The new bells of Stone-next-Dartford were dedicated by the new Bishop of Rochester on Sunday, 16th January 2011. The service was attended by the local mayor and MP, as well as various district ringers making up a 200-strong congregation. The peal of six bells have come from the redundant church Read more…
Peter Sims, as KCACR Chairman, attended the service of dedication of the new bells at Stone on 16 January 2011. He writes: It was a very lengthy (2 hours), but enjoyable service attended by the local mayor and MP as well as various District ringers amongst a congregation of about Read more…
It is with great pleasure that we can officially announce that the church and ringers at Stone-next-Dartford will be joining the Rochester district. Stone used to have two bells, which have been replaced by the old six from Homerton (London). However, there was a problem with the tenor bell and Read more…
Geoff Sayer celebrated his 80th birthday in September. He has been ringing at Swanscombe for 64 years and during that time has taught many people to ring. A quarter peal of Grandsire Triples was rung by local ringers to celebrate. Other locals came to watch and listen. See the birthday Read more…
A few years ago Whitechapel Bell Foundry were asked to inspect the bells at Wormshill. Whilst looking to see what improvements could be made it was decided to replace the treble with a new, bigger bell. This was cast a few weeks ago by Whitechapel in memory of Michael Nightingale (who put Read more…
The Rochester district outing 2010 has been another ‘roaring’ success. This year it was held around the Ashdown Forest, Sussex where A.A. Milne lived and was inspired to write ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’. Fifteen ringers from the district (and two from Maidstone) ventured out on a beautiful sunny day to ring some bells, Read more…
Full details are now available for this year’s district outing, which is this Saturday 15th May to the Ashdown Forest in Sussex, in particular the area that inspired Alan Milne to write about Winnie-the-Pooh. The agenda for the outing is as follows, and includes an optional stop at the infamous Read more…
On Saturday 17th April 2010 both the striking and call change competitions for our district were held at Chalk and won by Meopham. One of the judges, Frank Lewis (KCACR webmaster) said, “I’ve been judging striking competitions for years but this was the first time I’d worked with Catherine Heathcote. Read more…
After nearly six months of silence the bells of St Margaret, Rainham rung out for the service on Easter Sunday. Due to essential maintenance work on the tower the bells could not be rung, and so the local band practiced at different towers in the Rochester District and would like to thank those Read more…
David Webzell, tower captain at St George, Gravesend, asked for a band to ring at St Georges, Gravesend on Thursday 25th March. This was the first time the bells had been rung for about 18 months, since the completion of the repairs to the tower. The Vicar, Rev Canon Chris Read more…