News from the bell ringers

  • News
  • 24 June 2013

On Wednesday 19 June 2013, a quarter peal of 1,259 changes of Grandsire Caters was rung consisting of 49 minutes continuous ringing.

1, Peter Wilkinson; 2, Malcolm Murphy; 3, Jane Owen; 4, Harry N Grange; 5, Andrew
Tyler; 6, Andrew J Rawlinson; 7, Matthew D Warburton; 8, Brian J Owen; 9, K George Lee (C); 10, Andrew D Ingham, rung to mark the appointment of Right Reverend David Walker as the new Bishop of Manchester.

One 'change' consists of a complete row of ten notes, each bell being sounded once. All 1,259 rows consist of a different combination of each row without any repetition.