The Tewkesbury Shield competition was initiated in the early summer of 1973, a date which the majority of the band was very unfamiliar with! This meant that this year was the 40th Tewkesbury Shield competition, and would be held despite the BBC over exaggerating the flood situation. The organisers allowed every team 10 vouchers that […]
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[AFG_gallery id=’30’] 2012’s Easter Tour saw the UL descend on the Isle of Wight for a weekend of drinking, socialising, and of course ringing (most of it good!). The tour started on Friday the 30th of March with 11 ringers turning up in Portsmouth ready to catch the 9pm ferry to the island. Some confusion
This year’s Peal Weekend was held on 10th-13th February. For the third year running there has been an increase in success rate with 5 out of 7 peals being scored, four of which were rung for the ULSCR with one being SOS. The attempt of Yorkshire Maximus on Friday night came to grief early on
On Wednesday 1st February the UL went to see Les Miserables at the Queen’s theatre. We all met at Leicester Square Tube station and headed to China Town. We soon found an all you can eat buffet and ate lots of food. After realising that we need to be at the theatre very soon and
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It was the 20th January 2012 when the UL embarked on what would be a most enjoyable, if somewhat optimistic, fresher’s pub crawl. The plan, thought out in meticulous detail by our then Secretary Jenny Willis, was to visit 15 pubs in total, starting at the Euston tap and doing a big circuit around Fitzrovia
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[AFG_gallery id=’28’] On Saturday 14th January the UL set off for Canterbury on the Winter Tour. Those hardy souls who got up really early enjoyed a leisurely journey through the mists and frost of a chilly winter morning, whilst those who got up rather later were treated to a high speed whisk through Kent to
[AFG_gallery id=’29’] After some time of deliberation Mariko booked our Trafalgar Square slot: “I’ve booked a slot for us to perform which will be on Friday 9th December from 8-9pm… Practices will be 16th Oct, 6th Nov, 20th Nov and 4th Dec between about 1pm and 2:30pm at Hart St. I also suggest a practice
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On the 3rd December 2011, a select number of the UL (Jenny, Mariko, Ryan, myself and my boyfriend Mark) ventured out on to the ice to go ice skating! We stayed close to home, going to the ice rink at the Tower of London. It was a busy day with Mariko, Ryan and I scoring
[AFG_gallery id=’27’] The Dinner weekend this year started at Spitalfields with an unusually low turnout for some open ringing. However some good ringing was enjoyed including some silly Bristol. The turnout to the Gun following the ringing was much better showing that many people were doing the classic UL trick of skipping the ringing and
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Photo thanks to: Ben Meyer, Becca Cullen, Jacqueline Bale [AFG_gallery id=’24’] The UL attended an eventful and thoroughly enjoyable SUA which, I have been reliably informed, may even have been as good as when we hosted it last year (I know… shocking!). For those people who decided to accept the President’s Challenge, the event started
