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St Andrew
Wednesday, 15 August 1962 in 3h 28 (24–3–16 in D)
5040 London Surprise Minor
1 Michael J Thomas
2 Elisabeth A G Bowden
3 Martin Press
4 D John Hunt
5 Brian Bladon (C)
6 Frank D Mack
As far as can be ascertained, this was the first attempt of a peal on the heaviest ring of 6 bells in Devon.
The bells were rehung on ball bearings in 1934 by Gillett and Johnston but on the old frame, in which the back 2 bells swing the same way in adjacent pits. The circle is far from ideal. During the course of the peal the tenor sally gradually disintegrated, leaving only about half the original tufting.
The Society of Friends of the Exercise Peal Tour.
RW 1962 p570 and p577.