Shropshire Association
Shrewsbury, Shropshire - at the Collegiate Church of St Mary the Virgin 

On Saturday, 15th February 1969, in 3 hours

A Peal of 5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by J Bruerton

Tenor 19-2-10 in E flat

Frederick G Beddow Treble   Ernest F Willcox 5
Gillian Bosworth-Smith 2   Philip R Johnson 6
Michael J Orman 3   Philip J Evans 7
Reginald H Newton 4   Alfred E G Owen Tenor

Conducted by Ernest F Willcox

First peal of Grandsire Triples - 2, 3               25th peal together - 5, 7               First Grandsire Triples as conductor

First of Triples on the bells for 105 years, the last peal of Triples being rung on February 15th 1864

540. RW3022.229 21.iii.1969