St Mary the Virgin
Saturday, 18 October 1952 in 3h 26 (21–2–23 in D)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by C Middleton
1 George Care
2 Brian Austin
3 Sydney J Woodcock
4 William J Whitmore
5 Brian S Cope
6 John King
7 Patrick I Chapman
8 Geoffrey E Watson (C)
First peal of Cambridge Major as conductor. First of Major on the bells for 20 years. In memoriam George Basford, leader of the local band, who died on Sep 14 1952.