Rochester District News
YouTube Weekly – Week 36
I was in Cork, Ireland with work this week and I was lucky enough to have some time to visit St. Finn Barre’s Cathedral for a quick ring. They have a nice ring of 12 bells plus a 2#, this Read more…
Rochester District News
Raising & Lowering in Peal at Stone – Report
‘Five learners and six helpers arrived at Stone for the training session on raising and lowering in peal. After introductions we got on with raising and lowering the bells in peal – we had one learner in at a time Read more…
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Model Bell Training Aid for Newington Parish Church Bell Ringers
Sunday, 28 October, at the Family Service a beautiful model of a church bell in its cradle was presented to the bell ringing team of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Newington. It had been made by, and Read more…
Rochester District News
YouTube Weekly – Week 35
To the home of Fabian Stedman this week – Yarkhill, Herefordshire. He was baptised here, and just recently a new ring of 8 cast by Whitechapel have been installed. What else could be rung on these new bells but Stedman Read more…
Rochester District News
YouTube Weekly – Week 34
Some years ago, the Rochester District embarked on an outing to Buckinghamshire taking in such towers as Beaconsfield, Lane End, West Wycombe and High Wycombe. The bells of High Wycombe have now been completely replaced with a new 12 (+ Read more…
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Bellringing accident in Somerset
I have just picked up this news story about a lady at Bathampton in Somerset getting caught up in a bell rope. She was a ringer, albeit apparently not very experienced. This story is all over the national press, and Read more…
Rochester District News
It’s Quarter Peal Month!
Thursday 1st November saw the start of Rochester District Quarter Peal Month! Hopefully there are lots of quarter peal attempts planned across the District. If you do ring a quarter at a Rochester District tower during the month of November Read more…
Rochester District News
YouTube Weekly – Week 33
Something a little different this week. Most of us have peal boards in our towers or have at least seen them in other towers, often they represent a particularly special event for which ringing took place. In Liverpool they had Read more…
Rochester District News
Grand Draw Results 2012
RESULTS OF THE GRAND DRAW – 20TH OCTOBER 2012 All Rochester District Members Thank you for supporting this event. The total raised for the Bell Restoration Fund is £670. Thank you to St. Margaret’s Rochester for sponsoring the Draw this Read more…
Rochester District News
YouTube Weekly – Week 32
The District ADM was held at Rochester Cathedral this year, so here’s a short clip of the back 8 bells being rung for a wedding prior to the start of the meeting. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, Read more…