U3A Notice Board
Wool Request: Do you have any surplus wool? The Lamaton Park ladies are knitting squares for blankets to send to those in need. Bring your excess wool to our coffee mornings. If you want to knit yourself, you need:- No. 8 needles; double knitting wool; cast on 40 stitches; knit 40 rows; Any patterns to add interest. Eve
Claire is still collecting milk bottle tops
N.D. Link Study Day "Our Marine Environment" - this will take place on Monday, 13th October at Filleigh Village Hall - 10 a.m. Coffee and registration - 12.20 p.m. Lunch - please make your own arrangements - picnic tables available if fine. Tickets are available from Claire - £4 per person
IT Support Group: This group is not meeting in June, July and August, but will restart in September - date to be arranged, watch this space. However, if you have a computer query that you think we may be able to help with, please contact either: Elizabeth Mount (01769 579369), Ian Binding (01769 572161) or Kathleen Hasler (01769 550296)
New Members/Group Leaders Meeting will take place - 10.a.m. at the Methodist Hall, Duke Street on 23rd September 2008. The Committee are planning lots of interesting information as well as a chance to socialise. If you are planning or thinking of starting a new group see Ann White for a ticket or phone Claire on 572160.
Bird Watching: No meetings in June, July and August
Jane Austin Book Club - Jonathan Edmunds will lead this new group which will start on September 4th at the Methodist Hall, Duke Street at 2.30 - 4.30 p.m.
Poetry and Play Reading restarts on Thursday 18th September at Coleford House at 2.30 p.m.
Our AGM took place on Tuesday, March 11th 2008 and despite the atrocious weather was well attended. Claire, our Chairman gave an excellent Report which is printed below in full, this outlines the activities that have taken place during the year.
Sheila Farrant and Maureen Rees both resigned from the Committee and Val Tucker and Val Widgery were elected.
Chairman
Claire Parkinson
Vice Chairman + P. R.
George White
Business Secretary
Jo Griffin
Treasurer
Ian Binding
Membership Secretary
Val Tucker
Bookings Secretary
Joan White
Speakers Secretary
Val Widgery
Minutes Secretary
Ann Hastie
New Members Hostess
Ann White
Raffle Organizer
Hazel Skinner
Web Site Editor
Shirley Bray
OLD TOWELS: Diana Lewis of the Animal Ambulance is desperate for old towels. Sheila Farrant (01769 572553) will be pleased to collect these on her behalf. If you have any to donate please bring to the coffee morning or let Sheila know and she will collect them from you.
Head Office (Resources) 0208 4666139 (Tuesday & Thursday) Contacts: Lin Jonas and Elizabeth Gibson
Below are some U3A Signpost websites that might prove worth looking at:
www.wwwow.info - A new website from Third Age Press with some excellent links to organisations of particular interest to older women
www.meettheauthor.,co.uk - If you are travelling abroad later this year, you will find the Geographia website useful for cultural and historical backgrounds to many countries.
Book ‘Questions of music’ - ISBN 978-1-84728-090-9
Hi. I am in Malvern U3A and have recently self-published (through Lulu) a book called ‘Questions of music‘ It comprises Author‘s background intro - selling records into the Liverpool and North Wales dealers during the sixties for Decca and EMI. prior to running his own specialist retail record shop - Counterpoint - in Malvern for 23 years. Then 101 classical CD recital programmes each with its own theme/subject matter and usually a simple anagram or word game involved, notes and/or anecdotes linking the items and finally some personal musical musings -occasionally controversial.
The book was designed to assist in the compiling of recital programmes, provide ideas for such and add some extra elements.
It can be accessed on the net -Just Google Lulu.com, enter Questions of music or ISBN No. in the search box, click on title, click preview and scroll down the entire 101 programme index - progressing through via the side arrows. It comes in at 275 pages- £12-50 but I am discounting it to UK U3A members at £11-00 including postage and packing. I am sure this will be of interest to members who run music groups. I append my details below.
Norman Edwards, Apt. 10, Priory Gdns., 34, Priory Rd. Malvern WR14 3DR
01684-565241
Normwag@btinternet.com. Book EM Normstra@hotmail.co.uk
PORTHCAWL U3A have produced a sequel to their Group's anthology of memories of WWII entitled 'We Made It.....and Then What?'
It includes articles recalling the austerity years of the late 1940s and early 1950s
Copies available from: Lilian Charles, 1 Willow Way, Port Talbot SA12 8TP - Tel: 01639 778520
£6.00 inc P & P (cheques made payable to Porthcawl U3A)
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