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First in the method for all and for the Association.

21st birthday compliment to Suzanne Roberts.

Rung as a Birthday compliment to churchwarden John Harris.

First in the method for all and for the Guild.

First of treble bob hunting - 1

1st Minor as C. 50th on the bells for the Association.

1st inside - 2. Biggleswade District married couples' peal, rung for the Bedfordshire Association Centenary Year.

Rung in memoriam Kenneth G Spavins, one-time tower captain and churchwarden at this church, and Vice-President of the Bedfordshire Association.

Rung in memoriam Mrs Agnes Verrall.

No Conductor given (Gary Carr?)

1st in method for all except 1. 1st TB on 8 - 7. 100th peal on the bells - 1. 200th peal on the bells by the Association.

First peal: 1

25th peal: 4

For the Association Centenary

1st Royal inside - 3. 1st Royal - 5.

First in the method - 3

first in the method as conductor

1st as C. As an end to Association Centenary Year; also in memoriam Reginald Rowley (Totternhoe).

1st "opposite hunt" method ever rung to a peal. 1st peal in M.

Arlesey Minor: -16-16-1256 LH16: 35246.

Half-muffled in memoriam Lord Boyd of Merton, formerly of Henlow Grange, and MP for Mid-Beds 1932-1960; also for Maureen Rayment, faithful member of the congregation.

In memoriam of Reginald Rowley of Totternhoe.

450th peal - 7. In thanksgiving for the life of Percy Bonnett of Stagsden, a much-loved Elder of the Association, who passed away on 19th March. RIP

Half-muffled in memoriam Percy C Bonnett (1907-1983), for many years churchwarden, tower captain, and organist at this church, who was laid to rest in the churchyard earlier in the day.

For the wedding on 26th March of ringers of 3 & 4.

First Peal - 3.

First Minor as Conductor - 6

First Major as conductor.

Specially arranged by request of Sidney Sharman (founder member and first foreman of the Guild of St.Mary the Virgin, Stotfold - died 5th January 1982 in his 90th year) and rung later to his memory on the other bells he loved nearest to Cransley , his birthplace. RIP

First peal on the restored bells, lately re-hung in a new frame by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry; re-dedicated this day by David, Bishop of Bedford.

Half-muffled in memoriam Stanley P Marriott, churchwarden here 1956-1981, following the funeral service

Silver Wedding compliment to June and John Sinfield.

An engagement compliment to Janet Smallwood and Andrew Osborne.

First Major as conductor: 8

First Yorkshire: 3, 8.

550th peal: 5.

100th together - 5 and 6.

First Surprise inside: 6.

Silver Wedding compliment to Sheila and Alan Smith.

Centenary Project peal, delayed by tower repairs. Sponsored in aid of the bell restoration fund.

50th peal - 6.

Birthday Compliment to Mrs June Barker, mother of the ringer of 5.

Rung in memoriam George Bonner, tower captain and chorister at this church for many years.

For the St Peter's Church Festival.

Also 30th Birthday compliment to the ringer of the 3rd.

First peal: 4.

500th of the Association: 3.

Circled tower: 2.

To welcome the Revd John A Tibbs, inducted as Vicar of Elstow on 7th July

1st Lincolnshire Maximus - 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 & 10. 1st in M as C.

1st London S Minor - 2, 3, 4, 6 and as C. A belated wedding peal for Charles and Pamela Green, married here on 2nd July when the bells were out of action.

350th peal - 1. 1st peal in more than one method - 5.

First in method: 2, 3, and 5.

25th peal: 3.

First London Royal - 6.

30th birthday compliment to Jonathan Speed.

1st Yorkshire Major - 3 & 5.

Birthday compliment to Alison Cox.

For Bedfordshire Peal Week.

Circled the tower to peals - 2.

1st peal since 1965 - 1.

For Bedfordshire Association Peal Week.

100th peal on the bells - 9. For Bedfordshire Peal Week.

First in method - 5

1st in M - 3, 4 & 5.

1st on 12 - 8. 600th peal - 12.

First Grandsire Triples: 3.

For the Patronal Festival of St.Giles.

First peal in the method 3, 4, 6, and 8.

Engagement compliment to David Stanford and Suzanne Roberts.

70th birthday compliment to Malcolm Melville.

In Thanksgiving for the life of Mrs D Oakley (died 1st October) a supporter of all church activities for many years and a member of the PCC

1st Surprise on the bells.

For Luton District Quarter Peal Week.

also in memoriam Bryan F Sims of Biggleswade.

100th peal - 2.

Rung in memory of Bryan F Sims.

First Maximus - 1.

First Maximus in the method - 8.

First inside: 5.

First as conductor: 9.

First peal by a local band since the Coronation in 1953.

For All Saints'-tide.

First in the method by all and for the Association.

To commemorate 50 years of ringing by the conductor.

100th peal - 1. 1st in method - 5.

First TB: 1.

First Superlative: 4.

Half-muffled for Remembrance Day Service.

Rung to mark the 50th anniversary of the first peal on the bells (18th November 1933). The same methods were rung in 1933 when four members of the local band took part, three of them ringing their first peal.

First peal: 4 and 8.

First on eight inside: 2.

Most M - 2, 3 & 4. Most Surprise as C and 50th peal - 6.

First of Minor: 2

Most methods to a peal: 3

200th as conductor: 5

On the 75th anniversary of the first peal of Minor at Elstow, using the same methods as in the 1908 peal.

To mark the centenary of the bells, cast by John Taylor & Co, and dedicated on 29th May 1883.

50th together - 7 & 10.

1st of 7 surprise minor - 2 & 4.

1st Maximus inside - 4.

For Christmas.