On the afternoon of Sunday 9th February 2014 the new bells were put through their paces with the ringing of a Peal of Bob Major. Starting just after 14.00hrs the peal took aproximately two and three quarter hours to ring.
Mr. Simon Rudd conducted the peal.
![The Ringers on 9th February 2014](http://saxlinghambells.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_0729.jpg)
The Ringers on 9th February 2014 – from left to right: Neil Thomas, Peter Trent, Peter Sawyer, Simon Rudd, Ros Burrough, Pauline Curtis, Jeff Fox, Aubrey Forster.
The report for Ringing World included the following details:
“Sunday, 9th February 2014 in 2:46 (7-3-27)
5152 Plain Bob Major
Composed by GAA Taylor
- Aubrey Forster
- Neil M Thomas
- Rosalind J Burrough
- Pauline Curtis
- Peter J Sawyer
- Peter Trent
- Simon A Rudd (C)
- Jeffrey J Fox
The first peal on the new ring of bells, dedicated on 26th January. With best wishes to Michael Stokes who was to have rung today.”