The bells of Hitchin in Hertfordshire have recently been augmented to 12+1 and remodelled so that the old 9th is now the tenor of the new ring. This brings the weight of the tenor down from 29cwt to 17cwt. Sounds like they’ve done a good job to me. Enjoy! Note: Read more…
A bit of a blast from my past this week, some ringing from Cardington, Bedfordshire. I rang here back in the early 90s and at the time thought they were one of the best 8’s around – and I think they still sound good today. Enjoy! Note: if the video Read more…
An enjoyable day out was the consensus of ringers who participated in this outing to Hampshire, organised by Rochester District Ringing Master Diana Wraight. We were lucky to have sunny weather and the countryside looked lovely decked in the fresh, green, Spring foliage. After an early departure from Meopham in Read more…
A lovely sunny morning greeted us for the open 10-bell practice held at All Saints, Maidstone on Saturday 1st June. Unfortunately, the turn-out was very poor indeed – only 9 ringers from the District attended (5 of whom are on the District Committee) and had it not been for the Read more…
Late again this week, but I have literally not long got back from Devon. As I had the pleasure of joining in with a Devon call-change band’s practice at Paignton this week, I thought it would be appropriate to have a video to follow the theme! Good fun. Enjoy! Note: Read more…
Slightly late this week, but here’s some ringing on the new 10 at St. Nicholas Guildford now that they are finally in the tower. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player which you can get here.
On Saturday 1st June we are holding an Open 10-bell practice for all Rochester District members at All Saints, Maidstone from 10am to 12pm. If you haven’t ever had the chance to ring on 10 bells and would like a go, have rung on 10 before but don’t get the Read more…
A sneak peek for those of you coming on the District Outing on Saturday – these are the new bells at St. Agatha, Portsmouth. A very light (3cwt) eight that have already been pealed many times since they went in recently. Should be fun! Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t Read more…
On Saturday 20th April, the sun shone to welcome us to Eastchurch for the second quarterly meeting of 2013. Unfortunately, due to lack of entrants, the planned Call Change and Striking Competitions were cancelled, however Rochester Cathedral agreed to represent the District at the County 6-bell competition later in the Read more…
This week’s video is of some new bells that haven’t even made it into the tower yet! The new 10 for St. Nicholas in Guildford are shown here being ‘rung’ with a mallet and a clapper at the foundry – they sound amazing, so you can imagine how good they Read more…