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Worcestershire & Districts Association

Claines, Worcestershire

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 7 January 1928 in 3h 6 (13–3–26 in F♯)

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by T B Worsley

1 *Frank Lawrence

2 William Niblett

3 Robert G Knowles

4 Sidney T Holt

5 *Cyril Tansell

6 William Ranford

7 John J Jefferies

8 Charles Camm (C)

* First peal in the method . First peal in the method on the bells .

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Tipton, Staffordshire

St Martin

Saturday, 14 January 1928 in 2h 46 (12 cwt)

5040 Stedman Triples

Haley's Variation

1 Benjamin Gough

2 James George

3 Alfred Rowley

4 Thomas Hemming *

5 Charles E Perkins

6 Abraham Greenfield (C)

7 Cyril Winwood

8 Clifford Skidmore

* First peal in the method . Mr.Jas.George has now completed the circuit in the above tower .

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 28 January 1928 in 3h 18 (17–1–17 in E)

5003 Grandsire Caters

Composed by W Kent

1 William Short

2 Samuel Grove

3 Robert Matthews (C)

4 Harry Price

5 Clifford Skidmore

6 Thomas Hemming

7 Charles E Perkins

8 Hector G Bird

9 Alfred Hackett

10 William Brown

First peal on the bells since they were rehung by Mears & Stainbank.

1st peal on 10: 5,6,10.

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Wordsley, West Midlands

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 18 February 1928 in 2h 48 (12–2–23 in F♯)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

1 Sidney G Thompson

2 Harold V Cooper (C)

3 William Gibbs

4 John Bass

5 William A Beddard

6 Henry Cooper

Rung as a birthday compliment to the ringer of the fifth for his 21st birthday.

First peal - 1

First peal of doubles - 2 & 5

First peal as conductor

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 14 July 1928 in 3h 23 (17–1–17 in E)

5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal

Composed by York Green

1 William Short

2 Thomas Hemming

3 Harry Price

4 Gordon W Checketts

5 Samuel Grove

6 William H Cooper

7 Robert Matthews (C)

8 Hector G Bird

9 Clifford Skidmore

10 Alfred Hackett

1st peal of TB Royal: 2,6,8,9,10.

Rung as a birthday compliment to Mrs H. Price, who entertained the band to a meat tea after the peal.

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 11 August 1928 in 3h 5 (17–1–17 in E)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by J J Parker 12 Part (Groves' Transposition)

1 George Perry

2 Frederick J Whitworth

3 Miss Amy R Johnson

4 Harry Middleton

5 John Bass

6 Frederick J Johnson

7 Harold F Martin (C)

8 Robert Lewis

1st Peal: 1,7.

Rung as a 21st birthday compliment to Miss Amy Johnson, after meeting short for Grandsire Caters

Ringing World page reference: 908.0516

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 6 October 1928 in 3h 23 (17–1–17 in E)

5120 Kent Treble Bob Royal

Composed by Arthur Knights

1 William Short

2 Joseph D Johnson (C)

3 Sidney T Holt

4 John Hall

5 James Hemming

6 Robert G Knowles

7 William Ranford

8 Alfred Hackett

9 Clifford Skidmore

10 Charles Camm

Rung as the annual peal for the Association, and on the eve of Bromsgrove harvest festival. It was originally intended to make this an Officers' peal, but owing to the indisposition of the general Secretary, Mr C Camm kindly made up the band at a few hours notice. The remainder are office holders.

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Wordsley, West Midlands

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 13 October 1928 in 2h 42 (12–2–23 in F♯)

5040 Stedman Doubles

1 Charles Richards

2 William H Cooper

3 John Bass

4 Harold V Cooper (C)

5 William A Beddard

6 Henry Cooper

First peal - 1

First Stedman as conductor

First peal in the method on the bells

J Bass has now rung Stedman on all numbers from Doubles to Cinques

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Old Hill, West Midlands

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 10 November 1928 in 3h 20 (23–1–0 in F)

5024 London Surprise Major

Composed by F Bennett

1 William Short

2 Hector G Bird

3 John Bass

4 William Brown

5 Thomas Hemming

6 Clifford Skidmore

7 Alfred Hackett

8 Robert Matthews (C)

Rung with the bells half-muffled, in memory of the fallen, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Armistice.

First peal in a surprise method - 4

First peal on London Surprise on the bells.

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 15 December 1928 in 3h 12 (17–1–17 in E)

5017 Stedman Caters

Composed by G Lindoff

1 William Short (C)

2 Clifford Skidmore

3 Charles Webb

4 Thomas Hemming

5 Robert Matthews

6 Harry Price

7 Hector G Bird

8 Walter Farley

9 Alfred Hackett

10 William Brown

1st Stedman Caters: 4

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Worcester, Worcestershire

Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary

Wednesday, 26 December 1928 in 3h 54 (48–0–2 in B)

5007 Stedman Cinques

Composed by John Carter

1 William Short

2 Joseph D Johnson (C)

3 Sidney T Holt

4 Albert Walker

5 John Bass

6 James E Groves

7 James Hemming

8 Clifford Skidmore

9 Henry Middleton

10 Samuel Grove

11 Robert Mathews

12 Charles J Camm

The first peal on the new bells, cast this year.

First peal in the method - 2,3,7,8,12

First peal of Stedman as conductor

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