The July quarterly meeting was held on a wonderfully sunny day (finally) at Tunstall on Saturday 21st July with approximately 20 people in attendance. Ringing commenced after a local wedding at about 3.15pm. A good mix of ringing was achieved ranging from plain hunt through Plain Bob, Stedman and Grandsire Read more…
Following a fire in the building at Chatham last year, ringing was suspended while repair work was undertaken. This work has now been completed, so ringing is once again allowed by arrangement and the bells will ring out as the Olympic Torch passes this coming Friday 20th July! Anyone wishing Read more…
From Florence Hamp, District Representative: Canterbury District are holding a Youth Practice on Saturday 28th July, open to all ringers in the County under 25. Full details below from an email sent by Ben Legg (Canterbury District Ringing Master), and if you have any young ringers do please tell them about this Read more…
Closer to home this week, here’s some ringing from the Ashford District. Single Oxford Bob Triples being rung at Brabourne, most likely as practice for the County 8-bell competition being held the next day! Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Read more…
Kenneth Clark, Priest-in-Charge (and ringer) at Stone, has notified me that there will be a Tower Open Day on 11th August this year providing ringers with another opportunity to ring on the new bells. Full details can be found here.
I’m not sure how I haven’t seen this before, but you can now get a Dove’s Guide app for your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad! For more information, head over to the Dove’s Guide website here. The app is free and available in the App Store now.
The majority of ringing for the Royal Jubilee is now over, and the Jubilee Pageant is now part of our history. The Royal Jubilee bells, however, live on and are now installed in their permanent location at St. James Garlickhythe in London. Here’s is a clip of some of the Read more…
The 8-bell striking competition was held at Marden today, with the Lewisham District taking the trophy for the 2nd year running. More details can be found over at the KCACR Website. Congratulations Lewisham District!
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…