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Hertford County Association

Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire

St Peter

Saturday, 7 January 1928 in 2h 55 (11–2–3 in F♯)

5040 Stedman Triples

Thurstan's four part .

1 Stephen H Hoare

2 Edward D Ashby

3 Thomas H Norris

4 George Foster

5 Walter H L Buckingham

6 Herbert Langdon (C)

7 William G Whitehead

8 Walter J Simons

Hertford County Association

St Albans, Hertfordshire

St Peter

Saturday, 14 January 1928 in 3h 22 (24–0–3 in E♭)

5040 Plain Bob Royal

Composed by H J Tucker

1 Thomas Seymour

2 Walter H L Buckingham

3 Thomas J Hull

4 Frederick J Spicer

5 John Malyan

6 Augustin V Good

7 Horace E C Goodenough

8 Frank Kirk *

9 Louis A Goodenough

10 Francis Kirk (C)

* First peal on ten bells and first attempt .First peal in the method and as conductor. The ringer of the 8th was elected previous to starting. Rung as a twenty-first birthday compliment to the conductor .

Hertford County Association

Barkway, Hertfordshire

St Mary Magdalene

Thursday, 26 January 1928 in 2h 58 (14–2–3 in F)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Taylor's Six part

1 William Bygrave

2 Herbert Whitby

3 William A Bysouth

4 Walter Machon

5 Robert G King

6 Robert Howard (C)

7 Charles A Bysouth

8 Arthur H Bysouth

First peal on the bells

First peal- 1,2 and 8

First of Triples- 3,4 and 7

First in Method as conductor

HCACR Report 1927-28

Also in RW 3rd February 1928 (page 67)

Hertford County Association

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 4 February 1928 in 3h 2 (20–0–20 in D)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Charles Middleton

1 H Long

2 S H Hoare

3 G H Cross (C)

4 F W Elliott

5 W G Whitehead

6 J T Kentish

7 M F R Hibbert

8 J H R Freeborn

Hertford County Association

Flamstead, Hertfordshire

St Leonard

Saturday, 21 April 1928 in 2h 55 (13–1–14 in E)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

1 Ben Jarman (C)

2 Joseph Hobbs

3 William Hayes

4 George Daniels

5 Horace Anstee

6 Frank Smith

First peal - 6

Hertford County Association

Barkway, Hertfordshire

St Mary Magdalene

Saturday, 5 May 1928 in 3h 6 (14–2–3 in F)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Johnson's Variation of Middleton's

1 William A Bysouth

2 Kitty Willers

3 Frank E Haynes

4 Albert E Austin

5 William A Tack

6 Edward H Finch

7 Robert Howard (C)

8 George T Croft

First of Major on the bells

First of Major-1

HCACR report 1928-29

Also In RW 11th May 1928 (page 291)

Hertford County Association

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

St Mary

Monday, 2 July 1928 in 2h 56 (19–1–4 in E)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Groves' Variation of Parker's Twelve-part

1 Augustin V Good

2 Jack Stopp

3 Herbert Gates

4 Henry Golding

5 James Floyd (Senior)

6 William J Shepherd

7 Walter Ayre (C)

8 Edward J Wynn

First peal in the method: 2.

First peal and first attempt: 8.

Rung to celebrate the birth of a son to the wife of the conductor.

Source: tower peal book. NB. The tenor ringer was written as E J Wyman in the peal book, but the 1921 census shows that his name was Edward James Wynn.

Hertford County Association

Hitchin, Hertfordshire

St Mary

Monday, 20 August 1928 in 3h 11 (26)

5056 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Nathan J Pitstow

1 Herbert W Else

2 Charles Hare

3 George R Pye

4 Charles T Coles

5 James Bennett

6 John T Kentish

7 Edward P Duffield

8 William Pye (C)

First peal in the method on the bells. Rung as a farewell peal to the Rector, Rev L B Ashby

Source - W Pye peal book

Hertford County Association

North Mimms, Hertfordshire

St Mary

Saturday, 8 September 1928 in 2h 48 (12–3–0 in F♯)

5024 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Arthur Knights

1 Herbert J Eldred

2 Miss Elsie Chapman

3 George R Pye

4 James Bennett

5 William R Madgwick

6 William Pye (C)

7 John T Kentish

8 Reuben Sanders

Source - W Pye peal book

Hertford County Association

Bushey, Hertfordshire

St James

Wednesday, 10 October 1928 in 2h 48 (12 in F♯)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by A J Pitman

1 Herbert F Dale

2 William G Whitehead

3 Edward Aylett

4 Francis A Smith

5 Maurice F R Hibbert (C)

6 William Seeley

7 Frederick W Brinklow

8 James L D Evans

First peal at the first attempt; 1,3,8.

The composition has the 120 4-6s, 6-7s and 7-4s at backstroke.

Hertford County Association

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

St Mary

Thursday, 1 November 1928 in 3h 2 (19–1–4 in E)

5088 Plain Bob Major

Composed by Walter Ayre

1 James Floyd (Senior)

2 Augustin V Good

3 Herbert Gates

4 Jack Stopp

5 Reginald S Cook

6 William J Shepherd

7 Henry Golding

8 Walter Ayre (C)

Rung in honour of All Saints Day, and to commemorate the coming of age of All Saints Church, Piccotts End.

Source: tower peal book.

Hertford County Association

Hatfield, Hertfordshire

St Etheldreda

Saturday, 24 November 1928 in 3h 12 (26)

5056 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Arthur Knights

1 P S Albert Lawrence

2 Charles T Coles

3 George R Pye

4 Albert W Coles

5 James E Davis

6 John T Kentish

7 William J Nudds

8 William Pye (C)

First peal in the method on the bells

Source - W Pye peal book

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