In bell ringing, a ‘peal’ is a period of ringing, usually lasting around three hours and with over 5000 changes – all rung from memory of the method ‘blue line’. They are often rung for special occasions and commemorated with boards in towers.

The Almondbury Society

Tenor 12 cwt

On Monday 14 April, 1884, in 3 hours and 20 minutes

A Peal of 5376 Violet Treble Bob Major

Ringers

1. Allen Boothroyd
2. John Jenkinson
3. John G Hardy
4. Allen Womersley
5. Abraham Haigh
6. William Womersley
7. Walter Boothroyd
8. Walter Lodge

Conducted by Walter Lodge

Composed by John Collins

Footnotes:- This is the first peal of Violet on the bells, and the first in the method by all of the company.
Notes BN 1884 p31