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Oxford Diocesan Guild

Clewer, Berkshire

St Andrew

Thursday, 7 February 1952 in 2h 55 (14–2–25 in F)

5040 Doubles

21 extents each of Grandsire and Plain Bob.

1 Monica M Howard

2 Geoffrey W Ashdown

3 David H Pearce

4 Reginald L Sills

5 William Butler (C)

6 James Brooks

Fully muffled in memory of H. M. George VI

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Radley, Berkshire

St James the Great

Friday, 15 February 1952 in 3h 7 (6 in B)

5040 Doubles (3m)

Being 14 six-scores each of St. Simon’s, Plain Bob and Grandsire Doubles.

1 Elizabeth Llewellyn-Jones

2 Hilary J Eason

3 Ruth Paton

4 Marie R Cross (C)

5 Janet Eason

6 John V Pixell

First peal: 1, 2, 5, 6.

First peal of Doubles: 3.

First peal of Doubles as conductor.

First peal of Doubles on the bells.

Rung half-muffled in respectful homage to King George VI.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Islip, Oxfordshire

St Nicholas

Friday, 15 February 1952 in 3h 5 (9–1–12 in G)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

Being 42 six-scores (ten callings).

1 Douglas Maunder

2 George Jones (C)

3 Arthur H Bateman

4 Henry W Haynes

5 Phillip Timms

6 George Johnson

First peal: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6.

First peal as conductor.

First peal by the local band.

Rung half-muffled in respectful homage to King George VI.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

St Peter and St Paul

Friday, 15 February 1952 in 3h 10 (27)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by J J Parker's Twelve-part (6th observation)

1 Frederick T Adams

2 F David Wesley

3 Frederick Vickers

4 Frank Townsend

5 W Charles Gough

6 William Yates

7 George W Holland

8 William H Yates (C)

First peal 1, 2, 5. First in the method 4. First peal on the bells by a local band. Rung fully muffled. * Actual conductor would have been William A Yates on 6th. *

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Windsor, Berkshire

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 16 February 1952 in 3h 19 (17–2–11 in E♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by J J Parker's 12 part

1 E S T Farr (C)

2 K C Curtis

3 F R Scott

4 C A Weatten

5 K Buckingham

6 B L Taylor

7 W Butler

8 A J Painter

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Appleton, Berkshire

St Laurence

Saturday, 16 February 1952 in 3h 2 (14–2–19 in E)

5021 Grandsire Caters

Composed by John Cox

1 Reginald Holmes

2 Edwin Drewitt

3 Margaret L Tutt

4 Richard White

5 Walter F Judge

6 Frank White

7 Henry C White

8 George Holifield (Jun) (C)

9 Francis A White

10 Frederick J Absolom

Rung half muffled in Respectful Homage to his late Majesty King George VI.

First peal on ten bells: 10

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Cowley, Oxfordshire

St James

Thursday, 28 February 1952 in 2h 40 (5–3–3 in C)

5040 Minor (4m)

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

1 Edwin G Moore

2 Walter F Holloway

3 Douglas O Wilks

4 Charles Coles

5 Edgar J Smith

6 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal of Minor: 2.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Ebbe

Monday, 21 April 1952 in 2h 50 (4–3–19 in B♭)

5088 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by G Lindoff

1 David Woodley

2 William H B Wilkins

3 Charles Coles

4 Francis S Beaumont

5 George F Burton

6 Edmund E Pearson

7 Peter Anger

8 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal in the method: 1, 3, 6, 7.

Rung for the 26th birthday of H. M. Queen Elizabeth II.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire

St Lawrence

Saturday, 3 May 1952 in 2h 55 (12–0–0 in A♭)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Being seven different extents.

1 John W Bolter

2 Bridget Vass

3 Thomas C Tilley

4 William Pearson

5 Laurie Hall

6 Stanley G Day (C)

First peal: 1 & 4

First inside: 2

Rung for the introduction of the new vicar, the Rev. C A Wilson

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Warfield, Berkshire

St Michael Archangel

Saturday, 10 May 1952 in 2h 55 (13–2–27 in F)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thomas Thurstan

1 Mrs B C Castle

2 Stanley G Day

3 Laurie Hall

4 William J Brooks

5 Walter Hunt

6 Charles W Mortimer

7 Bernard C Castle (C)

8 Ernest Allum

First of Stedman away from cover: 2

First of Stedman: 3

Oxford Diocesan Guild

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

All Saints

Saturday, 24 May 1952 in 3h 34 (30–3–11 in C)

5019 Stedman Caters

Composed by F Hayes

1 Fred Hayes (C)

2 Ralph Coles

3 William Butler

4 Sylvia Wilkinson

5 William Welling

6 Gilbert G Goodship

7 Arthur Clutton

8 William Birmingham

9 Edward R Coles

10 Reginald Hunt

125th peal: 8. Empire Day peal.

Ringing World page reference: 2149.0354

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Appleton, Berkshire

St Laurence

Wednesday, 18 June 1952 in 2h 58 (14–2–19 in E)

5039 Grandsire Caters

Composed by George Holifield (sen)

1 William White

2 Edwin Drewitt

3 George Bishop

4 Richard White

5 Alfred H Webb

6 Frank White

7 Henry C White

8 George Holifield (Jun) (C)

9 Francis A White

10 Fred White

Rung for the 70th birthday of the Tenor man, also the 59th birthday of W Holifield

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Clewer, Berkshire

St Andrew

Friday, 8 August 1952 in 2h 53 (14–2–25 in F)

5040 Doubles

21 extents each of Grandsire and Plain Bob

1 David H Pearce

2 Monica M Howard

3 Gordon C Herd

4 William Butler (C)

5 James Brooks

6 Royston P Purchase

First peal inside : 2. Circled tower : 1.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Appleton, Berkshire

St Laurence

Thursday, 14 August 1952 in 2h 46 (14–2–19 in E)

5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal

Composed by C K Lewis

1 John E Bibby

2 Dennis Maddock

3 C Kenneth Lewis

4 Basil Jones

5 Rodney B Meadows

6 W Eric Critchley (C)

7 George E Fearn

8 Walter Allman

9 John Worth

10 Edward Jenkins

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Yarnton, Oxfordshire

St Bartholomew

Monday, 25 August 1952 in 3h 21 (22–1–19 in D)

5040 Minor (8m)

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

1 Cyril H Kinch

2 George F Burton

3 Peter Anger

4 Harry P Floyd

5 Edgar J Smith

6 Alan R Pink (C)

Rung for the Patronal Festival and as a thankoffering for the 29 years of faithful ministry in this parish of Rev. E. J. N. Aston, he having just resigned the living.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Twyford, Buckinghamshire

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Friday, 10 October 1952 in 2h 46 (12 in G)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Being seven different extents.

1 Victor G Phillips

2 Doreen M Spokes

3 Charles Gough

4 Frederick Vickers

5 George E Green

6 William A Yates (C)

First peal of Minor 1, 3. First peal 2. First peal on the bells.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Cowley, Oxfordshire

St James

Friday, 10 October 1952 in 2h 41 (5–3–3 in C)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Being seven extents.

1 Cecil M Bennett

2 Laurence H W Busby

3 Walter F Holloway

4 Walter Fern

5 A James Adams

6 Thomas S Bowles (C)

First peal: 1.

First peal of Minor inside: 2, 4, 5.

First peal as conductor.

Rung as a 75th birthday compliment to Lord Nuffield.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

St Peter and St Paul

Saturday, 11 October 1952 in 3h 10 (27)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Johnson's Variation

1 Frederick Vickers

2 Margaret L Tutt

3 Frances A Edgar

4 Walter F Judge

5 William Yates

6 J Richard Chaundy

7 Fredk A H Wilkins

8 George W Holland (C)

First of Cambridge Surprise Major as conductor.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Appleton, Berkshire

St Laurence

Saturday, 18 October 1952 in 2h 55 (14–2–19 in E)

5039 Grandsire Caters

Composed by George Holifield (sen)

1 John N Diserens

2 Edwin Drewitt

3 Frank White

4 Noel J Diserens

5 Ronald J Diserens

6 Stanley G Day

7 Henry C White

8 George Holifield (Jun) (C)

9 Richard White

10 Francis A White

First peal: 1

First of Grandsire Caters: 5

First peal on ten bells: 6

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Ebbe

Monday, 20 October 1952 in 2h 45 (4–3–19 in B♭)

5056 Biddenden Surprise Major

Composed by A J Pitman

1 William H B Wilkins

2 Frances A Edgar

3 Marie R Cross

4 Edmund E Pearson

5 Edgar J Smith

6 R Gordon Cross

7 Charles Coles

8 Alan R Pink (C)

The first peal in the method for the Guild, on the bells and by all the band.

Rung for the Feast of St. Frideswide (Patron Saint of Oxford).

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Burnham, Buckinghamshire

St Peter

Tuesday, 28 October 1952 in 3h (12–3–13 in F♯)

5008 Plain Bob Major

Composed by F Nolan Golden

1 George Gilbert

2 F Nolan Golden (C)

3 Freda D Murkitt

4 William Welling

5 William Birmingham

6 Ernest E Gosling

7 John M Ellwood

8 Bert Gogle

100th peal together - 2, 8.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Hanslope, Buckinghamshire

St James the Great

Saturday, 29 November 1952 in 3h 3 (22)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by J R Pritchard

1 Albert L Cadwell

2 Frederick C Case

3 Arthur R Armstrong

4 William Yates

5 Frederick Vickers

6 Victor S Adams

7 Reginald H Howson

8 George W Holland (C)

First peal of Major 1.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Islip, Oxfordshire

St Nicholas

Saturday, 6 December 1952 in 2h 49 (9–1–12 in G)

5040 Minor (15m)

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

1 Cyril H Kinch

2 Douglas O Wilks

3 Charles Coles

4 Harry P Floyd

5 Edgar J Smith

6 Alan R Pink (C)

Rung on the Feast of St Nicholas.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire

St Mary and St Giles

Saturday, 13 December 1952 in 3h 5 (12½)

5024 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by T B Worsley

1 Edwin R Lambert

2 K Mary Cowley

3 William H Chester

4 William A Yates

5 Herbert C Edwards

6 Reginald H Howson

7 George W Holland

8 George E Green (C)

First peal of Cambridge Major 'inside' 2. First peal of Cambridge Major 6. First peal of Cambridge Major on the bells.

Oxford Diocesan Guild

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Thomas the Martyr

Monday, 22 December 1952 in 2h 52 (10)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

1 Linda R Binnington

2 Amy Rodwell

3 Norman Chamberlain

4 Douglas O Wilks

5 Harry P Floyd

6 Alan R Pink (C)

First peal: 1, 2.

First inside: 3.

For the Feast of St Thomas.

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