Brian Butcher, Bell Restoration Officer, has put together a 2016 calendar that can be downloaded and printed for free! There are no names on the pictures of the towers, intentionally to keep people guessing – but I’m sure Brian will tell you where they are if you’d like. The calendar Read more…
All County news items posted to the old website prior to January 2016 have been collated and are available to download in a single PDF document by clicking here.
Following the District Practice & meeting at Bredgar on the morning of 16th January 2016, we will be heading to the Tudor Rose pub at Chestnut Street, Sittingbourne for lunch. If you would like to come along, please let me know along with your menu choice from the menu below Read more…
Wishing all in the Rochester District a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Martha, one of the youngsters at Cobham, has done some drawings of the Cobham ringers. Can you work out who they are meant to be? Well done Martha, great skills! [table id=35 /]
Len Huckstep and his band of helpers were live on BBC Radio Kent yesterday morning (11th December)! If you didn’t hear them, you can listen to the show again on BBC Radio iPlayer for the next few weeks at the link below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p038dynm The approximate timings during the programme when Read more…
A ring of three bells was installed at Elmsett during 2008 and these were augmented to 4 in 2013 and 5 in 2015. The Keltek Trust donated the 3rd bell and supplied the 2nd bell. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Read more…
LISTEN OUT FOR LEN!!! The St Dunstan’s, Canterbury, band will hopefully be on the BBC Radio Kent Breakfast Show this Friday, 11th December. The Breakfast Show starts at 6am and finishes at 9am. Joe, the roving presenter, will be visiting the tower, having a go at handling a bell and Read more…
It’s that time of year again so the lights, snow and Santa countdown have been re-activated for 2015!
***Final Score*** Unless any other quarter peals come to light, the final total for the month is 20 quarter peals which were rung in 16 different towers across the District. Well done to everyone involved, especially to those that achieved firsts and other milestones during November! ************** As you should Read more…