Newly installed WCL Master rings in his term with a peal of Bow Bells

UK

The new Master of the Worshipful Company of Launderers (WCL) in the City of London, John Shonfeld, was invited by Sheriff David Chalk and Beadle Dan Heath, current Master of the Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers, to join them at the famous St Mary le Bow  church to join the Lord Mayor Alistair King and Lady Mayoress Florence King, for the ringing of Bow Bells  where Simon from the Ancient Society of College Youths showed the Lord Mayor how bell handling is accomplished enabling him to understand for himself the basic elements.

This was preceded by a quarter peal of 1325 changes of Steadman Cinques on the 12 bells by the local ringers. The heaviest bell, Tenor, weighs in at just over two tons Steadman Cinques is a method of ringing on 11 bells with a twelfth ringing last each time. The bells move in a pre-determined pattern from first place to last place.