887 Beverley & District Society
ESCRICK, St Helen
Fri 3rd Jan 2003 in 2-57
5075 Grandsire Caters
Comp. John M Goldthorpe
1 Andrew J Faulkes
2 Robert D C Richards
3 Martin B Penny
4 Neil Turner
5 H David Holland
6 John M Goldthorpe (C)
7 Andrew P Thackeray
8 Nicholas D Soanes
9 Richard G Davis
10 Michael J Hastings
First on 10 - 1, 10.
First Grandsire Caters - 2, 3.
First peal on the front ten (16¼cwt).
Ref:-80
888 Beverley & District Society
WHITBY, St Mary
Sat 4th Jan 2003 in 2-53
5021 Stedman Caters
Comp. Robert C Kippin
1 Colin G Newman
2 Robert W Lee
3 Susan J Watson
4 Simon P Hartley
5 F Neville Pailing
6 Peter J Sanderson (C)
7 Paul T Young
8 Adam S Greenley
9 Timothy P Bradley
10 Jonathan P Healy
On Society Dinner Day.
Ref:-80
889 B&D and YA jointly
MARKET WEIGHTON, All Saints
Sat 25th Jan 2003 in 2-49
5056 Plain Bob Major
Comp. J R Pritchard
1 Ross R McKenzie
2 Brian Heppenstall
3 Faye E Noble
4 Lesley A Wilson
5 John M Brook
6 Andrew P Thackeray
7 Brian A Sanders (C)
8 Nicholas D Soanes
Rung jointly for the Yorkshire Association.
First peal at first attempt - 3.
First peal together after learning to ring together some 50 years ago - 2, 5.
45th Birthday Compliment to John A Speak, Tower Captain at Market Weighton.
Ref:-201
890 Beverley & District Society
WYKEHAM, St Helen
Sat 1st Feb 2003 in 2-40
5040 Doubles(8M,5V,1P)
1 Andrew P Thackeray
2 Richard Whittaker
3 Andrew J M Kaye
4 Nicholas D Soanes (C)
5 Robert H Jordan
(3 extents each of Stedman, All Saints, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place, Clifford's Pleasure, Grandsire, Daffodil, Bluebell, St Osmund Bob, St Martin's Bob, St Simon's Bob, Eynesbury Bob, Plain Bob, April Day, Seighford)
25th together - 4, 5.
A birthday compliment to Susan Jordan.
Ref:-199
891 Beverley & District Society
CAISTOR, SS Peter & Paul
Sat 1st Mar 2003 in 2-50
5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Comp. C Adams
1 Mark J Lane
2 Barry F Peachey
3 Gwynneth C Moffatt
4 Andrew P Thackeray
5 Michael J de C Henshaw
6 Heather L E Peachey
7 Nicholas D Soanes (C)
8 Robert H Jordan
First peal on 8 as conductor.
Ref:-272
892 Beverley & District Society
BROMPTON BY SAWDON, All Saints
Sat 8th Mar 2003 in 2-37
5040 Doubles (6M/1V)
1 Robert H Jordan
2 Richard Whittaker
3 Andrew P Thackeray
4 Christopher M Baxter
5 Nicholas D Soanes (C)
(6 extents each: St. Osmund Bob, St. Martin's Bob, Grandsire, St. Simon's Bob, Eynesbury Bob, Plain Bob, April Day)
Ref:-296
893 Beverley & District Society
EASTRINGTON, St Michael
Mon 21st Apr 2003 in 2-34
5040 Minor (3M)
1 Robert H Jordan
2 Peter Mavity
3 Richard G Davis
4 John M Brook
5 Andrew P Thackeray
6 Nicholas D Soanes (C)
(Extents 1, 3, 5, 7: Kent TB; 2, 4: Oxford TB; 6: Plain Bob)
Rung on the 80th Anniversary of the first peal on the bells (21/4/1923), using the same methods.
The bells were opened on Easter Monday 2nd April 1923.
Ref:-440
894 Beverley & District Society
BURSTWICK, All Saints
Sun 3rd Aug 2003 in 2-49
5040 Minor (4M)
1 Howard N Pickering
2 James E Blackburn
3 Christopher M Baxter
4 Peter Mavity
5 Nicholas D Soanes (C)
6 Andrew J M Kaye
((1, 4) Surfleet S; (2, 5) Cambridge S; (3, 6) Beverley S; (7) Plain Bob)
First peal - 2.
Rung as a birthday compliment to Chris Baxter, Joan Wilson and Andrew Blackburn (father of the ringer of the 2nd).
Ref:-805
895 B&D and YA jointly
BOLSOVER, SS Mary & Lawrence
Sat 6th Sep 2003 in 2-59
5184 Double Norwich Court Bob Major
Comp. Gabriel Lindoff
1 Christopher M Bostock
2 Philip Mehew
3 Nicholas D Soanes
4 Robert H Jordan
5 Richard D Gibson
6 Andrew J M Kaye
7 Michael J de C Henshaw (C)
8 F Neville Pailing
Rung to celebrate the life of Arthur Benjamin Cooper ('Ben'); 24/11/1912 - 31/01/2003.
Ben learned to ring at Bolsover and his favourite method was Double Norwich. He gave over seventy years service as chorister and bell ringer, first at Bolsover and then at Kirk Ella, and was made a Life Vice President of the Yorkshire Association in 1988 and an Honorary Life Member of the Beverley & District Society in 1993.
Rung jointly for the Yorkshire Association.
Ref:-947
896 B&D and YA jointly
HESSLE, All Saints
Sat 1st Nov 2003 in 2-52
5184 Spliced Surprise Major (6M)
Comp. M C W Sherwood
1 Rosina M Baxter
2 Susan J Watson
3 Edward Watson
4 Andrew J M Kaye
5 Robert H Jordan
6 C Barrie Dove (C)
7 Nicholas D Soanes
8 Jonathan P Healy
(1152 Rutland, 960 Yorkshire, 768 each Cambridge, Superlative, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, 149 com)
Rung on All Saints' Day to celebrate the Patronal Festival.
Also to celebrate the Ordination to the Priesthood of Revd. Kate Burgess and Revd. Michael Bushby at this church earlier this year.
Ref:-1142
897 Beverley & District Society
STALLINGBOROUGH, SS Peter & Paul
Sun 30th Nov 2003 in 2-20
5064 Minimus (11M)
1 Robert H Jordan
2 Peter Mavity
3 Richard G Davis
4 Nicholas D Soanes (C)
(408 each Single Court, Reverse Court, Double Court; 480 each Double Bob, Reverse St Nicholas, Double Canterbury, St Nicholas, Reverse Bob, Canterbury, Plain Bob & Reverse Canterbury)
First Minimus - 1, 4.
First Minimus on tower bells - 2.
For St Andrew's Day.
898 Beverley & District Society
STOW, St Mary
Sat 6th Dec 2003 in 2-59
5050 Spliced Plain Triples & Major
Comp. Roger Bailey
1 Barry F Peachey
2 Richard G Davis
3 Peter Mavity
4 Christopher M Baxter
5 Andrew J M Kaye
6 Heather L E Peachey
7 Nicholas D Soanes (C)
8 Robert H Jordan
(2880 Plain Bob Major, 2170 Plain Bob Triples, 9 com)
25th together - 5, 8.
First spliced triples & major for all and for the Society.
A 40th birthday compliment to Claire Ford, a member of the Beverley Town Handbell Ringers.
Ref:-7
899 B&D and YA jointly
HESSLE, All Saints
Wed 31st Dec 2003 in 2-51
5056 Hessle Surprise Major
Comp. C Middleton
1 A John Atkinson
2 Barry K Baxter
3 Nicholas D Soanes
4 Edward Watson
5 Matthew L Stimpson
6 Robert H Jordan
7 Brian A Sanders (C)
8 Neil Donovan
The first peal in the method.
Hessle Surprise Major: 56.38-14-58-16-12-38.56.14.56.78 LE12
Rung in memory of Kenneth Kirk, a ringer at St. Andrew's, Kirk Ella, for many years, who died at Christmas. Ken was a life member of both the Beverley & District Ringing Society and the Yorkshire Association.