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

The Lancashire Association

Tenor 10 cwt. 1 qr. 6 lb. in G

On Friday 27 May, 1949, in 2 hours and 48 minutes

A peal of 5152 Cambridge Surprise Major

Ringers

1. Vernon Sykes
2. Selwyn H. Dearden
3. Stephen L. Parry
4. Arthur Tomlinson
5. James Fearnley
6. John Worth
7. Wilfred Stevenson
8. Fred W. Dunkerley

Composed by C. Middleton

Conducted by Fred W. Dunkerley

Footnotes:

First in the method away from the treble.:- 3.
Notes RW 1949 p 274