[r-t] Fulbourn Surprise Minor

[Ted Steele]

On 06/06/2016 17:20, Philip Earis wrote:
> Richard: "On 7 Dec 1789, "after a great number of unsuccessful attempts
> by professors of the art in various parts of the kingdom", the Cambridge
> Youths rang a 720 of "Fulbourn Surprize" at St Edwards, Cambridge.  Can
> anyone help identify this method?  The 720 was described as having 154
> bobs and 2 singles"
>
> Ted: "Mr Charles Dawson was the author of the complete peal of Plain Bob
> called "The Fulbourn Surprise" with 154 bobs and 2 singles and 720 changes"
>
>
There is also this:

<https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e9o4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA122&dq=Fulbourn+Surprize&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiv9-bI3pPNAhWLCMAKHR6eB2sQ6AEINjAD#v=onepage&q=Fulbourn%20Surprize&f=false>

which says that "the author of the method was a school master in the 
village". Of course Method could refer to composition in modern terms.

Ted