Pembroke Delight Minor

About Pembroke Delight Minor

Pembroke is a member of the group of methods having 2nds place Kent Treble Bob above the treble.

Pembroke Delight Minor is one of a group of 5 Treble Dodging methods all having identical work below the treble.

• Pembroke Delight Minor (Ibid)
• Edinburgh Delight Minor
• Beverley Surprise Minor
• Berwick Surprise Minor
• Chester Surprise Minor

At of September 2025 Bellboard had just 3 performances that included Pembroke Delight Minor.

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
34X34. 16 X 12 X 36 .14X34. 56, 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

Diagram: Pembroke Delight Minor, plain lead, change-rows and grid.

Goals and learning approach

What you are trying to achieve needs to drive your approach.

Ringing by structure

Get going:.
Use whatever learning approach you like most to acquire enough knowledge to ring a plain course. Ring a few and see what aspects of the method spring out, and study these. Practice until courses and simple touches are ringable.

Performance Level

If you are wishing to achieve 720s, Quarters, or peals:
start with the "get going" as above, add in the bits that are natural to you.
Study the Double Place Bell sequences, and the lines.
Practice a lot.
Achieve some performances .

Method Mastery Level

It is unusual for a band to wish to achieve mastery in a method like Pembroke. But this is a valuable method for developing the ability to associate structure with the treble's position, whilst also developing the skill of continuously following the coursing order.

Learning Pembroke Delight Minor.

The Rules

Assuming that Kent TB and Bevreley Surprise have already been learned):

Pembroke Delight Minor - the rules:
Ring Kent Treble Bob Minor above the treble, and Beverley Surprise below, and with a 2nds place Lead End.

The Structure

The work above the treble is very much like Kent Treble Bob except that the 2nds Place Lead End double up the Kent places and adds a dodge in 5-6 at the Lead End. However, 3rds place bell is the pivot bell and hence the Lead eds are presented in Double Bob / Cambridge Surprise sequence.

Double Blue Lines

The Double Blue Lines give a useful overview of the method, adding context which is helpful for overcoming trips.

Pembroke Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Pembroke Delight Minor, 1-2.

Pembroke Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Pembroke Delight Minor, 3-4.

Pembroke Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Pembroke Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

Bevreley below generates backward dodging in 1-2, which in turn generates backward places in 3-4.

Place Notation and Grid

The choice here is personal preference. The author’s preference is the visual nature of the grid.

Section by Section

(To follow once more practise has been achieved).

Ringing Pembroke Delight Minor.

Track the treble

Awareness of the position of the treble is a key skill for most bellringing methods, and a significant help in ringing Pembroke Delight Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

Positional Awareness

In Pembroke Delight, the transition into backward working needs careful learning, but once absorbed becomes easily ringable.

Place Notation Elements

The method only contains 34X34, X, 12, 14X12. 16, 36, 56.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads.

156342 LE 12: Double Bob; Chadkirk T.B., Cambridge S.

1-2:1-2, 1-6, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-2
3-4:3-4, 4-5, 5-2, 2-6, 6-3, 3-4
5-6:6-5, 3-2, 4-6, 5-3, 2-4, 6-5

3rds place bell is the pivot bell and makes 5ths at the half lead.
For 3-4 pair, the pivot point is when they make places together in 3-4 at the Half Lead.
For 5-6 pair, the pivot point is when they double dodge together in 1-2 at the Half Lead.

Awareness of other bells

3-4 only never dodge together in the plain course, whereas the coursing pair(s) dodge together 5 different times.

Coursing Order in Pembroke Delight Minor

Natural coursing order is perserved both above and below the treble., at the Half Lead and at the Lead End.

Ringing the Method

Just enjoy it, it’s easier than expected.

Bobs and Singles.

As per Kent TB.

Touches of Pembroke Delight Minor.

2nds place lead end 156342, with 6th observation, the calling positions are 4ths, In, Wrong, Out, Home.

Use touches of Cambridge Surprise.