Peals Rung at Allesley

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There has been a long history of peal ringing at Allesley since the first peal on the bells in 1909. The band was particularly strong in terms of peal ringing in the couple of decades or so after WWII, Frank Perrins, Jack Taylor & Peter Border spending some of this time as captain and/or peal organiser. Allesley has never a "peal machine" tower but one where peals are consistently rung and therefore the list now tops 240.

There were no peals rung when the bells were an anticlockwise 5.

Notice how few peals of triples have been rung on the bells, e.g., 51 years between peals of Grandsire and 40 years between peals of Stedman. Those learning to ring in the 1950s and 1960s at Allesley can still ring surprise well and foul up triples easily!

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  Date Changes Method(s) Time Guild/Assoc
1 24/09/1909 5040 Plain Bob Minor 2h 45m Warwickshire Guild
2 18/11/1911 5040 Minor (3M) 2h 54m Warwickshire Guild
3 18/05/1912 5040 Plain Bob Minor 2h 43m Warwickshire Guild
4 16/11/1912 5040 Plain Bob Minor 2h 55m Warwickshire Guild
5 14/12/1912 5040 Grandsire Doubles 2h 56m Warwickshire Guild
6 13/05/1913 5040 Plain Bob Minor 3h 02m Warwickshire Guild
7 28/07/1913 5040 Plain Bob Minor 3h 03m Warwickshire Guild
8 17/04/1914 5040 Plain Bob Minor 3h 17m Warwickshire Guild
9 22/05/1914 5040 Plain Bob Minor 3h 01m Warwickshire Guild
10 23/06/1917 5040 Plain Bob Minor 3h 01m Warwickshire Guild
11 15/12/1917 5040 Plain Bob Minor# 2h 55m Warwickshire Guild
12 14/06/1919 5040 Plain Bob Minor 2h 57m Warwickshire Guild
13 01/11/1919 5040 Plain Bob Minor 3h 02m Warwickshire Guild
14 29/11/1919 5040 Grandsire Doubles 2h 57m Warwickshire Guild
15 14/08/1920 5040 Plain Bob Minor 2h 51m Warwickshire Guild
16 06/11/1920 5040 Minor (5M)^^^ 2h 55m Warwickshire Guild
17 28/03/1921 5040 Minor (7M)^^^ 2h 52m Warwickshire Guild
18 25/06/1921 5040 Plain Bob Minor 2h 57m Warwickshire Guild
19 22/10/1921 5040 Minor (7M) 2h 52m Warwickshire Guild
20 03/12/1921 5040 Minor (7M) 2h 51m Warwickshire Guild
21 15/07/1922 5040 Plain Bob Minor 2h 51m Warwickshire Guild
22 28/04/1923 5040 Minor (2M) 2h 47m Warwickshire Guild
23 26/12/1923 5040 Minor (7M) 2h 48m Warwickshire Guild
24 13/02/1924 5040 Minor (7M) 2h 50m Warwickshire Guild
25 02/05/1927 5040 London S Minor 2h 45m Warwickshire Guild
26 21/05/1927 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 42m Warwickshire Guild
27 19/12/1927 5040 Minor (7M) 2h 46m Warwickshire Guild
28 18/06/1928 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 45m Warwickshire Guild
29 02/07/1928 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 41m Warwickshire Guild
30 10/09/1928 5040 London S Minor 2h 47m Warwickshire Guild
31 22/10/1928 5040 Wells S Minor 2h 46m Warwickshire Guild
32 06/11/1929 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 45m Warwickshire Guild
33 08/01/1930 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 45m Warwickshire Guild
34 02/05/1931 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 51m Warwickshire Guild
35 04/10/1932 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 45m Warwickshire Guild
36 04/01/1933 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 46m Warwickshire Guild
37 28/02/1933 5040 London S Minor 2h 43m Warwickshire Guild
38 06/02/1934 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 50m Warwickshire Guild
39 05/05/1934 5040 Minor (4M) 2h 40m Warwickshire Guild
40 03/08/1939 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 39m Warwickshire Guild
41 17/10/1943 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 44m Warwickshire Guild
42 16/08/1945 5040 London S Minor^^
"The Victory Peal"		 2h 37m Warwickshire Guild
43 19/09/1946 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 45m Warwickshire Guild
44 30/11/1946 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 40m Warwickshire Guild
45 21/12/1946 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 45m Warwickshire Guild
46 10/05/1947 5056 Plain Bob Major^^
(Bells now augmented to 8)		 2h 50m Coventry DG
47 01/09/1947 5056 Plain Bob Major 3h 00m Coventry DG
48 18/09/1947 5056 Cambridge S Major^^ 2h 48m Coventry DG
49 18/12/1947 5040 Double Norwich C B Major 2h 44m Coventry DG
50 24/04/1948 5040 Grandsire Triples 2h 55m Coventry DG
51 27/05/1948 5040 Stedman Triples 2h 44m Coventry DG
52 19/06/1948 5088 Kent T B Major 2h 49m Coventry DG
53 19/07/1948 5088 Rutland S Major  2h 48m Coventry DG
54 04/09/1948 5088 Yorkshire S Major  2h 40m Coventry DG
55 23/09/1948 5056 Plain Bob Major 2h 45m Coventry DG
56 23/10/1948 5056 Cambridge S Major  2h 47m Coventry DG
57 15/11/1948 5056 Plain Bob Major  2h 43m Coventry DG
58 02/04/1949 5040 Grandsire Triples 2h 55m Coventry DG
59 30/07/1949 5152 Plain Bob Major 2h 57m Coventry DG
60 29/10/1949 5056 Superlative S Major  3h 00m Coventry DG
61 26/11/1949 5008 Double Norwich C B Major  2h 44m Coventry DG
62 02/03/1950 5088 New Cambridge S Major   2h 44m Coventry DG
63 12/10/1950 5040 Plain Bob Major 2h 45m Coventry DG
64 09/12/1950 5056 Spliced S Major (4M)
(First Spliced Surprise for the Guild)		 2h 41m Coventry DG
65 31/12/1951 5088 Double Norwich C B Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
66 16/02/1952 5088 Plain Bob Major 2h 54m Coventry DG
67 01/10/1952 5088 Superlative S Major  2h 42m Coventry DG
68 26/12/1952 5088 Superlative S Major 2h 37m Coventry DG
69 07/02/1953 5040 Stedman Triples 2h 42m Coventry DG
70 22/06/1953 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 44m Coventry DG
71 07/12/1953 5088 Yorkshire S Major  2h 46m Coventry DG
72 13/02/1954 5056 Yorkshire S Major 2h 43m Coventry DG
73 11/03/1954 5056 Superlative S Major 2h 45m Coventry DG
74 10/04/1954 5184 London S Major^^ 2h 44m Coventry DG
75 15/05/1954 5040 Cambridge S Minor 2h 35m Coventry DG
76 08/07/1954 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 41m Coventry DG
77 14/08/1954 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 40m Coventry DG
78 28/08/1954 5056 Superlative S Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
79 12/05/1955 5056 Lincolnshire S Major 2h 40m Coventry DG
80 14/07/1955 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 46m Coventry DG
81 15/09/1955 5088 Superlative S Major 2h 46m Coventry DG
82 24/03/1956 5088 Yorkshire S Major
(Rung to commemorate the laying of the
foundation stone at the new Coventry Cathedral. 		2h 45m Coventry DG
83 30/04/1956 5088 Superlative S Major 2h 46m Coventry DG
84 13/04/1957 5152 Lincolnshire S Major 2h 46m Coventry DG
85 04/07/1957 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
86 16/07/1957 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
87 24/08/1957 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 47m Coventry DG
88 31/12/1957 5008 Double Norwich C B Major 2h 45m Coventry DG
89 01/02/1958 5024 Bristol S Major 2h 46m  Coventry DG
90 03/03/1958 5088 Rutland S Major 2h 47m Coventry DG
91 29/04/1958 5088 Rutland S Major 2h 45m Coventry DG
92 31/07/1958 5056 Plain Bob Major 2h 46m Coventry DG
93 09/04/1959 5056 Plain Bob Major 2h 45m Coventry DG
94 25/04/1959 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 39m Coventry DG
95 11/06/1959 5056 Plain Bob Major 2h 47m Coventry DG
96 08/10/1959 5120 Spliced S Major (6M) 2h 44m Coventry DG
97 14/11/1959 5120 Spliced S Major (8M) 2h 44m Coventry DG
98 10/12/1959 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 43m Coventry DG
99 11/02/1960 5088 London S Major 2h 43m Coventry DG
100 19/02/1960 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 39m Coventry DG
101 12/03/1960 5088 Pudsey S Major 2h 45m Coventry DG
102 23/09/1960 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 38m Coventry DG
103 05/11/1960 5056 Lincolnshire S Major 2h 41m Coventry DG
104 03/02/1962 5024 Double Norwich C B Major 2h 40m Coventry DG
105 24/03/1962 5056 Rutland S Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
106 25/05/1962 5056 Cambridge S Major ^^^ 2h 39m Coventry DG
107 07/06/1962 5088 Superlative S Major ^^^ 2h 40m Coventry DG
  Peals 106 & 107 were rung to mark the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral
108 23/08/1962 5024 Hinton S Major 2h 40m Coventry DG
109 09/03/1963 5024 Pudsey S Major 2h 39m Coventry DG
110 06/04/1963 5024 Lincolnshire S Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
111 20/07/1963 5056 Lincolnshire S Major 2h 35m Coventry DG
112 14/12/1963 5088 London S Major 2h 43m Coventry DG
113 15/09/1964 5024 Bristol S Major 2h 36m Coventry DG
114 30/01/1965 5024 Rutland S Major 2h 44m Coventry DG
115 04/12/1965 5056 Rutland S Major 2h 47m Coventry DG
116 17/05/1966 5152 Glasgow S Major 2h 55m Coventry DG
117 03/09/1966 5024 Pudsey S Major 2h 41m Coventry DG
118 07/01/1967 5088 Cambridge S Major 2h 55m Coventry DG
119 08/04/1967 5024 Olney S Major 2h 38m Coventry DG
120 13/05/1967 5088 London S Major 2h 37m St Martins Guild
121 03/06/1967 5056 Bristol S Major 2h 44m Coventry DG
122 01/07/1967 5088 Rutland S Major 2h 40m Coventry DG
123 21/11/1967 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 40m Coventry DG
124 30/12/1967 5152 Spliced S Major (4M) 2h 51m Coventry DG
125 03/02/1968 5056 Yorkshire S Major 2h 49m Coventry DG
126 03/05/1969 5120 Spliced S Major (4M) 2h 53m Univ. of Bristol Soc.
127 05/07/1969 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 49m Coventry DG
128 20/12/1969 5056 New Cambridge S Major 2h 39m Coventry DG
129 14/02/1970 5088 Cassiobury S Major 2h 53m Coventry DG
130 05/11/1970 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
131 30/01/1971 5168 Plain Bob Major 2h 45m Coventry DG
132 01/09/1971 5088 London S Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
133 21/09/1971 5024 Plain Bob Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
134 15/01/1972 5152 London S Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
135 15/07/1972 5040 Plain Bob Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
136 12/05/1973 5040 Cambridge S Minor* 2h 39m Non Association
137 07/12/1974 5120 Bristol S Major 2h 43m Coventry DG
138 11/01/1975 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 36m Coventry DG
139 26/04/1975 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 37m Coventry DG
140 12/07/1975 5040 Double Norwich C B Major 2h 39m Coventry DG
141 11/09/1975 5056 Plain Bob Major 2h 37m Coventry DG
142 08/11/1975 5120 Superlative S Major 2h 38m Durham Univ. Soc
143 05/05/1976 5152 Glasgow S Major 2h 48m Coventry DG
144 31/07/1976 5024 Rutland S Major 2h 33m Coventry DG
145 22/09/1976 5024 London S Major 2h 44m Coventry DG
146 01/12/1976 5088 Dorchester S Major 2h 41m Coventry DG
147 02/03/1977 5024 Bristol S Major 2h 32m Coventry DG
148 24/09/1977 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 41m Coventry DG
149 31/12/1977 5088 Kent T B Major 2h 48m Coventry DG
150 08/071978 5056 Bristol S Major 2h 34m Coventry DG
151 25/11/1978 5056 Plain Bob Major 2h 55m Coventry DG
152 13/01/1979 5056 Plain Bob Major 2h 47m Coventry DG
153 01/12/1979 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 47m Coventry DG
154 07/06/1980 5152 Spliced S Major (4M) 2h 49m Coventry DG
155 28/11/1981 5152 Lincolnshire S Major 2h 49m Coventry DG
156 13/02/1982 5024 Double Norwich C B Major 2h 50m Coventry DG
157 06/11/1982 5056 Plain Bob Major 2h 48m Coventry DG
158 26/03/1983 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 47m Coventry DG
159 14/05/1983 5056 Pudsey S Major 2h 34m Coventry DG
160 12/11/1983 5024 London S Major 2h 43m Coventry DG
161 27/10/1984 5056 Plain Bob Major 2h 44m Coventry DG
162 29/04/1985 5088 Pudsey S Major 2h 46m Coventry DG
163 30/06/1985 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 36m Coventry DG
164 03/08/1985 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 41m Coventry DG
165 31/05/1986 5056 Plain Bob Major 2h 46m Coventry DG
166 16/08/1986 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 50m Coventry DG
167 04/04/1987 5056 Cambridge S Major^^ 2h 58m Coventry DG
168 02/07/1988 5090 Rutland S Major
(90th Birthday compliment to
the treble ringer - Hubert Summers)		 2h 42m Coventry DG
169 17/12/1988 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 45m Coventry DG
170 18/02/1989 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 45m Coventry DG
171 30/03/1989 5184 Spliced S Major (8M) 2h 47m Oxford DG
172 15/07/1989 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 41m Coventry DG
173 30/06/1990 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 47m Coventry DG
174 16/03/1991 5120 Spliced S Major (6m) 2h 42m Coventry DG
175 16/04/1991 5056 Wye S Major 2h 45m Coventry DG
176 15/06/1991 5088 Spliced S Major (5M)^^ 2h 36m Coventry DG
177 21/09/1991 5024 Bristol S Major 2h 39m Coventry DG
178 29/02/1992 5056 Plain Bob Major 2h 39m Coventry DG
---- 14/11/1992 5024 Allesley S Major (FALSE) 2h 43m Coventry DG
179 06/03/1993 5152 Lincolnshire S Major 2h 40m Coventry DG
180 03/05/1993 5060 Spliced Major (2M) 2h 42m Coventry DG
181 18/09/1993 5088 Lincolnshire S Major 2h 46m Coventry DG
182 20/11/1993 5040 Stedman Triples 2h 34m Coventry DG
183 05/11/1994 5120 Spliced S Major (3M) 2h 48m Coventry DG
184 01/04/1995 5152 Thorium S Major 2h 46m Oxford DG
185 22/04/1995 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 41m Coventry DG
186 09/09/1995 5088 Lincolnshire S Major 2h 48m Coventry DG
187 10/11/1995 5024 Superlative S Major 2h 48m Coventry DG
188 08/04/1996 5152 Bristol S Major 2h 47m Chester DG
189 27/07/1996 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 43m Coventry DG
190 21/12/1996 5088 Bristol S Major 2h 51m Coventry DG
191 22/03/1997 5056 Cambridge S Major^ 2h 46m Coventry DG
192 07/06/1997 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 44m Coventry DG
193 18/10/1997 5056 Bristol S Major 2h 51m Coventry DG
194 21/02/1998 5088 Superlative S Major 2h 52m Coventry DG
195 06/06/1998 5056 Bristol S Major 2h 41m Coventry DG
196 19/12/1998 5152 Allesley S Major 2h 49m Coventry DG
197 19/07/1999 5152 Xeranthemum S Major 2h 48m Coventry DG
198 07/08/1999 5184 London S Major 2h 55m G & B DG
199 06/12/1999 5088 Thorne S Major 2h 40m Coventry DG
200 04/03/2000 5152 Lincolnshire S Major 2h 50m Coventry DG
201 16/06/2000 5090 Cambridge S Major 2h 46m Coventry DG
202 11/08/2000 5088 Yorkshire S Major 2h 44m Coventry DG
203 05/09/2000 5056 Septembre D Major 2h 48m St James Guild
204 30/09/2000 5040 Grandsire Triples 2h 53m Coventry DG
205 30/10/2000 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 48m Coventry DG
206 19/02/2001 5022 Lunar D Major 2h 41m Coventry DG
207 27/05/2001 5088 Allesley S Major 2h 50m Coventry DG
208 23/06/2001 5120 Spliced S Major (4M) 2h 49m Coventry DG
209 29/10/2001 5024 Bristol S Major 2h 41m Coventry DG
210 24/12/2001 5024 Rutland S Major 2h 46m Coventry DG
211 18/02/2002 5088 Qawra D Major 2h 41m Coventry DG
212 04/06/2002 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 51m Coventry DG
213 29/06/2002 5088 Lincolnshire S Major 2h 45m Coventry DG
214 28/09/2002 5056 Yorkshire S Major 2h 50m Coventry DG
215 09/11/2002 5024 Double Norwich C B Major 2h 44m Coventry DG
216 16/12/2002 5152 December D Major 2h 40m Coventry DG
217 31/03/2003 5088 Bristol Surprise Major 2h 49m Coventry DG
218 25/04/2003 5070 Spliced Major (2M) 2h 44m Coventry DG
219 13/10/2003 5056 Spliced S Major (8M) 2h 43m Coventry DG
220 06/12/2003 5056 Superlative S Major 2h 39m Coventry DG
221 06/03/2004 5152 Rutland S Major 2h 48m Lichfield & Walsall AS
222 12/06/2004 5120 Spliced S Major (4M) 2h 44m Coventry DG
223 19/07/2004 5040 Dorridge A Major 2h 37m Coventry DG
224 18/10/2004 5088 Bristol S Major^^^
(Mike Chester's 1000th peal)		 2h 46m Coventry DG
225 18/04/2005 5040 Minor (13M) 2h 35m Coventry DG
226 22/08/2005 5040 Keresley A Major 2h 40m Coventry DG
227 01/09/2005 5056 Cambridge S Major 2h 49m Coventry DG
228 23/12/2005 5152 Lindum S Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
229 20/02/2006 5096 Smith A Major 2h 38m Coventry DG
230 05/03/2006 5040 Plain Bob Major 3h 00m Warwick Univ. Soc.
231 22/04/2006 5088 Yatesbury Manor S Major 2h 38m Coventry DG
232 16/12/2006 5024 Superlative S Major 2h 38m Coventry DG
233 20/01/2007 5120 Kinver S Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
234 24/03/2007 5060 Yorkshire S Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
235 23/04/2007 5152 St George's S Major 2h 44m Coventry DG
236 09/06/2007 5060 Yorkshire S Major 2h 42m Coventry DG
237 01/08/2007 5100 Bristol S Major 2h 48m Leicester DG
238 16/09/2007 5056 Superlative S Major 2h 45m ASCY
239 19/11/2007 5100 Coventry Centenary A Major 2h 43m Coventry DG
240 28/04/2008 5075 Double Norwich C B Major 2h 39m Coventry DG
241 15/06/2008 5088 Bristol S Major^^^
(Gail Randall's 1000th peal)		 2h 44m Coventry DG
242 12/07/2008 5040 Double Norwich C B Major^^^^ 2h 47m Coventry DG
243 13/09/2008 5088 Double Dublin S Major 2h 40m Lancashire A
244 22/02/2009 5152 Spliced S Major (23M) 2h 48m Coventry DG
245 16/05/2009 5120 Superlative S Major 2h 43m Coventry DG
246 21/09/2009 5088 Septembre D Major 2h 35m Coventry DG
247 09/11/2009 5056 Plain Bob Major 2h 52m Coventry DG
248 15/02/2010 5088 Cumberland Exercise Treble Bob Major 2h 40m Coventry DG
249 18/10/2010 5056 Bristol S Major 2h 36m Coventry DG
250 11/12/2010 5152 Spliced S Major (4M) 2h 42m Coventry DG
251 21/06/2011 5056 Spliced S Major (8M) 2h 38m Coventry DG
252 18/09/2011 5056 Cambridge S Major
(This is the first peal after
the restoration of the bells)		 2h 41m Coventry DG
253 21/09/2011 5088 Forty S Major 2h 49m Coventry DG
* This peal was rung be a visiting band; each being called Bernard; Messrs. Hawkins
Ongley, Fairhead, Spiers, Taylor (C) and Groves!
# Peal commemorated by an etched and painted glass peal board, the peal rung in
memory of H Kettle, a local ringer and also Guild Secretary, who was killed in the Great War
^ Peal commemorated by a framed peal card in the ringing room
^^ Peal commemorated by a slate peal board on the ringing room wall
^^^ Peal commemorated by a painted wooden peal board on the ringing room wall
^^^^ Peal commemorated by a framed metal peal board on the ringing room wall