NUA 1975 - Manchester

RW 3370 28/11/1975 p975 Northern Universities Association MEETING IN MANCHESTER The first meeting of the year was held on October 25, when the hosts, Manchester University Guild, were pleased to welcome about 60 visitors from the Universities of Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham and Sheffield. Most of the ringers arrived on Saturday morning, which promised to be a fine autumn day for the ringing trip in the Cheshire area. Congleton was the first tower, followed by Gawsworth. The beautiful setting at the latter tower promoted the appearance of a wealth of cameras, and although there was some delay in obtaining the key, everyone was able to have a ring, albeit if only rounds. We moved quickly on to Macclesfield, where ringing on the light eight was followed by lunch. The first tower of the afternoon was the 10, and the 12 at M acclesfield proved the highlight of the day for some of the freshers who had no previous experience of 12-bell ringing. At Bollington we had some technical difficulties, but these were ably dealt with by memers of the Manchester Guild. The eight at Prestbury contrasted being a fine Taylor’s ring, and com pleting the day were Wilmslow, the only six, and Bowdon. In the evening some made off for well deserved refreshment in Bowdon, whilst members from Manchester and Birmingham reassembled in Manchester. Thanks go to Graham John for organising the towers and providing over-night accommodation, and also to those who organised the ringing, which was a difficult task due to the very mixed capabil.ties of those attending the meeting. The Northern Universities meeting in the spring term will be held on February 14th, at Birmingham . S. J. H .