On Monday, 9th February 2009 at Shrewsbury, St Chad in 47 minutes

 

A Quarter Peal of 1280 Spliced Surprise Major

Four methods: 480 Rutland; 320 each Cambridge, Lincolnshire; 160 Yorkshire; 35 changes of method

Tenor 16-1-19 in F

John D Neal   (Shrewsbury)

Treble

  Alan M Glover   (Shrewsbury)   5
Jacqueline C Barden  (Shrewsbury)

2

  Adrian G Roberts   (Shrewsbury)   6
Gillian R Glover   (Shrewsbury)

3

  Nicholas J Green   (Shrewsbury) (Cond) 7
Richard D Blagrove   (Shrewsbury)

4

  Mark Adams   (Edgmond)   Tenor

Rung on the light eight in F                       First quarter peal of Spliced Surprise Major - 2

Rung to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin at The Mount House, Shrewsbury on 12 February 1809.
Darwin was baptised in this church.

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