Simon Bond's Ringing Records

1st Maximus: 8. Not a birthday compliment to Robin.

Believed to be the first, and probably last in the flat.

First on 12: 8.

1st Bristol Maximus: 6, 8, 9.

First on 12: 6.

100th together: 7 & 11. For Candlemas Carol Service.

A compliment to David and Katie Lane for their 18th Wedding Anniversary. 600th Peal: 4.

A 60th birthday compliment to Ian Greenley. 400th quarter and 100th as conductor: 9.

In celebration of the life of Roderick W Pipe.

For Easter. First on 12: 8. First Bristol Maximus: 2, 5, 7, 9, 11 and by a Sunday service band. 200th tower bell peal in the House.

First 41: 4.

To celebrate the marriage of HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton. First of Bristol Royal: 6.

To celebrate the marriage of HRH Prince William of Wales to Miss Catherine Middleton

First on 12: 6. First Stedman Cinques: 2 & 8.

To mark the 10th anniversary of the treble ringer's first handling lesson. Circled tower: 1. 50th together: 1 & 6.

Lao ma shi tu. First Stedman: 5

50th on the bells: 8. 150th as Conductor.

A compliment to Mike and Nicki Cooper-Esbester-Harvey, married yesterday at Oxford Town Hall.

To mark the 747th anniversary of the College's foundation by Walter de Merton in 1264. Remembering Frank White. With thanks to Chris Griggs, Mike and Nicki Esbester, Robert Wallis and Stuart Nelson for Stewarding.

Excellent tavernage! Marking the anniversary of a similar performance ten years on from the OS's first holiday to Lundy in 2001. The ringers of 1,3,4,7 were on that first trip.

1st in method: 6. A get well soon compliment to Keith Anderson.

For absent friends and as a fifth birthday compliment to Arthur Hall.

1st in method: 4,5,6,7,8,9. A farewell compliment to Mr and Mrs Pratt, departing this day.

First in method: 4 & 5.

The Society would like to send its best wishes for a speedy recovery to Rob Austin who is currently in Stoke Mandeville hospital.

First peal on the bells. On the 100th anniversary of the first handbell peal of minor and the 15th anniversary of the conductor's first peal.

200th together: 2 & 8.

First surprise in hand: 5-6. First at this address.

First in method: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

First in method for most of the band.

First of Bristol Royal: 4 & 5.

Prior to a service commemorating the Translation of St Thomas Becket.

To mark the 150th anniversary of the first telling of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Revd C L Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), a fellow of this College.

To celebrate Chris's graduation this week.

First of Maximus: 9.

For the 300th anniversary of the augmentation of these bells to 10 in 1712.

First Bristol Maximus: 6. A compliment to Esme and Alistair Bell immediately before their Christening in the Cathedral.

500th Quarter: 11.

First in method for all. Welcoming Revd Dr Edmund Newey, installed as Sub Dean yesterday.

400th peal: 4. To mark the 749th anniversary of the College's foundation by Walter de Merton in 1264.

First in method: 4 & 6.

To commence the year of celebration for the 750th anniversary of the foundation of Merton College by Walter de Merton in 1264. The longest peal on the bells, the oldest complete ring of eight in the world, with Mertonians ringing 1, 3 & 6. First peal in the method: -5-45-5-36.4-4.5-4.7 le 12 (a)

First encounter with the method: 2,6,8,9,10.

In memory of Marion S Ainsworth.

First in the method: 6.

First successful foray into spliced pure triples for all, probably.

Half-muffled on the harmonic minor ten as part of the Cathedral's Good Friday liturgy. 100th peal for the Society: 6.

Circled the tower as conductor. Dedicated to the memory of the fallen, particularly those of the parish of Long Buckby (including Long Buckby Wharf), 100 years on from the commencement of World War 1.

First on 12 without David Hull: 6.

First in method: 8 & 11.

Welcoming the Very Reverend Professor Martyn Percy, installed as Dean of Christ Church yesterday. Circled the tower to peals: 2.

First in the method for some of the band.

For Christmas. First Stedman Cinques: 5. Circled the tower: 1. Celebrating a record-breaking year of ringing at Christ Church with 4 peals and 21 quarter-peals on top of Sunday service ringing, fortnightly practices, ringing for college and royal occasions, and the small matter of the final of the National 12-bell Contest and all the visiting practices for that event. It's been a lot of fun and very profitable for the Royal Blenheim.

First on twelve: 7. Circled the tower: 4. The band would like to thank Helen Matthews for getting Jill to the tower. Colin Parker however ...

First in the method: some. A get well compliment to Simon Linford from the pointy end.

Most metal: 12. A valedictory peal for Michael O'Hagan, leaving Oxford after 9 years of good ringing, good company, and sterling service to ringing in this city. Oxford's loss. Bristol's gain.

First Bristol Maximus: 7.

"The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined." -- Isaiah 9:2

New territory for some.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the ordination to the priesthood of the Very Revd Prof Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church.

Welcoming the Rt Rev Steven Croft as the 44th Bishop of Oxford. A truncated peal attempt inadvertently commemorating the 480th anniversary of Thomas Cromwell's somewhat unnecessarily surgical approach to problem solving.

First of Maximus: 6. First of Spliced Maximus for the Society, by a local band, and for 2, 8, 9, 11. Circled the tower: 7. With the Society's best wishes to Christopher and Marianne Waterhouse as they leave their respective positions as Vergers at Christ Church and Magdalen to move to St James Institute in Sydney, Australia.

Half-muffled on the harmonic minor ten for the Liturgy of Good Friday. First Stedman: 3.

Circled tower: 4 Rung during the marathon races for the IAAF World Championships. The route of the race passed the Cathedral.

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the incarnation of Katherine Stonham on January 5th, 1988. Longest date touch for all. 1200th peal and 50th in the tower: 1. First of Cinques and Maximus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, for the Society, and on the bells.

First on 12: 5. Most metal: 12.

To mark the 754th anniversary of the foundation of the College by Walter de Merton in 1264. Circled the tower: 8.

For Christmas.

Belated farewell compliment to David Jackson with thanks for a wonderfully committed contribution to the Society's ringing during his all-too-brief spell in Oxford. First Spliced Maximus: 2, 3, 6, 9, 11.

Marking the 100th anniversary of a peal rung in this tower (which was then the first for 44 years) to commemorate the Peace after the First World War. Circled the tower: 1, 5. 100th together: 2 & 4. Concrete Pigeon: -3-4-2-23-4-3-2-3-4-9,2 b

To celebrate the Christening of Ralph Littlewood. First of Cinques and Maximus: 4, 5, 6, 8.

Special thanks to Dorothy for stepping in some time after the last minute after one member of the band was last seen sinking into the Thames.

A belated welcome compliment to the now-not-so-new Sub Dean of Christ Church, Fr Richard Peers, and in eager anticipation of a social visit to his garden next week. The recovery continues: first ringing on more than eight bells here since March 2020.

200th peal: 6. 750th towerbell peal: 1. First Spliced Royal: 5 & 6. First Spliced as conductor. First with this surname: 10.

First quarter at first attempt (aged 9): 1

First on twelve: 6.

10th Birthday treat for 6. First inside, first on 10 and first blows of Royal: 6

In loving memory of Charlotte Everett, member of this Society, whose first peal was rung here in 1984 and who chimed these bells for daily services for many years.

First Stedman in hand: 9-0.

First on ten: 5.

Circled the tower: 1. First of Stedman: 6 and as conductor. For Christmas.