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Oxford Diocesan Guild

Nettlebed, Oxfordshire

St Bartholomew

Saturday, 7 January 1950 in 3h (5–3–17 in B)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

42 six-scores

1 Robert J Grove

2 Edgar C Belson

3 Robert F Hope

4 Ronald A Cummings

5 Percy J Dyke (C)

6 A John Pinchin

First peal - 1,3,4. First peal of Grandsire Doubles - 5. First peal as conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 2026.0070

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Hughenden, Buckinghamshire

St Michael and All Angels

Saturday, 7 January 1950 in 2h 53 (14–3–19 in F)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Sir A P Heywood

1 Roland Biggs (C)

2 Anthony E Cox

3 John D Kape

4 Arthur Newton

5 Percy Newton

6 David Cox

7 Walter Lee

8 A Reginald Blaby

Ringing World page reference: 2026.0068

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Buckland, Oxfordshire

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 7 January 1950 in 3h 15 (14–2–7 in E)

5088 London Surprise Major

Composed by J W Washbrook

1 Edwin G Moore

2 Marie R Cross

3 Wilfred F Moreton

4 Audrey B Diserens

5 Noel J Diserens

6 Philip M J Gray

7 Frederick A H Wilkins

8 Walter F Judge (C)

First peal in the method - 4,5.

Ringing World page reference: 2026.0067

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Bicester, Oxfordshire

St Edburg

Saturday, 7 January 1950 in 3h 15 (15–0–7 in F)

5184 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by J S Wilde

1 Herbert H Alexander

2 Cyril H Kinch

3 Ernest E Pearson

4 George F Burton

5 Kilby R Holtom

6 Eric Nobles

7 Edgar J Smith

8 A Patrick Cannon (C)

First peal of Treble Bob - 2,7.

Ringing World page reference: 2026.0067

Oxford Diocesan Guild

East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire

St Andrew

Saturday, 14 January 1950 in 3h 10 (21½ in E♭)

5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by J W Washbrook's 6-part

1 Henry L Bishop

2 Margaret L Tutt

3 Noel J Diserens

4 James Gordon

5 Robert B Blond

6 Frederick A H Wilkins

7 Bertram L J Brown

8 Walter F Judge (C)

First peal in the method - 1,4,5,7.

Ringing World page reference: 2027.0083

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Beddington, Greater London

St Mary

Saturday, 14 January 1950 in 3h 16 (18–2–12 in E♭)

5067 Stedman Caters

Composed by J Carter

1 Horace Belcher

2 Joyce A England

3 Jill Brittain

4 John Phillips

5 Herbert Langdon (C)

6 Cyril J Hibbert

7 David E Parsons

8 John Chilcott

9 William Hibbert

10 William H Rampton

A birthday compliment to Joyce A England.

Ringing World page reference: 2026.0066

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire

St Michael

Saturday, 21 January 1950 in 3h 3 (11 in F)

5040 Minor (7m)

1 extent each of Cambridge Surprise, Oxford TB, Kent TB, St Clement's, Double Bob, Rev Canterbury Pleasure and Plain Bob.

1 Thomas W Bond

2 M Angela Carter

3 Audrey J West

4 Douglas O Wilks

5 Harry P Floyd

6 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal in 7 Minor methods - 2,3. First 7 method peal on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 2027.0086

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Twyford, Buckinghamshire

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saturday, 28 January 1950 in 3h 2 (12 in G)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by J J Parker's 12-part

1 Allen D Rivers

2 Mary R Jaycock

3 Audrey A Ewins

4 Freda G Murkett

5 Edward Armstrong

6 William F Butler (C)

7 George Gilbert

8 William Birmigham

First peal of Triples - 1. First peal of Triples as conductor. A valedictory peal for Mis A A Ewins of Slough, who is leaving the district to join the staff of Queen Mary's Children's Hospital, Carshalton.

Ringing World page reference: 2028.0100

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Shrivenham, Oxfordshire

St Andrew

Saturday, 28 January 1950 in 3h 2 (13–0–2 in F)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by F A Holden

1 Charles A Gardener

2 Margaret E Richard

3 Brian Bladon

4 Enid Lloyd-Roberts

5 William A T Carter

6 William W T Daniell

7 Peter Anger

8 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal of Double Norwich away from the Treble - 3. First peal on the augmented 8.

Ringing World page reference: 2028.0100

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Peasemore, Berkshire

St Barnabas

Saturday, 28 January 1950 in 2h 55 (8–0–11 in A)

5040 Minor (3m)

2 extents each of Kent TB, Plain Bob and Oxford TB, and 1 of Plain Bob.

1 Mark Rosier

2 Gilbert F Townsend

3 Cyril J Hibbert

4 Frank S Tuffley

5 Geoffrey K Dodd

6 Reginald W Rex (C)

Ringing World page reference: 2028.0102

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Cowley, Oxfordshire

St James

Thursday, 2 February 1950 in 2h 37 (5–3–3 in C)

5040 Minor (7m)

Being an extent each of Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Single Oxford Bob, St. Clement’s Bob, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure and Plain Bob

1 Edwin G Moore

2 Nora K Nichols

3 Douglas O Wilks

4 Charles Coles

5 William C Porter

6 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal of Minor on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 2028.0102

Oxford Diocesan Guild

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

All Saints

Saturday, 11 February 1950 in 3h 38 (30–3–11 in C)

5002 Stedman Cinques

Composed by F Dench

1 Fred Hayes (C)

2 John D Kape

3 Roland Biggs

4 William Welling

5 Doreen Coker

6 Sylvia Coker

7 Ralph Coles

8 Anthony E Cox

9 Ronald C Noon

10 Geoffrey E Watson

11 Frank Corke

12 Gilbert R Goodship

First on twelve: 2, 8, 9 and 10. First in the method away from the tenor: 10.

Ringing World page reference: 2029.0114

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 18 February 1950 in 3h 19 (27)

5184 Lindum Surprise Major

Composed by A J Pitman

1 Herbert H Alexander

2 Margaret L Tutt

3 Edwin G Moore

4 Paul K Williamson

5 Walter F Judge

6 William C Porter

7 Fredk A H Wilkins

8 Alan R Pink (C)

A peal in this method is now rung for the first time.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Ebbe

Friday, 3 March 1950 in 2h 48 (4–3–19 in B♭)

5184 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by C W Roberts

1 William H B Wilkins

2 Margaret L Tutt

3 Ruth M K How

4 James Bennett

5 Philip M J Gray

6 Rodney B Meadows

7 Robert B Blond

8 Walter F Judge (C)

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Appleton, Berkshire

St Laurence

Saturday, 4 March 1950 in 2h 55 (14–2–19 in E)

5039 Grandsire Caters

Composed by George Holifield (sen)

1 Cuthbert G White

2 Edwin Drewitt

3 Anthony G Holifield

4 Frank White

5 James Bennett

6 Francis A White

7 Frederick C White

8 George Holifield (Jun) (C)

9 Richard White

10 Fred White

111th peal on this bell: 10

Rung on the 132nd anniversary of the opening of the bells

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Islip, Oxfordshire

St Nicholas

Monday, 6 March 1950 in 2h 50 (9–1–12 in G)

5040 Minor (4m)

Being one extent of Cambridge Surprise and two extents each of Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob and Plain Bob.

1 Harry P Floyd

2 M Angela Carter

3 Douglas O Wilks

4 Charles Coles

5 Edgar J Smith

6 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal of Minor: 5.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Hurst, Berkshire

St Nicholas

Saturday, 18 March 1950 in 3h 5 (14–1–16 in F)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Parker's Twelve-part

1 Laurie Hall

2 Violet N Castle

3 Walter Hunt

4 John A Harland

5 Charles W Mortimer

6 Stanley G Day

7 Bernard C Castle (C)

8 Ernest Allum

First peal: 1 & 4

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Chinnor, Oxfordshire

St Andrew

Saturday, 25 March 1950 (10–0–20 in G)

1260 Grandsire Doubles

1 Miss D Jones

2 H Badger

3 Mrs L Arnott

4 R Arnott

5 H C Jones (C)

6 V Holloway

3 and 4: First Quarter peal

Oxford Diocesan Guild

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

All Saints

Monday, 10 April 1950 in 3h 35 (30–3–11 in C)

5002 Stedman Cinques

Composed by F Dench

1 Fred Hayes (C)

2 Ralph Coles

3 Anthony E Cox

4 David J Cox

5 Roland Biggs

6 William Henley

7 William Birmingham

8 William Butler

9 Walter Avery

10 Cecil A Smith

11 Walter Lee

12 Leonard Stilwell

First on twelve: 4, 8 and 9. First on twelve inside: 11.

Ringing World page reference: 2037.0242

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Iffley, Oxfordshire

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 15 April 1950 in 2h 47 (10 in A♭)

5040 Doubles (3m/4v)

Being 720 each of Reverse Canterbury, Clifford Pleasure, Southrepps, St Cullum, Plain Bob, Old Doubles and Grandsire

1 Laurence H W Busby

2 Thomas S Bowles

3 A James Adams (C)

4 David Woodley

5 Walter Fern

6 Graham H Webb

First peal: 2.

First peal as conductor.

Believed to be the first peal on the bells and by a local band. A birthday compliment to Mrs. Webb, mother of the ringer of the tenor. Also a wedding compliment to Miss B. M. Harrison and Mr. K. T. Stocker.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Hook Norton, Oxfordshire

St Peter

Saturday, 29 April 1950 in 3h 13 (20–2–13 in E)

5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major

E W Tipler (no 5)

1 William Judge

2 Edwin G Moore

3 Margaret L Tutt

4 Walter F Judge

5 Bernard S Nichols

6 William C Porter

7 Frederick A H Wilkins

8 Alan R Pink (C)

The first peal on the recast bells.

First peal in the method away from the treble - 2 & 5

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Ebbe

Friday, 19 May 1950 in 2h 49 (4–3–19 in B♭)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by C Charge

1 Thomas W Bond

2 William H B Wilkins

3 Alan R Pink (C)

4 M Angela Carter

5 Bernard S Nichols

6 Edwin G Moore

7 Charles Coles

8 Edgar J Smith

First peal of Major: 4.

The conductor's 200th peal for the Guild (141 conducted).

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Appleton, Berkshire

St Laurence

Thursday, 15 June 1950 in 2h 56 (14–2–19 in E)

5043 Stedman Caters

Composed by G Lindoff

1 Margaret L Tutt (C)

2 Walter F Judge

3 Frank White

4 Edwin G Moore

5 Frank P Wright

6 Frederick C White

7 Henry C White

8 Francis A White

9 Richard White

10 Fred White

First peal in the method: 3 & 5

500th peal: 2

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Ebbe

Friday, 16 June 1950 in 2h 47 (4–3–19 in B♭)

5088 Oxford Treble Bob Major

Composed by J Thorp

1 Edwin G Moore

2 William H B Wilkins

3 Kathleen Higgins

4 M Angela Carter

5 Malcolm S Cloke

6 Charles Coles

7 Edgar J Smith

8 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal in the method: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7.

First peal of Major in the method: 8.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Thame, Oxfordshire

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 17 June 1950 in 3h (11–1–11 in F)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Parker's twelve part

1 Robert Arnott

2 Doreen Coker (C)

3 Anthony E Cox

4 Sylvia Coker

5 Harry W Badger

6 Harry C Jones

7 Cyril H Kinch

8 Victor Holloway

1: First peal away from Tenor

8: First peal for 32 years

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Ebbe

Friday, 7 July 1950 in 2h 30 (4–3–19 in B♭)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Washbrook's Variation of Brook's

1 Charles Coles

2 William C Porter

3 Edwin G Moore

4 William Judge

5 Reginald Woodyatt

6 James L Garner-Hayward

7 Bernard S Nichols (C)

8 William H B Wilkins

200th peal: 5.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

All Saints

Wednesday, 26 July 1950 in 3h 36 (30–3–11 in C)

5019 Stedman Caters

Composed by F Hayes

1 Fred Hayes (C)

2 Jean M Broomfield

3 Doreen Coker

4 Sylvia Coker

5 Anthony E Cox

6 Ralph Coles

7 William F Butler

8 William Birmingham

9 Gilbert R Goodship

10 Frank H Hicks

First of Stedman Caters: 2 and 7.

To celebrate the 56th Anniversary of Mr R Coles' appointment as Parish Clerk of All Saints and a birthday compliment to Mrs G R Goodship, wife of the ringer of the 9th.

Ringing World page reference: 2052.0482

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Appleton, Berkshire

St Laurence

Saturday, 29 July 1950 in 2h 58 (14–2–19 in E)

5039 Grandsire Caters

Composed by George Holifield (sen)

1 Reginald Holmes

2 Richard White

3 Anthony G Holifield

4 Frank White

5 Frederick Messenger

6 Francis A White

7 Henry C White

8 George Holifield (Jun) (C)

9 Frederick C White

10 Edwin Drewitt

Rung for the conductor's 60th birthday on the 27th of July.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

New College

Saturday, 19 August 1950 in 3h 22 (20 in D)

5043 Stedman Caters

Composed by G Lindoff

1 Margaret L Tutt (C)

2 William Judge

3 Edwin G Moore

4 Walter F Judge

5 Edmund E Pearson

6 William C Porter

7 Frederick A H Wilkins

8 Francis A White

9 Richard White

10 Wilfred Williams

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Thame, Oxfordshire

St Mary the Virgin

Tuesday, 5 September 1950 (11–1–11 in F)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 R Arnott

2 H Lloyd

3 A R Pink (C)

4 Miss A Rodwell

5 H Badger

6 E J Smith

7 V Holloway

8 J Enton

For the wedding of Miss Beryl Harris, daughter of Mr R F Harris, a former member of the tower

4 and 8: First Quarter

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Hook Norton, Oxfordshire

St Peter

Thursday, 14 September 1950 in 3h 7 (20–2–13 in E)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Parker's twelve part

1 Raymond Taplin

2 Jack Keyte

3 William Cross

4 Michael H Sinden

5 Cyril H Kinch

6 Edgar Smith

7 Reginald H Jarvis (C)

8 Ivor Harris

First peal in the method on the new ring of bells.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Ebbe

Friday, 29 September 1950 in 2h 46 (4–3–19 in B♭)

5120 Spliced Surprise Major (4m)

Comprising 2,240 London, 1,728 Bristol and 576 each of Cambridge and Superlative with 116 changes of method.

Composed by A J Pitman

1 Philip Walker

2 Victor J F Bennett

3 William C Porter

4 Margaret L Tutt

5 Michael P Moreton

6 Wilfrid F Moreton

7 Frederick A H Wilkins

8 Walter F Judge (C)

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Appleton, Berkshire

St Laurence

Saturday, 30 September 1950 in 2h 54 (14–2–19 in E)

5021 Grandsire Caters

Composed by Henry W Haley

1 Richard White

2 Edmund A Pearson

3 Frank White

4 Edgar J Smith

5 Frederick Messenger

6 Frederick Sharpe

7 Henry C White

8 Frederick C White (C)

9 Francis A White

10 Fred White

First of Grandsire Caters: 2

First peal on ten bells: 4

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Sunningwell, Berkshire

St Leonard

Monday, 6 November 1950 in 2h 50 (9)

5040 Minor (8m)

Comprising an extent each of (1) Oxford and Kent Treble Bob, (2) Cambridge Surprise, (3) Single Oxford, (4) Double Bob, (5) St. Clement’s, (6) Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, (7) Plain Bob.

1 Edwin G Moore

2 M Angela Carter

3 Kathleen Higgins

4 Douglas O Wilks

5 Harry P Floyd

6 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal in eight Minor methods: 2

Arranged and rung on the Feast of St. Leonard.

A 70th birthday compliment to Jonathan Honey.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Padbury, Buckinghamshire

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 11 November 1950 in 2h 49 (10½ in A♭)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Being seven different extents

1 William H Yates

2 K Mary Cowley

3 Frederick C Case

4 Frederick Vickers

5 George W Holland

6 William A Yates (C)

First peal of Minor 1, 2. In memoriam Ernest C Lambert, who conducted the last peal on these bells 21 years ago.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Old Marston, Oxfordshire

St Nicholas, Marston

Wednesday, 6 December 1950 in 2h 47 (6)

5040 Doubles (7m/14v)

Being two extents each of St. Simon’s, St. Martin's, Eynsham, St. Leonard’s, Cassington, St. Peter’s, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, St. Columb, Clifford Pleasure, Southrepps Pleasure, Plain Bob, Old, Kennington, Norfolk, April Day, Grandsire, St. Blaise, Fortune, Reverse St. Bartholomew, Northrepps Pleasure and Antelope.

1 Alec Gammon

2 Douglas O Wilks

3 Lottie R Pimm

4 Harry P Floyd

5 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal of Doubles: 1.

First peal in 21 methods: 3.

Rung on the Feast of St Nicholas.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Islip, Oxfordshire

St Nicholas

Thursday, 7 December 1950 in 2h 52 (9–1–12 in G)

5040 Minor (9m)

(1) Fulbeck Bob, (2) Plain and Double Bob. (3) Kent and Oxford Treble Bob, (4) Cambridge Surprise, (5) St. Clement’s Bob, (6) Single Oxford Bob, (7) Reverse Canterbury Pleasure.

1 A James Adams

2 Douglas O Wilks

3 Charles Coles

4 Harry P Floyd

5 Edgar J Smith

6 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal of Minor: 1.

First peal of Minor in nine methods: 4, 5.

First peal in nine methods on the bells.

Rung within the octave of the Feast of St. Nicholas.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Ebbe

Friday, 8 December 1950 in 2h 37 (4–3–19 in B♭)

5024 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by A J Pitman

1 Charles Coles

2 Margaret L Tutt

3 Edwin G Moore

4 Walter F Judge

5 William C Porter

6 Philip M J Gray

7 Edgar J Smith

8 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal 'inside' in the method: 3.

First peal of Surprise Major: 7.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Tyringham, Buckinghamshire

St Peter

Saturday, 9 December 1950 in 2h 53 (10½)

5040 Doubles (3m)

Being fourteen extents each of Reverse Canterbury, Plain Bob and Grandsire.

1 Fred Orchard

2 Edith Sharp

3 Cecil Sharp (C)

4 Arthur R Armstrong

5 Victor Adams

First peal 1. First peal 'inside' 2. First peal of Doubles 3, 4. Rung as a birthday compliment to Mr. J. Sturges, who recently retired after being churchwarden at this church.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire

St Edmund

Saturday, 30 December 1950 in 2h 42 (10–3–20 in G)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

Being 42 six-scores, ten callings

1 Herbert Jones

2 Harry Stopps

3 George W Holland

4 Ellis Nicholls

5 William Yates (C)

6 William H Yates

Rung as an 80th birthday compliment to the ringer of the treble. First peal on the bells since they were recast in October, 1950.

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