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size=3D3>Re- Item on opening Peal at Romsey in 1791 by The College Youths a=
nd=20
their second peal of Oxford T.B. Major at Carisbrooke two days later.<SPAN=
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style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I followed this with a series of=
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questions about the organisation of such event in 1791.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3>Thanks to Anne Willis for useful suggestions and after a day spent=
in the=20
Isle of Wight Record Office with the Newport Youths Peal Books, some answer=
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have appeared.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3>1.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The College Yout=
hs knew=20
of the 8 bells at Carisbrooke because they had opened them as well, on=20
<?xml:namespace prefix =3D st1 ns =3D "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:sma=
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/><st1:date Month=3D"10" Day=3D"1" Year=3D"1770">1<SUP>st</SUP> Oct.=20
1770</st1:date>.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The journey=
took=20
them three days.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3>2.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The=20
<st1:City><st1:place>Newport</st1:place></st1:City> Youths were formed on=20
<st1:date Month=3D"11" Day=3D"6" Year=3D"1770">6<SUP>th</SUP> Nov. 1770</st=
1:date>,=20
just after the opening peal above, of Plain Bob Major.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3>3.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The=20
<st1:City><st1:place>Newport</st1:place></st1:City> Youths also attended th=
e=20
opening of Romsey bells.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The=
y=20
travelled on the only ferry, based in=20
<st1:City><st1:place>Cowes</st1:place></st1:City><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and sailing to=20
<st1:place>Southampton</st1:place>.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
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</SPAN>Records in Winchester Record Office inform me that, until 1820, this=
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service was operated by =93packet, wherry, or hoy=94.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(What is a =93hoy=94 ?)</FONT></P=
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size=3D3>4.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The above arrive=
d in=20
<st1:place>Southampton</st1:place> by 17<SUP>th</SUP> July because they rec=
orded=20
a practice of Tripples at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Holyrood</st1:PlaceName=
>=20
<st1:PlaceType>Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> on this date.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This was some time before any rec=
ord we=20
possess of change ringing here.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </S=
PAN>The=20
following day they arrived at Romsey and scored a 504 of Tripples.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We do not know if this was before=
or=20
after The<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>College Youths pea=
l.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We do know that they needed an ei=
ghth=20
ringer, so William Lyford rang the 7 while William Rayner, of the N.Ys.,=20
conducted.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3>5.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We know that Wil=
liam=20
Lyford rang the second In the peal of 5248=20
<st1:City><st1:place>Oxford</st1:place></st1:City>, and then also the secon=
d in=20
the 5088 at Carisbrooke two days later.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&n=
bsp;=20
</SPAN>Does anyone know any more about him ?<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Did he have I.O.W. connections=20
?</FONT></P>
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Jackson<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
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