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Issue No.69 February 2018

THE REAL GLENN MILLER STORYpresented by Tony Horton

Once again we enjoyed a session with Tony, this timeon a perennial favourite, the Big Band leader, GlennMiller.Tony dispelled some of the myths about Glenn that wereput into the 1954 hit film “The Glenn Miller Story”,starring James Stewart and June Allyson. The film wasprincipally about the courtship and marriage of Glennand Helen Miller.The facts we heard were that Miller was born in Iowa in1904, the son of a railway worker father and farmermother. He earned pocket money from milking cowsand firstly spent some on a mandolin, before giving it upfor a trombone. He formed a small band from classmates and at university ended up going on gigs, ratherthan attending to his studies and exams. Whilst a verygood trombone player, he was not outstanding, but hisforte was making musical arrangements and was indemand for this particular skill.Joining Ben Pollacks Band, which included othermusicians who went on to make their mark in the musicindustry, Miller eventually moved to New York, where,driven by his wife Helen, he formed a jazz band, withoutany success. Miller played as a jobbing trombonist forseveral bands before teaming up with the British DanceBand leader, Ray Noble.Because of the Union restrictions on entertainers inAmerica and Britain, Noble was not permitted to take hisown musicians, so engaged Miller to recruit musiciansfor him. However, there was a big difference betweenthe two men as Miller preferred jazz music and hisarrangements were in that genre, whereas Noble was aballad man, so this difference led to a parting of theways. It was during this time that Miller had the basis forMoonlight Serenade in his head. The film, Tonyreminded us, had Miller developing this overnight for theopening of a venue. In reality, the arrangement was

changed over several years before he came up withwhat became a coast to coast and international hit.

Before this, Miller struggled to break into the big-time. His small, 10-man jazz band had little successwith the records they made as they sounded to similar toall the other bands, so by 1937 Miller was broke and theband broke up.All the time though, the arrangement for MoonlightSerenade was in his head and he changed the leadinstrument from the trumpet to a clarinet. He re-formedthe band in 1938 and secured some funding from abusiness man, Cy Shribman. For the new band heneeded the best possible musicians and managed tosecure the services of some of the best. These includedWilly Schwartz a saxophonist, but Miller had him play asthe lead clarinettist. Also added to the band

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were young vocalistsRay Eberle and MarionHutton, both of whom

were just 17. As a minor, Hutton was not allowed intonight clubs, so to get around this, Miller “adopted” her.In 1938 the band were engaged to play at the GlennIsland Casino at New Rochelle in New York state. Theperformances were broadcast and they opened in 1939with Little Brown Jug as the opening number. If youwere thinking back to thefilm then you would beconfused! This numberwas Opening night at thecasino had 1800 mainlyyoung people in theaudience and they were aninstant hit. Whilst there,they also recorded In TheMood, but not before theyrecorded MoonlightSerenade, back-to-backwith Sunlight Serenade.Also, they played them as a“new” piece released in1944, just after Millerdisappeared. The power offilm!

They were appearingon radio shows promoted by Chesterfield cigarettes.This must have been a big advantage to Miller as hewas a chain smoker. For the radio show they had anaudience of some 15 million listeners, three timesweekly, coast to coast. Another recording that becamea standard swing band number was Pennsylvania6-5000.

Marion Hutton left the band in 1940 and Millerengaged a group called the Modernaires, whoeventually added Paula Kelly to their ranks. They sangalongside Ray Eberle and band member Tex Benekeand others. They featured on recordings with Miller onthe likes of Perfidia, Chattanooga Choo Choo,Kalamazoo, Serenade In Blue, I Know Why, and Elmer’sSong.

In 1941, appearing as the Phil Corey Band, TheGlenn Miller Orchestra starred in the film, Sun ValleySerenade. This featured Chattanooga Choo Choo andIn The Mood, with one of the stars being Sonja Henie,the Olympic Ice Skater. Tony described this film as a“stinker” as it was really only renowned for it’s music.A positive thing for the film was that Chattanooga ChooChoo became a million seller and Miller was awarded aGold Record. But a sour note was created by theinexplicable substitution of Paula Kelly on thesoundtrack version of Chattanooga Choo Choo forPaula Frieday, with Lynne Bari appearing performing alip sync.

A year later, they followed up with Orchestra Wives,again the best that could be said was that it had manypopular tunes in it!

By now, with America in the War, following theJapanese attack on Pearl Harbour, Miller had requestshows for troops in the services. Miller volunteered hisservices to the US Navy as he was too old to be drafted,but they rejected him. Approaching the Army, he waseventually allowed to join as a Captain in 1942. The

Glenn Miller Orchestra’slast appearance was on27 September that year,and many members ofhis band enlisted too.Although Miller’ssuggestions formodernising some of thetraditional Army bandmusic was a step too farfor some of the TopBrass, Miller waseventually allowed toform what became theArmy Air Force band.Shortly before this, theMillers decided to adopttwo children, Steven andJonnie. The AAF toured

the country, before being sent to the UK, providing amuch-needed boost to morale.

The band made over 800 appearances during theirtour of duty in the UK and were originallyaccommodated in a west end block of flats. Miller wasconcerned about the safety of his band with “BuzzBombs” now falling on London. It was thereforearranged for the band to be stationed on an airfield. Theday after the band moved, the flats were destroyed byone of the missiles. Perhaps this was the basis for theidea in the film where the band played on as a BuzzBomb fell nearby!

In December 1944, Miller was due to fly to Paris.There was a lot of fog, but the single engine planeeventually took off. It is believed that somewhere overthe English Channel the plane came down. It is notknown what happened, whether it was enemy action,friendly fire or a problem with the plane itself. Therehave been many theories about the disappearance ofMajor Miller, and we may never know the exact facts.Tony kept us nicely entertained, with just a few hiccups,with various clips of music that had many of us tappingour feet and fingers, and the occasional humming alongtoo.

The Listener

NEW MEMBERS MEETINGThis is an opportunity for new members, and anyone wishing to find out more about the U3A, to meetand have a chat to some committee members and group conveners in a smaller less formal setting than

the monthly meeting. Coffee is for sale along with the usual range of beverages and the meeting willtake place at the Willowbrook Pub at 10:45 - 11:45 am on Thursday 22nd February

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As you know,there will be aSpecialGeneral

Meeting on the 15th February to obtain members’ approval to change ourconstitution to comply with recent Charity Commission and Third Age Trustguidance.If approved, this will mean a number of relatively small changes will be needed tothe way we record some of our income and expenditure and the Treasurer willneed to report our accounts to the Charity Commission each year in a slightlydifferent format.Ordinarily this matter would have been dealt with at the next AGM in July.However, the amended object clause in the constitution must be adopted by the20th March to take effect on 1st April 2018 and to do this we needed to call aSpecial General Meeting for 15th February.It will take place immediately before our normal Thursday General Meeting starting at 10.00am and willbe followed by the usual announcements and a guest speaker. Admittance will be from 9.45 amAs usual, group convenors will be in the ‘market place’ and members will be able to buy tickets for tripsand visits in the normal way.

Tom Grainger

We currently offer a Computer Helpline for C&G U3A members who wouldlike assistance in using their computer, tablet, smart phone or printer.

We are hoping to expand our group of helpers. Areas that we would specifically like tostrengthen are in relation to iPhones and Android phones, iPads & Tablets, Email and

Printers - as well as any other IT skills that you may have. If you would like to offeryour services, please click contact Graeme Bunting or one of the Committee.

Could all our members please note that ifthe weather and driving conditions were

bad on the day of a General Meeting, thereis a possibility that Richard Herrod, oryour U3A Committee, could decide to

cancel the meeting.

If that happened we would post a veryobvious notice on the Carlton & GedlingU3A website and we would also email all

our members, so please check those beforesetting out from home

If you do not have an email address, youmay ring our U3A number 0778 742 7200and speak to a member of the committee.

FEBRUARY 15th –Half an hour earlier than usual

Committee and Convenors from 9 am Doors open at 9.30 am Meeting from 10 am – 12 noon Please vacate the building by 12.15 pm

All other future meetings as normal –doors open 10 am for a 10.30 start

Times of theGeneralMeetings

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Gedling RoadMethodist Church

NG4 3EXMonday 5th March

10.30amfor 10.45am£3 (including

tea/coffee)

ALL WELCOME

The Newsletter is published by The Carlton, Gedling & District U3A. (Reg. Charity No. 1157211)Views expressed are not necessarily those of the U3A or Editor

Please note that theStrollers Group is

suspended for the timebeing.

Watch this space.

International Dining

Following a very enjoyable Christmas meal at Amores inGedling, our next meal out will be at Chungs at Mapperleyon Thursday March 15 at 7pm.

The cost will be £22 per person (including tip) for a setthree course meal. I will be collecting the money in themeeting room at the general meeting on February 15.

Everyone is welcome!Pat Downing

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The HauntingThis play at the Lace Market

theatre is an adaptation by Hugh Janes of someshort ghost stories by Charles Dickens.  The actiontakes place in a crumbling, secluded, darkmansion.  Following the death of the owner, LordGrey, his daughter invites a young book specialistto the home to catalogue, and arrange for thedisposal of, her father's large collection of antique,rare books.  But the mansion is haunted by theghost of a young bride whom Lord Grey had oncebanished from the property!

I felt there were a few loose ends to the play - whatwas the point of the sudden discovery of thePriest's Hole, and why did the book dealersuddenly start frantically hacking at the chimneybreast to remove a brick?  And I never quite

worked out what finally happened to the spirit ofthe ghost.  But I hugely admired the special creepystage effects - doors and windows opening andclosing on their own, shelves collapsing, and howon earth did the Lacemarket manage to get thatchair to move of its own accord?   And there washumour - the book dealer for example found a copyof a very rare version of the Bible, the WickedBible, with all the "not" words omitted from the TenCommandments.  Whether or not the ghost wasintended to be funny, I don't know, but a few of usgot the giggles when she appeared, especiallywhen the gentleman sitting behind my rightshoulder loudly whispered "she's behind you!" Five actors were listed in the programme, but onlytwo of them had speaking roles, both withmammoth parts to learn.  And the set was brilliant,with a very detailed model of it for all to see in thebar upstairs.

New this month area classic dancemusical and a

challenging new drama set in Nottingham. For thefirst, take an exciting journey back to the golden age ofHollywood with Top Hat, one of the most gloriousdance musicals of all time! This is performed byCarlton Operatic Society. Crammed full of IrvingBerlin’s unforgettable greatest hits including Cheek toCheek, Top Hat, White Tie & Tails, Let’s Face theMusic & Dance and Puttin’ on the Ritz, Top Hat follows the adventures of Broadway superstar JerryTravers as he dances through Europe to win the heart of beautiful society girl Dale Tremont.

The new drama with a local setting at the Playhouse is Shebeen.  Specially commissioned by NottinghamPlayhouse, Shebeen invites you to a party you never knew existed. Set in 1958 St. Anns, Nottingham, thisworld premiere by Nottingham writer, Mufaro Makubika, shines a light on a community under siege andthe sacrifices made for love. All our other trips are listed below. See you at the general meeting, chequebook at the ready. Paul Martinez

Collect Tickets: La Boheme 12 noon, Sunday 25th February; Musical Fiddler on the Roof, Friday23rd February, 7.30pm; Our Country's Good Monday 12th March, 7.30pm.

Trips on offer:

Musical Cilla -The Musical, Wednesday 4th April, 2pm, Theatre Royal (£34) Organiser Anne PorterCollect tickets

Drama Holes Wednesday 4th April, 7pm, Nottingham Playhouse (£7), Organiser Basia Arch. Last chanceto buy tickets

New Dance Musical Top Hat Wednesday 30th May, 2.30pm, Theatre Royal (cost approx £20), OrganiserLinda Spencer, Sign up and pay for tickets

New Drama Shebeen Saturday 2nd June, 7.30pm, Nottingham Playhouse (£7) Organiser Basia ArchSign up and pay for tickets

Drama The Wipers Times, Wednesday 29 August, 2.00pm, Theatre Royal, (£27), Organiser CarolynBroadhurst Sign up and pay for tickets

Theatre visits

Review

Carolyn Broadhurst

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Trips and Visits

Trip to Brodsworth Hall andGardens 17th April 2018

Tickets £19 or £9 if English Heritagemember.Includes an introductory tour of the houseand tea/coffee and biscuits before thetour.

An optional buffet can be ordered atextra cost.

Catch a glimpse of Victorian life at this'conserved as found' country house.

Brodsworth Hall was built and the pleasure gardens laid out, in the 1860s, as an up-to-datenew home for the Thellusson family and their servants. It survived with remarkably few changesuntil taken on by English Heritage in 1990. The gardens have been restored, and the fadedand worn interiors gently conserved, telling the story of the changing fortunes of the peoplewho lived and worked here. Wander the many rooms of the house, roam the gorgeous gardensand stop for tea in the tearoom.

Travel will be by minibus, leaving RHC at 8.45am and we would aim to return by about3pm, depending on the weather. Brodsworth Hall is about 50 miles away near Doncaster.Tickets will be on sale at February’s meeting.

Maggie Doherty.

Interest GroupsCraft GroupPhotos from the Friday craft groupneedlefelting session.

Rofie Clennell

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Green Sandpiper

New GroupReligious Architecture

Following the successful launch of thisgroup at the last General Meeting, theinaugural meeting will be on 1st March atthe Richard Room in the Carlton FireStation, starting at 10.00 a.m. Even if youhave not signed up to join, you are mostwelcome.

Creative WritingFebruary 2018 – New Beginnings

Four authors this week withtotally different ideason the theme.The death ofPoppy – but thenew shoots ofthe nextgeneration.Leaving prison tofind the newbeginning of lifeoutside very difficult.Changes in South Africa and new starts not goingtoo well so a new start in Nottingham. The end ofthe war and returning to civilian life – but a surprisingnew start to life at peace.

Next month the theme is “Medieval”. Time to put ourimagination to the test. Come and tell us your story.2pm in the bar of the Richard Herod Centre, the dayafter the general meeting.

Linda SheltonMike Johnson (Convenor)

Bonjour.French Conversation has started the New Yearso well. At our first two meetings we had 14members each time, including two newones, and they all do wonderfully well. Iam so proud of them all and the progressthey are making. Bravo - FrenchConversation.Recently, Geoff Smith and I spent ashort skiing break in S.E. France,and on Wednesdays in our smallvillage there is a visiting market. I liketo wander along and have a`degustation` (tasting) of thecheeses and saucissons, and aparticular favourite is filet mignon - it`s todie for! At one stall I tasted some deliciousflavoured macarons, then remarked to ther ownerthat I call their president `Monsieur Macaron`,"Oh" he said "We call him Monsieur Maquereau"."That`s a mackerel fish" I replied. "Ah!" he said "Ithas another French meaning - its a Pimp" Howare the mighty fallen!

Returning in a gondola one day, I had a longconversation with a cafe owner from Calais, whospoke no English, so it was a fine opportunity forme. His two main disappointments about we Brits,were firstly that many come on a short stop forcheap fags, booze and wine, and others see onlythe ferry and then speed onto the autoroutesouth. I have to agree with him as I do knowCalais and it`s a great town with lots going on.We spoke about his cafe wines, when he visitsand chooses his from some of the smaller

producers that are not expensive. Naturally Itasted - only in small doses I hasten

to add - some of their deliciousBordeaux wines. For just 5 or 6 €,what`s that £4, you could buy afirst class, fruity, bold red that you

dream about. Supermarkets haveshelves upto 30 feet long of Bordeaux

wines alone. I`ll have my share again in thissummer!So as at least ten or more of our `Francophile`group travel to the hexagon each year, you cansee why. It`s a beautiful country. Give it a try.A bientot -

French Conversation

Brian Callaghan

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Reserve: Bestwood Lodge Park Date : Friday 12thJanuary 2018Weather : Cold, Cloud/rain, Wind1-2 (W)

The start of another years birding saw an encouraging turnout including two or three new fledglings. Let’shope we can continue to draw in more newcomers to join us and to enjoy lovely days out taking in whatnature has to offer. The more members we can get involved in the group the more expertise we can sharenot only about birds but anything that will take our interest during those times when bird activity is low.

There is an abundance of wildlife out there, wild flowers, fungi, butterflies and moths, and a lot of itdoesn’t fly away when you want to look more closely!

Our reports try not to identify individuals in the group for ‘Oscars’ or brickbats but mention must beincluded concerning the Convenor role. Nuala will be taking on as Convenor from September but haswillingly involved herself with the future running ofthe group in preparation. We will reverse roles inSeptember where I will become assistantConvenor. I am grateful to Nuala for herenthusiasm and to ensure the future success ofthe group.

I’m sure it goes without saying that we shouldall endeavour to make her role as enjoyable aspossible and try not to spot too many rarities!

Also I’m sure the whole group wish Ann aspeedy recovery back into our nest, we all missthe banter during rest stops. Get well soon Ann xx

Sightings :Great Spotted Woodpecker (heard ?)Song Thrush(Es) Nuthatch,(Es) Jay,(Ep) Greenfinch), (Es) Bullfinch.

[C] Common; (Es) Eurasian; (Ep) European; (N) Northern.

Birdwatching

Bestwood Lodge

Joan Miller

Discussion GroupWell our little but loyal group did the U3A proud thismonth – talking about everything under the sun andeven running over time by 10 minutes. Thank you,John for your hospitality.

Our serious topic was “does migration help orhinder developing countries”. We speculated uponthis for a while and in the end accepted the WorldBank’s view. Whilst there are some downsides – adrain of the brains and potential of some of thedeveloping countries’ best people in particular –apparently the monies sent back to families still “athome” outstrips all the world aid programmes puttogether. Although this is largely used to feed andclothe the family left behind and does notnecessarily go towards building infrastructure etc.,nevertheless it does help reduce poverty, allowfamilies to provide some education for children, andeven allow them to set up small businesses.

On a lighter note, assisted by some personalphotos, and pictures from the internet, we delvedinto the fashions of the last 50 years – mini skirts,

white PVC boots, haircuts fromup-dos to bubble cuts (the girls)and shoulder length hair tobuzz-cuts (the men). Flowerpower floatypatchworks to squareshouldered powerdressing – we haddone it all. That led tosome moans about thecurrent fashion of slashedjeans and tights, a debateabout whether men shouldwear a tie or not (and alesson on the Windsor tie)and a general trip downmemory lane. Thank youeveryone for your bravecontributions (we won’t tellanybody…..)Next month 26th March“Drones”, and “what would youput in your emergency go-bag”

Lynne Jaremczenko

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A packed room met to hear about the life and familymatters of John and Emma Godfrey of Park House,Carlton, as told by their great-granddaughter,Angela Keyworth.

Those local residents who have only been in thedistrict for the past 15 or so years, possibly onlyknow of the modern clinic that sits on the site now.Those of us with longer experience of the area will,no doubt, recall the wonderful Edwardian house thatoccupied the site,having seen duty formany years as a HealthClinic, before beingdemolished.

Park House wasbuilt for John andEmma Godfrey in 1901,on the proceeds madefrom the highlysuccessful lace makingbusiness of GodfreyBrothers, based in HighPavement, in the LaceMarket. The premisesstill exist and are in a conservation area.

Angela told how she had determined that shewould not continue her own mother’s work on thefamily tree. But then, having been pointed in thedirection of Genes Reunited by a former colleague,now-retired Angela dusted down her mother’srecords, and began her own work. This hasresulted in her publishing a fascinating book abouther family, their experiences and life in the Carltonarea. Also in the book are poems, and some lettersfrom “The Front” in WWI.

On a visit to All Hallows Church, Angela wasamazed to find that, although she knew she camefrom a large family, there were so many recordsrelating to the ancestry of her family. There are

more than 500 names on the family tree, whichstretches back to the 16th Century.John’s diaries, which apparently took aconsiderable amount of work transcribing anddeciphering, have helped in identifying manyphotographs of the family, helping to round out thefamily history. This includes tales of heroism inWWI and the more mundane daily business. Howthe family rose from humble beginnings, through toownership of the first Carlton Post Office untileventually having Park House, complete withextensive gardens and an orchard and the equally

magnificent houseopposite, known locallyas the Godfrey House. This was built for andowned by John’s brotherIsaac. Emma, daughterof John & Emma marriedErnest Bancroft and livedin a similarly sizedhouse, Blackhill House,on Blackhill Drive. Alas,both of these houseshave now beendemolished, to makeway for several more

mundane houses and flats. Angela confided thatshe has mixed feelings about the replacement ofthe original houses with more modern buildings –perhaps a better fate than watching them fall intodisrepair.

Our next meeting is on 20th February at 2pm atRichard Herrod main hall (bar end) and will be a talkabout local WW1 air ace Albert Ball VC. March’smeeting will be a guided tour of the Council House. If you wish to join us then please add your nameto the list at the monthly meeting or let us know.There will be two tours, one at 2pm and one at3.30pm, to accommodate the numbers wishing toattend.

Local History Group

Ban Gu

Textile Crafts This month’s meeting took theform,of a discussion of the

topics and techniques that the group would like to cover in thefuture. This was followed by a “crochet catch up” session formembers wishing to improve basic skills and it is hoped that wecan all move on from this to more advanced techniques.As some members wished to revisit previous topics we plan toreview these in the future. At the next meeting Gill will revise thetopic of shadow knitting.This will be on Friday 2nd March, at the usual place and time.

Gill and Lynne © Pinterest.com

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Long-Tailed Tit

This months presentation by Michael Johnston wasa continuation of his series on the works of HectorBerlioz with some emphasis on his choral music.We started with the opening to the “Te Deum”;originally intended to praise Napoleon but endingup as a salutation to Queen Victoria’s husband,Prince Albert. Originally scored for an orchestra of100 plus instrumentalists, two SATB choirs and aboy’s choir of 600. The orchestra and chorus wasto be at one end of the church whilst at the otherend, an organ powerful enough to match thechoirs and instrumentalists was required. A CD andtwo speakers struggles to do justice to thesedemands.

The “Grande Messe des Morts” (Requiem) wascommissioned by the French government tocommemorate the soldiers who died in the Julyrevolution of 1830.When finally performed in thechurch of Les Invalides , Paris. Again, like the TeDeum, the orchestration was on a grand scalerequiring a very large orchestra, a choir of morethan 200 voices and four brass bands stationed inthe four corners of the church. At its premiere in1837 during the “Tuba Mirum” where the brassrepresent the last trumpet sounding to call thedead to judgement the conductor stopped to take apinch of snuff and only the intervention of Berliozhimself held the brass together.

Michael’s third piece was the “Resurrexit” fromthe Messe Solennelle; the score to this work whichBerlioz claimed to have destroyed was missingsince 1827, only being found in 1991.

Away from the grandeur of these major choralworks we next heard the soothing and lyrical“Shepherd’s farewell” from the “Enfance du Christ”.

For much of his life Berlioz had a fascination forthe story of Faust and in the years 1846-46 hecomposed eight scenes of which we heard “TheHungarian March, the Ride to the Abyss,Pandemonium, where Faust goes to hell and theEpilogue” where the soul of Marguerite ascends toheaven.

Classical Music Appreciation

David Dobbs

Our speaker Eddie Coxon brought his camerasalong; they were two homemade cardboard boxesand a cocoa tin. He also had two discs with smallholes in them. His subject was “pinholephotography”. As he explained the boxes weredifferent sizes. The biggest could take film 10”x 8”which was placed opposite the pinhole indarkroom conditions. The hole was covered on theoutside with a homemade shutter, then amathematical equation to determine how long tokeep the shutter open for. The discs were made toput over a single lens reflex camera instead of alens. The advantage of this method was, youcould see straight away what your picture was like.As Eddie was giving his talk he was showing printsof the pictures he had taken which were veryimpressive, being sharp from close up to far away.Should you wish to see examples of pinholephotograph go to http://www.pinhole.org/

For the second half of our meeting, Eddieexplained that he had an old camera converted totake infrared pictures. These work by recordingthe reflected infrared from objects - vegetationreflected the most and showed almost purewhite; whilst blue skies reflecting none and

Photography

Pinhole Cameras

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appearing black. Different building materials and animals gave shades of grey.We were amazed by the beauty of some of the photographs he showed us,with trees like plumes of feathers against a black sky. Eddie only showed us

black and white examples but it is possible to do it in colour. For examples go to:-https://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/25-examples-of-infrared-photography--photo-714Eddie ended by telling us that he had been burgled last year and was able to find photographs of some ofthe items taken for the insurance company. He encouraged us to take photos of our belongings and copyany photos that are irreplaceable and give a copy to a friend or relative to keep on a disk or USB stick.Also if you have photos write on them who is in the picture, for future generations.For our March get together we are heading for the N.E.C. which will mean a change of day and time -Monday 18th March 8.30am at Ranmore Rd car park.

Photography cont..

Mike Pointon

The Art Appreciation Group met at The Surface gallery inSneinton this month. It was an exhibition of postcards sent infrom far and wide. There were about 500 postcards on displayand for sale for £15 each. The subjects ranged from places,

people and abstract political statements. So something to please everyone. Most postcards werepainted and some were a collage of material and lace. There were some very accomplished designsand some simple patterns.

Art Appreciation

Christine Russell

We had small discussion groups at the Februarymeeting, exchanging general thoughts about gettingback our gardening mojo as it, hopefully, turnswarmer outside. We looked ahead to Spring planting

and ideas for new seeds and plants to try. Each group then shared their ideaswith the rest of the meeting.

We looked at possible outings following on from the three successful visitsGreenfingers had in 2017. There were ideas for speakers as well. Three arebooked already - Stuart Dixon returns in March, Geraldine from the NationalGarden Scheme is coming in April and John Stirland is booked for November. Wewill probably start our sessions at the Sensory Garden in April. Please look out forconfirmation in the March newsletter.

Greenfingers

Nicola Dandie

Once again we had an interesting set of booksreported, with discussion about aspects of themand some rather ripe and frank descriptions too!On top of this we had some unexpectedrevelations about what some of us got upto in our younger years.

On to this month’s reading whichincluded; The American Civil War fromthe view of a British author; a harrowingtale of a western female journalists lifein Kabul with an Afghan family; a tale oflife in a Pyrenean village and the bearsthat impact on the villagers; a strangeoffering about trees taking over the world; life asa gardener in Greece; a romance with a strongundercurrent of suspense; the story of the JeremyThorpe scandal; a novel that is quite disturbing andis supposed to be aimed at children; an entertainingtime shift novel; the story of how the fight againstcolonisation in Africa led to the corruption existing

today; the story of a marriage breaking down as thehusband retires; a Swedish novel, another readerrecommendation; a discovery on the bookshelves –double parked; experiences of Jersey during theGerman occupation; another readerrecommendation; another time slip novel; a murder

mystery from last month’s list; a 13th Centurymurder mystery; the disastrous consequencesthat can result from a thoughtless “tweet”; amuch vaunted novel from a local author whodoes not seem to understand the need for

paragraphs, yet is a teacher of CreativeWriting – perhaps that explains it; a bookwritten in the style of both Dickens and

Wilkie Collins; a series of murder mysteries,all with “Death” in the title that may lead our

reader to have to have counselling; a novel aboutLucrecia Borgia; the life of a bookseller in Wigtown;and a couple of Alan Bennetts.

A full list of authors and the titles, and some furtherdetails can be found on our website page.

Alternative Book Club

The Scribbler

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January 2018 Worksop Walk: Fourteen of usenjoyed another beautiful winter day with blue skiesand plenty of sunshine. The walk, on the outskirts of

Worksop, took us through some open countryside, past an impressiveindustrial site and allowed us to visit the quaint 12th Century Chapel atSteetly. We also walked past the magnificent Elizabethan Manor Lodgewhich has an interesting history for those who wish to google it (othersearch engines are available). The leaders drinking habits were broughtinto question when refreshments were taken at the excellent DarfouldsNursery Café at the end of the walk.

February 2018 Vicar Water Walk: This month’s walk is a nice gentleseven mile walk in the north of the county near Clipstone. Keith is leadingthis month’s walk as I am off to sunnier climes and it starts from the VicarWater car park. There will be mud but much of the route is on minor roadsor tracks and there are no ploughed fields to cross like last month. Meet inthe car park on Ranmoor Road at 9.00am on Thursday 22nd February andbring a packed lunch. Convenor Brian Shield

Striders

Steetly Chapel

Have we had some members struckdown by Aussie Flu? Is this why we onlyhad 9 stalwarts in attendance? If this isthe reason, then all we can say is,“gerroff out on it”!

Anyway, we found that we had nosausage sandwiches again, justbangers and mash, with what wasmore of a salad than vegetable greens!So, there was a smaller lunch optiontake-up.

Still our conversation was as wideranging as ever, and we managed to avoidoffending others who came into thesnug during the meeting. (Theywere asked if they were OK withwhat was being grumped about andthey were perfectly happy to the point of agreeingwith our concerns!)

On to our grumps, which included: the hind lickmanoeuvre; additions to our bus; fat cat salaries;

how to complain at the highest level; astronomydiscoveries; littering; holiday experiences; good

news about education and gene therapy; flytipping; the offence of sending a Christmascard; council issues; thefts and the influence

of social media; the lack of patrolling bypolice forces, station closure and what weare paying for; feeding the birds – now apotentially criminal offence; flu jabs not being

as effective as once thought – will we have ittaken back; how man flu is definitely and

officially more serious than woman flu; theinoculation for pneumonia; elderlypatients in the NHS not receiving theprompt attention they require; and finallythat new phenomenon the “Cashless

Society”. Where will it end??At one stage we were enjoying

ourselves far too much and had toconstrain our light-heartedness!

We are officially here to be grumpy and moan, notenjoy ourselves! Well, I ask you!

Grumpy Old Men

Tarra

Reminder to new ( and please do come along! )and existing members of the Real Ale Group weare visiting The 14th Derby CAMRA Winter BeerFestival at the Roundhouse in Derby. We aremeeting at Victoria Centre Bus Station at the RedArrow bus stop on Thursday 22nd February at12pm. We will be travelling on the Red Arrow. Please note concessions do not apply on theRed Arrow now. We will then get the shuttle from

Bay 28 at Derby Bus Station to the event. ForCAMRA members the entrance to the BeerFestival is free and OAPs are alsofree at lunchtime. Otherwise thecost is £2.00 up until 5.30pm.

We are considering aBrewery trip in April and wewould welcome any ideas forother events members wouldlike to take part in.

Real Ale Group

Lindsay Angus

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Time Group Meet at Details Contact8 Thu 09:30 Cycling For Fun Meet at 50 Willow Road, Carlton Tom on 0780 094 93968 Thu 11:00 Coffee Morning Top Spot Club Maggie on 0115 955 92858 Thu 12:00 Ten Pin Bowling MFA Bowl Brenda on 0115 962 57578 Thu 13:00 Luncheon Club Contact Ian for details Ian on 0115 998 88038 Thu 13:30 Art Gedling Road Meth. Christine 0115 915 75259 Fri 09:30 Bird Watching Richard Herrod Elvaston Castle Nature Res. Joan on 0776 307 16559 Fri 10:00 Singing for Pleas. St Georges Centre Note change of venue Allan on 0115 911 30459 Fri 12:00 Grumpy Old Men The Gedling Inn Ian on 0115 911 46819 Fri 13:00 Crafts Friday Carlton Fire Station Button crafting Rofie on 0115 955 44719 Fri 16:00 Table Tennis C-le-W Academy Andrea on 0752 709 03249 Fri 17:00 Badminton Carlton Forum L.C. Liz on 0115 960 64289 Fri 19:30 Theatre Nottingham Playhouse Wonderland Basia on 0115 953 9780

10 Sat 09:30 Cycling For Fun Meet at 50 Willow Road, Carlton Tom on 0780 094 939612 Mon 10:00 Classical Music St. A member's house TBA Steve Smith David on 0115 955 472612 Mon 10:00 French Conv. Mapperley Golf Club Brian on 0115 926 505312 Mon 18:30 Wine Lovers 2 Burton Road C.C. Wines from Southern Italy Paul on 0115 955 928513 Tue 09:45 Photography Carlton Fire Station Post Editing Mike on 0776 218 289813 Tue 14:00 Canasta The Willowbrook Lynne on 0777 180 195713 Tue 14:30 Poetry Apprec. A member's house A Favourite Happy Poem Rene on 0115 841 848113 Tue 17:00 Badminton Carlton Forum L.C. New session - note venue Liz 0115 960642814 Wed 10:00 Bonsai A member's house Pruning, shaping, wiring Paul on 0115 955 928514 Wed 10:00 Music for Fun Netherfield Baptist Charles on 0115 915 752514 Wed 14:00 Bridge and Whist The Willowbrook Ken on 0115 956 278014 Wed 14:00 Scrabble The Willowbrook Lynne on 0777 180 195715 Thu 10:00 General Meeting Richard Herrod Note change of start time Tom on 0780 094 939615 Thu 10:00 Internat. Dining Richard Herrod Pay for meal at Chungs Pat on 0791 866 532216 Fri 10:00 Science Richard Herrod Graphene, Miracle material? Steve on 0784111143516 Fri 14:00 Creative Writing Richard Herrod Theme: Medieval Ian on 0115 998 880316 Fri 17:00 Badminton Carlton Forum L.C. Liz on 0115 960 642817 Sat 09:30 Cycling For Fun Meet at 50 Willow Road, Carlton Tom on 0780 094 939619 Mon 10:30 Family History Richard Herrod Brenda on 0774 201 748219 Mon 14:00 Richard Herrod Committee Meeting Tom on 0115 955 447119 Mon 14:00 Tea Dancing Richard Herrod Note new start time Helen on 0115 955 472319 Mon 16:15 Drama Carlton Fire Station Play reading Pat on 0791 866 532220 Tue 09:00 Trips and Visits Richard Herrod Wakefield Mining Museum Janet 07729242917 or 840073320 Tue 09:30 5 Miles + tea Ranmoor Road Hardwick Hall estate walk Christine on 0115 915 752520 Tue 14:00 Local History Richard Herrod Talk - Albert Ball VC Graham on 0115 956 179120 Tue 17:00 Badminton Carlton Forum L.C. New session - note venue Liz on 0115 960 642821 Wed 10:00 Singing for Pleas. Netherfield Baptist Allan on 0115 911 304521 Wed 14:00 Bridge and Whist The Willowbrook Ken on 0115 956 278021 Wed 14:00 Scrabble The Willowbrook Lynne on 0777 180 195722 Thu 09:00 Striders Walking Ranmoor Road Vicar Water, Clipstone walk Brian on 0115 956 767022 Thu 10:45 New Members The Willowbrook Sally on 0778 754 114522 Thu 11:00 Coffee Morning Top Spot Club Maggie on 0115 955 928522 Thu 12:00 Real Ale Appreciation Derby Winter Beer Festival Richard on 0751 421 213422 Thu 13:00 Crafts Thursday Carlton Fire Station Button crafting Rofie on 0115 955 447123 Fri 10:00 Singing for Pleas. St Georges Centre Note change of venue Allan on 0115 911 304523 Fri 14:00 Canasta The Willowbrook Lynne on 0777 180 195723 Fri 16:00 Table Tennis C-le-W Academy Andrea on 0752 709 032423 Fri 17:00 Badminton Carlton Forum L.C. Liz on 0115 960 642823 Fri 19:30 Theatre Nottingham Girls H.S. Fiddler on the Roof Janet on 0115 955 928524 Sat 09:30 Cycling For Fun Meet at 50 Willow Road, Carlton Tom on 0780 094 939625 Sun 12:00 Theatre Broadway Cinema La Boheme by Puccini Paul on 0115 955 928526 Mon 10:00 French Conv. Mapperley Golf Club Brian on 0115 926 505326 Mon 10:00 Sewing Carlton Fire Station Pam on 0115 926 0026

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26 Mon 10:30 Discussion A member's house Drones /emergency go-bag Lynne on 0777 180 195726 Mon 18:30 Wine Lovers 4 Burton Road C.C. Wines from Southern Italy Steve on 0784 111 143527 Tue 14:00 Music Apprec. Richard Herrod Wronged People Eric on 0115 847 809427 Tue 17:00 Badminton Carlton Forum L.C. New session - note venue Liz on 0115 960 642828 Wed 10:00 Music for Fun Netherfield Baptist Charles on 0115 915 752528 Wed 14:00 Bridge and Whist The Willowbrook Ken on 0115 956 278028 Wed 14:00 Scrabble The Willowbrook Lynne on 0777 180 1957

Time Group Meet at Details Contact1 Thu 10:00 Relig. Architecture Carlton Fire Station Inaugural Meeting Mike on 0794 991 02411 Thu 10:15 Tai Chi Richard Herrod Sally on 0778 754 11451 Thu 14:00 Alt. Book Club The Gedling Inn Andrew on 0115 987 52632 Fri 10:15 Textile Crafts Gedling Road Meth. Lynne on 0777 180 19572 Fri 14:00 Canasta The Willowbrook Lynne on 0777 180 19572 Fri 16:00 Table Tennis C-le-W Academy Andrea on 0752 709 03242 Fri 17:00 Badminton Carlton Forum L.C. Liz on 0115 960 64283 Sat 09:30 Cycling For Fun Meet at 50 Willow Road, Carlton Tom on 0780 094 93964 Sun Deadline for March Newsletter submissions Nick on 0115 987 25945 Mon 10:30 Greenfingers Gedling Road Meth. Stuart Dixon: Seasonal talk Nicola on 0115 940 15075 Mon 14:00 History Study Richard Herrod Factory Villages Andrew on 0115 987 52635 Mon 14:00 Tea Dancing Richard Herrod Helen on 0115 955 47235 Mon 16:15 Drama Carlton Fire Station Play reading Pat on 0791 866 53226 Tue 10:00 Railway Enth. Richard Herrod Red for Danger Nick on 0115 987 25946 Tue 14:00 Book Club Carlton Fire Station The Spy who came in from … Maggie on 0115 952 31856 Tue 16:30 Indoor Bowls Richard Herrod Mick on 0115 987 42396 Tue 17:00 Badminton Carlton Forum L.C. Liz 0115 96064287 Wed 10:00 Singing for Pleas. Netherfield Baptist Allan on 0115 911 30457 Wed 14:00 Bridge and Whist The Willowbrook Ken on 0115 956 27807 Wed 14:00 Scrabble The Willowbrook Lynne on 0777 180 19578 Thu 09:30 Cycling For Fun Meet at 50 Willow Road, Carlton Tom on 0780 094 93968 Thu 11:00 Coffee Morning Top Spot Club Maggie on 0115 955 92858 Thu 12:00 Ten Pin Bowling MFA Bowl Brenda on 0115 962 57578 Thu 13:30 Art Gedling Road Meth. Christine on 0115 915 75258 Thu 14:00 Theatre Theatre Royal Matt. Bourne's Cinderella Anne on 0115 952 66489 Fri 09:30 Bird Watching Richard Herrod Wollaton Park Joan on 0776 307 16559 Fri 10:00 Singing for Pleas. St Georges Centre Allan on 0115 911 30459 Fri 12:00 Grumpy Old Men The Gedling Inn Ian on 0115 911 46819 Fri 13:00 Crafts Friday Carlton Fire Station Mask / plaque making Rofie on 0115 955 44719 Fri 16:00 Table Tennis C-le-W Academy Andrea on 0752 709 03249 Fri 17:00 Badminton Carlton Forum L.C. Liz on 0115 960 6428

10 Sat 09:30 Cycling For Fun Meet at 50 Willow Road, Carlton Tom on 0780 094 939612 Mon 10:00 Classical Music St. A member's house TBA David David on 0115 955 472612 Mon 10:00 French Conv. Mapperley Golf Club Brian on 0115 926 505312 Mon 18:30 Wine Lovers 2 Burton Road C.C. Chenin Blanc and Cab Sauv Paul on 0115 955 928512 Mon 19:30 Theatre Nottingham Playhouse Our Country's Good Basia on 0115 953 978013 Tue 14:00 Canasta The Willowbrook Lynne on 0777 180 195713 Tue 14:30 Poetry Apprec. A member's house Rene on 0115 841 848113 Tue 17:00 Badminton Carlton Forum L.C. Liz 0115 960642814 Wed 10:00 Music for Fun Netherfield Baptist Charles on 0115 915 752514 Wed 14:00 Bridge and Whist The Willowbrook Ken on 0115 956 278014 Wed 14:00 Scrabble The Willowbrook Lynne on 0777 180 195715 Thu 10:30 General Meeting Richard Herrod Vince Eager, part 2 Tom on 0780 094 939615 Thu 19:00 Internat. Dining Chungs restaurant Pat on 0791 866 532216 Fri 10:00 Science Richard Herrod Steve on 0784111143516 Fri 16:00 Table Tennis C-le-W Academy Andrea on 0752 709 032416 Fri 17:00 Badminton Carlton Forum L.C. Liz on 0115 960 642817 Sat 09:30 Cycling For Fun Meet at 50 Willow Road, Carlton Tom on 0780 094 9396

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