I am sorry to announce the death on 20th February of Roland King (many people knew him as Fred), who was Yalding Tower Captain in the 1960s. In recent years he rang at Hollingbourne. His funeral is at Yalding church at 12 noon on Wednesday 20th March.
Just a reminder that the next Maidstone District Practice is being held at Maidstone, All Saints (10) on Saturday 10th February from 10am to 12pm. All are welcome, so please do come along and experience one of the best rings of 10 in the country!
Just a reminder that our last District Practice for 2023 is being held this coming Saturday 11th November from 10am to 12pm at East Farleigh. As always, everyone is welcome. Please note that there are no toilet facilities at East Farleigh, so please ‘go’ before you leave home! Look forward Read more…
The Maidstone District ADM is being held at St Nicholas, Leeds (10) on Saturday 14th October. Timings as follows: 10am – 12pm – Ringing 12pm – ADM 12.30pm – Lunch – The George Inn, Leeds Possibly further ringing afterwards We are still without a Master/Chair for the District, and as Read more…
The next District Practice is this coming Saturday 9th September at Ulcombe, 10am to midday. Unfortunately, both our Ringing Masters and I are unavailable this weekend, so Mal Williams has kindly agreed to run the practice for me – thank you Mal! I hope some of you will be able Read more…
Our next Maidstone District Practice is on Saturday 10th June at St. Mary’s Platt (TN15 8JE) where we will have some fun ringing on the mini-ring of 12 bells owned by Phil & Liz Barnes! The practice will run from 10am to around midday, after which Phil & Liz are Read more…
A reminder that we have our next Quarterly Meeting this coming Saturday 1st April at Harrietsham (8) from 10am to 12.30pm. Please send any apologies for absence to me before the meeting if possible. Agenda and minutes of the previous meeting can be downloaded below: Agenda – https://kcacr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-QMB-01-04-23-Agenda.pdf Minutes – Read more…
David Earl’s funeral will be on Friday 23rd December at 10:30am at Barming Church. The tower will be open for anybody who would like to come and ring from 9:30am onwards. The service will also be streamed online for those who would like to attend but are unable to make Read more…
I am sad to report that David Earl, past Tower Captain and Churchwarden at Barming, passed away on Monday 28th November aged 83. Funeral details will follow in due course.
After discussion with ringers, incumbents and their PCCs, it has been decided that: Instead of having two practices a week, on Wednesday at Boughton Monchelsea and on Friday at either Hunton or Linton, to have just one practice each week, open to all ringers from Boughton Monchelsea, East Farleigh, Hunton, Read more…