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Contains a live broadcast featuring the bell ringers at St Peter's Church, Hutton. Prepared for Driffield Hospital Broadcasting Service (Radio Driffield). Duration: 1 hour 32 mins. Timing: (3:50) Discussion of bell ringing at the Christmas service. (4:31) A brief history of bell ringing. (4:49) Discussion of bells being cast by Sam Smith. (4:55) The history of the bells at Hutton church and how others were added. (5:09) A story of how the bells, added at Hutton, were originally intended for Driffield. (5:26) The campaign for having further bells added at Hutton and the reason for the names of the bells, including the 'Children's Bell' and the 'Farmer's Bell'. (6:07) Interview with two of the younger bell ringers, who are both children, about how they got into campanology and why they enjoy it. (6:50) Interview with Mabel Urqhart, aged 76years. Mabel reminisces about her time bell ringing, and includes a story about the time someone came to repair the bells and was stranded there in a power cut. (7:04) Mabel then speaks about the Hutton time capsule under the stairs of the church and guesses at some of its contents. She then mentions that the time capsule will only be opened when the stairs need repairing. (8:25) An example of the ringing of muted bells. (9:56) Further examples of bell ringing. This includes a 'peel attempt of surprise peels'. Also included are a 'Martinton Surprise Minor', 'Beverley Surprise Minor' and a 'Cambridge Surprise Minor'. (46:20) An example of a quarter peel with the bells half muffled, from Remembrance Sunday 1991, followed by an explanation of what 'half muffled' means, and also an extract from John Betjeman on half muffled bells. This is followed by an example of half muffled peels. (1:32:25) End of recording. Public access copy available on Preservica: https://eastriding.access.preservica.com/ (Search 'DDX1163/4/2')