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).
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, ULSCR peal weekend took place on the weekend of the 10th-12th February. Three peals were organised, one for each day, as there wasn’t strong demand for *too much* bellringing. I agreed with the chosen conductors that they would choose the methods for their peals, so they would feel comfortable! The Friday evening was
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
