The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) was found on the 4th of March 1824. To celebrate this anniversary we arranged for a quarter peal to be rung at Great Gransden. Some of the ringers are regular supporters or members of the RNLI and all were happy to take part.
Two of the ringers had not rung a quarter peal at Great Gransden before and this presented a good opportunity for them. We rang 1296 changes of Cambridge Surprise Minor, which took 44 minutes. Another important footnote was that it was Sheila George’s 950th quarter peal and her 266th on the bells. Well done Sheila!
The ringers were: 1. Charlotte Gamble (St Neots), Sheila George (Gt Gransden), Vanessa Webster (Cherry Hinton), Ann Abraham (St Ives), Roger Beaman (Holywell), Phillip George (Gt Gransden) (conductor).
Thank you everyone for taking part in this celebratory ringing.
Great Gransden Bell Ringers 