On Friday the 1st of June, a number of UBLD members attended the UoB Politics Society’s annual Summer Formal. Present were Sophie Thornton, Sam Maude, Adam Belcher, Callum Gurr, Ems Simpson, Asher Bond, Alex Helliker, Hermione Peace and Alex Read.
Pre-drinks were held at Adam and Helliker’s house from 7pm, first in the back garden before moving indoors as it began to get colder. During pre-drinks, we had a horrible incident where we forgot to inform Alex Read that the lock for the downstairs bathroom was broken – it was possible to lock the door, but not unlock it. We then spent around half an hour trying to rescue Read from the bathroom, with Helliker getting his toolkit and removing the door handle, to no avail. He was trapped in there for so long that we even passed his beer to him through the bathroom window. Eventually we gave him permission to smash the door down, which worked.
At around 8:30pm, we booked Ubers to the Bureau Bar in the city centre. Once there we helped ourselves to the free sparkling wine and checked out the rooftop terrace. There were a few Tories there who a few of us chatted with. More importantly, we were able to get a lot of very nice group pictures from the official photographer.
At around 11pm, we along with a few other politicos decided to head to another pub. However this pub turned out to be too expensive so we went to Wetherspoons instead. Here the Secretary’s memories become obscured by the fog of alcohol, but we do remember going to get food after this, before calling it a night.
Alex Read trapped in the bathroom
The women of UBLD, L-R: Sophie Thornton, Ems Simpson, Hermione Peace
When Callum is mansplaining again…
L-R: Alex Helliker, Adam Belcher, Callum Gurr, Ems Simpson, Hermione Peace
L-R: Callum Gurr, Hermione Peace, Sam Maude, Sophie Thornton, Alex Helliker, Ems Simpson, Adam Belcher, Alex Read, Asher Bond
L-R: Lily Regardsoe (CON), Josh Mackenzie (CON), Alex Read, Hermione Peace, Callum Gurr, Asher Bond, Sam Maude, Ems Simpson, Sophie Thornton, Alex Helliker, Adam Belcher
A bizarre scene from the pub afterwards, featuring Adam and Helliker
The following day, several members of UBLD were present at ValeFest. The main group consisted of Ems, Hermione, Adam, Sam Maude and Will Greenow. Ned, Ffion Williams, Sam Boardman and others were also present, though we didn’t see them as much.
The gang at ValeFest, L-R: Sam Maude, Hermione Peace, Will Greenow, Ems Simpson
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