The latest draw for the 120 club took place at the district practice on Saturday 12th Dec. It was a double one with the following winners: 1st) 79 – Natalie (Erith, CC) 1st) 64 – Deryck (Dartford) 2nd) 84 – BRF 2nd) 90 – BRF 3rd) 69 – Esther (Dartford) Read more…
Hi all, Thank you to those that joined today’s session – or asked for a copy of the recording – I hope you found it interesting. The recording of the session can be found at: https://youtu.be/06CIbX4CO3c. The link which I did not advertise on the presentation, but showed during the Read more…
Hi all, I hope you are well. Just a quick email to advertise the next Lewisham district training session, which will be taking place on Saturday 28th November at 1000, for 40 minutes via Zoom. This session is entitled ‘Ringing oddities’ and will be an entertaining tour of some of Read more…
On Saturday 21st November, the district held it’s first ever virtual striking competition. 4 teams took up the challenge of ringing call changes on Ringing Room and Caroline Stockmann kindly agreed to judge. Thankfully there were no major technical issues and everyone completed their test piece of 120 call changes Read more…
Hi all, I hope you are well. As we once again approach a national lockdown – and a pause in whatever ringing we’ve been able to do over the last few months – I’m getting in contact to advertise two Lewisham district training sessions which I will be running this Read more…
With Yahoogroups now closing down, as has been mentioned, I have set up a replacement group on Google, which seems to be the way most other ringing societies are going. Rather than simply adding everyone who was on the Yahoo Group, conscious that some addresses may not be the preferred Read more…
Dear all, You may be aware that the Central Council of Church Bell-Ringers (CCCBR) has recently updated and expanded its guidance on ringing in towers that fall within the Government’s Tiers 2 and 3 Regions.. You can find this here: https://cccbr.org.uk/2020/10/23/tiers-2-and-3-in-england-update/ The key issue here is that, while the CCCBR Read more…
A successful district practice was held on Sat 24th. It was good to see a few new faces along with previous attendees. A variety of methods were attempted including Plain Bob Doubles, Grandsire Triples, Stedman Triples and Plain Hunt on 9 and by some miracle most things came round. Upcoming Read more…
Dear all, Yesterday afternoon (Friday 16 October), new guidance was issued by the Central Council of Church Bell-Ringers (CCCBR) on ringing in towers that fall within the Government’s Tiers 2 and 3 Regions. You can find this here: https://cccbr.org.uk/2020/10/16/england-tier-2-and-tier-3-restrictions/ The firm advice given is that, despite the fact that churches are Read more…
The Lewisham District held it’s first virtual meeting on Sat 10th October at 10am. It seemed to go without a hitch and was as well attended as usual (the County Chairman even put in an appearance!) so it’s intended that our district meetings will continue in this format until such Read more…