By Tony Goodman on 17-Sep-2017 - When I go out and about, I do like visiting villages and churches. I went to Barfrestone near Dover. The Church there does have a bell which is hung in a tree outside, I kid you not! I did have a look round Eythorne church and found a community magazine. On the last page there […] Read more
By Tony Goodman on 07-Sep-2017 - Until 2014, there had been no ringing at St Mary’s, Minster – the bells were silent. So, I started work with cleaning, making the tower habitable and the 5 bells ringable again. Another thing the Tower was short of was ringers!…. I decided to attend an ART Module 1 course to brush up my teaching […] Read more
By Tony Goodman on 01-Dec-2015 - On the 22nd October 2015 ringers from Minster, Monkton and Wingham had the rare privilege to ring the bells at Canterbury Cathedral. To do this they had to be checked by a ringing instructor from Margate to see if they were up to the high standard, and they all passed. Its good to get ringers […] Read more