“Ding! Dong! Merrily on high, in heaven the bells are ringing…” As we approach the great feast of Christmas, and the end of 2018, I take this opportunity to give tribute to all ringers, willing volunteers, who give your .time and skill selflessly week on week throughout the year. And Read more…
The Central Council AGM in 2019 will take place on Saturday, 7th September at Goldsmiths, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. The business to include reports of the Council’s activities, a presentation of its budget & forward plan, plus the opportunity to review aspects of its work in more detail. The Read more…
The Association 8-Bell Striking Competition 2019 will be hosted by the Rochester District and held at Tunstall on Saturday 29th June. The draw will be held at 9.45am. The test piece for the competition is a plain course of Turramurra Surprise Major. The blue line can be found online at Read more…
Please see below the highlights from the General Committee meeting held on Saturday 24th November 2018:
“We remembered” – a message from the President of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Last Sunday – Remembrance Sunday – we were called to “look to” and take part in a most momentous commemoration. Being so intimately linked in to our local communities, it was no surprise that Read more…
Sarah Button is the Assistant Stage Manager to The Marlowe Theatre’s upcoming production of ‘Return of The Unknown’ which is a production to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice and will be held at Dover Marine Station from 8th-11th November. She needs to borrow 4 x Town Criers/School bells for Read more…
A very Autumnal morning greeted the 6 teams on 22nd September at Upchurch, the venue for this year’s 6-bell Striking Competition. Luckily the rain held off most of the morning, but there was plenty to eat & drink in the church where it was warm(er) and dry. The ringing was Read more…
Highlights from the General Committee meeting held on 28th July are as follows: Proposed Rule Changes – A number of rule changes for decision at the AGM 2019 Easter Monday 22nd April are envisaged. Details will be circulated to District Secretaries by 1st September 2018 for consideration at Annual District Meetings Read more…
The ringing community may be understandably confused regarding alternative requests for ringing on 11th November this year. I hope that the following provides some clarification. “Ringing Remembers” is the campaign officially endorsed and sponsored by HM Government for (a) recruiting new ringers and (b) ringing open at 12:30pm on Sunday Read more…
The Association Inter-District 8-bell striking contest was held on June 30th at Aylesford. Those present were treated to a wonderful sunny day, copious refreshments and some excellent ringing from all six bands. The judges were Dr Andrew Kelso and David Hengeli of the Essex Association who had the task of Read more…