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Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Fawley, Hampshire

All Saints

Thursday, 21 January 1960 in 43m (6–3–16 in A♭)

1272 Kent Treble Bob Minor

1 Gerald T Ball

2 Mary Smith

3 Lionel D Smith

4 Maurice Peters

5 Christopher C M Pain

6 Derek J White (C)

First Quarter for 2 and 3.

First Quarter on the bells by a local band.

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Hambledon, Hampshire

St Peter and St Paul

Sunday, 14 February 1960 (10–0–3 in G♯)

Grandsire Doubles

No time duration given or length.

1 Mrs C H Turner

2 E S Lawrence

3 Mrs F Hall

4 R J Turner

5 C H Turner (C)

6 S J Harding

For morning service and half-muffled as a last tribute to Mr J. E. Turner, for many years captain of the band.

Source: The Ringing World.

Ringing World page reference: 2550.0157

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Overton, Hampshire

St Mary

Saturday, 20 February 1960 (10–0–19 in A♭)

1260 Grandsire Doubles

1 Michael S Holbrook

2 R Christine Hassell

3 Paul G Holmes

4 Revd F A Sanders

5 Bert Garrett (C)

6 R Hassell

First quarter: 1. Rung in honour of the birth of Prince Andrew.

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Overton, Hampshire

St Mary

Saturday, 19 March 1960 in 2h 48 (10–0–19 in A♭)

5184 London Surprise Major

Composed by Spephen J Ivin

1 Brian Mills

2 Brian Bladon

3 Philip Mehew

4 Reginald W Rex

5 Geoffrey K Dodd

6 Ernest J Munday

7 Robin J Leale (C)

8 A Patrick Cannon

First of London as Conductor. Rung in honour of the engagement of Peter S Sanders, son of the Rector, and sometime Master of Oxford University Society, to Miss Deidre Josephs.

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Hawkley, Hampshire

St Peter and St Paul

Sunday, 8 May 1960 in 2h 41 (8–1–25 in A)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Thos. B. Worsley

1 John H Hunt (C)

2 Herbert W Woolven

3 Alan A J Buswell

4 Bryan C Borraugh

5 Geoffrey C Rix

6 C R Chad Coussmaker

7 Bernard E Matthews

8 R Roger Savory

First peal of Major "inside" for ringers of the 3 & 4. Rung in honour of the wedding of Mr Robert W. Pound (former ringer at this church and son of the captain of the local band) and Miss Muriel Hellyer.

Ringing World page reference: 2561 .0345

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Alverstoke, Hampshire

St Mary

Friday, 20 May 1960 (13–1–19 in F♯)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 Delia F Leslie

2 Walter A K Gray

3 Sheila Beale

4 Marion Nobes

5 Harold A Nobes (C)

6 S Kathleen M Knight

7 Frederick G Barron

8 Martin R Walker

First quarter peal: 1

First quarter 'inside': 3

Rung for the engagement of Marion Nobes and Andrew McDowall.

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Liss, Hampshire

St Mary

Saturday, 11 June 1960 in 2h 49 (12–1–16 in F♯)

5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by S. J. Ivin

1 Albert Diserens

2 Brian Bladon

3 Reginald W Rex

4 Ernest J Munday

5 Frederick W Rogers

6 Frank W Lewis

7 Ronald F Diserens

8 Noel J Diserens (C)

Source: The Ringing World Magazine.

Ringing World page reference: 2567.0443

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Eling, Hampshire

St Mary

Saturday, 11 June 1960 in 44m (11–3–4 in F♯)

1260 Doubles (4m)

Reverse Canterbury, St Bartholomew, Plain Bob, Grandsire.

1 Gladys D Kitcher

2 Mavis P Coffin

3 M D George Northway (C)

4 Lionel D Smith

5 Christopher M White

6 Robert Buchanan

First Quarter in 4 Doubles Methods by all the band and on the bells.

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Goodworth Clatford, Hampshire

St Peter

Sunday, 17 July 1960 in 2h 45 (7½ in A)

5040 Surprise Minor (8m)

Norwich, London, Wells, Beverley, Surfleet, York, Durham, Cambridge

1 Ernest J Munday

2 Hazel White

3 Cherry White

4 Reginald W Rex

5 Reginald F Crook

6 Geoffrey K Dodd (C)

First peal of minor: 1

First in more than six minor methods by all the band

Rung as a farewell to Hazel and Cherry White who are leaving the district to take up a teaching appointment in South London

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Portsmouth, Hampshire

St Mary, Portsea

Saturday, 30 July 1960 in 3h 12 (17–0–7 in F)

5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by Arthur Craven

1 Jessie M Kippin

2 R Roger Savory (C)

3 M Elizabeth Chapman

4 Kathleen S M Knight

5 Tower R Taylor

6 Frederick W Rogers

7 John Hartless

8 Tom Chapman

First peal of Yorkshire as conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 2573.0539

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Alverstoke, Hampshire

St Mary

Monday, 15 August 1960 in 46m (13–1–19 in F♯)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 Frederick G Barron

2 S Kathleen M Knight

3 Walter A K Gray

4 J Neville Haile

5 S Alan Scott

6 Martin R Walker

7 Harold A Nobes (C)

8 Terence K Farden

First quarter peal: 8

First quarter peal 'inside': 6

Rung half-muffled in memory of Earnest Douglass, F.R.C.O, for 60 years organist and choirmaster at this church.

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Catherington, Hampshire

All Saints

Saturday, 20 August 1960 in 2h 40 (8–2–20 in A♭)

5040 Minor

In three Methods, being one extent of Double Oxford, two of St Clement's and four of Plain Bob.

1 S John Harding

2 C R Chadcoussmake

3 E Winifred Keys

4 Bryan C Burrough

5 James R Taylor

6 Bernard E Matthews (C)

A first Bithday compliment to Clifford Tribe the grandson of the Treble ringer, and also a birthday compliment to the ringer of the third.

Source : The Ringing World Magazine.

Ringing World page reference: 2576.0589

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Overton, Hampshire

St Mary

Saturday, 3 September 1960 in 2h 45 (10–0–19 in A♭)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

1 Eric Woodgrove

2 Robert C Kippin

3 M Elizabeth Chapman

4 Tom Chapman

5 Reginald W Rex

6 Michael J Thomas

7 Ernest J Munday

8 Geoffrey K Dodd (C)

First in method as Conductor. Rung for the Wedding of Julian Elliott and Mary Sanders.

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

East Meon, Hampshire

All Saints

Saturday, 3 September 1960 in 3h 9 (18–0–12 in E)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by A P Heywood

1 Angela J Martin

2 Gillian A Neal Smith

3 Robin G Leale

4 John F M Maybrey

5 Reginald T Jones

6 Peter S Smart

7 William S Deason

8 A Patrick Cannon (C)

First peal of DNCB - 1 and 6. Rung as a compliment to the Rev E B and Mrs Wood, of Leatherhead, on the gift of a son.

Ringing World page reference: 2579.0636

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Romsey, Hampshire

Abbey Church of St Mary and St Ethelflaeda

Saturday, 10 September 1960 in 3h 10 (24–0–8)

5024 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Arthur Knights

1 Donald G Clift

2 William A Theobald

3 William T Cook

4 R Roger Savory

5 Alan F Thirst

6 Robert C Kippin

7 Brian D Threlfall

8 Wilfred Williams (C)

First peal of Bristol Surprise Major on the bells

Reference: Ringing World 30 September 1960 Number 2580 Volume 56 Page 651

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Hawkley, Hampshire

St Peter and St Paul

Wednesday, 21 September 1960 (8–1–25 in A)

1440 Plain Bob Minor

No time duration given.

1 I Wetherley

2 F Bowden (C)

3 Mrs F Bowden

4 B S Gambrill

5 C Johnstone

6 C Pound

Ringing World page reference: 2581.0670

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Overton, Hampshire

St Mary

Wednesday, 12 October 1960 in 2h 52 (10–0–19 in A♭)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by J Pritchard

1 Paul G Holmes

2 Reginald W Rex

3 Ernest J Munday

4 Eric Woodgrove

5 Revd F A Sanders

6 Reginald F Crook

7 Geoffrey K Dodd (C)

8 Arthur W Sayers

First peal of Major:1. Overton ringers: 1 and 5.

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

New Alresford, Hampshire

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 22 October 1960 in 3h 1 (15–3–18 in E)

5152 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by J S Wilde

1 Bryan C Burrough

2 Kathleen M Higgins

3 Gillian A Neal Smith

4 Stanley G Ponting

5 Ernest J Munday

6 Ann M Cox

7 Robin G Leale (C)

8 William S Deason

Ringing World page reference: 2586.0747

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Eling, Hampshire

St Mary

Saturday, 5 November 1960 in 50m (11–3–4 in F♯)

1260 Grandsire Doubles

1 Ann Akroyd

2 Ronda M Purkess

3 M D George Northway (C)

4 Gladys D Kitcher

5 Robert Buchanan

6 Lionel D Smith

First Quarter for Treble.

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Romsey, Hampshire

Abbey Church of St Mary and St Ethelflaeda

Saturday, 12 November 1960 in 3h 8 (24–0–8)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by J R Pritchard

1 Reginald W Rex

2 Audrey J Knight

3 Christopher M White

4 Eric P Woolgrove

5 H Jack Page

6 Reginald F Crook

7 Arthur W Sayers

8 Geoffrey K Dodd (C)

First peal of Major: 2,5

Reference: Ringing World 25 November 1960 Number 2588 Volume 56 Page 779

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Fawley, Hampshire

All Saints

Saturday, 26 November 1960 in 44m (6–3–16 in A♭)

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 Gladys D Kitcher

2 Audrey J Knight

3 Mary Smith

4 Lionel D Smith

5 M D George Northway

6 Maurice Peters (C)

First Quarter in the method for 1, 3, 4 and 6.

First Quarter as Conductor.

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Southampton, Hampshire

St Michael Archangel

Saturday, 3 December 1960 in 3h 3 (16–1–15 in F)

5040 Bristol Surprise Royal

Composed by Charles H Kippin

1 Derek C Jackson

2 Jessie M Kippin

3 Revd K W H Felstead

4 Nelia M Leahy

5 M Elizabeth Chapman

6 R Roger Savory

7 Tom Chapman

8 Maurice J Butler

9 Adrian J Tumber

10 Charles H Kippin (C)

First 10-bell peal: 1. First of Bristol Royal in the county, by the Guild, and by all the band except the ringers of the second and tenor.

Ringing World page reference: 2592.0842

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild

Hawkley, Hampshire

St Peter and St Paul

Tuesday, 27 December 1960 in 2h 35 (7–3–11 in A)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Heywood's Transposition

1 Ernest J Munday

2 Kathleen M Higgins

3 Anne C Garnett

4 Stanley G Ponting

5 Alan E Bagworth

6 Gillian A Neal Smith

7 Robin G Leale (C)

8 William S Deason

Rung in memoriam Tommy Riley of Liss, Hampshire.

Ringing World page reference: 2596.0036

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