Consider Dia. XXXVII
A Wath (Pontefract) Delight B
123456 + 123456 +
213465 + 213465 +
124356 - 124356 -
214365 - 214365 -
241635 - 241635 -
426153 + 426153 +
421635 + 421635 +
246153 - 246153 -
426513 - 426513 -
245631 + 245631 +
246513 + 246513 +
425631 - 425631 -
245361 - 245361 -
423516 + 423516 +
425361 + 425361 +
243516 - 243516 -
423156 - 423156 -
241365 + 241365 +
243156 + 243156 +
421365 - 421365 -
412635 - 412635 -
142653 - 142653 -
416235 + 416235 +
146253 + 146253 +
(XXXVII)
Here the 24 rows of a lead of Wath are separated into groups of 12. The 12 to the right (B) form a lead of College (St. Clements). The 12 remaining rows, rearranged, are compared with a lead of College (Dia. XXXVIII)
A College
124356 - 124356 -
213465 + 213465 +
421635 + 231645 +
246153 - 326154 -
426513 - 236514 -
245631 + 325641 +
425361 + 235461 +
243516 - 324516 -
423156 - 234156 -
241365 + 321465 +
416235 + 312645 +
142653 - 136254 - (XXXVIII)
Comparing (A) with College it will be noticed that although the rows in (A) do not make a lead of College, nevertheless the nature of the rows occurs in the same order, and the 5th is placed throughout the lead in the same position it would occupy in an ordinary lead of College.
Now let us imagine that we take the 6 leads of Wath Delight from a 720 which have the 5th at home and extract the 6 in-course leads of College with the 5th in 5ths place as in the example given above. The rejected rows can now be collected together and it will be found that they can be rearranged to form the 6 out-of-course leads that occur in College, with the 5th in 5ths place.
Looking at the problem another way we might say: If we take the 12 leads of College with the 5th in 5ths place (6 in-course and 6 out-of-course) these can be arranged to-form the 6 leads of Wath that have the 5th in 5ths place.
Consequently in a 720 of College (or St. Clements) the 6 leads with a bell fixed in 5ths place may be rung as Wath (or Pontefract) Delight providing that on the other side of the Single all the leads of College with the same bell in 5ths are omitted. To this discovery we are indebted to C.K. Lewis.
It may be as well to point out that it is not necessary that the 12 rows of Col. (B) should make a lead of College, but that, as with column (A) the fixed bell (the 5th in this case) should follow the path it normally follows, and that the nature of the rows should be in the same order as they normally would be.
N.B. The 12 leads of Wavertree (or Childwall) in a 720 with a bell fixed in 5ths, as above, contain the same rows as 12 leads of College (or St. Clements) with the same bell fixed in 5ths, and therefore, also contain the same rows as 6 leads of Wath (Pontefract) with the same bell fixed in 5th place.
720 in Treble Bob and Plain Methods based on C.K. Lewis
23456 Pontefract Delight
46253 25364 64352
42635 St. Clements - 52346 Plain 63425 St.Clements
65432 25436 45623
64523 " - 52463 " 46532 " "
53624 25643 52436
56342 College 26534 Reverse - 25463 " "
32546 36425 43265
S 23546 Reverse 63245 " 42356
43625 43562
34265 Double S 34562 St.Clements Twice Repeated
64532 52364
65423 Plain - 25346 " " (XXXIX)
56243 36245
52634 " 32654 Donottar Delight
25364 64352
In Dia. XXXIX the pattern of the 8 leads between the Singles, designed, by C.K. Lewis, is worthy of study. It will be found that the idea employed in the "grid" splice of Pl 8 has been used here but that the lead of St. Clements has been omitted. Two four lead courses one with the 5th and 6th coursing and the other with them parted, have been joined together, the lead-heads and lead-ends with the 5th in 5ths having been omitted. Consequently on the other side of the Single the leads with the 5th in 5ths have been turned into Pontefract (Donottar) Delight. We shall meet Mr. Lewis's 8 leads in a later splice.
Now examine diagram (XL)
The basis of this splice is exactly the same as the previous one. The Treble Bob method here being Willesden, in place of Pontefract and the Plain Method, Double Oxford in place of St. Clements. Again the fixed bell is the 5ths place bell with both the 5th and 6th bells being used in this capacity necessitating an omission on the opposite side of the Single of all lead-heads and lead-ends with both these bells in 5ths place. Bamborough and Bacup Surprise may either be regarded as 6-lead splices with Willesden, or alternative to it in the basic splice. The remaining methods are obtained by 3-lead and cross-splicing.
14 Methods, Treble Bob and Plain, by H.Chant, rearranged by
C.K.Lewis
23456 Bamborough Surprise 35426 London Bob
42635 Lytham Bob 64235 Double Oxford
56342 " " S 25643 Lytham
S 23546 Thelwall(Double Oxford Parts 2 & 3) 36425 London Bob
52634 Childwall(St.Clements Parts 2 & 3) 54256 Lytham
65423 Double Oxford S 62534 Wavertree
S 43652 Bacup Surprise (College in
26543 Thelwall(Double Oxford,Parts 2 & 3) 2 & 3)
52364 Willesden etc 45362 Willesden etc
34256
Twice repeated (XL)
Now examine dia. (XLI).
Although neither of the groups A or B extracted from the lead of Cambridge Surprise form a lead of a method it will be found that in (A) the 3rd follows the pattern of Double Oxford (London) and in (B) that of Double (Reverse) Bob, and that the nature of the rows is in correct sequence in both cases.
From previous reasoning it should be clear that if we take (A) six out-of-course leads of Double Oxford with a bell fixed in 5ths and (B) six in-course leads of Double Bob with the same bell fixed in 3rds, these 12 leads could be arranged into 6 leads of Cambridge Surprise with the same bell fixed in 3rds place.
A Cambridge Surprise B
123456 + 123456 +
214365 - 214365 -
124635 - 124635 -
216453 + 216453 +
261435 + 261435 +
624153 - 624153 -
621435 - 621435 -
264153 + 264153 +
624513 + 624513 +
265431 - 265431 -
256413 - 256413 -
524631 + 524631 +
256431 + 256431 +
524613 - 524613 -
542631 - 542631 -
456213 + 456213 +
546123 + 546123 +
451632 - 451632 -
456123 - 456123 -
541632 + 541632 +
514623 + 514623 +
156432 - 156432 -
516342 - 516342 -
153624 + 153624 +
(XLI)
Notes on 720, Dia. (XLII)
| (1) | Cambridge and Primrose or Burslem and Waltham Delight, may be substituted for Beverley and Berwick respectively. |
| (2) | Berwick Surprise, Hexham Surprise or Waltham Delight may be substituted for Primrose Surprise. Dia.(XLII) is basically an opposite-half splice (Pl l) in which Parker's arrangement is also involved; the scheme being Reverse,Single, London,Single, Double and Reverse, Single, Double Oxford, Single, Double and Reverse. The leads of London (or Oxford) with the 5th and 6th in 5ths place are omitted and the leads of Reverse (or Double) with these two bells in 3rds place changed into Primrose (or Cambridge). The remaining Treble Bob methods are joined, by a 6-lead splice and the remaining Plain methods by 3-lead and cross-splicing. |
720 in 15 Methods, Surprise and Plain, by H. Chant
23456 Reverse Bob
S 35624 London Bob
46235 Lytham (London Bob in 2 & 3 Parts)
52346 Double Oxford
S 36524 Beverley Surprise (Surfleet in 2 & 3 Parts)
24653 Canterbury (Reverse in 2 & 3 Parts)
45236 Primrose Surprise
53462 Fulbeck (Double in 2 & 3 Parts)
62345 Double (Fulbeck in 2 Parts)
S 42536 Thelwall (Double Oxford in 2 & 3 Parts)
54623 Childwall
65342 Lytham (London in 2 & 3 Parts)
S 23645 Fulbeck
45362 Primrose Surprise
56423 Berwick Surprise (Hexham in 2 & 3 Parts)
62534 Double
34256 (XLII)
Twice repeated
Many Treble Bob methods can be turned into Special Alliance methods by removing the two middle rows of the first and last sections, as Dia. (XLIII)
The rows omitted forming, in this case, a lead of Bastow Little Bob.
The identity is therefore:- Normanton Special Alliance + Bastow Little Bob = Kent Treble Bob. The following exchanges may be effected.
| (A) | If a lead of Bastow Little Bob on one side of the Single is omitted it can be added to Normanton Special Alliance at the other side of the Single which now becomes Kent Treble Bob. OR |
| (B) | A lead of Kent Treble Bob on one side of the Single can be changed into Normanton Special Alliance, and a lead of Bastow Little Bob added at the other. |
The transposition from one to the other in both cases is 24356.
Kent Treble Bob
123456 ----
(213465 \ Normanton Special Alliance
--->(124356 \
/ 214365) \
/ 241635) \-----> 123456
/ 426153) (214365
/ 421635) (241635
/ 246153) (426153
/ 264513) (421635
Bastow L. Bob 625431) (246153
/ 624513) (264513
124356) 265431) -----------> (625431
213465) 256341) (624513
214356 ) 523614) (265431
123465 )\ 526341) (256341
132645 \ 253614) (523614
\ 235164) (526341
\ 321546) (253614
\ 325164) (235164
\ 231546) (321546
\ 213456) (325164
\-->(123465 (231546
(214356 (213456
124365 -------------> 124365
142635 142635 (XLIII)
Turning again to Kent Treble Bob it will be found that the following transformations are also possible, (Dia. XLIV)
In brief, Sibsey S.A. + Kent Little Bob = Kent Treble Bob. Sibsey and Kent Little Bob must, of course, be on opposite sides of the Single. The transposition, as before, is 24356 (See Dia. XLVI for 720)
Oxford T.B. may be transformed in a similar manner, i.e.
(I) Normanton + Bastow = Oxford Treble Bob.
This identity is similar to the one given for Kent Treble Bob, but the operation differs slightly and the following rules should be compared closely with the ones given for that method.
(A) If a lead of Normanton on one side of the Single is omitted it can be added to Bastow L.B. at the other side which now becomes Oxford T.B.
Kent Treble Bob
(123456
(213465
/ 124356)
/ 214365)
/ 241635)
/ 426153)
/ 421635)
/ 246153) Sibsey S.A.
/ 264513)
/ 625431) (124356
Kent Little Bob 624513) (214365
123456) / 265431) --- (241635
213465)<- 256341) \ (426153
214356 ) 523614) \ (421635
124365 )<- 526341) \ (246153
142635 \ 253614) \ (264513
\ 235164) \ (625431
\ 321546) \ (624513
\ 325164) \ (265431
\ 231546) \---> (256341
\ 213456) (523614
\ 123465) (526341
\ (214356 (253614
\(124365 (235164
142635 (321546
(325164
(231546
(213456
(123465
132645
(XLIV)
(B) A lead of Oxford T.B. on one side of the Single can be changed into Bastow L.B. and a lead of Normanton Special Alliance added at the other.
The transposition is as before, 24356.
The following is also possible in a manner similar to Kent Treble Bob.
(II) Gosberton S.A. + Kent L.B. = Oxford T.B.
The last exchange is of great interest and will bear further investigation. Let us imagine that a complete course of Gosberton Special Alliance "borrows" sufficient leads of Kent Little Bob from the other side of the Single to turn the whole course into Oxford T.B.
Now, as has been pointed out previously, Oxford T.B. contains the same rows in a course as the following methods: London Scholars, Sandal, Kingston, Capel, College Exercise, Duke of Norfolk, Norbury, Ockley and Morning Star.
The course, therefore, that we have placed at our disposal could be arranged, given favourable circumstances, in four ways, i.e. Oxford, or London Scholars etc., or College Exercise etc., or Morning Star.
There is no reason, of course, why two or more courses should not be converted into Treble Bob, the trouble comes when the Little methods, the leads and courses which have been broken to pieces by the borrowing, are stuck together again, as it will be discovered that in order to make a complete course of Treble Bob, each borrowed lead of Little is taken from a different course!
Now every Treble Bob or Thirds Place Delight method which begins with either Oxford or Kent Treble Bob will splice with Special Alliance methods but there are certain Fourths Place Delight methods that will also splice. The discovery of these methods should prove a fascinating study for the student, but he will find when he attempts to compile his 720, that the fitting together of the pieces is like solving a most intricate jig-saw.
In dia. (XLV) the 720 contains three courses of Treble Bob and it will be noticed that in order to make the pieces fit, it has been necessary to have Singles in Treble Bob methods.
The student will observe that the 6-lead splices are carried through both the Treble Bob and Alliance methods.
In the final 720 in this section in addition to a course of Treble Bob we have four leads of Kent T.B. (Kent L.B. "borrowing" four leads of Sibsey). As a further extension of this splice, seeing that Kent T.B. = Kent L.B. + Sibsey S.A. OR Bastow L.B. + Normanton S.A. a double transformation has taken place, with two leads of the plain course, 23456 and 42635,which are changed from Sibsey to Bastow and 42653 and 24356 which are changed from Kent L.B. to Normanton S.A.
720 in 8 Treble Bob + 8 Special Alliance + Bastow Little Bob
by H. Chant
23456 Oswald Delight 23564 Bodenham S.A.
35264 Edinburgh Delight 36245 Crofton S.A.
56342 Waterford T.B. 64352 Kippax S.A.
S 64253 Bastow L.B. - 45236 " "
- 26453 " " 53462 Bodenham S.A.
S 42635 Waterford T.B. 36524 Felkirk S.A.
S 23546 Bastow L.B. 24653 Kippax S.A.
- 52346 " " - 45362 Edinburgh Delight
35624 " " 56423 Berwyn T.B.
63452 " " - 62345 Felkirk S.A.
- 46352 " " S 42536 Bastow L.B.
S 34625 Berkeley Delight - 54236 " "
25463 Kentish Delight 25643 " "
56234 Waterford T.B. 62354 " "
63542 Barham Delight - 36254 " "
42356 Berwyn T.B. S 23645 Oswald Delight
- 25634 Kirkthorpe S.A. S 34526 Bastow L.B.
34562 Pencombe S.A. - 53426 " "
62453 Felkirk S.A. 45632 " "
53246 Morland S.A. S 64523 Pembroke Delight
46325 Felkirk S.A. 23456
- 62534 Berwyn T.B.
34256 Berkeley Delight Plain lead of each method
- 45623 Eardisley S.A. (XLV)
52436 Crofton S.A.
Oxford T.B. will lend itself to treatment similar to Kent T.B. in Dia. (XLVI)
720 in 18 methods containing Treble Bob, Special Alliance, Kent
Little Bob and Bastow Little Bob by H. Chant
23456 Bastow L.B. 42653 Normanton Alliance
42635 " " - 64253 Kent L.B.
- 64235 Spilsby Alliance 26345 Kent Treble Bob
35426 Gunby Alliance 32564 " " "
26543 Bicker " - 53264 Kent L.B.
43652 Gedney " - 25364 " "
52364 " " 32456 " "
S 64325 Kent L.B. 43625 " "
- 36425 " " 64532 " "
43562 " " 56243 " "
54236 " " - 25643 " "
S 25463 Gosberton Alliance - 62543 Kent T.B.
56234 " " 56324 " "
63542 " " 35462 " "
34625 " " 43256 " "
42356 " " - 24356 Normanton Alliance
- 42563 College Exercise T.B. 32645 Kent L.B.
35642 Ockley T.B. 63524 " "
26435 Norbury T.B. 56432 " "
54326 Duke of Norfolk T.B. - 45632 " "
63254 " " " " S 64523 Sibsey Alliance
- 54263 Surfleet Alliance - 56423 " "
32654 Spalding Alliance 45362 " "
46532 Pinchbeck Alliance 34256 " "
25346 Wainfleet Alliance - 23456
63425 Spilsby Alliance
S 25436 Kent L.B. (XLVI)
If a lead of Cromer Alliance has its 4 central rows removed it becomes a lead of Reverse Bob, dia. (XLVII)
The question then arises, what are we going to do with the four spare rows? On the opposite side of the single to Cromer is Crayford Little Bob. The four rows can be transplanted between the entirely separate half-leads of this method; fortunately taken from different parts of the same course, (dia. XLVIII)
Cromer Alliance Reverse Bob
123456)
214365)
241635)
426153) ---------
462513) \ (123456
645231) \ (214365
(642513 \ (241635
(465231 \----------> (426153
A (642531 (462513
(465213 (645231
462531) ( 462531
645213) ( 645213
654123) ----------------------> ( 654123
561432) ( 561432
516342) ( 516342
153624) ( 153624
135264 135264 (XLVII)
Crayford L.B. Reverse Bob
23654 X ---------- (123654)
45632 \ (216345) X
54362 \-----------> (261435)
26345 (624153)
62435 ( 642513
53426 Y --------- A ( 465231
35246 \ ( 642531
64253 \ ( 465213
46523 \ (456123)
32564 \ (541632) Y
\---------> (514362)
(153426)
135246 (XLVIII)
In order to use up the disjointed remainder of the course of Crayford it is necessary to change the complete course into Reverse Bob; at the same time converting the necessary leads of Cromer also into Reverse Bob, in order to achieve this.
The final result of these exchanges may be summarized as follows:-
| (A) | A complete course of Crayford Little Bob is changed into a course of Reverse Bob. |
| (B) | On the opposite side of the single five separate leads of Cromer Alliance are changed into five leads of Reverse Bob. |
Perhaps the following will make this clear. (Dia. XLIX)
Course of Crayford Changed Course of Five Separate leads of
into Reverse Cromer change to 5 leads
of Reverse
23654 ------------------> 23654 <------ 23456
45632 53426 \--> 53624
54362 35246 <----- 35642
26345 45632 \---> 45236
62435 54362 <---- 54263
53426 64253 \----> 64352
35246 46523 <--- 46325
64253 26345 \-----> 26543
46523 62435 <-- 62534
32564 32564 \------> 32465 (XLIX)
In splicing of this kind the writing of both lead-head and lead-end is almost imperative. The transposition across the splice both for lead-heads and lead-ends is as can be seen, 23654, and is the same in both directions.
Cromer Alliance has its quota of lead splices and these will be found in Table No. 1, together with the 2nd place variations, and Crayford and Little Bob are the 6ths and 2nds place variations of the Little method. If it is required that both 6th and 2nd place variations of both Alliance and Plain methods should be contained in the 720, arrangements will have to be made beforehand, in most cases, to see that both Alliance and Little methods contain these before altering operations can begin.
The Plain methods in this case may be cross-spliced and it will be found that the leads at opposite ends of the arrows in the two courses of Reverse (XLIX), can be changed simultaneously to Canterbury.
Dia. (L) is a 720 based on this splice. To save space only the lead-heads are given.
720 in 15 methods, Ordinary Alliance, Plain and Little by H. Chant 23456 Double Bob - 56243 Reverse 56342 " " S 64352 Crayford L.B. 42635 Fulbeck 52456 " " 35264 Double 36245 " " 64523 Fulbeck 45623 " " S 24356 Walsingham All. 23564 " " - 45632 " " S 64532 Walsingham All. 32564 Cromer All. S 34256 Little Bob 26345 Steventon All. 62534 " " 64253 Walsingham All. 45362 " " 53426 Double 23645 " " - 32645 Fulbeck 56423 " " 45263 Walsingham All. S 32456 Fulmer All. - 56324 Cromer All. - 25643 " " S 62453 Crayford L.B. 43562 Reverse 53246 " " 36425 Tibenham All. 46325 " " 62354 Olney All. 25634 " " 54236 " " 34562 " " - 43625 " " S 62543 Walsingham All. 25364 Reverse S 42356 Plain Bob - 56432 " 25463 " " S 63254 Crayford L.B. 56234 " " 54326 " " 63542 " " 26435 " " 34625 " " 35642 " " S 43256 Lammas All. 42563 " " - 35624 " " S 63524 Walsingham All. 24563 Canterbury S 23456 (L) 46235 Chalfont All. 63452 Fulmer All. 52346 Double Bob - 24635 " " 35462 Reverse
This 720, the first in which Plain and Alliance were spliced is basically a 3-part on the following scheme (Dia. LI)
23456 Little Bob
S 24356 Walsingham & Cromer etc.
- 45632 (Parker's Arrangement)
- 32645
- 56324
S 62453 Crayford L.B.
S 62543 Walsingham (LI)
S 42356
The courses of Little Bob in parts 1 and 2 have been changed to Plain methods, the first to Double Bob, and the second to Plain (which, of course contains the same rows as a course of Double) in order to have an extra method. 10 leads of Alliance are changed to Plain on the opposite side of the Single, and Canterbury and Fulbeck being obtained by cross-splicing.
Notes on Table: No. 1.
Most of the table is self-explanatory. In the first column are the names of the Alliance methods before transformation and in the second after this has taken place; similarly in the 3rd and 4th column with Little methods. In the first 3 groups the methods in the 2nd column will cross-splice with those in the 4th column e.g. Two Reverse on opposite sides of the single can be changed to two Canterburys, or two Doubles to two Fulbecks etc. Note also that Reverse and Double can be changed to Canterbury and Fulbeck or Double and Reverse to Fulbeck and Canterbury. Similarly with groups 2 and 3. Cross splicing can also be done in group 5. It would be wise, in case of doubt, to check on Pl 5. The transpositions in Column 5 are those necessary to effect the transformations and discover the appropriate leads. The first row to be used when searching through Little methods to find out which one matches with an Alliance and the row in brackets when scanning the Alliance lead-head or lead-ends to find one to match up with a Little method.
The student may care to construct his own basic extents of Alliance and Little but if difficulty is encountered in this respect there are plenty of 720's available in C.C.C. 1961.
e.g. No. 335 P.129 is suitable for groups 1, 2 and 3.
No. 325 P.128 for group 4.
No. 321 P.127 for groups 5 and 6.
Even if two people start off with the same basic extent, the chances of their finished product being identical are extremely remote.
In certain Alliance methods the four middle rows when removed will fit directly into a Little method to form a Plain one, (Dia. LII)
Norwood Alliance Stedman Crayford
(123456 145263) (145263
(214365 412536) <----- (412536
A (241356 421356) \----- (421356
(423165 243165) (243165
(243615
(246351
423615) (423615
432651) --------------> (432651
342561) (342561 (234156
324516) (324516 (321465
(235461 234156) ---- (312645
(234516 321465) / (136254
B (324156 312645) <----/ 163524
(231465 136254)
(213456 163524
(124365 (LII)
142635
Here the middle is taken from Norwood Alliance and fitted into two halves of a lead of Crayford to form Stedman.
The two halves of Alliance which are left will of course, not fit together. If, however, the middles are removed from the remainder of the course from which this lead is taken the ten parts which remain turn out to be ten half-leads of a course of Lytham, or Thelwall depending upon how they are arranged, see dia. (LIII)
The four middle rows removed when fitted into Crayford form a lead of Stedman but if placed in a lead of Little Bob become Stepney. No alterations are required in either case to the Little methods' lead-ends and lead-heads, the four rows are simply pushed in.
Norwood Alliance Lytham Thelwall
23456 23456 A 23456 A
24365 Loses the 4 46253 46253
42635 Middle rows 64523 42635
46253 in each lead 53624 OR 65432
64523 and becomes 35264 64523
65432 24365 B 53624
56342 42635 56342
53624 65432 32546
35264 56342 35264
32546 32546 24365 B
(LIII)
When a complete course of Norwood is changed into Lytham no further effort is required when pricking out, beyond altering the order of the lead-ends and lead-heads of the course to suit the new method, as the initial and final rows are the same. This will not work out with Thelwall as the final row is different although the rows within the course are identical to Lytham. Preparation must be made in planning the 720 to accommodate the intruder.
The student, when he gains sufficient experience and knowledge, may wish to make his own basic arrangement but, in the early stages at least, it will be as well to use the 720's already prepared in the collection given on pages 127, 128 and 129 of C.C.C. 1961.
We must first note the identification or code letters of the Alliance and Plain methods we wish to include; these are as follows:
Norwood Alliance Oa Stepney J
Lytham N Crayford Ma
Thelwall K Little Bob Jb
Stedman M
There are 5 extents which contain the Alliance Oa, namely 322, 324, 328, 331 and 335. Only the last however contains both Crayford (Ma) and Little Bob (Jb) both of which methods we must have if we desire to include both Stedman (M) and Stepney (J) which have the same code letter. Now Lytham with the code letter N is in the same group as Norwood Oa (namely at the first and last course in each part,) and may therefore be substituted for a course of Norwood where desired so long as the appropriate substitutions are made at the other side of the single. (All Alliance methods are in complete courses in this group of 720's). Now Thelwall (K) has the same code number as the Alliance method following the second Single so that a complete course of Thelwall must be capable of being fitted in here.
This course could then be regarded as a course of Norwood Alliance that has had the middles removed from each lead and then rearranged as a course of Thelwall. The appropriate adjustments are then made on the other side of the Single. Dia. (LIV) is the scheme before the 720 is written out in full.
23456 Norwood Alliance (Lytham substituted as desired)
S 64253 Little Bob)
64532 Crayford )leads changed to Plain (Stedman
64325 Little Bob)or Stepney) where necessary
S 35642 Thelwall
63542 Norwood Alliance (Lytham substituted as desired)
Pl 42356 (LIV)
and Dia. (LV) is the 720 written out in lead-heads and lead-ends.
One course of Lytham is substituted for Norwood Alliance. If this course (and the changes made necessary by the introduction of a Plain for an Alliance method) was left in its original condition the whole 720 would be a regular 3-part.
The transposition required in order to discover which lead to change into Stedman or Stepney, once the Thelwall (or Lytham) has been fixed is 45263. To illustrate this one course of Thelwall has been given identifying letters so that the lead-heads and lead-ends of this course can be compared with the lead-heads and lead-ends of the Plain methods that were originally Little. It will be noted that the transposition working in the reverse direction (i.e. from Stepney or Stedman to Lytham or Thelwall) is 46253. Compare 35642(A)and 64325 (A)
Here is a list of Alliance methods that can be similarly treated. (Table 2.)
23456 Norwood All. 34625 Norwood All. 34256 Lytham Bob 24365 36452 26354 42635 " " S 63452 Little Bob S 62354 Little Bob 46253 25436 45326 S 64253 Stepney 24563 Stepney 43562 Stepney 35246 36542 26534 32564(I) " - 63524 Stedman - 62543 Crayford L.B. 46523(H) 42536 34526 - 64532 Crayford L.B. 24356 " 43256(E) Stedman 23546 65342 65234(D) 32456 Stedman 56432(G) " 56324 " 65423 23465(F) 42365 56243 " 32645 Crayford L.B. 24635 " 34265 54623 53642 43625 Crayford L.B. 45263 " " 35462 Crayford L.B. 52634 36254 26453 25364 Stedman - 63245 Stepney - 62435 Stepney 46352 54236 53426 - 64325(A) Stepney 52463 " 54362 Little Bob 52346(J) 36425 26345 53264 Little Bob 34652(B) " 23654 Stepney 46235 25643(C) 45632 42653 Stepney S 25634 Thelwall S 45623 Thelwall 35624 64235 63425 S 35642(A) Thelwall 62453 " 64352 " 62345(B) 43652 32654 63254(C) " 46325 " 36245 " 24653(D) 35426 25346 26435(E) " 34562 " 23564 " 45236(F) 52364 54263 42563(G) " 53246 " 52436 " 53462(H) 26543 46532 54326(I) " - 62534 Lytham Bob - 64523 Norwood All. 36524(J) 54632 65432 - 63542 Norwood All. 45362 " " 56342 " " 65324 32465 53624 56234 " " 23645 " " 35264 " " 52643 65243 32546 25463 " " 56423 " " 23456 24536 43526 42356 " " (LV) 43265
A complete course of Alliance combined with 5 separate leads of Little
| Alliance Method | Method Left | Little Method | New Plain | Transposition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Norwood | Oa | Lytham | N | Crayford | Ma | Stedman | M | 45263 (46235) |
| Thelwall | K | Little | Jb | Stepney | J | ||||
| 2. | Kimberley | Oa | Stedman | M | Crayford | Ma | Stedman | M | 63245 (43562) |
| Stepney | J | Little | Jb | Stepney | J | ||||
| 3. | Winterton | Gb | Canterbury | L | Crayford | Ma | Stedman | M | 43625 (53264) |
| Fulbeck | H | Little | Jb | Stepney | J | ||||
| 4. | Farleigh | Oc | Loch Lomond | M | St.Lawrence | Hc | Bala | H | 62354 (34652) |
| Roydon | J | ||||||||
| 5. | Beltring | Oc | Loch Lomond | M | Belvedere | Gc | Brentford | G | 56432 (65423) |
| Roydon | J | ||||||||
It will be noticed that a Single Alliance method will in all cases produce two Plain methods on losing its middle rows, 720 No.335, C.C.C, 1961 is suitable for groups 1, 2 and 3, and No.325 for Groups 4 and 5.
There are one or two cases where Alliance and Little methods may be spliced into Plain on a 3-lead splice basis.
| (1) | Three leads of Frodsham with two bells fixed in 2-3 may be changed into Belvedere L. Bob if, on the other side of the Single three leads of Killarney (Horsmonden) are turned into three leads of Tonbridge (Mendlesham) Alliance with the same two fixed in 3-6. |
| (2) | Three leads of Frodsham with two bells fixed in 2-3 may be changed into Belvedere L.B. if ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE SINGLE three leads of Reverse (Double) are changed into Cromer (Walsingham) Alliance with the same bells fixed in 4-6. |
We are now in a position to evaluate dia. (LVI)
The basis of this 720 is the Treble Bob and Plain of M.1 C.K. Lewis's 8 leads are 3 times repeated forming, in fact, a round block which is then placed between two singles. The in-course section, itself a round block, is based upon the 720 of 8 Bobs in T.B.5 of A.G. Driver. The 720 is then an improved version of C.K.Lewis's given in Pl.8. an improvement first effected by C.K.Lewis himself by the addition of Treble Bob Methods, although this did not have the 8-course round block.
720 in 25 or 26 methods, Treble Bob, Plain, Little and Alliance by
H.Chant
23456 Mendlesham Alliance 25634 London Bob 43256 Double
42635 Childwall 46325 College 56324 Windermere +
64523 Horsmonden 53246 Tonbridge All. 62543 Plain
- 35642 " 62453 Childwall - 62435 "
63254 Double Oxford S 43625 Reverse * - 62354 "
26435 St.Clements 32456 Fulbeck 25643 Ennerdale
42563 Donottar Delight 56243 Frodsham + 54236 Fulbeck
54326 St.Clements 64532 Plain S 34625 Killarney
- 63542 Horsmonden - 64325 " - 56342 St.Clements
56234 College - 64253 " 35264 Donottar Del.
42356 " 45632 Reverse 23456
- 63425 Wavertree 53426 Canterbury
54263 Pontefract Delight -32645 Reverse * For 26 methods ring
25346 St.Clements 24356 Cumberland + as Belvedere LB
32654 Killarney 56432 Frodsham + and * as Cromer,
46532 St.Clements 63524 Belvedere LB Chalfont and
- 25463 Pontefract Del. - 63245 " Tibenham All.
- 34256 College - 63452 "
62534 Killarney 35624 Canterbury (LVI)
45362 Wath Delight 52346 Ennerdale
23645 Lytham - 24635 Canterbury *
56423 Mendlesham
- 34562 Carisbrooke Del.
Finally there is the addition of Tonbridge and Mendlesham Alliance and Belvedere Little Bob as in (1) above with 6-3 the fixed bells. In this form it was first rung as to ring it in its 26 method version would have reduced the overall number of methods in the peal which contained it, as Cromer, Chalfont and Tibenham Alliance were already included in another extent, 5-6 are, of course, the fixed bells in this last addition.
Certain Special Alliance methods may have two separate groups of four rows removed from a lead and leave behind three groups which will form a lead of a Plain method, thus dia. (LVII)
Chelford Alliance
(123456
----(214365
/ (241635
College / (426153 College
123456) / 421635) 143256)
214365)<----/ 246153)---- 412365) Bastow L.B.
241635) 426513) \ (421635
426153) 245631) \--->(246153
246153 ) (246513 (426513
425631 ) <----------(425631 (245631
245361 ) (245361 ( 425361
423516 ) (423516 ( 243516
243156) 425361) --->( 423156
421365) 243516) / ( 241365
412635)<---- 423156)---/ 214635)
146253) \ 241365) 126453) Bastow L.B.
164523 \ (243156 162543
\ (421365
\----(412635 (LVII)
(146253
164523
The removed sections if placed between two half-leads of Bastow Little Bob, TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SAME COURSE, will form another lead of College.
The course of Bastow from which the two half-leads have been taken must now be all converted to College and the necessary leads of Chelford also changed into College. Where we originally had five separate leads of Chelford and a course of Bastow L.B., we now have five separate leads of College and a course of College.
If instead of Chelford the method had been Sutton Alliance the Plain methods left would have been St. Clements instead of College. By cross-splicing both Wavertree and Childwall would then have been available.
Table 3 gives a list of methods that can be treated in this way:
Five selected leads of Special Alliance combined with a complete course of Very Little
| Special Alliance | Plain Method | Very Little | New Plain | Transposition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelford Poynton | Nd | College Wavertree | N | Bastow | Od | College Wavertree | N | 43256 (43256) |
| Denton Sutton | Kd | St.Clements Childwall | K | St.Clements Childwall | K | ||||
| 2 | Willesborough | Md | Stedman | M | Bastow | Od | Lytham | N | 46235 (45263) |
| Limpsfield | Jd | Stepney | J | Thelwall | K | ||||
| 3 | Tattershall Alford Candlesby Langton | Nd | London Bob Lytham | N | Bastow | Od | London Bob Lytham | N | 43256 (43256) |
| Butterwick Frampton Freiston Benington | Kd | Double Oxford Thelwall | K | Double Ox Thelwall | K | ||||
| 4 | Stokesay | Ge | Frodsham | G | Kent | Oe | Ennerdale | L | 32456 (32456) |
| Cumberland | H | ||||||||
Extent No. 332 from C.C.C. 1961 may be used for Groups 1, 2 and 3 from table 3, here it is used for group 1 (Dia. LVIII)
23456 College 56432 College S 62354 Bastow L.B.
64523 " 24356 " 36425 "
S 35624 Bastow L.B. S 63254 Denton 43562 "
- 63524 College 26435 " 54236 "
45263 " 42563 Sutton S 25463 College
32645 " 54326 St.Clements 34625 Chelford
35642 " " 56234 Poynton
42356
Twice Repeated (LVIII)
In order to maintain symetricality, the first complete course of Bastow in each part has been changed to College. This means that ultimately five leads of Alliance in each part will have to be changed to Plain. The student would be wise to write out the whole of the 720 in the form of lead-heads and lead-ends in its original form and make the alterations to this.
After converting the Bastow to College, rearranging the lead-ends and lead-heads to suit the new method he can then proceed to make the necessary alterations to the Alliance using the transposition 43256 in order to locate the leads. As a double-check use both lead-heads and lead-ends. Cross splicing may be used to introduce Wavertree and Childwall.
Now, as has already been pointed out this extent can be used for groups 1, 2 and 3, but it must be remembered that seeing the Little methods have no 2nds place variation, the New Plain method in col. 4 of Table 3 will also be a 6ths place method. This does not matter in groups 1 and 3 where the 2nds place variations of the same methods are available in Column 2, but it means that in group 2 Thelwall will be absent and in group 4 Cumberland will be absent with a similar type of extent.
If it is desirable to obtain Thelwall in group 2, 720 No. 335 C.C.C. 1961, may be adapted for this purpose.(Dia.LIX) is the 720 as given except that Thelwall has been substituted for the Little Method Jb.
23456 Willesborough Alliance
S 64253 Thelwall
64532 Bastow Little Bob
64325 Thelwall
S 35642 Limpsfield Alliance
63542 Willesborough Alliance (LIX)
pl 42356
The assumption being, as in the ordinary Alliance 720 that Lytham has been substituted for Bastow L.B. in two courses in each part and that the leads of Lytham have been rearranged as Thelwall, which, of course, has the same rows in a course. Now the leads of Willesborough and Limpsfield Alliance will have to be changed to Stedman or Stepney where necessary in order to offset the leads of Thelwall which have been introduced. The transposition in brackets, 45263, can be used to pinpoint the selected leads of Stedman or Stepney, working from the Thelwall leads.
This gives a symmetrical three-part from which Lytham is absent. If it is desirable to include this method then any of the three courses of Bastow must be changed to it and the necessary alterations made to the Alliance methods. The extent however, is not then a symmetrical three-part.
In order to obtain both Ennerdale and Cumberland in an extent in group 4, it is necessary to prepare a 720 in which there is only a single type of Alliance but contains two types of Little. The student may care to prepare his own but if not Dia. (LX) is one that can be used, first given as it could be when used for Alliance and Little and secondly as adapted for group 4.
1 2
23456 Alliance Hb,Kb,Jb,Gb 23456 Stokesay Alliance
S 32564 Little Jb S 32564 Cumberland
S 35264 Alliance Hb,Kb,Jb,Gb S 35264 Stokesay Alliance
S 46235 Little Ma S 46235 Kent L. Bob
S 46325 Alliance Hb,Kb,Jb,Gb S 46325 Stokesay Alliance
- 34625 " " " " " - 34625 " "
PL42356 Pl42356 (LX)
Each twice repeated (H.Chant's arrangement)
This arrangement is similar to the ones already given for splicing Alliance and Plain, and if the principle of the previous ones has been understood this one should present no difficulty. As given the 720 is a regular 3-part with a course of Cumberland and five leads of Frodsham in each part, (Plus of course, the Alliance and Very Little). The five leads of Frodsham are dependant upon the leads of Cumberland, the transposition being 32456 for location purposes. To introduce Ennerdale, substitute it for a course of Kent L. Bob and make the necessary adjustments to Stokesay Alliance.
Examine Dia. (LXI)
Here the middle 12 rows are removed from a lead of Algarkirk Special Alliance (or Croft S.A.) and transplanted into the middle of a lead of Bastow L.B. A lead of Crayford (or Little Bob) is left behind and the Bastow L.B. changed into Clyst Alliance. This exchange may be effected between any pair of appropriate complementary leads and no rearrangement of leads is required. Here is a list of methods that can be treated in this manner.
Algarkirk Special Alliance
(123456
(214365 Clyst Alliance
/(241635 146235)
/ (426153 412653)<-
Crayford L.B. / 421635) (421635 \
123456) / 246153) (246153 \ Bastow L.B.
214365)<-/ 264513) (264513 \ (146235
241635) 625431) (625431 \--(412653
426153) 265413) (265413
462135 ) 624531)------>(624531 (416235
641253 ) 264351) (264351 (142653
614523 )<- 623415) (623415 / 124563
165432 ) \ 263451) (263451 /
156342 \ 624315) (624315 /
\ 642135) (642135 |
\ 461253) (461253 /
(462135 /
(641253 / (LXI)
(614523 416235)<-/
(165432 142653)
156342 124563
A lead of Special Alliance combined with a lead of Bastow Little Bob.
| Special Alliance | Little Method Left | Very Little | New Ordinary Alliance | Transposition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algarkirk | Md | Crayford | Ma | Bastow | Od | Clyst | Oa | 46235 (45263) |
| Croft | Jd | Little Bob | Jb | ||||||
| 2 | Wickham Skeith | Md | Crayford | Ma | Bastow | Od | Lavington | Oa | 46235 (45263) |
| Hanley Castle | Jd | Little Bob | Jb | ||||||
| 3 | Wistaston | Md | Crayford | Ma | Bastow | Od | Hampstead | Oa | 46235 (45263) |
| Biddenham | Jd | Little Bob | Jb | ||||||
| 4 | Willesborough | Md | Crayford | Ma | Bastow | Od | Norwood | Oa | 46235 (45263) |
| Limpsfield | Jd | Little Bob | Jb | ||||||
Extent No. 332 will be found suitable for all four groups in Table No. 4.
Willesborough and Limpsfield of group 4 are also to be found in group 2 of Table No. 3, and a 720 (Dia. LIX) containing them was there illustrated. It is therefore, a fairly straightforward operation to introduce into that 720, both Crayford and Little Bob and Norwood Alliance.
A further point of interest arises in group 3 of table No. 4, as Hampstead Alliance is a "course splice" with Stratton, Stanhoe, Mitcham and Blaxhall, a 3-lead splice with Norwood (5th and 6th place bells fixed) and a 6-lead splice with Balcombe (2nds place bell fixed). The Special Alliance methods in the same group, Wistaston and Biddenham are 3-lead splices with Willesborough and Limpsfield of group 4, Table 4, methods also contained in Table No. 3.
So many variations are possible that it is difficult to make a selection. (Dia. (LXII) however, is one that contains an interesting mixture of methods, not least is the introduction of Treble Bob Methods.
If Caernarvon Delight and Warwick Delight lose the middle rows of their first and last sections they are converted into Limpsfield and Biddenham Special Alliances respectively, conversely Limpsfield and Biddenham Special Alliance can under certain circumstances be converted into Caernarvon and Warwick by the insertion of appropriate rows. Five leads of Bastow have been omitted in the above 720 to convert the Alliance into Treble Bob. The five leads omitted in this case are those that will transpose from the lead-heads of the Treble Bob methods by using the transposition 24356 i.e.
Leads of Bastow L.B. omitted.
45263 36542 24635 53426 62354
42536 35624 26453 54362 63245
The remaining Bastow L.B. leads may be fitted together in one block (not a round block) and this has been used here, but it has been prised open in two places i.e. between the 2nd and 3rd singles,(and between the 4th and 5th ); three courses have been inserted in the first case and one in the second.
This block of Very Little can be used in other 720's and for splicing other groups of methods. The Very Little leads omitted from it can often be used to change a course of certain Alliance methods into Treble Bob.
720 in 15 Methods, Ordinary and Special Alliance, Little and Very
Little and Treble Bob
23456 Willesborough All. 63425 Wistaston All.
56342 Wistaston All. S 25436 Norwood All.
42635 Crayford L.B. 42653 Bastow L.B.
35264 Wistaston All. - 64253 " "
- 64235 " " 26345 Hampstead All.
35426 Crayford L.B. 32564 Bastow L.B.
26543 Wistaston All. - 53264 " "
43652 Willesborough All. - 25364 Blaxhall All.
52364 Wistaston All. 43625 Mitcham All.
S 64325 Bastow L.B. 56243 Stratton All.
- 36425 " " 32456 Stanhoe All.
43562 " " 64532 " "
54236 " " - 25643 Bastow L.B.
S 25463 Biddenham All. - 62543 " "
34625 " " 56324 " "
56234 Little Bob 35462 " "
42356 Biddenham All. 43256 " "
63542 Little Bob - 24356 " "
- 42563 Warwick Del. S 32465 Wistaston All.
35642 " " 65243 Crayford L.B.
26435 Caernarvon Del. 43526 Wistaston All.
54326 Warwick Del. 26354 Crayford L.B.
63254 Caernarvon Del. 54632 Wistaston All.
- 54263 Little Bob S 32645 Bastow L.B.
32654 Biddenham All. 63524 " "
46532 Limpsfield All. 56432 " "
25346 Biddenham All. - 45632 " " (LXII)
S 64523 Wistaston All.
23456
The course, Blaxhall Alliance etc. would be first of all changed to 5 leads of Hampstead Alliance (as in Table No. 4) which has the same rows in a course. 3-lead splices with 3-5 and 3-6 fixed in 3rds and 5ths place introduce Willesborough and Limpsfield Alliance. The 3-lead splice carried through the Treble Bob methods gives also Caernarvon Delight, Norwood is introduced as per Table No. 4 and an extra lead of Hampstead Alliance is also present.
The two methods in Table 5 are very similar to those in Table 4, the main difference between them being that the 12 rows removed from both Gosberton and Clewer fit into the halves of the two leads of Kent Little Bob taken from different parts of the same course in a manner that parallels Tables 1 and 3. The new methods formed however, are both 2nds place lead-end methods whereas Kent L.B. is a 6th place method.
To overcome this difficulty the arrangement used for Stokesay, etc in M. 4 can be used. Dia. (LXIII)
(1) (2)
23456 Gosberton All. Clewer All.
S 32564 Darlington All. Kelly All.
S 35264 Gosberton All. Clewer All.
S 46235 Kent L.B. Kent L.B.
S 46325 Gosberton All. Clewer All.
- 34625 " " " " (LXIII)
PL42356 Twice repeated
The appropriate leads of Clewer (or Gosberton) will have to be changed to Belvedere Little Bob to balance the leads of Kelly (or Darlington) Alliance that have been used. Compare dia. (LVIII) and (LIX)
Five selected leads of Special Alliance combining with a complete course of Kent Little Bob.
| Special Alliance | Little Method Left | Very Little | New Ord Alliance | Transposition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Gosberton | Ge | Belvedere | Gc | Kent | Oe | Darlington | Gc | 32456 (32456) |
| (2) | Clewer | Ge | Belvedere | Gc | Kent | Oe | Kelly | Gc | 32456 (32456) |
Algarkirk Special Alliance, used in Table No. 4 is capable of being subjected to a different treatment. Examine dia. (LXIV)
As before the middle 12 rows are removed from Algarkirk, and Crayford L.B. is left behind. On comparing the rows removed from Algarkirk with a lead of Harlington Alliance it is found that: (A) the 4th follows the same path in the central 12 rows, and (B) the sequence of the nature of the rows is identical.
Algarkirk S.A.
(123456 Harlington
(214365 Alliance
(241635 143256)
(426153 412365)<-
/ 421635 + ) (421635 + \
Crayford / 246153 - ) (246153 - \
Little Bob / 264513 - ) (264513 - \ Bastow L.B.
/ 625431 + ) (625431 + \
123456) / 265413 + ) (652413 + \(143256
214365)<-/ 624531 - )-------->(564231 - (412365
241635) 264351 - ) (654321 -
426153) 623415 + ) (563412 + (413256
263451 + ) (536421 + (142365
462135) 624315 - ) (354612 - / 124635
641253) 642135 - ) (345162 - /
614523)<-- 461253 + ) (431526 + |
165432) \ (462135 /
156342 \ (641253 /
\--(614523 413256)<-/ (LXIV)
(165432 142365)
156342 124635
If therefore, the 4th remained fixed these central rows would six-lead splice. From this it follows that if all the leads of Algarkirk with a 4th place bell fixed transferred their central rows to the leads of Bastow on the other side of the Single with the same fixed bell in 2nds place, six leads of Algarkirk and six leads of Bastow L.B. could be changed to six leads of Crayford L.B. and six leads of Harlington Alliance respectively.
In Table No. 6 it will be noted that the first three groups could be combined in a 720 with methods that are contained in Table No. 4. (Table 6 is on the next page)
Attempts were made to introduce a new type of Alliance in the C.C. collection of Minor Methods in 1931, with the Treble dodging in 1-2 and 5-6 only. This necessitated a peculiar type of Little method in which the Treble remained in 3-4 making 3rds and 4ths continuously. Fortunately this idea never "caught on". The following types of Alliance and Little methods were produced in building up a spliced minor record attempt and are part of an extent which now contains more methods than any other. The principle on which they were formed can be studied in the example; dia. (LXV)
Six lead Combination of Special Alliance and Very Little Methods.
| Special Alliance | Little Method Left | Very Little | New Ordinary Alliance | Fixed Bell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algarkirk | Md | Crayford | Ma | Bastow | Od | Harlington | Oa | 4ths place Bell in Special Alliance 2nd place bell in Bastow LB |
| Croft | Jd | Little Bob | Jb | ||||||
| 2 | Wistaston | Md | Crayford | Ma | Bastow | Od | Balcombe | Oa | |
| Biddenham | Jd | Little Bob | Jb | ||||||
| 3 | Willesborough | Md | Crayford | Ma | Bastow | Od | Kimberley | Oa | |
| Limpsfield | Jd | Little Bob | Jb | ||||||
| 4 | Hilperton | He | St. Lawrence | Hc | Kent | Oe | Kilndown | Oc | 3rds place bell in Special Alliance 2nd place bell Kent L.B. |
| 5 | Haresfield | He | St. Lawrence | Hc | Kent | Oe | Beltring | Oc | |
| 6 | Mathon | He | St. Lawrence | Hc | Kent | Oe | Farleigh | Oc | |
Extent No. 332 C.C.C. 1961 is suitable for adaption in 1, 2 and 3 and No. 327 for 4,5 and 6. See dia. LXXXVI.
Here Bastow L.B. and Alford S.A. occur as they might be found in a spliced 720. In place of two consecutive leads of Bastow one lead of London Bob is substituted. The lead of Alford S.A. from which the lead of London Bob has borrowed its rows is changed into a lead of "New" Alliance (Thrybergh) in which the Treble dodges only in 1-2. This lead also uses the portions of Bastow rejected in forming London Bob. The rows used in forming the New Alliance are not identical with those "borrowed" from Bastow and Alford but the nature of the rows with the 2nd, 4th and Treble in the same positions is the same, so that 3-lead splicing with the 2nd and 4th place bells fixed will remove falseness. The net result of these exchanges is as follows:-
6 leads of Bastow + 3 leads of Alford S.A. on the other side of
the single.
= 3 leads of London Bob + 3 leads of Thrybergh also on opposite
sides
The fixed bells being the 2nd and 4ths place bells in both cases.
Alford S.A.
143256)
London Bob 412365) X Thrybergh Alliance
(123456 421356) 143256)
Bastow L.B. -->(214365 243165) 413265)
123456) / 241356) (241356 142356) X & P
214365)--/ 423165)<--------(423165 412365)
O(213456 243615) (243615 421635)
(124365 426351) (426351 246153)
P(142635 243651 ) 246315) (426513
(416253 426315 ) 423651) Y ----->(245631 Y
412635)-- 246135 )<-- 246351) (425361
146253) \ 421653 ) \ 423615) (243516
164523 \-->(412635 \ (243651 423156
(146253 \--(426315 241365)
164523 (246135 214635)
(421653 124653) Z & O
426135) 216435)
241653) Z 126453)
214635) 162543)
126453)
162543 (LXV)
The three leads of London Bob could if necessary, be changed into three leads of College in which case one of them could be changed into Wavertree and cross-spliced with Thrybergh to produce Adwick Alliance. Alternatively, all three leads of London could be changed to Lytham if all three of Thrybergh were changed to Adwick.
The three leads of London Bob and Thrybergh produced by this splice can be further modified to produce "New" Little methods with a Special Alliance thus:-
Simultaneously(London Bob changed to Finchley S.A.etc) 2 & 4 bells
(Thrybergh changed to Cripplegate L.All.)fixed as
before
The place notation of these five new methods is as follows:-
Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Half-lead full-lead Darrington All. 34 X 34 16 X 36 X 36 12 Thrybergh All. 34 X 34 16 X 36 X 36 16 Adwick All. 34 X 34 16 X 36 12 36 16 Cripplegate L.All. 34 X 36 14 X 34 16 Cornhill L.All. 34 X 36 14 X 34 12
The 720 containing these methods is given in dia. (LXVI) together with the alterations necessary to obtain 29 (or with Bob lead 31) methods by the addition of Single change methods. These will be discussed in M.8.
If a course of Crayford or Little Bob is converted into a course of Bastow Little Bob it loses all the rows with the Treble in 3-4. In certain methods these rows can be used to change Ordinary into Special Alliance methods.
Examine dia. (LXVII)
Chelford S.A. Ellacombe All
143256 143256
412365 412365
421635 421635
Crayford L.B. 246153 246153
Bastow (123456 (241635
L.B. (214365 -->(426153
241635)--/ 246513) 426513)
426153) 425631) A 245631) B
426513) 246513)
245631) 425631)
etc etc
(LXVII)
Here are three half leads. It can be seen that the two rows lost when Crayford is reduced to Bastow will fit into Ellacombe Alliance to convert it into Chelford Special Alliance. The groups of four rows "A" and "B" are identical although occurring in a different order. The transposition for the half-lead from Bastow (or Crayford) to its complementary half-lead is,as can be seen,43256. If the transpositions are obtained from the lead-heads and lead-ends of a course of Bastow, we shall discover that the ten half-leads of Chelford can be rearranged into 5 separate leads, dia. (LXVIII)
Course of Transposed L.H. & L.E. Rearranged as
Bastow L.B. giving 10 ½ leads of 5 leads of
Chelford S.A. Chelford S.A.
23456 --------> 43256 43256
24365 --------> 34265 26453
42635 62435 62435
46253 etc 26453 45632
64523 54623 54623
65432 45632 63524
56342 (Transposition 36542 36542
53624 43256) 63524 52346
35264 25364 25364
32546 52346 34265 (LXVIII)
Dia.(LXIX) is a 3-part 720 with equal numbers of leads of Special and Ordinary Alliance.
720 in Ordinary and Special Alliance,Crayford and Bastow by H.Chant 23456 Chelford S.A. 32645 Bastow L.B. 54236 Crayford L.B. 64523 " " S 63254 Iver Alliance 36425 " " S 35624 Crayford L.B. 26435 Buxton All. S 25463 Poynton S.A. 24563 " " 42563 " " 34625 Ellacombe All. - 63524 Bastow L.B. 54326 Sutton S.A. 56234 Finchley All. 56432 " " (Denton S.A.in Pt.3) 42356 45263 " " 35642 " " Twice repeated 24356 " " S 62354 Crayford L.B. (LXIX)
Plain methods can be introduced (see Tables No. 1 and No. 3) and /or the Stratton-Sharnbrook and Tattershall-Butterwick groups brought in by 3-lead splices, giving upwards of 20 methods in an extent. The 3-lead splices, with 2nd and 4ths place bells fixed, can be used irrespective of whether the Alliance leads are Special or Ordinary.
As a final example of multi-method extents, diagram LXXXVII gives one with seven types of methods. It may be mentioned en passant that by using 1440's instead of 720's it is possible to include every type of Alliance method, 6 in all, of which only 3 have, as yet, been included in straightforward 720's.
Irregular Minor methods are those which do not have in a plain course the lead-ends and lead-heads identical with those found in a Plain course of Bob minor. Single-change methods are those which contain within the lead Single Changes, (i.e. only one pair of bells crossing) between consecutive rows. There are also certain irregular, Single-Change methods. It is no part of this book to argue the merits or demerits of these methods, but if we accept them, as they appear to have been accepted, as a legitimate part of method-splicing, then they can certainly increase the scope and variety of methods that can be included.
Irregular Methods will splice amongst themselves in exactly the same manner as regular methods, but can, under certain circumstances, be mixed with regular methods, sometimes with interesting results. Dia. (LXX) is an example.
720 in 25 methods. H.Chant
23456 Fotheringay Delight(Balmoral, Chepstow, or Skipton Del.)
56342 " " etc.
42635 London Scholars (Sandal, Kingston)
35264 Fotheringay Delight etc.
* 64523 Gladstone T.B. (Hemsworth, Campanulla)
25346 Bogedone Delight (Knutsford, Rostherne, Wilmslow)
63425 Appleby Surprise (Redcar, Hatfield)
52364 Bogedone etc.
43652 College Exercise (Norbury, Duke of Norfolk)
* 26543 Darton New Pleasure T.B. (Penistone, York Minster) Repeat Twice
34256
Gladstone T.B. x 36 x 16 x 12 x 16 x 34 x 5 2nds 54632
Hemsworth T.B. x 36 x 16 x 12 x 16.34 x 34.5 2nds 54632
Campanulla T.B. x 36 x 16 x 12 x 16 x 12 x 5 2nds 54632
Darton New Pleasure T.B. x 36 x 16 x 12 x 16 x 34 x 5 6ths 65243
Penistone T.B. x 36 x 16 x 12 x 16.34 x 34.5 6ths 65243
York Minster T.B. x 36 x 16 x 12 x 16 x 12 x 5 6ths 65243
Appleby Sur. x 36 x 14 x 12 x 36 x 34 x 5 2nds 65324
Redcar Sur. x 36 x 14 x 12 x 36.12 x 12.5 2nds 65324
Hatfield Sur. x 36 x 14 x 12 x 36.12 x 34.5 2nds 65324(LXX)
If the basic methods are regarded as Fotheringay(Bogedone) then London Scholars (College Exercise) is a 6-lead splice with the 6th fixed in 4th place. Gladstone (and Darton New Pleasure) are irregular methods 6-lead spliced with the 5th fixed in 4ths place. These irregular methods remove, in this case, the necessity for Bobs to join the courses together, and without Appleby Surprise the touch would run two courses, the courses being alternately 6ths place and 2nds place lead-ends, the 2nds place lead-ends occurring between the asterisks. The shunt Bobs that would have been necessary to obtain a 720 is replaced by a lead of Appleby Surprise so that the whole extent is without a Bob. The number of methods, as will be seen, may be further increased by the use of Single-Change methods.
Dia. (LXII) is another interesting example by Anthony R.Peake.
720 in 3 to 12 Methods
23456 Willoughby-on-the-Wolds Sur. 36452 Willoughby-on-the-Wolds
34625 " " 64235 "
46532 Boston Delight 42563 Boston
65243 Willoughby-on-the-Wolds - 25463 Willoughby-on-the-Wolds
- 52643 Carisbrooke Del. - 54263 Boston
42356 Repeat Twice
Willoughby-on-the-Wolds Sur. 34 x 36.14 x 12 x 36 x 12 x 3 6ths 34625
Boston Delight 34 x 34.16 x 12 x 36 x 12 x 5 6ths 34625 (LXXI)
Many of these "Mixture" 720's are similar to the grid-splicing of T.B. 6 and interesting examples may sometimes be discovered in the tower where there is an impromptu band with one ringer who has a limited method vocabulary. He rings a single method whilst a variety of methods is woven around him.(Dia.LXXII) is an example of a touch recently at a ringing meeting where the ringer of the 4th could ring only York Delight, an irregular method comprised of Sandal "front work" and Primrose "back work".
23456 Clarence Delight 54632 Primrose 64523 Primrose Surprise 43526 Clarence 42635 Clarence Delight 65243 York Delight 56342 York Delight 52364 " " 63254 " " 23456 (LXXII) 32465 Clarence
This, as will be seen later, can be turned into a 720. Many Single-change methods are lead splicers with Standard methods and as such may be substituted wherever convenient. For instance, in the 720 in dia. LXX, there are 9 leads of Fotheringay, etc. available with only 4 methods to fit into them; similarly with the 2nds place variations, Bogedone, etc. only 4 methods are available for 6 leads. By using the Single-change methods Danbury and Hatherop Delight in the Fotheringay group and Stisted and Pebmarsh Delight in the Bogedone group the total number of methods in the 720 can be increased to 27.
Stisted Delight x 36 x 16 x 12 x 1236 x 12 x 5 2nds 64523 Danbury Delight x 36 x 16 x 12 x 1236 x 12 x 5 6ths 56342 Pebmarsh Delight x 36 x 16 x 12 x 1236 x 34 x 5 2nds 64523 Hatherop Delight x 36 x 16 x 12 x 1236 x 34 x 5 6ths 56342
These 4 methods are lead splicers with Fotheringay, Bogedone etc.
In dia. LXVI all the Alliance methods in Col. B are lead splicers with the methods for which they are substituted. A Bob lead only of Minchinhampton Alliance and a single lead of Penhill Alliance are suggested, the argument for the latter method being that it cannot be Saltwood Alliance as one has a 6ths and the other a 2nds place Single. However, if a Plain lead of a method cannot be included it is probably best to leave it out altogether. By changing the Double Court to London Bob, with which it is a Course Splice, it has been possible to make room for still one more method. Both Lytham and Westlecott Bob are cross-splicers with London Bob, the fixed bells in both cases being the 2nd and 4ths place bells with the 5ths place as a pivot.
To end this section Dia. (LXXIII) is another 720 which contains regular and irregular Standard and Single-Change Alliance methods:-
720 in 23 methods by A.R.Peake
1st Part 2nd Part 3rd Part
23456 Hayes All. Stonehouse All. Sharnbrook All.
42635 Buxton All. Ramsbury All. Iver All.
64523 Kennet All. Overton All. Preshute All.
56234 Hayes All. Hayes All. Hayes All.
S 24563 Little Bob Little Bob Little Bob
35624 " " " " " "
46235 " " " " " "
52346 Crayford L.B. Crayford L.B. Crayford L.B.
S 46325 Blaxhall All. Stanhoe All. Marlborough All.
53246 Mitcham All. Stratton All. Mildenhall All.
62453 Ellacombe All. Minchinhampton All. Finchley All.
34562 Stratton All. Stratton All. Stratton All.
S 25364 Crayford L.B. Crayford L.B. Crayford L.B.
64532 " " "
32456 " " "
- 56432 " " "
32645 " " "
S 45623 Buxton All. Ramsbury All. Iver All.
S 63452 Little Bob Little Bob Little Bob
S 25463 Winchcombe All. Ringstead All. Beckford All.
42356
A Plain lead of each method included.
Kennet x 14 x 36 x 12 x 3 2nds 42563
Overton x 14 x 36.12 x 12 3 2nds 42563
Preshute x 14 x 1236 x 12 x 3 2nds 42563
Marlborough x 14 x 1236 x 12 x 5 6ths 64523
Mildenhall x 14 x 1236 x 34 x 5 6ths 64523
Ramsbury x 16 x 1236 x 12 x 3 2nds 42635 (LXXIII)
Spliced 720's of Oxford and Kent Treble Bob in which true lead splicing is used are impossible. If a lead of Kent is substituted for a lead of Oxford four false lead-heads are created. Dia. (LXXIV)
False Lead-head False with The Treble in
42356)
34256) 3-4
64352) 5-6
54326) (LXXIV)
Although the falseness could be removed by changing these four leads into Kent, each lead so introduced brings its own crop of False lead-heads and, although it is true that the falseness in 3-4 is removed by making the three leads with the same two bells in 5-6 all Kent, the remaining F.L.H.s. "Snowball" until the whole 720 is turned into Kent in an endeavour to remove the falseness.
Kent and Oxford have often in the past been "combined" by changing from one method to the other when the Treble is in 3-4 down and changing back again, either in the following lead or several leads later, when it is in 3-4 up. This means that certain leads begin by ringing Oxford and end by ringing Kent or begin by ringing Kent and end by ringing Oxford. If this system is adapted the leads which are so divided will have their lead-heads and lead-ends of opposite nature e.g.
lead-head 23456 + Kent T.B. or Oxford T.B. lead-end 23465 - Oxford T.B. Kent T.B.
This also means that whichever method starts from rounds will have "even" lead-heads and lead-ends whilst its companion will have "odd" lead-heads and lead-ends. This simplifies the proof because although there are again four false lead-heads, i.e. 24356, 34256, 42356 and 64352 only the first of these, 24356, is "odd" the others being "even" are not applicable to these "combined" conditions.
Dia. (LXXV) is an example of a "combined" 720:-23456 Oxford 45263 Kent 36425 Kent 23465 Kent 45236 Oxford 34652 " 32645 " 54326 " 43562 " 36254 " 53462 " 43526 Oxford 63524 " 35642 " 34256 65342 " 36524 " 56432 " 63254 " Twice repeated (LXXV) 54623 " 63245 Kent
Many people feel that this method of "splicing" is wrong since it contravenes the principle that only true leads of methods should be used.
A Solution suggested by Wilfrid F. Moreton is that Singles should be introduced. Dia. (LXXVI) is a 720 arranged by him in which he proves his point.
23456 Kent S 35624 Oxford - 53462 Kent 42635 " 63452 " - 45362 " 64523 " S 46325 Kent 34256 (LXXVI) 56342 " 34562 " Repeat Twice
It would not be difficult to introduce other methods into this type of arrangement and, indeed, Mr. Moreton has already made several suggestions to this effect.
There is only one way to learn the art of arranging (or composing) spliced extents and that is to get to work with pencil and paper. Perhaps it may be possible to give one or two hints that may be helpful.
Many Treble Bob extents are made up of three parts each consisting of two courses. It is often useful to know when arranging spliced extents whether, having arrived at the end of a two-course touch, this can be extended to form a 720, and how this may be presented in its best form. As a simple practical example let us examine the two courses given earlier (LXXII) and here written out in lead-heads and lead-ends.
23456 Clarence Delight 63254 York Delight 65243 York Delight 46253 23645 25634 64523 Primrose Surprise 32465 Clarence 52364 " " 24365 45362 32546 42635 Clarence 54632 Primrose 23456 (LXXVII) 65432 34256 56342 York Delight 43526 Clarence 36524 56423
Obviously, in order to turn this into a 720, a shunt Bob will be required. Now to ensure that the touch will truthfully repeat twice the two bells unaffected by the shunt Bob must in the given part fulfil the following conditions. (a) They must be 10 half-leads coursing and 10 half leads separated. (b) They must not fall twice into the same relative positions at any lead-end or lead-head.
The natural choice, the 5th and 6th, do not fulfil these qualifications, (being 16 half-leads coursing and 4 separated), but the 4ths may be paired with any of the other bells and will be found to fulfil the stipulations given in (a) and (b) above.
A shunt Bob could be inserted at the end of the first, second, sixth or seventh leads to make the 4th observation and the 6th, 2nd, 3rd or 5th bells respectively the sub-observation. The part could then be started from a different lead to obtain the 5th and 6th as observation bells.
Or, approached from another angle, a lead could be selected at which the 4th is in 6ths (i.e. the beginning of the 5th or 10th leads) and a start made from that point with 23456 substituted for whatever row is there. In this particular case, seeing that the order of the methods is repeated every five leads it makes no difference which of these leads we start with. In dia.(LXXVIII) are the two courses arranged, beginning at the 5th (or 10th) lead with a shunt Bob when 5-6 are undisturbed by it.
In some cases it may be advantageous to reverse the two courses. If, for instance, the lead of Clarence that ends with a Bob was required as a Plain lead it would be possible to start at the lead-end where the 6th is in 5ths and the 5th bell in 6ths (43265 at the end of the first lead) and treating this as rounds work backwards. This is shown by the example at the side of the given part.
Of course, although we have gained a plain lead of Clarence by this reversal, we have lost a plain lead of Primrose. Whether the reversal was worthwhile would depend upon the type of methods we wanted to gain, or lose, and each case would have to be decided on its merits.
When the methods are a mixture of different lead-ends of 2nds and 6ths it must be remembered that in reversal the methods themselves may change. In dia. (LXXIX) are several leads with their reversal by the side:
Reversed
23456 York Delight 23456 York Delight
43265 43265
34625 Clarence 34625 " "
65324 64352
- 56342 Primrose 46532 Clarence
46253 52436
64523 Clarence 25346 Primrose
53624 45623
35264 York Delight 54263 Clarence
25346 23564
52436 " " 32654 York Delight
42563 62345
24653 Clarence 26435 " "
63254 46253
36524 Primrose 64523 Clarence
26435 53624
62345 Clarence 35264 Primrose
35642 65432
53462 York Delight - 56423 Clarence
43526 43526
34256 34256 (LXXVIII)
Repeat twice for a 720
(24565) Reversed
23456 College 56342 College
46253 32546
64523 London - 23564 London
53624 54263
- 35642 College 45623 Childwall
62345 63425
26435 Double Oxford 64352 St. Clements
45236 32654
42563 St. Clements 36245 London
53462 25346
54326 Wavertree 52436 College
36524 46532
63254 London - 64523 London
24653 53624
- 42635 College 35264 St. Clements
65432 24365
23456 (LXXIX)
It will be seen that by reversal of these leads only one of the original Plain lead methods is retained viz: St. Clements. Plain leads of College, Double Oxford and Wavertree are replaced by London and Childwall and the number of Plain lead methods drops from four to three. Not all reversals are as drastic as this, and turning a touch or round block over may sometimes be an advantage.
Sometimes, when Singles are used the touch will not reverse when, for example one of the methods (such as Bastow) is not available with both 2nds and 6ths at the lead-ends.Dia.(LXXX)
23456 Sutton S.A.
46253
S 46235 Bastow L.B.
42653
24563 (LXXX)
When reversed Bastow would have a 2nds place Single where of course, it should have a 6ths. If the two methods joined by the single were as follows., dia (LXXXI)
23456 Chelford S.A.
46253
S 64253 Bastow L.B.
62435
26345 (LXXXI)
the methods when reversed would be in order with Bastow having a correctly made single.
In arranging multi-method extents it is often impossible to use simple three-part plans and the 720 has to be compiled jig-saw fashion, into one complete whole. Where this is necessary it is advisable to have the six even courses (and where necessary the six odd courses i.e. Bastow, Little Bob etc.) written out in ink on a separate sheet so that the leads can then be crossed out in pencil as they are used up. If this is done lightly the pencilling can be erased and the inked courses used many times.
A good plan is to start out from rounds and make as large a round-block as possible sometimes working backwards as well from the opposite end until the two ends can be joined in the middle. Having managed to achieve a round block the odds and ends can be collected together and pieced together in as few round-blocks as possible which can then, quite often, be fitted into the original. Calls should, of course, be kept to a minimum as each Bob or Single means one plain lead less at our disposal.
As an example of this method of working, one which the author has used many times, Dia. (LXXXII) is an example which illustrates the Modus Operandi in such circumstances. The leads given here represent a mixture of methods such as might be obtained in a splicing essay, but there is no definite 720 in mind.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
23456 52346 64532 64253
46253 36542 52634 23654
42635 L 63452 25364 32564
65432 42653 34265 54362
56342 24563 32456 45632
32546 53264 46352 62435
- 23564 M 35624 43625 - 26453
25346 64325 65423 43256
52436 N 46235 56243 34526
54263 25436 23546 56324
45623 - 32564 65234
46532 54362 24635
- 64523 O 45632
53624 62435
- 35642 64253
36524 23654
63254 26345
62345 35246
26435 53426
24653 46523 (LXXXII)
42563 P -
45236 Here is an in-course round-block (A) with three
- 54263 out-of-course odds and ends of which two, (B) and
52436 (C) are round-blocks whilst the third (D), is a
- 25463 collection of six leads which have been strung
24536 together. It will be found that (B) can be fitted
42356 into (A) at two places, N and P as follows:
43265 (B) fitted in to (A) at dia. (LXXXIII)
- 34256 N P It will be seen that at P (B)
32465 25346 24653 is reversed starting from the
- 23456 S 52346 S 42653 second lead-end.
(B) (B)
25436 24563
S 52436 S 42563
(LXXXIII)
(C) can also be fitted into (A) in two places; at Bob leads this time, at M and O. Dia. (LXXXIV)
M O
32546 46532
S 32564 S 64532
(C) (C) (LXXXIV)
23546 46523
S 23564 S 64523
Notice that in both cases (C) could be reversed if necessary. (D) can be fitted in to (A) at L, dia (LXXXV)
L (D)
46253 24635
S 64253 S 42635 (LXXXV)
The chances of fitting in a collection of leads such as (D) are much less than that with round-blocks, seeing that with the latter it is often possible to prise them open in more than one place as is evident in the above examples;with (D), if it had not joined at L, it would not have joined at all.
There are, of course, other aids and tricks that one learns only by experience, but it is hoped that the information presented here will be of use to arrangers of the future and all others who take an interest in six bell method splicing.
720 in 13, 19 and 22 methods
Columns A and B by C.K.Lewis. Additions in Column C by H. Chant
A B C A B C
23456 Double Bob - 42356 Fulbeck
56342 Plain Bob Windermere 56234 Plain Frodsham
64523 " " 63542 "
- 64235 " " - 63425 "
- 64352 " " - 63254 "
45623 Reverse 35642 Reverse Ennerdale
52436 Canterbury Reverse 54326 Canterbury
23564 Wavertree 42563 Wavertree
S 45263 Childwall S 35462 Childwall
24356 St.Clements 43256 St.Clements
32645 Thelwall 24635 Thelwall Double Ox. Horsmonden
63524 Double Oxford Horsmonden 62543 Double Ox. Horsmonden
56432 College " Mendlesham 56324 College
- 24563 Wavertree - 43562 Wavertree
35624 Lytham 25643 London Bob Killarney
46235 College 36425 College
52346 " Killarney Tonbridge 54236 "
63452 Double Ox. 62354 Double Ox.
S 42635 Double Bob Fulbeck S 34625 Double Bob
35264 Childwall 25463 Childwall
- 42356 - 34256
A B C
- 34256 Double Cumberland
56423 Plain Frodsham
62534 " Belvedere L.B.
- 62345 " " "
- 62453 " " "
25634 Reverse
53246 Canterbury Ennerdale
34562 Wavertree
S 25364 Childwall
32456 St.Clements Horsmonden Mendlesham
43625 Thelwall Double Ox.
64532 Double Ox. Horsmonden
56243 College
- 32564 Wavertree
45632 London
26345 College
53426 "
64253 Double Ox. Horsmonden
S 23645 Double Bob
45362 Childwall
- 23456
(XVII)
720 in Ordinary and Special Alliance and Little and Very Little
methods, (An illustration of the use of Table No. 6, Misc 5.)
23456 Algarkirk Alliance
56342 " "
42635 Crayford Little Bob
S 35624 Bastow Little Bob
- 63524 Harlington Alliance
56432 Bastow L.B.
45263 " "
24356 " "
32645 " "
S 63254 Croft Alliance
42563 " "
35642 Little Bob
26435 Croft Alliance
54326 " "
S 62354 Harlington Alliance
36425 Bastow L.B.
43562 " "
54236 " "
S 25463 Algarkirk Alliance
63542 " "
42356 " "
Repeat Twice
6th is fixed bell. (LXXXVI)
Clyst may also be introduced as per Misc 5.
The scheme for the above 720 is based on extent No. 327 C.C.C.1961.
720 in 24 methods. Treble Bob, Plain, Very Little, Ordinary, Special and New Alliance and New Little. H.Chant 23456 Langton Alliance 45236 Bastow L.B. 64523 Sutton Alliance - 24536 Adwick Alliance 56342 Freiston Alliance 65324 Freiston Alliance 35264 Candlesby Alliance 36452 Cornhill L.All. 42635 Chelford Alliance 43265 Alford Alliance S 56432 Bastow L. Bob 52643 Poynton Alliance 45263 " " S 36542 Bastow L.B. 24356 " " 53264 College 32645 " " 42653 Bastow L.B. - 63245 Norwich Surprise - 64253 " " 26534 Wavertree 26345 " " 45326 Finchley Alliance 32564 " " - 63452 Bastow L.B. 53426 " " S 46325 Cripplegate L.All. 45632 " " 53246 Darrington Alliance - 64532 " " 25634 Frampton Alliance S 56423 Tattershall Alliance 62453 Poynton Alliance 34256 Butterwick Alliance 34562 Frampton Alliance 23645 " " - 25346 Candlesby Alliance 62534 Chelford Alliance 63425 Denton Alliance 45362 Cripplegate L.All. 46532 Benington Alliance - 23456 54263 Thrybergh Alliance 32654 Candlesby Alliance S 46352 Finchley Alliance 23546 College - 65234 Bastow L.B. (LXXXVII) 26453 Norwich Surprise 42365 Ellacombe Alliance 53642 Bastow L.B. - 65342 " " " S 36524 Whaplode Alliance 53462 Bastow L.B.
720 in 25 methods (or 29 or 31) H.Chant
A B A B
23456 Chelford Alliance 26453 Bastow L.B.
64523 Benington All. 42365 Finchley All.
56342 Freiston All. 53642 Bastow L.B.
35264 Langton All. - 65342 " "
42635 London Bob S 36524 Tattershall All.
S 56432 Bastow L.B. 45236 Sutton All.
45263 " " 24653 Double Ox.
24356 " " 62345 Chelford All. Witcombe All.
32645 " " 53462 Tattershall All.
- 63245 " " - 24536 Thrybergh All.
26534 College 65324 Denton All.
45326 Ellacombe All. * 36452 Cornhill L.All.
- 63452 Bastow L.B. 43265 Poynton All.
S 46325 Cripplegate L.All. 52643 Tattershall All. X
53246 Darrington All. S 36542 Bastow L.B.
25634 Frampton All. Burmarsh All. 53264 Wavertree
62453 Candlesby All. 42653 Bastow L.B.
34562 London Bob - 64253 D.C. - 64253 Lond.Bob
- 25346 " " Westlecott Bob 53426 " 32564 " "
63425 Butterwick All. 26345 " 45632 " "
46532 " " Saltwood All. 45632 " 26345 West.Bob
54263 Adwick All. 32564 " 53426 Lytham Bob
32654 Poynton All. - 64532 Bastow L.B.
S 46352 Ellacombe All. S 56423 London Bob Lytham Bob
23546 College 34256 Frampton All.
- 65234 Bastow L.B. 23645 " "
62534 Alford All.
45362 Cornhill L.All.
- 23456
(LXVI)
* Minchinhampton Alliance x 16 x 1236 x 12 x 3 6ths
X Penhill Alliance x 14 x 12 x 1236 x 12 x 5 6ths
Witcombe Alliance x 16 x 12 x 1236 x 12 x 3 6ths
Burmarsh Alliance x 14 x 12 x 1236 x 34 x 5 2nds
Saltwood Alliance x 14 x 12 x 1236 x 12 x 5 2nds
Westlecott Bob x 14 x 1236 x 5 6ths
A complete course of Little changed to Plain + 5 separate leads of Ordinary Alliance changed to Plain.
| Alliance Method | Little Method | Transposition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Before | After | ||||||
| 1 | Cromer Steventon Chalfont Tibenham | La | Reverse Canterbury | L | Crayford | M(a) | Reverse Canterbury | L | 23654 (23654) |
| Walsingham Lammas Fulmer Olney | Hb | Double Fulbeck | H | Little | J(b) | Double Fulbeck | H | ||
| 2 | Stratton Stanhoe Mitcham Blaxhall | Na | London Bob Lytham Bob | N | Crayford | M(a) | Reverse Canterbury | L | 65234 (45632) |
| Sharnbrook Hayes Ringstead Stonehouse | Kb | Double Ox. Thelwall | K | Little | J(b) | Double Fulbeck | H | ||
| 3 | Ellacombe Finchley | Na | College Wavertree | N | Crayford | M(a) | College Wavertree | N | 43256 (43256) |
| Buxton Iver | Kb | St.Clements Childwall | K | Little | J(b) | St.Clements Childwall | K | ||
| 4 | Snodland Swanscombe | Mc | Loch Lomond | M | St.Lawrence | H(c) | Windermere | G | 63254 (34652) |
| Allesley Wrentham | Jc | Roydon | J | Windermere | G | ||||
| 5 | Stapleford Merrow | Gc | Frodsham | G | St.Lawrence | H(c) | Frodsham | G | 32456 (32456) |
| Clandon Rothwell | Gc | Windermere | G | Windermere | G | ||||
| 6 | Tonbridge | Nc | Killarney | N | Belvedere | G(c) | Killarney | N | 26453 (26453) |
| Mendlesham | Kc | Horsmonden | K | ||||||
| 7 | Tonbridge | Nc | Killarney | N | St.Lawrence | H(c) | St.James | J | 26534 (25643) |
| Mendlesham | Kc | Horsmonden | K | ||||||
| 8 | Isham | Jc | St. James | J | Belvedere | G(c) | Killarney | N | 25643 (26534) |
| 9 | Isham | Jc | St. James | J | St.Lawrence | H(c) | St. James | J | 25436 (25436) |
| 10 | Leyland | Ma | Stedman | M | Crayford | M(a) | Wavertree | N | 63245 (43562) |
| Burstow | Jb | Stepney | J | Little Bob | J(b) | Childwall | K | ||