Annual General Meeting 2020 The 2020 AGM will be hosted by the Lewisham District at St. Nicholas, Chislehurst Currently postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic More information: https://kcacr.org.uk/coronavirus Handbooks This Handbook is free of charge for all Practising Members by request and available to download using the code on their Membership card. The price for additional copies or to others (PDF or hard copy) is £4 We welcome all visitors to Kent and hope that you enjoy your visit to the Garden of England. Subscriptions Practising members Adult £15.00 p.a. Up to 18 years or over 65 years £7.50 p.a. Others Associate members Not less than £1.00 Non-resident life members £11.25 single payment The following abbreviations are used in the Handbook: UC Upper Floor Ringing Chamber GF Ground Floor Ringing Chamber OG Ringing from Open Gallery GG Ringing from Glazed Gallery WC Toilet normally available for ringers SIM Simulator on one or more bells The inclusion of a tower in the listings does not necessarily indicate that it is safe to ring full circle. Cover photo: St Nicholas, Chislehurst – venue for the 2020 AGM Source: Wikipedia Commons - 1 - The Kent County Association of Change Ringers Bell Restoration Fund Registered Charity No. 261294 www.kcacr.org.uk HANDBOOK 2020 PRESIDENT The Archbishop of Canterbury VICE PRESIDENTS The Bishops of Dover, Rochester, Southwark, Tonbridge and Woolwich The Deans of Canterbury and Rochester The Archdeacons of Ashford, Bromley & Bexley, Canterbury, Lewisham, Maidstone, Rochester and Tonbridge ELECTED VICE PRESIDENTS Mary R Andrews, Thomas M Barlow, Stanley Jenner, Catherine M Lewis, David C Manger, Dr Donald H Niblett Chairman Dr Phillip R J Barnes [email protected] Piltdown House, Maidstone Rd, St Mary’s Platt, Sevenoaks TN15 8JE 01732 885443 Hon. Secretary J Susan Bassett [email protected] 23 Hanmer Way, Staplehurst, Tonbridge TN12 0NR 07749 688340 Hon. Treasurer Maureen Poole [email protected] 17 Earlsfield Road, Hythe CT21 5PE 01303 262961 Peal Secretary Dr Phillip R J Barnes [email protected] Address as Chairman 01732 885443 Quarter Peal Anthony J Leeves [email protected] Secretary 85 Powdermill Lane, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells TN4 9ED 01892 531104 Librarian Hazel B Basford [email protected] Chapter 7, Old Tree, Hoath, Canterbury CT3 4LE 07768 872371 Handbook Editor Douglas G Davis [email protected] 14 Monmouth Close, Rainham ME8 7BQ 07732 368270 Bell Restoration Brian G Butcher [email protected] Officer Fairwinds, 87 Shepherds Walk, Hythe CT21 6QA 01303 269657 Youth Officer Jennifer M Thomas [email protected] 5 The Meadows, Halstead, Sevenoaks, TN14 7HD 07908 413868 Training Officer David W Grimwood [email protected] 56 Postley Road, Maidstone ME15 6TR 07960 369681 Webmaster Douglas G Davis [email protected] 14 Monmouth Close, Rainham ME8 7BQ 07732 368270 Publicity Officer Caroline Stockmann [email protected] Bell House, High Street, Sevenoaks TN13 1JD 07826 543693 Health & Safety Peter G Sims [email protected] 17 Cunningham Crescent, Wayfield, Chatham ME5 0ES 01634 830045/07771 513010 Safeguarding Emma Jarvis [email protected] 35 Fell Mead, East Peckham, Tonbridge, TN12 5EQ 01622 872187 Central Council Douglas G Davis, Address as Webmaster 07732 368270 Reps. David W Grimwood, Address as Training Officer 07960 369681 Dr Phillip R J Barnes, Address as Chairman 01732 885443 Catherine M Lewis, Mallans, Main Road, Sundridge, Sevenoaks TN14 6EF 01959 563767 Caroline Stockmann, Address as Publicity Officer 07826 543693 Independent Stephen Marsh Examiner BRF Trustees The Chairman, Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer Honorary Life Members: Alan P S Berry (Loughborough), Rev David Cawley (Margate), Richard C Offen (Perth, WA), Ian H Oram (Warnham) - 2 - KCACR Facebook Group For news, general ringing chat and upcoming events join at https://www.kcacr.org.uk/facebook or scan KCACR Updates Mailing List To receive Association news, updates and more to your inbox sign up to receive the KCACR Updates emails at https://www.kcacr.org.uk/updates or scan Kent Young Ringers Facebook Group For everything related to Young Ringers in Kent (under 25’s) join at https://www.kcacr.org.uk/youngringers or scan - 3 - Handbook Index In Memoriam 4 Rochester District 65 Announcements 11 Association Map 73 County Competition Results 11 Tonbridge District 76 County Events 2020 11 Other Towers of Interest 85 Ringers with 50 years of membership 12 Quarter Peal Secretary's Report 2019 88 Accounts 2019 13 Quarter Peals rung in 2019 91 Minutes of the 2019 AGM 16 Peal Secretary’s Report for 2019 103 General Secretary’s Report 2019 22 Peals rung in 2019 106 Safeguarding Report 2019 23 Rules of the Association 128 Training Report 2019 23 Rules governing Association peals 130 Young Ringers’ Report 2019 24 County striking competition rules 130 Publicity Report 2019 25 Bell Restoration Fund rules 131 Librarian Report 2019 26 Guidelines for BRF grants & assistance 132 Bell Restoration Report 2019 27 Training Fund Guidelines 132 Health & Safety Report 2019 28 Expenses Policy 132 Insurance 28 Health & Safety Policy 134 Guide to Diocesan consent for works to bells 29 120 Club Guidelines 136 Tower Listing by District KYR Fund Guidelines 136 Kent Young Ringers 30 Volunteer Complaint & Grievance Policy 137 Ashford District 32 A Belfry Office 139 Canterbury District 40 Hymns for Bell Ringers 141 Lewisham District 50 Towers by practice night 142 Maidstone District 57 Alphabetical Index of Towers 144 Advertiser Index Abelsim (Mabel/Abel/Mobel) 64 Maypole Bells 71 Angela Clark Buttons 82 Nicholson Engineering 39 Bassets Solicitors 69 Palace Farm Hostel & Campsite 31 Bells of Whitechapel 127 The Change of Horses, Farnborough 54 Blythe & Co Ltd 35 The Chocolate Shop 80 Church Bells of Kent 75 The Colour Factory Ltd 67 Craft Frames 49 The George & Dragon, Downe 54 Cumbria Clock Company 44 The Keltek Trust 64 Ellis & Pritchard’s 87 The Ringing World Ltd 56 Flamingo Paperie 79 The Stanhope Arms, Brasted 79 John Taylor & Co 60 The Star, Matfield 54 KCACR Clothing 90 The Unicorn Inn 43 Malcolm Brown Bellropes 102 The Woodman, Otford 84 Please can you help by finding advertisers for the 2021 Handbook? Think particularly of things such as pubs, other eateries, shops and tourist attractions near churches with bells. Point out to them that Kent ringers, and visiting ringers from other parts, are all likely to see their ad in the Handbook or on the website when they are planning their itinerary. Show them a copy and mention that we circulate to approximately 1,500 people and that they are used all year. If anyone is interested, please let me know about them as soon as possible and I will send them more information. Rates: Half Page £25.00 Full Page: £40.00 Catherine Lewis 01959 563767 [email protected] - 4 - In Memoriam Sadly, we must record the deaths of the following members/former members: Reverend Stanley Munro Evans, Vice President 1930 – 2019 With the passing to his rest of the Reverend Stanley Evans on December 16th 2019, the Diocese of Canterbury has been bereaved of one of its longest-serving and best loved Priests, and the Kent County Association of Change Ringers has lost one of its most iconic figures, former Chairman of Rochester and Canterbury Districts, County Chairman and a practising Vice President, as well as being a distinguished senior member of the Guild of Clerical Ringers. Stanley – and one needed only to mention his Christian name, and all would know who was meant – was born in the West Indies in the palmy years between the wars. His birthday, 21st April, he shared with pride with Princess Elizabeth, now our Queen. A few years ago, he returned to the Bahamas to check out his birthplace, and whilst there he obtained Bahamian nationality. He was very proud of his two passports! When his parents returned to England the young Stanley was to grow up at Minster-in-Sheppey. His father was a Church Warden there, and Stanley was a Server. He maintained his Sheppey home until quite recent years. His father was a senior Councillor on Sheppey District Council. Stanley would often tell the story of father riding on the last train from Queenborough to Leysdown on the Sheppey Light Railway, now no more. Stanley was educated at Borden Grammar School, near Sittingbourne. Approaching 14, he was confirmed in Minster Abbey by Archbishop William Temple. It was during those confirmation groups in 1943 that the Vicar announced that the wartime ban on bell ringing was being lifted, and would they like to serve the church by learning to ring? The answer was at once clear to Stanley. He and his fellow-conscripts were “roped in”: under the direction of Mr Dobbie and the band of St Michael’s, Sittingbourne they learned the art, Stanley opining that it all came through good teaching. By the time that Stanley left school, he was Tower Captain at Minster Abbey, and had rung his first peal. One of his achievements is recorded on a tablet on the walls of Minster Abbey ringing chamber, proudly bearing the words ‘Stanley M. Evans, Captain’. Stanley’s call to Ordination had come early, and he never wavered. Although he had two years’ National Service in the Royal Air Force (which he seemed to have enjoyed), it was King’s College, London which awarded him a place and where he trained for the Ministry. He did his fourth-year training at St Boniface College, Warminster and graduated with an AKC. He was ordained in 1954 in Canterbury Cathedral by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher, and went to serve his first Curacy at St Oswald, Norbury, Croydon.