The grand total of Quarter Peals has now gone up to 11 with contributions from Woughton & Olney. Details have been added to the end of this news item.
The second Branch Quarter Peal week led to the ringing of 9 quarters during the week. These included a number of firsts. Well done to those who progressed their ringing during the week and of course a big thanks to those who supported them in their endeavours. The QP week has again provided great learning opportunities and facilitated team building. Of particular note was the quarter of 11 doubles methods and variations rung at Simpson following on from the recent Branch training course on this subject. A few sore heads I believe. As normally happens when organising quarter peals, a few didn’t make it but were worth the try. I understand after the attempt at Clifton there was much practicing of singles. I wonder what happened there?
Quarter peal week coincided with Remembrance Sunday and a number of quarters were rung half muffled or dedicated to the fallen of WW1. Maids Moreton rang in memory of Fred Rainbow and Edmund Webb, former bell ringers at Maids Moreton, killed in action during the First World War in 1915.
Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire
St Edmund
Sunday, 8 November 2015
1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor
1 Sue Lucas
2 Ray Vickers
3 Margaret Vince
4 Ann Fletcher
5 Sebastian Lucas
6 Andrew Spencer (C)
Rung on Remembrance Sunday in memory of Fred Rainbow and Edmund Webb, former bell ringers at Maids Moreton, killed in action during the First World War in 1915.
Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire
SS Peter & Paul
Sunday, 8 November 2015
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
1 Adam Hird
2 Liz Wagstaff
3 Scott Ayers
4 Nick Chatt
5 B Douglas Hird (C)
6 Keith Wagstaff
Rung half-muffled before Evensong on Remembrance Sunday
Emberton, Buckinghamshire
All Saints
Monday, 9 November 2015
1260 St Clements Minor
1 Wendy A Haslam
2 Brian Berry
3 Ian Thompson
4 Nick Gray
5 Roy Keeves
6 Tony Gray (C)
Rung half muffled for Remembrance Sunday.
Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire
SS Peter & Paul
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
1 Liz Wagstaff
2 Mark Vale
3 Charles J Knight
4 Mick Nimmo
5 B Douglas Hird (C)
6 Keith Wagstaff
1st inside 2.
Rung half muffled on the middle six.
Roade, Northamptonshire
St Mary the Viirgin
Wednesday, 11 November 2015 in 48 Minutes (10-2-17)
1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor
1 Lydia Bates
2 Lesley Belcher
3 Alan Cozens
4 Nick Gray
5 Roy Keeves
6 Tony Gray (C)
First of treble bob – 1
Rung in remembrance of the fallen of two world wars and conflicts since. Also for the ODG North Bucks Branch QP week.
Downs Barn, Buckinghamshire
Cross & Stable
Friday, 13 November 2015
1440 Plain Bob Minor
1 Adam Hird
2 Anne McIntyre
3 Graham Bartholomew
4 Gary Reading
5 Charles J Knight
6 B Douglas Hird (C)
Rung as part of North Bucks Branch Quarter Peal Week
Simpson, Milton Keynes
St Thomas the Apostle
Saturday, 14 November 2015 (7–1–7)
1260 Doubles (11 M/V)
Antelope, Litchurch, St Jude, St Laurence, St Austell, St Stephen, St David, St Mary, St Crispin, St Cecilia, Laverstoke
1 Brian Baldwin
2 Gary Reading
3 Ann Birch
4 Martin Petchey
5 Simon J O Head (C)
6 Paul Crombleholme
Most m/v 2, 3, 4; for North Bucks Branch quarter-peal week by participants in a recent Branch course on Doubles Variations
Woughton on the Green, Buckinghamshire
St Mary
Saturday, 21 November 2015 in 40 mins (7 cwt)
1260 Double Oxford Bob Minor
1 Brian Baldwin
2 Christina Tribble
3 Peter Tribble
4 Paul Crombleholme
5 Martin R Petchey
6 Simon J O Head (C)
2, 3 and 4 first in method.
Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire
SS Peter & Paul
Sunday, 15 November 2015
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
1 Keith Wagstaff
2 Liz Wagstaff
3 Mark Vale
4 Charles J Knight
5 B Douglas Hird (C)
6 Nat Masters
For Evensong
Calverton, Buckinghamshire
All Saints
Sunday, 15 November 2015 in 43 mins (10–1–24)
1260 St Clements Minor
1 Ann Birch
2 Graham Bartholomew
3 Anne McIntyre
4 Gary Reading
5 John Brookman
6 Simon J O Head (C)
1st inside to method – 2, 4
Rung as part of North Bucks Branch Quarter Peal Week
Olney, Buckinghamshire
SS Peter and Paul
Sunday, 22 November 2015 in 45 m (7-2-17)
1260 Plain Bob Minor
1 Judy Gay
2 Liz Sheaf
3 B Douglas Hird
4 Roger Gay
5 Charles J Knight
6 David Phillipson (C)
Rung prior to Choral Evensong
First Quarter Peal on an inside bell 2