The 2022 ULSCR Treasure Hunt took place on Saturday 28th May and the day was split in to three separate sections to be completed in a set amount of time. Despite COVID hitting part of the organising team, the hunt started at approximately 1015am at Trafalgar Square after everyone participating had been split in to […]
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On Wednesday 16th June, a group of student ringers unusually gathered at St Olave’s in anticipation of ringing the bells. Why was this so, when the UL practice night is on a Thursday? Because the Germans were coming, of course! More specifically, a film crew from the TV show Galileo that airs on German, Austria,
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St George’s day marked the return of the annual UL Easter tour, this year in Essex, the home of our librarian, Sam. The day began at North Ockendon, a six-bell tower just off the M25. Most members took the bus or car from Upminster, although Luke and I took a leisurely stroll across the fields
The 2022 Annual General Meeting will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday 14 May 2022 at St Olave, 8 Hart Street, London EC3R 7NB. The agenda and minutes of the 2021 Autumnal General Meeting are available from the Secretary. If you wish to stand for any of the following committee positions, then please email
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With the Freshers’ outnumbered approximately 1:6, the tour began in leafy Richmond-Upon-Thames. The presence of an open balcony to the ringing chamber ensured our ringing was admired by the those below, and with the added benefit of shouting down tea orders to the kitchen. After finishing at Richmond, we headed onwards to Mortlake, with Asher
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On the 24th of July 2021, the UL convened for a theatre trip organized by Anne. We arrived (sensibly we thought) at the pub just after opening time to discover the much-waylaid Jenny Willis had this time been struck down by the pingdemic. Nevertheless we forged ahead. The play: The Prince of Egypt. The keen
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To Southampton I went for SUANo one else was going, so overnight I did not stayI rang in a scratch band with the CUG and Matt ChildThey let us ring early so everyone smiled The scratch bands came second: Oxford and Bristol won,The Ceilidh was tiring, but lots of funWe rang the Hartley 12 at
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On the 10th day of the month October, in the year 2018, the committee received a rather strange email. An email many members were unsure about. Was it real? It began with ‘Hi, I have an odd request’, and the title ‘Hand bell ringers required for a Christmas shoot for Capital FM’. The message also
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Summer tour began for me at Heathrow Airport, where I picked up Kate and Tom. The the first half of the journey was very slow and uneventful, but things got more exciting when Tom directed me off the M3 onto a ‘shortcut’. Unfortunately, I came off at the wrong junction and then we were immediately
Hello UL! It’s that wonderful time of year again, the start of the new academic year. It means only one thing and that is it’s time for UL ringing to start up again! I can already hear your cries of “Finally!” and “About time!” 🙂 First practice back will be this coming Thursday (28th September).
