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…
As of today, you will now see a list of the latest peals and quarter peals rung in the District on the left hand side of the website. Driven by a saved search in Bellboard and their new RSS publication feature, the most recent 2 performances will be shown here, Read more…
The bells of Llantilio Pertholey were augmented and rehung in 1995 by Taylors. Originally a 3, I think these are a nice sounding 6 now. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player which you can get here.
Just a reminder that there is a District Practice this coming Saturday 21st June at Northfleet, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Please encourage your ringers to come along and have a ring, all abilities will be catered for.
Back into Kent today and some ringing from Kemsing. A new ring of 6 were cast in 1991 by Whitecapel to be installed here, and a lovely little ring they are too. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player Read more…