3 Peter Anger

4 Ronald Marlow

5 John Hartless

6 Colin W Reed

7 David R Reed

8 Leslie A Page

First peal in the method by all the band

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Petersfield, Hampshire

St Peter

Sunday, 7 March 1948 (15½ in F)

1260 Grandsire Triples

No time duration given.

1 C S Rew

2 G W Sayers

3 C C Wright

4 A J Garrett

5 A H Fisher

6 N A Oner

7 E S Smith (C)

8 R A Budd

First of Triples for ringer of the Treble.

Ringing World page reference: 1931.0148

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Southampton, Hampshire

St Michael Archangel

Monday, 29 March 1948 in 3h 11 (16–1–15 in F)

5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal

Composed by Frederick Dench

1 E Joan Salmons

2 John W Faithful

3 Frederick W Housden

4 Jessie M Kippin

5 Reginald A Reed

6 Revd K W H Felstead

7 Walter C Rose

8 Albert Diserens

9 Ernest F Salmons

10 Charles H Kippin (C)

First peal of Cambridge Royal: 6, 7, 9.

First peal on the bells since their augmentation to ten.

Ringing World page reference: 1933.0162

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Portsmouth, Hampshire

St Mary, Portsea

Saturday, 1 May 1948 in 3h 6 (17–0–7 in F)

5056 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by Arthur Knights

1 Josiah D Harris

2 Mrs E F Salmons

3 Miss Hazel Dale

4 Tom Page

5 Ernest F Salmons

6 Arthur V Davis

7 Frederick W Rogers (C)

8 Alfred T Greenwood

First peal of Superlative for ringers of the 2 & 5. First Surprise Peal for ringer of the 3. To commemorate the coming-of-age of the Diocese of Portsmouth.

Ringing World page reference: 1939.0226

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Sherfield English, Hampshire

St Leonard

Monday, 17 May 1948 in 3h (9–2–1 in A)

5152 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Unspecified

1 Eustace Smith

2 Herbert H Abrahams

3 Alan J Butler

4 Ronald Marlow

5 David R Reed

6 Colin W Reed

7 Jack Mussell

8 Frank L Harris (C)

First peal: 1

First peal of Plain Bob Major: 3, 5, 6

First peak of Major inside: 7

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Portsmouth, Hampshire

Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury

Saturday, 22 May 1948 in 3h 30 (25–2–0 in E♭)

5088 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by N J Pitstow

1 William J Robinson

2 Alfred H Pulling

3 Fred W Burnett

4 Tom Page

5 T Mark White

6 Harold A May

7 John H Hunt (C)

8 A Patrick Cannon

First of Surprise as conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 1941.0250

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Liss, Hampshire

St Mary

Saturday, 19 June 1948 in 2h 59 (12–1–16 in F♯)

5056 London Surprise Major

Composed by Frank Bennett

1 Ernest J Munday

2 Mrs E F Salmons

3 Tower R Taylor

4 C Ernest Smith

5 Harold A May

6 Ernest F Salmons

7 Frederick W Rogers (C)

8 William T Beeson

First Peal of London for ringers of the 2, 5 & 6.

Ringing World page reference: 1944.0283

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Portsmouth, Hampshire

St Mary, Portsea

Tuesday, 29 June 1948 in 3h 3 (17–0–7 in F)

5040 Stedman Triples

Heywood's Transposition.

1 Frederick W Burnett

2 Mrs E F Salmons

3 Josiah D Harris

4 Tower R Taylor

5 Alfred T Greenwood

6 Ernest F Salmons

7 Frederick W Rogers (C)

8 Henry T Macey

For the installation of the Vicar, Canon W. J. Smith as Hon Canon in Portsmouth Cathedral.

Ringing World page reference: 1945.0295

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Portsmouth, Hampshire

St Mary, Portsea

Saturday, 31 July 1948 in 3h 3 (17–0–7 in F)

5056 Spliced Surprise Major

Comprising 2,560, London 1216 Bristol and 640 each Cambridge and Superlative with 122 changers of Method.

Composed by James Topp

1 Miss Hazel Dale

2 Ernest F Salmons

3 Tom Page

4 John H Hunt

5 Tower R Taylor

6 Frederick W Burnett

7 Frederick W Rogers (C)

8 Alfred T Greenwood

First peal of Spliced Surprise for ringers of the 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Ringing World page reference: 1949.0335

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Soberton, Hampshire

St Peter

Saturday, 14 August 1948 in 3h 1 (13–1–24 in G)

5184 London Surprise Major

Composed by Fredk. Dench

1 Mrs E F Salmons

2 Miss Hazel Dale

3 Tower R Taylor

4 Charles E Bassett

5 Ernest F Salmons

6 Frederick W Burnett

7 Frederick W Rogers (C)

8 Alfred T Greenwood

First peal of London for ringer of the 2.

Ringing World page reference: 1952 .0367

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Blackmoor, Hampshire

St Matthew

Sunday, 29 August 1948 in 2h 45 (8–0–1 in A)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Seven different extents.

1 Leslie A Page

2 Gilbert W Sayers

3 Arthur H Fisher

4 Norman A Oner

5 Cecil C Wright

6 Edwin S Smith (C)

First peal in the Method for ringer of the 2. First Peal in the Method as Conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 1953.0385

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Portsmouth, Hampshire

Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury

Monday, 15 November 1948 in 3h 6 (25–2–0 in E♭)

5040 Stedman Triples

Davies variation.

1 Josiah D Harris

2 Joan Salmons

3 Harold A Nobes

4 John W Meade

5 William Tate

6 Ernest F Salmons

7 Fredk W Burnett (C)

8 Fredk G Edwards

First peal for ringer of the 8.

Source: The Ringing World.

Ringing World page reference: 1965.0520

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Portsmouth, Hampshire

St Mary, Portsea

Wednesday, 17 November 1948 in 3h 6 (17–0–7 in F)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Middleton's.

1 Josiah D Harris

2 Joan Salmons

3 Miss Hazel Dale

4 Ernest F Salmons

5 Cecil I Guy

6 Alfred T Greenwood

7 Fredk W Rogers

8 Fredk W Burnett (C)

First peal in the Method for ringers of the 3 and 4.

Source: The Ringing World.

Ringing World page reference: 1965.0521

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Portsmouth, Hampshire

Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury

Saturday, 20 November 1948 in 3h 7 (25–2–0 in E♭)

5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major

1 Ernest J Munday

2 Miss Hazel Dale

3 Mrs E F Salmons

4 Revd K W H Felstead

5 Frederick W Burnett

6 Ernest F Salmons

7 Frederick W Rogers (C)

8 Alfred T Greenwood

First peal of Yorkshire for the ringer of the 4. Rung in honour of the Birth of a daughter to Mrs and the Rev K. W. H. Felstead.

Source: The Ringing World.

Ringing World page reference: 1967.0547

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Southampton, Hampshire

St Michael Archangel

Saturday, 4 December 1948 in 2h 45 (5¾)

5040 London Surprise Minor

7 different extents. On the "Holyrood" six.

1 Nesta D Smith

2 Jessie M Kippin

3 Nelia M Leahy

4 Revd K W H Felstead

5 Richard Smith

6 Charles H Kippin (C)

First peal of Minor - 3,4.

Ringing World page reference: 1970.0004

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Portsmouth, Hampshire

St Mary, Portsea

Saturday, 4 December 1948 in 3h 7 (17–0–7 in F)

5088 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by J. W. Parker

1 Mrs E F Salmons

2 Ernest F Salmons

3 Tom Page

4 Frederick W Burnett

5 Tower R Taylor

6 Arthur V Davis

7 Fredk W Rogers (C)

8 Alfred T Greenwood

First peal of Bristol for the ringers of the 2 and 6.

Source: The Ringing World.

Ringing World page reference: 1968.0559

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Blackmoor, Hampshire

St Matthew

Wednesday, 15 December 1948 (8–0–1 in A)

1260 Grandsire Doubles

No time duration given.

1 Revd A D Somerset-Ward

2 W Allen

3 F Windibank

4 G Norris

5 W Read (C)

6 K Windibank

First quarter peal for the ringer of the Treble. For Christening of Royal Prince.

Source: The Ringing World.

Ringing World page reference: 1970.0005

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Lyndhurst, Hampshire

St Michael and All Angels

Saturday, 18 December 1948 in 3h 10 (11–0–0 in G)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Parker's 12 part

1 Mrs F J Marshallsay

2 Daniel T Matkin

3 Herbert A Mitchell

4 Roy Faithfull

5 Fred Price

6 William E Cheater

7 Arthur V Davis (C)

8 Harry Gillard

The first peal on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 1971.0014

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Brading, Isle of Wight

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 18 December 1948 in 2h 54 (9–3–19 in G)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Groves' variation

1 Joan Salmons

2 John W Meade

3 Nelia M Leahy

4 Frank S Taylor

5 Arthur Jackson

6 Bryan C Stirland

7 Ernest F Salmons (C)

8 Henry T Macey

Ringing World page reference: 1970.0003

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Andover, Hampshire

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 18 December 1948 in 3h 1 (15–0–21 in E)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Parker's 12 part

1 John R Tolman

2 Miss Nesta D Smith

3 Richard Smith

4 Oscar G Smart

5 Norman V Andrews

6 Charles H Kippin

7 Archibald L Mitchell (C)

8 Albert Andrews

First peal - 1. First inside in method - 2. Frst of Triples, and as conductor - 7. First peal since rehanging August 1947.

Ringing World page reference: 1970.0003

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Bournemouth, Dorset

26 Wellington Road

Wednesday, 22 December 1948 in 2h 15 (17 in A)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by J J Parker's 12-part 7th obs

1–2 Herbert A Mitchell

3–4 Daniel T Matkin (C)

5–6 William G Young

7–8 George E Evenden

First peal in hand - 7-8.

Ringing World page reference: 1972.0033

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Southampton, Hampshire

St Mary

Monday, 27 December 1948 in 3h 37 (21–2–8 in E♭)

5039 Grandsire Caters

Composed by C H Kippin

1 Jessie M Kippin

2 Revd K W H Felstead

3 John W Faithfull

4 Reginald W Rex

5 Nelia M Leahy

6 Maurice J Butler

7 Roy Faithfull

8 William R Melville

9 Charles H Kippin (C)

10 Arthur V Davis

First peal of Caters - 5.

Ringing World page reference: 1971.0014

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Ringwood, Hampshire

St Peter and St Paul

Monday, 27 December 1948 in 3h 20 (17–2–18 in E)

5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by W Wilson

1 William A Theobald

2 Frank L Harris

3 David R Reed

4 Brian R Tiller

5 Frederick E Collins

6 Colin W Reed

7 Ronald N Marlow

8 William E Cheater (C)

First peal in the method - 4.

Ringing World page reference: 1972.0027

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Portsmouth, Hampshire

Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury

Wednesday, 29 December 1948 in 3h 17 (25–2–0 in E♭)

5088 Rutland Surprise Major

Composed by C. W. Roberts

1 Josiah D Harris

2 Mrs E F Salmons

3 Miss Hazel Dale

4 Frederick W Burnett

5 Tower R Taylor

6 Ernest F Salmons

7 Frederick W Rogers (C)

8 Alfred T Greenwood

First peal in the Method by all the band, in the County and by the Guild.

Source: The Ringing World.

Ringing World page reference: 1972.0027

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Bournemouth, Dorset

11 Exton Road

Thursday, 30 December 1948 in 1h 32 (17 in A)

5040 Doubles (3m)

42 extents: 12 of Stedman, 15 of Plain Bob (4 callings) and 15 of Grandsire (10 callings).

1–2 Mrs F J Marshallsay

3–4 Daniel T Matkin (C)

5–6 William G Young

Witness: F J Marshallsay.

Ringing World page reference: 1972.0033

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