Some sad news has just reached me from Neil Jones, Tower Captain at Rochester Cathedral: ‘Basil Edwards, a former member of the Bobbing and Rainham bands, unfortunately died during the Easter period. Although not prolific in his ringing in terms of peals or quarter peals, he was a very capable Read more…
Due to there being only one band willing to enter the competitions this coming Saturday at Eastchurch, the decision has been taken to cancel them for this year. Please note that the Quarterly Meeting will be going ahead as usual with general ringing from 3pm followed by tea & business Read more…
Would you like to be told whenever a new story or item is added to the Rochester District website? Well now you can! On the left hand side of the site, you’ll see a section titled ‘Subscribe by Email’. Simply enter your email address, hit the Subscribe button, confirm your Read more…
A bit late this week, but today we’re off to Suffolk for some Little Bob Royal on the ten bells at Stradbroke. Quite a mix of founders here, they were augmented to 8 in 1877 by Taylors and then 2 more trebles added in 1952 by Gilletts. Still a pleasant Read more…
This year’s District Outing is heading to Hampshire on Saturday 18th May. We will be travelling by coach, departing from and returning to Meopham School where there is ample free car parking available. The draft itinerary is as follows: 8am – Depart Meopham School Petersfield, St. Peter – 8, 15cwt Read more…
On Saturday 16th March, around 18 ringers from around the District met at Shorne for a practice session on the six bells. The ringing ranged from plain hunt, Plain Bob, St. Clements and Grandsire up to Stedman, Cambridge and even Norwich Surprise Minor. Tea, coffee and biscuits were a welcome Read more…
Off to Wiltshire today for some Yorkshire Surprise Major on the lovely sounding bells at Bradford-on-Avon. Cast in 1923 by Gillett & Johnston I think you’ll agree they sound great. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player which you Read more…
The KCACR AGM is being held this coming Monday, 1st April at All Saints, Birchington in the Canterbury District. There is now a full agenda and programme for the day available on the KCACR website at the link below: AGM Agenda AGM Programme The new handbooks will also be available Read more…
I thought it was about time I added something new to the site, so today I’ve added the Bellringing Web Latest News ticker. You can see it on the left of the page. The latest news items from Bellringing Web (http://www.bellringing.org) will ‘tick’ through, and if you want to read Read more…
Amazingly this is the 52nd week of the YouTube Weekly feature on this site – how time flies! In celebration of this momentous occasion, I’d like to take you back to the very first video I published – still a favourite of mine a year on. Enjoy Liverpool’s Pier Head bells Read more…