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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 121 matching performances. Bedfordshire Association Totternhoe, Bedfordshire St Giles Saturday, 7 January 1978 in 2h 43 (9½ in F♯) 5056 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) 8 Methods: 768 London and Rutland, 640 Bristol, and 576 each Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, and Yorkshire, with 144 changes of method Composed by Norman Smith 1 June Sinfield 2 Mary S Faircloth 3 John W Sinfield 4 Roger W Smith 5 John D Faircloth 6 Murray A Coleman (C) 7 David J Mossop 8 Denis G Pearson Bedfordshire Association Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire St Peter Saturday, 14 January 1978 in 2h 55 (9–3–5 in F♯) 5040 Plain Bob Minor Seven extents 1 Richard J Hillson 2 Henry S Wilson 3 Derek A Hammond 4 Martin C A Howell 5 J Crawford Allen (C) 6 Colin M Payne 1st inside and of minor - 4. Bedfordshire Association Cople, Bedfordshire All Saints Saturday, 14 January 1978 (8–0–22 in A♭) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Jane C Harris 2 Margaret E Jeeves 3 T R Harris (C) 4 T P Harris 5 D J Jeeves 6 A G Harris Rung as a Golden Wedding compliment to Mr & Mrs R J Smith by members of the family Bedfordshire Association Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire St Mary Saturday, 14 January 1978 in 2h 30 (7–2–3 in A) 5040 Spliced Plain Minor (2m) 7 extents Spliced Plain Bob and Oxford Bob 1 Geoffrey L K Dann 2 Owen A Davis 3 Ronald J Sharp 4 Anthony H Smith (C) 5 Martin Major 6 Trevor W Groom First on Six and of Spliced - 1. First of Spliced - 2. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Thursday, 19 January 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 J M Randall 2 Jane C Harris 3 R J Sharp 4 D R Brazier 5 C Catlin 6 T R Harris (C) First Quarter Peal of Minor inside - 2 Rung to mark the twenty fifth Anniversary of the founding of the Guild Bedfordshire Association Dunstable, Bedfordshire Priory Church of St Peter Saturday, 21 January 1978 in 3h 15 (23–2–15 in E♭) 5216 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 4 Methods: 1376 each Cambridge and Superlative, 1248 London, and 1216 Bristol; 99 changes of method and all the work of each method for every bell Composed by H G Cashmore 1 Dorothea M Robotham 2 Lucy Shepherd 3 Eric Edmondson 4 Alan M Shepherd 5 John R Mayne (C) 6 David Redfearn 7 Roger Baldwin 8 Stephen J Ivin Bedfordshire Association Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire St James Tuesday, 24 January 1978 in 3h 2 (18–2–12 in D) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by Stephen J Ivin 1 Avril Ivin 2 Martin Major 3 Ian D Harris 4 Anthony H Smith 5 Martyn J Marriott 6 Robert R Churchill 7 Clifford W Izzard 8 Stephen J Ivin (C) Bedfordshire Association Toddington, Bedfordshire St George of England Saturday, 28 January 1978 in 3h 10 (21½ in D) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by S Ivin 1 Charlotte M Smith 2 Ronald J Sharp 3 Martin Major 4 Anthony H Smith (C) 5 Martyn J Marriott 6 Jeremy Piron 7 Stephen Ivin 8 Clifford W Izzard Bedfordshire Association Southill, Bedfordshire All Saints Saturday, 28 January 1978 in 2h 45 (11–3–3 in F♯) 5040 Treble Dodging Minor (7m) London S, Beverley S, Ipswich S, Cambridge S, Norwich S, Kent TB, Oxford TB. 1 James W Yates 2 Ann M Fletcher 3 Ian D Harris 4 Keith D Waples 5 Michael R Spencer 6 Roy W Spencer (C) A wedding compliment to Christopher N Evans and Julie B Clifton. Bedfordshire Association Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire St James Saturday, 4 February 1978 in 3h 4 (18–2–12 in D) 5056 Rutland Surprise Major Composed by Stephen J Ivin 1 Owen A Davis 2 Charlotte M Smith 3 Ronald J Sharp 4 Anthony H Smith (C) 5 Philip R Jewell 6 Thomas R Harris 7 John W Sinfield 8 Trevor W Groom Bedfordshire Association Maulden, Bedfordshire St Mary Wednesday, 15 February 1978 in 2h 41 (10–2–14 in G) 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (5m) 5 methods: 1248 Cambridge, 1024 Bristol, 992 Rutland, 960 Superlative, and 800 London; 129 changes of method and all the work of each method for every bell Composed by R G Crosland 1 David Redfearn 2 Dorothea M Robotham 3 S Kathleen M Baldwin 4 Ronald J Sharp 5 Steven D Chandler 6 Martyn J Marriott 7 Eric Edmondson 8 John R Mayne (C) 950th peal: 4. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 17 February 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 E R Wallworth 2 Jane Harris 3 C Catlin 4 R J Sharp 5 T R Harris 6 T P Harris (C) Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 17 February 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Ruth Handley 2 Jane C Harris 3 R J Sharp 4 T R Harris (C) 5 C Catlin 6 A P Barlow First quarter Peal - 1 Bedfordshire Association North Stoneham, Hampshire St Nicolas Saturday, 18 February 1978 in 2h 53 (10–1–16 in G) 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by J W Parker 1 Paul Parsons 2 Ann M Fletcher 3 Richard J Clements (C) 4 Stephen H Stanford 5 Michael R Spencer 6 Andrew J Spencer 7 Martin J E Daniels 8 Richard H Knight First of Major - 1, 2, and 5. 21st birthday compliment to Andrew Spencer. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 24 February 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Minor (2m) 720 Oxford Bob and 540 Plain Bob 1 Peter Cissell 2 T R Harris 3 T P Harris (C) 4 C Catlin 5 T Hoath 6 D A Eddy First Quarter Peal of Minor - 1 Bedfordshire Association Maulden, Bedfordshire St Mary Friday, 3 March 1978 (10–2–14 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 G Kirby 2 Mary Mann 3 R Sharp (C) 4 M Lockey 5 K Fleming 6 C Mann Rung half muffled as a tribute to the life and example of Constance White, who died on February 29th Bedfordshire Association Maulden, Bedfordshire St Mary Saturday, 4 March 1978 in 2h 38 (10–2–14 in G) 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by C H Martin 1 Charlotte M Smith 2 B Anne Izzard 3 Ronald J Sharp 4 Anthony H Smith (C) 5 James W Yates 6 George E Bonham 7 Trevor W Groom 8 Clifford W Izzard 100th of Yorkshire S Major: 3. Bedfordshire Association Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire St James Monday, 6 March 1978 in 3h 5 (18–2–12 in D) 5120 London Surprise Major Composed by Stephen J Ivin 1 Christopher J Pickford 2 Martin Major 3 Ian D Harris 4 James W Yates 5 Jeremy Piron 6 Robert R Churchill 7 Robert L Piron 8 Stephen J Ivin (C) First of London: 4. Compliment to R R Churchill on 20 years as Church Warden. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Tuesday, 7 March 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Minor (2m) 720 Plain Bob and 540 Oxford Bob 1 Jane C Harris 2 D R Brazier 3 T R Harris (C) 4 J M Randall 5 T Hoath 6 C Catlin Rung with the Bells half muffled in Memoriam Mr L Mann a former resident of Silsoe. Bedfordshire Association Totternhoe, Bedfordshire St Giles Saturday, 11 March 1978 in 2h 43 (9½ in F♯) 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Composed by Sir A P Heywood 1 Lucy Shepherd 2 Alan M Shepherd 3 John D Faircloth 4 Mary S Faircloth 5 Thomas R Harris 6 L Roy Woodruff 7 Gerald Penney 8 John W Sinfield (C) In memoriam Walter Ayre. Bedfordshire Association Shillington, Bedfordshire All Saints Saturday, 11 March 1978 (18–2–0 in E♭) 1320 Doubles (11m) 1 T Hoath 2 D R Brazier 3 T P Harris 4 C Catlin 5 T R Harris (C) First in 11 methods for all Bedfordshire Association Benington, Hertfordshire St Peter Saturday, 11 March 1978 in 2h 50 (12 in F♯) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Anthony H Smith 2 Charlotte M Smith 3 Ronald J Sharp 4 Owen A Davis 5 Michael G Whitby 6 Edgar T Skipsey 7 Trevor W Groom 8 Martyn J Marriott (C) First of Major 'inside' - 4. Bedfordshire Association Flitwick, Bedfordshire St Peter and St Paul Sunday, 12 March 1978 (9–1–9 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles Plain Bob Doubles 1 Helen Cole 2 Jennifer Saville 3 R J Bunker 4 C Peaple (C) 5 M Chapman 6 W Bunker First Quarter 1. For Evensong, also to welcome Johnathan son of Susan & Clive Peaple. Duration unknown. Sourced from Flitwick Ringing Records. The year wasn't written in, but 12/03/78 was a Sunday, and was entered after a QP on 25/06/77, so makes sense. Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire St Paul Sunday, 12 March 1978 in 3h 44 (28–3–6 in D) 5059 Grandsire Cinques Composed by N Golden 1 Shelagh R Melville 2 Angela J Allen 3 Lynda M Lazzerini 4 J Crawford Allen 5 Martin Major 6 David W F Lazzerini 7 Malcolm C C Melville 8 George F C Amor 9 Robert L Piron 10 Jeremy Piron 11 Ian D Harris 12 Stephen Ivin (C) 1st on the augmented 12. By members of the local band. 1st on 12 - 2, 4, 8, 10 & 11. Bedfordshire Association Maulden, Bedfordshire St Mary Wednesday, 29 March 1978 in 2h 42 (10–2–14 in G) 5024 London Surprise Major Composed by Stephen J Ivin 1 Trevor W Groom 2 Ronald J Sharp 3 Charlotte M Smith 4 Anthony H Smith (C) 5 Thomas R Harris 6 Robert L Piron 7 Ian D Harris 8 Martyn J Marriott 100th of London Major: 2. First of London: 5. Bedfordshire Association Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire All Saints Saturday, 1 April 1978 in 2h 56 (13–1–3 in F) 5040 York Surprise Minor 1 Owen A Davis 2 Charlotte M Smith 3 Ronald J Sharp 4 Anthony H Smith (C) 5 Martin Major 6 Trevor W Groom Bedfordshire Association Harrold, Bedfordshire St Peter and All Saints Sunday, 2 April 1978 in 2h 50 (13–0–6 in F♯) 5040 Minor (3m) Being 2 extents each of Cambridge S and St Clement's CB and 3 of Plain B. 1 Jennifer S Thompson 2 Jacquie G Harpin 3 Barry A R Thompson 4 Ian D Harris 5 Michael R Spencer 6 Roy W Spencer (C) A birthday compliment to Jacquie Harpin. Bedfordshire Association Meldreth, Cambridgeshire Holy Trinity Saturday, 8 April 1978 in 2h 50 (10–1–13 in F♯) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by Stephen J Ivin 1 Stephen J Ivin (C) 2 Helen J Izzard 3 Ian D Harris 4 Jeremy Piron 5 James W Yates 6 Robert L Piron 7 Trevor W Groom 8 Stephen H Stanford Bedfordshire Association Flitton, Bedfordshire St John the Baptist Saturday, 8 April 1978 in 2h 40 (6–0–5 in B) 5040 Spliced Minor (21m) (1) Plain B, Reverse B, Double B, Wavertree College, St Clement's CB, Double Oxford B, London B, College B, Childwall; (2) York S, Durham S; (3) Cambridge S, Primrose S; (4) Beverley S, Surfleet S; (5) Sharnbrook A, Little B; (6) Double Court B, Single Court B; (7) Hereward B, Single Oxford B. 1 Andrew J Spencer 2 Ann M Fletcher 3 James H Edwards 4 Michael R Spencer 5 Keith D Waples 6 Roy W Spencer (C) 100th peal - 6. 21st birthday compliment to Beverly Hylden. Bedfordshire Association Kensworth, Bedfordshire St Mary the Virgin Sunday, 9 April 1978 in 2h 30 (3–3–16 in E♭) 5040 Minor (5m) 2 extents each of Cambridge S, Plain B; 1 each of Oxford TB, Kent TB, Oxford B. 1 Nigel Thacker 2 John D Faircloth 3 Keith Lewin 4 Ronald J Sharp 5 Mary S Faircloth 6 Alfred E Rushton (C) 1st peal (aged 11) - 1. Wedding compliment to Victor Holland and Jane Saggers. Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire St Paul Monday, 10 April 1978 in 3h 32 (28–3–6 in D) 5007 Stedman Cinques Composed by John Chilcott 1 Lynda M Lazzerini 2 Shelagh R Melville 3 Mark Regan 4 David W F Lazzerini 5 Anthony H Smith 6 Stephen H Stanford 7 Anthony R Carter 8 David R Saunderson 9 Robert L Piron 10 Jeremy Piron 11 Ian D Harris 12 Stephen Ivin (C) 1st Stedman Cinques - 4, 6, 10 & 11. 1st Stedman Cinques in the county and by the Association. Bedfordshire Association Maulden, Bedfordshire St Mary Wednesday, 12 April 1978 in 2h 42 (10–2–14 in G) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (10m) 10 methods: 960 Wembley, 640 each Bristol, London, Rutland, and Watford, 320 each Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, and Yorkshire; 139 changes of method Composed by Stephen J Ivin 1 S Kathleen M Baldwin 2 Dorothea M Robotham 3 Steven D Chandler 4 Ronald J Sharp 5 David Redfearn 6 Martyn J Marriott 7 Eric Edmondson 8 John R Mayne Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 14 April 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Peter Cissell 2 Andrew Rivers 3 C Catlin 4 T R Harris (C) 5 T Hoath 6 Jane C Harris First Quarter Peal on an inside bell - 2 Bedfordshire Association Cardington, Bedfordshire St Mary Saturday, 15 April 1978 in 3h 5 (19–1–1 in E) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker (12 Part) 1 Anthony H Smith (C) 2 J Crawford Allen 3 Charlotte M Smith 4 Derek A Hammond 5 Henry S Wilson 6 Graham T Ridgway 7 Colin M Payne 8 Bryan F Sims Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire St Paul Saturday, 15 April 1978 in 3h 39 (28–3–6 in D) 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Composed by R W Pipe 1 Avril Ivin 2 Susan E Smith 3 Stephen Ivin (C) 4 Martin Major 5 Stephen H Stanford 6 Ian D Harris 7 Jeremy Piron 8 Edgar T Skipsey 9 Robert L Piron 10 Martyn J Marriott 11 Jonathan R B Speed 12 C Michael Orme 1st Maximus 6 & 7. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 21 April 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Doubles (3m/v) 240 April Day and Old Doubles, 780 Plain Bob 1 Ruth Handley 2 T P Harris 3 C Catlin 4 T R Harris (C) 5 T Hoath 6 Paul Handley First Quarter in more than one method - 1 Rung as a Birthday Compliment to Her Majesty, The Queen. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 21 April 1978 1260 Single Oxford Bob Minor 1 Gay Hoath 2 D R Brazier 3 T P Harris (C) 4 Jane C Harris 5 T Hoath 6 T R Harris First in the method inside - 4 100th Quarter Peal together for the Guild - 3 and 6 Rung as a Birthday Compliment to Her Majesty, The Queen. Bedfordshire Association Shillington, Bedfordshire All Saints Saturday, 22 April 1978 (18–2–0 in E♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 E R Hallworth 2 K D Waples (C) 3 R J Hillson 4 O A Davis 5 P R Jewell Wedding Anniversary compliment to Mr and Mrs E T Skipsey; also Engagement Compliment to Trevor Groom and Kathy Sharman Bedfordshire Association Maulden, Bedfordshire St Mary Saturday, 22 April 1978 in 2h 46 (10–2–14 in G) 5184 Pudsey Surprise Major Composed by Stephen J Ivin 1 Mary S Faircloth 2 Eric Edmondson 3 Russell A Brown 4 Ronald J Sharp 5 David Kemp 6 Robert L Piron 7 Gerald Penney (C) 8 Neil Donovan Bedfordshire Association Clifton, Bedfordshire All Saints Saturday, 22 April 1978 in 2h 53 (10–0–6 in A♭) 5056 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by S Humphrey 1 David Kemp 2 Ronald J Sharp 3 Gerald Penney 4 Robert L Piron 5 Eric Edmondson 6 Russell A Brown 7 Neil Donovan (C) 8 Keith G Game Wedding compliment to Sidney Bywaters and Winifred Upchurch. Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire St Paul Monday, 24 April 1978 in 3h 38 (28–3–6 in D) 5007 Stedman Cinques Composed by J R Mayne (No 2) 1 Stephen Ivin (C) 2 Avril Ivin 3 Lynda M Lazzerini 4 David W F Lazzerini 5 W Eric Critchley 6 Ian D Harris 7 Edgar T Skipsey 8 Martyn J Marriott 9 Robert L Piron 10 David R Saunderson 11 Christopher J Pickford 12 Jeremy Piron Birthday compliment to Kathleen A Marriott. Bedfordshire Association Stotfold, Bedfordshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 29 April 1978 in 2h 52 (11–0–2 in G) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by E Bennett 1 Charlotte M Smith 2 Stephen J Ivin 3 Anthony H Smith (C) 4 Martin Major 5 Ian D Harris 6 Edgar T Skipsey 7 Trevor W Groom 8 David R Saunderson Bedfordshire Association Maulden, Bedfordshire St Mary Saturday, 29 April 1978 (10–2–14 in G) 1264 Plain Bob Major 1 Jane C Harris 2 D R Brazier 3 C Catlin 4 T P Harris 5 T Hoath 6 J W Yates 7 P Ashby 8 T R Harris (C) Rung as a Wedding compliment to Yvonne Cheadle and Nigel Cole. First Quarter Peal of Major - 7 First Quarter Peal of Major rung by the St James Guild Bedfordshire Association Bromham, Bedfordshire St Owen Saturday, 29 April 1978 in 3h 11 (22–3–18 in D) 5056 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) 768 Rutland, 704 London, 640 each of Pudsey & Superlative, 576 each of Bristol, Cambridge, Lincolnshire & Yorkshire. 119 com, atw. 1 Dorothea M Robotham 2 Lucy Shepherd 3 W Eric Critchley 4 Martin Major 5 Robert A Partridge 6 Derek E Sibson 7 Stephen Ivin 8 John R Mayne (C) 250th of Surprise - 1. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Thursday, 4 May 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 T R Harris (C) 2 Peter Cissell 3 A P Barlow 4 Melanie Stenning 5 T Hoath 6 D R Brazier First Quarter Peal on a inside bell - 2 Rung for Ascension Day Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire St Paul Sunday, 7 May 1978 in 2h 46 (11–0–0 in A) 5120 London Surprise Major Composed by S Ivin 1 Helen J Izzard 2 Lynda M Lazzerini 3 Kathleen A Marriott 4 David W F Lazzerini 5 James W Yates 6 Ian D Harris 7 Jeremy Piron 8 Stephen Ivin (C) 1st of London Major - 4. Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire St Paul Monday, 15 May 1978 in 3h 39 (28–3–6 in D) 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Composed by R W Pipe 1 Avril Ivin 2 Lynda M Lazzerini 3 Martin Major 4 Anthony H Smith 5 Shelagh R Melville 6 Christopher J Pickford 7 Edgar T Skipsey 8 David W F Lazzerini 9 Robert L Piron 10 Ian D Harris 11 Alan R Patterson 12 Stephen Ivin (C) In memoriam Ronald J Sharp. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Tuesday, 16 May 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 A P Barlow 2 D R Brazier 3 D A Eddy 4 T Hoath 5 C Catlin 6 T P Harris (C) Rung with the Bells half muffled in memoriam: Ronald J Sharp of Maulden Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 19 May 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Ruth Handley 2 Andrew Rivers 3 Peter Cissell 4 Melanie Stenning 5 T R Harris (C) 6 Jane C Harris Rung with the Bells half muffled in memoriam: Ronald J Sharp of Maulden Bedfordshire Association Flitwick, Bedfordshire St Peter and St Paul Sunday, 21 May 1978 (9–1–9 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles Plain Bob Doubles 1 Helen Cole 2 Marion Saville 3 R J Bunker 4 D Cullen 5 M Chapman (C) 6 W Bunker First as conductor 5. Retirement compliment to Rev R Ball. Unknown duration. Unknown date. It was entered between 2 QPs, so falls somewhere between 12/03/78 and 24/09/78. Sourced from Flitwick Ringing Records. Bedfordshire Association Kempston, Bedfordshire All Saints Wednesday, 24 May 1978 in 2h 50 (17–1–16 in E) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by John R Pritchard 1 Clive R Parrott 2 Anne Izzard 3 Helen J Izzard 4 Robert L Piron 5 Horace W Gilbert 6 Richard J Hillson 7 Anthony H Smith (C) 8 Clifford W Izzard In thanksgiving for the life and work of Geoffrey Brooks (reader). First of Major: 1. First peal: 5. First on 8 and first inside: 6. Bedfordshire Association Riseley, Bedfordshire All Saints Saturday, 27 May 1978 in 2h 28 (13–1–26 in F) 5040 Doubles (6m) 4 extents each of St Martin, St Simon; 7 extents each of April Day, Old Bob; 8 extents of Grandsire; 12 extents of Plain Bob 1 Richard J Hillson 2 Simon M Irwin 3 David W Manton 4 Geoffrey L K Dann 5 Owen A Davis (C) First Doubles: 1. 4, 5. First in six methods: 5. First peal attempt: 2. Most Methods: 4. First as conductor: 5 First peal on the bells since rehanging in 1971. Bedfordshire Association Flitton, Bedfordshire St John the Baptist Monday, 29 May 1978 (6–0–5 in B) 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Lynn Layton 2 Judith D Leach 3 Lucy Shepherd 4 M S Locke 5 J F Thompson 6 A M Shepherd (C) Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 9 June 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Peter Cissell 2 Jane C Harris 3 T P Harris 4 T R Harris (C) 5 Malcolm Rose 6 C Catlin First Quarter Peal at first attempt - 5 Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 16 June 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Minor (2m) 540 Single Oxford and 720 Plain Bob 1 Peter Cissell 2 Gay Hoath 3 T R Harris (C) 4 J Olney 5 T Hoath 6 C Catlin First Quarter Peal in more than one method - 2 Bedfordshire Association Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire St Giles Saturday, 17 June 1978 (10 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 E R Hallworth 2 Gay Hoath 3 C Catlin 4 T R Harris (C) 5 T Hoath First Doubles inside - 2 Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Monday, 19 June 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Single Oxford Bob Minor 1 Jane C Harris 2 D R Brazier 3 T P Harris 4 J Olney 5 C Catlin 6 T R Harris (C) Bedfordshire Association Barton le Clay, Bedfordshire St Nicholas Tuesday, 20 June 1978 (16–1–14 in F) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Melanie Stenning 2 Jane C Harris 3 T P Harris (C) 4 D R Brazier 5 C Catlin 6 T R Harris Bedfordshire Association Steppingley, Bedfordshire St Lawrence Wednesday, 21 June 1978 1272 Minimus (2m) 552 Plain Bob, 720 Double Bob 1 J Olney 2 D R Brazier 3 C Catlin 4 T P Harris (C) Bedfordshire Association Flitton, Bedfordshire St John the Baptist Wednesday, 21 June 1978 (6–0–5 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Jane C Harris 2 Gay Hoath 3 T Hoath 4 C Catlin 5 T R Harris (C) 6 C Stimpson Bedfordshire Association Flitton, Bedfordshire St John the Baptist Wednesday, 21 June 1978 (6–0–5 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 J Olney 2 D R Brazier 3 T Hoath 4 C Catlin 5 T R Harris (C) 6 C Stimpson Bedfordshire Association Cranfield, Bedfordshire St Peter and St Paul Thursday, 22 June 1978 (17–1–14 in E) 1260 Doubles 6 m/v 1 D R Brazier 2 T P Harris (C) 3 C Catlin 4 D Manton 5 T R Harris Bedfordshire Association Shillington, Bedfordshire All Saints Friday, 23 June 1978 (18–2–0 in E♭) 1260 Doubles (4m/v) 1 E R Hallworth 2 T R Harris (C) 3 D R Brazier 4 T Hoath 5 C Catlin Bedfordshire Association Flitton, Bedfordshire St John the Baptist Sunday, 25 June 1978 (6–0–5 in B) 1440 Grandsire Doubles 1 Melanie Stenning 2 T P Harris 3 Jane C Harris 4 C Catlin 5 T R Harris (C) 6 C Stimpson Rung for the Patronal Festival of St John Baptist also a tewnty-first Birthday Compliment to twins, Margaret Jeeves and Mary Harris (25th June 1978) Bedfordshire Association Goldington, Bedfordshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 1 July 1978 in 2h 41 (10–2–7 in F♯) 5040 Minor (7m) 1 extent each of Norwich S, Cambridge S, Single Oxford B, Double Oxford B, St Clement's CB, Double B, Plain B. 1 Jacquie G Harpin 2 Ann M Fletcher 3 Andrew J Spencer 4 Michael R Spencer 5 Keith D Waples 6 Roy W Spencer (C) For the Patronal Festival and on the 750th anniversary of the church. By a Sunday service band. Bedfordshire Association Henlow, Bedfordshire St Mary Sunday, 2 July 1978 in 2h 52 (14½ in F♯) 5040 Minor (7m) Single Court, Double Court, St.Clement's, Double Oxford, Cambridge S, Single Oxford, and Plain Bob 1 James E Burgess 2 Charlotte M Smith 3 Martin Major 4 Anthony H Smith (C) 5 Trevor W Groom 6 Philip R Jewell First peal: 1. For Henlow Festival. Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire St Paul Monday, 10 July 1978 in 3h 35 (28–3–6 in D) 5007 Stedman Cinques Composed by S Ivin 1 Martin Major 2 Stephen Ivin (C) 3 Lynda M Lazzerini 4 Shelagh R Melville 5 Anthony H Smith 6 David W F Lazzerini 7 Malcolm C C Melville 8 Martyn J Marriott 9 Jeremy Piron 10 Stephen H Stanford 11 Ian D Harris 12 Bryan F Sims 1st on 12 - 12. Wedding anniversary compliment to Mr and Mrs B F Sims. Bedfordshire Association Cople, Bedfordshire All Saints Saturday, 15 July 1978 in 2h 48 (8–0–22 in A♭) 5040 Plain Minor (5m) (1) Double Court M, (2) Single Oxford M, (3) St Clement's CB, (4) Double Oxford B, (5) Plain B & St Clement's CB, (6) Single Oxford B & Double Oxford B (7) Plain B. 1 Ian D Harris 2 Martin Major 3 Owen A Davis 4 Geoffrey L K Dann 5 Philip R Jewell 6 George E Bonham (C) Bedfordshire Association Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire St Giles Tuesday, 18 July 1978 (10 in G) 1272 Plain Bob Minimus 1 E R Hallworth 2 Jane Harris 3 M G Oliver 4 T R Harris (C) 5 R J Cole Wedding Compliment to Martin Carroll and Katherine Williams First attempt - 3 Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 21 July 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1296 in RW 1 Jane C Harris 2 D R Brazier 3 C Catlin 4 T Hoath 5 D A Eddy 6 T R Harris (C) First Quarter Peal of Cambridge - 4 and 5 Rung with the bells half muffled in memoriam: Mr Alf Rushton, President of the Bedfordshire Association of Church Bellringers. Bedfordshire Association Flitton, Bedfordshire St John the Baptist Friday, 21 July 1978 (6–0–5 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 C Stimpson 2 T R Harris (C) 3 C Catlin 4 J F Olney 5 T Hoath 6 T P Harris Rung with the bells half muffled in memoriam: Mr Alf Rushden President of the Bedfordshire Association of Church BellRingers First Minor - 1 Bedfordshire Association Luton, Bedfordshire St Mary Saturday, 22 July 1978 in 3h 12 (25–0–24 in D) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by A R Carter 1 Alan R Patterson 2 Ann Black 3 Keith Lewin 4 Martin Major 5 Robert E Hardy 6 Christopher Forster 7 Robert L Piron 8 Anthony R Carter (C) 9 Philip R Jewell 10 Andrew W R Wilby In memoriam Alfred E Rushton Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Tuesday, 25 July 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Peter Cissell 2 Melanie Stenning 3 T P Harris (C) 4 Gay Hoath 5 T Hoath 6 J Olney Rung to Celebrate St James' Day Bedfordshire Association Totternhoe, Bedfordshire St Giles Thursday, 3 August 1978 in 2h 44 (9½ in F♯) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by Parker's Twelve-Part 1 June E Sinfield 2 Ann Tucker 3 Michael J Hazelton-Swales 4 Mary S Faircloth 5 Lucy Shepherd 6 Alan M Shepherd 7 John W Sinfield (C) 8 John D Faircloth In memoriam Alfred E Rushton Bedfordshire Association Flitton, Bedfordshire St John the Baptist Thursday, 3 August 1978 (6–0–5 in B) 1260 Doubles (5m/v) 240 each Grandsire, April Day, Kennington and Old Bob; 300 Plain Bob 1 Gay Hoath 2 J F Olney 3 T Hoath 4 T R Harris (C) 5 C Catlin 6 C Stimpson Rung with the bells half muffled, in Memoriam Mr Lewis Bywaters A Vice President of the Bedfordshire Association of Church BellRingers Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 4 August 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 June E Sinfield 2 Jane C Harris 3 Judith D Leach 4 Linda Mason 5 Lucy Shepherd 6 Mary S Faircloth (C) Half muffled in memoriam Alfred E Rushton First Surprise - 2 Bedfordshire Association Henlow, Bedfordshire St Mary Saturday, 5 August 1978 in 2h 50 (14½ in F♯) 5040 Minor (7m) One extent each of Double Court, Double Oxford, St.Clement's, Single Oxford, Cambridge Surprise, Norwich Surprise, Plain Bob 1 C Edward Jeffries (C) 2 Martin Major 3 Trevor W Groom 4 Anthony H Smith 5 Philip R Jewell 6 Philip Mehew Rung in memoriam Lewis H Bywaters. Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire St Paul Sunday, 6 August 1978 in 3h 24 (28–3–6 in D) 5012 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Composed by P Border 1 Tudor P Edwards (C) 2 M Susan Threlfall 3 Anthony H Smith 4 Jeremy Piron 5 John G Gipson 6 Kenneth J Hesketh 7 David E Rothera 8 Ian D Harris 9 Richard S Starkie 10 Brian D Threlfall 11 James L Towler 12 R Kingsley Mason Bedfordshire Association Shillington, Bedfordshire All Saints Friday, 11 August 1978 (18–2–0 in E♭) 1260 St Simon's Bob Doubles 1 E R Hallworth 2 D R Brazier 3 C Catlin 4 T Hoath 5 T R Harris (C) Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire 40 Conway Crescent Sunday, 13 August 1978 in 2h 18 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1–2 Dorothea M Robotham 3–4 Julia A Major 5–6 John R Mayne (C) 7–8 Martin Major Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Sunday, 20 August 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Doubles (2m) 960 Plain Bob and 300 Grandsire 1 D A Eddy 2 Margaret E Jeeves 3 T P Harris 4 D J Jeeves 5 D R Brazier (C) 6 P Handley Rung as a Farewell Compliment to Dr John Lake and his family on moving to East Hanney, Berkshire Bedfordshire Association Meldreth, Cambridgeshire Holy Trinity Friday, 25 August 1978 in 2h 35 (10–1–13 in F♯) 5088 London Surprise Major Composed by Stephen J Ivin 1 Avril Ivin 2 C Edward Jeffries 3 Anthony H Smith 4 Martin Major 5 Robert L Piron 6 Martyn J Marriott 7 Clifford W Izzard 8 Stephen J Ivin (C) The conductor's 1,000th peal. Bedfordshire Association Stevenage, Hertfordshire St Nicholas Saturday, 26 August 1978 in 2h 52 (14–2–24 in F) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Charlotte M Smith 2 Catherina E Griffiths 3 Owen A Davis 4 Geoffrey L K Dann 5 Edgar T Skipsey 6 Anthony H Smith 7 Philip R Jewell 8 George E Bonham (C) Bedfordshire Association Ampthill, Bedfordshire St Andrew Sunday, 27 August 1978 (13–3–6 in A♭) 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 I D Harris 2 J P Loveless 3 R A Knight 4 S H Stanford 5 J W Yates 6 P C Randall Bedfordshire Association Totternhoe, Bedfordshire St Giles Saturday, 2 September 1978 in 2h 54 (9½ in F♯) 5184 St Giles Surprise Major Composed by D Knox 1 Owen A Davis 2 Lucy Shepherd 3 Mary S Faircloth 4 Alan M Shepherd 5 John Faircloth 6 Anthony H Smith (C) 7 David Redfearn 8 John W Sinfield For Patronal Festival Bedfordshire Association Elstow, Bedfordshire St Mary and St Helena Tuesday, 5 September 1978 in 2h 28 (8–2–0 in G) 5040 Minor (7m) Being 1 extent each of London S, St Clement's CB, Norwich S, Oxford TB, Kent TB, Cambridge S & Plain B. 1 Martyn J Marriott 2 Ann M Fletcher 3 Helen J Izzard 4 Ian D Harris 5 Christopher J Pickford 6 Stephen H Stanford (C) To mark the 900th anniversary of the founding of the Abbey Church of St Mary and St Helena. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 8 September 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 T R Harris (C) 2 Peter Cissell 3 Margaret Valentine 4 Melanie Stenning 5 Jane C Harris 6 C Catlin First Quarter Peal of Minor on an inside bell - 2 Bedfordshire Association Southill, Bedfordshire All Saints Wednesday, 13 September 1978 in 2h 42 (11–3–3 in F♯) 5040 Minor (4m) Single Court B, Plain B, Single Oxford B, Cambridge S, Plain B, Single Oxford B, Plain B. 1 Owen A Davis 2 Charlotte M Smith 3 Andrew D Osborne 4 Edgar T Skipsey 5 Anthony H Smith 6 Philip R Jewell (C) 1st peal - 3. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 15 September 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Minor (2m) 360 Oxford Bob and 900 Plain Bob 1 P Handley 2 D R Brazier 3 T R Harris (C) 4 Jane C Harris 5 D A Eddy 6 C Catlin First Quarter Peal of Minor - 1 First of two Minor methods - 4 Bedfordshire Association Luton, Bedfordshire St Mary Saturday, 23 September 1978 in 3h 15 (25–0–24 in D) 5040 Bristol Surprise Royal 1 Lucy Shepherd 2 Jeremy Piron 3 Charlotte M Smith 4 Anthony H Smith 5 S Kathleen M Baldwin 6 David W F Lazzerini 7 Edgar T Skipsey 8 Robert E J Dennis 9 Roger Baldwin 10 Stephen J Ivin (C) First of Bristol Royal: 6. Bedfordshire Association Little Staughton, Bedfordshire All Saints Saturday, 23 September 1978 in 2h 36 (10–2–20 in G♯) 5040 Doubles (10m/v) Rev. Canterbury, St Nicholas, Winchendon Place, Southrepps, St Simon, St Martin, Kennington, Grandsire, April Day and Plain Bob. 1 Ann M Fletcher 2 Andrew J Spencer 3 Michael R Spencer 4 Keith D Waples 5 Roy W Spencer (C) Most Doubles method / variations by all except 5. 1st Doubles 2. Wedding day compliment to Sofia Szpunar and Boguslaw Wodecki. Bedfordshire Association Flitwick, Bedfordshire St Peter and St Paul Sunday, 24 September 1978 (9–1–9 in G) Plain Bob Doubles Plain Bob Doubles 1 Helen Cole 2 Jennifer Saville 3 Ann Cullen 4 Clive Peaple (C) 5 D Cullen 6 W Bunker For morning service also to welcome Rev Roy Hubbard. Unknown duration. Unknown length, but presumed to be 1260. Sourced from Flitwick Ringing Records. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Tuesday, 26 September 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Peter Cissell 2 C Catlin 3 T P Harris 4 J M Randall 5 J F Olney 6 D R Brazier (C) Rung with the Bells half muffled in memoriam Mrs A M Robinson Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Thursday, 28 September 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Minor (2m) 720 Oxford Bob and 540 Plain Bob 1 Peter Cissell 2 Gay Hoath 3 T R Harris (C) 4 J F Olney 5 T Hoath 6 D R Brazier Rung for the Salvation Army Concert Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Thursday, 5 October 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Jane C Harris 2 D R Brazier 3 T P Harris 4 J M Randall 5 J F Olney 6 T R Harris (C) First Quarter Peal of Surprise Minor - 4 and 5 Bedfordshire Association Flitton, Bedfordshire St John the Baptist Thursday, 5 October 1978 in 2h 24 (6–0–5 in B) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Ipswich, Norwich, London, Wells, York, Durham, Cambridge. 1 Owen A Davis 2 Martin Major 3 Robert L Piron 4 Christopher J Pickford 5 Ian D Harris 6 Anthony H Smith (C) Bedfordshire Association Harrold, Bedfordshire St Peter and All Saints Saturday, 14 October 1978 in 2h 49 (13–0–6 in F♯) 5040 Treble Dodging Minor (7m) Being 1 extent each of London S, York S, Norwich S, Ipswich S, Kent TB, Cambridge S and Oxford TB. 1 Barry A R Thompson 2 James H Edwards 3 Martin Major 4 Ian D Harris 5 Roy W Spencer 6 Keith D Waples (C) Bedfordshire Association Biddenham, Bedfordshire St James Saturday, 14 October 1978 in 2h 41 (12–3–18 in G) 5040 Plain Bob Minor 1 Owen A Davis 2 Richard J Hillson 3 Martin D Barratt 4 Henry S Wilson 5 Colin M Payne (C) 6 Rodney Walker 25th peal: 1. First Minor inside: 2, 3. First Minor as conductor: 5. A wedding compliment to Mr & Mrs Walker. Also to welcome Andrew Stephen, grandson of Mr & Mrs H S Wilson. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Wednesday, 18 October 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Gay Hoath 2 Peter Cissell 3 T R Harris (C) 4 J F Olney 5 T Hoath 6 D A Eddy Rung with the Bells half muffled in memoriam Mr W Brazier Bedfordshire Association Shillington, Bedfordshire All Saints Saturday, 21 October 1978 (18–2–0 in E♭) 1350 Doubles (4m) 1 E R Hallworth 2 J E Burgess 3 C W Firmin 4 T R Harris 5 O A Davis (C) Most methods - 3 Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Thursday, 26 October 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Doubles (2m) 540 Plain Bob and 720 Grandsire 1 Nicholas Olney 2 D R Brazier (C) 3 J F Olney 4 T R Harris 5 C Catlin 6 Jane C Harris First Quarter Peal - 1 Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Thursday, 26 October 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1320 Norwich Surprise Minor 1 Jane C Harris 2 J F Olney 3 T P Harris 4 C Catlin 5 T Hoath 6 T R Harris (C) First Quarter Peal of Norwich - 2 and 5 Rung with the Bells half muffled in Memoriam Miss Jessie Rutherford Bedfordshire Association St Neots, Cambridgeshire St Mary Saturday, 28 October 1978 in 3h 27 (29–2–13 in D♭) 5120 London Surprise Major Composed by Stephen J Ivin 1 Avril Ivin 2 Martin Major 3 David A O Hope 4 Ian D Harris 5 Philip R Jewell 6 Jeremy Piron 7 David R Saunderson 8 Stephen J Ivin (C) Bedfordshire Association Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire St Peter Saturday, 4 November 1978 in 2h 45 (9–3–5 in F♯) 5040 Minor (7m) Extent each of: Norwich S, Ipswich S, Cambridge S, Kent TB, Oxford TB, Double Oxford B and St Clements CB. 1 Keith Waples 2 Ann M Fletcher 3 Michael R Spencer 4 Andrew J Spencer 5 Ian D Harris 6 Roy W Spencer (C) Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire St Paul Sunday, 5 November 1978 in 3h 35 (28–3–6 in D) 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Composed by P Border 1 Janet R Border 2 Stephen Ivin (C) 3 Lynda M Lazzerini 4 Ruth Border 5 Martin Major 6 Ian D Harris 7 Jeremy Piron 8 David W F Lazzerini 9 Robert L Piron 10 Jonathan R B Speed 11 Clifford W Izzard 12 Peter Border 1st on 12 - 1 & 11. 300th peal - 4. Bedfordshire Association Maulden, Bedfordshire St Mary Saturday, 11 November 1978 (10–2–14 in G) 1260 Oxford Bob Triples 1 Yvonne Fenwick-Walpole 2 Mary L Mann 3 Wendy Piercy 4 O A Davis 5 D G Carr 6 A H Smith (C) 7 C D Mann 8 T Hyde Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire St Paul Monday, 13 November 1978 in 3h 37 (28–3–6 in D) 5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus Composed by R W Pipe 1 Avril Ivin 2 Robert Dennis 3 Lynda M Lazzerini 4 Anthony H Smith 5 Jonathan R B Speed 6 J Crawford Allen 7 Anthony R Carter 8 David R Saunderson 9 Robert L Piron 10 Christopher J Pickford 11 Ian D Harris 12 Stephen Ivin (C) 1st of Maximus - 6. Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Wednesday, 15 November 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 D A Eddy 2 D R Brazier 3 Peter Cissell 4 J M Randall 5 T R Harris (C) 6 Paul Handley First Quarter Peal of Grandsire - 3 and 4 Rung with the Bells half muffled in memoriam: Mr Jim Stansfield and Mr Arthur Borrett Bedfordshire Association Flitton, Bedfordshire St John the Baptist Thursday, 16 November 1978 (6–0–5 in B) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Gay Hoath 2 Peter Cissell 3 J F Olney 4 C Catlin 5 T Hoath 6 D R Brazier (C) Rung for the Confirmation Service, Conducted by the Bishop of St Albons Bedfordshire Association Silsoe, Bedfordshire St James the Great Friday, 17 November 1978 (6–1–9 in B) 1260 Spliced Plain Minor (2m) 1 E Hallworth 2 D R Brazier 3 Margaret Jeeves 4 J F Olney 5 D Eddy 6 T R Harris (C) First Spliced Plain minor for all. For Christian Aid Concert Bedfordshire Association Bromham, Bedfordshire St Owen Saturday, 18 November 1978 in 3h 9 (22–3–18 in D) 5056 Bromham Surprise Major Composed by A J Pitman 1 Martin Major 2 Dorothea M Robotham 3 Eric Edmondson 4 Robert D Crighton 5 Christopher J Groome 6 Walter Hunt 7 Alan R Patterson 8 John R Mayne (C) 1st peal in Method. Bromham Surprise Major: 38-38.14-12-36.14-14.38.16-16.38, 2nds place lead end 15738264, 4th place bobs. Bedfordshire Association Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire St Giles Friday, 24 November 1978 (10 in G) 1260 Doubles (6m) 1 E Hallworth 2 J F Olney 3 C Catlin 4 T Hoath 5 T R Harris (C) Bedfordshire Association Haynes, Bedfordshire St Mary Saturday, 25 November 1978 in 2h 38 (6–3–5 in B♭) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) London, Wells, Beverley, Surfleet, Ipswich, Cambridge & Norwich. 1 James H Edwards 2 Martin Major 3 Ian D Harris 4 Michael R Spencer 5 Keith D Waples 6 Roy W Spencer (C) 1st 7-Surprise - 4 and as C. Wedding day compliment to Beverly Hylden and Colin Woolf. Bedfordshire Association Sandy, Bedfordshire St Swithun Saturday, 2 December 1978 in 2h 51 (12–0–8 in F) 5040 Norwich Surprise Minor Seven extents. 1 Philip G Rogers 2 Charlotte M Smith 3 Anthony H Smith (C) 4 Owen A Davis 5 Jeffrey L Claughton 6 Edgar T Skipsey Bedfordshire Association Elstow, Bedfordshire St Mary and St Helena Saturday, 23 December 1978 in 2h 34 (8–2–0 in G) 5040 Surprise Minor (3m) 2 extents each of London, Norwich & 3 of Cambridge. 1 Andrew J Spencer 2 Ann M Fletcher 3 Jeremy Piron 4 Ian D Harris 5 Michael R Spencer 6 Stephen H Stanford (C) For the end of the tri-centenary celebrations of the publication of John Bunyan's 'Pilgrim's Progress'. Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire St Paul Tuesday, 26 December 1978 in 3h 43 (28–3–6 in D) 5115 Stedman Cinques Composed by J Chilcott 1 Kathleen A Marriott 2 David A Hope 3 Avril Ivin 4 Lynda M Lazzerini 5 Stephen H Stanford 6 David W F Lazzerini 7 Jeremy Piron 8 Phillip M Orme 9 Robert L Piron 10 Ian D Harris 11 C Michael Orme 12 Stephen Ivin (C) Bedfordshire Association Bedford, Bedfordshire St Paul Thursday, 28 December 1978 in 3h 48 (28–3–6 in D) 5280 Bristol Surprise Maximus 1 Martin Major 2 Shelagh R Melville 3 Lynda M Lazzerini 4 Anthony H Smith 5 Ian D Harris 6 David W F Lazzerini 7 Malcolm C C Melville 8 Jeremy Piron 9 Robert L Piron 10 Jonathan R B Speed 11 Christopher J Pickford 12 Stephen Ivin (C) 1st Bristol S Maximus by all except 11 & 12. By a local band (except 4). Wedding day compliment to Edith Gainford and Rev Nicholas Coulton (Vicar). Bedfordshire Association Tilsworth, Bedfordshire All Saints Friday, 29 December 1978 in 2h 35 (8–3–17 in A) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) 1 extent each Chester, Netherseale, London, Bourne, Ipswich, Norwich & Cambridge. 1 Michael Hazleton-Swales 2 Lucy Shepherd 3 Mary S Faircloth 4 Alan M Shepherd 5 John D Faircloth 6 John W Sinfield (C) To welcome the new Vicar of Tilsworth and Stanbridge (Rev D Cook). Bedfordshire Association Meppershall, Bedfordshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 30 December 1978 in 2h 45 (12 in G) 5040 Doubles (7m) 5 extents each of Rev Canterbury, St Nicholas; 6 of Winchendon Place; 5 each of St Simon's, St Martin's; 6 of Plain B & 10 Grandsire. 1 Charles W Firmin 2 Sheila I Smith 3 Alan S Smith 4 David G Carr 5 Anthony H Smith (C) 1st peal - 1. To welcome Christopher John Parsons, born 23 December. Bedfordshire Association Goldington, Bedfordshire St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 30 December 1978 in 2h 38 (10–2–7 in F♯) 5040 Minor (3m) 2 extents each of Cambridge S & Plain B, and 3 of Oxford TB. 1 James H Edwards (C) 2 Ann M Fletcher 3 Michael R Spencer 4 Andrew J Spencer 5 Roy W Spencer 6 Keith D Waples Farewell compliment to the Vicar (Rev. Peter Hill) and family, leaving for Biggleswade. Bedfordshire Association Felmersham, Bedfordshire St Mary Saturday, 30 December 1978 in 2h 59 (20–2–18 in E♭) 5056 Plain Bob Major Composed by J R Pritchard 1 Charlotte M Smith 2 Martin Howell 3 J Crawford Allen 4 Derek A Hammond 5 Henry S Wilson 6 Colin M Payne 7 Anthony H Smith (C) 8 Clifford W Izzard 1st on 8 inside - 2. 25th peal - 6. | |
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