Simon Bond's Ringing Records

First spliced: 2, 7 & 8. Rung as a birthday compliment to John Farnsworth, grandfather of tenor ringer.

First blows in m: 2.

First in method for all. Rung for evensong as a birthday compliment to Caroline Lee.

1st blows in m: 2. 1st in m: 8.

First on small bells: 6. Rung on the White eight.

First in hand as C. First on an inside pair: 5-6. Rung as a get well compliment to Ian Cresshull.

First blows in method: 4. First in method: 3, 5, & 6.

First outside the Oxford ringroad: 4.

First blows in method: 3. Rung as a birthday compliment to Nick Hartley, bourne 19 years ago tomorrow.

First of spliced: 4.

First on 12 : 6. First Maximus on an inside bell : 7.

Rung to celebrate the safe return and unexpected marriage of Martin the Pig.

Before Evening service. To mark the 50th anniversary of the rededication of the bells on 12th June 1959.

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

First quarter peal : 1. Circled the tower: 6. Rung for evensong.

First on ten: 10 Circled the tower to quarter peals: 1 A birthday compliment to the conductor.

A birthday compliment to Katie Lane.

With the Society's best wishes to Martin Cansdale and Becky Sugden on the day before their wedding.

First quarter: 1.

First quarter peal: 1.

First Surprise: 2.

First quarter peal: 4 Rung as a farewell compliment to Adam Rebick, with best wishes for his degree course at Durham University.

Most methods to a quarter peal: 3.

Most methods to a quarter peal: 2. In memory of the Millcombe House shrew.

First of 8-spliced: 5. 50th on the bells: 2.

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

First in method: 3.

First of Maximus: 6. 50th together: 10 & 12.

Half-muffled for Remembrance.

First in method: 5.

First peal of spliced: 3 A birthday compliment to Katherine Stonham.

First of Maximus: 5 & 8. To celebrate the success of Big Michael's Super-Duper Quarter Peal Day II.

First quarter peal: 3. First with this surname: 1.

Rung to celebrate the life of John Camp.

Rung half-muffled immediately following the College’s Act of Remembrance. Circled tower: 3

In memory of Private Harold Frank Cresshull, Tank Corps, who was killed on 23rd November 1917, aged 18, at the Battle of Cambrai. Cambrai Alliance Major: -38-14-18-12-18-3456-78,12

Got wood: 12.

First in method: 7.

With the Society’s best wishes to Leah Stead and Jack Collins, to be married in this chapel tomorrow.

First of Maximus: 7. First of Surprise Maximus: 2. Rung to celebrate the installation of the new Succentor, the Reverend Philippa White.

Rung half-muffled immediately following the College’s Act of Remembrance.

A compliment to William “Bill” Lewis, a custodian at Christ Church for many years, on his retirement.

A numerically appropriate compliment to Jeremy Pratt for his upcoming birthday.

50th quarter peal and first in method: 6 In anticipation of the wedding of Richard Puckey and Caroline Barton, sister of Dorothy Hall.

A 40th birthday folly for the conductor.

Rung half-muffled following a Requiem Mass for All Souls' Day in the College Chapel.

In memory of James Dyer, sometime member of the Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Singers, and Jim Godfrey, verger 1988-2023. Circled the tower: 1, 5 Smallest person, biggest job, first on twelve: 12