SHEFFIELD, YORKSHIRE.

THE YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION AND THE
SHEFFIELD AND
OLD EAST DERBYSHIRE AMALGAMATED SOCIETY.

On Saturday, September 27, 1919, in Three Hours and Eighteen Minutes,

A PEAL OF BOB MAJOR, 5088 CHANGES;

SAM THOMAS (Cathedral)

Treble

HAYDN THORPE (Cathedral)

5

J. OSGUTHORPE (Ranmoor)

2

FRANK WARD (Cathedral) *

6

J. E. L. COCKEY.(Ranmoor)

3

I WILLIAM BIGGIN (Norton)

7

JOHN THORPE (Cathedral)

4

C. HAYNES (Ranmoor)

Tenor

Composed by FRANCIS HOPWOOD. Conducted by SAM THOMAS.

Rung with the bells
half-muffled as an affectionate tribute to the memory of the late
Mr. Arthur Ward, Private, 14th York and Lancaster Regiment,
and sometime member of the Ranmoor company, who gave his life
for his country in action at Gavrelle, July 1st, 1917. The peal was
 rung by a few of his colleagues, prior to the unveiling by Mrs. Nicholls,
wife of the Vicar of Ranmoor, of a brass tablet placed in the ringing
chamber in his memory, by members of the local company.

* First peal by the ringer of the 6th.

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THE PEAL AT RANMOOR.
In the report of the peal at Ranmoor, published last week,
the ‘first Peal’ was by the ringer of the 5th and not the 6th.
The name of the ringer of the 2nd is J. Osguthorpe, and of 7th William Biggin.

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