As some of you will have seen in an email from Florence Hamp, we are going to try and record any ringing that took place in Rochester District towers on this website. An extract of the email from Florence is below: ‘We know that many towers in the District will Read more…
Following on from the successful Jubilee celebrations over the weekend, here’s an interesting bit of ‘ringing’ that was done in honour of the Queen’s special occasion. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player which you can get here.
To mark the start of the Jubilee celebrations in Cobham, a quarter peal of Grandsire Doubles was rung and the bells and ringers were filmed for ITV. To see the news item, please head over to the ITV website by clicking the link below. 400 year old tradition marks jubilee Read more…
Keeping it topical this week – it has to be the Royal Jubilee bells! Filmed here by TelegraphTV during their peal/tryout on the barge recently – they sound lovely. I’m sure these will make a great head of the pageant procession up the Thames on Sunday. Enjoy! Note: if the Read more…
Something a little different this week. Some of you may have seen the program when it was originally aired on the TV, but I still think it’s worth another watch. Charles Hazelwood composed this unique piece of music involving bells across Cambridge – I think it’s great, see what you Read more…
The District Outing to Essex and Suffolk took place on Saturday 19th May. A good day was had by all, and a full report including photos and videos can be found here.
As a little teaser for those of you heading out on the District Outing on Saturday, this weeks’ video shows the bells of East Bergholt in action. They are the heaviest ring of 5 in the country, yet they aren’t ‘rung’ in the traditional sense. I personally am looking forward Read more…
Sent in by Florence Hamp: “On May 5th Helen Webb, District Ringing Master, organized a training morning covering Plain Bob, Reverse Canterbury and St Simons Doubles. About a dozen ringers assembled at St Bartholomew’s Church at Bobbing for a busy and enjoyable morning. We were also pleased to welcome two Read more…
Tomorrow is the last opportunity for anyone wishing to join us for this years’ District Outing to Essex/Suffolk. If you would like to come along, please get in touch with Helen Webb now.
Saturday 5th May saw the annual Tewkesbury Shield competition take place at Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire. This is a 10-bell competition with entrants from all over the country. This weeks’ video is part of the test piece for the Hereford Diocesan Guild, and considering they eventually came last in the Read more…