"THE RINGING WORLD" INDEX FOR 1953

Aldbourne Foundry - 27.

All-ladies' quarter peal bands - 264, 432, 487.

Amateurs and Association meetings - 493.

America - Correspondence from, 205, 249. See also United States of America.

Analysis. See under Peals.

Ancient Society of College Youths - 329, 567, 757-8, 774.

Anonymous letters - 533, 583.

Appeals - 11, 59, 75, 299, 312, 315, 414, 452, 487, 505, 518, 535, 599, 676, 759, 760, 824.

Atmosphere - 425, 487.

Australia - An English girl goes to, 185, 201; ringing in, 43, 150, 152, 187, 322, 324, 326, 332-3, 394, 416, 533, 612, 836.

Barnsley and District Society - 93, 220, 316, 348, 518, 524, 578, 604, 794.

Bath and Wells Diocesan Association - 9, 157, 282, 285, 299, 317, 380, 501, 505, 675, 822.

Bedfordshire Association - 60, 264, 267, 298, 432, 517, 630, 774; bells, 75; dedications, 381, 398; outings, 10, 382, 452, 506, 537, 694; Young Ringers, 44, 516, 615, 665, 669.

Beginners. See For Beginners; Retaining Beginners.

Belfry maintenance - 305, 397.

Belfry probe - 601.

Bells - For articles and correspondence, seen under counties; as heard by the poets, 838.

Berkshire - Bells, 349, 399; deaths and obituaries, 190, 302, 318, 334, 350, 502; outings, 522, 553, 602, 648; tours, 575, 582, 590, 597-8, 616-7.

Bethlehem bells - 88, 219, 417.

Beverley and District Society - 29, 140, 238, 454, 518, 598, 742, 808.

Big Bob - 695, 727, 759, 775, 807.

Birthday sharing - 364, 417.

Births - 78, 110, 158, 190, 334, 351, 420, 438, 491, 523, 570, 618, 746. See also under counties.

Bournemouth - 321, 353-4, 369, 385. See also Central Council.

Bournemouth Ringers' Rally - 365.

Briant, John - 49. See also Minor fives and sixes.

Brides of Enderby - 139, 156, 172.

Bristol University Society - 76, 140, 695, 818.

British Broadcasting Corporation broadcasts - 152, 184, 281, 312, 328, 360, 376, 500, 516, 535, 724, 806; recordings, 107, 139, 171, 417, 790.

British Columbia - Death, 822.

Buckinghamshire - Deaths and obituaries, 350, 455; engagements, 778; outings, 10, 506, 522, 648, 680, 694; tours, 575, 582, 697; Lillingstone Lovell, 821.

Call change ringing - 139, 628.

Calling into rounds - 797.

Cambridge University Guild - 122, 299, 566, 614, 670.

Cambridge, St. Andrew's Church - 821.

Cambridge Youths - 646.

Cambridgeshire - Death and obituary, 78; outings, 44, 58, 537.

Campanologia - 551, 647.

Canada, ringing in - 679.

Cardiff's welcome to the Queen - 469.

Carter's Broadsheet - 363; notation, 58.

Central Council - 10, 186, 249, 281, 284-5, 329, 361-4, 377-8, 397, 434-5; Biographies Committee, 377-8; Literature, Press and Broadcasting Committee, 378, 434; membership, 741, 759, 779, 823; Methods Committee, 41, 43, 75, 107, 155, 187, 237, 267, 472-3, 477, 489, 504-5. See also under Irregular methods; Method extension; Method structure; Regina; Peals Analysis Committee, 43, 89, 107, 397, 564-5, 573-4, 584-5. See also Bournemouth.

Changing scene - 177-8.

Cheshire - Deaths and obituaries, 11, 58, 110, 142, 302, 380, 617, 822, 833; dedication, 42; outings, 317, 506, 522; veteran, 646.

Chester Diocesan Guild - 76, 141, 156, 205, 327, 398, 613, 710, 821.

Christmas - Cards, 17; ringing, 28, 806.

Church Assembly and Recorded Ringing - 773, 805. See also Recorded bells.

Church consecration, handbell ringing at - 105.

Church officers, local peals by - 276, 299, 347, 379.

Clerical Guild - 297.

Clocks, possessor of three hundred and fifty - 725, 759, 791.

College Youths. See Ancient Society of College Youths.

Competitions, judging striking - 158, 187, 203.

Compositions - (7), 27, 254, 531, 602, 777; (8) Delight, 349, 602; Plain, 109, 112, 174, 189, 197, 203, 251, 254, 286, 554, 569; Surprise, 11, 13, 64, 94, 139, 171, 221, 317, 327, 342, 364, 379, 490, 531, 572, 778, 794, 812; Treble Bob, 108, 490; (9) 47, 61, 106, 189, 556, 733, 794; (10) 726; (11) 9, 106, 110, 540, 825; (12) 94, 128; (13) 810.

Contributions to "The Ringing World" - 379.

Cornwall - Bells, 59, 91, 461, 615; dedication, 285; holiday, 350; outings, 250, 382, 436, 488, 508, 520, 569, 588, 680, 746; tours, 574-5, 581-2, 614, 615, 669.

Coronation Day experiences - 471, 503, 535.

Coronation peals - 43, 91, 138, 145, 370-1, 386-93, 406-13, 419, 425-31, 442-8, 465-6, 480, 497, 510, 512, 527, 528; a survey of, 441-2.

Coronation quarter-peals - 402-4, 422-4, 437, 474.

Coronation ringing - 337, 395-6, 415-6, 433, 451.

County History Books - 193, 219, 251, 267.

Coventry chimes - 809.

Coventry Diocesan Guild - 93, 141, 333, 538, 711.

Crawford Cup contest - 433.

Cumberland and North Westmorland Association - 300.

Davy, Thomas - 59.

Delight methods - 379, 453, 519.

Derbyshire Association - 153, 281; deaths and obituaries, 174, 302, 420; outings, 633; tours, 517, 669; wedding, 537.

Devonshire Ringers, Guild of - 29, 30, 62, 108, 138, 268, 300, 316, 329, 399, 455, 486, 518, 578, 675, 741, 808; deaths and obituaries, 206, 811; dedication, 649; engagements, 94, 762; outings, 382, 436, 456, 488, 508, 534, 554, 569, 578, 648, 741, 746, 809, 810; tours, 418, 614, 615; wedding, 563.

Dorset - Deaths and obituaries, 286, 617; dedication, 646; outings, 343, 488, 537.

Doubles. See Methods, Doubles.

Dudley and District Guild - 313.

Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Association - 678.

Durham - Death and obituary, 420; dedications, 501, 729.

Eardisland Ringing Day - 349.

East Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Association - 283.

East Grinstead and District Association - 453, 521.

Eayre, George - 564.

Eayre, Joseph - 283, 347.

Eldridge family of founders - 1.

Electronic bells - 283, 299, 314, 315. See also Church Assembly; Recorded bells.

Ely Diocesan Association - 93, 141, 283, 649.

England's oldest active ringer - 44.

Essex Association - 44, 77, 358, 711, 749-50, 789-90, 839; deaths and obituaries, 11, 158, 190, 318, 380, 570, 723, 822; outings, 44, 317, 436, 456, 488, 522, 569, 633, 648, 666, 680, 682, 694; wedding, 585.

Exeter Cathedral - 9, 807.

Eye, ringing at - 694.

False peals - 564, 743, 823.

Fearn, George - 596, 661.

Films - 59.

First peal in the method - (5) 608; (7) 67, 115, 130, 736; (8) Delight, 210, 559; Plain, 67, 98, 130, 163, 194, 307, 449, 704; Surprise, 68, 98, 146, 162, 194, 308, 339, 496, 785, 815; (12) 146, 406.

First peal on the bells - (5) 164, 262, 310, 340, 389, 513, 514, 560, 722; (6) 5, 54, 70, 148, 371, 390, 428, 545, 721, 818; (8) 373, 702, 712, (10) 830.

First peal since augmentation - (5) 100; (6) 4, 54, 86, 754, 770; (8) 131, 356.

First peal since recasting - (6) 429; (12) 258, 448.

First peal since rededication - (8) 2, 83, 162.

First peal since rehanging - (6) 70, 118, 228, 245, 374, 419, 498, 560, 577, 592, 641, 738, 754; (8) 322, 389, 462, 527, 640, 688; (10) 306, 370.

First silent peal of Surprise on handbells - 310, 331.

Flintshire and its bells - 27, 59.

Footnotes - 775, 807, 840.

For beginners - 6, 29, 60, 75, 92, 124, 172, 204, 214, 235, 454, 538.

Four Guilds Festival - 598.

Four quarter-peals on Easter Sunday - 331.

Girl Guide Campanology Badge - 708, 740, 772, 808.

Glastonbury Pilgrimage - 454.

Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association - 6, 123, 206, 249, 265, 436, 502, 648, 661, 773.

Gloucestershire - Deaths and obituaries, 713, 723; outings, 488, 602, 713, 746; tours, 600-1, 697.

Golden weddings - 351, 585, 595, 790, 794.

Goldsmith Commemoration Dinner - 693-4.

Great Tom - 184, 417.

Guildford, Address by the Provost of - 257.

Guildford Diocesan Guild - 92, 106, 266, 342, 598, 693-4, 805.

Halifax Guild, Archdeaconry of - 204, 251, 300, 505, 613, 665.

Hampshire - Bells, 583; births, 334, 618; deaths and obituaries, 218, 713; dedication, 345; festival, 838; outings, 537, 570, 578, 595; tour, 665; weddings, 318, 396, 469, 537, 691.

Handbell music - 503.

Hawkhurst and District Guild - 316.

Heaviest five for a peal - 283, 315, 331.

Heaviest working bell to be rung to a peal by a lady - 631, 807.

Hedon Ringers' Cup - 825.

Henry Johnson Commemoration Dinner - 169-70.

Hereford Diocesan Guild - 58, 318.

Herefordshire - Deaths and obituaries, 58, 110, 141, 158, 174, 570; dedication, 10; outings, 633, 648; tour, 697.

Hertford College Youths - 537, 541-2; County Association - 78, 154.

Hertfordshire bells. See under Minor fives and sizes.

Hertfordshire - Deaths and obituaries, 206, 455, 485, 502, 723; outings, 44, 382, 452, 506, 522, 648, 666, 676; ringing in, 541-2, 605-6, 631, 701, 717, 781-2, 791, 823, 839; wedding, 351.

Hesse Memorial Week-end - 725.

Hong Kong Cathedral chimes - 790.

Hooton, W. M. J. - Death of, 485; peals of, 521.

Huddersfield and District Society - 76.

Huntingdonshire - Bells, 615; dedications, 220, 538; outings, 58, 578. See also under Minor fives.

Imperial Institute, ringing at - 328.

Incendiarism, precautions against - 711, 759, 807.

Invasion warnings - 692, 693, 759.

Irish Association - 197, 234, 268, 330, 469, 630, 758, 793, 808; bells, 525, 806; tours, 647, 654, 663-4, 669.

Irregular methods - 193-4, 315, 331, 364, 534, 551, 583, 792.

Isle of Wight - Tour, 665; dedication, 837.

Kent County Association - 73, 126, 233, 238, 241, 333, 420, 675, 682, 691, 727, 728, 742, 760, 778, 825; deaths and obituaries, 62, 110, 142, 252, 400, 438, 455, 469, 502, 602, 618, 634, 649, 776, 794; dedication, 381; outings, 317, 366, 436, 456, 471, 521, 522; silver wedding, 57; tours, 505, 680; wedding, 76.

Kingsthorpe ringing evening - 453, 487, 519.

Kingston-on-Thames Ringers' Society - 77.

Ladies' Guild - 74, 91, 126, 173, 189, 264, 313, 345, 417, 486, 502, 553, 646, 677, 713, 792.

Lancashire Association - 726; bells, 234; birth, 110; deaths and obituaries, 14, 30, 190, 380, 455, 617; dedications, 398, 629; engagements, 351, 491; weddings, 253, 712.

Leading peal ringers of 1952 - 73.

Lectures - 89.

Lee, Samuel - 65.

Leeds and District Society - 107, 167, 250, 317, 384, 456, 521, 661, 742, 805.

Leicester Diocesan Guild - 346-7, 809.

Leicestershire - Bells, 109, 824; birth, 110; deaths and obituaries, 78, 206, 586, 743, 793; dedications, 13, 381; outings, 298, 646, 713, 776; tours, 329, 517; wedding, 550.

Lent, ringing in - 113, 397.

Lincoln Diocesan Guild - 122, 314, 677.

Lincolnshire - Anniversary, 837; birth, 190; deaths and obituaries, 666, 793; dedications, 486, 742; outings, 108, 471, 569, 646; presentation, 157; tours, 517, 594; 100 peals, 824.

Little Methods, naming of - 599, 631, 662, 695.

Liverpool, dedication of St. Mary's Church - 629.

Liverpool Parish Church - 258, 265, 709, 824.

Llandaff and Monmouth Diocesan Association - 138, 250, 486, 630, 678, 760, 825.

London - Bells, 28, 75, 343; outing, 773. See also St. Bride's bells.

London University Society - 505, 742, 744.

Loughborough College Society - 149.

Manchester University Guild - 315, 632, 670.

Martock, Stedman at - 91.

Mediæval rings - 405.

Memorials - 183, 189.

Methods Committee's report on extension - 472-3, 477, 489, 504-5.

Method extension - 582, 695, 727, 760, 792, 839; learning aid, 742; structure, 649.

Methods - (5) 6, 75. See also Methods, Doubles. (7) 254, 531; (8) Delight, 349, 602; Plain, 11, 286, 382; Surprise, 48, 157, 317, 531, 812; (12) 205; (23) 823.

Methods, Doubles - 43, 59, 75, 91, 123, 151, 187, 219, 235, 267, 283, 315, 331, 347, 348, 364, 379, 399, 417, 583, 631.

Middlesex County Association - 92, 135, 314, 502, 563, 821; bells, 347; births, 491, 523, 746; deaths and obituaries, 29, 30, 78, 252, 485, 502, 521.

Midland Counties Guild - 74, 452; tours, 638-9, 645-6, 669.

Minor fives and sixes - 405, 453, 487, 519, 551, 599, 615, 631, 647, 662, 685, 711, 727.

Minute Bob Major - 823.

Mitcham bellringers' service - 793.

Muffled ringing in 1817 - 839.

National Guild of Police Ringers - 12, 679.

New Year's Eve - 27, 33, 44, 45, 59.

New Zealand, ringing in - 417, 791.

Newman, Charles - 557-8.

Newton, George - 617, 653-4.

Norfolk - Deaths and obituaries, 126, 188, 270, 334; dedication, 42; outings, 488, 582; wedding, 760.

Norwich Diocesan Association - 249, 316, 349, 382, 433, 486, 487, 533, 661, 664, 727, 790, 821.

Norwich records - 733-4.

North Staffordshire Association - 189, 485.

North Wales Association, jubilee of - 173.

Northamptonshire - Deaths and obituaries, 521, 586; dedications, 317, 381, 712; engagement, 351; outings, 366, 578, 646, 746; veteran, 774; weddings, 760, 810.

Notes for beginners - 327.

Nottinghamshire - Deaths and obituaries, 318, 634.

Oddfellows' Conference - 456.

Oldest carillon - 347.

One-man bands - 493, 535.

Osborne manuscripts - 562-3.

Our outing - 621-2.

Oxford Diocesan Guild - 106, 107, 124, 298, 299, 349, 435, 452, 500, 598, 711, 727.

Oxford University Society - 8, 122.

Oxfordshire - Bells, 59, 184, 417; birth, 78; dedication, 313; outings, 522, 553, 602; tours, 590, 597-8, 616-7, 697; wedding, 470.

Parr, Samuel - 755-6.

Peals Analysis - 1951, 43, 107; 1952, 89, 564-5, 573-4, 584-5.

Peal on the lightest six - 70, 74.

Peals withdrawn - 299, 647. See also False peals.

Peterborough Diocesan Guild - 93, 141, 265, 380, 418, 578, 613, 764, 824.

Pipe's Pilgrims - 697.

Pitstow family - 629.

Practice - 589.

Pregnant Tenor - 267, 331.

Press extracts - 216, 217, 220, 344, 601, 613, 615.

Preston ringing day - 790.

Prince of twelve-bell ringers - 153.

Professor of Campanology - 189, 251, 283.

"Punch" article - 601.

Q-sets. See Stedman Triples.

Queen Mary - In Memoriam peals, 211-2, 226-8, 242-3; quarter peals, 231, 246, 252, 269.

Queen's - 197, 299.

Railwaymen ringers - 316.

Rambling Ringers, Society of - 594, 596.

Rayner, William - 525.

Record lengths - 102, 105, 662, 726, 740.

Recorded bells - 313, 773, 805, 807, 813.

Regina - 582, 613. See also Method extension.

Remembrance Sunday ringing - 762.

Reminiscences - An old stager, 129, 171; 65 years a ringer, 218.

Retaining beginners' interest - 157, 187.

Ringers' functions - 77, 122, 158.

Ringers I remember - Rev. M. Kelly, 6; James Mott, 108; William Wakley, 157.

Ringers' Roll of Honour - 377.

Ringers' Rules (ancient and modern) - 154, 186, 202, 253, 380, 536-7, 546, 568, 610, 626, 707, 802, 841.

Ringing chamber - 425, 487.

Ringing machines - 363, 414, 565.

Ringing organisations - 225, 493.

Ringing rhymes - 126, 135, 435.

Ringing to the glory of God - 551.

Ringing tours and peals - 615, 669-70.

Ringing verse - 139, 156, 172, 183, 521, 525, 695.

Roving Ringers, Society of - 9, 157, 322, 330, 669, 696.

Royal Cumberland Youths, Society of - 73, 253, 502, 709, 793, 821; mastership of, 743, 791, 808.

Rutland - Outings, 578, 646.

Rye Grammar School - 726.

Saffron Walden Great Ringing Day - 453.

St. Bride's bells - 283, 299, 314, 315, 347.

St. Christopher Guild - 669-70, 713.

St. David's Diocesan Guild - 214, 348, 435, 650.

St. Martin's Guild, Birmingham - 57, 501, 709, 712.

St. Martin's Youths - 217.

Salisbury Diocesan Guild - 90, 156, 235, 281, 300, 318, 345, 535, 664, 665, 729, 822.

Scottish Association - 299; engagement, 420.

Selby and District Society - 268.

Sextuples, Stedman - 800, 810, 839.

Sheffield and District Society - 202, 553, 630.

Short, William - 727, 743, 759, 791.

Shropshire Association - 106, 318, 396, 507, 553, 632, 824; bells, 91, 552, 632; death and obituary, 586; outings, 317, 578; tour, 697.

Silent peal - 310, 331.

Silver weddings - 78, 334, 618.

Snowdon Commemoration Dinner - 725.

Singapore, St. Andrew's Cathedral - 557, 615.

Somerset - Bells, 57; birth, 438; deaths and obituaries, 270, 521; engagements, 382, 491; outings, 45, 366, 456, 474, 534, 554, 629, 633, 660, 661, 680; tours, 418, 518, 550, 697, 743.

Sottenstall, William - 455.

Southend and District Guild - 170.

Southwark Cathedral Society - 183.

Southwell, locals conquer - 776.

Spliced - Maximus, 590; Surprise Major, 364, 379; Triples, 736, 775, 807.

Staffordshire - Death and obituary, 554; outings, 578, 648; tours, 517, 638-9, 645-6, 697; Young Ringers, 669.

Stedman Triples - A note on, 125, 155, 219; touches of, 197, 216, 235.

Suffolk Guild - 126, 267, 281, 682, 773, 807, 839; birth, 351; deaths and obituaries, 612, 649, 666; dedication, 199; outings, 317, 488, 506, 633, 666; tour, 567.

Sunday service ringing - 113, 155, 161, 519.

Superlative Surprise Major, peals of - 596, 612, 615, 631, 662.

Surrey Association - 126, 221, 237, 298, 470, 519, 742, 744; bells, 124, 188, 214, 250, 251, 283, 286, 315, 538, 637-8, 679, 776, 837, 840; deaths and obituaries, 126, 174, 521, 538, 617, 794; dedications, 381, 399; engagement, 351; outings, 471, 506, 522, 595, 648; weddings, 76, 330, 334, 537, 602, 629, 729.

Sussex County Association - 73, 135, 586, 810; deaths and obituaries, 11, 78, 286, 350, 400, 634, 675; dedications, 399, 438; engagements, 351; outings, 366, 378, 436, 471, 476, 506, 595; tour, 680.

Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Guild - 62, 188, 300, 452, 471, 630, 716, 825.

Synthetic bells. See Recorded bells.

Tasmania - Ringing in, 27, 59; deaths and obituaries, 548, 550.

Telephone, bells on - 136, 171, 187, 203, 237.

Television - 27, 41, 171, 328.

Thaxted ringing course - 711, 749-50, 789-90.

Three-quarter peals on Easter Day - 267, 315.

Tone-deaf ringers - 91, 123, 203.

Tower captains - 81, 123, 156, 171, 453, 487, 519, 583.

Town and country exchange - 471.

Tropics, bells and churches in the - 557.

Truro Diocesan Guild - 435, 486, 712.

Twenty Questions - 837.

Two hundred peals in a Cheshire tower - 89.

Twyford ringers - 691.

Union scholars - 562-3.

United States of America - 205, 249, 289, 708, 839.

Universities Association - 8, 26, 590, 597-8, 616-7, 670.

Votive bells - 471, 503.

Warwickshire - Birth, 420; churches, 6, 60, 93, 123, 156, 167, 237, 267; deaths and obituaries, 776, 793; induction, 518; outing, 317; restoration, 837; tours, 638-9, 645-6, 697; wedding, 470.

Washbrook Surprise Principle - 477, 535.

Wells, Robert - 27.

Welsh - Deaths and obituaries, 158, 190, 286, 521, 602, 634, 649; dedication, 418; outings, 317, 452, 522, 553, 632, 648, 666, 713; tours, 554, 670, 677, 711.

Wiltshire - Deaths and obituaries, 29, 58, 91, 252, 400, 618, 666, 776; dedications, 418, 712; engagement, 382; outings, 349, 366, 553, 570; weddings, 682, 694.

Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild - 46, 62, 107, 122, 173, 492, 549, 598, 806, 837.

Windsor Castle - 349, 399.

Women - 289.

Wood spiral staircases - 93, 123, 155.

Worcester and Districts Association - 741.

Worcestershire - Birth, 570; outing, 633; tours, 638, 645-6, 697.

Yorkshire Association - 10, 89, 253, 330, 420, 470, 629, 714; bells, 10, 27, 41, 137; deaths and obituaries, 174, 206, 252, 762; dedication, 121; outings, 436, 488, 506, 524, 553, 565, 578, 746; tour, 632.

Young tenor ringers - 315, 347, 364, 379.

Youngest Central Council member - 360, 376, 417.

Youngest ringer to reach a thousand peals - 596, 679.

100 peals - 96, 221, 336, 553, 668, 748.

150 peals - 105.

200 peals - 170, 221, 249, 486.

300 peals - 551.

400 peals - 188.

500 peals - 121, 470, 535, 554, 598; on 12 bells, 153.

1,000 peals - 11, 25, 27, 59, 596, 638, 661.

1,600 peals - 469.

The Ringing World No. 2231, January 1, 1954, pages 13 to 14