Date of Birth: 12/12/1927

Date of Death: 05/02/2012

Age at death: 84

Trade or profession: School Master

Biographical references:

Prolific peal ringer

Societies:

Society offices held: Peter was President of the Leicester Diocesan Guild from 1958-1961 and before that had been Chairman of the Leicester District Committee.

Places:

Place of Birth: Leicester

Began ringing at: Anstey

Tower from biographical record etc.: St. Peter's Carmarthen in South Wales and then Winchester Cathedral while he was at King Alfred's College. After his marriage to Jill Poole in 1951 he rang at Leicester Cathedral

Tower mentioned in obituary: Leicester

Ringing records:

Began ringing: 1942

Notable performances: The first peal ever of Bristol Surprise Maximus and also the first peal ever of Metropolis Surprise Maximus, both rung at Leicester Cathedral. He took part in the first peal of Cambridge Surprise Maximus on handbells on September 28th 1947. He conducted peals of Cambridge Surprise in hand from Minor to Maximus in one day on June 21st 1969. Another achievement was a record length peal in hand of 11,111 Stedman Cinques, which he conducted. He also rang and conducted a peal of 10,080 Cambridge Surprise Royal in hand. He rang in the first peal of Grandsire Sextuples in hand. His 1000th peal was Stedman Triples at Anstey on August 28th 1973 and he went on to ring a further 90 peals, his last one being on November 26th 2003.

Details of peals: An article about his first thousand peals appeared in The Ringing World on page 947 on November 23rd 1973.

First peal:

Stedman Triples

Anstey

24/06/1944

Date of Thousandth peal: 28/08/1973

Total peals rung: 1090

Participation in Central Council activities:

Offices held: member of the Standing Committee from 1960-1972 and a member of the Administrative Committee from 1972-1975.

Meetings attended: 19