January 2017

Officer Contact NumbersChairman: David Seward t: 384631Vice Chair: Michael Farr t: 383482Secretary: Jo Earlt: 532024Treasurer: Ian MacDonald t: 351221Callingtonu3atreasurer@gmail.com

Editor: Colin Mills t: 208598Email: colin-mills@talktalk.netGroup Leaders and other contributors - Please Note: All Copy to the editor by 25th of the preceding month please.(N.B. I cannot guarantee inclusion of copy sub-mitted after this date - but exceptions may bemade wherever possible for groups meeting inthe fourth week of the month)

The Newsletter is published at the start of eachmonth. Disabled members: Contact Peter Watson 384509

N.B. Phone numbers without dialling codes are for the 01579 area.

Speakers at the next few Meetings:

� February 6thSouth West Water.

� March 6thPeter Brinsdon

� April 3rdAGM

� May 8thMillie Lindfield on Hannah Lindfield

Callington Newsletter

On Monday 5th December, around 84 members gathered for our traditional Christmas lunchtogether. The hall looked very festive, with tables laid and decorated by U3A helpers, finishedoff by the flower arranging group’s lovely floral centrepieces. The excellent meal of roast turkey

or beef, followed by desserts of trifle, chocolate log or fruit salad was beautifully prepared by our catererShirley Floyd and her team. Entertainment was provided by Wendy Fader’s thought provoking Christmas quiz, a sheet of jokes and senior moment funnies from the Humour group and a selection ofpoems and sketched from the play readers. The event was completed by Ros Bunkum’s Singing forPleasure group, who gave us two delightful seasonal songs and led us all in a community carol singing.Overall it was a most pleasurable start to the festive season.

David Seward

More shots from the Christmas Party...

And coming up soon...

New Committee membersAt the AGM in April, both the Chairman and Vice-Chairmanwill be standing down. We need volunteers to fill these positions on the Committee. Neither post is very onerous or time-consuming!If you feel you can help and maybe come along and sit inon a committee meeting, please contact the Chairman,David Seward or Secretary, Jo Earl.

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during the winter as restaurants endeav-our to keep busy. A Happy New Year to you all.

Contact Maire Warwick350711(maire.warwick@btinternet.com)

� Game OnIt was lovely to see so many members atour last meeting of the year and thankyou Lucy for rearranging your lounge sowe could play team games for the wholesession.Next meetings are January 8th and 22ndand February 12thContact Jenny Wheeley 351662

� HandbellsContact Maire Warwick 350711

� HistoryContact Josephine King350890

� Humoure first meeting will be on January16th starting at 10am in Christine'shouse.A report will closely follow the meeting.Contact: Keith Lane 370713or by email kandslane@hotmail.com.

� ItalianContact: Sally Thomas 01822832017

� Jazz Appreciation9 of us met at Christine’s for December’smeeting. In a members’ choice session,we listened to some Christmasfavourites played in a jazz style fromsome old favourites – Dave Brubeck,Gerry Mulliga and Chet Baker, CharlieParker, and Ben Webster, vocals by NatKing Cole, Louis Armstrong and DianaKrall and some less familiar names -Rod Chambers, Ellis Marsalis and Ma-halia Jackson. e next meeting will bea members’ choice session on Wed 11thJanuary at Christine’s. If you are inter-ested in joining us, contact:David Seward 384631

� Music AppreciationMusic Appreciation will return in theNew Year on the 2nd Tuesday of themonth January 10th.Contact: Pat Ferguson 384402

� NeedleworkNormally meet on the second ursdayof the month. Details from Ann Martin

� OperaFor our Christmas gathering we watcheda film made in 1974 of a firm favouriteMadam Butterfly with the part of LtPinkerton played by a very youngPlacido Domingo, although the singingwas superb the updated DVD remindedus how far we had advanced in this cen-tury in terms of visual presentation. eaernoon however was enjoyed as werethe minced pies, nibbles and the occa-sional glass of wine.e next meeting is on January 17thwhen we will continue with the operasof Puccini.Contact Carol Dowell 382158

� PhilosophyContact: Doreen Johnson 343152doreen.johnson@onetel.com

� Play ReadingContact Jean Rose 350029

� PoetryWill begin again on January 13th whenthe subject will be ‘e Sea’ Please note the change of date om lastmonth’s NewsletterContact Pat Ferguson 384402

� Scrabblee group, led by Lesley Cheetham ather home,  meets once a month on aWednesday evening.  e actual week ofthe month will change in some months.Contact Lesley Cheetham383632

� ScribblersWe didn't meet up in the usual way in

December but instead  enjoyed a Christ-mas lunch with Bookworms at eWho'd A ought It Inn at St Do-minick.  It was a good meal nicelycooked with good service, which is notalways easy to find for larger groupbookings at this time of year.

For our January meeting we are contin-uing writing to a genre theme and wehave chosen 'the thriller'.  ere havebeen plenty of examples on TV over thefestive period, so we will see if we havegained any insights!

We are meeting in a different member'shouse in the New Year, otherwise all de-tails are as before:3rd ursday of the month from 2.00until 4.00 p.m.. January 19th is our nextdate.Contact Penny Beech on 01822834756 or 07971 889572

� Singing for Pleasuree Singing for Pleasure group will bemeeting on  Monday the 9th and 16thin January at the Methodist Churchfrom 3.30 to 5 o'clock. Please come andjoin us and give it a try.Contact: Rosalind Bunkum383171

� StrollersNot much strolling in December but wedid go to Cotehele to see the garland followed by coffee in the Barn.  We alsohad  a Christmas lunch at Louis whichwas very enjoyable.  We are at Louisagain at 10am on Monday 14th Januaryto discuss the programme for the com-ing months and anyone wishing to joinus would be warmly welcomed.Contact: Pauline Husband 350379

� Table TennisContact Ray Geatches 350638

� Walking Group 1Contact: Dorreen Johnson 343152doreen.johnson@onetel.com

� Walking Group 2Contact: Lucy Thomas 350018

� ArtAer the  unexpected  death of TonyWalpole, the art group leader, membersof the group are trying to re-organise.  Meetings booked so far are asfollows:-ursday 12th and 26th Januaryursday 9th and 23rd Februaryursday 9th & 23rd MarchAll at the Old School, Stoke Climslandfrom 10am - 1pm.New members [no skill needed] are wel-come to  just turn up on any of thesedates, or until further notice please

Contact Jane Black 382187for more information

� AllotmentsWe welcome a new member to ourteam.  ere are still two more smallplots available.Contact Ann Martin

� Baking

A BIG thank you to all of you whocould make our Christmas meeting- Ithink we agreed it was one of the best,baking-wise this year. So many savouriesthis time, quite a change at Christmas,turkey, stuffing and cranberry, Chelseabuns, savoury cheese cake, turkey andleek flan and green olive cheese balls toname but a few. Also a big thank you for all your lovelybakes this year. Maybe new cook bookswill be in your Christmas stockings andyou'll be full of even more new and ex-citing ideas for 2017 .Next meetings:Tuesday, Feb 10th, 3pm at Marion's forbiscuits.Wednesday March 8th, 12 noon atDavid and Ellen's for piesA Healthy New Year to you all.Contact Jenny Wheeley351662

� Barn Dancinge group meets on the first ursdayof each month at 10.30 in theMethodist Church. e next meetingswill be on 5 January and 2 February.

Contact Wendy Fader on 01822 835985or email wendykfuk@yahoo.co.uk

� BookwormsContact Hilary Howarth 382172hilary.howarth@btinternet.co.uk

� Bridgee Bridge Club continues to meet regularly each Tuesday evening at theMethodist Church in Callington at7.30pm. We are a very friendly group who playfor fun while trying to improve ourgame.   We can always accommodatemembers who turn up on their own, soyou do not need to have a partner.  Weoen discuss difficult hands and gener-ally play Chicago bridge, swapping part-ners during the evening.  We should be delighted to welcomeU3A members who have a little knowl-edge of the game, and would like somemental stimulus to pass the time onthese winter evenings.Contact Hilary Davis 350360chebsey@aol.com

� Crime Fiction AppreciationAlthough we do not normally meet inDecember, 6 members met at Lucy’s justaer Christmas.Several members were absent with fam-ily Christmas commitments or illness.However those that came shared an in-teresting discussion. Returned books in-cluded those by Camilla Lackberg,Agnes Ravatn, Renee Knight, RobertHarris, Clare Mackintosh Stella Rim-ington and Ann Cleeves. Several newauthors were discussed – P J Tracy,Emily Winsome, David Mitchell and

Christmas short story mysteries fromthe British Library re-issues. Our tea wastaken with Christmas cake, of course.Our next meeting is on ursday 26thJanuary. If you are interested in joiningus to discuss or learn more about crimefiction, please contact David Seward 384631

� Family HistoryFamily History Monday January 23rd2.30pm Contact Eileen Sturt 350639

� Flower ArrangingMeeting to be advised.Contact Eileen Sturt 350639

� Food & Wineis group enjoyed a very pleasantlunch at Le Bistro Pierre in RoyalWilliam Yard during the first week inDecember, continuing to get us into thefestive spirit aer the U3A Christmaslunch. No doubt we are all thinkingabout diets as we enter 2017 but I amsure we will find some other foodiethings to do this year. I shall be in Aus-tralia until the middle of February so ifanyone else wants to organise somethingbefore then please do so, there are somegood offers and charity lunches available

G r o u p R e p o r t s

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