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RUTLAND U3A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER October 2017

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RUTLAND U3A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER

October2017

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

2017

“What is endoplasmic reticulum Grandad?” asked my 11 year old grandson. This was his

science homework and his mother, who has a degree in biology, was away, so the other

scientist in the family (namely myself) was being quizzed. It is now nearly 20 years since I

had to have a ready knowledge of this information so to say I was a bit rusty is an

understatement. After a quick revision course on the internet, I was able to give him an

answer with the understanding that he checked with his mother before submitting his

homework. All this goes to show that lifelong learning and in this case relearning, is all

around us if we want to take advantage.

The first monthly meeting in the last quarter saw an unforeseen change in speakers. Dr. Turi

King was unable to attend the August meeting and so instead we had Dr. Tim Gray telling us

about the work of the East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme (EMIC). I had never heard of the

splendid work they carry out by attending accidents and giving support to the ambulance

service and paramedics. The bucket collection, after the talk, raised in excess of £400 and is

an indication of the appreciation for both an excellent speaker and the vital role played by

EMICS. We have since received a letter of thanks from Tim in which he said that the money

would be used to kit out a doctor on the waiting list.


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For those of you who were disappointed that Dr. King was unable to give her talk on her role

in the identification of the body of Richard III, don’t worry, she will be giving her presentation

in November.

In September we had another Grey, this time it was Allen Grey who gave a fascinating talk on

his visit to Mongolia, accompanied by some excellent photographs. Finally, last month a long

standing member of Rutland U3A presented a synopsis of the life of the novelist Nevil Shute

and an insight into one of his most popular books “On the Beach”.

The Social team had yet another busy quarter. In August they arranged a visit to the Kilworth

Theatre to see the musical Top Hat. I did not go on this trip but by all accounts everybody

enjoyed it and my wife Lynne, took me through most of the songs and dances on her return.

In September a party of us visited the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. We had

an excellent day out, the weather was kind to us and it is definitely on my list of places to

revisit as we did not see everything in the time available. This month RU3A visited the Black

Country Living Museum, which everybody enjoyed, especially the fish and chips. Fortunately

hurricane Ophelia stayed away and we had a great view of the red sun caused by the storm

picking up sand from the Sahara desert.

Finally, don’t forget that the 2017 AGM is still available to view on You tube.

Alan Costello

Chairman


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RUTLAND U3A COMMITTEE

Committee Activity Highlights Aug-Sept 2017

There have been 2 Committee meetings, one in Aug, and one in May.

A membership application form has been placed on the website.

Victoria Hall sound system issues are still ongoing, may have to

purchase our own lapel mike.

Most items of income and expenditure were in line with budget plan,

but the growth in membership and social activities were driving

increases in stationery and printing costs

Concerns with the funding of the Tai chi group have been resolved

The social programme for 2018-19 is being created

The speaker programme is also being established

A Group Leaders’ Thank You event is under consideration

NG reported that the Table Tennis group’s bank account has been

closed and that in future all finance will be conducted through RU3A

A mini task group will be set up to look into the best way to pay

membership fees

The current free membership period post New Year will be scrapped.

This will aid entering the records for new members joining during this

period into Beacon.

A survey of all Group membership is to take place. This will aid

RU3A in ensuring that they are adhering to RU3A guidelines.


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Rutland U3A, 2018 Committee; Planning for the

Future

Rutland U3A depends on its committee to plan and publicise meetings and

events and manage our membership and money. In line with our constitution

the time anyone can spend on the Committee is limited and we need,

therefore, to ensure a flow of new committee members.

At the moment we have a committee of nine, one of whom retires in May

2018. Several others will leave in 2019, so we would like to recruit four more

committee members for May 2018 taking the number to twelve. This would

give new members 12 months to understand the various roles of the

committee before assuming one of positions themselves.

I know that May 2018 seems a long way off but the RU3A committee has

recognised that planning the composition of the team to take over after the

next AGM needs consideration now.

If you enjoy and value the U3A and want to see it continue, please consider

becoming a committee member. Your skills are needed.

For further information e.g. attending meetings to see how the committee

works or if you would just like to chat, please contact the Chairman or any of

the members , alternatively you can send an e mail to [email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]


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From the Social Team

THURSDAY 2ND NOVEMBER WILL BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO BOOK

AND PAY FOR OUR CHRISTMAS LUNCH at Barnsdale Lodge Hotel, Oakham on

Thursday 7th December 12.30 for 1.00 PM @ £25 each. Please see Sylvie to reserve your

place. [email protected]

WEDNESDAY 3RD JANUARY 2018 – Matinee Performance of Scrooge the Musical, The

Curve, Leicester @ £33 per person. THIS IS NOW FULL. LYNNE IS HOLDING A RESERVE

LIST.

NEW EVENT Thursday 8th February at 7.30 pm - Quiz at Victoria Hall, Oakham - £2.50 per ticket. Bring your own drinks and snacks. Please see Social Team to reserve your place.

WEDNESDAY 21ST MARCH 2018 – Matinee Performance of ‘War Horse at The Royal

Concert Hall, Nottingham. £41 to include coach travel. THURSDAY 2ND NOVEMBER WIIL

BE YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO BOOK AND PAY FOR THIS. Please see Lynne

SAT 9TH JUNE – The Chatsworth Flower Show, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire @ £38

per person. Please note that this does not include the cost of entrance to the House.

Please complete a booking form and pay to reserve a place. IF POSSIBLE, WE WOULD

PREFER PAYMENT BY CHEQUE. AS A LARGE NUMBER OF MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY

EXPRESSED AN INTEREST, WE WILL TREAT BOOKINGS ON A FIRST PAID/FIRST

SERVED BASIS. Please see Sheri.

KILWORTH HOUSE THEATRE – A MATINEE PERFORMANCE OF ‘GUYS AND DOLLS’ @

£42 per person. Dates to be confirmed. More information at the November meeting.

GENERAL PLEASE NOTE THAN AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST DOES NOT CONSTITUTE

A CONFIRMED BOOKING AND TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE FOR AN EVENT YOU NEED TO

COMPLETE THE APPROPRIATE SIGN UP FORM AND RETURN TO THE ORGANISER

WITH THE CORRECT MONEY. WHEREVER POSSIBLE WE WOULD PREFER PAYMENT

BY CHEQUE. WE WILL THEN ISSUE A RECEIPT AS PROOF OF PAYMENT.



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Monthly meetings held at

The Victoria Hall ,Oakham

Thursday 2nd November Dr Turi King

“The King in the Car Park”

Dr King was a member of the team involved in the DNA

identification of Richard III

Thursday 4th January 2018

First meeting of the new year!

There will never be another you (part2)

Paul Newsham, a retired forensic scientist, continues from his previous talk,

enjoyed by many of us last year, on the uniqueness of every person.

AD HOC DINING due to refurbishment of

The Old Buttercross please note the revised date for the next ad hoc dining will be:

Monday 6th November

Please contact Helen Shea to book


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RECENT OUTINGS, VISITS and SOCIAL

EVENTS

The Intermediate Italian Group held an Italian Supper kindly hosted by

two of the members, Keith and Barbara Sutcliffe.

In perfect weather, ten of us sat down outside in their garden to a splendid array of

food and drinks supplied by every member of the group.

We started almost before the sun was over the yard arm, which was just as well. It

took us four and a half hours to work our way through canapés, unusual pear and

goats' cheese antipasto and another with mozzarella skewers and tomatoes, a primo

piatto of delicious lasagne, secondo piatto of Sicilian pork and roasted veg, followed

by a yummy dolce of tiramisu (recipe for 12 but demolished in seconds by the 10 of

us). Coffee and amaretto biscuits rounded off the evening.

All diets had been postponed until the following day."

Margaret Gilman.


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U3A Visit to the National Memorial Arboretum – 12 September 2017 Notes by Peter Gleeson

Thirty two members of Rutland U3A made the trip to the National Memorial Arboretum

near Lichfield in Staffordshire. It is a vast site of 150 acres, 50,000 trees and 300

memorials, at the present count.

We were fortunate with the weather despite the warnings of 'Strong Winds Forecast' seen

on the A50;it did not rain and there were prolonged periods of sunshine. Most of us

started with a visit to the Coffee Shop and then had a brief look round before our land

train ride booked for 12.00. There were many service people about, the most noticeable

being Sikh soldiers and other Sikhs in national dress, mostly barefoot.

As noon approached, we were chivvied to the train, with stragglers 'just in time' amid

mutterings of 'jobsworth'. There was a recorded commentary, exactly matched to the

locations passed, so we got an excellent introduction to the principal monuments.

As expected, most were related to the armed services, but there were some to

lay people – land girls and railway men for example: a section devoted to stillborn

children was particularly moving.

The train ride took 45 minutes and when it ended our group split up and went in different

directions. Renée and I started by talking to Sikh soldiers who told us that they were

celebrating the 120th anniversary of the 1897 battle of Saragarhi, in Afghanistan,

where Sikh soldiers served with exceptional bravery. (When we got home, we learned

more about the battle on East Midlands Today, where emphasis was put on the British

commander, an old boy of Uppingham School.)


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A solemn procession was led by five Sikh warriors, barefoot and wearing saffron robes and

carrying drawn swords. They were followed by two white Land Rovers, bearing a precious

relic. There was a waiting party with robes of deep blue and saffron. Drums were beaten

and shofur-like horns blown. A roll of white silk was unwound and laid on the ground for a

barefoot girl carrying the relic carefully on her head. A ceremonial umbrella was held

over the relic as the procession moved slowly towards the marquee where a service was to

be held.

The followers included many schoolchildren and many of the 150 Sikhs currently serving

in the Army. Several senior British officers were buzzing about, too. All the soldiers

wore their medals.

After all that colour and noise Renée and I set out to see some of the monuments in detail

as we made our way to the extreme limit of the Arboretum – a mock up of a WW1 trench

such as was used at the battle of Passchendaele.

We walked back alongside the picturesque river Tame, near its confluence with the

Trent. We eventually reached the huge mound of the central monument to those in the

Services who had died in battle since WW2.


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We were grateful to receive a lift in a buggy up the spiral road to the top. I remembered

a schoolmate who was killed in Korea in 1952 and searched for a long time because the

names are not in alphabetical order. At last I found his name, second from last in a very

long list.

So, a successful visit – thanks to the organiser Sheri Evans and the 'tour manager' Lynn

Costello.

A Grand Day Out I recently joined a happy band of members for a nostalgic visit to this very well run and

interesting Museum at Dudley in what used to be THE BLACK COUNTRY. After a two hour

plus very posh coach trip with John, our driver we arrived to each be given a very detailed

map showing at least 69 items of interest on a very large site. We split up to visit the various

points of interest, with several large groups of schoolchildren out with their teachers on

school trips.

My companion and I managed to visit most of the site too numerous to report on all of it but I

will try to give a summary of some of the highlights for us. There were many buildings

restored to their original use showing over 200 years of our history. Most of us could identify

scenes from our childhood in the homes or workplaces of parents or grandparents.

We passed the Conway Garage with its old fashioned petrol pumps and two vintage cars in

for servicing.

Next St James Primary Schools where a suitably dressed teacher was passing his

knowledge on to one of the school parties seated at the old fashioned desks with lift up lids,

ink wells and slates and chalk. No computers in sight.


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Hobbs Fish and Chip shop was selling real fish and chips in paper to

anyone ready for an early lunch, take away or sit in. Morralls Gentleman’s Outfitters was

selling cloth caps and others items of men's wear from a bygone age. Humphreys Builders

Merchants had a yard with small piles of bricks, slates, drain pipes, piles of sand and many

other items which reminded me of my early working life when I ran the office for my father’s

building firm with just such a yard at the rear.

A visit to the Workers Institute and Cafe allowed us to satisfy our appetite with savoury

mince, Yorkshire pudding and tatties, served by suitably costumed staff, very tasty it was. A

visit to the toilet block in the back yard proved to be an up to date experience with modern

sanitary ware and hand driers.

A trip over the canal bridge led to a street of terraced houses and shops, a Methodist chapel,

the Bottle and Glass Inn, a Blacksmiths Shop and many other businesses. A peep into the

chemists shop found the chemist showing a sirpositry to a group of school children and

explaining that you had to ' stick it up your bum' for a good clear out. In the sweet shop a

little girl wanted to know what K lay was, there was liquorice, boiled sweets and gob

stoppers, all on sale. We visited a pair of back to back houses where one had a front door

onto the street, and the other a door opening onto a small back garden with a communal

wash house, complete with dolly tub and mangle. The cossy (toilet) with newspaper for toilet

paper and a receptacle that was emptied every night by a smelly man with a horse and cart,

was at the bottom of the garden.

If I had time and space I could also have mentioned the stables and traps in the yard behind

the pub similar to the ones which my great granddad had behind his pub in Leicester which

he let out to folk to drive round the town. Or the open topped tram similar to the ones I

travelled on in Leicester to visit my Grandma. Or the canal boats used to transport so many

things in those good days. Or the drift mine and the cinema and the pawnbrokers shop etc.

Our thanks to Lynn and Sherri for an excellent day out and a recommendation that you try it

if you haven't been.

Eric Abell


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Other News

U3A Table Tennis Group September 2017

We are an ever increasing group of thirty active and enthusiastic members who meet every

week on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday for two hours at Cottesmore Village Hall with a

maximum number of twenty members per session. The hall has proved an ideal environment

for table tennis with room for four tables, high windows and a good floor – we are very

fortunate.

Sadly, our oldest and most glamorous lady member in her mid eighties has had to give up

playing on medical advice. She was a much valued member and showed us all how to keep fit

and look good in our eighties. We have had several new members join recently and all seem to

enjoy the social ambience and active playing – no time for coffee and biscuits!

We have had an enjoyable social afternoon with the Stamford U3A table tennis group. We also

arranged a similar event with Market Harborough U3A group but unfortunately they had to

cancel due to lack of members available. Instead we had our own social afternoon with all

members invited to join in. This proved a most enjoyable event which we will repeat.

We have just had a most enjoyable Summer Social which due to numbers, we had to change

venue from a member’s garden to the Social Club at Cottesmore. This is a good venue with

plenty of space, a bar, plus we can bring our own food. We rounded off the evening with a

lively quiz.


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U3A Church Visits Group Autumn 2017

We have made two visits since our last report.

On 6th September, 14 of us visited Exton Parish Church.

Kit Swinfen gave us a comprehensive history of the church and the very impressive

monuments dedicated to the Noel family; one in particular recorded 4 wives and 19

children!!! This visit was complementary to that to Brooke on 7 June, which was the

previous Noel family church.

Several members gave glowing reports on this visit. One particularly commented on the

monuments, noting that one was developed by Grinling Gibbons and was fit for inclusion in

Westminster Abbey.

The banners that hung from the roof of the church are very old and many of them are

almost fully decayed. They have been very cleverly reproduced from old photographs by

Kit’s wife Judy, who is a theatrical scene painter.

On 4 October, the Church of St Peter & St Paul in Preston was visited by 17 of the group,

including two very new members of U3A. Due to a double booking, the architect who had

originally been booked to guide us round was unable to be present, so our own Neil Lowther

bravely reviewed the Church and its Brief Guide before we got there. He sat us all down, and

explained many of the interesting features of this, one of the oldest extant churches in

Rutland. Parts of the North Nave were built in 1150, while others were added or changed a

few years later. There are as usual in our Parish Churches additions made in the 14th and

15th Centuries, and of course by the Victorians. Almost all of the interesting features are

recorded in the Brief guide, which is on sale for 20p, so I see no need to elaborate further

here – other than to record that we were unable to find one item which Neil had been told

about. This is of a sundial supposedly carved into the wall of the Porch and of the Church.

Our eyes were unable to identify these on the wearing sandstone, but it turns out we were

looking in the wrong place! Neil will return to try to find them.

This concludes our visits for this year, as we deem the winter months too cold for church

visits on days when heating is unlikely. What wimps we are! So our coordinator will

circulate the members with the time and date of next year’s planning meeting in due course

early in 2018.


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Art Appreciation Group

This is a new group, set up this year with the aim exploring any and all aspects of Art. None

of us are experts; we just enjoy looking at art. We jointly agree on an artist for our next

meeting and then each member prepares a short introduction to one of the artist’s works

which provokes a general discussion.

So far we have progressed through Breughel to Bosch and thus to Dali and then looked at

Degas prior to our visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge for their exhibition “Degas: A

passion for perfection”.

Our visit to the exhibition on 11 October started well with 7 members meeting at

the station for the train to Cambridge despite traffic problems caused by the closing of the

A1. However the day took a turn for the worse when on the train’s arrival at Peterborough

there was an announcement that the train would not be progressing for the foreseeable

future due to a fatality on the line. We soon decided that our visit to Cambridge would have

to be cancelled, if we waited for a later train we would arrive too late to do the exhibition

justice and would have missed the lecture on Degas. As the A1 was closed we decided that

returning to Oakham by bus would be onerous although our Casterton and Cottesmore

based members chose to return by that way. The four of us left decided to make the most

of our enforced visit to Peterborough and adjourned to consider the day over coffee and

cake. We decided to visit the beautiful cathedral and then move on to the museum. The

visit to the cathedral was lovely but in line with our luck the art gallery at the museum was

closed! Still we enjoyed each other’s company and made the best of our ill-fated day.

In November we are to be examining Canaletto prior to a visit to Stamford Art Centre to see

the screening of “Canaletto and the Art of Venice” which is based on the exhibition at the

Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Hopefully our visit will be less eventful than our trip to

Cambridge. We are a lively and friendly group who would welcome new members. Contact

Jill Stacey – [email protected] for details.



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French Idioms 3.

There are words in French which, as in English, sound the same,

have the same gender but are spelled differently. In addition, there are other parts of

speech which sound the same.

For example ; cent, son, sont, sans, sens are only slightly different in sound but

actually mean : hundred, sound, (they) are, without, sense. You have to use the

context to select the correct meaning being used.

Another example is : Le ver is a worm, le verre is a tumbler, vert is the colour

green and vers means against ; all sound much the same.

So Le ver vert va vers le verre vert. = The green worm goes towards the green

tumbler.

Try saying the following passage containing the Don sound . ----

Don Kyote, demeurait dans un village au pied des Dentelles de Montmirail, (a

range of hills) Provence. Un jour, un randonneur (hiker) est venu à sa maison pour

se procurer des renseignements (information) de sa route dans les Dentelles.

Malheureusement il avait rage de dent. (toothache) En ouvrant la porte du jardin de

Don, il est tombé à plat ventre (flat on his face) en buttant son pied contre un grand

dindon (turkey) caché par la verdure. Par hasard, sa chute a fait sortir la dent

douloureuse et il s’est relevé frais comme un gardon. (fresh as a daisy).

John Bagley.


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Book Group 4

A new Book Group has just formed and there is room for two

new members.

It meets for the first time on Tuesday 5 December in the

morning. Anyone who is interested and keen to join please

contact the Groups Coordinator via the website.

Possible New Group

There is a waiting list of four members who wish to join a

Science and Technology group but the present groups are

full.

We still need at least two more who are interested so if

anyone is keen to join please contact the Groups Coordinator

via the website.


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A reminder for all members

Keeping your membership details up to date.

We want to make sure we have the right contact details for you. If you move or change your phone or email please tell us by either :-

Emailing [email protected] Dropping a note in at the monthly meeting

REQUEST FROM VAR FOR VOLUNTEER DRIVERS

Volunteer Action Rutland (VAR) social transport have over 3000 elderly clients

in Rutland whom they take to hospitals, surgeries, dentists etc.

To cope with increasing demand, they need more volunteer drivers, as at times

we have to say no to some requests.

One or two of RU3A members already drive for VAR but they are asking if more

volunteers would be interested.

Drivers can do only certain days, they can state if they prefer long or short

drives and whether they wish to drive once a week or every day.

If you are interested, please contact either Pam Hornby on 01572 724387 or

the transport manager on 01572 725485.

It is not onerous task but is a vital service for the elderly and vulnerable who

often are unable to use public transport.



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Visit the Rutland U3A website for all your up to date

local U3A information

www.u3asites.org.uk/rutland


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Third Age Trust Notices

‘News at the Third Age’

The October issue of our national newsletter – ‘News at the Third Age’ is now

available

Read the newsletter

You can open the above hyperlink to the U3A newsletter on the national

website or

You can receive the newsletter directly by signing up at

u3a.org.uk/email

The U3A national office has moved to 52 Lant Street, London SE1 1RB.

You can now follow the U3A on Twitter, look for U3A@U3A_UK

If you would like to receive updates regarding National U3A events direct to your email inbox, you are very welcome to sign up on the Third Age Trust Member’s Area/events or get

in touch with our secretary, for a link email. Your email address will only be used for that purpose, and never passed on to third parties.

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Group List

Acoustic instrument

players

Tuesday p.m.

Fortnightly - 2.00pm

Android tablet users Wednesday p.m.

2nd & 4th

weeks 2.00pm

Antiques & Collectables Monday a.m.

Monthly 1st week 10.00

a.m.

Art Appreciation Monday a.m.

Monthly 2nd

week 10.00am

Art Group Thursday a.m.

2nd and 4th weeks -

10.00am

Badminton Sunday a.m.

Weekly

08.45am

Badminton Thursday p.m.

weekly, 8.00pm

Basic computing Tuesday p.m.

every 2 weeks

2pm

Birdwatching Thursday a.m.

Fortnightly, 2nd & 4th,

9.30am

Book Group Tuesday p.m.

Monthly 2nd

week - 2.00pm

Book Group 2 Wednesday a.m.

Monthly, 2nd week -

10.30am

Book Group 3 Tuesday p.m.

Monthly 1st,

2.00pm

Bridge Beginners Monday p.m.

weekly - 2.00pm

Bridge Beginners Plus Wednesday p.m.

Weekly

Bus Pass Travels Variable - contact for

details

Church Visits Variable -

contact for

details

Cinema Variable-contact for details Coffee Club Singles Variable -

contact for

details

Creative Writing Friday p.m.

Monthly last - 2.00pm

Current Affairs Wednesday a.m.

Last Monthly -

10.00am

Current Affairs 2 Tuesday a.m.

Monthly, 3rd - 10.00am

Dog-walking Variable -

contact for

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Group List

details

Evening Book Group Thursday p.m.

6-weekly, 7.30pm

Family History Thursday a.m.

Monthly 3rd

week - 10.00am

Family History (2) Monday p.m.

Monthly 2nd, 2.00pm

Fire up your French Thursday a.m.

Fortnightly

10.00am

French - Conversation Monday a.m.

Fortnightly - 10.00am

French Improvers

(Group 1)

Monday a.m.

Fortnightly -

10.00am

French Improvers (Group

2)

Wednesday a.m.


Gardening Group Tuesday p.m.

Monthly 3rd

week - 2.00pm

German Beginners Tuesday p.m.

Weekly - 3.00pm

German Intermediate Wednesday a.m.

Weekly 10am

Golf Wednesday a.m. Golf for Ladies Tuesday a.m.

Weekly -

10.00am

Hand-made Gift Cards Monthly, variable History Group Wednesday a.m.

Monthly 3rd

week - 10am

Improver's Bridge Friday p.m.

2.00pm

Indoor Bowls Thursday p.m.

Weekly -

2.00pm

iPad Users Wednesday p.m.

monthly 4th 2.30pm

Italian Beginners Tuesday p.m.

Fortnightly,1st

& 3rd - 2.30p

Italian Intermediate Tuesday p.m.


Jazz Thursday a.m.

Monthly 2nd

10.00am




















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Group List

Knitting and Crochet Thursday p.m.


Latin Group Tuesday a.m.

Fortnightly -

10.30am

Living History Monday a.m.

Monthly 3rd 10.00am

Luncheon Goup Thursday p.m.

After monthly

meeting

Mah Jong Wednesday a.m.

Fortnightly, 10.00am

Music Appreciation Tuesday p.m.

Monthly -

2.00pm

Music Appreciation (2) Tuesday a.m.

1st Tuesday 10.00am

Musical Exploration Thursday a.m.

Monthly 3rd

week - 10.00am

Needlecrafts 2 Wednesday a.m.

Fortnightly, 2nd & 4th

10.30am

Photography Group Thursday a.m.

last Thurs of

month 10.00am

Photoshop - Beginners Tuesday a.m.

Last Tuesday 10.00am

Photoshop -

Intermediate

Wednesday a.m.

Monthly, 3rd

10.00am

Play Reading Tuesday a.m.

Monthly 3rd week -

10.00am

Play Reading 2 Thursday a.m.

Monthly 4th

week -10am

Poetry Appreciation Wednesday p.m.

Monthly, 3rd - 2.00pm

Recorders Monday p.m.

2nd and 4th,

1.30pm

Rummikub Tuesday p.m.

Fortnightly, 2.30pm

Science & Technology

(2)

Tuesday p.m.

Monthly 2nd

week 2.00pm,

Science and Technology Friday a.m.

Monthly 3rd week -

10.00am

Scrabble Group 1 Tuesday a.m.

Weekly -

10.00am

Scrabble Group 2 Friday a.m.

Weekly - 10.30am

Scrapbooking Thursday a.m.




















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Group List

Sketching & Drawing Thursday a.m.

Monthly, 3rd 10.00am

Sketching & Drawing Tuesday p.m.

Monthly 1st

2.00pm

Social Bridge Wednesday p.m.

Monthly 1st - 7.30pm

Social Bridge (2) Thursday

evening, weekly

- 7.30pm

Spanish Beginners Friday a.m.


Spanish Group 1 Monday a.m.

Fortnightly -

10.00am

Spanish Group 2 Friday a.m.

10.30 am every two weeks

Sunday Lunch Sunday p.m.

Monthly 3rd

week - 12.30pm

Table Tennis Wednesday p.m.

Weekly 2.00pm

Table Tennis Monday p.m.

Weekly -

2.00pm

Table Tennis 2 Friday p.m.

Weekly- 2.00pm

Tai Chi Thursday p.m.

2.30pm Special

arrangements

The Striders Tuesday a.m.

Monthly - 3rd 10.30am

Ukulele Tuesday a.m.

Weekly -

10.30am

Visits Group (Apr to Oct

only)

Friday

Contact for details

Walks (Half Day) Wednesday a.m.

4th

Walks (Half Day) Tuesday a.m.

2nd

Walks- (Half Day) Thursday a.m.

3rd Thurs 10.25

am

Wind Band Music Group Monday a.m.

Fortnightly 2nd & 4th

10.30am

Wine and wine tasting Monthly -

Contact for

details

Wood Carving Friday a.m.

Weekly

















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