Any towers planning to participate in Martin Creed’s ‘All the Bells’ project need to be aware that the time has changed – to ensure it does not clash with BBC news bulletins, the 3 minutes will now start at 8.15am and not 8am as previously advertised. More details can be Read more…
The National 12-bell Striking competition was held on Saturday 23rd June at Melbourne in Derbyshire – the winning band were from Birmingham. Following on from that, this week we have a clip of the bells of Melbourne – an acquired taste I believe! Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing Read more…
Doug Snoswell has let me know that Dennis Randall, one-time ringer at Chatham (Victoria Tower) and member of the Ancient Society of College Youths, has passed away. Dennis was a member of the St. Paul’s Cathedral Guild for over 50 years and also held the post of steeple keeper there Read more…
Saturday 23rd June saw the return of the annual Flower Festival and Tower Open Day at St. Margaret’s Church in Rainham. The tower was open for a total of 4 hours during the day allowing visitors to climb to the ringing chamber, bell chamber and all the way up to Read more…
Ever been to a 10-bell tower and heard the call ‘front six up in peal, back 4 separately’?. If so, then this week’s video is for you. Here’s how to ring up 10 bells in peal, Cornwall-style! Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated Read more…
Doug Snoswell, KCACR Public Relations Office, has contacted me to make a request via this website with regards to any ringing taking place for the Olympics. If you or your tower are planning to ring for the Olympics, either as part of a wider event (‘All the Bells’ for example) Read more…
As some of you will have seen in an email from Florence Hamp, we are going to try and record any ringing that took place in Rochester District towers on this website. An extract of the email from Florence is below: ‘We know that many towers in the District will Read more…
Following on from the successful Jubilee celebrations over the weekend, here’s an interesting bit of ‘ringing’ that was done in honour of the Queen’s special occasion. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player which you can get here.
To mark the start of the Jubilee celebrations in Cobham, a quarter peal of Grandsire Doubles was rung and the bells and ringers were filmed for ITV. To see the news item, please head over to the ITV website by clicking the link below. 400 year old tradition marks jubilee Read more…
Keeping it topical this week – it has to be the Royal Jubilee bells! Filmed here by TelegraphTV during their peal/tryout on the barge recently – they sound lovely. I’m sure these will make a great head of the pageant procession up the Thames on Sunday. Enjoy! Note: if the Read more…