[Bell Historians] Peal details

[Sam Austin]

Thanks for the details Alan.

The reason I ask is that we rang this yesterday,
http://www.campanophile.co.uk/show.aspx?Code=80394

and the Prescot peal was Ronald Preston's only previous eight bell peal

Aye

Sam

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Alan Ellis <alan_ellis at ZPQyBCpUtcGhdUXyJP4Nw-EvRNo1h2PiWZPrIbwIU0s0par8gCJ5MHLUOk1-UliQHKLVc2HUsG0LgvRwIYg0.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> Hi Sam,
>
> You could have said 'Prescot, Lancs."   :-)
>
> Anyway, here are the details per the RW, page 691, November 3, 1950.
>
> PRESCOT, LANCASHIRE
> THE LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION
> On Wed. Oct. 18, 1950 in 3 hours and 1 minute
> At the Church of St. Mary-the-Virgin,
> A PEAL OF CAMBRIDGE SURPRISE MAJOR, 5056 CHANGES
> Tenor 14 cwt. 3 qr. 21 lb. in F.
> *Ronald Preston    Treble    Alex J. Webster           5
>  Julia M. Preston            2   Thomas W. Hesketh    6
> +Roger Preston              3   Eric J. Gilbert               7
>   Thomas W. Hammond  4   Frank Varty          Tenor
> Composed by Thos. B. Worsley.    Conducted by by Frank Varty
> *First Peal on eight bells.   +First Peal in method.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Alan Ellis
> Vancouver, BC
>
> Sam Austin wrote:
>
> Evening, can anyone provide me with full details of the following peal
> please?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Aye
>
> Sam
>
> Prescot
> 361-F04 OK 18 Oct 1950 Cambridge Surprise Major
>
>