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 Saturday 7 March, 1959, in 2 hours and 47 minutes

A peal of 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Minor

C.C.C. Nos 150, 152 and 153.

Ringers

1. Roger Maher
2. Donald F. C. Malloch
3. Frederick Shallcross
4. John P. Partington
5. F. John Nelson
6. Edward Jenkins

Composed by …

Conducted by Edward Jenkins

Footnotes:

First peal of Treble Bob Minor:- 1, 2, 3, 5.
Notes RW 1959 p 185