Hi all, The time has now come to start booking rooms and collect deposits for this year’s summer tour. When: 26th August – 2nd September Where: Based in Carlisle, traveling around Cumbria & the Lake District. The options for staying are as follows – the bank holiday weekend (3 nights, arriving Friday, leaving Monday) priced
Friday evening started in fine style with a peal of Bristol Major at St. James Garlickhythe. This was for David Phillips, so that he could ring his first in the method, and he rang very well, too. It was almost going to be Bristol Surprise Minor, due to unforeseen events at the eleventh hour, but
David Phillips kindly hosted the pancake party this year (9th Feb ’16) at his flat in Warwick Gardens, near Earl’s Court and Kensington Olympia. Although a very hospitable flat and hosted in an elegant area of West London, for me this was like one of those situations where you drop a piece of toast and
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Thursday, 31st December 2015 – Friday, 1st January 2016 New Year’s Eve saw a large number of UL members arrive at a non-descript pub outside St James’s Park tube station. Beers were bought, as you would expect and much sought after blue wristbands were obtained that gave an ‘access all areas’ pass allowing us past
Well it seems to be that time of year again – time to brush off the music stands, crack out the handbells and start the carol-ringing season again!
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As it was the UL’s 70th birthday, dinner weekend 2015 promised to be special, and it certainly was! It started, rather unusually for a UL event, in the Costa Coffee next to Bow, where people enjoyed a pre-practice tea/coffee/hot chocolate/mince pie/other. Bow was well attended, and Richard ran a good practice. A slight booking hiccup
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As a Fresher myself, it was my first tower tour as part of the UL band. This year’s tour took place around the Epsom area, and promised to be a great day from the off! After waking up early and travelling an hour on the train, I arrived at the first tower in Leatherhead, where
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This year’s SUA weekend was held in London (6th-8th November) which meant it was the UL’s turn to host. The weekend began with some very pleasant ringing at St Mary le Bow (12 bells, 41-3-21) in the evening. There was a very good turnout of ringers, enough for at least two bands. The night concluded
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Unfortunately due to multiple commitments being booked on the same day I arrived late to the pub crawl and of course caught up accordingly! Upon arrival the setting outside the particular pub (name currently unknown – could that be the gin?) was perfect as the Aldgate bells could be heard from across the road. Did
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