Sunday, 28 October, at the Family Service a beautiful model of a church bell in its cradle was presented to the bell ringing team of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Newington. It had been made by, and was the gift of, Roger Durrant, a member of the Read more…
To the home of Fabian Stedman this week – Yarkhill, Herefordshire. He was baptised here, and just recently a new ring of 8 cast by Whitechapel have been installed. What else could be rung on these new bells but Stedman Triples – and a cracking new ring they are too. Read more…
Some years ago, the Rochester District embarked on an outing to Buckinghamshire taking in such towers as Beaconsfield, Lane End, West Wycombe and High Wycombe. The bells of High Wycombe have now been completely replaced with a new 12 (+ semitones) cast by Whitechapel – and this week shows the Read more…
I have just picked up this news story about a lady at Bathampton in Somerset getting caught up in a bell rope. She was a ringer, albeit apparently not very experienced. This story is all over the national press, and is not the best advertisement for ringing – hence I Read more…
Thursday 1st November saw the start of Rochester District Quarter Peal Month! Hopefully there are lots of quarter peal attempts planned across the District. If you do ring a quarter at a Rochester District tower during the month of November please ensure it is mentioned in the footnotes when posted Read more…
Something a little different this week. Most of us have peal boards in our towers or have at least seen them in other towers, often they represent a particularly special event for which ringing took place. In Liverpool they had just such a peal board, but it was very dirty Read more…
RESULTS OF THE GRAND DRAW – 20TH OCTOBER 2012 All Rochester District Members Thank you for supporting this event. The total raised for the Bell Restoration Fund is £670. Thank you to St. Margaret’s Rochester for sponsoring the Draw this year. The Results, which took place after the Annual District Read more…
The District ADM was held at Rochester Cathedral this year, so here’s a short clip of the back 8 bells being rung for a wedding prior to the start of the meeting. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player Read more…
At the Rochester District ADM held at Rochester Cathedral yesterday, there were the following changes in District Officers: District Secretary – Doug Davis Additional Ringing Master – Diana Wraight Grand Draw Organiser – Margaret Philpott All other officers remain unchanged from last year. Thanks go to those outgoing, and good Read more…
I always like to hear new bells being rung for the first time, so this week it’s the sound of the new ring of 10 at Moseley in Birmingham. Before this new ring were installed, there were 8 awful steel bells there – a massive improvement I’m sure you’ll agree. Read more…