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). […]
This year’s early summer tour-crawl began as St Anne Limehouse, where nine of us fought our way through seemingly abandoned piles of music stands and instruments at the back of the church to find the tower entrance. 45 minutes later, with several touches from Bob Doubles to Bristol Major rung, a desperate thirst came upon
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Shrove Tuesday this year saw the UL pancake party hosted by Bex at her amazing flat at St Thomas’ Hospital. After finding our way through the distinctively hospital-smelling lower floors, we were greeted by a panorama of the Houses of Parliament in twilight, with Big Ben chiming the hour. The sound of the bells was
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This year the Roger Bailey weekend, became the Roger Bailey Day. Although Jemma initially didn’t think there were enough to ring the Quarter, a big group of us attended the day with a band of 8 ringing a Quarter at 10am on the Saturday morning. The QP rung at Garlickhythe was nearly interrupted! however didn’t
A small group of UL members and friends waved a fond farewell to 2016, and welcomed in the new year with bubbles, bells and board games at Chez Luke & Chloe (minus Luke). The contingent was a select few (those who had not the foresight to make snazzier or jazzier plans in advance) but all
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‘Twas the last night of UL, when all thro’ the city Not a member was stirring, not even the committee; The tower was decorated by master with care, In hopes that UL soon would be there; The members were nestled all snug in pub, With visions of bell ringing and all that fine grub And
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The rain in Camb AINT mainly on the train.
Lovely lunch and worth the wait…
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Dressed as Frenchie from Grease (because what else can you come up with for a costume on two days’ notice as a poor student), I arrived at The Market Porter early – still getting my bearings around central London! I was shocked at how busy the place was – people were spilling out of the
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On the morning of the 22nd October, 2016, several ringers, including several UL ringers gathered at the church…
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Another year, another treasure hunt – this time with an unprecedentedly cultural theme (unfamiliar territory for the UL…) That’s right – this year saw teams of keen-minded bellringers spreading out across central (and greater) London in quest of clues in an impressive range of museums. The treasure hunt pack had the potential to lead us
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