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We’re only a few weeks away from Christmas, so the site has had some lights put up and a dusting of snow added.

Off to London this week for the first ring on a new set of bells in Kilburn.  I say new, actually the bells themselves aren’t new – the ‘youngest’ being cast in 1902!  They have been hung & tuned by Whites of Appleton, and I think they have done a Read more…

As you will see by looking at the list of Quarter Peals scored for Rochester District Quarter Peal Month so far, I think it’s fair to say we haven’t done all that well! There’s still 5 days left, so why not get together at your local tower and ring a Read more…

The Archives page has been updated to include the bullet points of matters arising from the County Committee meeting held on 24th November (listed under District Reps Reports). You can also view them directly by clicking here.

I was in Cork, Ireland with work this week and I was lucky enough to have some time to visit St. Finn Barre’s Cathedral for a quick ring.  They have a nice ring of 12 bells plus a 2#, this week’s video was taken just after they were augmented & Read more…

‘Five learners and six helpers arrived at Stone for the training session on raising and lowering in peal. After introductions we got on with raising and lowering the bells in peal – we had one learner in at a time and there were enough helpers to have someone standing behind. Read more…

Sunday, 28 October, at the Family Service a beautiful model of a church bell in its cradle was presented to the bell ringing team of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Newington. It had been made by, and was the gift of, Roger Durrant, a member of the Read more…

To the home of Fabian Stedman this week – Yarkhill, Herefordshire.  He was baptised here, and just recently a new ring of 8 cast by Whitechapel have been installed.  What else could be rung on these new bells but Stedman Triples – and a cracking new ring they are too. Read more…

Some years ago, the Rochester District embarked on an outing to Buckinghamshire taking in such towers as Beaconsfield, Lane End, West Wycombe and High Wycombe.  The bells of High Wycombe have now been completely replaced with a new 12 (+ semitones) cast by Whitechapel – and this week shows the Read more…

I have just picked up this news story about a lady at Bathampton in Somerset getting caught up in a bell rope.  She was a ringer, albeit apparently not very experienced. This story is all over the national press, and is not the best advertisement for ringing – hence I Read more…