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Quarter Peals

For each performance, following the tower's name and location are given the number of bells in the tower and the weight and strike note of the Tenor (the heaviest bell in the ring). Where the exact weight of the Tenor is known it is given in the traditional way using the British imperial units of Hundredweight, Quarters and Pounds (cwt-qtr-lb) in which there are 28 pounds in a quarter, four quarters in a hundredweight, and 20 hundredweight in a ton (one hundredweight is approximately equal to 50.8 kilograms); otherwise it is estimated to the nearest quarter of a hundredweight.

If not all of the bells in the tower were used for a particular performance – such as when ringing six bells at an eight-bell tower – it should be assumed that the ringing took place on the heaviest or "back" bells, unless the footnote to the performance states otherwise.

Note that my own name appears in bold text for no other reason than to make it easier to spot.


118. Monday, 16th September 2013
St Margaret, Queen Charlton, Somerset (6, 7-1-18 in Ab)

1260 changes of Plain Bob Doubles in 45 minutes.

  1. Martin S Pearson
  2. Anita E Matthews
  3. Alan J Coombs
  4. Christopher P Greef
  5. Nicola J Williams
  6. Mary S York

Conducted by Alan J Coombs.

Rung half-muffled following the Funeral Service of Mr Graham Wesley Spencer who passed away on 4th September 2013.
He will be sadly missed by all the family and those who knew him.

Personal note: On Saturday, 24th August I managed to break a bone in my right hand in a car accident. Following surgery I returned to ringing one-handed (with my left hand, obviously) on Sunday, 1st September, but sadly I had to pull out of two Quarter Peal attempts, one of which I'd arranged myself and was looking forward to conducting at Keynsham – both attempts went ahead without me and were scored successfully. Consequently, this was my first Quarter Peal since the accident, and my first rung one-handed.