Rochester District News

Bob Hinde’s funeral is now confirmed as being at St John the Baptist, Meopham, on Monday 12 February at 1.30 pm.

I am sad to report that Bob Hinde from Meopham passed away recently.  Details of funeral arrangements will follow in due course.

There will be a training session being held at Tunstall next Saturday afternoon following the District Practice in the morning.  The focus of this session will be Plain Bob & Grandsire Triples, for those who are already ringing doubles and would like to move on up to Triples. If you Read more…

Many of you, especially in Rochester District, will at some time have rung with Ray Morgan. You probably also know that last summer Ray was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. He died shortly before Christmas, a tragic loss to his family, his many friends, and the ringing community. Ray learnt Read more…

Ray Morgan’s funeral will take place at St Margarets Church, St Margaret’s Street, Rochester on Wednesday 17th January at 12:00. This is to be followed by a Wake at ‘Ye Arrow’, which is on Boley Hill, Rochester opposite the Cathedral. His family have asked that, in lieu of flowers, donations Read more…

Bernard Fagg, long-time ringer and tower captain at Milton Regis, sadly passed away on Thursday 14th December. His funeral will take place at 11am on Friday 5th January at Milton Regis. There will be ringing beforehand from 10am for those that would like to ring for him, and also ringing Read more…

I am sorry to announce that Ray Morgan, a longstanding and loyal member of the Rochester Cathedral Company of Bell Ringers and a former Chairman of the Rochester District died peacefully on Monday 19th December after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in June this year. He will be missed Read more…

November has in recent years been given over to Quarter Peal Month in the Rochester District, and this year saw a total of 30 quarter peals rung in 15 different towers – a great effort all round. Details of the quarter peals rung can be found by looking at the Read more…

Subscriptions for 2018 are now due. Please find below (in both Word and PDF formats) a letter requesting your subscriptions and detailing how you should collect & pay them, the submission form that should be completed & sent to the me along with your cheque for your tower’s subscriptions and Read more…

The Rochester District ADM is coming up on 21st October, and as always we need to elect District Officers for the coming year.  All roles open to nominations, however this year we will be looking for the following where people are standing down: 2 x Ringing Masters The main role Read more…