Not to be outdone by the Maidstone District’s discovery of a ringable three at Ditton in 2010, Dickon Love sends us this item covering a similar find in the Lewisham District. Keen followers of the lists of ringable towers may Read more…
A few years ago Whitechapel Bell Foundry were asked to inspect the bells at Wormshill. Whilst looking to see what improvements could be made it was decided to replace the treble with a new, bigger bell. This was cast a few weeks Read more…
The Rochester district outing 2010 has been another ‘roaring’ success. This year it was held around the Ashdown Forest, Sussex where A.A. Milne lived and was inspired to write ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’. Fifteen ringers from the district (and two from Maidstone) ventured Read more…
Full details are now available for this year’s district outing, which is this Saturday 15th May to the Ashdown Forest in Sussex, in particular the area that inspired Alan Milne to write about Winnie-the-Pooh. The agenda for the outing is Read more…
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 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 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 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 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 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. Read more…
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