Nearly half a century ago quite a stir was caused amongst ringers when Carter's odd bob peal became known. There was quite a rush to conduct the one part on the plan. Unfortunately its popularity waned, and one hardly knows why. Compared with twin bob peals, it may be more difficult to call and ring those with odd bobs, but musical and other qualities can be said to be about equal.
The block from which these peals are derived is one of many remarkable discoveries by the late Mr. John Carter, and it is now given below:-
14 -2314567=14A 1 3426175 1A 2 -3461275 10C 3 4137652 2A 4 4175326 7A 5 1542763 8C 6 -1527463 11C 7 5716234 5B 8 -5762134 3A 9 -7251634 4C 10 -7216534 12B 11 2673145 6C 12 -2631745 13C 13 6124357 9B -6143257
The chief way of joining the separate blocks of courses is by plaining 8.9, and bobbing 4.5 to correct the falseness brought in. The joinings by singles depend upon the placing of the bobs in 4.5 and 8.9. For instance, if a single is called after 5B (at 8), 8.9 must be plained. It goes to 12B, and the reciprocal single from 6C reversed, returns to 7C, which only follows 5B if 8 is plained. 3A singles to 4C, and here the 8.9 in the course entered must be plained if a four-call set is to be avoided. A single from 12B brings up 5B, and here again the course left must be plained at 8.9.
14 -2314567=14A 1 3426175 1A 2 -3461275 10C 3 4137652 2A 4 4175326 7A 5 1542763 8C 6 -1527463 11C 7 -5714263 4A 8 5746132 12C 9 -7651432 6A 10 -7614532 3C 11 -6475132 5C 12 6453721 13C 13 4362517 9B -4325617
A different connection at slow forms this second block. In this the joinings of the separate blocks may be effected by omitting bobs at 10.11, and bobbing 4.5 where necessary to preserve truth.
Singles may be used to join blocks, as follows: 12C goes to 6A in a second block bobbed at 10.11, returning to 6A in the first from 3C reversed. Also 6A goes to 12C in a second block, returning to 3C from 6A reversed. When the course left is plained at 10.11, 7B will be at 10, and from it there is no other joining by singles.
The first peal seen by the writer from this block was sent to him by the Rev. E. Bankes James in 19202. He asked if he had been forestalled by Mr. Carter, to which I replied that he had not, but that Mr. Carter probably knew of the blocks and preferred the odd bob plan. Apparently I was wrong, for it was many years after that it was announced that Mr. Carter hadd an odd and even bob peal with two singles (the same qualities as Mr. James').
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Last updated 7 October 1996