At the beginning of the month, the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers held their Annual General Meeting in Ipswich. As a (relatively) newly appointed representative, I headed up the A12 to participate in this event. The Central Council was founded in 1891 and is an organization that leads and Read more…
My words are a little later than usual this month having been enjoying a few days holiday in the Provence region of France. There, like here, the sound of bells still formed part of the soundscape: the chiming of church bells drifting across the landscape on a Sunday morning and Read more…
I have returned from a weekend in York with the Kent Young Ringers. We had a taken a team of 6 ringers to take part in the Ringing World National Youth Contest which is one of currently two major national competitions in ringing, both of which have recently taken place. Read more…
Dear Members, I would like to invite you to take part in the first Association 6-bell Call-Change Competition on Saturday 30th September. It will take place at St Mary Magdalene, Monkton (6, 7-0-9) in the Canterbury District and the draw will be at 2:00pm. The aim of this competition is Read more…
Summer seems to finally have arrived, even though the last week was still a little cold. However, as I write this the sun is beaming down and the weather is definitely more seasonable than it has been of late. As we move into the Summer months, the demand on our Read more…
Things are settling down again after the Coronation last weekend. It has been a busy few months for many of us in the run up to this event. I think that the Ring for the King initiative really helped to promote ringing and raise awareness with the general public and Read more…
Many of us will be involved in ringing to mark the coronation at some point over the next few days. If possible, please post your ringing on BellBoard (https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/list.php) whether it be general ringing, a quarter peal or a peal. Please remember to link it to the event Kent County Read more…
My words this month are a little later than usual due to the Association AGM taking place today, the 10th April. The meeting took place at St George, Wrotham, preceded by an EGM which was arranged to allow the Association to change the wording of two of the Bell Restoration Read more…
Kent is extremely fortunate in that it has a thriving group of young bell-ringers many of whom belong to the Kent Young Ringers. This group, led by experienced members of the Kent County Association of Change Ringers (including some of the older Young Ringers), provides opportunities for younger members of Read more…
There has a great deal of media coverage nationwide about the ‘Ring for the King’ initiative over the last few weeks. Here in Kent, I responded to an e-mail query on Wednesday 15th February from BBC Radio Kent following up the story and asking about the possibility of doing something Read more…