St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide
Adelaide 50th Anniversary Peal
On Wednesday 20th February 2013 a peal of Grandsire Triples was rung at St Peter's Cathedral Adelaide, 50 years to the day after the first peal on the bells, also Grandsire Triples.
Making the peal especially memorable was the repeat performances of two of the band, David Bleby and Enid Roberts, who were both in the original peal, although they both rang further around the front this time around, proving that 50 years has made them not only older but wiser also.
The band consisted of David Bleby and Enid Roberts, both members of the original band, Bill Perrins, expertly calling yet another peal, Matthew Sorell, ringing the tenor seemingly with ease, Ian Harris, a former Captain at St Peter's who flew in from Perth, Chris and Ruth Stokes, frequent visitors to Adelaide from the UK, and Matthew Ball. With very few trips and good ringing it was a lovely peal, receiving much acclaim from the local residents and positive feedback from the media.
As is customary, we then proceeded to the Queen's Head to re-hydrate with a well earned beer or two. Now we just have to start planning the centenary peal in 2063 :-)
St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide
Wednesday 20th February 2013 in 3:31 (41-1-0)
5040 Grandsire Triples
Composed: JJ Parker
- Ruth Stokes
- Ian D Harris
- B Enid L Roberts
- David J Bleby
- Christopher C Stokes
- Matthew A Ball
- William T Perrins (C)
- Matthew J Sorell
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first peal on the bells, and a tribute to Adelaide ringers past.
You can hear a snippet of the peal on You Tube http://youtu.be/mJzRxGitvCY
Matthew Ball
Sounds
The following recordings were made on New Years Eve 2000 and New Years Day 2001. The recordings were made in the sound chamber.
- Ringing out the old year at 11.55pm (18 secs, 405KB)
- Tolling the tenor (41-1-0) 12 times at 11:59pm (45 secs, 972KB)
- Ringing in the new Millennium at midnight (15 secs, 340KB)
All sounds are recorded by the ringers and may be freely distributed. If distributed, it would be nice if it was mentioned that the recording was of St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, South Australia.
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