Shropshire Association

Richard Steven's Peal Week
Dolgellau, Merionethshire - at the Church of St Mary the Virgin 

On Friday 1st September 1972, in 3 hours and 10 minutes

A Peal of 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major

Composed by Sir A P Heywood

Tenor 14½ cwt

Elizabeth Stevens Treble   Thomas R Garrett 5
Lorna E Bedford 2   Kenmure A Russell 6
Philip J Day 3   Richard C Stevens 7
Clive W Simpson 4   A Patrick Cannon Tenor

Conducted by A Patrick Cannon

First in the method - 3, 4, 5, 6          First peal on the bells since 1948 and since rehanging in 1959

The conductor has now rung a peal in every county in England, Wales and the Channel Isles

634. RW3207.825 13.x.1972