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First on 14: 5,9.

For New Year.

125th Peal - 1

400th Peal - 8

725th Peal - 4

A birthday compliment to Sarah E Hutchinson

1st of minor: 2.

Rung by a Hursley Sunday Service band with sympathy for the victims of the Tsunami disaster.

Rung to celebrate Tom Drew's 70 years membership of the Romsey Abbey band of Bellringers.

Also rung for the granting of a faculty for the refurbishment of the bells and bellframe at Romsey Abbey.

Rung by a Portsmouth District band to mark the beginning of the 200th anniversary year of the Battle of Trafalgar.

First in the method for all.

First Quarter Peal: 6

Specially rung to celebrate the 60th Birthday of Bren Palk, member of this tower.

Rung in memory of Nick Weaver of Basingstoke and Highworth who died on 13 January.

Also Joy Tuxford, partner of Adam Rae-Smith, a ringer at Kintbury, whose funeral was on Wednesday 5 January.

First Peal 3-4

First Peal in house

First of spliced: 2,5.

Rung by 7 members of the local band (2-8) and one past member.

70th birthday compliment to John Fellows, father of (2).

Rung in celebration of the life of Nicholas A Weaver, one time vice captain of this tower and latterly tower captain of Highworth.

In memoriam Nicholas A Weaver 1957-2005.

1 - 1st Q at 1st attempt

First as cover

13th Birthday compliment to 6

Circled tower: 1

A farewell to the rector, Revd Richard J Sutton, on the day before his last service at this church.

Rung open in memory of Keith Reynolds.

Rung to welcome the new vicar, Revd. Karen Schmidt. Also to congratulate Catherine and Mark on the new arrival (as yet unnamed!) in the Davis family.

5 - 75th peal

First Bristol Royal - 3

18th birthday compliment to Stephen Thompson

First Surprise Minor to a peal on the bells, being the last but two District towers to have seven methods rung on them.

Rung in memory of Keith Reynolds of Whitchurch, whose funeral took place at Whitchurch on Thursday 27th January.

A 50th birthday compliment (this day) to Teresa Brown.

To celebrate the birth of Rosana Arwen Eve Davies, niece of 2.

A birthday compliment to Roger A Barber.

First peal of 8-Spliced: 6, and as conductor.

1st blows of Bristol S.10: 7.

Rung as a birthday compliment to Nicholas James and Christine Collins.

First peal: 1,6.

Circled the tower: 2.

1st peal of Bristol S.10: 5,6,9.

50th together: 6,8.

Rung in thanksgiving for the life of David Price.

Rung by an Andover District band in memory of Keith Reynolds.

1st blows of Royal: 4.

75th together: 3,6.

Dedicated to the memory of Cecily C Roberts of Steep, whose funeral took place today.

First Peal of Royal in the Method : 2,3&5

Completes Standard Eight Surprise Royal to Peals : 2

In Commemoration of the Life and Works of Sir C Hubert H Parry on the 157th Anniversary of his Birth.

First Peal in the method for all the band and for the Guild.

First on 8: 7-8

A compliment to David Leach on his birthday

Rung to mark Brian Oakes' retirement as Tower Captain

First peal: 3.

£3

First eight spliced royal - 3, 7

In memory of Bessie Cooper, 1911 - 2005, Mother of 1, Grandmother of 2. First Grandsire as Conductor.

Silver Wedding compliment to Carole & Michael Pym, Married in this church 8 March 1980.

First Peal in the Method - 2,3&7.

250th Different Tower for a Peal - 4.

17th Birthday Compliment to the Conductor.

First Cambridge Surprise Royal - 3.

First of Grandsire Triples: 3.

First of Grandsire Triples as conductor.

£4

First Major as conductor

First peal in the method as conductor.

An attempt for 21312, called round early.

Most Spliced Surprise Royal for all except 6.

Specially arranged and rung on the 50th anniversary of Terry Collins' first peal.

Circled tower: 4.

First Long Length - 1,2,4,6,7,8,9&10.

Believed to be the Lightest Ring of Ten Bells to be rung to 10,000.

Golfen Wedding compliment to Peter and Joan Hibbert, rung by relations and neighbours. First Grandsire inside: 2. 200th Quarter on the bells: 5.

First in method - 5

Rung half muffled before Good Friday service

For Easter

First Bob Triples: 2

A Golden wedding anniversary compliment to:

Cecil and Edna Lock

Jack and Dorothy Yearsley (parents of the treble ringer)

Birthday compliments to Terry Hinks, father of Tom Hinks

In memory of Cllr. Charlie Mead, Honorary Burgess of this town.

Commiserations to the Cambridge boat race team.

Half way to circling the tower: 3

Possibly the largest number of totally unconnected footnotes for a single quarter!

60th birthday compliment to Liz Lewis. First all Grandsire:2.

First Yorkshire inside.

For Easter Sunday Evensong

Rung on the front six of the ten as the first peal on the ten is waiting for the local ringers to take part in it. The first peal on the bells for 16 years and first peal in seven Surprise Minor on the bells completing the District with seven Minor being rung in all district towers except Nether Wallop where no six bell peal has been rung.

These bells were augmented to ten in 1999.

Rung in thanksgiving for the life of Cecily C Roberts, Past Tower Captain of Steep.

See obituary on p.292.

First peal in the method.

Exodus Surprise Royal; -3-4-25-6-47-8-4-345-6-9lh2

Birthday compliment to the treble ringer.

Also rung in memory of Pope John Paul II.

The First Peal on the Bells.

Believed to be collectively the lightest ring of bells ever to be pealed.

A Golden Wedding Anniversary Compliment to David & Jean Carey (16/04/2005).

First Royal in the method: 8.

Rung on St. George's Day to mark thirteen years of ministry by the Revd Harvey S Griffiths to the Parishes of Southwick and Boarhunt, 1st Dec 1991-31st Jan 2005 and also a wedding anniversary compliment to Harvey and his wife Jean.

First peal for 50 years: 3.

Rung on St George's Day.

First peal on an inside bell: 2.

Rung to celebrate the birthday of A J Cannon. This is his first peal in his home tower.

First peal: 5.

A compliment to John Maddams and Paula Kirk, married earlier today at Eling church

Circled the tower to peals: 9 & 10.

Rung immediately following an open-air service of prayer led by the Reverend Ian Johnson, Rector of Southampton City-Centre Parish, outside the Civic Centre to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of V. E. Day.

During the peal an Executive Officer of HMS Southampton led a procession of veterens, armed forces personel and cadets through the city to take a salute from the Mayor of Southampton, coinciding with a fly-past of aircraft from World War II.

Rung to mark the 60th Liberation of the Island of Jersey

First peal inside 4;

Most methods 6.

A birthday compliment to the ringer of the second.

To mark the retirement of the Vicar, the Revd Neville Beamer.

£4

First on eight: 2.

Circled tower: 3.

Specially arranged and rung to mark the 30th anniversary of Christine Hill's first peal.

First of Lincolnshire S 10: 5,7,9.

Rung as a wedding compliment to Peter Acloque and the Honourable Annabel Hewitt, daughter of Viscount Lifford.

Rung to mark 40 years of ringing by 6, and dedicated to the memory of Sydney Rees, his father, who died on 20th April 2005.

For the Confirmation Service by the Bishop of Basingstoke.

First peal on eight inside: 2.

Rung immediately prior to the festival evensong to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the church.

1st inside: 4

1st Lincolnshire: 6,7

1st Lincolnshire major: 8

By members of the Sunday Service band.

Congratulations to Matthew Edwards who graduated today.

First peal, first attempt, aged 13: 1.

First on 10: 3,7

100th peal:2

Birthday compliment to conductor.

First of Yorkshire Royal as conductor

50th birthday compliment to Alan Stevens.

Circled tower: 1.

First peal in method: 2,3,6,8,9.

In memory of Don Garnett.

First of Spliced and 10th peal (9th with an artificial leg): 6.

2,3,5 - first of Rutland.

On Fathers' Day, to mark the 90th birthday of Robert J. Mather, father of Jeremy.

A compliment to Charlotte Colliss on her birthday.

First peal in the method.

Allbrook S Royal:

x34x14x12x30x34x18x36x30x78x10 le12c

Probably the right length!

To celebrate the end of Tom's GCSE exams.

Birthday cmpliment to local ringer Andrew Montgomery, 60 the previous day.

A welcome to Tim Harling, new assistant curate at this church.

25th QP: 2

Rung with the bells muffled at backstroke in memory of the victims of the London terrorist attacks earlier this day.

For a special morning service to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

First Royal, first on 10 in hand, first on 10 as (c) and first QP outdoors: 9-10

Rung to celebrate Bastille Day.

First peal in the method.

Pimpernel Surprise Major:

h -36-14-58-16-14-58-34-38

Rung on the back six.

Circled tower: 4

Farewell compliment to E;izabeth Wratten before her return to Seattle. On the middle eight. First Quarter: 1

1st Peal - 2.

Arranged and rung as a compliment to The Rector of Wickham, Rev Arnold Hirst, leaving the Parish after 17 years. Arnold was especially pleased that Richard Case (whom Arnold baptised) took part scoring his first peal for the occasion.

Rung in celebration of the marriage on Saturday 30th July of Carolyn and Alistair Tudor.

Graduation compliment to James Lewis and Robin Stevens.

Rung on the 40th anniversary of the tenor ringer's first peal in this tower on this day with the same conductor. Also 50th anniversary of the first peal on the bells August 23rd 1955

First peal of Spliced: 5.

Rung during the celebrations in Southampton to commemorate the 60th anniversary of V.J. Day.

In memoriam Jim Cheek (local ringer) and for VJ Day.

First Peal of Major on an inside bell: 3

First Peal of Superlative: 2

First Peal as conductor.

With the rest of the band's compliments to Lee on his 26th Birthday.

Specially arranged and rung to mark the centenary of the birth of Charles H Kippin, the conductor's father, on 31st August 1905 and the 50th anniversary of the conductor's first peal on 31st August 1955.

By three members of the Christchurch and Southampton District and the Guild Master in memoriam Gladys D Matcham, Eling tower secretary 1959-1989, Tower Captain 1989-2005, Churchwarden 1990-2005, Ladies Guild District Vice Chairman 1998-2005.

First peal on her handbells.

Rung in memory of Gladys Matcham

First of Minor, 2

Golden wedding anniversary compliment to Richard and Brenda Davenport

For Evensong. First in method – 2. Circled tower – 9.

Most Surprise Minor: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.

Most Surprise Minor as conductor and most methods on the bells.

The fastest peal on the bells.

First peal double-handed: 7-8.

Rung as part of Overton War Memorial Institute's weekend of commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

Rung to commemorate the first peal on the six bells, Plain Bob by a local band on September 23rd 1935, seventy years ago. The conductor conducted Plain Bob Minor for the fortieth and fiftieth anniversaries, ringer of No.3 taking part in the latter peal.

First Spliced 4 & 7. With best wishes for a speedy recovery to Ken Warner, Derek Jackson & George Evenden, who were to have rung, and also to Richard Harrison who rang despite feeling rather "under the weather".

First Surprise in hand: 7-8

For Evensong. First on ten – 1. Arranged and rung as a Silver Wedding compliment to Jen and Rob Churchill.

First Major: 2,3

For Winchester District Quarter Peal week

For Winchester district Quarter Peal week.

First touch of St Martins: 2,4

First QP: 1

Rung on the back six.

For Winchester District Quarter Peal week

First of Surprise Major: 4

First Surprise as (c)

20th wedding aniversary compliments to Terry and Elizabeth Hinks, parents of Tom.

For Winchester District QP week

First peal: 2.

First on eight: 4.

Ringers of 1 and 7 rang their first peal together in August, fifty years ago.

For Winchester District QP week

Rung open by an Andover District band in thanksgiving for the life of Phil Jakeman

Circled to peals: 1, 3, 6 & 10.

First peal on a mini-ring: 4.

25th peal together: 1 & 10.

Basingstoke District Quarter Peal Week. Rung by lamplight as electric light had failed.

Arranged and rung to mark the completion of the restoration of the Church roof at a cost of some £400,000.First in more than one method - 2.

First peal in the method: -34-45-56-6-4-3-6-5-6-5, Group B

Rung as part of the City's celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar

Basingstoke District Quarter Peal Week. Most m/v: 2 and 3.

1st inside 2.

Wishing George Evenden all the best from the

Monday night practice ringers.

First Quarter Peal on all of the bells.

Rung for Portsmouth District Quarter Peal month.

Grandsire Doubles and Plain Bob Doubles rung concurrently on the front and back 5.

Rung during Portsmouth District Quarter Peal month.

First peal with Trafalgar Little S: x34x45x2x3x34x6, group Mx

On the 200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar

To mark the 200th anniversary of the British victory at Trafalgar.

First in the method for all except 8.

Circled tower - 2

Rung to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the victory of the Battle of Trafalgar.

First in the method by all.

Believed to be the first in the method for the Guild.

Rung by members of the Sunday service band on and for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. This is the 50th peal by a Bishopstoke Sunday service band.

For Trafalgar 200

First peal in the method - 2,3,4 & as conductor

First peal in method inside 6

2nd peal in the method - 5,7.

3rd peal in the method - 8

For Trafalgar Day.

3,700th peal: 3.

1st on 10 - 3

1st of Yorkshire Royal - 2,6,7.

Rung to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the British victory at Trafalgar.

First peal: 1.

25th QP this year: 7-8

First quarter in the method: 6, 8

First in method for all.

100th Quarter Peal in 2005 - 8

Rung during Portsmouth District Quarter Peal month.

Rung for Portsmouth District Quarter Peal month

To welcome Max Smith born 1st November 2005, grandson of Jenny and David

Smith.

£2

First peal on ten: 2.

To celebrate the Diamond Wedding of Jim and Marjorie Arkless, long time residents of Carisbrooke.

1st Cambridge Royal: 5.

50th together: 1,3.

For Sunday Service.

First in Method - 3

Rung for Evensong, and for A+P District Quarter Peal Fortnight.

First quarter in the method: 4, 5

Rung on the 200th anniversary of the news of the victory of the Battle of Trafalgar reaching England.

First on Eight - 1

Rung for Evensong, and for Quarter Peal Fortnight.

Birthday compliment to Stuart Heath, and with best wishes to George Evenden.

First in Method - 2

Rung for Quarter Peal Fortnight.

Celebrating 60 years of peal ringing for Mavis A Whitehead, rung by members & associate members of the Portsmouth Cathedral Society Of Ringers.

100th peal: 9.

50th peal together: 4&8.

Rung half-muffled for Remembrance Sunday Service.

First quarter in the method: 6

First of Treble Bob - 1

Rung for Evensong, and for Quarter Peal Fortnight.

Rung for Quarter Peal Fortnight.

Rung for Quarter Peal Fortnight.

First 10 bell peal on the restored and augmented bells. First blows of Pudsey Surprise Royal - 2,7,8. Sponsored in aid of the Children In Need fund. The band would like to associate this peal with Colin and Joan Vickers. Colin greatly assisted with the restoration and augmentation of the bells and Joan let him.

First Peal in the Method - 4,5,6,7&8.

Associated with the wedding of Rebecca Monger and Mark Dyas, grandson of 7, taking place today.

First in Method - 2

Rung for Evensong, and for Quarter Peal Fortnight.

Rung for Evensong, and with birthday compliments to Joy Martin and David Hughes. Rung for Quarter Peal Fortnight.

First inside to Major - 2

Rung for Evensong, and for Quarter Peal Fortnight.

First peal of major inside: 2.

First peal of Cambridge: 3.

Completes the Standard Eight Surprise Major methods to peals: 8.

To celebate the Ruby Wedding Anniversary of Joyce and Doug Francis.

1st peal at the first attempt: 2 aged 14 years 5 months.

Most S minor methods to a peal 4 and 5.

£BD

500th peal - 2.