At the Parish Church of St Matthew, Church Row
Sunday, 9 November 2008 in 43m (14 cwt)
1260 Grandsire Triples
(Taken from "the Original") [John Holt; 1751]
1 Tony Gilbert*
2 Benjamin D Kipling
3 Phil Brown*
4 James R B Saunders
5 Roderic K Bickerton
6 Leon G Thompson
7 Christopher J Cooper (C)
8 Phil Stott
* First Quarter Peal in the Metropolis.
Rung half-muffled prior to BCP Evening Prayer on Armistice Sunday in remembrance of the fallen. The Bethnal Green Band in the 1880's & 1890's often rang this and other compositions taken from "the Original" here prior to Evening Prayer each Sunday.
With especial thanks to the Rochester Cathedral ringers for the loan of their muffles, and to Messrs Kipling and Bickerton for putting on and removing the muffles.