On Saturday 17th April 2010 both the striking and call change competitions for our district were held at Chalk and won by Meopham. One of the judges, Frank Lewis (KCACR webmaster) said, “I’ve been judging striking competitions for years but this was the first time I’d worked with Catherine Heathcote. Read more…
After nearly six months of silence the bells of St Margaret, Rainham rung out for the service on Easter Sunday. Due to essential maintenance work on the tower the bells could not be rung, and so the local band practiced at different towers in the Rochester District and would like to thank those Read more…
David Webzell, tower captain at St George, Gravesend, asked for a band to ring at St Georges, Gravesend on Thursday 25th March. This was the first time the bells had been rung for about 18 months, since the completion of the repairs to the tower. The Vicar, Rev Canon Chris Read more…
The district quarterly meeting and striking competitions will take place at Chalk on Saturday, 17th April.Frank Lewis and Catherine Heathcote from the Tonbridge district have kindly agreed to act as Judges. Last year’s competitions were very well attended and we hope for a good turn out again this year. The Read more…
The Rochester district is very proud to host this years AGM for the Kent County Association of Change Ringers on Easter Monday, 5th April 2010. Ahead of the meeting at Rainham the following towers will be open for general ringing in the morning: There will be a service touch at Read more…
The following is an article which appeared in an earlier edition of the Lewisham District Newsletter, written by then editor Jeremy Byers, on how to recruit ringers. Everything he says is pure common sense, and should be obvious to anyone. Or am I being too naïve? If it were that Read more…
We regret to announce that on 6th July 2009, whilst carrying out initial lightweight dismantling work in connection with replacing bearings at Northfleet, Tony Cresswell of Chevening fell approx 20 feet when a section of the permanent floor on which he was standing collapsed.
Meopham have very kindly agreed to organise the the annual Rochester District Tour and will take place on Saturday 20th June. Please make your own travel arrangements for the tour, which spans the Maidstone, Tonbridge and Ashford districts. 9:30 – 10:00 Brenchley, All Saints (Q680417) 8, 17-3-24 10:15 – 11:00 Read more…
On Saturday, 18th April at Queenborough we had the best attended district call change and striking competitions for many years. Six towers, Eastchurch, Meopham, Bobbing, Cobham, Frindsbury and St Margaret’s Rochester entered the call change competition, and Meopham, Eastchurch and Bobbing the striking competition. We would like to thank our Read more…
Following on from the success of last year’s District Outing to Guildford, I am pleased to confirm that this year’s outing will be to London’s East End. The coach will depart Sittinbourne at 0800hrs with pick-up points at Hempstead Valley at 0820hrs and Meopham at 0845hrs on Saturday 21st June Read more…