The Ringing World 5286 (17 August 2012)

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Women's peal at St Paul's Cathedral
by Phil Rogers

The peal band in ringing order clockwise from bottom right

The first ever peal to be rung by a band of ladies took place almost exactly 100 years ago on 20th July 1912. The Ringing World at the time enthused about the performance and reported proudly that “Lady ringers can now, we believe, be numbered in scores”. How times change. In terms of accomplishment, women have achieved pretty well everything which ringing has to offer. However there remain a few unconquered peaks. One of these was a peal at St Paul’s Cathedral by an all female band ...

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Decision D.D. – R. Bennett
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