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NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2020 Issue 96

CHAIRMAN’S CHIT CHAT

We

I am delighted to welcome Peter Fox, who

has been co-opted onto our Committee as

Vice Chairman. Peter is well known to many

of our members, especially to me, as he

attends both my Traditional Games and Ten

Pin Bowling Groups and we are both members of my wife’s

Wednesday Rummikub Group.

At the time of writing, Christmas, New Year and the Election

are over and we are scheduled to leave the EU on 31st

January. Hopefully it proves to be of benefit to us all.

WWU3A Membership Renewal

Members are reminded that our membership year ends on March

31st 2020. The subscription has been reduced to £12.50 for a year’s

access to our monthly meetings, any of our interest groups, visits

and outings and monthly newsletter. Renewal forms are available:

* With this and the March newsletters for members on email.

* To download from the website.

* At February and March General Meetings. (form collection only)

Processing 600 plus membership renewals is a big task for Gill our

membership secretary and her busy team. Members must renew

BY POST ONLY enclosing a stamped self addressed envelope with

completed form and cheque. You will not be able to renew at

monthly meetings, but can pick up an application form and return

it with a cheque and stamped self addressed envelope.

If any of our members are going to leave, can they please let Gill

know as soon as possible to create another vacancy,.

Articles for the March 2020 Newsletter must be received by Friday 21st February. Please try to make any article 200 words or less. All articles are used at the discretion of the newsletter editor

and may be edited for content and/or length.

Appliances break down a day after the one-year warranty ends

MONTHLY MEETINGS

At The Memorial Hall High Road, South Woodford Meetings at 10.15 a.m. for 10.30 a.m.

Please don’t forget that our Monthly Meetings are now at 10.30 a.m. Doors opening about 10.00 a.m.

4th February 2020 Peter Williams and

Mark Gorman Stratford - as seen through

Edwardian Postcards

3rd March 2020 Geoff Bowden Solo singers of

The Swinging Sixties

GROUP NEWS

CURRENT VACANCIES

Book Group 3 Circle Dancing Community Gardening

Enjoying Opera Film Group First Aid

Dutch Flower Arranging French

Gardening for all History Local Walks

Looking at Art/Culture Mandarin Poetry 2

Pub Lunch 3 Racket Ball 2 Rummikub 1

Scrabble 2 Singing for Fun Sunday Scrabble

Ten Pin Bowling Train, Boat and Plane Enthusiasts

NEW GROUP

Discussion Group 2 recently formed and meeting on 4th Thursday at 10.30 a.m. has a few vacancies. If interested and for more information, please contact the Convenor Chris Steward

.

Local Walks. Tricia Don advises that the next walk of about 5

miles is on Thursday 20th February and starts at

10:00 a.m. outside Woodford Station (East side) and

takes us to Loughton via roads and forest. There

are some climbs. We will stop for an early break at the Knighton

Woods pond where seating is limited (please bring your own

refreshments). We then walk on to Loughton via roads and into

the forest, ending at The Victoria Tavern where some of us may

want to have lunch. Please note change of date from 2nd to 3rd

Thursday of the month.

Page 1: Pick good people. Talent never wears out.

GROUP NEWS

PUB LUNCH 1. Next lunch is on Tuesday 25th February at 12.30 p.m. at The Three Jolly Wheelers, Chigwell Road. -------------------------------------------------------- PUB LUNCH 2. The next Lunch is at Rosso’s in Woodford Broadway on Friday 21st February at 12 30. -------------------------------------------------------- PUB LUNCH 3. Next lunch is on Tuesday 11th February at 12.30 p.m. at The Gallery, South Woodford. Sue Goldston will be the contact point for this Lunch -------------------------------------------------------- AFTERNOON TEA GROUP 1. The next gathering will be at Mojo, High Road, Woodford Green, on Wednesday 19th February at 2.00 p.m. -------------------------------------------------------- EVENING DINNER GROUP 1. Next meeting will be at Vadi, High Road, South Woodford, on Thursday 6th February at 7.00 p.m.

Mandarin

Gill Thompson, Convener for Mandarin

advises that she has a new telephone

number which is 020 736 60152

Ten Pin Bowling

This is an extract from the results sheet of the Ten Pin

Bowling Session on 10th January, where Sylvia Law achieved

an amazing score of 136, which not only beat all the Ladies,

but also all the Men on the day and is the highest Ladies

score in 5 years of bowling. Well done Sylvia!

Circle Dancing

Janet Taylor asks ‘Are you trying to keep

your News Year’s Resolution? If you are

struggling to keep your New Year’s

Resolution, you know the ones, do more,

get fitter, then why not come and join us at Circle Dancing. We

are a friendly group who meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of

the month from 10.00 a.m. - 12 Noon. No need for a partner,

you don't even have to know how to dance. First session free.

Why not come and give it a try’?

Freedom Pass Rovers 2 Adele Marslake writes. On 12th February we will be at The Art Café for coffee/lunch which is followed by a trip to The Cinema

Museum for a guided tour. The trip is being organised by Lynne & John Cooper.

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GROUP NEWS

FILM

GROUP

Angela Barnes reports: We had a good turnout to enjoy our first film of the year, The Greatest Showman. As expected, it brightened up a chilly winter afternoon and most people enjoyed it. Our term will run to April and these are our films for the next few months:

February The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. March – Lady Bird April – Manchester by the Sea.

New members are welcome. We have plenty of space in the Salvation Army Hall in South Woodford and we are a friendly group. Phone me or email for more details.

Spanish Conversation

Sorry to report that this group is now closed.

We thank Veronica Bouffard for running the

group for as long as she did for our U3A.

Trains, Boats

and Planes Enthusiasts

Richard Moules would like to

extend an invitation to any U3A

members to join the group on their

next outing which will be to the

Musical Museum at Kew Bridge on

Thursday 13th February. The museum contains one of the

world’s foremost collections of automatic musical instruments,

and is one of London’s lesser known gems!

We will meet at the WESTBOUND (i.e. Lower George Lane)

entrance to SOUTH WOODFORD station and leave promptly at

10:30 a.m. to travel to Stratford where we will take the

Overground to Gunnersbury and then a short bus ride, so bring

your Freedom Pass. No booking, just turn up!

Entry to the museum costs £10.00 for concessions (payable on

entry) and there is a café for light refreshments before our

guided tour at 1.00 p.m. There is a well stocked gift shop!

OUTING DETAILS

Dennis Severs House

Sue Bloom advises. For those attending

Denis Severs House on 27th February,

we will meet at the entrance to the

Underground station at 10.45 a.m. at

Liverpool Street Main Line Station. I also need to confirm

numbers for this outing and would appreciate payment at the

next meeting in February.

98% of the time I am right. Why worry about the other 17%?

.

THEATRE NEWS

Message in a Bottle

Message in a Bottle is the

spectacular new dance-theatre show

choreographed by the fabulous Kate

Prince to the iconic hits of 17 time

Grammy award -winning artist

Sting, including ‘Every Breath you

Take, Roxanne, Walking on the Moon, Fields of Gold,

Englishman in New York and Shape of my Heart’.

With a mix of exhilarating dance styles, dazzling footwork and

breath-taking athleticism set to the music of Sting, Message

in a Bottle tells a vital and uplifting story of humanity and

hope. A village alive with joyous celebrations is suddenly

under siege. Everything changes forever. Determined and

daring, three parted siblings step out on their own

extraordinary adventures.

Showing at the lovely Peacock Theatre, this is definitely a

show for dance enthusiasts. I have tickets in the stalls valued

at £65.00 for £52.00 on Sunday 8th March 2020 at 6.30 p.m. I

will be taking cheques at the January meeting.

Leopoldstadt

On Thursday 23rd April

at 2.30 p.m. at the

Wyndhams Theatre.

Vienna in 1900 was the most vibrant city in Europe, humming

with artistic and intellectual excitement and a genius for

enjoying life. A tenth of the population were Jews. A

generation earlier they had been granted full civil rights by

the Emperor, Franz Josef. Consequently, hundreds of

thousands had fled from the Pale and the pogroms in the

East, and many found sanctuary in the crowded tenements of

the old Jewish quarter, LEOPOLDSTADT.

Tom Stoppard's new play, is an intimate drama with an epic

sweep; the story of a family who made good. It was not to

last. Half a century later, this family, like millions of others,

has re-discovered what it means to be Jewish in the first half

of the 20th Century.

LEOPOLDSTADT is a passionate drama of love, family, and

endurance. It is Stoppard's most humane and heart-breaking

play. I have tickets in the stalls valued at £75.00 for £49.50,

ready for collection at the April meeting and will be taking

bookings from the February meeting.

Carousel

A date for your diary:- Thursday 20th August

2020 at 2.15 p.m. CAROUSEL at Regents Park

Open Air Theatre. Details soon.

There cannot be a crisis today. My schedule is already full.

OUTINGS NEWS

Dick Whittington

From Sylvia Law: A reminder to those

members who have booked the visit

to Brick Lane Music Hall at 443,

North Woolwich Road E16 2DA to see

Dick Whittington, the pantomime for 'grown ups ' on Friday 7th

February 2020. We will be going to the lunchtime performance

and if anyone has special dietary requirements please let me

know ASAP. There is a fully licensed bar. The doors will open at

12.15 p.m. with the 3 course lunch being served from 1.00 p.m.

and the show starting at 2.30 p.m. finishing approximately at

4.45 p.m. No tickets are produced by the theatre, you just turn

up and will be shown to reserved U3A tables.

Please note I do not have any influence over the seating

plan. There is a small car park, which has always had spaces in

the past, and the nearest station is Pontoon Dock on the DLR,

with a slow 10 to 15 minute walk. Turn right out of the station

and walk towards the main North Woolwich Road, until you

come to a large roundabout, cross the roundabout and the

theatre is a little way down on the left in a closed Church. Their

website address is www.bricklanemusichall.co.uk

Stationers’ Hall and Estate. [

Sue Bloom reports: On Wednesday 4th March

we have a guide taking us around the

Stationers’ Hall and Estate. The tour starts at

11.30 a.m. and lasts for about 75 minutes

followed by tea, coffee and biscuits at Stationers Hall. The

nearest station is St. Pauls and we are meeting at the Church of

St. Martin Ludgate Hill. Hopefully no rain this time. The cost is

£10.00 per person which I understand is donated to charity. I can

take up to 40 people but must give them notice. If you are

interested please see me at the February Meeting

MEMBER FEEDBACK

Looking at Art and Culture

John Lawrence feedback. About a dozen of the group came along to The National Portrait Gallery. We had an entertaining coffee break and then did a self guided look around. Fascinating to

see the photos of the icons of the sixties then we moved on to the 19th century and saw a portrait of Stormzy juxtaposed between rather formal 19th century males.

Then the group went along to the" Portrait of the Day" talk by the gallery staff. That day it was about the portrait of Anne Boleyn, which was a copy, by an unknown English artist and we were given a detailed history of her life. A remarkable place, so if you are interested in going there make sure you go before May this year when it will close for a major refurbishment lasting about 3 years. We are visiting the Science Museum for an Exhibition on "Ciphers & Cyber" on Monday 17th February.

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FROM THE CENTRE

Upcoming Events

12th March 2020

National Gallery. Close Encounters of the Animal Kind.

16th March 2020 Science at The Royal Institution.

3rd June 2020 National U3A Day.

For details of these events go to events@u3a.org.uk

EVENT CINEMA

Odeon Cinema, South Woodford

Events showing up to 1st March 2020

20th February NT Live: Cyrano De Bergerac. 7.00

23rd February Bolshoi Ballet Live: Swan Lake. 3.00

25th February

Royal Ballet - Life and Career of the cellist Jacqueline du Pré.

7.15

1st March Royal Ballet - Life and Career of the cellist Jacqueline du Pré.

2.00

WEST END THEATRE

Upstart Crow

Ben Elton’s Shakespearean sitcom comes to the stage from 7th February until 25th April at The Gielgud Theatre 35-37 Shaftesbury Avenue.

QUIZ RESULTS

WWU3A Quiz Lee Ward comments: Crumbs,

how formidable sitting on the

stage of the Memorial Hall on

20th January, looking down at

102 very keen quizzers. With

the answers before me, my pen ready to mark and with the

support of Jan and Peter I took a deep breath and faced the

challenge. It became even more daunting when our

unbelievably competitive members started querying the

answers with one quizzer having a long theological discussion

with the Quizmaster! A huge amount of organising by Sylvia

and her team together with equal organisational skills of the

Quizmaster made the afternoon great fun.

Chairman adds: We also had 3 diligent scorers, plus well

needed tea/coffee and biscuits prepared by our refreshment

team and a free raffle. The quiz winners were Table 5 with 104

points, followed by Team 1 (my table) with 103 points and

Table 14 with 102 points. The winning members of Team 5 were

Ann and Roy Childs, Mary and David Martin and Jenny and

Robert Wallis. Well done to all the winners.

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SNIPPETS

Driverless Vehicles

At the Science Museum. You're driving a car

and the brakes have failed. Do you hit and kill

an old person, or a child?. This is a sample of a

difficult moral dilemma in an interactive

experiment at Science Museum's display on driverless vehicles. It's

these decisions that future driverless cars may have to make. Until

October 2020. Free admission

Email Advice Sometimes when we send an email to a group

of people, it is useful to have all their

addresses showing so that a “conversation”

might be had between senders and recipients. If the group is

small and everyone in it knows everyone else, this is usually

acceptable. However, some of our groups are rather large and

this can result in a huge list of addresses showing before the

meat of the message is reached. So, when sending group emails

can you please send them “blind”. This entails entering the

names in the line headed “bcc” and putting one name, usually

your own, in the “To” line. This practice will also help to protect

the recipients from possible viruses, spam etc.

U3A Cruising

Barnet U3A have contacted us as they have

secured discounts of 10% off the brochure

price for U3A members on certain Fred

Olsen cruises and in addition may have better deals for single

occupancy of selected grades of cabin. They currently have

cruises booked on ‘Black Watch’ for 7 nights from 17th March

2020 ‘Exploring the Capitals of the Low Countries’ and on

‘Braemar’ for 11 nights from 22nd September 2020 ‘Exploring

the Capitals of Scandinavia’ Both cruises depart from

Southampton. Any Members wishing to join them on these

cruises should initially contact Elizabeth Hodgson direct

Whipps Cross Hospital Whipps Cross Hospital is one of the first six hospitals to receive £400 million for a massive upgrade and redevelopment. The redevelopment of Whipps Cross is a once-in-

a-lifetime opportunity to design a new hospital.

All - Hallows-by-the-Tower

This is the oldest bit of church anywhere in

central London. It's an Anglo-Saxon arch dating

to the 7th century. By the time the Tower of

London was built, the arch could claim 400

birthdays. At the top those thin slabs are

Roman tiles, scavenged from derelict buildings of still earlier

centuries. The arch was revealed during the second world war,

when a direct hit on All-Hallows-by-the-Tower flattened most

of the church walls, but brought this long-lost treasure back to

light. It’s well worth the time if you're visiting the Tower of

London or in that part of town for other reasons. FREE ENTRY.

Our policy is to always blame the computer

POEMS FOR 2020

Jazzing Things Up

Jazz. Jazz Jazz. What is this thing called Jazz?

Is it trad, is it mod, is it cool?

If I study very hard I’ll learn it all in school.

Riffs and slides, twelve bar blues and glides.

Scat singing, Boogie Woogie, Beebop. I’m proud I know them all

For I’ve got tuneful rhythm and I’m really on the ball.

Syncopation, Improvisation, Exhilaration, and Scinttilliation

Jazz is all these things and extremely groovy too

So let’s explore and then adore, to put new life in you.

Royal Life

Hari Kari Prince = Richer Pair Akin Stepping back from Royal duties = Deputy Prince to go as firm baulks

Harry and Meghan step back from senior Royal duties = ‘Holy Tripe’ frowned Harry’s Grandma. One is not amused

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Poor Meghan Markle.

She’s gone and lost her sparkle.

She came in to town

In search of a crown.

But instead has caused a debacle.

Poem by David McCabe, first published in the Daily Mail.

Any task worth doing was worth doing yesterday

OUR COMMITTEE

Phil Joiner Chairman and Newsletter Editor

Peter Fox

Vice Chairman

William Howard Smith Treasurer

Lee Ward. Business Secretary.

Gill Hopkins. Membership Secretary.

Tina Harris. Groups Co-ordinator.

Sandra Reekie Co-ordinator Outings and Visits.

Cathy Daley. Hall Booking Secretary.

Wendy Littlejohns. Joint Speaker’s Secretary.

Janet Taylor

Really Useful Group Co-ordinator

Liz Willis

Assistant Groups Co-ordinator

Iris Vandenberghe New Members

Ros Hay Groups

Ann Speed Speakers

Coach and Theatre Trips.

Susan Bloom: Sylvia Law: Sandra Reekie: Lynne Stillwell

JUST JOKING

I learnt to make to make ice cream at Sundae school. My cow doesn't produce milk. He’s an udder failure! The fight between two pencils ended In a draw. I arranged a puppet show, or at least I had a hand in it. I had a belt with a clock on it. It was a waist of time. This chicken was staring at a lettuce. Chicken sees a salad.. The beekeeper gave away all her bees. They were free-bees. What do you give a sick lemon? Lemon-aid. I dreamt I had a horse that went out after dark. It was a nightmare Don’t swallow a dictionary. It'll give you thesaurus throat. I had a dream last night that I was a brush. I swept really well.

AND FINALLY. ..

The last images of the 2019 Election

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INTEREST GROUP PROGRAMME

ACTIVITY DAY WHEN COST TIME CONVENOR

Art Group 3rd Tuesday Monthly £3.50 10.30 - 12.30 Jacqui Shannon

Book Group 1 3rd Thursday Monthly None 14.00 -16.00 Cathy Daley

Book Group 2 2nd Thursday Monthly None 14.00 -16.00 Cathy Daley

Book Group 3 2nd Thursday Monthly None 14.00 -16.00 Anne Speed

Boules 1st Thursday Monthly £2 10.00 -12.15 Phil Joiner

Bridge Wednesday Weekly £2.50 10.30 - 12.30 Robert Martin

Circle Dance 2nd and 4th Tues Bi-monthly £2 10.00 -12.00 Christine Morton / Judy Brown

Community Gardening 2nd and 4th Tues Bi-monthly £2 10.00 -12.00 Janet Taylor

Discussion Group 2nd Wednesday Monthly \None 14.00 -16.00 Averil Gray

Dutch for beginners Thursday Weekly None 14.30 -16.30 Anny Wortley Millek

Enjoying Opera 3rd Tuesday Monthly None 10:30 - 12:30 Keith Brame

Enjoying Opera 3rd Tuesday Monthly None 14:30 - 16:30 Keith Brame

Evening Dinner Group 1 1st Thursday Monthly None 7.00 p.m. Ros Hay / Barbara Kelly

Evening Dinner Group 2 1st Saturday Monthly None 7.30 p.m. Lee Ward

Film Group * 2nd Wednesday Monthly £3 14.00 - 16.00 Angela Barnes

First Aid* 2nd Tuesday Monthly £1 14.40 - 16.10 Doug Harryman

Flower Arranging* 2nd Tuesday Monthly £4.40 13.30 -15.30 Margot Cooper

Freedom Pass Rovers 1 TBA Sylvia Law

Freedom Pass Rovers 2 TBA Adele Marslake / Delia Born

French* Thursday Weekly None 10.00 12.00 Eileen Cowell

Gardening for all 2nd Tuesday Monthly None 10.00 - 12.00 Eileen Cowell

History* 1st Tuesday Monthly £1 14.45 -16.30 Keith Brame

Italian Beginners* Wednesday Fortnightly None 14.00 -16.00 Eleonora Spencer Italian Intermediate* Wednesday Fortnightly None 14.00 -16.00 Eleonora Spencer

Jazz Appreciation 1 3rd Friday Monthly None 10.30 -12.30 Richard Harris Knit and Natter 1st Friday Monthly None 10.00 - 12.00 Tina Harris Local Walks

TBA

Tricia Don

London Walks 1 2nd Wednesday Monthly None 10.30 Start Jin Goodfellow London Walks 2 4th Tuesday Monthly None 10.15 Start Helen Mc Pherson Looking at Art

TBA John Lawrence

Mah Jong 1st /3rd Monday Fortnightly None 10.00 - 12.00 Jane/ Nigel Turner

Mandarin 2nd 3rd 4th Tues Weekly None 10.00 - 12.00 Gill Thomson

Music Appreciation 3rd Wednesday Monthly £2 14.00 - 16.00 Edna Edwards

Music & Movement Wednesday 1st / 3rd £2.50 10.00 - 11.00 Penny Freeston

Painting as a pastime* Wednesday Weekly £2 10.00 - 12.00 Marina Duthie

Poetry Reading 1 4th Friday Monthly None 11.00 - 13.00 Irene Davis

Poetry Reading 2 2nd Friday Monthly None 11.00 - 13.00 Jackie Shannon

Pub Lunch 1 Tuesday Monthly None 12.30 p.m. Sue Cox

Pub Lunch 2 Thursday Monthly None 12.30 p.m. Liz Wood

Pub Lunch 3 2nd Tuesday Monthly None 12.30 p.m. Imogen Forster

Pub Lunch 4 Last Friday Monthly None 12.30 p.m. Paula Medland

Racketball 1 Monday Weekly £4 9.30 -11.00 Judy Brown

Racketball 2* Monday Weekly £4 11.30 – 1.00 Patti Brooks

Rummikub 1 Monday Monthly None 14.00 -16.00 Sue Joiner

Rummikub 2 Wednesday Monthly None 10.30 -12.30 Sue Joiner

Scrabble 1 2nd Friday Monthly None 10.30 -12.30 Jean Russell

Scrabble 2 2nd Monday Monthly None 14.00 -16.00 Shirley Elwood

Sunday Scrabble* 1st Sunday Monthly None 14.00 -16.30 Tina Harris

Sew Crafty 1st Tuesday Monthly None 13.30 -15.30 Rhonda Anderson

Shakespeare Playreading 4th Thursday Monthly None 14.00 -16.00 Val Brame

Singing for Fun 3rd Monday Monthly £4 14.00 -16.00 Sandie Farthing / Delia Born

Spanish Intermediate 1st & 3rd Wed Bi-Monthly None 10.00 12.00 Bernice Butcher

Spanish Conversation 1st & 3rd Wed Fortnightly None 10.00 12.00 Veronica Bouffard

Spanish Beginners 2 2nd & 4th Wed Fortnightly None 10.00 12.00 Alison Rudd-Clarke

Table Tennis* 2nd & 4th Wed Fortnightly £1 13.30 -15.00 Jackie Breaden

Ten Pin Bowling 2nd Friday Monthly £7.50 10.00 -12.30 Phil Joiner

Traditional Games Monday Monthly None 10.30 -12.30 Phil Joiner

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