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 Yorkshire Association
Tenor 12 cwt
On Saturday 23 November, 1889, in 3 hours and 4 minutes
A Peal of 5088 Kent Treble Bob Major
Ringers
- John J. Brierley
- John Holden
- Joseph Wood
- James H. Shaw
- Franklin Brierley
- Benjamin Shaw
- John T. Dicken
- William Schofield
Composed by John J. Brierley
Conducted by Franklin Brierley
Footnotes
J. Holden hails from Mossley; Shaw from Lindley, near Huddersfield; Dicken from Christ Church, Saddleworth.
YACR report gives the composer as William Harrison (peal 68).
Notes BN 1889 p 416
Historic Saddleworth Church 