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Thursday, 15 December 1904 in 3h 7 (11 in G)
5040 Grandsire Triples
Taylor's six part
1 S A Davies
2 James F Priest
3 H G Cock
4 Ernest F Behan
5 Lewis Green
6 J Murray
7 Frederick P Powell (C)
8 H Montgomery
First peal in South Africa, first peal-1 and 3 and of triples-8
BN 14th January 1905
according to the additional "notes to peal" article this peal was Arranged by Ernest Behan and aside from the treble and the 3rd the rest of the band seem to have been made up of British and Australian expats, it wasn't until 1951 that the next peal was rung here (although there was a subsequent quarter peal in 1925 as well as some general ringing in 1941 by Arthur Patrick Cannon)
This peal included a first peal ringer on bells 1 and 3.
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