On Saturday, 28th May 1955 in 3 hours and 1 minutes A peal of 5040 Minor (3m: 1 extent Oxford Treble Bob; 3 extents Kent Treble Bob, Plain Bob) 3 Frank Birkett 4 Raymond Suart 5 Harold Wilson 6 James E Burles (C) Rung in honour of the wedding, earlier in the day, of Mr Harry Barnes and Miss Joan Currie, two ardent church workers and members of the belfry. Also to mark the anniversary of the wedding of Mr and Mrs Alan Capstick, of Ambleside. On Saturday, 29th July 1961 in 3 hours and 14 minutes Composition: J J Parker 2 James E Burles (C) 3 W Thomas Turner 4 William Wall 5 Harry Barnes 7 Dennis Ellisdon 8 Gordon Richins First peal of Triples: 7. Rung for St James' Day (July 25th). Also to celebrate the birth of a daughter to the Vicar (Revd C P Stannard) and Mrs Stannard. On Saturday, 7th July 1956 in 3 hours and 10 minutes Composition: Holt's Ten-part 3 Thomas Turner 4 Ronald Wilton 5 Henry Barnes 6 James E Burles (C) 7 John Bagnall 8 Gordon Richins First peal: 1, 5, 8. On Saturday, 15th February 1964 in 2 hours and 54 minutes 2 Nicholas M Newby_jun 3 Alan Capstick 5 James E Burles (C) 6 A Hedley Wood 7 William Wall First peal of Grandsire: 2. On Saturday, 12th March 1960 in 3 hours and 6 minutes A peal of 5040 Plain Bob Major Composition: George Williams 1 Gordon Richins 2 James E Burles (C) 3 Frederick H Crawley 5 Henry Barnes 6 James E [Lancashire] Blackburn 7 John Perkins 8 John Bagnall First peal in the method: 1, 5. First peal: 7. Rung in appreciation of the services of John Perkins to St James' belfry over the past year; he is shortly leaving the district. On Saturday, 17th May 1969 in 3 hours and 5 minutes 2 Stanley Walmsley 3 Geoffrey Tembey 4 William Wall 5 John Bagnall 6 Kevin M Price 7 Alan Capstick (C) First peal of Grandsire Triples: 1. 100th peal: 5. Circled tower: 5. Rung for the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the church, May 18th, 1869.
On Saturday, 19th June 1971 in 3 hours and 6 minutes A peal of 5008 Plain Bob Major Composition: R N Scholes 1 Alan Capstick 3 Geoffrey Tembey 5 Stanley Walmsley 6 Hubert H Furminger 7 Colin F Gates 8 Kevin M Price (C) A farewell to Mr James E Buries, ringer at this church for over 50 years and tower captain for over 25 years (RW p564). On Saturday, 28th October 1978 in 2 hours and 50 minutes 2 John Bagnall 3 Stanley Walmsley 4 Stanley Anderton 5 Barbara M Rigg 6 Alan Capstick 7 Alan Butler (C) First of Major: 7. Farewell compliment to the Vicar. On Monday, 2nd September 1974 in 2 hours and 51 minutes A peal of 5024 Cambridge Surprise Major Composition: Albert J Pitman 2 Stephen J Bateman 3 Steven G Everett 4 Paul A Thompson 5 Neil A Cullum 6 Thomas F Metcalfe 7 Bernard H Taylor (C) 8 Norman R Mattingley On Monday, 25th July 1977 in 2 hours and 48 minutes A peal of 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major Composition: J Thorp 1 Stanley Walmsley 3 John Bagnall 4 Alison L Kendall 5 Hilary J Atkinson 6 Patrick L H Brooke 7 Kevin M Price (C) First of Kent Treble Bob Major: 4, 5 and 6. For the centenary of the dedication of these bells (25 July, 1877). Also Patronal Festival. Also silver wedding compliment to Mr and Mrs R D Rigg. ST THOMAS SOCIETY On Thursday, 24th August 1978 in 3 hours and 1 minutes A peal of 5088 London Surprise Major Composition: Stephen J Ivin 2 David J Dearnley 3 Ruth Blackwell 4 Anne L Barter 5 Ian D Harris 6 Mark Regan 7 David C Brown (C) 8 Paul N Mounsey 100th together: 2 and 8. On Saturday, 5th May 1979 in 2 hours and 57 minutes 1 Brian Maudsley 3 John Bagnall 4 Jacqueline Edmondson 5 Hilary J Atkinson 6 Stanley Walmsley 7 Alan Butler (C) First Major inside: 4. To welcome the new vicar (Revd David King). On Saturday, 15th September 1979 in 2 hours and 56 minutes 2 Mary S Barlow 3 Barbara M Rigg 4 Jacqueline Edmondson 5 Alan Butler 7 Patrick L H Brooke (C) For Gift Day. On Saturday, 18th December 1982 in 2 hours and 46 minutes 12 part 1 Kevin M Price (C) 2 L Martin Daniels 3 Andrew J Holland 5 Kenneth J Rider 6 John S Sharples 7 Paul Needham 8 Raymond J Clayton
On Saturday, 19th May 1984 in 2 hours and 56 minutes 2 Diana J Handley 3 Barbara M Rigg 4 Stanley Walmsley 5 Jacqueline Edmondson 7 Thomas F Metcalfe (C) 8 Kevin Mayfield For the 50th anniversary of John Bagnall's first peal (April 21 1934). Rung after a previous attempt on the exact day was set up with two parts to go. ELY DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION On Monday, 30th July 1984 in 3 hours and 7 minutes A peal of 5184 London Surprise Major Composition: Stephen D Chandler 2 Susan E Tyrrell 3 Peter V D Swift 4 Charlotte A Gould 5 Alison L Brooke 6 Graham Bloom 7 Jonathan D Shanklin 8 John S Warboys (C) Birthday compliment to Carole Kendall and Christine Seaman. On Friday, 24th May 1985 in 2 hours and 54 minutes A peal of 5184 Plain Bob Major Composition: R Barnes 1 Diana J Handley 2 Ann S Wightman 3 Alison J Brittliff 5 Barbara M Rigg 6 Hilary J Atkinson 7 Stanley Walmsley (C) 25th together: 4, 7. To mark the opening of the new Furness General Hospital by HM the Queen today while this peal was in progress. On Saturday, 7th April 1990 in 2 hours and 55 minutes 1 Brian Maudsley 2 Thomas F Metcalfe (C) 3 Diana J Handley 4 Paul A Thompson 5 Phillip S Whalley 6 Ann S Thompson 7 Andrew J B Ingram Circled tower: 8. Rung open in thanksgiving for the life of Canon Eric Notman, Rural Dean of Furness; Curate of St James', Barrow, 1959 to 1963, Curate of St Andrew's, Penrith, 1963 to 1966, and Vicar of St John's, Barrow Island, from 1966 until his sudden death in March this year. LEICESTER DIOCESAN GUILD On Tuesday, 7th August 1990 in 2 hours and 27 minutes A peal of 5040 Stedman Triples Composition: Arr. John Pladdys (No.26) 2 Andrew B Mills 3 John Pladdys (C) 4 Andrew J Palk 5 W John Grainger 6 Peter G C Ellis 7 Peter J Townsend 8 Michael E C Mears On Sunday, 5th June 1994 in 3 hours and 3 minutes A peal of 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composition: Nathan J Pitstow 2 Diana J Handley 3 Ann S Thompson 4 J Andrew Pollock 5 Stephen T Metcalfe 6 Andrew J B Ingram 7 Paul A Thompson (C) A farewell to Revd Norman Hayton who is moving to Egremont Parish.
Ringers listed alphabetically 1 Stanley Anderton 3 Hilary J Atkinson 13 John Bagnall 1 Mary S Barlow 1 Harry Barnes 2 Henry Barnes 1 Anne L Barter 1 Stephen J Bateman 1 Frank Birkett 1 James E [Lancashire] Blackburn 1 Ruth Blackwell 1 Graham Bloom 1 Alison J Brittliff 1 Alison L Brooke 2 Patrick L H Brooke 1 David C Brown 5 James E Burles 3 Alan Butler 7 Alan Capstick 1 Raymond J Clayton 1 Neil A Cullum 1 L Martin Daniels 1 David J Dearnley 3 Jacqueline Edmondson 1 Peter G C Ellis 1 Dennis Ellisdon 1 Steven G Everett 1 Hubert H Furminger 1 Colin F Gates 1 Charlotte A Gould 1 W John Grainger 4 Diana J Handley 1 Ian D Harris 2 Andrew J B Ingram 1 Alison L Kendall 1 Norman R Mattingley 2 Brian Maudsley 1 Kevin Mayfield 1 Michael E C Mears 1 Stephen T Metcalfe 11 Thomas F Metcalfe 1 Andrew B Mills 1 Paul N Mounsey 1 Paul Needham 1 Nicholas M Newby_jun 1 Andrew J Palk 1 John Perkins 1 John Pladdys 1 J Andrew Pollock 4 Kevin M Price 1 Mark Regan 3 Gordon Richins 1 Kenneth J Rider 4 Barbara M Rigg 1 Jonathan D Shanklin 1 John S Sharples 1 Raymond Suart 1 Peter V D Swift 1 Bernard H Taylor 2 Geoffrey Tembey 2 Ann S Thompson 3 Paul A Thompson 1 Peter J Townsend 1 Thomas Turner 1 W Thomas Turner 1 Susan E Tyrrell 3 William Wall 1 John S Warboys 1 Phillip S Whalley 1 Ann S Wightman 1 Harold Wilson 1 Ronald Wilton 1 A Hedley Wood
Ringers listed by number of peals 13 John Bagnall 11 Thomas F Metcalfe 7 Alan Capstick 5 James E Burles 4 Diana J Handley 4 Kevin M Price 4 Barbara M Rigg 3 Hilary J Atkinson 3 Alan Butler 3 Jacqueline Edmondson 3 Gordon Richins 3 Paul A Thompson 3 William Wall 2 Henry Barnes 2 Patrick L H Brooke 2 Andrew J B Ingram 2 Brian Maudsley 2 Geoffrey Tembey 2 Ann S Thompson 1 Stanley Anderton 1 Mary S Barlow 1 Harry Barnes 1 Anne L Barter 1 Stephen J Bateman 1 Frank Birkett 1 James E [Lancashire] Blackburn 1 Ruth Blackwell 1 Graham Bloom 1 Alison J Brittliff 1 Alison L Brooke 1 David C Brown 1 Raymond J Clayton 1 Neil A Cullum 1 L Martin Daniels 1 David J Dearnley 1 Peter G C Ellis 1 Dennis Ellisdon 1 Steven G Everett 1 Hubert H Furminger 1 Colin F Gates 1 Charlotte A Gould 1 W John Grainger 1 Ian D Harris 1 Alison L Kendall 1 Norman R Mattingley 1 Kevin Mayfield 1 Michael E C Mears 1 Stephen T Metcalfe 1 Andrew B Mills 1 Paul N Mounsey 1 Paul Needham 1 Nicholas M Newby_jun 1 Andrew J Palk 1 John Perkins 1 John Pladdys 1 J Andrew Pollock 1 Mark Regan 1 Kenneth J Rider 1 Jonathan D Shanklin 1 John S Sharples 1 Raymond Suart 1 Peter V D Swift 1 Bernard H Taylor 1 Peter J Townsend 1 Thomas Turner 1 W Thomas Turner 1 Susan E Tyrrell 1 John S Warboys 1 Phillip S Whalley 1 Ann S Wightman 1 Harold Wilson 1 Ronald Wilton 1 A Hedley Wood