Peal - A Birthday Compliment

Bellringers ring a peal at Shedfield on Saturday 18th April 2009

On Saturday 18 April, a group of ringers from the Portsmouth District range a peal at Shedfield as a birthday compliment to a member of the parish. The peal took 2 hours and 51 minutes to ring and the details are as follows:

5024 Spliced Surprise Major

4 methods:
     1408 Rutland
     1280 Yorkshire
     1216 Lincolnshire
     1120 Cambridge

31 changes of method, all the work of each method for every bell.

Composed by: Robert W Lee

The Peal Band
The Peal Band - click on image to enlarge

The peal band


1 James W G Twiney
2 Rachel C Byford
3 Richard A Case
4 Sarah E Hutchinson
5 Andrew F Case
6 Ian P Hunt
7 Andrew J Byford
8 David M Goss (C)

Conducted by David M Goss

A birthday compliment

Andrew Case

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