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Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Bishop's Hull, Somerset

St Peter and St Paul

Thursday, 12 April 1934 in 2h 54 (10–0–21 in F♯)

5040 Plain Bob Minor

1 Jack Roy

2 G Leslie Pryke

3 Frederick G Sparks

4 Horace Lea

5 Harry Churchill

6 William H Lloyd (C)

First Peal (2 & 4).

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Chew Magna, Somerset

St Andrew

Friday, 3 August 1934 in 3h 20 (28–0–21 in C♯)

5056 Plain Bob Major

Taken from the tower belfry log book

Composed by J R Pritchard

1 Christopher Woolley

2 Brian J E White

3 F Stedman Poole

4 John H B Hesse

5 Stephen H Wood

6 Wilfrid H J Hooton (C)

7 William A Cave

8 Albert A Hughes

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Barrow Gurney, Somerset

Blessed Virgin Mary and St Edward King and Martyr

Saturday, 18 August 1934 in 3h (15)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by John Holt (Holt's Original)

1 William E Wiseman

2 Edgar Guise

3 Norman H Coombs

4 Ernest Stitch (C)

5 F Cecil Mogford

6 Leonard F Derrick

7 Herbert W Knight

8 Richmond Roberts

First peal: 6. First peal of Grandsire: 5.

Ringing World page reference: 1222.0531

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Burnham on Sea, Somerset

St Andrew

Thursday, 13 September 1934 in 3h 1 (22 in E♭)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by C Middleton

1 Charles W Roberts

2 Nelson E Elliot

3 Kenneth Snelling

4 Frederick W Rogers (C)

5 Jack M Cripps

6 Frederick S Bayley

7 C Ernest Smith

8 Alfred T Greenwood

Ringing World page reference: 1226.0597

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Corston, Somerset

All Saints

Friday, 14 September 1934 in 2h 59 (9–2–25 in A♭)

5088 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by J W Parker

1 Charles W Roberts

2 Alfred T Greenwood

3 Kenneth Snelling

4 C Ernest Smith

5 Frederick S Bayley

6 Jack M Cripps

7 Nelson Elliott

8 Frederick W Rogers (C)

First peal of Bristol on the bells

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Evercreech, Somerset

St Peter

Wednesday, 3 October 1934 in 3h 7 (19½)

5056 Cambridge Surprise Major

Composed by Johnson's variation of Middleton's

1 Kenneth G Ford

2 David Mackay

3 Norah G Williams

4 John E Metcalf

5 William C Shute

6 Harry J Sanger

7 Ronald G Beck

8 Joseph T Dyke (C)

First peal of Major: 1, 2. First peal of Surprise Major: 4. First peal of Surprise Major inside: 5.

Ringing World page reference: 1229.0643

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Queen Camel, Somerset

St Barnabas

Saturday, 6 October 1934 in 3h 40 (36–3–7 in C)

5040 Grandsire Doubles

10 callings

1 Richard V Gare

2 Frederick J Reeves (C)

3 Walter Thomas

4 Hubert H Owens

5 Charles Thomas

6 Douglas V Gare

First peal by all except 2. First peal as conductor. First peal by a Queen Camel band.

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Radstock, Somerset

St Nicholas

Monday, 22 October 1934 in 2h 32 (11–0–25 in F♯)

5040 Minor (7m)

Being 720s each of Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Double and Single Court, Double and Single Oxford, and Plain Bob.

1 William Sherborne

2 Ronald G Beck (C)

3 David Mackay

4 Kenneth G Ford

5 John Targett

6 Joseph T Dyke

First peal of Minor: 4

Ringing World page reference: 1234.0725

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Blagdon, Somerset

St Andrew

Sunday, 28 October 1934 in 3h 10 (18–3–12 in E♭)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by H W Wilde

1 David Mackay

2 Norah G Williams

3 Caesar Davis

4 Kenneth G Ford

5 Fredrick Targett

6 Herbert W Knight

7 Ronald G Beck

8 Joseph T Dyke (C)

First peal in the method: 1, 4, 6

First peal in the method inside: 5

Rung to mark t he coming of age of the ringer of the third.

Ringing World page reference: 1232.0692

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Midsomer Norton, Somerset

St John the Baptist

Wednesday, 14 November 1934 in 3h 18 (21 in E♭)

5040 Plain Bob Major

Composed by No.41 of the Central Council Collection shortened

1 Kenneth G Ford

2 Norah G Williams

3 David Mackay

4 William J Prescot

5 Fredrick Targett

6 Harry J Sanger

7 Ronald G Beck

8 Joseph T Dyke (C)

Ringing World page reference: 1235.0739

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Ash Priors, Somerset

Holy Trinity

Friday, 16 November 1934 in 2h 52 (9–1–17 in G)

5040 Minor (2m)

3 X 720 Plain Bob, 4 X 720 Kent Treble Bob.

1 Jack Roy

2 Edwin Branchflower

3 Frank Branchflower

4 Alfred J Wyatt

5 Harry Churchill

6 William H Lloyd (C)

First peal (3).

First peal of Minor in 2 methods (2).

Arranged for Messrs. Branchflower, father and son, members of the local band.

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Churchill, Somerset

St John the Baptist

Saturday, 17 November 1934 in 2h 53 (14–1–22 in F)

5040 Minor (7m)

Being 720 each of Cambridge Surprise, Kent Treble Bob, Double and Single Court, Double and Single Oxford, Plain Bob.

1 Kenneth G Ford

2 Norah G Williams

3 David Mackay

4 Fredrick Targett

5 Ronald G Beck (C)

6 Joseph T Dyke

Ringing World page reference: 1235.0740

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Wiveliscombe, Somerset

St Andrew

Sunday, 2 December 1934 (16–2–18 in E♭)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 William Greedy

2 C Parkman

3 Claude Tarr

4 C Bellew

5 William Hartnell

6 James Hartnell

7 Alfred Stone

8 William Hartnell Jnr

First quarter (2 & 4).

First quarter inside (7).

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Long Ashton, Somerset

All Saints

Saturday, 8 December 1934 in 3h 22 (30–3–23 in D♭)

5280 Spliced Major (2m)

Plain Bob Major & Little Bob Major

Composed by G Williams

1 Kenneth G Ford

2 Norah G Williams

3 Herbert W Knight

4 David Mackay

5 Ernest J Taylor

6 William A Cave

7 Ronald G Beck

8 Joseph T Dyke (C)

Ringing World page reference: 1239.0804

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Publow, Somerset

All Saints

Wednesday, 12 December 1934 in 3h 20 (21–0–16 in D)

5040 Minor (4m)

Being 720 each of Cambridge Surprise, Double and Single Court, and four 720s of Plain Bob.

1 David Targett

2 Kenneth G Ford

3 David Mackay

4 Fredrick Targett

5 Ronald G Beck

6 Joseph T Dyke (C)

First peal of Minor on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 1240.0821

Bath & Wells Diocesan Association

Langport, Somerset

All Saints

Saturday, 15 December 1934 in 2h 55 (15 in F♯)

5040 Minor (8m)

Being seven 720s: (1) Cambridge Surprise, (2) Kent and Oxford Treble Bob, (3) Double Oxford, (4) Oxford Bob, (5) Double Court, (6) Single Court, (7) Plain Bob.

1 David Targett

2 Kenneth G Ford

3 David Mackay

4 Fredrick Targett

5 Ronald G Beck

6 Joseph T Dyke (C)

Ringing World page reference: 1240.0822

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