Lancashire Association of Change Ringers
St Michael and All Angels
Saturday, 27 June 1970 in 3h 30 (25–2–25 in D)
5280 Spliced Surprise Maximus (110m)
110 methods: 48 Albanian, Aldenham, Apsley, Ashton, Barford, Bedford, Belfast, Belgrave, Belvoir, Birmingham, Blackley, Brigstow, Bristol, Buckfast, Buckinghamshire, Cambridge, Christchurch, Cirencester, Clerkenwell, Clifton, Conisbrough, Cornwall, Cotswold, Cray, Deansgate, Dodford, Dorking, Double Dublin, Dunsmore, Ealing, Eldon, Elkington, Essex, Evesham, Feering, Gartree, Goscote, Halifax, Hampshire, Hampstead, Indiana, Jedburgh, Jersey, Kidderminster, Kilsby, Lambeth, Langley, Leicestershire, Leominster, Lilbourne, Lincolnshire, Lindsey, Lindum, Londinium, Lutterworth, Manchester, Manitoba, Mellor, Metropolis, Moorgate, New Durham, Newgate, New Gloucester, Oldham, Oxfordshire, Painswick, Pennine, Pontefract, Preston, Prittlewell, Pudsey, Quex, Reading, Redcliffe, Redfield, Ribbleton, Rochester, Saskatchewan, Shropshire, Solihull, Southwark, Southwell, Stancil, Stoneygate, Stoodley, Strathclyde, Superlative, Swindon, Timaru, Trafalgar, Trowbridge, Trafford, Utah, Uxbridge, Verulam, Warwickshire, Wembley, Wensleydale, Westminster, Wexham, Wigston, Winchester, Worcestershire, Worsley, Wycombe, Xenia, Yarmouth, York, Yorkshire, Zelah; with 109 changes of method.
1 Basil Jones
2 Richard S Starkie
3 Frank Osbaldiston
4 John H Fielden (C)
5 C Kenneth Lewis
6 Bernard F L Groves
7 Derek Butterworth
8 Cyril Crossthwaite
9 Neil Bennett
10 Robert B Smith
11 Brian Harris
12 Jeffrey Brannan
This is the greatest number of methods yet rung in a peal on 12 bells. The following methods are rung for the first time in this peal.
Lindum -36-14-5t-16-14-3t-14-5t-14-5t-14- h.l. 5t l.h. 12 f
Uxbridge -3t-14-56-16-34-5t-14-5t-14-5t-14 h.l. 5t l.h.12 f
Cray -56-14-56-36-34-58-34-70-34-9t-34 h.l. 1t l.h.12 l
Hampstead -3t-14-5t-16-127t-38-129t-30-14-5t-18 h.l. et l.h. 12 b
This peal named a new method or variation.