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Oxford University Society

Oxford, Oxfordshire

New College

Thursday, 11 February 1971 in 2h 31 (15 in C)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by J C Maycock

1–2 Roger H Abbott

3–4 Lawrence J Haines (C)

5–6 Stuart I Bamforth

7–8 Colin J E Wyld

First in hand: 1-2

Oxford University Society

Adderbury, Oxfordshire

St Mary

Saturday, 20 February 1971 (24–0–14 in D)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 Canon C E Wigg

2 Linda F Merrall

3 F Barry

4 Martin Petchey

5 Jonathan Checkley

6 Dermot Roaf (C)

7 Colin J E Wyld

8 N Hine

First on 8: 4.

Oxford University Society

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Thomas the Martyr

Sunday, 21 February 1971 (7–2–0)

1320 Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place Doubles

1 Stephen R Smith

2 D Neil Weston

3 N Hine

4 Martin Petchey

5 Jonathan Checkley (C)

6 Ian W Davies

Oxford University Society

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Thomas the Martyr

Sunday, 28 February 1971 (7–2–0)

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Michael Mears

2 Anne Lambert

3 Jonathan Checkley

4 Rodney Yeates (C)

5 Martin Petchey

6 N Hine

Oxford University Society

Hinton Waldrist, Berkshire

St Margaret

Saturday, 6 March 1971 in 2h 33 (6–2–19 in B♭)

5040 Minor (2m)

Four extents of Kent Treble Bob and three Plain Bob

1 D Neil Weston

2 Jonathon R P Checkley

3 Stephen R Smith

4 Linda J Merrall

5 C Elliot Wigg

6 Stuart I Bamforth (C)

First peal: 1. First Minor: 2.

First Minor on towerbells and in more than one method as conductor.

By officers of the Society for the 153rd anniversary of the Appleton bells.

Steeplekeepers: 1, 2. Secretaries: 3, 4. President: 5. Treasurer: 6

Oxford University Society

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Martin and All Saints

Saturday, 13 March 1971 in 2h 36 (7–3–10 in A♭)

5024 Rutland Surprise Major

Composed by C Forster

1 Andrew N Stubbs

2 Lawrence J Haines

3 Christine C Darby

4 Rodney B Meadows

5 G Robert Mordaunt

6 Peter H Mackie

7 Colin J E Wyld

8 John E Camp (C)

Oxford University Society

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Thomas the Martyr

Sunday, 2 May 1971 (7–2–0)

1300 Oxford Treble Bob Minor

1 D Neil Weston

2 Linda Merrill

3 Martin Petchey

4 Jonathan Checkley

5 Colin J E Wyld (C)

6 Stephen R Smith

Oxford University Society

Harwell, Oxfordshire

St Matthew

Saturday, 8 May 1971 (16–1–26 in E)

1260 Plain Bob Triples

1 Michael Mears

2 Elaine Barry

3 Jenny Field

4 Martin Petchey

5 Rodney Yeates

6 Roger Abbott

7 Stuart Bamforth (C)

8 Ian W Davies

Oxford University Society

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Thomas the Martyr

Sunday, 9 May 1971 (7–2–0)

1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor

1 Stuart Bamforth (C)

2 Martin Petchey

3 Janet Evans

4 Ann Gardner

5 Rodney Yeates

6 Edward W Martin

First Surprise: 2

Oxford University Society

Stanford in the Vale, Berkshire

St Denys

Monday, 31 May 1971 in 3h 1 (8–1–17 in G♯)

5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by J E Camp

1 Linda J Merrall

2 Rodney A Yeates

3 Christine Darby

4 Roger E Burbery

5 Roger H Abbott

6 David T Darby

7 Colin J E Wyld

8 John E Camp (C)

First peal of Major on the bells since they were transferred from St Peter-in-the-East, Oxford

Oxford University Society

Oxford, Oxfordshire

St Thomas the Martyr

Sunday, 13 June 1971 (7–2–0)

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Colin J E Wyld (C)

2 Michael Mears

3 Rodney Yeates

4 Andrew W Kay

5 Stephen R Smith

6 Martin Petchey

Circled tower to quarter-peals: 6

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