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A compliment to Mark Humphreys and Emma Drury on their forthcoming wedding.

First of surprise: 3. First of Yorkshire: 5.

An engagement compliment to Claire Thomson and Mark Bell.

1st in method: 5

First of Yorkshire Surprise Royal: 7.

First in method: 4, 5.

An engagement compliment to Katie Chambers and Chris Poole.

First in method: 3 & 5.

An engagement compliment to Chris Poole and Katie Chambers.

On Annual Dinner Day.

Remembering Jim Pailing and Roger Burberry, past Masters of the Society.

For OUS Dinner Day

A 16th birthday compliment to Phillip Bond.

First peal of Spliced: 4.

First in method: 4, 5, 6, 8

750th Quarter: 6.

42nd Quarter: 3, 4.

1st Minor: 2.

1st in m: 4, 5.

No footnote: 1.

For Evensong.

1st in m: 3.

A get well soon compliment to the ringer of the 5th.

1st in m by all except 7 and as C.

1st Surprise Royal: 5.

Superfluous footnote: Coincidently on the 10th anniversary of the conductor's first quarter of Pudsey Major which he also conducted.

"A top method on top bells" - unattributed.

1st of major: 1

In memory of Raymond Balderson, grandfather of the ringer of the 7, who died on Thursday.

First Surprise and on 8 as C

A get well compliment to Caroline Lee and Michael Williams.

Rung on OUS quarter peal day.

First in method: 2, 3, 4, 6

First on six as conductor

Rung on OUSCR quarter peal day

First of spliced: 7.

1st Spliced: 2. 1st Quarter of Eight-Spliced: 5.

Take Two: after failure on Lundy in December.

Not a Simon in sight.

First of Stedman: 4 & 5.

First of Pudsey: 2-6.

To celebrate the 80th birthday of HM Queen Elizabeth II.

By an undergraduate band for St George's day.

First in m - 4 and as C

By an OUSCR Undergraduate band.

On the day of the STS' 30th Anniversary Dinner.

1st on 8: 3

1st Plain Bob Major: 2,4,5,6

By an OUSCR Undergraduate band.

"To ring out the end of the rainy season of April. Drip drop no more, bring on the summer sun." (4)

First in method: 3

1st on 10: 3. 1st in m by all except 9.

First in method: 3.

First of London S. Royal: 4 and 5

1st Spliced: 4. 1st Spliced Major: 3.

First of London S Royal: 2.

First on 10: 6.

1st major inside: 4

In memory of Audrey Marchbank, grandmother of the ringer of the second, who died on Thursday, aged 89.

1st Major as Conductor

A birthday compliment to the conductor.

The band wishes Jenny a speedy recovery after her late-night bicycle acrobatics!

First of Royal: 7. First of Surprise Royal: 6.

1st blows in m: 2,4,5,6,7. 1st in m: 8.

25th Quarter: 4.

A 21st birthday compliment to Alison Moreton from all the band.

First in hand: 1-2. First on an inside pair: 3-4.

1st blows in m by all except 3. 1st in m as C.

1st as conductor on handbells

Most spliced: 5 & 6.

Rung in thanksgiving for the life of Dr John E Spice, Past Master (1940-45) and Vice President of the Society.

In memory of John E Spice, a Vice President and past Master of the Society.

First of Bristol: 5.

Rung to celebrate the recent births of Dorothy Grace Stoecklin Gay and Arthur Peter Hall.

Rung to mark the start of the new academic year and to welcome those ringers joining the OUS this term. Also as a 60th birthday compliment to John Lawley of Kinver.

First in method - 4

50th Quarter this year - 8

First blows in method: 3

Rung as birthday compliments today to Rachel Parkes (21), Trevor Marchbank and Alan Marchbank.

First blows in method for all except 9.

Completes the "Standard 8" Surprise Royal: 8, 10.

First of Grandsire Doubles: 4

First of Bristol: 3.

First London S Royal: 5

First on ten as conductor

100th in Oxford: 3. 50th together: 4 & 10.

For evensong.

Rung half muffled in memory of John E Spice, former student of New College, Vice President of the Society, and author of the Society's history. John was instrumental in keeping the Society alive during WWII.

First on 10: 3.

First Royal: 2,5.

First Yorkshire Royal: 6.

First in method: 2,4.

Rung half muffled for Remembrance Sunday.

First of spliced: 5.

First peal in the method: 5, 6, 7. In thanksgiving for the life of Wilfrid F Moreton, a Vice President and Past Master of the Society.

A 21st birthday compliment to Laura Cotton, who broke her ankle while ice skating on Sunday.

Dubious completion of the standard 8: 7.

(If no one fundamentally objects.)

To mark the 50th anniversary of the first peal on the bells on 14 January 1956 in which Dermot rang.

100th Quarter: 9

A 19th birthday compliment to Katie E M Lane

With thanks to the outgoing OUS committee and wishing the incoming one a fruitful year in office.