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.
169. Tuesday, 11th November 2014
St James, Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire (8, 7-1-16 in B)
1320 changes of St Martin's Bob Doubles in 47 minutes.
- Mary S York
- Nicola J Lang
- Robert Perry
- Martin S Pearson
- Alan J Coombs
- Michael K Beard
Conducted by Alan J Coombs.
Rung half-muffled on Armistice Day prior to 11:00am and the two minutes' silence.
Remembering all those who lost their lives in both World Wars, and especially those from this Parish.
We remember Thomas Walter Hatherley Paget, Sergeant 240717 of the 1st/5th Battalion The Royal Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action in the Ypres Salient during the Battle of Passchendaele on 4th October 1917, aged 25. Sergeant Paget was a great-uncle of the Conductor's wife.
Also rung for the Feast Day of St Martin of Tours, Bishop of Tours and Patron Saint of soldiers.
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