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Worcestershire & Districts Association

Stoulton, Worcestershire

St Edmund King and Martyr

Saturday, 1 January 1949 in 2h 40 (7–0–5 in B)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

40 six-scores and 1 240.

1 Arthur F Jopp

2 Harold Willett

3 Francis J Cubberley

4 Ernest F Cubberley

5 Charles J Camm (C)

6 F Albert Rea

First peal - 1.

Ringing World page reference: 1974.0054

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Salford Priors, Warwickshire

St Matthew

Saturday, 1 January 1949 in 3h 12 (15–0–14 in F♯)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by J J Parker

1 Fred C Lyne

2 Fred G Kinchin

3 Vivian B Hunt

4 Kenneth Wheeler

5 Arthur Shorey

6 Charles N Edwin

7 C Arthur Manning (C)

8 Leonard Kinchin

First peal of Grandsire Triples - 1,6. First peal on 8 bells - 4,5.

Ringing World page reference: 1973.0039

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Eckington, Worcestershire

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 15 January 1949 in 3h 10 (14–0–26 in E)

5040 Minor (4m)

1 Patrick Harris

2 John Thomas (C)

3 E Trevor Newbury

4 James Attwood

5 Francis Miles

6 Oliver Attwood

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Powick, Worcestershire

St Peter

Thursday, 3 March 1949 in 3h 14 (23½ in E♭)

5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor

Being two 2160s and one 720.

1 Allen Morgan

2 George E Large (C)

3 William H A Compton

4 George Ambler

5 Denis Morris

6 Thomas W Lewis

First peal of Surprise Minor - 3.

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

St Mary and All Saints

Saturday, 11 June 1949 in 3h 25 (24–2–22 in D)

5019 Stedman Cinques

Composed by John Carter

1 Peter Baker

2 G William Critchley

3 Arthur D Cook

4 Terry R Hampton

5 Clifford Skidmore

6 Wilfred Williams (C)

7 Edwin T Newbury

8 Henry H Fearn

9 John Pinfold

10 Arthur Prithard

11 George E Fearn

12 Thomas Hemming

First 12 bell peal, 1 & 7.

Ref RW1949 p302

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Stourbridge, West Midlands

St Thomas

Saturday, 2 July 1949 in 2h 58 (18–2–8 in E)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by A P Heywood

1 Antony W T Cleaver

2 George E Large

3 Terry R Hampton

4 Howard Howell

5 George E Fearn

6 Arthur V Pearson

7 Charles T Richards

8 Arthur Pritchard (C)

First 8 bell peal, 1.

Ref RW1949 p339

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Salford Priors, Warwickshire

St Matthew

Saturday, 10 December 1949 in 3h 10 (15–0–14 in F♯)

5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by HW Wilde

1 Mrs J Thomas

2 Robert G Freeman

3 John Thomas (C)

4 Frederick G Nurden

5 Edwin T Newbury

6 Ernest F Cubberley

7 Patrick Harris

8 Charles Camm

First peal of Double Norwich - 2,4,5,6,8.

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0003

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Hanley Castle, Worcestershire

St Mary

Thursday, 15 December 1949 in 2h 58 (14–0–0 in F)

5040 Minor (7m)

Cambridge S, Double Oxford, St Clements, Oxford Bob, Kent & Oxford TB, Plain Bob

1 R George Morris

2 George E Large (C)

3 Claudia A Harding

4 William H A Compton

5 Reginald Woodyatt

6 Thomas W Lewis

First seven-method peal inside - 3.

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0006

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Wychbold, Worcestershire

St Mary de Wyche

Saturday, 17 December 1949 in 2h 45 (10 in G♯)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

42 extents - 10 different callings.

1 Francis J Cubberley

2 John Moule

3 Harold Willett

4 Arthur Jopp

5 Ernest F Cubberley (C)

6 Charles J Camm

First peal - 2.

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0006

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Lye, The, West Midlands

Christ Church

Tuesday, 20 December 1949 in 2h 20 (3–0–27 in E♭)

5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor

2 x 2160, 1 x 720.

1 Thomas Hemmng

2 Clifford Skidmore

3 Derek Wooldridge

4 Joseph Warr

5 Ernest Turner

6 Geoffrey Westwood (C)

First peal of Surprise - 3.4.5.6.

Ringing World page reference: 2022.0013

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Suckley, Worcestershire

St John the Baptist

Monday, 26 December 1949 in 3h 9 (11–3–20 in F♯)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

7 different extents

1 William Ranford

2 Rowland Price

3 William Hinksman

4 Arthur F Wall

5 Frederick Merrick

6 Thomas Cooper (C)

First peal of Minor - 2,3,4.

Ringing World page reference: 2024.0038

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Ripple, Worcestershire

St Mary

Tuesday, 27 December 1949 in 3h (12–0–0 in F♯)

5040 Doubles (3m)

10 six-scores and 6 240's of Grandsire, 8 six-scores of Plain Bob and 12 six-scores of April Day.

1 David Beacham

2 Charles Haylings

3 Kenneth Spiers

4 Mrs J Roberts

5 Jack Roberts (C)

6 Pter Bennett

First peal as conductor.

Ringing World page reference: 2025.0053

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Grimley, Worcestershire

St Bartholomew

Tuesday, 27 December 1949 in 3h (12–0–14 in F♯)

5040 Minor (7m)

London, Cambridge S, Double Oxford, St Clements, Oxford, Oxford B and Kent TB

1 Albert E Humphries

2 R George Morris

3 Allen Morgan

4 George E Large (C)

5 Cyril Tansell

6 Reginald Woodyatt

First 7-method peal inside - 2.

Ringing World page reference: 2024.0038

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Great Hampton, Worcestershire

St Andrew

Tuesday, 27 December 1949 in 2h 57 (12–2–4 in F♯)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Heywood's Transposition of Thurstan's

1 Frederick Kinchin

2 Fred C Lyne

3 Geoffrey J Hemming

4 Vivian B Hunt

5 Reginald C Chapman

6 Charles J Camm

7 C Arthur Manning (C)

8 Frances Powell

First peal in the method - 1. First peal - 8.

Ringing World page reference: 2023.0021

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Brierley Hill, West Midlands

St Michael

Tuesday, 27 December 1949 in 3h 1 (14–1–13 in F)

5056 Double Oxford Bob Major

Composed by Sir A P Haywood

1 John Paget

2 John Bass

3 Clifford Skidmore (C)

4 Thomas Hemming

5 Sydney G Thompson

6 Harold V Cooper

7 Ernest Turner

8 John I Loyd

First peal in the method - 1,5,7,8. First in method as conductor. To commemorate the record peal in the method, 10176 changes, rung at this church on Dec 27th, 1909, in which John Bass also took part. Annual peal for the Association.

Ringing World page reference: 2024.0034

Worcestershire & Districts Association

Belbroughton, Worcestershire

Holy Trinity

Tuesday, 27 December 1949 in 3h 5 (9–3–24 in G)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

7 different extents.

1 Edith Stride

2 William Davis

3 John Hilden

4 Thomas Guilt

5 Ernest Calcutt (C)

6 Ralph Parton

First peal - 1,3,4. First peal on inside bell - 2. First peal of Bob Minor by local band. Farewell peal to ringer of 4.

Ringing World page reference: 2024.0038

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