Simon Bond's Ringing Records

First on 10: 5. For Evensong

For Evensong on Remembrance Sunday

For Evensong. First on 10: 4.

1st in m by all except 7 and as C. 1st Surprise Royal: 5 Superfluous footnote: Coincidently on the 10th anniversary of the conductor's first quarter of Pudsey Major which he also conducted! "A top method on top bells" - unattributed.

First Spliced: 7

First of London S Royal: 4 and 5.

First London Royal: 2.

First of Royal: 7. First of Surprise Royal: 6.

1st blows in m by all except 3. 1st in m as C.

Rung in thanksgiving for the life of Dr John E Spice, Past Master (1940-45) and Vice President of the Society.

First in method for all except 8. Completes the "Standard 8" Surprise Major methods to quarter peals of their Surprise Royal equivalents: 5, 10. Rung as a birthday compliment to Andrew Haseldine.

First in method: 5, 6, 7, 9 and as C. Rung as a farewell compliment to Hugh Wilkinson, who is returning to the mainland later today.

First in method for all. Completes the Grandsire family from Minimus to Sextuples inclusive: 6. Rung as a compliment to Graham Drabble on obtaining gainful employment.

First blows in method: 6. First in method: 2, 5 & 7. First quarter peal as conductor. Completes the "Standard 8" Surprise Major methods to quarter peals of their Surprise Royal equivalents: 7. Rung to celebrate the successful completion of the "Girly Gallon".

Rung as birthday compliments today to Rachel Parkes (21), Trevor Marchbank and Alan Marchbank. First blows in method for all except 9. Completes the "Standard 8" Surprise Royal: 8, 10.

First London S Royal: 5. First on ten as conductor.

First on 10: 3. First Royal: 2 and 5. First Yorkshire Royal: 6.

In celebration of the life of Wilf Moreton, Past Master and Vice-President of the Society. First London Royal: 5, 6 & 7.

100th Quarter: 9. A 19th birthday compliment to Katie E M Lane. With thanks to the outgoing OUS committee and wishing the incoming one a fruitful year in office.

For the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. First Treble Bob Royal: 1. First Yorkshire Royal: 8.

First on 10: 6 and as C First blows in m: 5 & 6

First Bristol Royal: 5 and 6

Rung as a 60th birthday compliment to John Ascroft, tower captain at Penwortham, Lancs. Also as a forthcoming wedding compliment to Chris Poole and Katie Chambers. First blows in method for all. 800th Quarter: 2 Circled the tower to quarter peals: 2

First on 10 in hand for all except 3-4. First of treble bob in hand: 1-2 & 9-10.

Yorkshire - it's not for girls. First in method: 8. Circled the tower to 10-bell quarters: 4. Circled the tower to quarters of Surprise Royal: 1.

First Spliced: 6 First Spliced Royal: 2 & 5 50th together: 7 & 8

First without moving hands: 3-4. 50th together: 3-4 & 5-6.

First of spliced royal: 3, 6, 7 and 8.

A wedding compliment to Olly and Mary Cross. First quarter on ten on a Sunday morning for all. First of Royal: 3, 4, 8. First in method: 5, 6, 7, 9. 75th quarter: 7. Circled the tower: 1. 50th on the bells: 10. First since finishing finals: 2.

Rung after having lost a peal attempt due to 'conductor error'

Rung to mark the centenary of the Scouting Movement. A 1st birthday compliment to Abigail Brown.

Rung with thanksgiving for, and in celebration of, the safe birth on the 3rd October 2007 of Molly Louise Batts.

100th Together: 5 & 10.

50th this year: 10.

Rung to welcome Fr John Hunwicke as the new Priest in Charge.

In celebration of recent SUA success. First on 10: 5. First Little Bob: 3, 4, 9. First Little Bob Royal: 8.

First Bristol Royal: 3 & 5.

First Surprise Royal: 4. First as conductor on ten.

First Surprise Royal: 4. 50th Peal: 2. On OUSCR Dinner Day.

First Spliced Royal: 3 & 6.

First on 10: 7. Circled the tower and 200th quarter: 1. First on 10 as conductor

50th Peal: 2.

1st in m: 3,8. 50th Together: 2, 4 & 10. [James Marchbank-esque footnote: the ringer of the 4th has now rung a peal of London Royal on this bell.]

Circled the tower to peals: 2.

Rung after meeting a conductor short.

Celebrating the 550th anniversary of the foundation of Magdalen College by Bishop William of Waynflete in 1458. Waynflete Alliance Royal: b -3-4-2-3-2-1-6-5-78.9

250th Peal in the Tower: 8

50th on the Bells: 8.

First on 10: 8.

First blows in method and first S Royal: 7 First in method: 4, 6 First on ten as bob caller

First on 10: 1. First of London S Royal: 4, 7 & 8.

Circled the Tower: 1. First of Royal: 3. Rung on OUS Dinner Day.

First Royal: 4. First on 10 as C.

Rung on Easter Even. 4500th peal on tower bells, 2. 900th peal for the Society, 8.

To mark the tenor ringer's graduation from Lincoln College, Oxford, on the previous day. First of Cambridge Royal: 5. Circled the tower to peals of Royal: 10.

First of Little Bob: 5.

On the day of the Society's 275th Anniversary Dinner.

1250th peal: 4.

First in method: 2.

Remembering Stephen Ivin, and celebrating his many achievements. RIP.

1st in method: 8. On the 70th anniversary of the sinking of Halton in the waters around Lundy.

First on 10 as Conductor.

First of Royal: 5. For OUSCR Dinner Day.

The Society's 1000th Peal.

First Royal: 6.

For the Annual Commemoration of Benefactors of this tower.

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

First peal in the method. Zeta Cygni S Royal: 56.3-45-25-3.4-7.8-69-67-8.56.1, lh1

First Bristol Royal: 5.

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

First of Royal: 7. First of Yorkshire S Royal: 5. 450th peal: 6.

On OUS Dinner Day. Woodfine D Royal: 3-5.4-5-10-78.4.58-6-7.6-8.9 (f)

Annual commemoration of benefactors of this tower. 100th together: 3 & 5. 50th together: 5 & 7.

First of Bristol Royal: 4 & 5.

Rung immediately after the College's Elizabethan Festal Evensong to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. First quarter peal on the bells since the rehanging and retuning. 450th quarter: 7.

First peal in more than one method: 6. First peal of Spliced Royal: 8.

Rung in memory of Agnes Goddard who was a prominent member of the congregation and a contributor to the bell restoration fund.

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

First peal on the bells since retuning by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and rehanging by Whites of Appleton. Rung to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first telling of Lewis Carroll's story of Alice's adventures through the rabbit hole and into Wonderland. The peal coincided with a re-enactment of the Caucus Race on Christ Church Meadow. Rabbit Hole Alliance Royal f -3-4-56-6-2-5-45-5

A compliment to Alison Yearsley and Nigel Orchard, married in Salisbury at the weekend. The band sends its best wishes to Peter Giles and Clive Holloway.

Dedicated to the memory of Clive Holloway, elected to this Society in 1971, who passed away last year.

To celebrate the christening of Alistair Thomas and Esme Niamh Bell earlier today at Christ Church, Oxford.

In memory of Greta Mary Wilby (1920-2013) - grandmother of the 2nd.

First in method: 4 & 6.

First of Royal: 6.

The annual commemoration of benefactors of this tower. First Spliced Royal: 2,5,7,8. 250th as Conductor.

Following a service in chapel to mark the retirement of Edward Higginbottom, Director of Music at New College since 1976.

An engagement compliment to Helen Matthews and Simon Bond.

On the eve on the Society's 377th anniversary dinner.

Rung on Society dinner day. Pangaea S: &34-5.4-5-36.4.78-8-6-7.6-8.9 le 10

Didn't run a half marathon this morning: 1-2. Not their birthday: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8.

First at this address.

Sharpening the pencil. First at this address.

On OUS Dinner Day. Remus (a bit like Phobos): l &-3-4-2.5.6-34-5-6-67-6-70

First Yorkshire Royal as conductor.

First of Royal: 5.

First of Royal: 5.

Most contiguous changes rung in the method. Moist: 10.

Cycled: all but 7.

First at the address. First in hand on more than 6 bells: 1-2 and as conductor. First of Bristol in hand: 9-10.

200th together: 2 & 8.

300th peal: 6. First peal in the method. Clowne D Royal: -3-4.5.2-1-2-5.6-1.7-78-1,2

First Bristol Royal: 5.

First of Royal: 4 & 6.

First in method: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 & 10 25th together 3 & 10

With the Society's compliments to Freddie Frye following his first visit to the tower this morning.

Cycled: all but 7 & 8. Biggles Little Surprise: -50-14.50.12-36-34-16 le10

On dinner day. Durin Delight: -30-10-12-36.14-14.50.16-14.50.14.56-50 d1 Frodo Surprise: -50-14.50.12-30-34-50.16-16.70-78-10 j1

Remembering Sir Roger Bannister, an Oxford legend.

A compliment to Stephen Cameron, Senior Member of the OUS, ahead of his 60th birthday this weekend. First of Royal: 7. First of Surprise Royal: 8. 250th as conductor. Since the arranger had given 22 days notice of this attempt, not even 21 members of Congregation could prevent it from taking place.

Marking the 100th anniversary this day of the death on the Western Front of the First World War of Bernard's grandfather. Bernard Alfred Stone DCM, Regimental Serjeant Major 13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, died 26th April 1918 and commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial. Tyne Cot Surprise Royal -50-14.50-12.36-12-50.16-16.70.16-12.70,10

21st Birthday compliments to the ringer of the seventh. With the band's best wishes to Edd Colliss and Lizzie Hough on their wedding today.

First in method: 5, 6, 7 & 10.

First Bristol Royal: 6. Most Bristol Royal: 5, 9.

In loving memory of Mabel Irene Townhill (Mark's Grandma), 4 February 1926 - 27 November 2018. Mabel, along with her husband Dennis, hailed from Lincoln. In the late 1940s Mabel rang at St Peter-at-Gowts, where Mabel and Dennis were married in May 1949.

First on ten: 5. Belatedly welcoming the arrivals of Paul Morgan and Ralph Littlewood, with congratulations to their parents, Society members Catrin & James and Jenny & Rupert. Also wishing Jonathan Cresshull a really good night's sleep.

Celebrating the centenary of Kathleen Lock becoming the first woman to ring a peal with the Society.

100th peal: 5.

750th quarter: 1-2. In celebration of the new Heyford Hill cyclepath that saves the band 20 minutes cycling time.

Celebrating the conductor's 32nd birthday.

Believed to be the 2000th peal rung for the Society, the first peal being Grandsire Caters at Christ Church on January 1st, 1734. For the avoidance of doubt, nobody rang in both peals

A 60th birthday compliment to Rebecca Cox.

First as conductor. First on ten: 1, 3, 5. First in method: 8. First on ten by a majority resident band for over a decade.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the first landing on the moon by Apollo 11. The ringers of 1 and 2 are old enough to remember the occasion! First in method: 4, 6, 7, 9, 10.

First of Spliced Royal: 3, 5, 6.

First in method: 5. Circled the tower: 3. 50th on the bells: 2.

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

A Grand Endeavour. 500th ringer to a peal: 5 (10).

Congratulating Tom on a super set of GCSE results.

Celebrating birthdays for Jo and Bernard. First in method: 2, 5, 7, 8 & 10.

Celebrating the safe arrival of Grace Autumn Jones, with congratulations to Lizzie, Steve and Freddie.

Remembering Audrey Woodward and Margaret Taylor, Great-Aunts of the conductor, who both died this weekend.

First in method: 6 & 7. 100th together: 2 & 4. A treat for Alan on the morning of his 23rd birthday, the young whippersnapper.

First on 10: 1. First in method: 7. To drown out the piper playing for the college Burns Night dinner.

First in method: 2, 3, 5, 6 & 8.

First in method: 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8.

First in method: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 & 10. Circled tower: 6.

First performance at the NEW HOOSE!

First Surprise Royal in hand: 9-10 First Surprise Royal on an inside pair: 7-8.

Celebrating the 70th birthday of Simon Edwards, and 0th birthday of Edward McManus, Simon's grandson, both yesterday.

Congratulations to Craig, who graduated with a DPhil in maths yesterday.

First blows in the method: 7. Circled the tower to 10 bell quarters: 10.

Marking 50 years since Geraldine's first peal (1/1/72 at Alveston, Warwickshire).

Welcoming Florence Catherine Irene Stonham, born on Friday. Also in anticipation of the wedding, tomorrow, of James Knight and Louise Gorman.

First peal with the society: 4.

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

In the Society’s 150th anniversary year. Remembering David T Darby, member of this Society and graduate of New College.

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

Cornish Rex Surprise Royal -56-14-56.12.30-12-50.14-14.50.14-14.50,10 (L)

Dedicated to the memory of Peter's grandmother, Nanette Maud Nelson, born September 1930, died 2nd December 2023.

For Dinner day.