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 Yorkshire Association

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

On Thursday 13 March, 1958, in 2 hours and 59 minutes

A peal of 5040 Kent Treble Bob Minor

Being two 2,160’s and a 720

Ringers

1. Mary H. Schofield
2. B. Gillian Schofield
3. Maurice J. Thurmott
4. Joseph Burgess
5. Peter Dawson
6. Harold B. Schofield

Composed by …

Conducted by Maurice J. Thurmott

Footnotes:

First peal of Minor in the method:- 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.
Rung in memoriam Margaret S. Rhodes.
Notes RW 1958 p 201. + YACR peal list