Simon Bond's Ringing Records

To welcome Father Timothy William Lipscombe to the benefice of Preston St John and St George the Martyr. Also to welcome Casson Thomas Metcalfe, first grandchild of the tenor ringer. A compliment to the ringers of 1, 4 and 5 on their departure to University. First Treble Bob: 1. First Surprise: 4.

First Peal as Conductor. First in Method: 2.

First Surprise: 3. First in Method: 5. To congratulate Mark Bell and Claire Thomson on their engagement.

1st Major as Conductor. A birthday compliment to the conductor. The band wishes Jenny a speedy recovery after her late-night bicycle acrobatics!

Rung at the beginning of the SUA Weekend in Cambridge.

First as Conductor. First treble bob: 1.

First of major as conductor First in method: 2 First on 8: 5

First in m: 5 A birthday compliment to Nick Balderson

To mark the 81st birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The ringer of the 7 has now rung quarter peals in all 13 of the Oxford city centre towers.

First as C. Circled the tower to peals: 4.

Rung prior to the first general practice of the academic year to welcome those ringers joining the OUS this term. First Surprise Major: 3. First with this surname: 2.

First in m: 6

Chris's official first peal. A birthday compliment to Oliver T Lomax. First inside: 3. First Surprise as C.

Celebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States of America. First Surprise Major as C.

First Peal: 4.

First on 8: 1. First in method: 2.

A wedding compliment to Tim Coleman and Sarah Eatherton, married today at Goring Free Church.

First peal: 1. 1100th for the Association: 4. 150th for the Association: 8

In celebration of the life of Roderick W Pipe.

First Treble Bob Major: 1. First in method: 3. On OUSCR quarter peal day. Yorkshire: it's not for girls.

First Yorkshire: 4. First Lancashire: 6. A compliment to the A34.

First inside: 4. First Surprise: 5.

Variable hunt. First with no bobs or singles: 4, and probably others. A compliment to David Hull, who we guess did this in the nineties.

First in method: 3 & 5. Diminished 10-bell practice.

Celebrating Robin and Dorothy's marriage being old enough to drive.

Smallest towerbell to a peal for all except 4. Particular kudos to the tenor ringer for successfully catching her sally 2544 times.

In loving memory of Graham Bell (28/01/1926 - 24/06/2020), Mark's Grandad. Graham was formerly a ringer at St Mary's Handsworth, Sheffield.

First of Surprise on an inside pair: 5-6.

200th of Major: 1-2. Rung on OUS Dinner Day.

First blows in method: 3.

A commuted peal attempt for the Society’s 150th anniversary year. With the band's best wishes to Dorothy Hall, injured in a cycling accident on the way to the tower, and hoping for a speedy recovery. Thanks also to Robert Sworder for standing down.

First in method as conductor. Remembering Joyce Audrey Fray (1929-2022) on the evening before her funeral. Rung on the tenth anniversary of the conductor's first lesson in bell handling, which was given in this tower by members of the Oxford University Society of Change Ringers.