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Essex Association

Prittlewell, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 21 January 1939 in 3h 16 (18–0–9 in E)

5079 Stedman Caters

Composed by Louis Head

1 John W Cornford

2 Albert E North

3 Mrs F W Housden

4 Eric B Hartley

5 Frederick W Housden

6 Frank B Lufkin (C)

7 Dennis T Brock

8 Ernest W Furbank

9 Reginal W Darvill

10 Horace J Mansfield

First peal of Stedman Caters: 2, First peal on ten bells and in the method: 7. First peal of Stedman Caters as conductor.

RW1453.0051

Essex Association

Stisted, Essex

All Saints

Sunday, 22 January 1939 in 2h 35 (9½ in A)

5040 Minor (4m)

Being 720 St. Clement’s, two 720’s Kent Treble Bob, 1,440 Oxford Treble Bob and two 720’s of Plain Bob.

1 Ralph Bird (C)

2 Albert L Dixey

3 Geoffrey Everett

4 Reginald G Simmonds

5 Ronald Suckling

6 Victor Morley

First peal in more than one method - 3.

Ringing World page reference: 1455.0084

Essex Association

Tendring, Essex

St Edmund King and Martyr

Monday, 23 January 1939 in 2h 46 (6–2–17 in A)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

1 G E Jennings

2 A C Hales

3 C Marven

4 V A Frost

5 H Laitt

6 U W Wildney (C)

First Peal - 3,5

First inside - 2

Essex Association

Brentwood, Essex

St Thomas

Tuesday, 7 February 1939 in 2h 58 (18–1–15 in D♯)

5024 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by Charles W Roberts

1 Robert Heazel

2 Albert North

3 Ernest J Runter

4 Henry W Shadrack

5 Harry Turner (C)

6 John Sitch

7 Frank B Lufkin

8 Ernest Furbank

RW 17th February 1939 (page 103)

Essex Association

Stisted, Essex

All Saints

Sunday, 19 February 1939 in 2h 32 (9½ in A)

5040 Annable's London Surprise Minor

1 Kenneth G Smith

2 Victor Morley

3 Reginald G Simmonds

4 Alec M Genery

5 Ralph Bird (C)

6 Ronald Suckling

50th peal - 3.

50th peal as conductor - 5.

First peal in the method by all, in the county and for the association.

Ringing World page reference: 1458.0137

Essex Association

Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

St Michael

Saturday, 25 February 1939 in 3h 18 (16–3–15 in E♭)

5000 Plain Bob Royal

Composed by Rev H Law James

1 Dennis T Brock

2 Horace J Mansfield

3 Mrs F W Housden

4 Frank B Lufkin (C)

5 William Chale

6 Eric B Hartley

7 Fred Chale

8 Reginald W Darvill

9 Frederick W Housden

10 Albert E North

First peal of Royal: 1. First peal of Bob Royal: 6, 8. Rung to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the consecration of the first Bishop of Chelmsford at St. Paul’s Cathedral on February 24th. 1914.

RW1458.0134

Essex Association

Stisted, Essex

All Saints

Sunday, 19 March 1939 in 2h 41 (9½ in A)

5040 Bourne Surprise Minor

1 Kenneth G Smith

2 Victor Morley

3 Albert L Dixey

4 Ralph Bird (C)

5 Alec M Genery

6 Ronald Suckling

First peal in the method by all, in the county and for the association.

Rung in honour of Mothering Sunday.

Ringing World page reference: 1462.0201

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Tuesday, 21 March 1939 in 2h 59 (15–2–14 in F)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 Henry J Ranzetta

2 Eric J Coe

3 George R Pye

4 Frederick W Housden

5 Robert C Heazel

6 Ernest J Butler

7 Ernest W Furbank

8 John H Crampion (C)

* First peal in the method 'inside': 2

Source - G Pye peal boook

Essex Association

Prittlewell, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 1 April 1939 in 2h 55 (18–0–9 in E)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Composed by J A Trollope

1 Cyril E Smith

2 Dennis T Brock

3 Reginald W Darvill

4 Frank W Seynn

5 Arthur Hubble

6 Frank B Lufkin (C)

7 Horace J Mansfield

8 Albert E North

First peal at first attempt: 1. First peal of Major: 4. First peal of Bob Major: 5. RW1463.0215

Essex Association

Saffron Walden, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Monday, 10 April 1939 in 3h 58 (24)

5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus

Composed by G E Symonds

1 Alfred E Pitstow

2 Charles J Sedgley (C)

3 George R Pye

4 Hobart E Smith

5 George A Fleming

6 Harold N Pitstow

7 Leonard E Pitstow

8 William J Brown

9 Frederick W Housden

10 John W Ward

11 Walter Ayre

12 Edward P Duffield

First peal of Maximus on the bells

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Galleywood, Essex

St Michael and All Angels

Saturday, 22 April 1939 in 2h 59 (13–1–9 in F)

5088 Kent Treble Bob Major

Composed by W Harrison

1 Donald Coombes

2 Dennis T Brock

3 George A Wightman

4 Frank C May

5 William S May

6 Frank B Lufkin (C)

7 Gerald Frost

8 Albert E North

First peal of Kent Treble Bob: 1, 2. Rung in honour of the 25th anniversary of the enthronement of the first Bishop of Chelmsford.

RW1467.0279

Essex Association

Prittlewell, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 29 April 1939 in 3h 22 (18–0–9 in E)

5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal

Composed by William Pye

1 Dennis T Brock

2 Mrs F W Housden

3 Eric B Hartley

4 Ernest W Furbank

5 Robert Heazel

6 Frederick W Housden

7 Reginald W Darvill

8 Frank B Lufkin (C)

9 Albert E North

10 Ernest W Pye

First Surprise peal: 1, 7. First Surprise Royal peal: 3. First Surprise Royal peal inside: 9. First Surprise Royal as conductor.

RW1467.0279

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Tuesday, 2 May 1939 in 2h 53 (15–2–14 in F)

5040 Stedman Triples

Composed by Pitstow's transposition of Thurstans' Four-part

1 Mrs F W Housden

2 Henry J Ranzetta

3 George R Pye

4 Ernest W Furbank

5 Frederick W Housden

6 Ernest J Butler

7 James Bennett (C)

8 Robert Heazel

* First peal of Stedman Triples : 5

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Stisted, Essex

All Saints

Sunday, 14 May 1939 in 2h 39 (9½ in A)

5040 Netherseale Surprise Minor

1 Kenneth G Smith

2 Reginald G Simmonds

3 Ralph Bird (C)

4 Alec M Genery

5 Victor Morley

6 Ronald Suckling

First peal in the method by all, on the bells and for the association.

Ringing World page reference: 1470.0333

Essex Association

Braintree, Essex

St Michael

Monday, 22 May 1939 in 2h 53 (11½ in G)

5056 Spliced Surprise Major (4m)

The peal consisted 2,944 London Surprise Major, 640 Bristol Surprise Major, 640 Superlative Surprise Major, 832 Cambridge Surprise Major, with 112 changes of method.

Composed by E. C. S. Turner

1 Samuel Warne

2 Hilda G Snowden

3 Frank Claydon

4 Albert Wiffen

5 Ronald Suckling

6 Harry G Felton

7 Lewis W Wiffen (C)

8 Walter Arnold

First peal in spliced methods - 6 & 8.

Ringing World page reference: 1471.0348

Essex Association

Stisted, Essex

All Saints

Sunday, 4 June 1939 in 2h 49 (9½ in A)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

Being seven extents.

1 Geoffrey French

2 Lilian Le Bead

3 Ralph Bird

4 Geoffrey Everard

5 Ronald Suckling (C)

6 Victor Morley

First peal - 1 & 2.

Ringing World page reference: 1474.0397

Essex Association

Woodford, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Monday, 5 June 1939 in 2h 55 (10–2–21 in G)

5024 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by C W Roberts

1 Francis W Corney

2 Eric J Coe

3 George R Pye

4 Mrs F W Housden

5 Ernest J Butler

6 James Bennett

7 John H Crampion (C)

8 Frederick W Housden

* First peal in the method 'inside' : 2

First peal of Superlative on the bells

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Tuesday, 6 June 1939 in 2h 55 (15–2–14 in F)

5024 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by J W Parker

1 Robert C Heazel

2 George R Pye

3 John H Crampion

4 James E Davis

5 Ernest J Butler

6 Ernest W Furbank

7 Frank B Lufkin

8 Philip A Corby (C)

Rung in honour of the silver jubilee of the Diocese of Chelmsford

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Galleywood, Essex

St Michael and All Angels

Friday, 9 June 1939 in 2h 47 (14½ in G)

5024 Plain Bob Major

Composed by A. T. King

1 Alfred T Hoare

2 Reginald W Darvill

3 Horace J Mansfield

4 William J Barrett

5 Henry S Wilson

6 Frank B Lufkin (C)

7 Arthur Hubble

8 Albert E North

First peal of Major - 1.

First peal - 4.

A birthday compliment to the rector of Galleywood.

Ringing World page reference: 1473.0380

Essex Association

Brentwood, Essex

St Thomas

Thursday, 15 June 1939 in 3h 2 (18–1–15 in D♯)

5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by J Hunt

1 Edward Sitch

2 Ernest Furbank

3 Albert Payne

4 Albert North

5 Henry Wilson

6 Harry Turner (C)

7 John Sitch

8 Philip A Corby

Rung for the silver Jubilee of the diocese of Chelmsford

First in method-1

RW 23rd June 1939 (page 396)

Essex Association

Prittlewell, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 17 June 1939 in 3h 14 (18–0–9 in E)

5000 Oxford Treble Bob Royal

Composed by F E Darby

1 John Fowler

2 Frank B Lufkin (C)

3 Eric J Coe

4 Harry Hoskins

5 Albert E North

6 Eric B Hartley

7 Dennis T Brock

8 John G Nash

9 Horace J Mansfield

10 John H Crampion

First peal of Oxford Treble Bob Royal by the whole band except the 4th ringer. Rung in honour of the silver jubilee of the diocese of Chelmsford. (Length assumed - RW shows 5088)

RW1474.0394

Essex Association

Matching, Essex

St Mary

Saturday, 24 June 1939 in 2h 33 (7–3–5 in G)

5040 Minor (7m)

720 Cambridge surprise , 2 720s each of oxford and Kent treble bob

1 Ted Rochester

2 Alice Crampion

3 Stan Clark

4 Lewis Cordell

5 William Wheeler

6 John H Crampion (C)

RW 7th July 1939 (page 429)

Essex Association

Saffron Walden, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Tuesday, 11 July 1939 in 3h 33 (24)

5007 Stedman Cinques

Composed by C W Roberts

1 George R Pye

2 Leonard E Pitstow

3 Charles T Coles (C)

4 Mrs Frederick W Housden

5 Frederick W Housden

6 Ernest W Pye

7 George H Sparrow

8 Lewis W Wiffen

9 Walter Ayre

10 John W Ward

11 Edward P Duffield

12 Walter T Parish

Rung as a wedding compliment to Mr Frederick J Pitstow and Miss Marjorie Parker

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Harlow Common, Essex

St Mary Magdalene

Thursday, 13 July 1939 in 2h 45 (12–0–9 in G)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Charles Middleton

1 Stanley F Webb

2 Alfred Prior

3 Richard J Warrilow

4 Lewis A Cordell

5 Stanley Clark

6 Ernest J Butler

7 John H Crampion (C)

8 William Wheeler

A birthday compliment to Mr. E. J. Butler.

Ringing World page reference: 1479.0474

Essex Association

Coggeshall, Essex

St Peter ad Vincula

Saturday, 29 July 1939 in 3h 4 (19¾ in F)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Johnson's variation of Middleton's

1 Gerald Frost

2 Frank Claydon

3 Claude Snowden

4 Frank C May

5 Lewis W Wiffen

6 George A Wightman

7 Frank B Lufkin (C)

8 Albert Wiffen

First peal of Surprise Major - 1 & 4.

Ringing World page reference: 1480.0491

Essex Association

Romford, Essex

St Edward Conf

Tuesday, 15 August 1939 in 2h 57 (15–2–14 in F)

5056 Superlative Surprise Major

Composed by C J Sedgley

1 Ernest J Butler

2 Mrs F W Housden

3 George R Pye

4 Charles T Coles

5 Frederick W Housden

6 Ernest W Pye

7 Ernest W Furbank

8 James Bennett (C)

Source - G Pye peal book

Essex Association

Halstead, Essex

St Andrew

Saturday, 26 August 1939 in 2h 58 (14½ in F)

5056 London Surprise Major

Composed by Frederick Dench

1 Claude Snowden

2 Ronald Suckling

3 Frederick Ridgwell

4 Frank Claydon

5 Christopher W Woolley (C)

6 Lewis W Wiffen

7 John W Ward

8 H Walter Smith

A birthday peal for L. W. Wiffen.

Ringing World page reference: 1484.0555

Essex Association

Prittlewell, Essex

St Mary the Virgin

Tuesday, 29 August 1939 in 3h 13 (18–0–9 in E)

5024 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Comp. J. W. Parker

1 Cyril Smith

2 Gordon Bacon

3 William Perry

4 Roy Brown

5 Henry S Wilson

6 Frank B Lufkin (C)

7 Albert E North

8 Reginald W Darvill

Rung fully muffled in memory of Ald. Herbert Arthur Dowsett, J. P., Mayor of Southend-On-Sea, and Charles Osborne, a chorister of Prittlewell for 61 years.

Ringing World page reference: 1485.0570

Essex Association

Brentwood, Essex

St Thomas

Saturday, 16 December 1939 in 2h 56 (18–1–15 in D♯)

5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

1 Edward Sitch

2 Ernest Furbank

3 Harry Turner

4 Frank B Lufkin (C)

5 Reginald E Darvill

6 John Sitch

7 Albert Pryke

8 Robert Heazel

First in method-5 and as conductor-4

RW 22nd December 1939 (page 751)

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