Lambeg Drumming in The House of Lords

A notable highlight for the club, accepting a kind invitation by Lord Laird to attend a "Gunpowder Plot and Treason" dinner at The House of Lords commemorating the 400th anniversary of our deliverance from the Gunpowder Plot.

Lambeg drums (probably for the first time) were played inside the Palace of Westminster and within the precincts of The Lords. Honoured guests included Lord Rogan, Colonel Tim Collins, Andrew MacKinlay MP and members of The Loyal Orange Institution, including the Grandmaster of Scotland and Provincial Grandmaster of Metropolitan Province, England. 

Lord Laird hosted the evening, which was subsequently publicised on a Radio 2 interview. We were also treated to a very interesting tour of both the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

Sincere and profound thanks from Luton and Bedford Drumming Club to the Right Honourable the Lord Laird of Artigarvan for his kind invitation to attend the dinner. We look foward to further meetings and events and working together to further the Ulster Scots culture in England.

Lambeg Drumming Pictures

Colonel Tim Collins

Colonel Tim Collins on one of the Luton and Bedford lambeg drums

Researcher from the Welsh Nationalist Party on the lambeg drum

Andrew back on the lambeg drum

Ceremonial guard on the lambeg drum

Lambeg Events Index

Luton and Bedford Lambeg Drumming Club

Col Tim Collins enjoying the lambeg drumming

Lambeg drums are not light!