St Dionysius
Wednesday, 5 September 1973 in 2h 50 (18–3–5 in F)
5088 London Surprise Major
Composed by Stephen J Ivin
1 George E Fearn
2 Ronald J Sharp
3 Anthony H Smith
4 Martin Major
5 Martyn J Marriott
6 Stephen J Ivin (C)
7 Robert B Smith
8 J Alan Ainsworth
Bedfordshire takes London Surprise Major to Leicestershire - 6 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.