Selwyn bell-ringers rang a half-muffled peal of Cambridge Surprise Major to commemorate the College alumni who died in the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts. It took 2 hours 47 minutes, and involved about 5,000 different bell changes. One of the ringers said afterwards that the peal was never in danger of “firing out”, ringers’ parlance for a poorly-struck peal. Pictured outside the Parish Church in Trumpington are the ringers (left to right): Rod Lebon, Nigel Gale, Robin Heppenstall (who conducted), Camilla Haggett, Paul Seaman, Nicholas Haggett, Mark Norris and Vivian Nutton. We congratulate them on their marathon effort.