"THE RINGING WORLD" INDEX FOR 1952

All Saints' Doubles - 668, 684.

Appeals - 41, 61, 123, 283, 331, 413, 491, 571, 684, 746, 747, 778, 779.

Appleton Open Day - 172.

As I remember them - W. H. Barber, 558; J. Buttery, 822; J. Pettit, 333, 582, 600, 635.

Athos, the Holy Mount - 689-90.

Australia - Ringing in, 305; New South Wales, 27, 56, 162, 248, 268, 308, 312, 390, 413, 506, 541, 619, 650, 744, 777; South Australia, 150, 154; Tasmania, 154; Victoria, 25, 136, 199, 312, 418, 558, 777.

Barnsley and District Society - 217, 284, 359, 413, 502, 521, 523, 622.

Bath and Wells Diocesan Association - 93, 103, 282, 284, 334, 346, 460, 686, 768, 827.

Bedfordshire Association - 109, 187, 301, 486, 536, 633-4; deaths and obituaries, 270; dedication, 12; outings, 44, 304, 349, 635; tours, 430.

Belfrymanship - 241, 283, 299, 315, 347.

Belfry notices - 587, 603.

Belfry mechanism, safety device - 433.

Bellringers, The - 524.

Bellringer's Notebook and Diary - 205.

Bells in English Life - 60, 90, 106, 138, 170, 202, 218-19, 251, 301, 364, 422, 476, 522, 538, 557, 828.

Bells of - Beckenham, 734; Berrington, 234; Boughton Aluph, 346, 347; Chertsey, 753-4, 811; Chester, 49; Debenham, 513-4; Ealing, 460; East Bergholt, 120, 155, 187, 216, 685; Fulham, 42; Knowle, 362, 769-70; London, St. Bride's, 29, 90; Oxford, 60, 90, 289, 321, 331, 700, 809; Plymouth, 201; Scarborough, 555; Stafford, 381; Swaffham Prior, 746; Swansea, 267. See also Appeals; Bells in English Life.

Berkshire - Deaths and obituaries, 366, 446, 590, 603; dedications, 682, 701; outings, 428, 493, 716, 778; tours, 490, 578, 585-6.

Beverley and District Society - 217, 300, 446, 508, 588, 652, 718.

Biblical silver trumpets - 444, 491, 507.

Bilbie, founders - 59, 91, 123, 219, 235.

Brighter belfries - 715.

Bristol University. See under University of Bristol Society.

Broadcast bells - 11, 27, 56, 113, 120, 121, 264, 283, 507, 587, 603, 667, 715, 728, 747, 763, 779.

Buckinghamshire - Deaths and obituaries, 670, 734; dedications, 153, 346, 702; outings, 304, 397, 428, 493, 635, 778; tours, 430, 578, 585-6.

Bulwell Open Ringing Day - 796.

Call change ringing - 347, 737, 795.

Cambridge Surprise Maximus, 5,040 changes - 24, 56, 108.

Cambridge University Guild - 139, 203, 579, 606.

Cambridgeshire - Deaths and obituaries, 670; dedication, 363; outings, 445, 556, 638; tours, 553, 556.

Campanologia - 267.

Canada - Death and obituary, 318.

Carols on handbells - 27.

Carter's Doubles - 123.

Central Council - 377-80, 393-4, 401, 409-10, 425, 561, 714; and Affiliated Bodies, 369, 545-6, 587, 635, 651, 667, 683, 731; Biographies Committee, 361, 473; Literature, Press and Broadcasting Committee, 361, 409; Methods Committee, 28, 393-4, 731. See also Irregular Methods; Method Extension. Minutes 1951, 316-7, 378; Peals Analysis Committee, 11, 28, 75, 91, 379-80, 785, 792-3; "Ringing World," 378-9, 409-10. See also Lincoln.

Chandler, Richard - 219, 235.

Cheshire - Deaths and obituaries, 105, 124, 137, 142, 334, 474, 826. See also Simpson, Dr. J. C. E.

Chester Diocesan Guild - 74, 154, 298, 411, 700, 721, 794, 798.

Chichester Cathedral Bell Ringers, Guild of - 268.

Christmas broadcast - 11, 27.

Christmas Quiz, 1951 - 58, 107.

Clerical Guild of Ringers - 362.

Cleveland and North Yorkshire Association - 109.

Clock and Bell - 93.

Clocks with one hand - 491, 507, 523, 539, 555, 571, 587, 603, 619, 635, 664, 700, 710, 808.

Clocks without hands - 635, 667, 700, 710, 731, 747, 808.

College Youths, Ancient Society of - 347, 424, 713-4, 721, 737, 778.

College Youths as Litigants - 126.

Compositions - (7) 43, 64, 88, 107, 155, 298 (219); (8) Delight, 144; Plain, 46, 190, 361, 364, 528, 573, 684, 720, 765, 813; Surprise, 31, 110, 139, 176, 219 (250), 336, 359, 422, 462, 470, 478, 479 (491), 518, 560 (587, 598, 619, 653, 684, 731, 779), 571, 586, 622, 656 (683), 730 (744, 763, 780, 811), 736, 814; Treble Bob, 171, 523, 577-8, (9) 46, 94, 119, 251, 352, 438, (10) Delight, 512; Plain, 121, 502, 598; Surprise, 281, 448; (11) 748, 438.

Complacency - 641-2, 699.

Cornwall - Dedications, 382, 429, 746; outings, 365, 540, 573, 685; ringing peals of, 14; tour, 588.

Coronation - 443, 491, 507.

Corrigan, A. J., publications of - 444, 475.

County boundaries of Cornwall and Devon - 424, 459, 491, 507.

Coventry Diocesan Guild - 45, 108, 121, 331, 718.

Cranborne peal - 331, 363, 380, 396, 412, 427, 443, 475, 477, 507, 523.

Cumberland and North Westmorland Association - 284.

Cumberland outings - 445, 540, 618.

Date touch - 46, 814.

Days of Eye - 780, 811, 826.

Deaths. See under respective counties.

Dedications. See under respective counties.

Derbyshire Association - 89, 94, 333; dedication, 201; outings, 428, 445; tours, 745-6, 761; wedding, 634.

Devonshire Ringers, Guild of - 45, 94, 139, 193, 282, 300, 320, 347, 365, 444, 502, 538, 602, 620, 702, 778, 798, 810; deaths and obituaries, 174, 236; dedications, 28, 60, 91; outings, 26, 349, 365, 442, 477, 509, 540, 541, 573, 781; tours, 530, 537, 588, 633-4, 652, 830; weddings, 382, 396.

Dorset - Deaths and obituaries, 494, 637, 702; dedications, 62, 77, 506; outings, 428; ringers' festival, 470; tours, 172, 478, 650, 668.

Double-handed peal on tower bells. See Two tower bells to a peal.

Dudley and District Guild - 269, 458, 809.

Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Association - 109, 429, 697, 796.

Durham - Deaths and obituaries, 136, 158, 462.

Dyer, John - 760, 796.

East Derbyshire and Notts Association - 285.

East Grinstead and District Association - 204, 589, 717.

East Retford Ringers - 269.

Echo-effect. See Whole-pull changes.

Editor of "The Ringing World" - 475, 497, 523, 593.

Eiffel Tower, Paris, Bells for - 472.

Ely Diocesan Guild - 58, 220, 281, 348, 364, 489, 653.

Errata - 8, 24, 88, 236, 710.

Essex Association - 42, 77, 92, 250, 273, 395-6, 413, 473, 601-2, 624, 634, 650, 781; deaths and obituaries, 62, 78, 90, 110, 124, 350, 366, 380, 427, 686; dedications, 12, 153, 219; outings, 364, 477, 493, 669, 685, 765; tours, 553, 556; wedding, 589.

Exeter Cathedral - 41, 51, 57, 91, 426, 588, 634, 648, 652, 794, 808.

False peals - 203, 811.

Fifty different Surprise peals - 685.

Films, Bells in - 312, 459, 507, 602.

Fire, Bells give warning of - 714.

First peal in the method - (8) Delight, 274; Plain, 675, 706, 756, 771, 772; Surprise, 4, 82, 98, 259, 434, 627, 757, 803; (10) Delight, 402; Surprise, 34, 242, 338, 674; (12) Surprise, 226, 434.

First peal on the bells - (5) 116, 214, 437, 534, 597, 661, 694, 725; (6) 4, 54, 70, 86, 198, 245, 261, 292, 356, 357, 374, 404, 436, 517 (539), 550, 564, 614, 646, 708, 712, 741, 742, 758, 774, 804; (8) 499; (10) 722, 732.

First peal on the bells since augmentation - (6) 340, 773; (8) 340, 370, 691; (12) 66, 310.

First peal on the bells since recasting - (6) 52, 341, 533; (8) 148; (10) 498; (12) 547.

First peal on the bells since rededication - (6) 38.

First peal on the bells since rehanging - (6) 22, 54, 198, 212, 308, 323, 372, 436, 725, 806; (8) 67, 259, 354, 419, 548, 580, 594, 675, 692; (12) 520.

Five hundred peals in one tower - 169.

Five peals in one day - 274, 281.

Footnotes to peals - 779.

Flintshire and its Bells - 817.

For beginners - and a word to the older hands - 425, 438, 454, 470, 486, 502, 518, 540, 556, 566, 582, 598, 620, 637, 653, 669, 679, 700, 710, 733, 748, 765, 781, 798, 813.

Freedom Bell - 299.

Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association - 93, 190, 204, 233, 266, 444, 474, 617, 618, 702.

Gloucestershire - Deaths and obituaries, 62, 158, 826; outings, 282, 350, 381, 397, 430, 461, 604, 618, 764; tours, 490, 601-2, 604, 668; wedding, 364.

Golden Wedding - 125.

Goldsmith Commemoration Dinner - 681.

Great Tom - 289.

Greenhorn to Grandsire - 217.

Guildford Diocesan Guild - 9, 76, 252, 265-6, 459, 460, 490, 525, 569, 588, 681.

Guildford Ringers - 80.

Halifax and District Association - 285, 454, 523, 682.

Hampshire - Deaths and obituaries, 414, 525, 778; dedications, 153, 669; outings, 282, 397, 428, 442, 458, 461, 477, 541, 589, 669, 717.

Handbells, Carols on. See Carols.

Hawkley peal - 412, 427, 443.

Haworth, James Robert - 188, 220, 252, 283.

Heads of Wye - 796.

Henry Johnson Commemoration Dinner - 185-6.

Hereford Diocesan Guild - 413, 566.

Herefordshire - Outings, 381, 618; tours, 490, 668.

Hertford County Association - 76, 158, 202, 296, 297, 298, 359, 442, 486, 573, 702, 717, 718, 728, 797.

Hertfordshire - Deaths and obituaries, 158, 574, 590; outings, 44, 304, 445, 492, 509, 556, 635, 685; tours, 553, 555; wedding, 171.

His first peal at sixty-nine - 10.

Hitchin Bell Foundry - 635, 702.

Hodsons of St. Mary Cray - 331, 363.

Holt's Original and Penning's One-Part - 539.

How good a ringer are you? - 657, 680, 699, 710, 731.

Huddersfield District Society - 41, 172, 602, 765, 827.

Illustrations - 26, 73, 169, 188, 201, 298, 314, 330, 346, 361, 377, 396, 410, 569, 589.

In Memoriam peals. See King George VI.

Insurance of ringers - 161, 203.

Irish Association - 94, 201, 281, 348, 566, 622, 794; deaths and obituaries, 318, 350, 380.

Irregular methods - 28, 43, 59, 91, 107, 123, 137, 171, 410, 457-8, 475, 507, 539, 619, 651, 731, 792-3, 795.

Jones, Samuel - 826.

Kent County Association - 61, 76, 108, 109, 249-50, 267, 283, 327, 411, 476, 526, 698, 717, 733, 748; deaths and obituaries, 14, 78, 152, 174, 270, 286; dedications 174, 233, 269; outings, 349, 394, 416, 445, 493, 494, 509, 638; tours, 444, 579, 606.

King George VI. - 97, 105, 113, 120, 121, 123, 129, 137, 161, 205; In Memoriam peals, 100, 114-7, 130-5, 146-51, 162-3, 181, 197, 226; In Memoriam quarter peals, 105, 122, 140-1, 156-7, 173.

Ladies' Guild - 29, 154, 170, 190, 313, 396, 440, 459, 474, 490, 569, 634, 670, 697, 729.

Lady tenor ringers - 104, 120, 123, 137, 155.

Lancashire Association - 27, 62, 313, 413, 458, 573, 620; deaths and obituaries, 142, 174, 637, 807; dedications, 730; outings, 445.

Lavenham Ringing Anniversary - 441.

Leadership - 17-18.

Learners, In defence of - 625.

Lecture - 748.

Leeds and District Society - 93, 172, 252, 300, 397, 442, 494, 582, 650, 827.

Leicester Diocesan Guild - 332, 491, 506.

Leicestershire - Deaths and obituaries, 398, 574; dedications, 110, 250, 429; outings, 298, 349, 364, 445, 476, 478; tours, 346, 542, 745-6, 761; wedding, 171.

Lent and Easter - 209, 225, 235, 267, 283.

Lightest Ring of Six - 13, 29, 43, 573.

Lincoln - 154, 337, 369, 377-80, 385-6, 393-4, 409-10, 425. See also Central Council.

Lincoln Diocesan Guild - 619.

Lincolnshire - Deaths and obituaries, 414, 764; outings, 330, 349, 428; weddings, 268.

Liverpool Cathedral tenor bell - 232, 268, 283, 412.

Liverpool Parish Church - 334, 523, 730.

Livery Companies, Gifts of bells by - 153, 747.

Llandaff and Monmouth Association - 139, 268, 411, 444, 508.

London County Association - 121, 314, 473; dedications, 809; outing, 397.

London, Three peals of, in one day - 18, 26.

Long peal composers of Treble Bob Major - 145.

Longest peal of Minor - 88, 137, 155, 171, 187, 219, 220, 376; by lady, 523, 539.

Lowering bells between services - 683.

Major Hesse Weekend - 714.

Manchester University Guild - 668, 684.

Meadowmanship. See Belfrymanship.

Memorial Fund, Harold Pailing's - 32, 125, 155.

Memorial to - Benton, C. T., 397; Motts, J., 489; Pratt, J. J., 217; Turner, C., 268.

Method extension - 1, 44, 221, 237, 345, 349, 380, 459, 491, 524, 584, 603, 635, 651, 667, 700, 731.

Methods (figures) - (5) 752; (6) 171; (8) 31, 144, 176, 359, 684, 720, 768, 780, 813; (10) 512, 635, 765.

Middlesex County Association - 93, 125, 204, 314, 347, 460, 473, 698, 777, 807; deaths and obituaries, 398, 462, 621, 670; wedding, 489.

Midland Counties Guild - 89, 330, 506, 542, 733.

Minor and Doubles - 43.

Minor and the Young Conductor - 353.

Mirfield Tan - 750, 764, 780, 811.

Morris, Josiah - 441.

Motives - 465-6.

Name peals - Frederick, 594, 600, 635, 667; John, 764; William, 226, 235.

Nash, Thomas - 171, 203.

National Guild of Police Ringers - 9, 73-4.

National Occasions, Ringing on - 489.

New Zealand, Ringing in - 93, 331, 433, 698, 829; death and obituary, 430.

Norfolk - Deaths and obituaries, 286, 462; dedications, 236, 302, 454; outings, 428; tours, 521; Imperial, 826.

North Staffordshire Association - 746, 809.

North Wales Association - 426.

Northamptonshire - Deaths and obituaries, 78, 124, 300, 621; dedications, 504, 522; outings, 364, 446, 573, 750.

Norwich Diocesan Association - 110, 172, 205, 268, 298, 348, 359, 470, 506, 589, 654, 764, 810.

Nottinghamshire - Deaths and obituary, 778, 826; dedications, 28, 701; fours, 527, 745-6, 761.

Obituaries. See under respective counties.

Octogenarians' Peal - 291, 299, 314.

Ordination of Cheltenham Ringer - 396.

Outings. See under respective counties.

Oxford Diocesan Guild - 109, 327, 333, 350, 414, 457-8, 460, 507, 510, 539, 569, 571, 682, 698, 717.

Oxford, Peals at St. Mary-the-Virgin's - 152, 187, 203.

Oxford Society of Change Ringers - 253.

Oxford University Society - 154, 346, 809. See also Oxford, Peals at St. Mary-the-Virgin's.

Oxfordshire - Death and obituary, 605; outings, 428, 461, 493, 573, 618, 778; tours, 578-9, 585-6.

Peal boards and posterity - 541.

Peals questioned - 315, 541.

Peal ringers of 1951 - 41, 75, 89.

Peals Analysis - 11, 75, 91, 785, 792-3, 812, 829.

Peals with no observation bells - 152, 155, 187.

Peterborough Diocesan Guild - 74, 93, 636, 684, 698.

Plain Bob with four blows behind - 619, 651, 684.

Plain Major Methods, Collection of - 417, 475, 507, 509, 635, 651, 666, 683, 829.

Police Ringers. See National Guild of.

Practice meetings in the City of London - 683, 715, 747, 763.

Preservation of bell frames - 507, 779; of old bells, 441, 481-2, 504, 650.

Press - 10, 361. See Central Council.

Prize Ringing - 90.

Queen's Accession - 118, 164.

Queen's - 43, 64, 88, 107.

Quex Park bells - 41, 411.

Railwaymen's Peals - 11, 27, 44, 322.

Raising and lowering in peal - 81-2, 123, 137.

Rambling Ringers, Society of - 604, 621.

Ramblings - 433.

Record length peal - 9; attempts, 40, 121, 747, 794.

Remembrance Sunday Ringing - 747, 776, 781, 782.

Ringer's Husband - 363; Outing, 417, 433, 609-10; Roll of Honour, 410; Wife, 267, 273, 315.

Ringing Customs - 103, 123.

Ringing during National mourning. See King George VI.

Ringing Master - 673.

Ringing Rhymes - 58, 89, 103, 123, 170, 186, 204, 220, 236, 266, 365, 462, 480, 496, 685; Verse, 43, 75, 119, 203, 470, 508, 518, 616, 617, 618, 813. See also Bells in English Life.

Ropes, care of - 43.

Roving Ringers, Society of - 125, 248, 588, 795, 808.

Royal Cumberland Youths, Society of - 57, 269, 442, 649, 650, 807.

Rutland outings - 478, 541.

St. Andrew's University Society - 155.

St. David's Diocesan Guild - 204, 424, 429, 665.

St. Martin's Guild - 58, 269, 473; Youths, 554-5, 572, 587, 605, 636, 666, 762; 50 Years Ago, 822.

Salisbury Diocesan Guild - 13, 60, 77, 92, 103, 298, 330, 345, 359, 489, 588, 665, 732, 764, 810.

Sallies, Height of - 651, 683, 715.

Scotland, Ringing in - 449-50.

Scottish Association - 411, 413, 424, 682, 698, 764; deaths and obituaries, 430, 462.

Selby and District Society - 297.

Sheffield and District Society - 190, 619.

Shropshire Association - 139, 205; death and obituary, 62; dedications, 492, 797, 809; outings, 282, 428, 492, 509.

Silent peals - 11, 387.

Silver wedding - 697.

Simpson, Dr. J. C. E. - 105, 124, 137, 142, 146, 164, 620.

Snowdon Commemoration Dinner - 716.

Snowdon Scholars - 347.

Somerset - Deaths and obituaries, 14, 62, 158, 174, 350, 621; dedications, 604, 730; outings, 350, 428, 446, 461, 477, 493, 494, 586, 669, 717, 750; tours, 172, 601-2, 604, 610, 617, 633-4, 650, 668.

South Africa, Ringing in - 38, 59, 94.

South of England Ringers' Rally - 329, 330.

Southend and District Guild - 108.

Southwell Diocesan Guild - 76, 284.

Special methods - 673, 714.

Spliced Minor - 123.

Spliced Surprise - (8) 71, 76, 478, 726; (10) 183, 662; (12) 2, 82, 498.

Stafford, Society for the Archdeaconry of - 93, 234, 359, 442, 582, 717, 778.

Staffordshire - Deaths and obituaries, 174, 807; outing, 638; tours, 542.

Stained glass window - 298.

Stedman - (5) 475, 555; (7) 155, 177-8, 427; (9) 438; (11) 748.

Steel or wooden frames - 155, 169, 203.

Strasbourg Clock - 202, 250.

Suffolk Guild - 44, 126, 233, 478, 778, 810; deaths and obituaries, 270, 670; dedications, 12, 61, 701, 797; outings, 364, 428, 445, 493, 509, 669, 685; tours, 362, 553, 556.

Sunday ringing - 11, 24, 27, 33, 59, 65, 75, 80, 91, 107, 137, 315, 331, 475. See also Cranborne peal.

Surrey Association - 125, 172, 285, 300, 460, 491, 525, 650, 813; deaths and obituaries, 14, 78, 124, 142, 205, 220, 236, 318, 637, 670, 734; outings, 416, 445, 446, 493, 586; tour, 428; weddings, 330, 572, 589.

Sussex County Association - 190, 348, 490; deaths and obituaries, 525, 541, 574, 670, 686, 798; dedication, 28; outings, 416, 445, 446, 493, 586, 589, 604, 717; tours, 444, 579, 606; weddings, 201, 299.

Swansea and Brecon Guild - 172, 474, 589, 810.

Television - 8, 26.

Tenor bells - 523, 651. See also Lady tenor ringers and Liverpool Cathedral tenor.

Three sisters - 72, 91, 107.

Tittums. See Queen's.

Tompion, Thomas - 219, 235.

Tours. See under respective counties.

Tower permissions - 609-10, 653, 667, 699, 710, 715, 795.

Treble Bob - 523, 539, 555, 577-8 (747), 619, 651. See also Mirfield Tan.

Trumpets, silver. See Biblical silver trumpets.

Truro Diocesan Guild - 251, 327, 665, 698.

Tubular bells - 337-8.

Turret clocks. See clocks, one-handed.

Two tower-bells to a peal - 293, 619, 653, 710.

United States of America - Deaths and obituaries, 334, 398.

Universities Association - 25, 527, 738, 745-6, 761.

University of Bristol Society - 92, 187, 205, 282, 344.

University of London Society - 186, 430, 650.

Unorthodox methods. See Irregular methods.

Warwickshire - Deaths and obituaries, 110, 334, 686, 764; dedications, 797; outings, 461, 477, 478, 527; tours, 490, 604.

Welsh - Death and obituary, 366; outings, 380, 397, 428, 444, 461, 477, 618; tours, 490, 626, 634.

Westmorland outings - 445.

Whittington's. See Queen's.

Whole-pull changes - 635, 665, 699, 762.

Wiltshire - Deaths and obituaries, 124, 174, 270, 414, 446; outings, 397, 428, 446, 458, 461, 493, 778; tours, 601-2, 633-4, 668.

Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild - 42, 93, 108, 125, 251, 345, 382, 505-6, 569, 681, 793, 795.

Windsor, Curfew Tower - 155, 169, 203.

Worcestershire and Districts Association - 314, 634, 732; death and obituary, 734; outings, 527, 604, 669, 764; tours, 490, 668.

York Minster - 826; Veterans of, 269.

Yorkshire Association - 26, 90, 109, 204, 217, 381, 426, 444, 555, 618, 666, 813; dedications, 12, 363, 441, 730, 825; outings, 541, 556, 685; tours, 546-7, 570-1.

Young peal band - 299, 331, 347, 443.

Young Ringing Masters - 8, 11, 43.

100 peals - 108, 572, 800.

200 peals - 364.

250 peals - 494.

300 peals - 302, 460.

400 peals - 605.

500 peals - 94, 154.

900 peals - 89.

50 different Surprise Major peals - 685.

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