Anne Gould took a party of 50 from the Abingdon U3A Group to witness the ancient Ceremony of The Keys at HM Tower of London. They were hosted by Yeoman Warder Spike Abbott from Abingdon, now living within The Tower walls, and were fortunate to have a few ‘refreshments’ in the private club frequented by the Beefeaters. Anne was lucky to catch a photo here with the Tower Gaoler, Pete McGowran, ex RAF, just after he had secured the Fortress with The Queens Keys.

There is more about the Abingdon U3A (University 3rd Age) on their website with their programme of activities and events. Last Monday they had an interesting talk by Jeff Rozelaar based on his book Bagels and Bacon telling of his childhood not far from the Tower of London in the East End.