Shropshire Association

Malinslee, Shropshire - at the Church of St Leonard 

On Saturday, 3rd January 1953, in 2 hours and 45 minutes

A Peal of 5040 Grandsire Doubles

Being 30 six-scores (10 callings) and 6 240's (Morris's arrangement)

Tenor 8¼ cwt

Brian Amias Treble   R Michael Barnett 4
G Leonard Hewitt 2   Henry Douglas 5
Margaret Jones 3   Alan V Edwards Tenor

Conducted by Henry Douglas

First peal - Treble, 3          First peal as conductor

First peal of Grandsire by all, except the ringer of the 2nd               First peal on the bells for 18 years

(The last footnote is inaccurate. A letter from E Dennis Poole to RW 20.ii.1953 points out the peals rung on 26.xii.1938, 24.vi.1939 and 28.x.1944, all for the Shropshires)

246. RW2184.84 6.ii.1953