I am very sad to report that, after a short illness, Emma Cundiff of Tunstall passed away this morning. Our thoughts are with Stuart and Rachel at this difficult time. More details will follow as appropriate in due course.
Derek Wilkinson, life member of the Association and former Tower Captain at Northfleet, has died aged 88 after a long illness. His funeral will be at 12.00pm on Thursday, 11 July 2024 at St Botolph’s Church, Northfleet, DA11 9EU, followed by burial at Northfleet Cemetery, Springhead Road, Northfleet, DA11 8HW. There will be Read more…
The Rochester District Outing to the Hastings area will be taking place on Saturday 15th June 2024. We will be visiting: Sedlescombe 9:30 am; Battle 10:45 am; Hastings (Blacklands) Christchurch noon; Hastings All Saints 2:45 pm: Hastings St Clements 3:45 pm; St Leonards 5 pm and Alan Pink’s pub – Read more…
The next Rochester District Practice will be held on Saturday 18th May at St Peter and St Paul, Swanscombe, DA10 0BA, from 10 am until 11:30 am. This practice will focus on ringing rounds, call changes and plain hunt and may include some theory, so please bring your learners along. Read more…
We will be holding the Rochester District 6-bell striking competition at St John the Baptist, Bredgar, ME9 8EX, on Saturday 20th April from 3pm. This will be followed by the quarterly meeting. For the 6-bell call change striking competition, we welcome all entrants. Your ringers do not need to be Read more…
Firsts Month This year in the Rochester District we are holding a ‘Firsts Month’ from 20th April to 20th May. This timeline includes both the district striking competition at Bredgar, and the district practice at Swanscombe: good opportunities to score firsts! The purpose of the month is both to encourage Read more…
The Rochester District will be holding a training event for ringing up and down in peal on Saturday 16th March at St Margaret’s, Rochester. This will begin with a theory session from 2:30 pm, followed by the practical session from 3 pm until 5:45 pm (with a mid-session break for Read more…
The next Rochester District event will be a surprise minor practice at St Mary and St Sexburgha, Minster-in-Sheppey, ME12 2HE, on Saturday 17th February from 3pm. This practice will focus on Kent TB, Cambridge, Beverley and Norwich surprise minor. Even if you are a bit (very) rusty, there’s time to do Read more…
Please see the below for details of the Rochester Cathedral tower outing to Islington and Hackney on Saturday 3rd February. If you are interested in coming or have any questions, please contact me for further details. Anita Travel to Highbury & Islington (rail suggestions on request) Walk (approx 18 mins to Read more…
There will be a Rochester District Practice and Quarterly Meeting at St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, ME7 1SS, on Saturday 20th January from 3pm. There will be open ringing first followed by the meeting. The draft minutes from the ADM in October and the agenda for this meeting have been circulated to Read more…
There will be a Rochester District Practice on Saturday 18th November from 10:30 am at St Mary Magdalene Church, Cobham, DA12 3DB. This practice will be focused on ringing doubles and minor, in particular: plain hunting; plain bob doubles and minor; Grandsire doubles; St Martin’s doubles and Single Oxford Bob Read more…