Message received from Graham Long: I have to inform you that Freda Cannon died at about 12.30pm on Saturday 14th January. Freda was a long standing member of the band at St Alfege, Greenwich for 60 years, Tower Captain for many years and was also President of the Ladies Guild Read more…
Sue Cameron, Lewisham District Secretary, sends in this update & itinerary for the upcoming joint outing for the Lewisham & Tonbridge Districts next Saturday 6th August to London: 9.30 – 10.30 St Botolph, Bishopsgate 8, 17-1-6 in D 11 – 12noon Christ Church, Spitalfields 8, 17-1-10 in E Lunch 2 – 3 St Botolph Read more…
For many years, the tower of St George’s Bickley contained a stationary clock chime. After the fire of 1989 which destroyed the lower part of the tower and caused extensive damage to the body of the church, a ring of 6 was installed in a frame for 8 and dedicated Read more…
Congratulations to the Lewisham District on their success in the County 6-bell striking competition at Kennington. For details click here.
The final itinerary and directions for the joint outing with the Tonbridge District to London this coming Saturday 8th August are now available for download here.
Congratulations to the Lewisham District on winning the County 8-bell striking competition for 2014. This makes their fourth win in a row. Something must be done! Full details are available here.
Christ Church Erith has received £7,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) through their Sharing Heritage programme, for an exciting project, Christ Church Erith tower, clock and bells centenary 2015. Led by volunteers from the local bellringers the project focuses on the history of the tower. Using archive material mainly Read more…
Thanks to Rupert Cheeseman for sending in results of the 2013 District call change competition and the 2014 6-bell competition. Full details are on the District website. Saturday 16 November 2013 – Call change competition at Farnborough 1st Crayford & Dartford 18 faults 2nd Erith, Christ Church 27 3rd Chelsfield Read more…
The competition took place on Saturday 2 March at Chelsfield. Only two teams entered, but there were enough spare ringers around on the day to form a scratch band. The photo above shows the judge, Peter Harrison from Kensington, presenting the winner’s certificate to Philippa Rooke, a representative for the Read more…
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 have spotted that a new tower has crept into the Read more…