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Rochdale, Lancashire
131 Shawclough Way
Wednesday, 4 May 1977 in 2h 17 (15)
5056 Spliced Surprise Major (75m)
192 Bristol, Cassiobury, Cornwall, Cray, Crewkerne, Helmshore, Heythrop, Lindum, London, Pudsey, Rutland, Stourbridge, Superlative, Uxbridge, Yorkshire; 128 Glasgow; 64 Brondesbury, Fourgates, Higher Walton, Ospringe, Westhoughton; 32 Alderney, Amsterdam, Argentina, Ashtead, Brazil, Bolivia, Caius, Caldy, Calderbrook, Cambridge, Chile, Clywd, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Double Dublin, Ecuador, Fordcombe, Gainsborough, Glaswyn, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guiana, Havant, Heene, Honduras, Hungerford, Ipswich, Islay, Jersey, Johannesberg, Killamarsh, Lincolnshire, Mexico, Nailstone, New Cambridge, Nicaragua, Omega, Orkney, Oxney, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Putney, Quedgley, Sheppey, Smallbridge, Uruguay, Venezuela, Versailles, Vrynwy, Westray, Wight, Wye; 157 com.
Composed by R J Parker, C L D Munday and M C W Sherwood from N Smith's
1–2 Margaret L Sherwood
3–4 Christopher L D Munday
5–6 Marcus C W Sherwood (C)
7–8 Richard J Parker
The greatest number of Surprise Major methods rung on handbells.