A bit late this week, but today we’re off to Suffolk for some Little Bob Royal on the ten bells at Stradbroke. Quite a mix of founders here, they were augmented to 8 in 1877 by Taylors and then 2 more trebles added in 1952 by Gilletts. Still a pleasant Read more…
This year’s District Outing is heading to Hampshire on Saturday 18th May. We will be travelling by coach, departing from and returning to Meopham School where there is ample free car parking available. The draft itinerary is as follows: 8am – Depart Meopham School Petersfield, St. Peter – 8, 15cwt Read more…
On Saturday 16th March, around 18 ringers from around the District met at Shorne for a practice session on the six bells. The ringing ranged from plain hunt, Plain Bob, St. Clements and Grandsire up to Stedman, Cambridge and even Norwich Surprise Minor. Tea, coffee and biscuits were a welcome Read more…
Off to Wiltshire today for some Yorkshire Surprise Major on the lovely sounding bells at Bradford-on-Avon. Cast in 1923 by Gillett & Johnston I think you’ll agree they sound great. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player which you Read more…
The KCACR AGM is being held this coming Monday, 1st April at All Saints, Birchington in the Canterbury District. There is now a full agenda and programme for the day available on the KCACR website at the link below: AGM Agenda AGM Programme The new handbooks will also be available Read more…
I thought it was about time I added something new to the site, so today I’ve added the Bellringing Web Latest News ticker. You can see it on the left of the page. The latest news items from Bellringing Web (http://www.bellringing.org) will ‘tick’ through, and if you want to read Read more…
Amazingly this is the 52nd week of the YouTube Weekly feature on this site – how time flies! In celebration of this momentous occasion, I’d like to take you back to the very first video I published – still a favourite of mine a year on. Enjoy Liverpool’s Pier Head bells Read more…
As everyone should be aware, the annual District Call Change and 6-bell Striking Competitions are due to take place at Eastchurch on Saturday 20th April. If you intend to enter a band for either or both competitions could you please let the District Secretary know in advance, providing the following Read more…
Most of us are lucky enough to ring in towers where the bells and installations are in a good state of repair. The ringers at Great Malvern Priory in Worcestershire however are not so fortunate. As you can see from this weeks’ video, there is a lot of frame movement Read more…
Don’t forget that there’s a morning practice at Shorne this coming Saturday 16th March from 10am to midday. All abilities will be catered for so please encourage your ringers to come along. Hope to see you there. Doug. Rochester District Secretary & Webmaster.