Primrose Surprise Minor

also known as Ringers Surprise (H Chant 1965 index)
Blue Line
Properties
Changes
  • Adjacent
  • Identity
  • Jump
  • Static
  • Dynamic
  • Cross
  • Pure
  • Penultimate
  • Touching Places
Hunt bells
  • Principle
  • Hunter
    • One
    • Multiple
    • All
Working bell cycles
  • Monocyclic
  • Isocyclic
  • Differential
Hunter classes
  • Plain
    • Place
    • Bob
    • Single
  • Alliance
  • Treble Place
  • Treble Dodging
    • Treble Bob
    • Delight
    • Surprise
  • Hybrid
  • Little
Symmetry
  • Asymmetric
  • Palindromic
  • Double
  • Rotational
  • Offset
Leadheads
  • Plain Bob
  • Grandsire
  • Original
  • Cyclic
  • Rounds
Course properties
  • True plain course
  • True leads
  • Right place
  • Uneven parity
  • Layered
Place notation
-36-14-12-36-14-56,16
Leadhead
g 135264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Far
Method above
Primrose Surprise Minor
Method below
Cambridge Surprise Minor
Accepted extension path
EP3-1BC/1DE , EP4-2/7:4:1/5:4:1
Compositions designed for this method
254
Leads in course
5
Lead length
24
Plain course length
120
Hunt bells
1
Working bells
5
Stationary bells
0
Maximum blows in one place
2
Music score (default scheme)
♫ 31
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 5 Feb 1927 First inclusion in a peal on towerbells 5040 Minor by the Lincoln Diocesan Guild at St Guthlac, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, conducted by Horace M Day
Sat 13 Aug 1927 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Minor (14m) by the Lincoln Diocesan Guild at St Andrew, West Deeping, Lincolnshire, conducted by Horace M Day
Wed 12 Apr 1950 First peal on towerbells 5040 Primrose Surprise Minor by the Hereford Diocesan Guild at St Michael and All Angels, Kingsland, Herefordshire
Sun 2 Sept 1956 First peal on handbells Primrose Surprise Minor by the Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at Gosport, Hants
Sat 29 Apr 1961 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m) by the Salisbury Diocesan Guild at St John the Baptist, Mildenhall, Wiltshire, conducted by John R Mayne
Sat 1 Mar 1969 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Surprise Minor (14m) by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at St James, Ashwick, Somerset, conducted by Adrian P Beck
Sat 29 Nov 1980 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Surprise Minor (14m) by the Bedfordshire Association at St Andrew, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, conducted by Mark Regan
Sat 20 Nov 1982 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Surprise Minor (14m) by the Guild of Devonshire Ringers at St Peter, Brampford Speke, Devon, conducted by Martin J Whiteley
Sat 17 Dec 1983 LongLength on towerbells 15120 Surprise Minor (21m) by the University of London Society at All Saints, Huntington, North Yorkshire, conducted by Peter J Sanderson
Mon 2 May 1988 LongLength on towerbells 11520 Surprise Minor (16m) by the Southwell Diocesan Guild at St Mary and All Saints, Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire, conducted by George A Dawson
Fri 30 Dec 1988 LongLength on towerbells 12240 Surprise Minor (41m) by the Suffolk Guild at St Mary the Virgin, Grundisburgh, Suffolk, conducted by James A Smith
Sun 13 Dec 1992 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Surprise Minor (41m) by the Bedfordshire Association at St Michael and All Angels, Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire, conducted by Peter G C Ellis
Sat 18 May 1996 LongLength on towerbells 30240 Surprise Minor (41m) by the Saint James' Guild at Blessed Virgin Mary, Ston Easton, Somerset, conducted by Peter G C Ellis
Sat 26 Oct 1996 LongLength on towerbells 16560 Surprise Minor (23m) by the Southwell Diocesan Guild at St Mary and All Saints, Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire, conducted by Andrew B Mills
Wed 18 Feb 2004 LongLength on handbells 21600 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (102m) by the Cambridge University Guild at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts (St Catharine's)
Sat 3 Apr 2004 LongLength on handbells 10080 Treble Dodging Minor (14m) by the Cambridge University Guild at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts (St Catharine's)
Tue 13 Apr 2004 LongLength on handbells 10080 Treble Dodging Minor (21m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 27 Apr 2004 LongLength on handbells 15120 Spliced Treble-Dodging Minor (70m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Sun 16 May 2004 LongLength on handbells 21600 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) by the Cambridge University Guild at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts (St Catharine's)
Wed 23 Jun 2004 LongLength on handbells 20160 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 31 Aug 2004 LongLength on handbells 15120 Treble Dodging Minor (21m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria St (GF), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Sat 2 Oct 2004 LongLength on handbells 50400 Treble Dodging Minor (70m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Cecily Road, Coventry, West Midlands, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 5 Oct 2004 LongLength on handbells 10080 Treble Dodging Minor (52m) by the Cambridge University Guild at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts (St Catharine's)
Wed 8 Jun 2005 LongLength on handbells 10800 Surprise Minor (15m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Wed 13 Jul 2005 LongLength on handbells 17280 Treble Dodging Minor (43m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Fri 22 Jul 2005 LongLength on handbells 25200 Treble Dodging Minor (35m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Tue 4 Oct 2005 LongLength on handbells 18720 Treble Dodging Minor (26m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Sun 28 May 2006 LongLength on handbells 12240 Treble Dodging Minor (17m) by the Society of Cambridge Youths at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
Sat 10 Feb 2007 LongLength on handbells 36000 Treble Dodging Minor (50m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Sun 6 May 2007 LongLength on handbells 72000 Treble Dodging Minor (100m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Fri 25 Jan 2008 LongLength on handbells 24480 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (178m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 12 Victoria Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Andrew J W Tibbetts
Mon 18 May 2009 LongLength on handbells 23040 Treble Dodging Minor (32 Methods) at 12 Victoria St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
Sat 6 Jun 2009 LongLength on handbells 64800 Treble Dodging Minor (90 Methods) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire
Sun 6 Dec 2009 LongLength on towerbells 15120 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m) by the Guild of Devonshire Ringers at Bishops-Ting-Tong, Bishopsteignton, Devon, conducted by Michael E C Mears
Sat 25 Sept 2010 LongLength on towerbells 20160 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147 methods) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Paul, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, West Midlands, conducted by David J Pipe
Wed 27 May 2020 First inclusion in a quarter peal on keyboards 1272 Spliced Surprise Minor (6m) at Teignbridge, Ringing Room, Devon, conducted by Mike Wigney (Bovey Tracey)
Sat 10 Oct 2020 LongLength on handbells 15120 Treble Dodging Minor (21m) by the Guild of St Cuileáin at 26 Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, conducted by Jack E Page
Fri 23 Oct 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1272 Primrose Surprise Minor by the Durham & Newcastle Diocesan Association at Ringing Room, Heighington, conducted by Chris Enzor
Sun 24 Jan 2021 First inclusion in a peal on keyboards 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m) by the University of Bristol Society at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Julian O Howes
Fri 18 Jun 2021 LongLength on handbells 30240 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (212m) by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at 26 Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, conducted by Jack E Page
Wed 10 Jan 2024 LongLength on handbells 29520 Surprise Minor (41m) by the Society of Cambridge Youths at 53 Covent Garden, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
Sat 9 Mar 2024 LongLength on handbells 18720 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 89 Wheatear Road, Yatton, Somerset, conducted by Alan G Reading
Sat 30 Nov 2024 LongLength on towerbells 18720 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (147m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Blessed Virgin Mary, Ston Easton, Somerset, conducted by Alan G Reading