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Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Tuesday, 12 January 1904 in 3h 5 (17)

5088 London Surprise Major

Composed by J W Washbrook

1 Wesley Watson

2 William Keeble

3 Alfred W Brighton

4 Ackland J Perkins

5 Harry F Dawkins

6 George R Pye

7 Ernest Pye

8 William Pye (C)

First peal in the method: 4 and 5

First Peal in the method on the bells

Source - W Pye peal book

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward's church, belfry

Tuesday, 26 January 1904 in 2h 29

5088 London Surprise Major

Composed by J W Washbrook

1–2 George R Pye

3–4 William Pye (C)

5–6 Ernest Pye

7–8 William Keeble

Umpires - H F Dawkins and W Watson who ticked off every lead as rung.

This is the first peal in the method ever performed upon handbells double-handed, and was rung at the second attempt, the first one failing after ringing two parts out of three. The band have practiced at every opportunity for the last nine months, and every time they met the distance walked averaged five miles a man, in addition to railway travelling, as the distance between them is nine miles, making the total number of miles walked about 1000.

Bell News vol22 p551

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Thursday, 11 February 1904 in 3h (17)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Sir A P Heywood's variation of Thurstans' Four-part

1 George R Pye (C)

2 Benjamin S Thompson

3 Harry W Catterwell

4 Ernest Pye

5 Henry W Kirton

6 Harry F Dawkins

7 Wesley Watson

8 Rowland E Vyse

First peal in the method: 2 and 5

Source - E Pye peal book

Essex Association

Great Bentley, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 13 February 1904 in 2h 45 (8)

5056 London Surprise Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 William J Nevard

2 James Motts

3 Ernest Pye

4 Alfred W Brighton

5 Edward Evans

6 Isaac G Shade

7 Lewis W Wiffen

8 William Pye (C)

First peal in the method on the bells

Source - W Pye peal book

Essex Association

Great Bentley, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Sunday, 14 February 1904 in 2h 40 (8)

5056 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Edward Evans

2 Alfred W Brighton

3 James Motts

4 Isaac G Shade

5 William Pye (C)

6 Ernest Pye

7 William J Nevard

8 Lewis W Wiffen

First peal in the method on the bells

Source - W Pye peal book

Essex Association

Mistley, Essex

St Mary and St Michael

Wednesday, 13 April 1904 in 2h 58 (10–3–2 in F♯)

5040 Minor

2 extents each of Oxford Treble Bob and Kent Treble Bob, 3 extents of Plain Bob

1 James Souter

2 William Bridges

3 Charles P Ramplin

4 Ernest G Fenn

5 Walter Honeywood

6 George W Moss (C)

First peal - 1

First peal as conductor

First peal of minor for all the band, except conductor

First peal on the bells

Essex Association

Waltham Abbey, Essex

Holy Cross and St Lawrence

Thursday, 28 April 1904 in 2h 54 (20cwt)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Taylor's

1 L G Thurgood

2 D Tarling

3 G Thurgood

4 G H Rowe

5 William A Alps

6 George E Peace (C)

7 Thomas Colverd

8 T Adams

Rung in honour of the wedding of Mr Frank Cooper, secretary of the local company.

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward's church, belfry

Thursday, 28 April 1904 in 2h 31

5120 London Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1–2 George R Pye

3–4 William Pye

5–6 Ernest Pye

7–8 William Keeble (C)

Umpires: Wesley Watson and Harry F Dawkins

First peal of London as conductor

Source - W Pye peal book

Essex Association

Chelmsford, Essex

St Mary

Saturday, 14 May 1904 in 3h 18 (22 in E♭)

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Henry Dains

1 Alfred Whight

2 William Rowland, Junior

3 Henry W Kirton

4 Thomas Lincoln

5 Ernest J Runter

6 Arthur Edwards

7 William Lincoln (C)

8 Arthur Head

Essex Association

Chelmsford, Essex

St Mary

Thursday, 9 June 1904 in 3h 8 (22 in E♭)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Holt's Original

Composed by John Holt

1 James Ostwick

2 William Newman

3 William Rowland, Junior (C)

4 Alfred Whight

5 Benjamin S Thompson

6 Harry Richell

7 Henry F Cooper

8 Reuben H Rolfe

First peal on the bells by a band entirely resident in Chelmsford.

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Thursday, 16 June 1904 in 3h 3 (17)

5120 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by George R Pye

1 Wesley Watson

2 Harry W Catterwell

3 George Jay

4 Harry F Dawkins

5 John Moule

6 George R Pye (C)

7 William Pye

8 Ernest Pye

First peal in the method: 3 First peal in the method with a bob bell: 5

Source - W Pye peal book

Essex Association

Colchester, Essex

St Peter

Saturday, 9 July 1904 in 2h 57 (21–0–17 in E♭)

5056 London Surprise Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 William J Nevard

2 Isaac G Shade

3 James Motts

4 George R Pye

5 Edward Evans

6 Ernest Pye

7 Lewis W Wiffen

8 William Pye (C)

Source - W Pye peal book

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward's church, belfry

Tuesday, 26 July 1904 in 2h 22

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstans' Four-part

1–2 William Pye (C)

3–4 George R Pye

5–6 Ernest Pye

7–8 Harry W Catterwell

Umpire - W Watson

Rung on the first anniversary of the wedding of H W Catterwell

Source - W Pye peal book

Essex Association

Romford, Greater London

St Edward Conf

Thursday, 4 August 1904 in 2h 53 (17)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstans' Four-part

1 Alfred W Brighton

2 William Foreman

3 Harry W Catterwell

4 Benjamin Cousins

5 F Gordon Thompson

6 George R Pye

7 William Pye (C)

8 Ernest Pye

First peal in the method: 5

Source - W Pye peal book

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Thursday, 20 October 1904 in 3h (17)

5056 London Surprise Major

Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1 Wesley Watson

2 John R Sharman

3 Harry F Dawkins

4 Isaac G Shade

5 William Keeble

6 George R Pye

7 William Pye (C)

8 Ernest Pye

Source - W Pye peal book

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Saturday, 31 December 1904 in 2h 52 (17)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Thurstans' Four-part

1 William Pye

2 Frederick Rainbird

3 George R Pye (C)

4 Alfred W Brighton

5 Benjamin S Thompson

6 Harry F Dawkins

7 Ernest Pye

8 Wesley Watson

First peal in the method: 2

Source - W Pye peal book

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