Manchester Universities Guild of Change Ringers

[1] The first recorded peal was of Grandsire Doubles on handbells in the belfry of Christ Church, West Didsbury, Manchester on 11 January 1950.

[2] Later, the guild acquired many associate members from UMIST, the University of Salford, MMU, and colleges in Manchester.

As a result, the Guild separated from the University of Manchester Students' Union, in the process changing the original 'University' to its plural form.

MUGCR is most active around South Manchester, notably in Fallowfield, where there is a large student population.

This was the most methods rung in any peal anywhere at the time[7] with a photograph of the band appearing in the Ringing World.