St Martin's Guild Compositions

(621435)	M	W	H
143625		s	–
24356	2	2	2
36542	–	–	2
34265	2	–	–
54623	–	2	–
(42536)	2	2

s = 34 Single; Start with rounds as the 39th row of the lead.

Not atw.

Rung on towerbells by the St Martin's Guild at Cathedral Church of St Philip, Birmingham, West Midlands on Saturday 27 February 1988, conducted by Frances Dodds

Date rung: 27 Feb 1988

5025 Rutland Surprise Major

Composed by Paul Needham

(3254768)	M	B	T	W	H
2436578					s
32465		s	s
43265		s	s
52364	–	s	s
35264		s	s
23564		s	s
53624	–	–			–	A
36524		s	s		–
62534	–		–
45236	–	s	s
32546		s	s	–
53246		s	s
62345	–	s	s
36245		s	s
23645		s	s
23456			A

s = 1278 Single; Start with rounds as the 32nd row of the lead.

Rung on towerbells by the St Martin's Guild at St Peter, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands on Wednesday 2 March 1988, conducted by Paul Needham

Date rung: 2 Mar 1988

5081 Maypole Alliance Maximus

Composed by Roderick W Pipe

	4	7	9
432658709		a
24365			s–s
T234567890E	–	b		(7)
0ET23456789		c
4567890ET23		d
342567890ET		e
234567890ET			s–s

Far calls; h = 10ET Single; b = 3T HL Bob; Start at backstroke with rounds as the 40th row of the lead.

a = h1.b6.11.13 (15)

c = 7.b9.10.b12 (15)

d = s2.s3.b4.s4.s5 (9)

e = b2.3.b5.6.13 (15)

Rung on towerbells by the St Martin's Guild at Cathedral Church of St Philip, Birmingham, West Midlands on Thursday 24 March 1988, conducted by Roderick W Pipe

Date rung: 24 Mar 1988

5120 8-Spliced Surprise Major

Composed by Paul Needham

2345678	M	W	B	H	Methods
3758264				–s	S.B.
37825		–	[–]¹		LS.CPR.N[Y
(23875)	[ss	–			R.B.N.
5738264	–]¹	2		–s	PLCS.]¹C.YNYLP.R.B.

7 part; 4th observation in first part.

¹ Omit in part 7.

Contains 640 Bristol, Cambridge, Lincolnshire (N), London, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative, Yorkshire; 159 com; atw.

Rung on towerbells by the St Martin's Guild at St Bartholomew, Edgbaston, West Midlands on Saturday 14 May 1988, conducted by Paul Needham

Date rung: 14 May 1988

5040 Grandsire Caters

Composed by Paul Needham

23456789	1	2	3	4	5
32458967	–		s	–
43258	–	–	–
24358	–	–	–
45328		–	–	–
25348976		–		–	–
52347689	–		s	–
34257		–	–	s
23457	–	–	–
35427		–	–	–
42537		–	–	s
23548679		–	s	–
34528		–	–	–
42538		–	–	–
23547689		–	s	–
34527		–	–	–
43528976	–		s	–
23548967		–		–	–
32546789	–		s	–
63245	–	–	s
34265		–	–	–
23465	–	–	–
42365	–	–	–
54263	–	–	s
26453		–	–	s
32654	–	–	s
43256	–	–	s
24356	–	–	–
32456789	–	–	–

2 part.

Rung on towerbells by the St Martin's Guild at St Martin, Birmingham, West Midlands on Monday 30 May 1988, conducted by Paul Needham

Date rung: 30 May 1988

5000 Maypole Alliance Maximus

Composed by Paul Needham

23456	M	W	H
43256			s––
53264	s	s
32465	s	[3]¹	2

2 part.

¹ Replace bracketed calls with sWsW in part 2.

Rung on towerbells by the St Martin's Guild at St Martin, Birmingham, West Midlands on Tuesday 5 July 1988, conducted by Paul Needham

Date rung: 5 Jul 1988

5041 Maypole Alliance Maximus

Composed by Roderick W Pipe

(32547698E0T)	1	3	4	6	7	8	9	11
32547698T0E					a
32547698ET0				b				–
T234567890E				b		–		b
274563890ET					c
324567	z						–s
43658709TE2	b	–							(7)
432567890ET			–		b
23456789ET0			b				–s	–
234567890ET				b				–

Far calls; b = 3T HL Bob; z = 123T HL Single; h = 10ET Single; Start at backstroke with rounds as the 40th row of the lead.

a = h1.s4.z6.b10

c = z9.z10.10.b12.12.b14.z20 (20)

Rung on towerbells by the St Martin's Guild at Cathedral Church of St Philip, Birmingham, West Midlands on Thursday 7 July 1988, conducted by Roderick W Pipe

Date rung: 7 Jul 1988

5026 Littleport Little Surprise Maximus

Composed by Paul Needham

234567890	M	W	H
54326		2	2
34256		2	–
36452	2		–
53264	2	–	s
34265	–		–s––s
324658709		a
(324657890)		b
634257890		–
(425367890)	–	––s

a = 5.s6.7.s10.13.s14.17.20.s24.26.H.H.sH.H.H (31,1,1,1,1,1)

b = 5.s6.7.s10.13.s14.17.20.s24.26

Rung on towerbells by the St Martin's Guild at Cathedral Church of St Philip, Birmingham, West Midlands on Thursday 28 July 1988, conducted by Paul Needham

Date rung: 28 Jul 1988

5088 Clydeside Surprise Maximus

Composed by Roderick W Pipe

23456	M	W	H
43526		2	–
53246		2	–
24536		–	–
23645	2	–	–
34625		2
23456	2	2	2

Rung on towerbells by the St Martin's Guild at Cathedral Church of St Philip, Birmingham, West Midlands on Thursday 29 September 1988, conducted by Roderick W Pipe

Date rung: 29 Sep 1988

5136 Cambridge Surprise Maximus

Composed by Paul Needham

234567890ET	5	6
4237856ET90		a
532467890ET		b
43265	s	s
4327865ET90		3c
634257890ET		d
234567890ET	s	s

a = s1.s2.s3.s4.5.11.11 (5,11,11)

b = s1.s2.s3.s4.6.s11.s11 (5,11,11)

c = s1.s2.s3.s4 (5)

d = s1.s2.s3.s4.s6.s11 (5,11)

Rung on towerbells by the St Martin's Guild at Cathedral Church of St Philip, Birmingham, West Midlands on Thursday 20 October 1988, conducted by Paul Needham

Date rung: 20 Oct 1988

St Martin's Guild Compositions (1988)