Bell Ringing for Christmas 2024
As well as ringing on Christmas morning and at midnight on New Year’s Eve, the bell ringers had two extended rings in the build up to Christmas.
The first was a full peal the week before Christmas on 15th December. This took thre hours to complete with full details as follows:
St Andrew
Sunday, 15 December 2024 in 3h
5056 Spliced Surprise Major (12m)
(576 Superlative; 448 Bristol; 384 Aldenham,
Ashtead, Cambridge, Cassiobury, Lincolnshire,
London, Pudsey, Rutland, Uxbridge, Yorkshire;)
Arranged from M.C.W. Sherwood
1 Colin Friend
2 Helen J Carter
3 M Louise Booth
4 Anthony J Bloomfield
5 Adrian C Malton (C)
6 Jonathan R Slack
7 Clive J Stephenson
8 Matthew E Rayner
Rung for the Season of Advent.
First of Spliced S Major – 2.
Most methods – 6, 7.
The second extended piece of ringing was a date touch on Christmas Eve. This was 2024 changes to celebrate Christmas 2024 and took about one hour and 15 minutes to complete. Full details as follows:
St Andrew
Tuesday, 24 December 2024
2024 Spliced Plain Major (2m)
(8 Little Bob; 2016 Plain Bob)
Composed by Donald F Morrison
1 Julie A Bloomfield
2 Michelle A Stephenson
3 Anthony J Bloomfield
4 John M Church
5 William J Stungo
6 Andrew P Barham
7 Roderic K Bickerton
8 Clive J Stephenson (C)
Rung for Christmas 2024.
Longest length – 2.