INDEX TO "THE RINGING WORLD" 1949

Ancient Society of College Youths 344, 454, 595

Arkansas, Change Ringing in 571

Australia:
Calling 301
Gift Parcels 233
News from 564
Ringers & Imitation Bells 233

Barham, James, Tombstone Restored 7

Barnsley & District Society 98, 357

Barton-on-Humber, Bells of 125

Barwell, Leics. 22, 134

Bath & Wells Diocesan Assoc. 31, AGM 192

Beamish, Margaret - 50 peals 333
Congratulations to 180, 204

Bell Ropes 525, 559

Bells, Care of 469, 520

Beverley & District Soc. 59, 108, 144, 204, 270, 319, AGM 370, 413, 572

Bibby, W - Memorial to 268

Bickering 268, 298

Bolsover, Derbys - Bells of 206

Bournemouth Ringers Rally 95

Bragg, E J 95

Brinklow, F W - 400 Peals 347

Broadcasting & BBC:
Appreciated 120
Australian 480
Don't Blame the Ringers 404
Feature 344
St Margaret's Peal 532, 585, 609, 620
Suffolk. - View on 20
Transposition 381
West Regional 20

Bristol:
Peal Board 245, 285
Royal Visit to 168
St Ambrose Guild 21st Birthday Celebrations 356, 380

British Columbia, Archbishop of York in 532

Bulwell, Ringers Strike at 494, 508, 544, 559

Burford, Oxon. - Bells Appeal 284

Burnham, Bucks 167, 331

Cambridge University Guild 345, Tour 442

Cancelling out 513

Cattell, A - 100 Peals 482

Central Council, The 197
Agenda - 1949 Meeting 231
Decisions 381, 421, 508
Minutes of 1948 Meeting 218
Report of 1949 Meeting 273, 281, 295, 307

Chester Diocesan Guild 73, 84, 110, 158, 204, 284, AGM 310, 343, 358, 396, 584, 596, 609, 634

Christmas Bells 619

Christmas Quiz 19, 31, 32, 44, 72, 619

Coleridge, Canon G F 577, 583, 595, 609

Collaboration 349

COMPOSITIONS - See Appendix A.

Cook, A D - 100 Peals 584

Cornish Items 560

Cornwall, Progress in 122

CORRESPONDENCE - See Appendix B

Criticism 549

Debunking the Disgruntled 560, 585

Dedications: Belfast, St Donards 598; Blackburn Cathedral 343, 427; Blaenavon, Mon 84; Blewbury, Berks 571; Bilsborrow, Lancs 574; Birmingham Cathedral 96; Bredfield, Suffolk 156; Buckerell, Devon 182; Bulkington, Warwicks 393; Burwash, Sussex 403; Castle Eaton, Wilts 543; Coulsdon, Surrey 297; Cowley, Oxford 531; Cradley 522 Duxford, Cambs 543; Ealing, Christ Church 543; Evercreech, Som 131; Grundisburgh 155; Hillsborough 7; Luton 346; Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts 245; Markfield, Leic 203; Meopham, Kent 182; Norton, Staffs 495; Ormskirk, Lancs 59; Ottery St Mary, Devon 543; St Cleer, Corn. 156; St Gluvias, Corn. 156; Salisbury, St Paul's 156; Somerby, Leic. 134; South Benfleet, Essex 598; Stoke-under-Ham, Som. 495; Tamworth-in-Arden, Warwicks 850; Tewkesbury 285; Thakeham, Sussex 7; Thanington, Kent 143; Thaxted 155; Wembdon, Som. 192; Westerham, Kent 493; Wokingham, St Paul's 584;

Derbyshire Association AGM 220

Devaluation 461

Devonshire, A Return Visit to 467

Devonshire Guild of Ringers 332

Dinners: Ancient Soc. of College Youths 557; Barnsley & District Soc. 507; Burgess Hill Ringers 619; Cambridge Univ. Guild 96; Chester Diocesan Guild 507; East Derby & South Notts 595; George Williams Commemoration 232; Henry Johnson 113, 119; Hinckley Dist. 43; Lincoln Diocesan Guild 607; Royal Soc. of Cumberland Youths 507; Southwell Diocesan Guild 58; Universities Assoc. 8; University of Bristol Soc. 72; University of London Soc. 107; Worcester & Districs Assoc 534;

Doncaster & District 86

Dudley & District Guild 143, 343, 634

Dukes, F E - 100 Peals 600

Durham & Newcastle Assoc. 268
Annual Festival 480

East Grinstead & Dist. Guild 43, AGM 132, 255

Easter 161

Easter Monday 185

Ely Diocesan Guild 74, 84, AGM 204, 258

England Claims Monmouth 192, 204, 220, 244

Enthusiasm 173

Essex Assoc. 19, 43, 74, 132, 182, 217, 256, AGM 308, 384, 479, 482

Essex Peal Boards 22

Expanding Tenors 120, 144, 180, 204

Family & the Parson, The 137, 180

Fearn, G E - 500 Peals 31

Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Assoc. 7, 107, 132, 167, AGM 203, 256, 331, 456, 482, 584, 623, 631

Goscote Society 131

Great Horwood Bells 72

Griffiths, J W - 100 Peals 136

Guild of Clerical Ringers 225

Guild of Devonshire Ringers 43, 98, 206, AGM 298, 383, 430, 531, 560, 571, 634

Guildford Diocesan Guild 84, 96, AGM 231, 332, 523

Guilds Problems, A 149

Halifax & District Assoc. 193, 334, 509

Harrison Foundry, The 158, 190

Hawkhurst & District Guild 74

Hawley, Surrey, Bells & Ringers of 179

High Wycombe, Bucks. - 100 Peals at 270

Hellingly, Sussex 43

Helmore, Rev F J O 498

Hertford County Assoc. AGM 222

Hertford Libraries Loss 144, 168

Hesse, Major 543

Holy Week & Ringing 107, 244

Incumbents & Ringers 143

Initiation, The 406

Irish Assoc. AGM 203, 270, 430, 509
Roll of Honour 532

Irish News 108

Isle of Man, Ringing in the 191, 220, 258

Jealousy 256

Keeley, R 331

Keeping the Art Alive 258, 285, 320

Kent County Assoc. 43, 108, AGM 191, 194, 343, 392, 519, 534, 558, 584, 596

Ladies Guild 84, 108, AGM 331, 383, 620

Lancashire Assoc. 59, 107, AGM 222, 244, 246, 307, 406, 456

Lancaster, St Peter's 122

Lavenham Ringing Day 321

Leeds & District Society 72, 158, AGM 217, 284, 404, 546

Leeds & Selby Societies 332

Leeds Tenor Crashes 519, 544, 559, 585

Leicester Diocesan Guild AGM 256, 321, 357, 520, 634

Leicester, St John's 358, 620

Leicester Ringers
Cathedral Band, Successful Week for 219
General Correspondence on 508, 532, 559
Memorable Irish Tour 453, 468, 494, 520
Visit Somerset 267

Leicestershire Ringing Tour 439, 494, 520

Lincoln Diocesan Guild 83, 108, 285, AGM 232
Festival 543
History of 519, 531
Jubilee 589

Lincoln Ringers in the Vale of Evesham 493

Little Things 473

Llandaff & Monmouth Diocesan Guild 87

Looking Back 13

London County Assoc. 83

London, Mission to 44, 256

Manchester Univ. Guild 143

Marshallsay, Mrs F J - 200 Peals 22

Memories of 1949 625

Method Structure Lecture 571

METHODS see Appendix C

Middlesex County Assoc. 86, 107, 158, AGM 243, 379, 395, 454, 507, 631

Middleton, F W 30, 43

Midland Counties Assoc. 184, AGM 255, 442

Mitcham Ringers Service 572

National Police Guild 482

North Bradley, Wilts. Ringers Sunday 32

North Staffordshire Assoc. 560

North Wales Assoc. AGM 321

Norwich Diocesan Assoc. 86, 146, AGM 193, 332, 393, 480, 584, 599

Obituaries: Andrews, W 369; Baker, Mrs G 165; Bashford, A W 72; Bashford, Rev A M 393; Bastow, J H 574; Bidnell, W 256; Biggs, F G 20; Binning, E D 86; Bond, H C 495; Booth J C 297; Buckingham, J D 596; Butler, F S W 156; Button C A 543; Cartlidge, J G 467; Caunt, T H 543; Chapman, F 86; Coleridge, Rev Canon G F 583, 596, 609; Collins, G C 98; Crossland, J 321; Daborn, W 403; DeVere, Rev A A 44; Deas, A 356; Drayton, A H 356; Edwards, Mrs E G 440; Edwards, R 210; Frith, W B 170; Garrett, J 132; Garside, I 86; Goate, R J 10; Greenaway, W M 620; Hadley, A A 380; Hancox, E 333; Harris, R 495; Hartley, E B 231; Harwin A 440; Heard, J 496; Herbert, J 156; Hitchenson, T 86; Hogarth, H 59; Humphries, A W 456; Jones, W 206; Linter, W 10, 20; Lomas, A B 98; Looker, D 98; Macturk, Rev H 20; Mansell, E 380; Marshall, C 180; Marshall, Canon C C 243; Melville, W R 440; Menday, E W 122; Metcalfe, H 380; Middleton, F W 219; Miles, F 584; Mitchell, T 522; Morgan J 440, 456; Mynard, E S 20; Newman, C 333; Orme, J 522; Osborne, A T C 393; Page, Mrs C H 32, Patterson, R L 180; Petty, C 440; Pitstow, F J 243; Porritt, L A 32; Potter, J 180, 297; Sharpe, A 256; Sharratt, E 170; Shelton, Mrs A 345; Sims, H 440; Smith, C W 456; Smith, F A 108; Smith W S 156; Stead, R J 620; Stone, R J 356; Swain, E 10; Tatum, G 574; Taylor, W 440; Thomas, W 268; Thorpe, B 620; Trump, F 191; Warner, G W 59; Waters, E 310; White, Miss A 369; White, Mrs R 122; White, W 574; Whiteley, E 456; Willars, J L 243; Williams E 456; Williams, G 59, 65, 71; Williams, W 72; Woodhead, W 206; Worthington, W W 596; Yeend, W 440; Young, W H 231

Ourselves 77

Outings 232, 270, 321, 333, 345, 357, 393, 405, 416, 428, 454, 469, 480, 496, 498, 509, 546

Oxford Diocesan Guild 74, 110, Festival 355, 442, 454, 520

Oxford University Society 246

Patron Saint, A 469, 494, 508

PEAL RINGERS: See Appendix D

PEAL[S]: See Appendix E

Peterborough Diocesan Guild 58, 86, AGM 297, 343, 370

Poole, Mrs H J - 200 peals 158

Powell, Rev E S - Memorial to 532

Publications:
Change Ringing on Handbells 37
Introduction to the Theory of Finite Groups 634
The Belfry 50
The Bells of Scotland 601

Quarter Peal by Six Boys 343

Rainham, Kent - Dedication of Peal Board 369

Remember 433

Return of the Native, The 595

Revaluation 485

Rhythm 337, 369, 392, 428

Ringers Guide, A 209, 237, 469

Ringers, Right or Left Hand 381, 404, 428,

Ringing in 1948 49

Ringing Tours 445

Ringing World, The
Congratulations to 367, 379, 391
Price 319
2,000th Number 362

Roberts, Rev A S 22

Rochdale Bell Anniversary 532

Rogers, F W - 400 Surprise Peals 440, 448

Rogers, W - 100 Peals 635

Royal Air Force Guild 297

Royal Society of Cumberland Youths AGM 57

St David's Diocesan Guild 10, 143, 244, AGM 297, 468

St Martin's Guild Birmingham AGM 31, 168, 343, 522

Salisbury Diocesan Guild 7,44, 58, 122, 222, Festival 267, 319, 432, 480, 509, 558, 609, 631, 634

Saunders, W 168

Scottish Assoc. 143

Sevenoaks, Kent - Ringers Sunday 84

Shepherd, H - Presentation to 217

Shereton, F - 70th Birthday Peal 442

Shropshire Assoc. 72, 132

Society of Roving Ringers - Re-union 98
Summer Tour 403

Southwell Diocesan Guild 596

Staffordshire Arch. Society 84, 224, AGM 334

Stoke-under-Ham, Som. 231

Suffolk & Norfolk Tour, A 479, 495

Suffolk Diocesan Guild 496, 632

Surrey Assoc. 86, AGM 156, 297, 358, 511, 574, 612

Sussex, A Peal Tour in 482

Sussex County Assoc. 108, AGM 245, 331

Sussex Tourists in Devon 379

Swansea & Brecon Diocesan Guild Festival 344

Symonds, A - Memorial to 194

Tamworth-in-Arden, Warwicks. 20

Taynton, Oxon. 430

Technical:
Method Extension 110, 134, 146, 193, 289, 307, 313
Method Structure, A Note on 19, 34, 46, 62, 74, 86
Method Structure under Grid Analysis 245
Q Set Law and Its Proof 261, 332
Sixths Place Bobs 398
Spliced Surprise Major 89

"The Lord be Thankit" 613

Thomas, Percy - Worcestershire Benefactor 256

Three Guilds Festival 467

Tradition, The Reality of 537

Transposition, A 220, 244, 268

Tring, Herts. - Peal Boards at 96

Truro Diocesan Guild 381, 425

Universities Association Tour 455

Universities, The 1

University of Bristol Society 72

University of London Society 107, Tour 427, AGM 560

Veterans: Clarke, J E 635; Dawson, G 356; Guy, G 132; Hallifax, J B 413; Holmes, G 62; Hughes, G A 571; Liversedge, Mrs 519; Miles, A R 192; Newman, J C 98; Newton, H R 98; Playle, G 19; Reeves, Mrs 469; Rowley, H 180; Still, V N 572; Sutton, F 268

Veterans Views 385, 418

Wastage 77, 101

Weddings: Archie, W & Bishop, Miss M 522; Bennett, E G & Anness, Miss V M 122; Gilbert, J J L & Taylor, Miss J 585; Lock, W A & Bishop, Miss M 534; Niblett, J D & Withey, Miss J E 389; Nichols, B S & Honey, Miss N K 480; Quimby, J & Cox, Miss S 467; Roberts, J & Preston, Miss K 611; Small, P & Price, Miss J 193; Smith, J & Butcher, Miss J 146; Vincent, G G & Skellern, Miss S 22

Weddings, Diamond: Bishop, Mr & Mrs E 32; Parker, Mr & Mrs C W 83

Weddings, Golden: Miller, Mr & Mrs A T 389; Monter, Mr & Mrs E 405; Pugsley, Mr & Mrs J 522;

Williams, George 65, 71, 83

Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild 84, 86, AGM 308; 326, 331, 379.

Woolwich, 100 years After 98, 120, 144

Worcester & Districts Assoc.

Worthington, J 560

Wrexham Combined Meeting 182

Wrington Ringers Supper 34

Yatton, Som. 632

Yorkshire Assoc. 22,58, 204, AGM 255, 319, 456, 509, 522

Yorkshire Tour:
800 Miles in 415
Impressions of 409

Yorkshire's Message 249

Youlgraves Unique Record 143


APPENDIX A - COMPOSITIONS

Composition - General and Correspondence on
Plain Bob & Kent Royal Spliced 360
Places of Bob 572, 620
Primrose & Cambridge 520, 544, 572
Spliced Kent & Oxford T B Minor 544
Surprise Minor - 720 in four methods 332

Peal Compositions:

Triples. Two methods Spliced 495

Major. Plain Double Norwich Court Bob 270, 460 Norfolk Little 406 Norwich Little 406 Plain Bob 108

Major. Treble Bob Kent 134

Major. Surprise Bristol 344 Cambridge 345, 404, 469 Ramsey 112 Superlative 612 Wordsworth 546, 572, 585, 598 Yorkshire 600, 620

Major. Spliced Plain 2 methods 360 4 methods 560 8 methods 160, 509

Major. Spliced Surprise 2 methods 74

Caters. Grandsire 32, 122, 336, 344

Royal. Plain Plain Bob 406. Correction 418

Royal. Surprise Lindsey 372

Cinques Grandsire 159 Stedman 348


APPENDIX B - CORRESPONDENCE NOT INDEXED ELSWHERE

Annable Story, An 572

Another Record 544

Australian wants Pen Friend 404

Banister Family, The 144

Bolsover Claim Withdrawn 572

British Bells & American Films 632

Century Makers of the Past 44

Child Ringers 381

Christopher Columbus Greeting 632

Christmas Cards Wanted 44

Claim Withdrawn 494

Cricket Pro's as Ringers 107

Derby, St Peter's 406

Disapproval Without Offence 72

Double Variations 258

Electronic Bellringing 84

Fallacies 559

Foreign to London Surprise 95

40th Anniversary, A 572

40 Peals and Over 44

Good Striking 131

Grandsire Caters & Plain Bob Minimus 369, 392

Greetings from Down Under 508

Guildford Guild Motion 344

Handbell Music 558, 585

Headcorn Peals 84

Hibbert, R T The Late 455

Holt's Ten Part 418

Identity Wanted 72, 84, 120

Kent, Tours in 84

Llandysil Church 520

Llanfair P G 480

Lost Beat, The 508, 532

Market Weighton Bells 392

Masonic Peal Book 320

Non-Association Peals 298

Notre Dame, Great Bourdon of 285

Oldham Thank you 95

Peal Ringers & Teaching 469

Peal Ringers, An Attack on 344

Peal Servers 320

Peals Oddfellow 585

Peals - Thetford's 37 Year Blank 632

Peals Times - Should Finish by 320

Peals - True 494

Police, Thanks to 508

Powell, Rev E S 332

Reading St Lawrence - A 200th Anniversary 20

Ringing & Service Attendance 381

Ringers Blazer, A 233

Ringers, Girl Guides as 62

Ringers Village 585

Shrewsbury, St Chad's 392

Spliced Surprise Minor in 32 Methods 258, 268, 298, 320

Stability 544

Stanground Bells 285

Stedman Caters Youth Band 559

Sudbury Bells 520

Tea in the Belfry 132

Theological Students as Ringers 320

Those Outside the Pale 632

Trumpet Blowing 233

Universities Assoc. & Extension 32

Upkeep of Bells 268

Varsity "First", A 32

Verses Wanted 598

Walsall, St Matthew's 532

Wellington, Som. Bells 132

Westcotes of Bristol 158

What's in a Name 632

Whitby, St Mary's 455, 480

Williams, George, Suggested Commemoration Dinner 120

Yorkshire Assoc. & the Towers in the County 268


APPENDIX C - METHODS

Minimus 428

Major. Plain
Norfolk Little 324
Norwich Little 324

Major. Surprise
Ramsey 112
Wordsworth 546, 572, 585, 598

Royal. Surprise
Lindsey

Maximus. Surprise
Lindsey

Methods - General
Forward Minor 20
Steadfast 631


APPENDIX D - PEAL RINGERS

Peal Ringers of 1948 25, 31

25th Peal: Anger, P 26; Barton, Patricia 362; Bond, P N 139; Bramley, J 79; Brittain, Jill 38; Brunton, E 239; Duck, E G 157; Critchley, R 16; Dunscombe, W H 501; Elsmore, A 363; Felstead, Rev K W H 276; Gallop, D 309; Hall C W 573; Hill, T J 264; Huckstepp, P D 303; Jones, R T 489; Martin, A J 85; Morris, J L 450; Newbury, T 26; Niblett, Mrs J D 399; Nichols, Mrs B S 539; Parrot, P L 102; Peacock, H S 339; Pemberton, C B 278; Sills, R L 264; Thurmott, M J 279; Weaver, H 464; Weller, F R 109;

50th Peal: Baker, H O 274; Barker, T 151; Barnes, P 104; Beamish, Margaret 314, 333; Benfield, G 362; Bennett, D H 504; Briggs, G C 490; Carlisle, D R 578; Collins, T 516; Cusick, A W 568; Dunwoody, J T 314; Dutton, A T 78; Eastwood, J S 436; Floyd, H P 580; Ford, E 552; Goddard, J 115; Gogle, B 338; Hammons, W R 80; Holmes, Patricia 52; Hooper, F G 375; Hurst, R C 457; Jawues, A 475; Jones, S H 290; Keeley, H G 315; Lee, E T 362; Lowe, F R 476; Matthews, Mrs C J 526; Moreton, M P 15; Munday, F A 189; Pask, H L 252; Peake, A R 50; Pipe, G W 434; Powell, C W 263; Rawlings, W J 103; Ring, W W 326; Rock, E P 489; Salmon, Mrs E F 448; Thorpe, E A 164; Tocock, P H 474; Turner, M G 487; Waterman, 412; Worrall, J R 487; Wright, H A 274

100th Peal: Aldridge, B W 51; Baker, B F 603; Bayles, D A 448; Beamish, A H 527; Bennett, S E 628; Benson, Rev E G 362; Bowley, H B 566; Brown, A J 53; Cattell, A 410; Chaddock, H O 457; Chaddock, N 457; Cook, A D 388, 584; Cooke, J 539; Creasey, G W 328; Critchley, W E 386; Croft, K S B 78; Cullingworth, T 351; Cutler, A 462; Dodds, G 581; Dukes, F E 561, 600; Fowler, M C 603; Griffiths, J W 67, 136; Grover, G L 164; Hunt, J H 213; Knight, F C W 351; Lindley, E W 115; Matthews, C J 326; Mayer, K W 210; Potts, A A 363; Riddington, W A 504; Sanger, H J 91; Sharp, R J 304; Smalls, A G 186; Snowden, C 339; Staniforth, P J 291; Theobald, W A 533; Trottman, J W F 538; Wayne, H G 411; Weller, J O 164

150th Peal: Allman, W 351; Bottrill, W 475; Harding, C H 464; Hayes, J 39; Honess, L J 528; Jenney, H G 50; Kitchenside, W A 436; Poole, Jill 315; Tansell, C 551; Turley, J E 551; Varty, F 109; Wiffin, A 304

200th Peal: Bullen, R H 279; Corke, F 186; Cousins, C 27; Fisher, F L 489; Freeman, J 487; House, A J 250; Lock, T J 241; Lufkin, F B 436; Moreton, W F 487; Page C H 238; Poole, Mrs J H 150, 158; Pritchard, A 27; Saunders T 528; Spencer, H C 240; Vincent, D 591; Williams, G F 157

250th Peal: Biggs, R 553; Burton, S 175; Collins, F E 429; Feirn, G E 560; Howell, H 436; Marshallsay, Mrs F J 341; McGuiness, C 54; Pinfold, J 138; Relfe, A 164; Shepherd, E C 276

300th Peal: Brown, W J G 387; Fearn, H H 198; Laflin, P 526; Lewis, T W 528; Matkin, D T 417; Millhouse, J L 145; Skidmore, C 4

350th Peal: Ballard, A 241; Corby, P A 80; Hooton, W H J 533; Pink, A R 66;

400th Peal: Ballard, A 521; Brinklow, F W 290, 347; Wallater, C 152

450th Peal: Cullum, F J 627

500th Peal: Beeson, W T 68; Fearn, G E 14, 31; Hairs, F I 527;

550th Peal: Rogers, F W 212

800th Peal: Thomas, J 78

1,100th Peal: Morris, E

1,450th Peal: Pulling, A H 126


APPENDIX E - PEALS

Peals. First in the method.

Major. Plain Norwich Little

Major. Surprise Benington 238 Biddenden 163 Darlington 578 Deva 552 Doncaster 475 Radnor 567 Rochester 151 Wye 91

Major. Spliced Surprise 5 methods ATW 103

Caters. St Clements

Royal. Mixed Spliced Plain Bob & Kent TB 250

Royal. Surprise Aldenham 614 Lindsey 302

Maximus. Surprise Albanian 350 Bedford 262 Leicestershire 614 Lincolnshire 2 Lindsey 226 Prittlewell 514 Wigston 590

Peals, General & Correspondence on
Exeter, Cambridge Maximus at 217, 233
Non-conducted of London 1949 568, 619
Reporting of 49, 84, 95, 107, 120, 131, 144, 158, 168, 233, 258, 298
South Wales, First of Maximus in 170, 192
Spliced Surprise Major, 25th Anniversary of First Peal 246, 250
Tax 220, 244
Values 107, 144, 168, 192, 233
Wells Cathedral, First Single Handed Peal 84
Withdrawn 358, 392, 532
100 years after 532
200 years after 546