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St Martin's Guild Bilton, Warwickshire St Mark Friday, 5 January 2024 in 2h 45 (9–0–25 in G♯) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (29m) 29m: Berwyn, British Scholars’ Pleasure, Burton, Capel, Chadkirk, Cheviot, Chiltern, College Exercise, Cotswold, Duke of Norfolk, Kent, Killamarsh, Kingston, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Mendip, Morning Star, Nelson, Norbury, Norton-le-Moors, Ockley, Oxford, Pennine, Quantock, Rochester, Sandal, Snowdon, Trinity Sunday, Waterford, Woodcock’s Victory Composed by John S Warboys 1 Miles F E Baker 2 Stephanie J Warboys 3 Alex J Parsons 4 Paul McNutt 5 Peter G C Ellis 6 John S Warboys (C) St Martin's Guild Honiley, Warwickshire St John the Baptist Friday, 12 January 2024 in 2h 35 (6–2–4 in A) 5040 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (42m) 42m: Balmoral, Belvoir, Bucknall, Cambridge, Castleton, Coventry, Dover, Evening Star, Francis Genius, Kentish, Stirling, Wilmslow Thirds Place Delight; Abbeyville, Canterbury, Clarence, Combermere, Elston, Fountains, Humber, Kirkstall, Marple, Melrose, Merton, Sherborne Fourths Place Delight; Allendale, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chester, Kelso, Lincoln, London, Munden, Norwich, Wells, Westminster, York Surprise; Berwyn, Cheviot, Cotswold, Killamarsh, Pennine, Trinity Sunday Treble Bob; all the work Composed by John S Warboys 1 Stephanie J Warboys 2 Jimmy L Yeoman 3 Casey McLellan 4 James P Ramsbottom 5 Simon J L Linford 6 John S Warboys (C) St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 14 January 2024 in 2h 49 (11–2–5 in G) 5184 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 1536 Lessness; 1344 Yorkshire; 1152 Cambridge, Lincolnshire; 137 com Composed by Peter R King 1 Jill D Walburn 2 D Rose W Horton 3 Simon J L Linford (C) 4 Andrew W Gordon 5 Catherine R Taylor 6 Richard J Hurst 7 Andrew J Ellis 8 Gordon R Birks St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 15 January 2024 in 54m (31–0–21 in D) 1320 Sgurr A' Chaorachain Surprise Royal Arranged by S J Gay 1 Colin G Newman 2 M Michael R Parker 3 Mark R Eccleston 4 Graham M Bradshaw 5 Rebecca Kirby 6 Alexander P Frye 7 Oliver C Bates (C) 8 Michael P A Wilby 9 Jimmy L Yeoman 10 Alistair J Cherry St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands St Mary Saturday, 20 January 2024 in 48m (18–0–9 in F) 1260 Stedman Triples Composed by Thomas Thurstans 1 Casey McLellan 2 Simon Linford 3 Trish Everett 4 Clare McArdle 5 Arthur Reeves 6 Luke Daniel 7 Eleanor Linford (C) 8 Paul McEvilly Remembering John McDonald on the 20th anniversary of his death. Ringing World page reference: 5888.0192St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St Chad Saturday, 20 January 2024 (15–3–6 in F) 1260 Stedman Triples 1 Richard L Jones 2 James Insley 3 Frances Dodds 4 Mark R Eccleston (C) 5 John H Fielden 6 Jonathan P Healy 7 Paul E Bibilo 8 Richard B Grimmett Remembering John McDonald on the 20th anniversary of his death. Ringing World page reference: 5887.0170St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 22 January 2024 in 3h 26 (31–0–21 in D) 5039 Stedman Cinques Composed by M R Eccleston 1 Oliver C Bates 2 Catherine E Morley 3 Paul McNutt 4 M Michael R Parker 5 Michael P A Wilby 6 James C Mundy 7 Alexander P Frye 8 James P Ramsbottom 9 George M Salter 10 Jimmy L Yeoman 11 Mark R Eccleston (C) 12 Paul E Bibilo First on 12: 6. Remembering John McDonald, an influential Birmingham ringer, who died 20 years ago. Ringing World page reference: 5886.0147St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Paul (Ringing Chamber) Tuesday, 23 January 2024 in 56m (15 in C) 1440 Zanussi Surprise Maximus WHWH 1–2 Alexander P Frye 3–4 Stephen M Jones 5–6 Jimmy L Yeoman 7–8 Michael P A Wilby 9–10 Simon J L Linford 11–12 Oliver C Bates (C) St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Paul (The Schoolroom) Friday, 26 January 2024 in 2h 44 (12 in F) 5040 London No. 3 Surprise Royal Composed by D G Hull 1–2 Casey McLellan 3–4 Daniel J Page 5–6 Oliver C Bates (C) 7–8 Stephen M Jones 9–10 Alistair J Cherry First of Royal: 1-2 Ringing World page reference: 5891.0260St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands 26 Forest Road Saturday, 27 January 2024 in 2h 25 (11) 5184 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) (8m: Contains 768 each Pudsey, Rutland and Superlative, and 576 each Bristol, Cambridge, Lincolnshire (N), London and Yorkshire, with 126 changes of method) Composed by D F Morrison (No. 3) 1–2 David Kemp 3–4 Emma J Southerington (C) 5–6 Simon J L Linford 7–8 James P Ramsbottom First on the bells and first in tower, the home of Project Pickled Egg Ringing World page reference: 5891.0260St Martin's Guild Edgbaston, West Midlands 2 Estria Road Saturday, 27 January 2024 in 2h 40 (11) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by E J Southerington 1–2 Alexander P Frye 3–4 David Kemp 5–6 Emma J Southerington (C) 7–8 Alistair J Cherry 9–10 Alex J Parsons First in the tower Ringing World page reference: 5891.0260St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands The Wellington Saturday, 27 January 2024 in 3h 3 (12 in F) 5184 Spliced Surprise Maximus (3m) 3 methods: 1920 Zanussi; 1728 Phobos; 1536 Bristol; 19 com; atw. Composed by S J Gay 1–2 Alexander P Frye 3–4 Oliver C Bates 5–6 Elizabeth C Frye 7–8 Stephen M Jones 9–10 Jack E Page (C) 11–12 Alistair J Cherry First peal at the venue. First Spliced Maximus on handbells: 1-2 and 11-12. Ringing World page reference: 5891.0260St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip (Ringing Room) Saturday, 27 January 2024 in 3h 8 (12 in F) 5016 Spliced Maximus (6m) 1056 each Ariel Surprise, Phobos Surprise, Zanussi Surprise; 880 Maypole Alliance; 792 Deimos Alliance; 176 Slinky Differential Little Treble Place; 109 com; atw. Composed by D J Pipe 1–2 Daniel J Page 3–4 Jack E Page 5–6 Henry J W Pipe (C) 7–8 David J Pipe 9–10 Jonathan A Agg 11–12 Michael P A Wilby St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 28 January 2024 in 2h 51 (11–2–5 in G) 5088 Neverthelessness Surprise Major Composed by D L Thomas 1 Jill D Walburn 2 Simon W Edwards 3 Stephen G Askew 4 Richard J Hurst 5 Andrew J Ellis 6 Catherine R Taylor 7 Stephen W Horton 8 Michael Chester (C) Rung to mark 50 years since the conductor's first bell-handling lesson. Ringing World page reference: 5886.0147St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip (Ringing Room) Sunday, 28 January 2024 in 2h 45 (15 in C) 5080 Bristol Surprise Royal Composed by Jonathan F Young 1–2 Alexander P Frye 3–4 Jonathan A Agg 5–6 Daniel J Page (C) 7–8 Michael P A Wilby 9–10 Simon J L Linford St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Martin Tuesday, 30 January 2024 in 58m (39–1–19 in C) 1344 Bristol Surprise Maximus WHWH 1 Catherine E Morley 2 Stephanie J Warboys 3 Arthur J Reeves 4 Susan J Healy 5 Oliver C Bates (C) 6 James C Mundy 7 Victoria J M Wilby 8 John S Warboys 9 Rachel J Mitchell 10 George M Salter 11 Jimmy L Yeoman 12 Eleanor J Linford First of Maximus: 6 Ringing World page reference: 5886.0150St Martin's Guild Edgbaston, West Midlands St Bartholomew Sunday, 4 February 2024 in 45m (10–0–14 in G) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Simon J L Linford 2 George D Ellis 3 James T Ellis 4 Michael Chester 5 Catherine R Taylor 6 Luke Daniel 7 Andrew J Ellis 8 Charlotte D Linford (C) First Yorkshire: 2 Ringing World page reference: 5893.0304St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Paul Sunday, 4 February 2024 in 41m (3–3–23 in C♯) 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Chris Mills 2 Casey McLellan 3 Michael Parker 4 Matthew King 5 Graham Kelly 6 James Ramsbottom (C) For morning service by a regular Sunday morning band. In celebration of Chris Mills' long time ringing in Birmingham. Ringing World page reference: 5895.0349St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Martin Sunday, 4 February 2024 in 3h 28 (39–1–19 in C) 5024 Stedman Cinques Composed by M R Eccleston 1 Stephanie J Warboys 2 Mark R Eccleston (C) 3 Susan J Healy 4 Oliver C Bates 5 Victoria J M Wilby 6 Jonathan B Townsend 7 Catherine E Morley 8 David F Perkins 9 Lenard J Mitchell 10 Jimmy L Yeoman 11 Eleanor J Linford 12 Rachel J Mitchell Rung to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of Rachel Mitchell and Adam Thomas. Ringing World page reference: 5887.0168St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 5 February 2024 in 3h 28 (31–0–21 in D) 5090 Zanussi Surprise Maximus Composed by M P A Wilby 1 Paul E Bibilo 2 Jimmy L Yeoman 3 Catherine E Morley 4 Oliver C Bates (C) 5 Graham M Bradshaw 6 Alexander P Frye 7 Rebecca Kirby 8 James P Ramsbottom 9 M Michael R Parker 10 George M Salter 11 Michael P A Wilby 12 Colin M Lee St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands St Mary Sunday, 11 February 2024 in 46m (18–0–9 in F) 1280 Bristol Surprise Major 1 Emily Tamhne 2 Clare McArdle 3 James Mundy 4 Rose Horton 5 Frank Agar 6 Malcolm Paulson 7 Simon Linford (C) 8 Matthew King First in method: 5,6 For Evensong Ringing World page reference: 5893.0305St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 11 February 2024 in 2h 50 (11–2–5 in G) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Gordon R Birks (C) 2 James T Ellis 3 Richard J Hurst 4 Andrew J Ellis 5 Michael Chester 6 Catherine R Taylor 7 Jill D Walburn 8 Stephen W Horton First Major inside: 2. Circled the tower: 7. Circled the tower twice: 1 Ringing World page reference: 5888.0190St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 19 February 2024 in 3h 23 (31–0–21 in D) 5042 Bristol Surprise Maximus Composed by R J Angrave (Op. 186) 1 Mark R Eccleston 2 Jimmy L Yeoman 3 Paul E Bibilo 4 Catherine E Morley 5 Rebecca Kirby 6 James C Mundy 7 Oliver C Bates 8 M Michael R Parker 9 Paul Jopp 10 George M Salter 11 Michael P A Wilby (C) 12 Paul J Tiebout First peal of maximus: 6 100th peal on this bell: 11 1000th towerbell peal for the Guild: 3 Ringing World page reference: 5896.0373St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Martin Tuesday, 20 February 2024 (39–1–19 in C) 1344 Bristol Surprise Maximus 1 Stephanie J Warboys 2 Jimmy L Yeoman 3 Victoria J M Wilby 4 D Rose W Horton 5 Catherine E Morley 6 Simon J L Linford 7 Eleanor J Linford 8 Charlotte D Linford 9 William R Haynes 10 John S Warboys (C) 11 Anthony M Daw 12 George M Salter First Bristol S Maximus: 4. Ringing World page reference: 5889.0217St Martin's Guild Walsall, West Midlands St Matthew Saturday, 24 February 2024 in 56m (25–2–18 in D) 1344 Bristol Surprise Maximus Composed by L G Groom (WHWH) 1 Paul E Bibilo 2 Alistair J Cherry (C) 3 Oliver C Bates 4 Henry W Pipe 5 James Mundy 6 Michael P A Wilby 7 John H Fielden 8 Gordon R Birks 9 M Michael R Parker 10 James P Ramsbottom 11 Jimmy L Yeoman 12 David J Pipe Rung on the occasion of the Henry Johnson Dinner. St Martin's Guild Solihull, West Midlands St Alphege Saturday, 24 February 2024 in 3h 25 (21–1–11 in E♭) 5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus Composed by J Worth 1 Victoria J M Wilby 2 Stephanie J Warboys (C) 3 Susan J Healy 4 Stacey A Howard 5 Catherine E Morley 6 D Rose W Horton 7 Clare McArdle 8 Charlotte D Linford 9 Rebecca Kirby 10 Rachel J Mitchell 11 Frances Dodds 12 Eleanor J Linford First ladies peal on 12 for the Guild. Rung by resident members to mark the 136th Annual Henry Johnson Commemoration Dinner. First peal of Maximus: 6. Ringing World page reference: 5889.0208St Martin's Guild Selly Oak, West Midlands St Mary Sunday, 25 February 2024 in 3h 2 (12–1–17 in G) 5088 Spliced Surprise Major (7m) 960 Yorkshire, 768 Superlative, 736 each Bristol, Cornwall and Lessness, 608 Cambridge and 544 London, with 135 changes of method Composed by Donald F Morrison (8323) 1 Josh D P Jones 2 Casey McLellan 3 Kirsty Gifford 4 Simon J L Linford (C) 5 Nicholas C Field 6 Mark R Eccleston 7 Paul Needham 8 Charlotte D Linford St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 25 February 2024 in 2h 50 (11–2–5 in G) 5184 Turramurra Surprise Major Composed by Robert D S Brown 1 D Rose W Horton 2 Jill D Walburn 3 Andrew J Ellis 4 Richard J Hurst 5 Michael Chester 6 Stephen G Askew 7 Simon J Ridley 8 Gordon R Birks (C) Rung open in thanksgiving for the life of R Jean Nixon. Jean rang 34 peals on these bells and was instrumental in setting up the Sunday band. Ringing World page reference: 5894.0330St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Paul (School Room) Tuesday, 27 February 2024 in 2h 19 (13 in E) 5040 Stedman Triples Composed by A Johnson (bobs only 10 part, Aston Martin variation) 1–2 Richard B Grimmett 3–4 Charles A S Webb 5–6 Mark R Eccleston (C) 7–8 Paul E Bibilo Rung in memory of Andrew Johnson. Ringing World page reference: 5899.0453St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands St Mary Sunday, 10 March 2024 in 46m (18–0–9 in F) 1280 Turramurra Surprise Major Composed by Mark Davies 1 Simon J L Linford (C) 2 Casey McLellan 3 Trish Everett 4 Holly K Kilgour 5 Kirsty Gifford 6 Malcolm J Paulson 7 Matthew King 8 Charlotte D Linford First blows in method: 2,3,4,6,7 For Evensong Ringing World page reference: 5893.0305St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 10 March 2024 in 2h 50 (11–2–5 in G) 5088 Raunds Surprise Major Composed by D F Morrison (No 2219) 1 Catherine R Taylor 2 Andrew J Ellis 3 Jill D Walburn 4 Stephen W Horton 5 D Rose W Horton 6 Richard J Hurst 7 Gordon R Birks 8 Michael Chester (C) 2,500th peal: 8. Ringing World page reference: 5892.0280St Martin's Guild Shirley, West Midlands St James the Great Monday, 11 March 2024 in 40m (6–1–1 in B♭) General Ringing Call Changes on 8, Plain Bob Doubles with 3 cover bells, Grandsire Doubles Gwen Albrow Colin Baugh (C) John Cranmer Lynda Cranmer Helen Crosby Richard Postill Joanna Traves Robert Traves To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Solihull becoming a Municipal Borough on 11th March 1954. Ringing World page reference: 5895.0354St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 24 March 2024 in 2h 46 (11–2–5 in G) 5088 Nemesis Surprise Major Composed by Robert D S Brown 1 Andrew J Ellis 2 Jill D Walburn 3 D Rose W Horton 4 Michael Chester 5 Stephen G Askew 6 Stephen W Horton 7 Timothy M Davis 8 Gordon R Birks (C) St Martin's Guild Selly Oak, West Midlands 34 Lodge Hill Road Monday, 25 March 2024 in 2h 25 (11 in G) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (16m) 16 methods: 448 Ashtead, Cambridge, Ipswich, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Uxbridge, Yorkshire; 224 Bristol, Cassiobury, Cornwall, Cray, Double Dublin, Lindum, London, Pudsey, Superlative; 153 com; atw. Composed by N Smith 1–2 Alex J Parsons 3–4 Oliver C Bates (C) 5–6 Jimmy L Yeoman 7–8 Stuart C W Hutchieson First peal at the address. First peal on the bells. Thanks go to Fran Dodds for lending us the "Franbells." Ringing World page reference: 5894.0324St Martin's Guild Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire NB Thistle Saturday, 30 March 2024 in 1h 35 (8 in D) 5040 Minimus (11m) 456 each Canterbury, Double Bob, Double Canterbury, Double Court, Plain Bob, Reverse Bob, Reverse Court, Reverse St Nicholas, St Nicholas, Single Court, 480 Reverse Canterbury; 209 com Composed by Traditional 1–2 Elliot J Daniel 3–4 Luke Daniel (C) Birthday compliments to David Hull. Ringing World page reference: 5894.0324St Martin's Guild Solihull, West Midlands St Alphege Monday, 1 April 2024 in 2h 58 (9–2–11) 5024 Turramurra Surprise Major Composed by Richard J Angrave (no 135) 1 Simon J L Linford (C) 2 James T Ellis 3 Andrew J Ellis 4 Catherine R Taylor 5 Graham R Kelly 6 Malcolm J Paulson 7 Charlotte D Linford 8 Michael Chester First Surprise Major: 6 Birthday compliment to James To commemorate the 60th anniversary of Solihull becoming a County Borough on 1st April 1964 and the 50th anniversary of Solihull becoming a Metropolitan District on 1st April 1974 Ringing World page reference: 5895.0354St Martin's Guild Shirley, West Midlands St James the Great Monday, 1 April 2024 in 30m (6–1–1 in B♭) General Ringing Call Changes on 8, Plain Bob Doubles with 3 cover bells Richard Andrew Colin Baugh (C) Margaret Burling Alan Cottrell Pat Hicks Gill Postill Richard Postill Joanna Traves Robert Traves To commemorate the 60th anniversary of Solihull becoming a County Borough on 1st April 1964 and the 50th anniversary of Solihull becoming a Metropolitan District on 1st April 1974 Ringing World page reference: 5895.0354St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 14 April 2024 in 2h 45 (11–2–5 in G) 5088 Lessness Surprise Major Composed by S A Bond 1 Stephen W Horton 2 Jill D Walburn 3 Timothy M Davis 4 Richard J Hurst 5 Catherine R Taylor 6 Michael Chester (C) 7 Andrew W Gordon 8 Andrew J Ellis Completes 2nd circle: 8. Ringing World page reference: 5897.0395St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 15 April 2024 in 3h 28 (31–0–21 in D) 5088 Spliced Treble Dodging Maximus (4m) 1296 Bristol Surprise, Strathclyde Surprise; 1248 Avon Delight, Rigel Surprise; 82 com; atw. Composed by R W Pipe 1 Oliver C Bates 2 Catherine E Morley 3 Paul E Bibilo 4 Simon C Melen 5 Paul Jopp 6 Jimmy L Yeoman (C) 7 Graham M Bradshaw 8 Paul McNutt 9 Stephen M Jones 10 Alistair J Cherry 11 Michael P A Wilby 12 Thomas W Griffiths Rung with the band’s compliments to Clarke Walters, having recently celebrated his 80th birthday. First on 12 as conductor. Ringing World page reference: 5900.0472St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands St Mary Sunday, 21 April 2024 in 43m (7) 1260 Stedman Doubles 1 Sharon Wall 2 Simon Linford (C) 3 Casey McLellan 4 Charlie Linford 5 Eleanor Linford 6 Paul Lindley First Stedman: 1 Ringing World page reference: 5898.0423St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 22 April 2024 in 3h 27 (31–0–21 in D) 5088 Roaring Meg Surprise Maximus Composed by A G Reading 1 Catherine E Morley 2 Simon C Melen 3 Victoria J M Wilby 4 Paul Jopp 5 Andrew J Rawlinson 6 Ryan S Noble 7 M Michael R Parker 8 Alexander P Frye 9 Jimmy L Yeoman 10 John M Thurman 11 Michael P A Wilby (C) 12 Alistair J Cherry St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Paul Friday, 26 April 2024 in 3h (3–3–23 in C♯) 5760 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) 147m: Balmoral, Barham, Beeston, Belvoir, Berkeley, Bogedone, Bucknall, Caernarvon, Cambridge, Carisbrooke, Castleton, Chelsea, Chepstow, Conisborough, Conway, Coventry, Disley, Donottar, Dover, Dunedin, Edinburgh, Ely, Evening Star, Fotheringay, Francis Genius, Kentish, Knutsford, Leasowe, Ludlow, Melandra, Oswald, Pembroke, Pevensey, Peveril, Pontefract, Richborough, Rostherne, Skipton, Stirling, Warwick, Wath, Wilmslow Thirds Place Delight; Abbeyville, Bedford, Braintree, Burnaby, Burslem, Canterbury, Charlwood, Clarence, College Bob IV, Combermere, Crowland, Elston, Evesham, Fountains, Glastonbury, Humber, Kirkstall, London Victory, Marple, Melrose, Merton, Neasden, Newdigate, Old Oxford, Sherborne, Southwark, St Albans, St Werburgh, Taxal, Tewkesbury, Tintern, Vale Royal, Waltham, Willesden, Wragby Fourths Place Delight; Allendale, Alnwick, Annable's London, Bacup, Bamborough, Berwick, Beverley, Bourne, Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Coldstream, Cunecastre, Durham, Hexham, Hull, Ipswich, Kelso, Lightfoot, Lincoln, London, Morpeth, Munden, Netherseale, Newcastle, Norfolk, Northumberland, Norwich, Primrose, Rossendale, Sandiacre, Stamford, Surfleet, Warkworth, Wearmouth, Wells, Westminster, Whitley, Wooler, York Surprise; Berwyn, British Scholars’ Pleasure, Burton, Capel, Chadkirk, Cheviot, Chiltern, College Exercise, Cotswold, Duke of Norfolk, Kent, Killamarsh, Kingston, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Mendip, Morning Star, Nelson, Norbury, Norton-le-Moors, Ockley, Oxford, Pennine, Quantock, Rochester, Sandal, Snowdon, Trinity Sunday, Waterford, Woodcock’s Victory Treble Bob Composed by John S Warboys 1 Eleanor J Linford 2 Stephanie J Warboys 3 Casey McLellan 4 James P Ramsbottom 5 Simon J L Linford 6 John S Warboys (C) A third wedding anniversary compliment to Casey and James, rung by three married couples. The successful completion of this project at the first attempt. Ringing World page reference: 5899.0447St Martin's Guild Walsall, West Midlands St Matthew Saturday, 27 April 2024 in 3h 22 (25–2–18 in D) 5088 Bristol Surprise Maximus Composed by Mark R Eccleston 1 Stephanie J Warboys 2 Victoria J M Wilby 3 Laura S Watt 4 Henry J W Pipe 5 Jimmy L Yeoman (C) 6 Daniel J Page 7 Rebecca T Kirby 8 Catherine E Morley 9 Paul Jopp 10 Evie Newton 11 Michael P A Wilby 12 Oliver C Bates Specially organised to celebrate the birthdays of Miss Newton and Master Bates First in method: 3 50th peal: 7 Ringing World page reference: 5929.1170St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 29 April 2024 in 3h 25 (31–0–21 in D) 5016 Spliced Maximus (7m) 1008 Bolton; 960 Baratheon; 864 Greyjoy; 816 Tyrell; 528 Stark; 432 Targaryen; 408 Lannister; 143 com; atw. Composed by D J Pipe (Game of Thrones) 1 Mark R Eccleston 2 Jimmy L Yeoman 3 John N Hughes-D'Aeth 4 Stephen M Jones 5 David J Pipe (C) 6 Paul McNutt 7 Oliver C Bates 8 Daniel J Page 9 Simon J L Linford 10 Henry J W Pipe 11 Colin M Lee 12 Michael P A Wilby St Martin's Guild Edgbaston, West Midlands St Bartholomew Wednesday, 1 May 2024 (10–0–14 in G) 1280 Crewkerne Surprise Major Composed by M B Davies 1 Ioan Normington 2 Jimmy Yeoman (C) 3 James Mundy 4 Kirsty Gifford 5 Charlie Linford 6 Lucas J Williams 7 Eleanor Linford 8 Frank Agar Frank’s birthday treat Ringing World page reference: 5929.1174St Martin's Guild Erdington, West Midlands St Barnabas Thursday, 2 May 2024 in 45m (15–1–15) 1264 Plain Bob Major Composed by James P Ramsbottom 1 Rachel Mitchell 2 Casey McLellan 3 James Mundy 4 Kirsty Gifford 5 James P Ramsbottom (C) 6 Phil Ramsbottom 7 Matthew King 8 Andrew V Brown Rung on the 60th anniversary of the first gig by local band The Moody Blues in the Carlton Ballroom across the road from the church. It's with some sadness that keyboardist Mike Pinder, the last surviving member of the original line up, passed away just last week aged 82. The Carlton later went on to become 'Mothers', one of the country's leading rock venues and hosting acts such as The Who, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. St Martin's Guild Selly Oak, West Midlands St Mary Saturday, 4 May 2024 in 44m (12–1–17 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Trish Everett 2 Joanne Goodall 3 Jo Gifford 4 James Mundy 5 Kirsty Gifford (C) 6 Frank C Agar First inside affected for the 2, well done Joanne! Rung for the St Mary’s car boot sale Ringing World page reference: 5899.0450St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands St Mary Sunday, 12 May 2024 in 43m (7) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Clare McArdle 2 Trish Everertt 3 Eleanor Linford (C) 4 Charlie Linford 5 Simon Linford 6 Sarah Chilton First quarter: 6 Before Bell Sunday Morning Service Ringing World page reference: 5899.0444St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands St Mary Sunday, 12 May 2024 in 42m (7) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Sharon Wall 2 Trish Everett 3 Matthew King 4 Clare McArdle (C) 5 Simon Linford 6 Deborah Chard First quarter: 6 After Bell Sunday Morning Service Ringing World page reference: 5899.0444St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands St Mary Sunday, 12 May 2024 in 43m (7) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Jakub Opršal 2 Charlie Linford (C) 3 Kirsty Gifford 4 Eleanor Linford 5 Simon Linford 6 Peter Sweeney First Quarter: 6 For Bell Sunday Evensong Completes the project of four Moseley leaners ringing their first Quarter peals today Ringing World page reference: 5899.0444St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands St Anne Sunday, 12 May 2024 in 41m (7–0–5 in B♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Steve Horton 2 James Ramsbottom 3 Casey McLellan 4 Rose Horton 5 Simon Linford (C) 6 Vicky Cheshire First quarter: 6 After Bell Sunday Morning Service Ringing World page reference: 5899.0444St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 12 May 2024 in 2h 46 (11–2–5 in G) 5088 Dereham Surprise Major Composed by Donald F Morrison 1 Timothy M Davis 2 Michael J Dew 3 Michael Chester 4 Richard J Hurst 5 Stephen G Askew 6 Stephen W Horton 7 Andrew J Ellis 8 Gordon R Birks (C) 150th peal on the current bells. A get well soon compliment to Jill Walburn. 1111th peal: 2. 200th peal for the guild: 7 Ringing World page reference: 5902.0517St Martin's Guild Harborne, West Midlands St Peter Saturday, 18 May 2024 in 46m (12–3–24 in F♯) 1312 Alderney Surprise Major Composed by JR 1 Clare McArdle 2 Eleanor Linford 3 James Ramsbottom (C) 4 Casey McLellan 5 Steve Horton 6 Charlie Linford 7 Francesca Cinderey 8 Rose Horton St Martin's Guild Edgbaston, West Midlands St Bartholomew Monday, 20 May 2024 in 2h 53 (10–0–14 in G) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Barrie Hendry 2 Janet E Menhinick 3 Lucas J Williams 4 Jimmy L Yeoman 5 Christopher J Sharp 6 Keith W Brown 7 Neil Donovan (C) 8 Christopher J Pickford Specially arranged, remembering George E Fearn today, on the 50th anniversary of his death Ringing World page reference: 5911.0737St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Paul Monday, 20 May 2024 in 3h 4 (12–2–13 in F♯) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by R W Pipe 1 Frederick Shallcross 2 David P Hilling 3 Richard B Grimmett (C) 4 Beryl R Norris 5 Frances Dodds 6 Christopher H Rogers 7 Peter G Brown 8 Robert C Kippin 9 Peter L Furniss 10 John P Loveless Specially arranged, remembering George E Fearn today, on the 50th anniversary of his death 2500th tower bell peal - 9 200th peal of Cambridge Surprise - 6 ‘Remembering George E Fearn 50 years on’ as an idea generated much favourable comment. Some ringers who rang peals with George were not available on the day – David Brown, Ian G Campbell, Tony Cox, Bob Dennis, Maurice Edwards, John Fielden, Kingsley Mason, Geoff Randall, Martyn Reed, Judith Rogers and Michael Uphill - but are associated with the project. Ringing World page reference: 5911.0737St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 20 May 2024 in 3h 20 (31–0–21 in D) 5016 Spliced Maximus (7m) 1008 Bolton; 960 Baratheon; 864 Greyjoy; 816 Tyrell; 528 Stark; 432 Targaryen; 408 Lannister; 143 com; atw. Composed by D J Pipe (Game of Thrones) 1 Jimmy L Yeoman 2 Alistair J Cherry 3 Henry J W Pipe (C) 4 Stephen M Jones 5 Oliver C Bates 6 Paul McNutt 7 Graham M Bradshaw 8 Daniel J Page 9 Simon J L Linford 10 Paul E Bibilo 11 Colin M Lee 12 Michael P A Wilby Remembering George Fearn, ringing master at this tower, on the 50th anniversary of his death. Ringing World page reference: 5911.0737St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 26 May 2024 in 2h 46 (11–2–5 in G) 5088 Bilston Surprise Major Composed by Donald F Morrison 1 Catherine R Taylor 2 Stephen G Askew 3 Timothy M Davis 4 Richard J Hurst 5 Andrew J Ellis 6 Michael Chester 7 Stephen W Horton 8 Gordon R Birks (C) Celebrating 50 years of the county of West Midlands Ringing World page reference: 5903.0541St Martin's Guild Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire NB Thistle Saturday, 1 June 2024 in 2h 32 8784 Minimus (3m) 2928 each Reverse Canterbury, Double Bob, Canterbury. 365 com. 1–2 Elliot J Daniel 3–4 Luke Daniel (C) Brought round early due to needing the toilet with quite a long way to go. Ringing World page reference: 5902.0518St Martin's Guild Selly Oak, West Midlands 34 Lodge Hill Road Sunday, 2 June 2024 in 1h 42 (8 in C) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m) (1-3) 2160 Alnwick, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Coldstream, Cunecastre, Kelso, Lincoln, London, Morpeth, Munden, Newcastle, Northumberland, Sandiacre, Wells, Whitley, Wooler; (4-7) 2880 Allendale, Annable’s London, Bacup, Bamborough, Berwick, Beverley, Bourne, Cambridge, Durham, Hexham, Hull, Ipswich, Lightfoot, Netherseale, Norfolk, Norwich, Primrose, Rossendale, Stamford, Surfleet, Warkworth, Wearmouth, Westminster, York. Composed by John S Warboys (SU0308 SU0403) 1–2 Jimmy L Yeoman 3–4 Henry J W Pipe (C) 5–6 Oliver C Bates St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 3 June 2024 in 3h 23 (31–0–21 in D) 5013 Stedman Cinques Composed by M R Eccleston 1 Michael P A Wilby 2 Daniel J Page 3 Oliver C Bates 4 M Michael R Parker 5 Alexander P Frye 6 Matthew J R King 7 Mark R Eccleston (C) 8 Jonathan B Townsend 9 Catherine E Morley 10 Thomas W Griffiths 11 Alistair J Cherry 12 Paul E Bibilo Circled the tower as conductor. Ringing World page reference: 5904.0575St Martin's Guild Coleshill, Warwickshire St Peter and St Paul Thursday, 6 June 2024 (14–0–24 in F♯) Rounds and Call Changes Rounds and call changes 1 John Parkinson 2 Karen Bowley 3 Stephanie Doherty 4 Stuart Graham 5 Ian Watkins 6 Kevin Maher 7 Michael Walpole First occasion ringing for a commemoration Stephanie Doherty Ringing World page reference: 5905.0597St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 10 June 2024 in 3h 29 (31–0–21 in D) 5136 Queenscliffe Surprise Maximus Composed by M P A Wilby 1 Charlotte D Linford 2 Paul E Bibilo 3 Jimmy L Yeoman 4 Catherine E Morley 5 M Michael R Parker 6 Evie Newton 7 Graham M Bradshaw 8 James P Ramsbottom 9 David M W Threlfall 10 Alistair J Cherry 11 Michael P A Wilby (C) 12 Oliver C Bates 50th peal: 1 100th of Maximus: 3 A farewell to Canon Josephine Houghton, Canon Precentor at St Philip's, with our thanks and best wishes. Ringing World page reference: 5913.0781St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Paul Saturday, 15 June 2024 in 2h 49 (12–2–13 in F♯) 5040 Grandsire Triples Composed by J J Parker 1 Emily Tamhne 2 Casey McLellan 3 D Rose W Horton 4 Stephen W Horton 5 Andrew D White 6 James P Ramsbottom (C) 7 Gordon R Birks 8 Graham R Kelly First peal (after about 8 losses): 5 Ringing World page reference: 5906.0618St Martin's Guild Widcombe, Somerset St Matthew Sunday, 16 June 2024 in 45m (12 in F♯) 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Nicholas C Field 2 Sonia Field (C) 3 Arthur J Reeves 4 Mark R Eccleston 5 Patrick C Bridges 6 Josh D P Jones First as C of surprise minor Ringing World page reference: 5906.0623St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 23 June 2024 in 2h 44 (11–2–5 in G) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Timothy M Davis 2 Stephen W Horton 3 Richard J Hurst 4 Andrew J Ellis 5 Michael Chester 6 Steven Stoker 7 Gordon R Birks (C) 8 Simon J Ridley St Martin's Guild Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire NB Thistle Saturday, 29 June 2024 in 7h 49 28008 Minimus (3m) 9336 each Plain Bob, St Nicholas, Reverse Bob; 1166 com Composed by Traditional 1–2 Elliot J Daniel 3–4 Luke Daniel (C) First long length for both. Longest peal of Minimus, surpassing the 12,000 rung at York on 10 December 2023. Longest length of Minimus, surpassing the 24,000 rung at Portsmouth on 17 November 2005. Elliot is believed to be the youngest person to ring a long length in hand, age 12 years 230 days. Umpires: John Newbold, Tracey Newbold, Katie Board. Ringing World page reference: 5908.0675St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 30 June 2024 in 2h 51 (11–2–5 in G) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by Donald F Morrison 1 Steven Stoker 2 Andrew J Ellis 3 Michael Chester 4 James T Ellis 5 Timothy M Davis 6 Catherine R Taylor 7 Richard J Hurst 8 Gordon R Birks (C) First in method: 4 Ringing World page reference: 5918.0902St Martin's Guild Selly Oak, West Midlands St Mary Saturday, 6 July 2024 in 46m (12–1–17 in G) 1250 Spliced Variable Cover Triples and Major Stedman Triples, Bristol S Major Composed by Anonymous 1 Andrew Brown (C) 2 Kirsty Gifford 3 Casey McLellan 4 Matthew King 5 Rachel Mitchell 6 James Mundy 7 Michael Parker 8 James Ramsbottom 2/2 Ringing World page reference: 5909.0694St Martin's Guild Harborne, West Midlands St Peter Saturday, 6 July 2024 in 43m (12–3–24 in F♯) 1265 Spliced Triples and Major (2m) Stedman Triples, Bristol S Major Composed by JR 1 Matthew King 2 Casey McLellan 3 Kirsty Gifford 4 James Mundy 5 Rachel Mitchell 6 James Ramsbottom (C) 7 Andrew Brown 8 Michael Parker 1/2 Ringing World page reference: 5909.0693St Martin's Guild Edgbaston, West Midlands St Bartholomew Saturday, 6 July 2024 in 47m (10–0–14 in G) 1346 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by JR 1 Rebekah Horton 2 James Mundy 3 Sand Cooper 4 James Ramsbottom (C) 5 Andrew Brown 6 Steve Horton 7 Rose Horton 8 Janet Horton First in method: 3 Ringing World page reference: 5909.0693St Martin's Guild Northfield, West Midlands St Laurence Saturday, 13 July 2024 in 44m (14–1–13 in F♯) 1260 Stedman Doubles 1 Matthew Healy 2 Simon Linford (C) 3 Sarah Vernon 4 Susan Healy 5 Charlie Linford 6 Thomas Healy First Stedman: 1 Ringing World page reference: 5912.0763St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 15 July 2024 in 3h 24 (31–0–21 in D) 5088 Zanussi Surprise Maximus Composed by R W Pipe 1 Jack E Page (C) 2 Michael P A Wilby 3 M Michael R Parker 4 Alex J Parsons 5 Alexander P Frye 6 James P Ramsbottom 7 Graham M Bradshaw 8 Paul McNutt 9 Daniel J Page 10 Evie Newton 11 Alistair J Cherry 12 Colin M Lee Rung to welcome Seren Cleo Rawlinson. First in method: 4. Ringing World page reference: 5910.0711St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Saturday, 27 July 2024 in 3h 24 (31–0–21 in D) 5030 Spliced Cinques and Maximus (4m/p) 2630 Stedman Cinques; 960 Bristol Surprise Maximus; 768 Queenscliffe Surprise Maximus; 672 Littleport Little Surprise Maximus; 41 com Composed by M R Eccleston 1 Victoria J M Wilby 2 Mark R Eccleston 3 Catherine E Morley 4 Henry J W Pipe 5 Jack E Page (C) 6 Jimmy L Yeoman 7 Paul E Bibilo 8 Stuart C W Hutchieson 9 Ewan G A Hull 10 Daniel J Page 11 Michael P A Wilby 12 Alistair J Cherry Arranged and rung as a 30th birthday compliment to the tenor ringer. St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 29 July 2024 in 3h 24 (31–0–21 in D) 5042 Bristol Surprise Maximus Composed by R J Angrave 1 Paul E Bibilo 2 Stephanie J Warboys 3 Charlotte D Linford 4 M Michael R Parker 5 Graham M Bradshaw 6 Evie Newton 7 Alex J Parsons 8 Alexander P Frye 9 David M W Threlfall 10 Eleanor J Linford 11 Michael P A Wilby (C) 12 Jack E Page Remembering Chris Kippin Ringing World page reference: 5926.1094St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Martin Tuesday, 30 July 2024 (39–1–19 in C) 1275 Stedman Caters 1 Victoria J M Wilby 2 Elizabeth F M Wilby 3 Michael P A Wilby 4 Thomas E Healy 5 Susan J Healy 6 Stephanie J Warboys 7 John S Warboys (C) 8 Simon J L Linford 9 Eleanor J Linford 10 Charlotte D Linford First of Caters: 2. First on 10: 4. Ringing World page reference: 5912.0762St Martin's Guild Dublin, Dublin National Cathedral Church of St Patrick Saturday, 3 August 2024 in 3h 46 (45–1–18 in C) 5023 Spliced Cinques and Maximus (3m/p) 2431 Stedman Cinques; 1296 each Avon Delight Maximus, Bristol Surprise Maximus; 25 com. Composed by M R Eccleston 1 Richard B Grimmett 2 Simon J L Linford 3 Paul E Bibilo 4 Lucy A Warren 5 William T Bosworth 6 Jack E Page (C) 7 Eleanor J Linford 8 Alistair J Cherry 9 Daniel J Page 10 Oliver C Bates 11 Jimmy L Yeoman 12 Alan G Reading St Martin's Guild Harborne, West Midlands St Peter Sunday, 4 August 2024 (12–3–24 in F♯) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Christine Barnell 2 Eileen Keeble 3 Michael Keeble 4 Sarah C Jones 5 Tamsin Lane (C) 6 Zoe Rippengal First quarter at the first attempt:6 Celebrating the life of John Russell longstanding member of the St Peter's congregation St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 5 August 2024 in 3h 24 (31–0–21 in D) 5088 Spliced Surprise Maximus (4m) 1824 Bristol; 1152 Cambridge; 1056 Phobos, Yorkshire; 70 com Composed by Mark B Davies & R O Hall 1 Paul E Bibilo 2 Colin M Lee 3 Alexander P Frye 4 Charlotte D Linford 5 Alex J Parsons 6 M Michael R Parker 7 Graham M Bradshaw 8 James P Ramsbottom 9 Paul McNutt 10 Alistair J Cherry 11 Thomas W Griffiths (C) 12 Michael P A Wilby Circled tower: 2 First spliced maximus: 5 Ringing World page reference: 5928.1143St Martin's Guild Shenstone, Staffordshire St John the Baptist Tuesday, 13 August 2024 in 48m (8–2–22 in A) 1374 Spliced Surprise Major (3m) 542 Superlative, 512 Yorkshire, 320 Cambridge; 25 c.o.m. Composed by M R Johnson 1 Susan Healy 2 Elizabeth Wilby 3 Michael Wilby (C) 4 Thomas Healy 5 Tony Daw 6 Vicky Wilby 7 Jonathan Townsend 8 Jonathan Healy First of spliced: 2 & 4 Ringing World page reference: 5917.0881St Martin's Guild Solihull, West Midlands St Alphege Wednesday, 28 August 2024 in 52m (21–1–11 in E♭) 1259 Grandsire Caters 1 Michael G Dodson 2 Casey McLellan 3 Thomas E Healy 4 Keith D Whitehead 5 Susan J Healy 6 Philip J Sealey 7 Andrew V Brown 8 James P Ramsbottom 9 Malcolm J Paulson (C) 10 Graham Nabb First Grandsire Caters 3 First on 10 as conductor Ringing World page reference: 5916.0858St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 2 September 2024 in 3h 19 (31–0–21 in D) 5016 Spliced Maximus (6m) 6m : 1056 each Ariel S, Phobos S, Zanussi S, 880 Maypole A, 792 Deimos A, 176 Slinky Differential Little TP. 109 com, atw Composed by David J Pipe 1 Charlotte D Linford 2 Mark R Eccleston 3 Jimmy L Yeoman 4 Paul McNutt 5 Simon J L Linford (C) 6 Kira R Chase 7 Oliver C Bates 8 James P Ramsbottom 9 Alistair J Cherry 10 Timothy J Barnes 11 Thomas W Griffiths 12 Michael P A Wilby First Spliced Maximus; 6 Ringing World page reference: 5919.0926St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Wednesday, 4 September 2024 in 45m (11–2–5 in G) 1280 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by BYROC 1 Victoria Wilby 2 Angela Wakefield 3 Michael Wilby (C) 4 Thomas Healy 5 Elizabeth Wilby 6 Susan Healy 7 Jonathan Healy 8 Tony Daw St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 8 September 2024 in 2h 47 (11–2–5 in G) 5088 Lessness Surprise Major Composed by S Jenner 1 Timothy M Davis 2 Jill D Walburn 3 Richard J Hurst 4 D Rose W Horton 5 Michael Chester 6 Stephen W Horton 7 Andrew J Ellis 8 Gordon R Birks (C) A welcome back to peal ringing for Jill following her recent fall down some pub steps. 85th birthday compliment to Margaret Birks, mother of the conductor Ringing World page reference: 5918.0902St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 9 September 2024 in 3h 27 (31–0–21 in D) 5009 Stedman Cinques Composed by M R Eccleston 1 Oliver C Bates (C) 2 Jimmy L Yeoman 3 Casey McLellan 4 Alex J Parsons 5 Mark A Bell 6 Matthew J R King 7 M Michael R Parker 8 Alexander P Frye 9 James P Ramsbottom 10 Mark R Eccleston 11 Paul J Tiebout 12 Alistair J Cherry First on twelve (and first of Stedman): 3 Ringing World page reference: 5918.0902St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Martin Sunday, 15 September 2024 in 3h 47 (39–1–19 in C) 5088 Spliced Major (12m) 512 each Apple D, Clarence D, Colston Arms S, Dunster S, Highbury Vaults D, Knights Templar S, Ostrich S, Three Tuns S; 256 each Bridge LTB, Llandoger Trow D, Old Fish Market D; 224 Seven Stars; 159 com, atw for all 8 bells. Composed by A G Reading 1 Lucy A Warren (C) 2 Jimmy L Yeoman 3 Henry J W Pipe 4 Graham M Bradshaw 5 Daniel J Page 6 Oliver C Bates 7 Alan G Reading 8 Michael P A Wilby St Martin's Guild Shirley, West Midlands St James the Great Thursday, 19 September 2024 (6–1–1 in B♭) General Ringing Plain Bob Minor, call changes Anthea Tinline Sarah King Jo Traves Adam Knight-Markiegi Margaret Burling Alan Cottrell Richard Andrew (C) Gill Postill Richard Postill Rob Traves Gwen Albrow A ringing tribute to Yvonne, the late wife of our tower captain, Colin Baugh St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 22 September 2024 in 2h 50 (11–2–5 in G) 5088 Holbeach Surprise Major Composed by Robert D S Brown and Donald F Morrison 1 D Rose W Horton 2 Barbara D Murray 3 Jill D Walburn 4 Michael Chester 5 Richard J Hurst 6 Andrew J Ellis 7 Stephen W Horton 8 Gordon R Birks (C) St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 23 September 2024 in 3h 32 (31–0–21 in D) 5184 Avon Delight Maximus Composed by R J Angrave (Op. 530) 1 Jimmy L Yeoman 2 Mark R Eccleston 3 Michael P A Wilby (C) 4 Paul E Bibilo 5 Graham M Bradshaw 6 Alfred G W Pipe 7 Stuart C W Hutchieson 8 James P Ramsbottom 9 Alexander P Frye 10 Paul Jopp 11 Oliver C Bates 12 Colin M Lee With the band's congratulations to Megan Jones and Alistair Cherry on their engagement Ringing World page reference: 5920.0952St Martin's Guild Harborne, West Midlands 511 Harborne Park Road Tuesday, 24 September 2024 in 2h 13 (11 in G) 5024 Bristol Surprise Major Generated by Monument (Op. M4) Arranged by M B Davies 1–2 Casey McLellan 3–4 Alex J Parsons 5–6 Oliver C Bates (C) 7–8 Simon J L Linford First peal at the address. Compliments to Alistair Cherry and Megan Jones on their engagement. Ringing World page reference: 5920.0952St Martin's Guild Hoar Cross, Staffordshire Holy Angels Sunday, 29 September 2024 in 3h 32 (28–1–17 in D♭) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) One extent each Carlisle, Westminster, Norwich, York, Cambridge, Wells, London. Composed by Trad. 1 Jonathan B Townsend 2 Lewis D Benfield 3 Paul McNutt 4 Andrew R Aspland 5 Alistair J Cherry (C) 6 Michael P A Wilby On the patronal festival of St. Michael and All Angels. Ringing World page reference: 5921.0975St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 13 October 2024 in 2h 47 (11–2–5 in G) 5088 Ingoldmells Surprise Major Composed by Robert D S Brown 1 Stephen W Horton 2 Michael Chester 3 Jill D Walburn 4 Stephen G Askew 5 Richard J Hurst 6 Catherine R Taylor 7 Andrew J Ellis 8 Gordon R Birks (C) St Martin's Guild Cannock, Staffordshire St Luke Sunday, 20 October 2024 in 3h 8 (14–0–10 in F) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by trad 1 Stephanie J Warboys 2 Andrew J Ellis 3 Anthony P Cotton 4 James T Ellis 5 Simon J L Linford 6 Scott Wheaver 7 Charlotte D Linford (C) 8 Andrew R Aspland 9 Michael Chester 10 Stuart C W Hutchieson 500th peal: 2 First on 10: 4 Ringing World page reference: 5926.1098St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 21 October 2024 in 3h 25 (31–0–21 in D) 5088 Rigel Surprise Maximus Composed by A G Reading 1 Paul Jopp 2 David J Dearnley 3 Jimmy L Yeoman 4 Mark A Bell 5 M Michael R Parker 6 David M W Threlfall 7 Alexander P Frye 8 James P Ramsbottom 9 Oliver C Bates (C) 10 Alistair J Cherry 11 Paul N Mounsey 12 Michael P A Wilby First in the method: 5 & 7 Ringing World page reference: 5924.1047St Martin's Guild Pattingham, Staffordshire St Chad Saturday, 26 October 2024 in 2h 47 (12–3–6 in F) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) London, Norwich, Ipswich, Beverley, Surfleet, Bourne, Cambridge 1 Jill D Walburn 2 Casey McLellan 3 M Michael R Parker 4 Andrew V Brown 5 James P Ramsbottom (C) 6 Gordon R Birks Rung to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the back six bells. Rung 50 years to the day since a peal to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the same. Remembering Norman Bramall, who rang in the 1974 peal. Ringing World page reference: 5925.1071St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 28 October 2024 in 3h 23 (31–0–21 in D) 5021 Stedman Cinques Composed by M R Eccleston 1 Oliver C Bates (C) 2 Mark R Eccleston 3 Casey McLellan 4 Stephanie J Warboys 5 Paul McNutt 6 Alfred G W Pipe 7 Graham M Bradshaw 8 Alexander P Frye 9 M Michael R Parker 10 Paul E Bibilo 11 Jimmy L Yeoman 12 Jonathan B Townsend St Martin's Guild Harborne, West Midlands St Peter Tuesday, 29 October 2024 (12–3–24 in F♯) 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 4m: 320 each Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, London; 27 c.o.m. Composed by Julian Morgan 1 Stephanie J Warboys 2 Mark R Eccleston 3 Kirsty Gifford 4 James C Mundy 5 Lucas J Williams 6 Oliver C Bates 7 John S Warboys (C) 8 George M Salter St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands St Mary Sunday, 3 November 2024 in 43m (7) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Sarah Chilton 2 Simon Linford (C) 3 Casey McLellan 4 Trish Everett 5 Lucas J Williams 6 Vicky Cheshire First quarter on the treble Ringing World page reference: 5926.1101St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 4 November 2024 in 3h 24 (31–0–21 in D) 5088 Spliced Treble Dodging Maximus (4m) 1296 each Bristol S, Strathclyde S; 1248 each Avon D, Rigel S; 82 changes of method, all the work Composed by R W Pipe 1 Paul N Mounsey 2 Mark R Eccleston 3 Stephanie J Warboys 4 Victoria J M Wilby 5 Oliver C Bates 6 David J Dearnley 7 Graham M Bradshaw 8 Paul E Bibilo 9 Michael P A Wilby 10 Jimmy L Yeoman 11 John N Hughes-D'Aeth (C) 12 Thomas W Griffiths 200th peal of Spliced on 12 bells as conductor. Length-appropriate birthday compliment to Celia Hughes-D'Aeth. Ringing World page reference: 5926.1098St Martin's Guild Harborne, West Midlands 511 Harborne Park Road Sunday, 10 November 2024 in 1h 47 (10 in A) 5040 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (76m) 76m: Allendale, Alnwick, Annable's London, Bacup, Bamborough, Berwick, Beverley, Bourne, Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Coldstream, Cunecastre, Durham, Hexham, Hull, Ipswich, Kelso, Lightfoot, Lincoln, London, Morpeth, Munden, Netherseale, Newcastle, Norfolk, Northumberland, Norwich, Primrose, Rossendale, Sandiacre, Stamford, Surfleet, Warkworth, Wearmouth, Wells, Westminster, Whitley, Wooler, York Surprise; Abbeyville, Bedford, Braintree, Burnaby, Burslem, Canterbury, Charlwood, Clarence, College Bob IV, Combermere, Crowland, Elston, Evesham, Fountains, Glastonbury, Humber, Kirkstall, London Victory, Marple, Melrose, Merton, Neasden, Newdigate, Old Oxford, Sherborne, Southwark, St Albans, St Werburgh, Taxal, Tewkesbury, Tintern, Vale Royal, Waltham, Willesden, Wragby Fourths Place Delight Composed by John S Warboys (TD0702) 1–2 Alfred G W Pipe 3–4 Henry J W Pipe (C) 5–6 Oliver C Bates St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 10 November 2024 in 2h 54 (11–2–5 in G) 5088 Lessness Surprise Major Composed by S Jenner 1 Catherine R Taylor 2 Richard J Hurst 3 Andrew J Ellis 4 Jill D Walburn 5 Stephen W Horton 6 Michael J Dew 7 Michael Chester (C) 8 Gordon R Birks Rung half muffled in memory of the fallen. Ringing World page reference: 5927.1118St Martin's Guild Honiley, Warwickshire St John the Baptist Wednesday, 13 November 2024 in 2h 32 (6–2–4 in A) 5040 Spliced Fourths Place Delight Minor (35m) 35m: (1-3) Tintern, Glastonbury, Fountains, Tewkesbury, Evesham, Sherborne, Melrose, Combermere, Canterbury, Abbeyville, Southwark, Vale Royal, Crowland, St Werburgh; (4-7) Bedford, Old Oxford, Braintree, Humber, College Bob IV, Taxal, Merton, Newdigate, Marple, Neasden, St Albans, Charlwood, Wragby, Willesden, Clarence, Kirkstall, Elston, Burnaby, Waltham, Burslem, London Victory. Composed by John S Warboys 1 Stephanie J Warboys 2 Casey McLellan 3 Lucas J Williams 4 James P Ramsbottom 5 Peter G C Ellis 6 John S Warboys (C) St Martin's Guild Edgbaston, West Midlands St Bartholomew Wednesday, 13 November 2024 in 2h 57 (10–0–14 in G) 5184 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Richard I Allton 1 Paul E Bibilo 2 James P Town 3 Graham R Kelly 4 Kirsty Gifford 5 James C Mundy 6 George M Salter 7 Alexander P Frye 8 M Michael R Parker (C) St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Paul Sunday, 17 November 2024 in 43m (12–2–13 in F♯) 1289 Grandsire Doubles 1 Casey McLellan 2 Matthew King 3 Jakub Opršal 4 Graham Kelly 5 James Ramsbottom (C) 6 Olly Bouckley First inside: 3 For morning service On International Students Day, marking the 35th anniversary of the start of student demonstrations in Prague which lead to the Velvet Revolution and overthrowing of the communist government of Czechoslovakia. Ringing World page reference: 5928.1145St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Monday, 18 November 2024 in 3h 23 (31–0–21 in D) 5040 Avon Delight Maximus Composed by R J Angrave (Op. 540) 1 Paul E Bibilo 2 Mark R Eccleston 3 Michael P A Wilby (C) 4 Oliver C Bates 5 Paul McNutt 6 M Michael R Parker 7 Daniel J Page 8 Stephen M Jones 9 Andrew J Rawlinson 10 Jimmy L Yeoman 11 Thomas W Griffiths 12 Mark A Bell 100th peal as conductor on the bells (3) Ringing World page reference: 5928.1143St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Martin Tuesday, 19 November 2024 (39–1–19 in C) 1344 Bristol Surprise Maximus 1 Rachel J Mitchell 2 Casey McLellan 3 Stephanie J Warboys 4 Charlotte D Linford 5 Lucas J Williams 6 D Rose W Horton 7 James P Ramsbottom 8 Mark R Eccleston 9 Jonathan B Townsend 10 John S Warboys (C) 11 Anthony M Daw 12 Oliver C Bates St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip Wednesday, 20 November 2024 (31–0–21 in D) 1284 Stedman Cinques Composed by M R Eccleston 1 Jimmy L Yeoman 2 Mark R Eccleston (C) 3 Elizabeth F M Wilby 4 Casey McLellan 5 Matthew J R King 6 John H Fielden 7 Graham R Kelly 8 James P Ramsbottom 9 M Michael R Parker 10 Anthony M Daw 11 Michael P A Wilby 12 James P Town First on 12: 3. Ringing World page reference: 5928.1145St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 24 November 2024 in 2h 50 (11–2–5 in G) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 1440 Lincolnshire, 1280 Cambridge, Yorkshire, 1120 Rutland. 74 com, all the work Composed by J S Warboys 1 Catherine R Taylor 2 Andrew W Gordon 3 Stephen W Horton 4 Jill D Walburn 5 Gordon R Birks 6 Michael Chester (C) 7 Richard J Hurst 8 Andrew J Ellis 2100th peal: 2. Ringing World page reference: 5929.1170St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands St Anne Sunday, 1 December 2024 in 41m (7–0–5 in B♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Deborah Chard 2 Frances Dodds 3 Trish Everett 4 Simon Linford (C) 5 Paul Lindley 6 Lucian Lupsan First quarter on the treble Ringing World page reference: 5930.1248St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Paul (The Schoolroom) Tuesday, 3 December 2024 in 3h 11 (15 in C) 5138 Zanussi Surprise Maximus Composed by J H Potter 1–2 Alexander P Frye 3–4 Oliver C Bates (C) 5–6 Daniel J Page 7–8 Michael P A Wilby 9–10 Alistair J Cherry 11–12 Richard B Grimmett St Martin's Guild Harborne, West Midlands 511 Harborne Park Road Friday, 6 December 2024 in 1h 30 (10 in A) 5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (29m) 29m: Berwyn, British Scholars’ Pleasure, Burton, Capel, Chadkirk, Cheviot, Chiltern, College Exercise, Cotswold, Duke of Norfolk, Kent, Killamarsh, Kingston, London Scholars’ Pleasure, Mendip, Morning Star, Nelson, Norbury, Norton-le-Moors, Ockley, Oxford, Pennine, Quantock, Rochester, Sandal, Snowdon, Trinity Sunday, Waterford, Woodcock’s Victory Composed by John S Warboys (TB0306, TB0405) 1–2 Alfred G W Pipe 3–4 Henry J W Pipe (C) 5–6 Oliver C Bates 400th peal: 5-6 Ringing World page reference: 5936.0082St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands The Woodman Friday, 6 December 2024 in 2h 16 (11 in G) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by M B Davies (no. 1) 1–2 Casey McLellan 3–4 Simon J L Linford 5–6 Daniel J Page (C) 7–8 Alistair J Cherry St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Paul (The Schoolroom) Friday, 6 December 2024 in 2h 28 (11 in G) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (23m) 23 methods: 224 Ashtead, Bristol, Cambridge, Cassiobury, Cornwall, Cray, Double Dublin, Glasgow, Ipswich, Jersey, Lincolnshire, Lindum, London, Preston, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative, Tavistock, Uxbridge, Watford, Wembley, Whalley, Yorkshire; 160 com; atw. Composed by N Smith 1–2 Stuart C W Hutchieson 3–4 David J Pipe 5–6 Henry J W Pipe 7–8 Oliver C Bates (C) First Smith’s in hand: 1-2 Ringing World page reference: 5936.0082St Martin's Guild Selly Oak, West Midlands 159 Gibbins Road Saturday, 7 December 2024 in 2h 24 (14 in D) 5024 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 4 methods: 1280 Cambridge, London, Superlative; 1184 Bristol; 110 com; atw. Composed by A J Pitman 1–2 Casey McLellan 3–4 Oliver C Bates (C) 5–6 Mark R Eccleston 7–8 Alex J Parsons First spliced on handbells: 1-2 Ringing World page reference: 5936.0082St Martin's Guild Selly Oak, West Midlands 159 Gibbins Road Saturday, 7 December 2024 in 3h 11 (17 in A) 5040 Bristol Surprise Maximus Composed by D J Pipe (Op. Megatittums) 1–2 Alexander P Frye 3–4 David J Pipe 5–6 Henry J W Pipe 7–8 Oliver C Bates (C) 9–10 Alistair J Cherry 11–12 Mark R Eccleston First peal on the refurbished 12 (formerly belonging to George Fearn and restored by Bernard Stone). Ringing World page reference: 5936.0082St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands 26 Forest Road Saturday, 7 December 2024 in 2h 27 (13) 5056 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) 832 Rutland; 768 Pudsey; 640 Superlative; 576 each Bristol, Cambridge, Lincolnshire, London; 512 Yorkshire; 122 com Composed by D F Morrison (No. 3) 1–2 David Kemp 3–4 Emma J Southerington (C) 5–6 David Jenkins 7–8 Stuart C W Hutchieson St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Paul (The School Room) Saturday, 7 December 2024 in 3h 5 (15 in C) 5016 Spliced Maximus (6m) 1056 each Ariel S, Phobos S, Zanussi S; 880 Maypole A; 792 Deimos A; 176 Slinky Differential Little T P. 109 com; atw Composed by D J Pipe (cyclic 11 part) 1–2 Alexander P Frye 3–4 David J Pipe (C) 5–6 Alfred G W Pipe 7–8 Henry J W Pipe 9–10 Jonathan A Agg 11–12 Daniel J Page First cyclic six: 1-2 First cyclic six in hand: 5-6 Ringing World page reference: 5936.0082St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip (Ringing Room) Saturday, 7 December 2024 in 2h 48 (15 in C) 5040 Bristol Surprise Royal Composed by Pip Dillistone 1–2 Julian O Howes 3–4 John R Fisher 5–6 Alex F Byrne (C) 7–8 Michael P A Wilby 9–10 James P Ramsbottom St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands Cathedral Church of St Philip (Ringing Room) Saturday, 7 December 2024 in 2h 56 (15 in C) 5040 Sgurr A'Chaorachain Surprise Royal Composed by Simon J Gay 1–2 Alex J Parsons 3–4 Julian O Howes (C) 5–6 Daniel J Page 7–8 Jonathan A Agg 9–10 Michael P A Wilby Best wishes from the band to Jack and his hangover. Congratulations to Ellie & Ed Mack on the birth of their son, Henry Stephen Mack, early this morning. Ringing World page reference: 5936.0082St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 8 December 2024 in 2h 54 (11–2–5 in G) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by S J Ivin 1 Catherine R Taylor 2 Jill D Walburn 3 Stephen G Askew 4 Gordon R Birks 5 Andrew J Ellis 6 Richard J Hurst 7 Stephen W Horton 8 Michael Chester (C) St Martin's Guild Birmingham, West Midlands St Paul (The School Room) Sunday, 8 December 2024 in 2h 20 (11 in G) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by D F Morrison (No. 55) 1–2 Martin J Bright 3–4 Emma J Southerington 5–6 Jonathan A Agg (C) 7–8 Alexander P Frye 1000th peal on a non-fixed pair (not all in hand), 3-4. Ringing World page reference: 5936.0082St Martin's Guild Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire St Michael and All Angels Thursday, 12 December 2024 in 2h 52 (7–1–6 in G) 5040 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (45m) 45m: Allendale, Alnwick, Annable's London, Bacup, Beverley, Carlisle, Chester, Coldstream, Cunecastre, Hexham, Hull, Ipswich, Kelso, Lincoln, London, Morpeth, Munden, Netherseale, Newcastle, Northumberland, Norwich, Rossendale, Sandiacre, Stamford, Warkworth, Westminster, York Surprise; Abbeyville, Bedford, College Bob IV, Evesham, Fountains, Glastonbury, Kirkstall, London Victory, Marple, Melrose, Newdigate, Old Oxford, Sherborne, Southwark, Taxal, Tintern, Waltham, Willesden Fourths Place Delight Composed by John S Warboys 1 David J Pipe 2 Henry J W Pipe 3 Lucas J Williams 4 Richard I Allton 5 Peter G C Ellis 6 John S Warboys (C) St Martin's Guild Towcester, Northamptonshire St Lawrence Sunday, 15 December 2024 in 3h 20 (23–1–16 in E) 5016 Stedman Cinques Composed by M R Eccleston Arranged by L J Woodward 1 Ann White 2 Victoria J M Wilby 3 Elizabeth F M Wilby 4 David J Pipe (C) 5 Cecilia E C Pipe 6 Richard B Grimmett 7 Hannah L Taylor 8 Eleanor J Linford 9 Jimmy L Yeoman 10 Thomas W Griffiths 11 Michael P A Wilby 12 John I White First peal: 3 Elizabeth is Tom's 1000th ringer to a peal Ringing World page reference: 5934.0034St Martin's Guild Brewood, Staffordshire St Mary and St Chad Saturday, 21 December 2024 in 3h 12 (21–2–12 in E♭) 5152 Staffordshire Surprise Major Composed by M Maughan 1 D Rose W Horton 2 Stephen W Horton 3 Michael Angrave 4 Richard J Hurst 5 Stephen G Askew 6 Andrew J Ellis 7 Michael Chester (C) 8 John R Fisher 2,600th peal: 7. Ringing World page reference: 5933.0009St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Sunday, 22 December 2024 in 2h 47 (11–2–5 in G) 5056 Ealing Surprise Major Composed by Robert D S Brown 1 Catherine R Taylor 2 Michael Chester 3 Andrew J Ellis 4 Richard J Hurst 5 Stephen G Askew 6 Timothy M Davis 7 Stephen W Horton 8 Gordon R Birks (C) St Martin's Guild Aldridge, West Midlands St Mary the Virgin Sunday, 22 December 2024 in 2h 52 (9–0–6 in A) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by Donald F Morrison (Op. 53) 1 Paul E Bibilo 2 Jonathan P Healy 3 Susan J Healy 4 Thomas E Healy 5 James T Ellis 6 Simon J L Linford (C) 7 Philip A Burton 8 Charlotte D Linford First on 8: 4 First Bristol: 5 Ringing World page reference: 5933.0009St Martin's Guild Moseley, West Midlands St Anne Sunday, 29 December 2024 in 42m (7–0–5 in B♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Lucian Lupsan 2 Simon Linford (C) 3 Trish Everett 4 Paul Lindley 5 Frances Dodds 6 Sue Butler First quarter: 6 For Morning Service Ringing World page reference: 5936.0083St Martin's Guild Coseley, West Midlands Christ Church Tuesday, 31 December 2024 in 2h 52 (11–2–5 in G) 5056 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by C Middleton 1 Andrew J Ellis 2 Timothy M Davis 3 Jill D Walburn 4 Michael J Dew 5 Stephen W Horton 6 Alex J Davies 7 Gordon R Birks (C) 8 Andrew W Gordon Rung half-muffled for the end of the year. Circled the tower 3 times: 1. Ringing World page reference: 5934.0035 | |
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