CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD

EAST BRANCH QUARTER PEAL FESTIVAL 2008

Well, what a difference a year makes. After grumbling about the state of enthusiasm in the largest Branch in the Chester Diocesan Guild, the 2008 Quarter Peal Festival has proved to be a positive breath of fresh air. Improvements all round over the two previous years. 18 successful quarters out of 23 attempted, involving 10 Branch towers. There was one quarter rung in a neighbouring Association tower. This was Yorkshire SM at Ashton St Peter, which until 1969 was in the old Bowdon, Stockport & Mottram Branch of the Chester Guild. Good to see you St Peter’s, if you would like to step back over the border, you’ll be more than welcome.

There was an impressive 32 firsts in something or other which shows that progress is being made.

Our thanks go to the hardy perennials who are always around to arrange quarters, also to those ringers from out of the Branch who helped to make this year’s Festival a success. Commiserations to those whose attempts ended in disappointment, but don’t leave such attempts just for the annual festival, there’s plenty of experienced ringers who will help you advance at any time of the year.

Alan McFall

£61.40

Dunham Massey, Cheshire. 1 March. 1260 Grandsire Doubles

Tim J Calvert 1, Bernard J Ongley 2, Wendy M Lee 3, Peter Wilkinson 4, K George Lee (C) 5, Jane P Hobbs 6.1^st qtr Grandsire inside : 3, 1^st qtr using the new amplifier.

Stockport, St George, Cheshire. 2 March. 1260 Grandsire Triples

Debra J Heaton 1, Anne E Mayes 2, Lois Kelly 3, Fiona Forbes 4, Trevor W Marchbank 5, Steven P Kelly 6, Andrew C D Mayes (C) 7, Andrew C Regan 8.

1^st qtr on 8 : 1. For Mothering Sunday evensong

Dunham Massey, Cheshire. 2 March. 1260 Grandsire Triples

Tim J Calvert 1, Julia Davies 2, Bernard J Ongley 3, Alastair E Roberts 4, Andrew J Darling 5, Dennis Latham 6, K George Lee (C) 7, Peter Wilkinson 8.

1^st qtr on 8 : 1. Rung on the back 8. For Mothering Sunday

Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire. 5 March. 1260 Grandsire Doubles

Christine Broadley 1, Polly Brown 2, Esther Venables 3, Peter Malloch 4, Clive R Calton (C) 5, Andy Venables 6.

1^st of Grandsire : 2

Macclesfield, St Michael, Cheshire. 6 March. 1346 Cambridge Surprise Maximus

Ivor R Nichols 1, Christine Broadley 2, Clive R Calton 3, Andrew C D Mayes 4, Frank Osbaldiston 5, David W Friend (C) 6, Alan Wootton 7, Ian J Brown 8, Dennis Latham 9, William H Dowse 10, J David Atkinson 11, K George Lee 12.

Norbury, Hazel Grove, Cheshire. 6 March 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (5m)

Fiona Forbes 1, Rorick Houghton 2, Val A Andrews 3, Rebecca Glen 4, Peter Broadbent 5, Anthony J Freemont 6, James E Andrews 7, Simeon W Farrington (C) 8.

1^st 5 spliced SM : 6. Rung to wish Geoffrey R Gardner a swift and complete recovery.

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire. 7 March. 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Christine Broadley 1, Kathy Jones 2, Wendy Malloch 3, Esther Venables 4, Clive R Calton 5, Peter Malloch 6, Jeffrey Brannan (C) 7, Matthew J Jones 8.

1^st qtr Yorkshire SM : 2 & 4.

Rostherne, Cheshire. 8 March. 1260 Doubles (5m)

Wendy M Lee 1, Bernard J Ongley 2, Dennis Latham 3, David W Friend 4, K George Lee (C) 5, Tim J Calvert 6.

A birthday compliment to Wendy Lee, and with best wishes to Canon Noel Rodgers, Vicar of Rostherne, who is currently in hospital recovering after major heart surgery.

Dunham Massey, Cheshire. 9 March. 1260 Plain Bob Minor & Doubles

Christine M Armstrong 1, Wendy M Lee 2, Jonathan D Calvert 3, Julia Davies 4, K George Lee (C) 5, Tim J Calvert 6.

1^st extent of minor : 1. 1^st qtr of mixed minor and doubles : 1, 2, 3, 4, & 6.

Stockport, St George, Cheshire. 9 March. 1260 Plain Bob Royal

Frank Osbaldiston 1, Denise Hughes 2, Tim Hughes 3, Cordelia Warr 4, Alec Osbaldiston 5, Anthony J Freemont 6, Clive R Calton 7, Dennis Latham 8, Simeon W Farrington (C) 9, David W Kipling 10.

1^st qtr on 10 : 2 & 3.

Dunham Massey, Cheshire. 11 March. 1260 Doubles (2m) Grandsire and Plain Bob alternate extents

Tim J Calvert 1, Julia Davies 2, Wendy M Lee 3, Dennis Latham 4, K George Lee (C) 5.

1^st qtr on 5 bells : 1, 3 & 4. 1^st qtr inside in more than one method : 3.

Macclesfield, Christ Church Cheshire. 12 March. 1282 Yorkshire Surprise Royal

Graham Jenkins 1, Christian J Brown 2, Frank Osbaldiston 3, Clive R Calton 4, Ivor R Nichols (C) 5, Kevin J Rogers 6, David W Friend 7, Ian J Brown 8, J David Atkinson 9, William H Dowse 10.

1^st qtr of Royal : 2.

Dunham Massey, Cheshire. 12 March. 1272 Treble Bob Minor (2m) 552 Oxford TB, 720 Cambridge S

Wendy M Lee 1, Julia Davies 2, Rosemary S Spencer 3, Andrew J Darling 4, Dennis Latham 5, K George Lee (C) 6.

1^st qtr of Treble Bob : 1. 1^st qtr on a simulator : 3.

Macclesfield, St Peter, Cheshire. 14 March. 1376 Cambridge Surprise Major

Ellen Brown 1, Helen Foster 2, Kevin J Rogers 3, Ian J Brown 4, Christian J Brown 5, Barry Corbishley 6, Ivor R Nichols (C) 7, J David Atkinson 8.

1^st qtr Surprise Major : 5

Bredbury, Cheshire. 15 March. 1280 Superlative Surprise Major

Dennis Latham 1, K George Lee 2, Malcolm Murphy 3, Bernard J Ongley 4, Alastair Roberts 5, Andrew J Darling 6, Matthew E Rayner 7, Peter Wilkinson (C) 8.

Cheadle, Cheshire. 15 March. 1260 Hunslet Bob Triples

Matthew E Rayner 1, Andrew J Darling 2, Bernard J Ongley 3, Alastair E Roberts 4, Dennis Latham 5, Peter Wilkinson 6, K George Lee (C) 7, Malcolm Murphy 8.

1^st qtr in the method by all

Macclesfield, St Michael, Cheshire. 16 March. 1264 Plain Bob Major

Kevin J Rogers 1, Helen Foster 2, Doreen Dawson 3, J David Atkinson 4, W J Charles Seddon 5, Christian J Brown 6, Ian J Brown 7, Ivor R Nichols (C) 8.

1^st qtr Plain Bob Major : 6

Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire. 2 April. 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (Std 8)

Stephen G Hughes 1, Emily Thurrell 2, Christine Broadley 3, Rebecca Glen 4, Clive R Calton 5, Dennis Latham 6, K George Lee 7, Andrew C D Mayes (C) 8.

1^st of 8 spliced : 2