UL Easter Tour 2015
‘Fastest Report Writing Ever’ Award (the Monday)! (…alternative version available further down the page – also
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Rosemary Hill 2014-15
National 12 Bell 2015
Thanks to an exceptionally strong UL band – not to mention an enthusiastic team of organisers – the UL were able this year to once again put a team into the National 12 Bell Competition. This time round the test piece was half a course of Cambridge Surprise Maximus, so in the run up to
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Pancake Party 2015
Inventory of Jenny’s Living Room -A record of the ULSCR pancake party 17/02/15 Green carpet & carpeted skirting boards¹. Large windows with cream curtains that hang to just below waist height. Wooden tool for opening such windows hanging from the rail in the join between the two curtains. Curtains remained closed all night, excluding a
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Peal Weekend 2015
The ULSCR’s 2015 Peal Weekend was held on a crisp, winter’s weekend in February, and as it happened to coincide with Valentine’s weekend, as it does every year, I missed out on most of the festivities due to other romantic, smoochy plans I had (although I hear I missed out on a very good curry,
Roger Bailey QP Weekend 2015
On the Society’s second Roger Bailey ringing weekend, five quarter peals were successfully scored and dedicated to his memory. The weekend started on Friday evening, with 2 attempts in the City. An Imperial band attempt of Bristol Major at Garlickhythe unfortunately came to grief about halfway through but Superlative Major at Cripplegate was scored in
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Winter Tour 2015 – Cambridge
I honestly can’t think of a better way to start any day than sitting next to a semi-inebriated Luke Camden, zealously gulping down his second MacDo diet coke of the morning. The whiff of an egg and bacon McMuffin drifting over to my inviting nostrils, the labour-intensive sound of alternate munches and slurps lulling me
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Theatre Trip – Cats
As in previous years, London theatre offered cheap tickets in January/February and as always we took full advantage! The choice this year was Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Cats”. The only piece of drama was being told earlier in the day that Jenny Willis was in Barcelona but was on track to get back in
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Christmas Handbells ’14
This was a bumper year for us which included many different locations, silly hats, fairy lights, lots of micro-pore tape, Santa Claus(!)… oh, and we managed to raise over £1000(!!) for the Southwark Cathedral Appeal. I have uploaded the spreadsheet I used to manage everything as that probably serves as the best reminder to what
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Dinner 2014: Special Agent TMB
This report has been compiled from the scrambled tapes of Special Agent TMB…
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SUA 2014
Since the fi rst in 1979, the SUA has established itself in the diaries of all university change ringing societies in the south of England. Just as the NUA has for the north. In fact, the UL dominated the early years, of the SUA, winning seven in a row before coming 3rd in 1986. This year