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Ringing for Special Occasions
On this page you'll find details of all the bell ringing I've performed on my tower at Lyndenlea for special occasions, as distinct from any practice or "just for fun" ringing that I might do.
At present I don't plan to attempt any Quarter Peals or longer pieces of ringing, mainly because I'm not certain that my current state of health would allow me to do so (and ringing continuously for 40+ minutes by myself seems pretty tedious), but that may change in the future if my health improves or I get a silly idea for a particularly notable event...
See below for some Notes to the table, and for a very basic introduction to some of the terminology used you might find my article All About Quarter Peals to be of some help.
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| Date ( Desc / Asc ) |
No. of Changes | Method | Bell Rung | Conductor | Footnote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | |||||
| 30 Sep 2025 | 76 | Call Changes on Eight | 7 | Abel | Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the first extent of 5040 Triples Call Changes by a single Conductor, called by Paul J Pascoe at
Buckland in the Moor, Devon in 5 hours and 33 minutes, on this day in 2000. Paul called most of the changes at every handstroke. First Call Changes at Lyndenlea. Composition: Keynsham Wedding I (44 changes) and Keynsham Wedding II (32 changes) – details will appear on this website in due course. |
| 27 Sep 2025 | 384 | Yorkshire Surprise Major | 8 | Abel | For Railway 200, celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world's first steam-operated public railway, on this day in 1825. First of Surprise Major at Lyndenlea. [Composition] |
| 15 Aug 2025 | 224 | Grandsire Triples | 7 | Martin S Pearson | In celebration of peace, on the 80th Anniversary of Victory over Japan Day. First of Grandsire as Conductor at Lyndenlea. [Composition] |
| 15 Aug 2025 | 300 | Grandsire Royal | 10 | Abel | In celebration of peace, at 6:30pm on the 80th Anniversary of Victory over Japan Day. First of Royal at Lyndenlea. [Composition] |
| 26 Jul 2025 | 160 | Plain Bob Major | 8 | Martin S Pearson | Celebrating the 21st Anniversary of the founding of the Friends of Ram Hill Colliery at Manor Hall, Coalpit Heath on this day in 2004. First of Major as Conductor at Lyndenlea. [Composition] |
| 21 Jul 2025 | 210 | Plain Bob Triples | 5 | Martin S Pearson | Celebrating the Conductor's 42nd Birthday today. First touch as Conductor at Lyndenlea. [Composition] |
| 21 Jul 2025 | 270 | Grandsire Caters | 9 | Abel | Celebrating the Tower Keeper's 42nd Birthday today. First change-ringing on ten bells at Lyndenlea. [Composition] |
| 03 Jul 2025 | 576 | Bourne Surprise Minor | 6 | Abel | Celebrating the 87th Anniversary of the World Speed Record for steam traction, set by LNER
Class A4 No.4468 "Mallard" on Stoke Bank (six miles west of Bourne, Lincolnshire) on this day in 1938. First of Surprise at Lyndenlea. [Composition] |
| 23 Jun 2025 | 144 | Kent Treble Bob Minor | 2 | Abel | Celebrating the amazing work of women engineers around the world on International Women in Engineering Day. First of Treble Bob at Lyndenlea. [Composition] |
| 08 May 2025 | 720 | Grandsire Minor | 6 | Abel | In celebration of peace, at 6:30pm on the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. First (extent) of Minor at Lyndenlea. Composition first published 1788 in Clavis Campanalogia. [Composition] |
| 26 Apr 2025 | 256 | Grandsire Major | 8 | Abel | Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the first peal of Grandsire Major, rung on this day in 1775 at St Mary Matfelon, Whitechapel. [Composition] |
| 26 Apr 2025 | 304 | Plain Bob Major | 8 | Abel | Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of the first peal of Plain Bob Major, rung on this day in 1725 at St Bride's, Fleet Street,
London. Composed by David B Wilson. [Composition] |
| 23 Apr 2025 | 640 | Grandsire Major | 8 | Abel | For England on St George's Day. First of Major at Lyndenlea. Composed by Owen T Northwood. [Composition] |
| 18 Mar 2025 | 240 | Grandsire Doubles | 5 | Abel | First double extent at Lyndenlea. Composed by Leslie W G Morris. [Composition] |
| 08 Mar 2025 | 6 | Plain Hunt Singles | 3 | Martin S Pearson | First (extent) of Singles at Lyndenlea. |
| 08 Mar 2025 | 24 | Plain Bob Minimus | 4 | Martin S Pearson | First (extent) of Minimus at Lyndenlea. |
| 08 Mar 2025 | 120 | Stedman Doubles | 1 | Abel | First extent at Lyndenlea. Called with a Single at the course-end, repeated. |
| 08 Mar 2025 | 336 | Grandsire Triples | 7 | Abel | First change-ringing at Lyndenlea. [Composition] |
| 08 Mar 2025 | ... | Rounds on Eight | 1 | Martin S Pearson | The inaugural ringing at Lyndenlea, on the 32nd Anniversary of the Conductor's first bell ringing lesson at St James, Mangotsfield on this day in 1993. |
Notes to the table
The Bell Rung column shows, for each performance, which bell within the ring was assigned to me in the Abel simulator software. Needless to say, I only have one bell at Lyndenlea (and practically I can only ring one bell at a time anyway!), so all the other bells will have been "rung" programmatically by Abel.
In all performances for which I am listed as the Conductor, I have manually controlled the software's calling of "Go" (to start the method), any Bobs and Singles, and "Stand" (to conclude the ringing); "That's all" is automatically called by Abel at the end of the composition. For the earliest performances on 8th March 2025 (which contained no Bobs or Singles) this was achieved directly via the computer's keyboard, albeit with some difficulty whilst also handling my bell; but as of my first touch (i.e. a piece change-ringing with Bobs and/or Singles) as Conductor on 21st July 2025 I have instead used a set of three foot-switches to input the same keystrokes to the software, thereby keeping both of my hands free to ring the bell.
Where Abel is listed as the Conductor, I have chosen to rely on the software to automatically call the Bobs and Singles according to the composition that I've pre-configured. Even when I've manually controlled its calling of "Go" and "Stand", either via the keyboard or using my foot-switches, if Abel calls the Bobs and Singles (i.e. the tricky bits) it receives the Conductor's credit.
The Abel software enables me to change at will details such as the number of bells ringing, the strike note of the Tenor (the bell with lowest note) and even the tuning intervals between the bells; however, I've configured some settings that I intend to keep consistent throughout my ringing at Lyndenlea. Therefore, unless the footnote to a particular performance states otherwise, it should be assumed that the ring of bells is tuned to a conventional major scale with the Tenor striking G#, and that the number of bells matches what's being rung (with a covering Tenor where appropriate) as follows:
- Four bells for Singles and Minimus (to which I probably won't return after my inaugural ringing)
- Six bells for Doubles and Minor
- Eight bells for Triples and Major
- Ten bells for Caters and Royal
- Twelve bells for Cinques and Maximus (although I don't currently plan to ring anything on more than ten bells)
The bell sounds are generated using the sound files included with the software recorded at Worcester Cathedral (12 bells, Tenor 48-0-02 in B).