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450th peal: 6

First peal: 8

First peal in the method: 1, 4, 6, 7 & 8

Northern Branch Quarterly Peal

First peal in the principle: 1, 3, 4, 6 & 8

A 70th birthday compliment (12 January) to G Frank Spiers, Ringing Master at this tower

First in method for all.

First Doubles - 6.

Rung to mark the start of the year of Wulfstan at the request of the Bishop of Worcester.

Rung to welcome the birth of Nathan Matthew to Andrew and Caroline Evans born 21st January 1995

In memory of Michael John Fellows, ringer and conductor of this Association, on the 20th anniversary of his death on 8/2/1976 aged 27.

A belated compliment to the Rev. Colin Joines on his induction as Vicar of Perry Barr, which took place on 21 November 1994.

To welcome James Peter, born on 25 February to Margaret & Robert Stansbury, ringers at this tower.

50th peal of Pudsey Surprise Major: 7

To welcome the Rev. Stephen Ronald Tash as Vicar of Salford, commissioned by the Bishop of Coventry, and installed on 6 March by the Archdeacon of Warwick.

To mark the announcement of the return to its independence for the county of Rutland from Leicestershire.

First in M - 2.

To mark the 700th anniversary of St James Church 29/12/1295... the back 6 bells here were cast by Clarke & Bushell of Evesham in 1706.

Most M/v for all.

First All Saints, St Martin's & Winchendon Place for all

For the 50th Anniversary of VE Day

A 92nd birthday compliment to Ralph Perks, retired Eckington ringer, which he celebrated on 4 May; also to mark the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945.

50th for the Association - 2

First peal "inside" - 4

In conclusion of the village's commemoration events for the 50th anniversary of V-E Day.

A 94th birthday compliment to Ethel G Johnson nee Hemming, celebrated on 31 May; also an 88th birthday compliment, today, to Ewart A Andrews, retired Great Hampton ringer, and Mayor of Evesham in 1956.

First peal in the method: 2 & 3

A compliment to Frank A G Spiers, Ringing Master at Bidford-on-Avon on the award of MBE for services to that community.

First peal in the method: 3, 6 & 7

For the 46th anniversary of Gerald Hemming's first peal, on 16 July 1949 on these bells.

1100th peal: 7

A compliment to Gerrald C Hemming for his 63rd birthday 30/08/1995.

50th peal: 2

450th peal for the Association: 4

To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II on 2 September 1945, the representatives of the Japanese Empire signing the 'Instrument of Surrender' on USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Half-muffled in memoriam William Baden Cartwright, whose funeral took place at this church earlier today.

For the 291st anniversary year of the casting of the back five bells by Clarke & Bushell of Evesham in 1704.

A welcome to Rory Smart, third grandson for the 6th ringer, born on 7 September 1995.

400th peal as conductor for the Association and 100th peal of Yorkshire Surprise Major: 7

First peal of Maximus: 5. First of Surprise Maximus: 6. First of Bristol Surprise Maximus: 2, 4 & 10.

First of Bristol Surprise Maximus by a resident Association band, with best wishes and thanks to Alex & Nina.

50th peal together: 5 & 7

50th peal of Lincolnshire Surprise Major: 3

First Royal: 1. First Surprise Royal: 2 & 5. First in method: 4,6,7 & 10.

To celebrate the 60th birthday on 25 October 1995 of the incumbent, Revd Canon John Davies, also a birthday compliment to the 5th ringer.

Half-muffled in memory of Lucy Tringham, aged 23 years, of this Parish, on the day of her funeral, and of her four colleagues, who all tragically died in a road accident in Swaziland on 13 October 1995.

For the 70th anniversary of the recasting of the bells by John Taylor & Co in 1925.

A farewell to Dr Nicholas J Green, leaving to work at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

90th peal of Cambridge Surprise Major: 7

50th peal this year: 6

100th peal together: 2 & 3

First 'three peals in a day': 2, 3, 4, 6 & 8, and as conductor