Rochester District News

I’m sorry to report that Howard Gardner, regular ringer at Eastchurch, passed away suddenly from a heart attack on Wednesday 20th August.  His funeral will be at Minster Abbey on Friday 5th September at 3pm.

I’m off on holiday for a couple of weeks, so there will be no updates to the website between now and w/c 11th August.

As part of the Ringing World National Youth Contest recently, a band of young ringers rang for service on the glorious 12 at Worcester Cathedral.  Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player which you can get here.

The new ring at St. John the Devine in Merton, Greater London were dedicated on Sunday 13th July.  They are made up of 3 bells from Cradley Heath Methodist Church and 3 newly cast bells, with the 3rd being donated by the Keltek Trust.  Here is the first ringing on Read more…

(Frinsted) Just a reminder that the next Quarterly Meeting is being held at Frinsted this coming Saturday 19th July. Ringing starts at 3.30pm, followed by tea and the meeting and then further ringing afterwards at Wormshill. All are welcome, so please do come along and encourage others to come with Read more…

The KCACR County 8-bell Striking Competition was held at Tonbridge on Saturday 5th July.  Rochester District managed a very respectable 4th place, being only 1 fault behind the band placed 3rd.  The winning team were from the Lewisham District (again!) and this is the start of their test piece.  Enjoy! Read more…

The final of the National 12 Bell Competition was held at Oxford Cathedral on Saturday.  On the day, there was a live broadcast streamed over the internet for everyone to listen to, and now that broadcast is available for you to listen to at your leisure.  Some amazing 12-bell ringing. Read more…

A group of Young Ringers went to London recently for an outing.  Here they are ringing some Spliced Surprise Major on the pleasant little 8 at St. Olave, Hart Street.  Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player which you Read more…

The details pages for each of the towers in the District have now been updated to include: The latest practice night information as per the 2014 handbook A contact form to allow visitors to contact Tower Representatives by email (apart from those that have asked for this not to be Read more…