St Giles
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 in 3h 3 (14)
5280 London Surprise Major
Composed by William Shipway
1 Patricia M Hitchins
2 Faith J Pearce
3 David C Brown (C)
4 Steve Day
5 Ben Trent
6 Simon A Rudd
7 Mark Regan
8 Alan Regin
Rung to mark the 175th anniversary of the first peal of London S Major, rung at St Andrew's, Norwich (now unringable) on this date in 1835, using the original composition; remembering too those famous advocates of the method - James Washbrook, William Pye, Peter Border and Stephen Ivin. Also rung to mark the 250th anniversary of a peal in this tower on this date in 1760, immediately after which the ringer of the 6th, John Webster, fell to the ground dead; we did not exactly replicate this performance on this occasion! The event is commemorated on a stone tablet in the ringing chamber.
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