Glasgow Surprise Major

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
36-56.14.58-58.36-14-38.16-16.38,18
Leadhead
g 13527486
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Glasgow Surprise Major
Method below
Glasgow Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BEcd
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
1630
Leads in course
7
Lead length
32
Plain course length
224
Hunt bells
1
Working bells
7
Stationary bells
0
Maximum blows in one place
2
Music score (default scheme)
♫ 48
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 28 Dec 1946 First peal on towerbells 5152 Glasgow Surprise Major by the Kent County Association at All Saints, Frindsbury, Kent, conducted by John E Spice
Sat 25 Nov 1967 LongLength on towerbells 11872 Glasgow Surprise Major by the St Martin's Guild at St Bartholomew, Edgbaston, West Midlands, conducted by Roderick W Pipe
Sat 6 Jan 1968 LongLength on towerbells 12096 Glasgow Surprise Major by the Lancashire Association at St James, Accrington, Lancashire, conducted by Richard J Parker
Thu 21 Mar 1968 First peal on handbells Glasgow Surprise Major by the Hertford County Association at St Albans, Herts
Sat 21 Feb 1970 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45m) by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at All Saints, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, conducted by Anthony R Peake
Sun 21 Sept 1986 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45m) by the Essex Association at St Mary, Ilford, Essex, conducted by Adrian C Malton
Wed 6 Jan 1988 LongLength on towerbells 12096 Glasgow Surprise Major by the St Martin's Guild at St Bartholomew, Edgbaston, West Midlands, conducted by Paul Needham
Sat 15 Jun 2002 LongLength on towerbells 15008 Spliced Surprise Major (67m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford, Oxfordshire, conducted by Simon J L Linford
Sun 16 Oct 2005 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major by the Saint James' Guild at St Bartholomew, Sproxton, Leicestershire, conducted by David C Brown
Fri 28 Oct 2005 LongLength on towerbells 22400 Spliced Surprise Major (100m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Bell Foundry Campanile, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Simon J L Linford
Sat 11 Nov 2006 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45 methods) by the Bedfordshire Association at St Nicholas, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, conducted by Michael J Trimm
Sun 6 Jan 2008 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45 Methods) by the Saint James' Guild at Christ Church, Spitalfields, Greater London, conducted by Michael J Trimm
Thu 1 Jan 2009 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Lawrence, Jewry, City of London, conducted by John N Hughes-D'Aeth
Sat 12 May 2012 LongLength on towerbells 14688 Glasgow Surprise Major by the Saint James' Guild at Christchurch, Spitalfields, Greater London, conducted by David C Brown
Sun 16 Apr 2017 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45 Methods) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St James Garlickhythe, Garlick Hill, City of London, conducted by Andrew J Graham
Tue 16 Apr 2019 LongLength on towerbells 10368 Spliced Surprise Major (4 Methods) by the Saint James' Guild at St Andrew's Centre, Pershore, Worcestershire, conducted by Alan G Reading
Wed 27 May 2020 First inclusion in a quarter peal on keyboards 1504 Spliced Surprise Major (23m) at Bosham & Portsmouth, Ringing Room, West Sussex & Hampshire, conducted by Benjamin J Carey
Tue 18 Aug 2020 First inclusion in a peal on keyboards 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (23m) at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Julian O Howes
Sat 8 Oct 2022 LongLength on towerbells 10304 Spliced Surprise Major (23m) by the Saint James' Guild at St Nicholas, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, conducted by David C Brown
Tue 30 Jan 2024 LongLength on handbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45m) by the Guild of St Cuileáin at 26 Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, conducted by Jack E Page
Sat 13 Sept 2025 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Glasgow Surprise Major by the Peterborough Diocesan Guild at St Andrew, Whilton, Northamptonshire, conducted by Richard J Angrave