Don Morrison’s Peal Compositions of Lincolnshire Surprise Major

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5,058 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 503)
 23456   B   M   W   H
 45236           -   -
 25634   ss  -   3
 24536       2   3   -
 54632   ss  -   3
 52436       2   3   -
 42635   ss  -   3
(32456)      2   s    

Also true to Amsterdam Surprise, Fordcombe Surprise, Gainsborough Surprise, Johannesburg Surprise, Nailstone Surprise, Vancouver Surprise, Yorkshire Surprise and Zurich Surprise.

Rung at Charleston (St Luke's Cathedral) on 12 April 2003, conducted by Peter G C Ellis.
Rung to Vancouver at Wraxall on 7 November 2015, conducted by Michael R Spencer.

5,024 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 504)
23456  B  M  W  H
42356           -
62453     2
62534  -        -
23645  -
34625        2
32546     2  -  -
25346     3     2
34256        -  -
24653     -
24536  -        -
35642     -  -
65243     -
43526  2
52436        -  -
35426        -
45623     -
45236  -        -
23456        -  -

Contains 68 combination rollups including 21 56s.
Also true to Amsterdam Surprise, Fordcombe Surprise, Gainsborough Surprise, Johannesburg Surprise, Nailstone Surprise, Pudsey Surprise, Vancouver Surprise and Zurich Surprise.

Rung to Zurich at Amblecote on 16 June 2007, conducted by Catherine R Taylor.
Rung in hand to Vancouver at Reading (15 Lytham End, Tilehurst) on 27 February 2013, conducted by Bermard F L Groves.
Rung to Amsterdam at Church Lawford on 25 April 2013, conducted by Christopher C P Woodcock.

5,024 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 505)
234567  B  M  W  H
54632      -  -
43526   -
24536         -
35642      -  -
35426   -        -
42356         -  -
62453      2
62534   -        -
473625  -      sT
236457     3   sF
34625         2
25346      2  -  3
34256         -  -
52643      -  -
62345      -
45236   2
23456         -  -

Contains 64 combination rollups including 21 56s, and 21 8756s.
Also true to Amsterdam Surprise, Fordcombe Surprise, Gainsborough Surprise, Johannesburg Surprise, Nailstone Surprise, Vancouver Surprise, Yorkshire Surprise and Zurich Surprise.

Rung at Honolulu on 4 October 2000, conducted by J Alan Ainsworth.
Rung to Zurich at Sutton-on-Trent on 15 January 2011, conducted by Christopher C P Woodcock.
Rung to Amsterdam at Dordrecht on 26 March 2011, conducted by Michael J Trimm.
Rung in hand at Longthorpe (The Vicarage) on 25 March 2012, conducted by William S Croft.
Rung to Gainsborough Surprise at Wolborough on 16 January 2020, conducted by Michael E C Mears.
Rung to Vancouver at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland (Town Hall) on 13 November 2021, conducted by Michael J Clay.

5,088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 506)
23456  V  B  M  F  I  H
24356                 s
45263     -
43625  -  s  -  -     s
52346  -  -        2  ss
23564     a           s
Repeat twice. a = B,I,sT,I,sW,I.

Contains 84 combination rollups.
Also true to Nailstone Surprise.

Rung at Brompton on 13 August 2014, conducted by Simon J Davies.

5,184 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 507)
23456  B  M  W  T  H
26435           x  x
63254  -
64235           x  x
63425  x     3     s
45326     -        s
52436  -           x
23564  -            
Repeat twice. x = 1256.

Contains 93 combination rollups and no 82s.
Also true to Nailstone Surprise and Yorkshire Surprise.

Rung at Ufford on 1 June 2004, conducted by Stephen D Pettman.

5,088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 508)
 234567   V  B  M  W  F  I  H
(352764)                 -
(567432)        s  s     -
(564237)           -     -
 23465          s  -
(346725)        -  s     -
 325746         -  -  -
 235746   s  s  s  s  s     -
(754236)  -     s  s   sT,I
 274536            -
 342567            s  s      
Repeat twice. a = sT,I.

Contains 18 each 56s, 65s and 8765s, 12 5678s off the front, and back rounds.
Also true to Nailstone Surprise.

Rung at Maidstone (St Michael and All Angels) on 9 November 2004, conducted by John B Keeler.

5,024 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 1233)
234567    B  M  W  H
54632        -  -
34265        -  s
56243        -  -  -
26345        -
62453     -        s
25634     -
53246        2  2
42635        -  -
62534        -  ss
34526        -  -  s
26453     2
274536   sV  3
543627   sV  -  -
46523     -
25364        -  -
43562        -     -
34625     -        s
65423        s     -
23456        s  -   

Contains 57 combination rollups and 19 8765s.
Also true to to Nailstone Surprise.
Rung (to Nailstone) at Chalfont St Giles on 25th April 2003, conducted by J Alan Ainsworth.

Rung at Downham Market on 10 July 2008, conducted by Ian Butters.

5,024 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 1295)
234567  B   M   W   H
35642       -   2
54326   -
63425       -   3   -
32654   -
65324           -   -
52643   -
45623           -
235764  -       In
524367  V           -
43526           -   -
324765          In  3
342567  V       -   2
53246           -   3
23456           2   -

Contains 59 combination rollups including 21 56s, 18 7658s, and 6 7648s.
Also true to Nailstone Surprise.
True to all BcdfYZ.

Rung at Amersham on 30 September 2004, conducted by J Alan Ainsworth.
Rung in hand at Malvern, Worcestershire (8 Avenue Road) on 10 July 2021, conducted by Bernard H Taylor.

5,120 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 2474)
234567  V  B  M  W  H
43652         -
35426      -
42356            -  -
26354         -     2
32654            3  -
25463         -  2
274635  s     3
352647  s     2
35642      -        -
54326      -
34256            2  -
62453         -     -
25634      -
36452         -  -
46253         -
65432      -
23456         -  -  -

Contains 66 combination rollups including 21 56s, and 21 8756s.
Also true to Amsterdam Surprise, Fordcombe Surprise, Gainsborough Surprise, Johannesburg Surprise, Nailstone Surprise, Vancouver Surprise, Yorkshire Surprise and Zurich Surprise.

Rung to Vancouver at Amblecote on 26 November 2005, conducted by Catherine R Taylor.

5,376 (5,152, 5,058) Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 3560)
23456  M  W  H
54632  -  -
52436  2     -
34625  -  -  a
42356  2  2   
Repeat twice.
a = sT,sF.

Reduce to 5,058 by calling sW instead of 2W at the end of the last part, bringing up rounds two blows later at the treble's backstroke snap.
Reduce to 5,152 by omitting sT,sF from any one part.
Also true to Amsterdam Surprise, Fordcombe Surprise, Gainsborough Surprise, Johannesburg Surprise, Nailstone Surprise, Vancouver Surprise, Yorkshire Surprise and Zurich Surprise.

5152 rung at East Tytherley on 12 April 2008, conducted by David M Goss.
5058 rung at Harborne on 20 April 2008, conducted by Stephen J Bedford.
5058 rung to Gainsborough at Keele (Woodlands) on 25 February 2009, conducted by Michael Wilshaw.
5058 rung to Amsterdam at Burnham, Buckinghamshire on 22 July 2010, conducted by Jonathan H Potter.
5058 rung to Zurich at Portmouth (St Agatha) on 27 October 2013, conducted by Graham A Duke.
5152 rung on handbells at Aldenham (Aldenham School) on 18 April 2014, conducted by Samuel M Austin.
5058 rung to Fordcombe at Chalfont St Giles on 26 September 2014, conducted by J Alan Ainsworth.
5058 rung to Vancouver at Churchill, Oxfordshire on 10 September 2016, conducted by Michael Chester.
5058 rung to Nailstone at Allesley on 27 March 2017, conducted by Michael Chester.
Rung, rearranged, to Johannesburgh in hand at Bridstow on 23 May 2017, conducted by Daniel Jones.

5,024 (5,154) Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 3560a)
23456  B  M  W
54632     -  -
43526  -
25634     -  -
53246  -
23645     -  a
34256     2  2
Repeat twice, omitting 'a'
from any two parts.
a = sT,sF.

For 5,154 call 'a' in all three parts, but replace the final 2W by a single, bringing up rounds two blows later.
Either length is also true to Amsterdam, Fordcombe, Gainsborough, Johannesburg, Nailstone, Vancouver, Yorkshire and Zurich.
The 5,024 is true to all BacZ, and the 5,154 is true to all BacZ that begin with place notation x3.

Rung at Amersham on 21 March 2015, conducted by J Alan Ainsworth.
Rung in hand at Northallerton (19 The Green, Romanby) on 30 June 2015, conducted by Peter J Sanderson.
Rung to Vancouver at Seaton on 2 January 2017, conducted by John R Martin.
Rung to Nailstone at Horsley on 6 January 2018, conducted by Darran Ricks.
Rung to Zurich Surprise at Hughenden on 17 May 2019, conducted by Christopher M Tuckett.
Rung to Amsterdam Surprise at Oxford (St Thomas the Martyr) on 12 December 2023, conducted by Stuart F Gibson.

5,088 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 4814)
 23456    M  W  H
 56432    -  -  s
(24635)      -  a
 35642    s  -
 24653    -  -  -
 23465    b
 32546    c     -
 65243    s     s
 42356    -  -   
Repeat twice.
a = sF,sB;
b = sV,M,F;
c = V,M,sF.

Contains all 24 56s and 18 65s. Also contains 12 backstroke 87s, and 12 of the 65s are at handstroke.
Also true to Nailstone Surprise.

Rung at Tideswell on 15 August 2017, conducted by Simon J Davies.

5,184 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 6081)
23456   B  M  W  H
32564   -        s
23645   -        s
52463  V,sB,M,F  -
56342    V,M,F   s
42365      s  -   
Repeat five times.

Contains 15 each 56s and 65s.

5,024 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 6084)
23456  B  M  W  H
42356           -
65432     -  -  a
53624  -
32654        2  b
32546  -        -
45623     -  -
65324     -
65243  -        -
35426  2        2
43652           a
43526  -        -
53246        2  -
34625     -  2
34256  -        -
24653     -
45236  -
23456        -  -
a = F,In;
b = sT,sF.

Also true to Amsterdam Surprise, Fordcombe Surprise, Gainsborough Surprise, Johannesburg Surprise, Nailstone Surprise, Vancouver Surprise, Yorkshire Surprise and Zurich Surprise.

Rung to Gainsborough at Amersham on 30 June 2016, conducted by J Alan Ainsworth.

5,024 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 6085)
 23456   B  M  W  H
 45236         -  -
 34256         -
 62453      -     -
 54263         s  s
 63254   a        -
 25634         -  -
 25346   -        -
 42356         -
(65432)     -  -  b
 36452         -
 65432      3  2
 53624   -
 62534         -  -
(43652)     -  -  c
 43652         3
 35426   -
 23456         -   
a = sV,sF;
b = F,In;
c = F,sB,sB,In.

Also true to Nailstone Surprise and Yorkshire Surprise.

5,024 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 6086)
23456   B  M  W  H
35264   -
35426   a     2
24653      -  -  3
36452      -  b  -
65324   -
42356      -  -  -
25634   2        -
43652      -  -  -
26354      -     -
65432   2        -
45236      -
53462   -
32654   a  -  -
25346   -
23456         -  2
a = F,In;
b = In,B,F.

Also true to Nailstone Surprise and Yorkshire Surprise.

Rung at Huntsham on 4 October 2018, conducted by J Alan Ainsworth.

5,248 (5,070) Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 7316)
234567   B  M  W  H
42356             -
63254       -     -
54326    2
34256          2  -
62453       -  3  -
53246    2
45236    a  -     -
Repeat.
a = F,W,In.

Reduce to 5,070 by replacing the first six leads by one lead of Akeley Little Alliance.

5,070 rung at Berkhamsted on 9 May 2015, conducted by J Alan Ainsworth.

5,248 (5,070) Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 7317)
23456  B  M  W  H
42356           -
35426        -  -
43526     3     -
63425     2
32654  -
62453     -
53246  2
42635     -  -
62534     -
62345  -        -
24653  -
52643        -
24536  -        3
54326        2  -
23456     3  2  2

Reduce to 5,070 by replacing the first six leads by one lead of Akeley Little Alliance.

5070 rung at Selling on 25 May 2019, conducted by Neil W Jones.
5248 rung in hand at Peterborough (5 Woodfield Road) on 19 September 2021, conducted by William S Croft.
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