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NewsletterThe
Issue No. 32 January 2015
On the 18th December we had our third Christmas party general meeting which went well.We welcomed a distinguished guest,The
Mayor of Gedling - Councillor JennyHollingsworth, who spent time with us andaddressed the meeting. She talked about theimportance of keeping older people active andhealthy – which is, of course, what the U3A is allabout. Its good for our U3A to have somerecognition after just two and a half years sincewe began.
It's also good to remind ourselves that we haveabout 30 Interest Groups running (including the Theatreand Trips which have all sorts of different events withinthose headings). The groups vary in the level of physicalor mental activity and sociability, so that there issomething for everyone to try. That growth in two and ahalf years is because you, the members, have comeforward to organise groups and events. That is thesimplicity of the self help essence of U3A.
A little confusion about where the coffee was beingserved but we are still trying to find that perfect layout tobe more efficient. Thanks are due to Jane Pavier, ourformer Chairman, for the mince pies (think how many people were there).We had the results of the Photo Competition announced – those are inside this issue (page 8).We then showed what a healthy lot we are by dancing to the Vibrants (for the third time) until we all had togo and sit down (including the band). ER
NEW MEMBERS MEETINGThis is an opportunity for new members, and anyone wishing to find out more about the U3A, tomeet and have a chat to some committee members and group conveners in a smaller lessformal setting than the monthly meeting. Coffee is for sale along with the usual range ofbeverages and the meeting will take place at the Willowbrook Pub at 11.00am on Tuesday20th January. Convenor Brian Shield
MAYOR VISITS OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY
This Newsletter is published by The Carlton, Gedling& District U3A. Views expressed are not necessarilythose of the Editor or the U3A. Correspondenceshould be sent to the Editor by e-mail to
[email protected], or by post to 2 Ivy Grove,Carlton, Nott’m, NG4 1RG. The absolutedeadline for items for the next newsletter is
Sunday 8th February
YOUR CHAIRMANTom Grainger
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Thank you to everyone whowent on the Thursford trip formy beautiful flowers and nonfattening Thorntonschocolates !! Buying a lotteryticket was also a brilliant ideabut sadly the Thursford lotterysyndicate were not winners onthis occasion.Hope you all enjoy the trips in2015.Kind regardsSue Fairweather
HAPPY NEW YEAR,Our U3A has gone from strength to strength this year and our membership is stillgrowing. At the time of writing this article we have more than 270 members. Thenumber of interest groups has doubled from last year and now we have more than 30active groups not including the trips and visits that Sue’s team run!
Almost 200 members attended the December General meeting and we have beefedup your executive committee by inviting 7 new members to join until next July.
At every meeting we ask ourselves where do we go from here and what more can we do to ensure our groupstays as vibrant and lively as it is now?
The answer to those questions lies with us all, the membership. The U3A, is a global organisation whoseaim is to encourage people to enjoy, appreciate and learn in the company of other like-minded people.
Our aim is to provide educational and leisure activities at minimal cost for retired and semi-retired people.Our various activities are organised by fellow members for the benefit of members.
If you have any ideas or suggestions for the future, we would be pleased to hear them. You can eitherspeak to any member of the Executive Committee at a General Meeting, or contact them by telephone oremail (details on the U3A web site), or if you prefer, you can complete one of the suggestion forms that areavailable at the General Meetings.
January is a special month for most of us when we make new resolutions (and hopefully keep to them for atleast a few weeks !!) and a time to plan for the coming year – including I hope some great holidays !
Whatever your New Year Resolutions and plans are for the coming year, I would like to wish you all a veryhappy and enjoyable New Year.
Thank YouFrom Sue
The Sewing group were full swing into festive spirits at themeeting on the Monday December 21st. As well as somemembers trying the December project making a peg bag orcarrier bag tote others finished Christmas gifts and made, (andmodelled) decorations.It's a great opportunity, to pick up tips and ideas, try somethingnew and enjoy good company, or to have time to get on with yourown work. We meet at the Fire Station every 4th Monday from10am to 1pm.The next try-it-out project will be at the February meeting, lookout for details in the next newsletterChristine Cracknell
Interest Groups
SEWING GROUP
Theatre Visits
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Concert: Discovering Debussy Wednesday 14th January 2015,7.30pm (£10) Royal Concert Hall, Organiser Paul Martinez Soldout
Ballet: Matinee Edward Scissorhands 22nd January 2015.Matthew Bourne’s Theatre Royal (£29.50). Organiser CarolynBroadhurst. Sold out
Concert: Piano recital, Sunday 25th January, 11am, RoyalConcert Hall, (£10). Organiser Christine Farnsworth. Sold out
Musical Comedy: Forever Young, Thursday 29th January2015, 7.45pm (£7) Nottingham Playhouse. Organiser BasiaArch, Collect tickets
Musical: Barnum, Matinee Thursday 5th February 2015,2pm Theatre Royal. Organiser Linda Spencer Collecttickets
Musical: Me and My Girl Saturday 28th February 2pm (£11)Nottingham Arts Theatre Organiser Anne Porter Lastchance to pay for tickets
Legally Blonde, the Musical Theatre Royal. Matinee2.30pm on Wednesday 6th May. Organiser Ginny SnowdenSign up and pay for tickets
Play, The Importance of Being Ernest Thursday 14th May2015, 2pm, Theatre Royal (Stalls tickets - £28.80).Organiser Anne Porter Last chance to pay for tickets
Play, Dead Ringer Saturday Matinee 23rd May, (£9) LaceMarket Theatre Organiser Paul Martinez Last chance to payfor tickets
Hairspray, the Musical Matinee 2.30pm, Wednesday 28th
October, Theatre Royal Organiser Linda Spencer Sign upand pay for tickets
White ChristmasWhat a brilliant production ofIrving Berlin’s WhiteChristmas. The musical wasbased on the 1954 film ofthe same name. The songproved to be the mostpopular yule tide ballad andmost frequently recordedsong, ever.The cast at the Lace MarketTheatre sang, tap dancedand delivered a funperformance. Bing,Rosemary Clooney andDanny Kaye could not havegiven renditions with moregusto. Some of us were stillsinging White Christmas aswe left the theatre andheaded home through a veryfestive Nottingham Citycentre. The German marketand Christmas shoppingwere irresistible to those ofus who still had enough feelgood factor and energy. Inshort, a good time was hadby all who came.Christine Farnsworth
The January general meeting is your last opportunity to pay for several futurevisits including Me and My Girl, Legally Blonde, Importance of Being Ernest andDead Ringer. There are also some Forever Young tickets which need collecting.The full theatre visits programme is set out below. Paul Martinez
Theatre Programme
Interest Groups
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December Walk 12 hardy souls ignored the icy conditions underfoot and were rewarded by somebeautiful winter scenery. We walked from the car park to Netherfield lagoons then along the river to BurtonJoyce where 3 of the party decided tofinish the walk and take refreshmentsat the local café while our intrepidcross country skier retuned home dueto a lack of suitable snow. The rest ofthe party carefully ascended a very icyLambley Lane to obtain splendid viewsover Lambley itself. We then returnedacross the fields to our starting pointwhere some of the party enjoyed thehospitality on offer at The WillowbrookPub.January Walk. This month’s walk isin the area around Clumber Park. It isabout 8 miles over easy ground and asusual a packed lunch is required. Meetin the car park on Ranmoor Road, Gedling at 9.00 am on Thursday 22nd January.Convenor: Brian Shield
23rd December
“Get me a ticket for an airplane,aint got time to take a fast train.”Good theme – had peoplerummaging through the records inthe attics to find relevant tracks (!).And not a Slow boat to China insight.
Our musical travels took usfrom the Carlton Male VoiceChoir to John Denver. We wentto the City ofNew Orleans(twice), Rochdaleto Ocho Rios (in3 mins), sailedfrom Heaven toPhiladelphia andchanged atChattenooga tocatch the LastTrain ToClarksville.
On our way,we went Sailingon a Sea Cruise,
then transferred to a Steamboatwhich may have been the SloopJohn Berry. Back on dry land,what we hoped was the OrangeBlossom Special turned out to bethe Freight Train.
We lost our way at one pointand ended up on the 2468Motorway on the Bicycle Raceaiming for Staying At Home to beMessing About On The River.
Musically, how diverse do youwant it? Glasgow City Pipe Band,Bluegrass, The Monkees, BobDylan, Eric Clapton,Katie Melua,Nancy Whiskey, The Boxtops,Arlo Guthrie, Carlton Male Voicechoir, Rod Stewart, (oh, all right –Fats Waller as well).
Our next musical odyssey will beseasonally topical – Weather.Records, CDs, Cassettes,
Pads/Notebooks/Tablets, relatingto the weather –a nice broadcategory with ahint of achallenge aboutit. And that will beon Tuesday 27th
January at 2.00in the RichardHerrod CentreMeeting Room.Convenor: EricRennie
Music Appreciation GroupTRAINS & BOATS & PLANES
Striders WalksBURTON JOYCE & LAMBLEY / CLUMBER PARK
They’re not asleep - they’re quietly grooving to the music. Honest!
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December 2014 MeetingEight group members turned up to our December meeting at the Netherfield Lagoons. We managed tospot two new winter arrivals from Scandinavia, Redwing and Fieldfare, which several members hadn'tseen before, it's always exciting to see a 'first'of any species to add to your bird list.The weather was fine, and we were fortunateto see the following along with the moreregular birds.2 Little EgretRedwingFieldfareLong tailed titBullfinchCormorantShelduck
February meeting to be advised after thegeneral meeting, when we hope to have ashort group discussion to pool ideas for thenext few months.Convenor: Joan Miller
BIRDWATCHING AT NETHERFIELD
The December tastings were ‘sock’tastings where the identity of the wineswere hidden by socks and we had towork out (and in my case guess wildly) atthe dominant grape variety, country oforigin and age of the wines. Someinteresting wines turned up including aTurkish rose, a Bordeaux style fromPortugal and a 2004 Merlot from NewZealand. A good time seemed to be hadby all, although the predictable messagefrom the tastings is that we all need evenmore practice. Fortunately, theopportunity for more practice arrives veryshortly at the January tastings(WineLovers 2 on 12th Jan andWineLovers4 on 26th). These are Bring-your-own-bottle tastings of wine fromAustralia. Price guide: £5-6 for a singleperson; £10-12 for two people). BarbaraRogerson will be in the chair and the feeto cover bread, cheese and room hire is£2.Paul Martinez
WINE TASTING On Tuesday, Jan 6th 2015 thirty eight enthusiasticU3A members enjoyed two highly competitive andoften rowdy games at the MFA bowling centre,fortified by paninis or baguettes, washed down withtea and biscuits. Some members had considerabletalent, whilst others impressed with their individualstyles. All agreed that the event should be repeatedand perhaps a bowling group should be formed. Highest score prize winners were:- 1st DavidDandie, 2nd Sue Fairweather, 3rd Ian Clutterbuck, 4th
Mick Horrocks. Lowest score winners were:- 1st
Mary Morley, 2nd Freda Peake. All six receivedprizes.A list of everyone’s results will be available at thetrips desk at the next meeting.Mary Morley. (trip organiser).
TEN PIN BOWLING TRIP
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Our theme last month was "Xmas Past". We ex-plored the origins of Xmas from early Pagan tradi-tions through the Roman festival of Saturnalia andvia the medieval period and the Victorian age untilthe present day. Our "Santa Claus" is based on theearly Christian bishop St. Nicholas, born in Turkey.Through the centuries St Nicholas (not actuallymade a saint until the nineteenth century) graduallygained legendary status. He 'moved' via Italy toScandinavia adopting the pagan customs attachedto the Norse god Woden, who flew through theheavens on a horse. Nineteenth century writers add-ed the elves, the North Pole, etc and, of course, Co-ca Cola introduced the jolly, chubby, red-suitedSanta we all recognise today. What is interesting isthat, right from the earliest times, this winter festivalhas been associated with feasting, merriment, mis-chief-making and general mayhem. But also withgift-giving and generosity to those less fortunatethan ourselves. Not so different from today then!We couldn't recall any particular celebrations in ourlocal area, for instance whether there has alwaysbeen a tradition of Xmas trees or lights, can you?However, some remember the nativity scene in themarket square in Nottingham city centre along withthe Xmas tree, and particularly the Burton arcadedecorations, a source of wonder to some of us aschildren.We then turned our attention to exchanging informa-tion about the Burton Road Jubilee Park, or the"cricket ground" to most of us. Thanks to all for thefacts gathered so far. We hope to find out more. Wehad a look at some old maps of the area but couldn'tglean anything useful. Although the maps were fas-cinating and triggered more questions about our lo-cal history.By the way, we have had an external enquiry abouta possible visit by a Maharajah to Gedling Lodgewith Edward VII. Anyone know anything about that?We don't...Next meetings: Tuesday 20 January 2.00 p.m.Carlton Library, Manor Road, Carlton
Topic: Nottingham Riots!Tuesday 17 February 2.00 p.m.
Carlton Library, Manor Road, Carlton Topic: Famous Local People
Jann Kirke
Local History Group
XMAS PAST
2nd January Christmas and New Year over,time to blow the cobwebs off. Twenty onestrollers decided to do just that. Having met atthe Starting Gate pub, we set off at a brisk pacearound Colwick Park, Beautiful sunshinereflecting off the water and the stark winterlandscape made the day perfect for the walk.Woods, water, historic buildings, two pubs and agood bus route, make Colwick Park is a littlegem. The walk and pleasant surroundingshelped conversation. Christmas and New Yearwere obviously discussed, both good and bad.People set their own pace and the group spreadout, but all eventually reached the Starting Gate.Here members split up, some to the two pubsand some home. Whichever they chose, a goodway to start the year.I would now like to take the opportunity, to thankmy fellow strollers for their company,conversation and just for turning up!At the next meeting we have a stand. Couldmembers please email me with positivecomments, so that we can display them. Myemail address is [email protected] next walk is Bobbers Mill to Trent Bridgefollowing the river Leen. A flat walk with goodpaths. Meet at Beastmarket Hill at 10:30am onThursday 29th January.Convenor Ian Robey
Strollers WalkCOLWICK PARK
Trips & Visits
Don’t Rock the Boat!
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TUESDAY APRIL 28 2015A trip has been arranged to Lea Gardens near Matlock.Tickets will be on sale at the January meeting at £10per person.Lea Gardens is a collection of rare rhododendrons,azaleas and alpines in a lovely woodland setting. Welllaid paths follow the contours of the land and after yourwalk (or even before it!) you can enjoy fresh bakedscones and cakes in the much praised tea room. Plantsare also available to buy.From there we travel the short journey to Masson Millsworking textile museum and shopping emporium.Masson was Richard Arkwright's favourite mill and he issaid to haunt it still! The sloping floors of this fascinatingold building bear the imprints of generations of workers.There are 4 floors of shopping opportunities, a largerestaurant serving hot and cold food and a millclearance floor which is full of absolute bargains.For those less interested in shopping, there is aninteresting museum evoking the sights and sounds of aworking cotton mill of the 18th and 19th centuries. Theentry fee for the museum is £2.50 which is not includedin the trip price.Sue & Noel Lake
The first meeting of 2015 was as lively as usual. As befitting a gardening group our numbers keepgrowing! New members are always welcome, returners also. The more, the merrier. Today thesun even came out, a relief after more than a week of snow, ice, frost and fog, which has left ourgardens looking somewhat ragged and drab. However, the sunshine was a fitting backdrop to ourthoughts about the coming growing season. Our discussion centred around seeds - selectingthem, growing them and comparing notes about what works well where. Spare packets wereexchanged and experiences shared, including tips for continuous sowing of broad beans andevidence of trailing violas in containers. We also talked about seeds to encourage bees, e.g.nigella, lavatera, nicotania and delphiniums. Also, did you know that 2015 is the year of the sunflower? So we're going to set ourselvessome sunflower challenges. Maybe the tallest, the largest head, the number of blooms per plant ortrying some unusual varieties. Should be fun!Next meeting: Monday 2 February 10.30 a.m. Gedling Inn, Main Road, Gedling Topics: garden wildlife in winter & tips for getting children involved in gardeningJann Kirke
GREENFINGERSTALKING ABOUT SUNSHINE
LEA GARDENS & MASSON MILLS
Interest Groups
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Photo Competition
Congratulations to the 3 winners.These Fairweathers and Morleys havedominated the Photo Competition both yearswe’ve done it. They have set the standard.This can’t be allowed, people. We canfight back! I’m looking for great things fromthe Photography Group this year. And for allmembers - when you go on your holidays,think about what would be a great shot forthe 2015 photo competition. The key thing isto always have your camera handy. ER
WINNERS
General Category: Mary Morley
People Category: John Fairweather
Humour Category: Sue Fairweather
Interest Groups
22nd December 2014I think for the first time since we began we all pretty much agreed- that these establishment structures needed serious overhall.
The House of Lords has 843 members and only seats for300 of them. They collect £300 expenses per day by signing in.The basic concept of the Lords is feudal and about a thousandyears old – hence the 26 C.of E. Bishops (Lords Templar). Therehas been a proposal on the table since the year 2000 to reducethe numbers to 300 max. largely by letting the 92 hereditarypeers die. It seems to be used for cronyism and tit-for-tatincreasing the numbers by successive governments.
The discussion group felt that the political aspect should betaken out but how do you keep it out – whether the Lords areappointed or elected, they seems to choose a political side to beon. There is apparently a Nominations Commission whichappoints the Lords on behalf of HM Government and supposedlychecks their suitability (Hmm!).
Ideas included having people from specific areas of society /key areas of life, there needs to be some expectation of eachmember, some statement of their experience and intent.
If they were to be elected by the public, there is a fear of alack of public interest in voting for them. Also likely to get lessnominations for non-politicians.
It must be said that there are some in the Lords who do bringexpertise knowledge to the debates (both political and non-political) but the current standing of the Upper House is too muchadvisory and can be over-ruled by the House of Commons (ie theGovt. of the day).
We should look at Upper Houses in other democracies whohave streamlined for the modern day but there seems to be noappetite for real change amongst current politicians – possibly asthe House of Lords is their pension / bolthole.
On the honours system, similarly no real political interest inchanging the system. Again there is a Nominating Commissionwhich considers the suitability of nominees for an honour. Theyalso determine the level of honour granted and that appears tobe class based. This was recently borne out by the New YearsHonours list – Celebrities and establishment figures get MBE,CBE, OBE, etc. The local school lollipop lady gets a lowly BritishEmpire Medal for her community work.
We had our own insider information in the form of Rex, MBEwho confirmed that the same rank / class system operates in themilitary. You get put forward for recognition and it works its wayup the chain of command. You don't know 'til you get it.
Why is the British Empire still the basis of our recognition ofgood work or deed? In multicultural Britain, isn't it embarrassingto confer a Member of the British Empire on someone whosebackground is Caribbean, African or South Asia?We suggested something like a Citizen's Award – the sameacross all classes – doing something worthy, going the extra milehappens in all walks of life(not just in well paid jobs in the City).Rex did tickle us all with his story of his sister who proudly wentinto the card shop and told the assistant she was looking for acard for her brother who has just got the MBE. The assistantpointed saying “the get well cards are over there”. Fair comment.Next Meeting: 26th January 2015 at 10.30 in the Fire Station.Talking about Regional GovernmentConvenor: Eric Rennie
Discussion GroupHOUSE OF LORDS / HONOURS
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Carlton & Gedling U3A Diary of Events - January / February 2015January
Date Time Group Meet at Convenor DetailsMon 12 10:00 Classical Music David's house David Dobbs Baroque music (Ian)
Mon 12 14:00 Tea Dancing Richard Herrod Helen MaddenMon 12 18:30 WineLovers2 Burton Road Com Cen Paul Martinez G’day Australia Part 2
Tue 13 09:45 Photography Ranmore Road Tom Grainger Laxton Holocaust Centre
Tue 13 14:30 Poetry App. 16 Sunnydale Road Rene Battershall Theme: Winter
Wed 14 10:00 Making Music Chandos St. Baptist Charles Cracknell
Wed 14 13:30 Choir Gedling Rd Methodist Tom Butcher
Wed 14 14:00 Bridge & Whist The Willowbrook Ken Savage
Wed 14 14:00 Indoor Games The Willowbrook Lynne Jaremczenco
Wed 14 19:30 Theatre Royal Concert Hall Paul Martinez Concert of Debussy's music
Thu 15 10:30 General Meeting Richard Herrod Tom Grainger Dave Thomas, CSV volunteer
Mon 19 10:30 Family History Richard Herrod Brenda Bowers
Mon 19 14:00 Committee Richard Herrod Tom Grainger
Tue 20 11:00 New Members The Willowbrook Brian Shield Find out more about the U3A
Tue 20 14:00 Local History Carlton Library Jann Kirke Theme: The Nottingham Riots
Wed 21 10:00 Bonsai Ranmore Road Paul Martinez Greenwood Bonsai Centre
Wed 21 10:30 Drawing &Sketching
Carlton Fire Station Alyson Rennie
Wed 21 13:30 Choir Gedling Rd Methodist Tom ButcherWed 21 14:00 Bridge & Whist The Willowbrook Ken Savage
Wed 21 14:00 Indoor Games The Willowbrook Lynne Jaremczenco
Thu 22 09:00 Striders Ranmore Road Brian Shield Clumber Park area
Thu 22 11:00 Coffee Morning Top Spot Club Ned Flaherty
Thu 22 14:00 Theatre Theatre Royal Carolyn Broadhurst Ballet: Edward Scissorhands
Thu 22 15:00 Real Ale App. The Willowbrook Richard Downing
Fri 23 13:00 Crafts Carlton Fire Station Rofie Clennell Note the change of date
Sun 25 11:00 Theatre Royal Concert Hall Paul Martinez Piano recital
Mon 26 10:00 Sewing Carlton Fire Station Lyn Jenkins
Mon 26 10:30 Discussion Carlton Fire Station Eric Rennie Topic: Regional Government
Mon 26 14:00 Tea Dancing Richard Herrod Helen Madden
Mon 26 18:30 WineLovers4 Burton Road Com Cen Paul Martinez G’day Australia Part 2
Tue 27 14:00 Music App. Richard Herrod Eric Rennie Theme: The Weather
Tue 27 14:00 Badminton Southglade LC Tricia Terndrup
Wed 28 10:00 Making Music Chandos St. Baptist Charles Cracknell
Wed 28 13:30 Choir Gedling Rd Methodist Tom Butcher
Wed 28 14:00 Bridge & Whist The Willowbrook Ken Savage
Wed 28 14:00 Indoor Games The Willowbrook Lynne Jaremczenco
Thu 29 10:30 Strollers Beastmarket Hill Ian Robey Bobbers Mill to Trent Bridge
Thu 29 19:45 Theatre Nottm Playhouse Basia Arch "Forever Young"
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Carlton & Gedling U3A Diary - January / February 2015 (Contd.)
February
Date Time Group Meet at Convenor DetailsMon 2 10:30 Greenfingers The Gedling Inn Jann Kirke
Mon 2 13:00 Films Broadway Cinema "The Prestige"
Tue 3 14:00 Reading Carlton Fire Station Maggie Doherty "An Experiment in Love"
Wed 4 13:30 Choir Gedling Rd Methodist Tom Butcher
Wed 4 14:00 Bridge & Whist The Willowbrook Ken Savage
Wed 4 14:00 Indoor Games The Willowbrook Lynne Jaremczenco
Thu 5 13:00 Badminton Southglade LC Tricia Terndrup
Sun 8 Newsletter/Diary E Rennie / GBunting
Newsletter & Diarydeadline day
Mon 9 10:00 Classical Music David's house David Dobbs
Mon 9 14:00 Tea Dancing Richard Herrod Helen Madden
Mon 9 18:30 WineLovers2 Burton Road Com Cen Paul Martinez Hola Argentina
Tue 10 09:45 Photography Ranmore Road Tom Grainger Destination: TBA
Tue 10 14:30 Poetry App. 16 Sunnydale Road Rene Battershall Theme: Love and St.Valentine
Wed 11 10:00 Making Music Chandos St. Baptist Charles Cracknell
Wed 11 13:30 Choir Gedling Rd Methodist Tom Butcher
Wed 11 14:00 Bridge & Whist The Willowbrook Ken Savage
Wed 11 14:00 Indoor Games The Willowbrook Lynne Jaremczenco
Thu 12 09:15 Trips & Visits Richard Herrod Sue Fairweather Hopton Hall & PeakShopping
Thu 12 11:00 Coffee Morning Top Spot Club Ned Flaherty
Thu 12 14:00 Creative Writing Carlton Library Ian Robey
Fri 13 TBA Bird Watching TBA Joan Miller
Mon 16 10:30 Family History Richard Herrod Brenda Bowers
Tue 17 14:00 Local History Carlton Library Jann Kirke Topic: Famous LocalPeople
Wed 18 10:00 Bonsai Paul's house Paul Martinez Shaping/wiring/repotting
Wed 18 13:30 Choir Gedling Rd Methodist Tom Butcher
Wed 18 14:00 Bridge & Whist The Willowbrook Ken Savage
Wed 18 14:00 Indoor Games The Willowbrook Lynne Jaremczenco
Thu 19 10:30 General Meeting Richard Herrod Tom Grainger Marion Smith, charitywalker
INTEREST GROUPS CONTACT DETAILSAlyson Rennie 8478094, Basia Arch 9539780, Brenda Bowers 0774 2017482, Brian Shield9567670, Carolyn Broadhurst 9524203, Charles Cracknell 9157525, David Dobbs 9554726,Eric Rennie 8478094, Helen Madden 9554723, Ian Robey 9988803, Jann Kirke 9615621,Joan Miller 0776 3071655, Ken Savage 9562780, Linda Spencer 9583567, Lyn Jenkins 9523163,Lynne Jaremczenko 07771801957, Maggie Doherty 9523185, Maggie Martinez 9559285,Mary Bruce 9874550, Ned Flaherty 9116419, Paul Martinez 9559285, Rene Battershall 8418481,Rofie Clennell 9554471, Sue Fairweather 9613140, Tom Butcher 9532140,Tom Grainger 0780 0949396