Four pocket books for bellringers containing grids and lines of popular methods.
Criblines was first produced by David J Marshall and Alison Popplewell in 1979 and has been a valuable and handy pocket resource for serious ringers ever since. The Ringing World took over the production and distribution of these wonderful little gems, giving them a fresh, full colour, look and they are available in their online shop.
At only £3 each they are an absolute bargain and I highly recommend them. At A7 size they are very handy to slip in a pocket, although RW also produces them in A6 for those who prefer slightly larger format.
I still have my original Surprise Minor version in which I note the date of the first quarter peal I rang in each method which makes a very nice aide memoire, though I have now bought the new set as the colour printing makes them even more useful.
Plain Minor
Contains the 35 regular plain minor methods, including the most popular plain methods: Plain Bob, St Clement’s, Single and Double Oxford, Buxton and Double Court.
A bob and single diagram is given on every method page, and a table of method names by overworks and underworks is included.
A7 size (105 × 74 mm); 44 pages.
Surprise Minor
The 41 regular surprise minor methods, including all the most popular surprise methods: Cambridge, Norwich, London, Ipswich, Bourne, Beverley and Surfleet.
Includes a table of method names and diagrams of the bobs for each method group.
A7 size (105 × 74 mm); 52 pages.
Treble Dodging Major
66 surprise, delight and treble bob major methods. A newly revised selection which includes Kent, the Standard Eight, all the methods from Norman Smith’s well-known composition of 23-spliced, and many promoted by Simon Linford in ‘Project Pickled Egg’.
A line for half a course and a grid for a full lead is given on every method page.
A7 size (105 × 74 mm); 72 pages.
Treble Dodging Royal
The latest book in the Criblines series includes 55 surprise and delight royal methods. Includes ten-bell versions of the ‘Standard Eight’ surprise major methods, most of the methods from Simon Gay’s articles on ‘Ideas for a Modern Surprise Royal Repertoire’, printed in The Ringing World, and some simple but relatively unknown methods that may help less advanced ten-bell bands.
A line for half a course and a grid for a full lead is given on every method page.
A6 size (148 × 105 mm); 60 pages.
All available from the Ringing World online shop
West Dorset and Dorchester branches were very fortunate when David Marshall moved into the area and he contributed greatly to the continuing improvement in our Surprise Minor ringing – those of us who ring with him are pleased to see this innovation he produced all those years ago is now available to a wider audience.
Andy Waring
