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Ancient Society of College Youths
Established in 1637, the Society is the premier change ringing society in the City of London, with a national and international membership that promotes excellence in ringing around the world.

Master 2007-08:
Mark A Humphreys
 

NEW MEMBERS

JONATHAN AGG, Guildford

PRACTICES & MEETING

Practices are held at 6:30pm.  Methods rung include Orion, Ariel, Barford, Lincolnshire & Paternoster.

The next meeting will be held on 14th October at 8:30pm to include the nomination of officers and officials.

IN MEMORIAM

DONALD KNIGHTS, Pinner
GEOFFREY BRIDGES, Exeter
ROBERT SHERLOCK, Brasted

NEWS

PEAL WEEKEND
Peal weekend took place over the weekend of 20-21 September.  The final tally for the number of peals achieved has not yet been calculated, but will appear here soon.

CENTENARY OF THE 1ST PEAL OF CAMBRIDGE MAXIMUS
The centenary of the 1st peal of Cambridge S Maximus was celebrated over the weekend of 16th August.  It was first rung at Ipswich on 15th August, 1908. A peal was rung on 15th August at Cripplegate, and on 16th August at Aston, St Mary-le-Bow and St Martin-in-the-Fields.

COUNTRY MEETING IN LIVERPOOL: 19th July

The country meeting this year was held in the European Capital of Culture: Liverpool.  Photographs, videos and a report from this very successful event may be seen here.

LIBRARY IS REHOUSED

About 35 members gathered in St Sepulchre after the practice there on Tuesday 4th March for an informal drinks evening to mark the official opening of the new Library room there. The Master (Mark Humphreys) thanked the Librarian for arranging the move from St Paul's Cathedral and the donors of the new cabinets. Steve Waters presented an album of photos of the restoration work carried out at St Sepulchre in 1980-82, and members were able to view a selection of the Society's Peal and Name Books in the new room. More pictures here.

 

  

ST MAGNUS PROJECT
St Magnus the Martyr Bells Fund

1st Oct: scaffolding is built under the clock bell.

The ASCY is supporting the appeal to restore a new ring of bells to St Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge. See the appeal website for more details and how you can help.  The new bells are to be cast and hung in a new frame in the tower by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.  he faculty has been obtained and the current timetable suggests the bells will be ringing by Easter 2009.  The bells themselves will be baptised on 3rd March by the Bishop of London, in the presence of the Lord Mayor.  Now that the work has begun, you can see a gallery of progress here.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

ANNIVERSARY DINNER
The Anniversary Dinner takes place on 1st November 2008 at the Tower Guoman Hotel.  Tickets are now available price £47 from the Secretary.  More details concerning the dinner and the dinner weekend may be found here. (Update added 1st Oct.)

COUNTRY MEETING 2009
The 2009 Country Meeting will be held in EDINBURGH.  Outline details may be found here, but in the mean time, do put Saturday 11th July 2009 into your diaries!

FRIENDS OF THE BELL FUND
At its meeting on 9th January, the Society agreed to set up a Friends of the Bell Fund scheme. Members will be invited to donate a minimum of £40 per annum to the Society’s Bell Fund, which gives grants to support the bell installations at churches where the Society has a major interest, primarily those in and around the City of London where the Society practises.
The Bell Fund has taken responsibility for all routine non-faculty maintenance at St Giles, Cripplegate and St Michael’s Cornhill. It has also committed £30,000 for the forthcoming restoration at St Magnus, London Bridge.
Full details of the scheme are given in the next Society Newsletter but, in the meantime, if any Member wishes to contribute they are requested to contact the Treasurer, Phil Rogers (193 Lennard Rd, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1QN).

GIFT AID
Those paying Annual Steepleage are asked to complete a one-off Gift Aid form. Once completed it will no-longer be necessary to fill out a form on every occasion Gift Aid is given to the Society BRF. The form and notes for its completion may be downloaded here. Forms must be signed and mailed (not faxed) to the Treasurer.