St Wilfrid
Wednesday, 5 September 1973 in 2h 42 (10–3–3 in F)
5088 London Surprise Major
Composed by Stephen J Ivin
1 J Alan Ainsworth
2 Kathleen A Marriott
3 Robert L Piron
4 Anthony H Smith
5 Robert P Wood
6 George E Fearn
7 Christopher J Hughes
8 Stephen J Ivin (C)
Bedfordshire takes London Surprise Major to Leicestershire - 5 of 10 consecutive peals of London Surprise Major conducted by Stephen J Ivin using ten different compositions. This was believed to be a record which was broken a few weeks later. George E Fearn and Stephen J Ivin rang in all attempts.