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Hertford County Association

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

St Mary

Thursday, 1 January 1976 (19–1–4 in E)

1280 Spliced Surprise Major (4m)

Lincolnshire, Rutland, Yorkshire, Cambridge.

Composed by Arr. S.D.Chandler

1 Augustin V Good

2 George H Austin

3 Geoffrey R Fielding

4 C Valerie Mills

5 Steven D Chandler

6 Brian C Watson

7 Stephen J Crawley

8 Reginald E J Sheppard (C)

Hertford County Association

Redbourn, Hertfordshire

St Mary

Saturday, 3 January 1976 in 2h 51 (15–3–18 in F)

5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (16m)

1. Netherseale, 2. London, Wells, 3. Beverley, Berwick, Surfleet, Hexham, 4. Lightfoot, Wearmouth, 5. Cambridge, Ipswich, Primrose, Norfolk, 6. York, Durham, 7. Norwich.

1 George A Reading

2 C Valerie Mills

3 Augustin V Good

4 George H Austin

5 Stephen J Crawley

6 Reginald E J Sheppard (C)

Birthday compliment to Miles Fielding.

100th peal together (3 & 6).

Hertford County Association

St Albans, Hertfordshire

St Michael

Sunday, 18 January 1976 (12–3–20 in G)

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 A Sully

2 Frances Major

3 Richard Major

4 P N Mackley (C)

5 Rosamund Mackley

Hertford County Association

St Albans, Hertfordshire

St Michael

Sunday, 25 January 1976 (12–3–20 in G)

1272 Kent Treble Bob Minor

1 Frances Major

2 Elise Bedeman

3 Rosamund Mackley

4 Diana Jackson

5 Richard Major

6 P N Mackley (C)

1st Kent 1 and 5

Hertford County Association

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

St Mary

Sunday, 1 February 1976 (19–1–4 in E)

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 Mark P Younger

2 Julie G Human

3 Stephen J Crawley (C)

4 Carolyn J Neep

5 Susan V Judge

6 Lynne G S White

7 Clive R Rees

An 18th birthday compliment to (4).

Hertford County Association

St Albans, Hertfordshire

St Michael

Sunday, 8 February 1976 (12–3–20 in G)

1296 Plain Bob Major

1 A Sully

2 Elise Bedeman

3 Margaret Pickles

4 Frances Major

5 Diana Jackson

6 Rosamund Mackley

7 Richard Major

8 P N Mackley (C)

1st Major 1,2 and 4

Hertford County Association

Bushey, Hertfordshire

St James

Saturday, 28 February 1976 in 2h 44 (12 in F♯)

5024 Reigate Surprise Major

Composed by Dennis Knox

1 Janet L Penney

2 Josephine Patterson

3 Ruth M Foreman

4 S Kathleen M Baldwin

5 Christopher Forster

6 Roger Baldwin

7 Gerald Penney

8 Alan R Patterson (C)

First peal in the method by all except the ringer of 3, and first in the method for the Association.

Hertford County Association

Apsley End, Hertfordshire

St Mary

Saturday, 6 March 1976 (13–0–25 in F)

1440 Spliced Surprise Minor (12m)

1 C Valerie Mills

2 Stephen J Crawley

3 Augustin V Good

4 John J Ford

5 George H Austin

6 Reginald E J Sheppard (C)

Thanksgiving for the lives of Mary Sheppard, mother of conductor, and Fred Hutton, Associate Member, Herts C.A.

Hertford County Association

St Albans, Hertfordshire

St Michael

Sunday, 7 March 1976 (12–3–20 in G)

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 P Smith

2 Rosamund Mackley

3 Frances Major

4 Diana Jackson

5 P N Mackley (C)

6 Richard Major

1st QP 1.

Hertford County Association

St Albans, Hertfordshire

St Michael

Sunday, 14 March 1976 (12–3–20 in G)

1272 Norwich Surprise Minor

1 A Sully

2 Rosamund Mackley

3 Frances Major

4 Diana Jackson

5 Richard Major

6 P N Mackley (C)

1st in method for all.

Hertford County Association

Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire

St Mary the Virgin

Sunday, 14 March 1976 in 46m (15 in F)

1440 Surprise Minor (2m)

1 extent each: Spliced Cambridge and Beverley 'sixes'.

1 Carolyn J Neep

2 Lucy Shepherd

3 C Valerie Mills

4 Mark Shepherd

5 Stephen J Crawley

6 Reginald E J Sheppard (C)

For Evensong.

Hertford County Association

St Albans, Hertfordshire

St Michael

Sunday, 21 March 1976 (12–3–20 in G)

1280 Plain and Little Minor

1 Diana Jackson

2 Elise Bedeman

3 Frances Major

4 Margaret Pickles

5 Richard Major

6 P N Mackley (C)

Hertford County Association

Great Offley, Hertfordshire

St Mary Magdalene

Saturday, 27 March 1976 (14–3–20 in F)

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 Anne Boddington

2 Nicholas D Hughes

3 Susan L Apter

4 Christopher Forster (C)

5 Stephen J Crawley

6 Russell A Brown

Hertford County Association

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

St Mary

Saturday, 3 April 1976 in 2h 56 (19–1–4 in E)

5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by N J Pitstow

1 Andrew G Lancey

2 Janet L Penney

3 Susan L Apter

4 David Kemp

5 Charles F Pocock

6 Russell A Brown

7 Eric Edmondson

8 Stephen J Crawley (C)

First of Yorkshire— (3, 4, 6).

19th birthday compliment to Susan Apter.

Hertford County Association

St Albans, Hertfordshire

St Michael

Sunday, 4 April 1976 (12–3–20 in G)

1272 Kent Treble Bob Minor

1 Mary Hodges

2 A Sully

3 Frances Major

4 Margaret Pickles

5 Richard Major

6 P N Mackley (C)

Hertford County Association

Bushey, Hertfordshire

St James

Tuesday, 6 April 1976 in 2h 47 (12 in F♯)

5120 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by F Dench

1 Dorothea M Robotham

2 Timothy J Bradbury

3 John R Southey

4 Geoffrey W Seaman

5 Harold G Cashmore

6 Steven D Chandler

7 Roger Baldwin (C)

8 S Kathleen M Baldwin

Hertford County Association

Chittlehampton, Devon

St Hieritha

Tuesday, 20 April 1976 in 2h 54 (13–0–15 in F♯)

5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by N J Pitstow

1 Andrew G Lancey

2 Steven D Chandler

3 George H Austin

4 Thomas J Southam

5 John J Ford

6 Brian V Mountjoy

7 Eric Edmondson

8 Stephen J Crawley (C)

First in method (5).

Hertford County Association

Appledore, Devon

St Mary

Thursday, 22 April 1976 in 2h 54 (10–3–26 in G)

5152 St Clement's College Bob Major

Composed by Walter Ayre

1 Steven D Chandler

2 Carolyn J Neep

3 George H Austin

4 Andrew G Lancey

5 John J Ford

6 Christopher W Tidwell

7 Eric Edmondson

8 Stephen J Crawley (C)

First in the method by all except 7th.

Hertford County Association

Royston, Hertfordshire

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 1 May 1976 in 2h 48 (11–3–0 in F♯)

5056 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Composed by William Barton

1 Thomas Hooley

2 Geoffrey T Horrit

3 David Carpenter

4 Stephen Coaker

5 Bernard H Taylor (C)

6 Brian G Meads

7 Peter T J Rumley

8 Jack S Dear

Hertford County Association

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

St Mary

Sunday, 2 May 1976 in 43m (19–1–4 in E)

1260 Minor (5m)

720 Cambridge Surprise, 540 St Clement's, Single and Double Oxford, Plain Bob.

1 Clive R Rees

2 Stephen J Crawley (C)

3 Lynne G S White

4 Susan V Judge

5 Carolyn J Neep

6 John D Keates

For Evensong.

Also as a wedding compliment to mark and Diane Rogers, married the day before.

Hertford County Association

Bushey, Hertfordshire

St James

Tuesday, 11 May 1976 in 2h 42 (12 in F♯)

5024 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Composed by R F B Speed

1 Lucy Shepherd

2 Alan M Shepherd

3 Timothy J Bradbury

4 Dorothea M Robotham

5 John R Southey

6 S Kathleen M Baldwin

7 Geoffrey W Seaman

8 Roger Baldwin (C)

First peal of Surprise: 2.

First peal in the method: 3.

Hertford County Association

Sandridge, Hertfordshire

St Leonard

Thursday, 27 May 1976 in 40m (6–3–19 in B♭)

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Julia Warren

2 Susan V Rouse (C)

3 Grant Miller

4 Nicholas D Hughes

5 Russell A Brown

6 Stephanie A Wreford

First quarter:1,6. First as conductor.

Hertford County Association

Old Harlow, Essex

St Mary and St Hugh

Friday, 11 June 1976 in 50m (21–3–5 in E)

1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major

1 Grant S Miller

2 Janet A Meredith

3 Susan L Apter

4 Nicholas D Hughes

5 Eric Edmondson

6 Christopher Forster (C)

7 Roderic K Bickerton

8 Russell A Brown

First Yorkshire:4.

Hertford County Association

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

St Mary

Sunday, 13 June 1976 (19–1–4 in E)

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 Lorraine C Andrews

2 Lorna E Champney

3 Carolyn J Neep

4 Susan V Judge

5 David M Gambling

6 Stephen J Crawley (C)

For Trinity Sunday Evensong.

Hertford County Association

King's Walden, Hertfordshire

St Mary

Saturday, 26 June 1976 in 46m (11 in F♯)

1440 Surprise Minor

720 Carlisle and 720 spliced Cambridge, Beverley and Surfleet.

1 Nicholas D Hughes

2 Janet A Meredith

3 Gerald Penney

4 Russell A Brown

5 Roderic K Bickerton

6 Christopher Forster (C)

25th together 1 and 4.

Hertford County Association

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire

SS Mary and Michael

Saturday, 24 July 1976 in 2h 43 (10–2–22 in G)

5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by S. Humphrey

1 David L Gullick

2 Eric Edmondson

3 J Rodney Pagdin

4 Stephen Coaker

5 Anthony G Parry

6 Peter J Rumley

7 Leonard Luck

8 Richard F Prime (C)

Hertford County Association

Dunster, Somerset

St George

Friday, 6 August 1976 in 47m (20–1–6 in E)

1260 Little Bob Major

1 Diana Jackson

2 Susan V Rouse

3 Janet A Meredith

4 Nicholas D Hughes

5 David Kemp

6 Peter N Mackley (C)

7 Ian L Miller

8 Russell A Brown

First in method for all except 6. First in method as conductor.

Hertford County Association

Maulden, Bedfordshire

St Mary

Saturday, 14 August 1976 in 2h 50 (10–2–14 in G)

5056 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by W E Critchley

1 Alan R Patterson (C)

2 Roger D R Brown

3 Christine M Carter

4 Ronald J Sharp

5 Josephine Patterson

6 Charles F Pocock

7 Steven D Chandler

8 Anthony R Carter

Hertford County Association

Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Cathedral Church of St Mary

Saturday, 21 August 1976 in 3h 50 (41–1–15 in B)

5000 London No. 3 Surprise Royal

Composed by Arr John R Mayne

1 Elisabeth A G Bowden

2 Dorothea M Robotham

3 Jennifer M Taylor

4 S Kathleen M Baldwin

5 Brian Bladon

6 Frank T Blagrove

7 James R Taylor

8 Roger Baldwin

9 Robert B Smith

10 John R Mayne (C)

In memoriam H George Hart

Hertford County Association

Totternhoe, Bedfordshire

St Giles

Monday, 30 August 1976 in 43m (9½ in F♯)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 Stephanie A Wreford

2 Nicholas D Hughes

3 David Kemp

4 Joyce Dodds (C)

5 Fredrick W Ellis

6 Geoffrey Dodds

7 Russell A Brown

8 Michael E P Gloistein

First on 8:1. First Quarter:8.

Hertford County Association

Kensworth, Bedfordshire

St Mary the Virgin

Monday, 30 August 1976 in 39m (3–3–16 in E♭)

1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor

1 Joyce Dodds

2 Fredrick W Ellis

3 David Kemp

4 Geoffrey Dodds

5 Nicholas D Hughes

6 Russell A Brown (C)

First in method as conductor.

Hertford County Association

Haddenham, Buckinghamshire

St Mary the Virgin

Wednesday, 1 September 1976 in 46m (17–2–14 in E)

1280 Plain Bob Major

1 Andrew G Lancey

2 Edward W Houghton

3 Mary L Houghton

4 Malcolm A Thurling

5 Steven D Chandler

6 Ken Jackson

7 John D Keates

8 Stephen J Crawley (C)

Hertford County Association

Bushey, Hertfordshire

St James

Tuesday, 14 September 1976 in 2h 40 (12 in F♯)

5056 London Surprise Major

Composed by Roger Baldwin

1 Robert D Crighton

2 Dorothea M Robotham

3 Alan M Shepherd

4 Lucy Shepherd

5 Leonard Luck

6 S Kathleen M Baldwin

7 David Redfearn

8 Roger Baldwin (C)

First peal in the method: 3.

Hertford County Association

Kensworth, Bedfordshire

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 18 September 1976 in 2h 24 (3–3–16 in E♭)

5040 Minor (3m)

2 extents each of Cambridge S & Kent TB; 3 extents of Plain B.

1 Janet L Penney

2 Jane W Applegate

3 Gerald Penney (C)

4 Thomas J Southam

5 Russell A Brown

6 David Kemp

1st peal - 2.

Hertford County Association

Tewin, Hertfordshire

St Peter

Saturday, 25 September 1976 in 2h 38 (8¾ in G♯)

5040 (3m) Minor

3 Extents Cambridge Surprise, 2 Extents Plain Bob Minor, 2 Extents Kent Treble Bob

1 Alan Sears

2 Richard J Wilsher

3 Jane Applegate

4 Tony Boden

5 Graham R D Lay (C)

6 Brian Meads

Rung as a wedding compliment to Alan Walters and Wendy Parkinson, married this day in Sidcup, Kent.

First peal as conductor 5.

Hertford County Association

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire

SS Mary and Michael

Saturday, 23 October 1976 in 2h 47 (10–2–22 in G)

5024 Rutland Surprise Major

Composed by M. Hodgson

1 Richard F Prime

2 Glynis E Burbery

3 Clive B Moore

4 Frank H King

5 Roger E L Burbery

6 Alan M Barber (C)

7 Walter Hunt

8 R Ian West

First in method - 2 & 3

200th peal - 1

Hertford County Association

St Albans, Hertfordshire

St Peter

Thursday, 28 October 1976 in 3h 9 (23cwt)

5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal

Composed by Roger Baldwin

1 Josephine Patterson

2 Janet L Penney

3 Susan L Apter

4 Lucy Shepherd

5 David Kemp

6 Gerald Penney

7 Russell A Brown

8 Roderic K Bickerton

9 Thomas J Lock

10 Christopher Forster (C)

First Cambridge Royal - 3, 4, 7. 25th peal - 3. First on ten - 5, 8.

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Hertford County Association

Totternhoe, Bedfordshire

St Giles

Saturday, 6 November 1976 in 2h 46 (9½ in F♯)

5024 Newcastle Surprise Major

Composed by J R Mayne

1 Stephen Ivin

2 Susan D Sparling

3 Josephine Patterson

4 Jennifer A Town

5 Peter F Town

6 David A Town

7 Geoffrey C Sparling

8 Alan R Patterson (C)

1st in M - 1, 2, 5 & 7, and for the Association.

Hertford County Association

Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 6 November 1976 (10 in G)

1260 Minor (5m)

Double Oxford, Thelwall, St Clement's, Childwall, Plain Bob.

1 Mary L Houghton

2 Edward W Houghton

3 John D Keates

4 Stephen J Crawley

5 Malcolm A Thurling

6 Andrew G Lancey (C)

A birthday compliment to (C).

Most methods (2 & 5) and as (C).

Hertford County Association

Great Hormead, Hertfordshire

St Nicholas

Tuesday, 16 November 1976 in 39m (12 in F♯)

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 Jill Rees

2 Michael Mott

3 Janet A Meredith

4 Roderic K Bickerton

5 Nicholas D Hughes

6 Robert J Crocker (C)

To welcome Helen Bernicia Armitage, born November 9th.

Hertford County Association

St Albans, Hertfordshire

St Michael

Sunday, 21 November 1976 (12–3–20 in G)

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 P Kaser

2 Jackie Browne

3 Frances Major

4 Richard Major

5 P N Mackley (C)

6 P Smith

For evensong and farewell compliment to Rev G Bookless (curate) and his wife.

Hertford County Association

Bushey, Hertfordshire

St James

Saturday, 27 November 1976 in 2h 45 (12 in F♯)

5152 Spliced Surprise Major (4m)

1440 Cambridge; 1312 Bristol; 1280 London; 1120 Superlative; atw.

Composed by A J Pitman

1 S Kathleen M Baldwin

2 Susan E Smith

3 Rosamund M Durham

4 David C Brown (C)

5 John S Croft

6 John J Durham

7 Thomas M Barlow

8 Mark W Marshall

Hertford County Association

Hatfield, Hertfordshire

St Etheldreda

Sunday, 28 November 1976 in 42m (23–1–20 in D)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 Timothy J Butler

2 Nicholas D Hughes

3 Edward G Bennett

4 David Lester

5 Russell A Brown

6 Eric Edmondson (C)

7 Stanley Huckle

8 Robert A Cochrane

First quarter:4.

Hertford County Association

Ardeley, Hertfordshire

St Laurence

Saturday, 18 December 1976 in 2h 48 (9)

5040 Minor (5m)

2 extents each St Clement's, Single Oxford; 1 each Cambridge S, Kent TB and Plain Bob

1 John N McCutcheon

2 Susan L Apter

3 Owen A Davis

4 Ronald J Sharp

5 Christopher Catlin

6 Thomas R Harris (C)

First in 5m - 3.

For Christmas.

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