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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have the Four Shires Guild's peal book with me at
present (that compiled originally by the pre-War Guild), but
can find no reference to a peal at Cherington in it at that time - or even at
all. As the first peal for the Guild was on 2nd February 1910 at Great
Wolford, ie 6 weeks earlier, and the fact that F Bird, E Randall and
Walter Large were in it (Large conducted it, as at Cherington), plus
Cherington is the neighbouring parish to Great Wolford, it has all the hallmarks
of a FSG peal. However, some of the peals Large conducted around this
time were credited to the Oxford Guild (he was originally from Burford and
learnt to ring there), so someone with access to that Guild's early records
might know something further on this.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The footnote that the Cherington peal was the first
for F Bird and E Randall is very odd, considering they had rung in the
Great Wolford peal a few weeks earlier. I notice Felstead describes the peal as
in '2 methods', so he supposedly had information from a source other than Bell
News. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can find no mention of T Male anywhere in
the peal book, and only one entry for R Chapple, the latter seemingly as a
strapper for the tenor at Todenham (tenor 12cwt!) behind a peal of Grandsire
Doubles in May 1910.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the other hand, the FSG peal book was
pre-printed for peals, with the relevant details to be filled in. It would
appear this book was provided in the 1920s, as the pages have the year
for the date printed as 192-, with a space for the last digit to be
inserted. For the early peals to be written up, the '2' of the date has been
crossed through and a '1' placed alongside. Was an early peal was missed or
the date incorrectly inserted? The late Tony Brazier did a lot of investigative
work on the early FSG peals, from Bell News and local newspaprs, and compiled a
separate listing, but I am aware he confirmed the first FSG peal as being at
Great Wolford on 2/2/1910. This more-authoritive listing of the FSG peals
contains no peal at Cherington on March 17th 1910.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I shall also be interested to know what transpires
on this one, Mike.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Povey</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 06, 2010 4:50 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians]
Cherington, Warks</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From the Bell News, 2
April 1910 p105:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CHERRINGTON,
WARWICKSHIRE<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On Thursday, March
17, 1910, in Two Hours and Forty-seven Minutes<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">AT THE PARISH
CHURCH,<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A PEAL OF DOUBLES,
5040 CHANGES<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tenor 7 ½
cwt<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1. F.
Bird<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2. R. C.
Chapple<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3. E.
Randall<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4. T.
Male<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">5. W.
Large<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Conducted by W.
Large<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">First peal by all
except the conductor, and first on the bells.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">No Association or
method detail given.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is the only
reference to Cherrington in the Bell News index, so there’s no other clues,
I’m afraid.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Andrew
Bull<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Can
anyone give me the details of a peal rung at Cherington, Warks on 17
Mar<BR>1910? It was not rung for the Warwickshire Guild, so I suspect it
might<BR>have been Four Shires,
perhaps!<BR><BR>Thanks<BR><BR>Mike<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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