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LETCHWORTH ARTS AND LEISURE GROUP March 2020 COUNTRY DANCING GROUP The Country Dancing group meets at the Cloisters each month. Dancing is led by Mandy Baldwin, front right. There is space for more members, so turn to page 23 for details. ANNUAL QUIZ - 18 APRIL YEAR OF CULTURE Look inside for details of our ever-popular annual quiz. This month’s As always, there will be a fish & theme is chip supper half way through the ‘Accessing the Arts’. evening. Options available. Look inside for ideas such as: If you can’t make up a team of 6 Arts and Books - page 10 you’ll be teamed up on the night. Opera and Ballet - page 12 Turn to page 3 Plays and concerts - pages 5, and find out how 7, 9, 13 and 26 to book. Much more at hyoc2020.org.uk To join any of our groups you should be a member of LALG FB.com/LALGLetchworth #Letchworth_LALG LALG.org.uk Page LETTER FROM THE welcome to come along and observe us CHAIR OF LALG in action. We’re a friendly bunch and meet just one evening a month at Mrs In February we held our Howard Hall. annual Volunteers Evening to thank all group contacts Over the past few months I have and others who work behind the scenes attended some interesting and lively to help make LALG such a success. Members’ Open Meetings, held on the I would like to reiterate what I said to first Monday of each month at the them, a huge thank you to everyone Settlement. Attendance has grown who lends a hand. steadily (come early for parking at the venue or park in the public car parks on Welcome to three new committee Icknield Way), drawn, I think, by the members: Christina and Glen quality of the speakers, the warm Butterworth and Sheila George who welcome and a chance to meet other joined us at the January meeting. They LALG members. all have lots of experience to share and we look forward to working with them. Another big thank you to the social committee who organise these meetings But it’s farewell to Val Quieros who has and to those who provide the left the committee but will still be part of refreshments. Please email the group support team. Val was [email protected] previously our Treasurer and we thank if you have any suggestions for a her for all she has done over the years speaker that we can incorporate into the for LALG. So that leaves one vacancy programme going forward. on the committee. If you are considering joining please contact me: you are very Elaine Fox Chair: Elaine Fox (01462 735642) [email protected] Secretary: Marian Adams (01462 683898) [email protected] Membership: Julie Bolter (01462 627378) [email protected] Treasurer: Alan Higbey (07540 618175) [email protected] Publicity: John Cox (01438 241043) [email protected] Data Protection Officer: Elaine Fox (01462 735642) [email protected] Safeguarding: Steve Green [email protected] Newsletter Editors: [email protected] Website Editors: [email protected] FROM THE EDITOR Please note that all emails are The editor of this edition was acknowledged. If you do not get Bruce Balden. an acknowledgement please The deadline for the April chase us. newsletter is Tuesday 10 Please send your entry as soon March and the editor will as possible, don’t wait until the be Valerie Schmidt. deadline. Suggestion: set a Please send your entries to reminder for the 1st week of [email protected]. each month. Thank you! Page 2 CONTENTS Chair and Committee ...................... 2 Features ................................. 22 Trips and Events ............................ 3 General Groups ....................... 23 New Groups ................................... 8 Language Groups ................... 27 Arts and Books ............................... 10 Social Groups ........................ 28 Crafts and Gardening ..................... 15 Sports & Games .................... 30 Food and Drink ............................... 18 Walking Groups ....................... 33 Discount Pull-out ............................ 20 Linked Organisations ............. 36 COMMITTEE NEWS TRIPS AND EVENTS The next meeting MEMBERS’ of the LALG OPEN Committee is on MORNING Wednesday 25 March at 7.30pm MEETING at Mrs Howard Memorial Hall. Letchworth Settlement, Nevells Road If there is anything you would like the Refreshments 10.15am for a 10.30am Committee to discuss, please contact start. £2.50 members, £3.50 non- the Secretary: members. No need to book. Marian Adams 01462 683898; Monday 2 March [email protected] The first speaker: Gilly Chegwyn from Approved minutes of past meetings, the ‘Extinction Rebellion Movement’. and details of future meetings are at: Main speaker: Jon Hill - 50 days in a lalg.org.uk/committeemeetings. red T-shirt - describes the challenge of walking the GR5 trail through the French Alps from Lake Geneva to THE ANNUAL LALG Menton on the Côte d’Azur, a total of QUIZ NEW DATE 700km with over 37,000m of ascent Saturday 18 April, 7pm and descent. His journey was in aid of Letchworth Settlement the Red Rubber Ball Foundation. Next meetings: £12 for LALG members, £14 non- members, includes a fish & chip Monday 6 April supper or vegetarian option; bring Stuart Sapsford and Chris West on your own drinks and glasses. The Eurovision Song Contest. Teams of up to 6 people. If you don’t Monday 11 May have a team still come along as we Heather Falvey on the life of can join you with others. Baroness Elizabeth Dimsdale Tickets from Discover Letchworth, Contact: Broadway from Friday 13 March until Maureen Strutt 01767 318117 Wednesday 15 April at 3pm. [email protected] Entrance by ticket only. lalg.org.uk/membersmeetings Page 3 TRIPS AND EVENTS continued LONDON VILLAGES LONDON PLACES Wednesday 1 April Thursday 5 March Monday 27 April Guildhall Saturday 2 May Monday 18 May Fully Booked Rose Street and the Lamb and Flag Tuesday 5 May London Postal Museum and Mail Leader: Peter Moore Ride at Mount Pleasant An updated return after more than 9 years. With a rich history stretching Rail trip £13.50, Guided tour £10 plus back to Saxon times, Covent Garden £6.50 lunch optional. is in two different halves. Designed by The 2-3 hour visit will include a guided Inigo Jones and the Russell family, it tour of the Museum, a trip on Mail Rail has special significance as the birth- and a visit to the Mail Rail Exhibition. place of modern town planning and Descend into the former engineering the London Square. This visit includes depot of Mail Rail – the one-hundred- streets and alleys virtually untouched year-old Post Office railway – board a by the mass of tourists. miniature train for a 15-minute ride From Letchworth, on weekdays, catch into the original tunnels. the 9.30am train to Hitchin (Royston See the original and largely 9.18am, Baldock 9.27am); change at unchanged station platforms deep Hitchin to the 9.41am to Finsbury below Mount Pleasant sorting office. Park, calling at Stevenage 9.46am. Take in a theatrical experience that On Saturday, catch the 9.20am from travels back in time to the railway’s Letchworth; Royston 9.09am, Baldock lively 1930s heyday. See and hear 9.17am, Hitchin 9.26am, Stevenage the people who worked on it, 9.32am. No changes required. experience their lives below ground and glimpse hidden parts of the We meet on the platform at Finsbury railway that once kept the mail Park to continue by tube to Holborn. coursing through London for 22 hours Please buy an off-peak travelcard. every day. Booking from Monday 9 March: by As Mail Rail was designed to carry email: [email protected] mail sacks there are some restrictions (strongly preferred) or 01462 676166. and rules: for details please see Please give your LALG membership www.postalmuseum.org/visit/plan- number, email address and if possible your-visit/facilities/mail-rail-access a mobile phone number. We will travel off peak to Farringdon £3 each towards leader’s expenses. from where there is a 15-minute walk. Mobile on the day: 07795 691732 If you might be interested in this trip, please contact: Group Contact: Rosemary Read 01462 450494; Group Contacts: Elaine Fox/ [email protected] Tony Kuczys 01462 735642; [email protected] [email protected] lalg.org.uk/londonvillages lalg.org.uk/London_Places Page 4 THEATRE & EXCURSIONS Booking from Monday 2 March, 9.30am FOLLOWING 2 SHOWS FULLY BOOKED Sunday 7 June (Afternoon) Saturday 16 May (Afternoon) LET’S FACE THE MUSIC ABIGAIL’S PARTY- Comedy at Watford Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, Palace Theatre, Watford, Hertfordshire. London. Coach leaves Letchworth Station Bus With the Royal Philharmonic Stop opposite Barclays Bank 12.30pm. Orchestra Wednesday 1 July (Afternoon) Conductor: Richard Balcombe Presenter: Gary Wilmott CAROUSEL - Rodgers & Hammerstein Vocalists: Musical at Kilworth House Theatre, Christine Allado, Kerry Ellis, Ricardo North Kilworth, Leicestershire. Afonso and Bradley Jaden. Coach leaves Letchworth Station Bus Stop opposite Barclays Bank at 12 noon Join the Royal Philharmonic and four West End guest vocalists for a nostalgic celebration of some much- NOW BOOKING: loved songs and duets from classic musicals. Sunday 5 July (Afternoon) The programme will include songs MULLER ANNIVERSARY ATHLETICS and music from: GAMES Gypsy, Carousel, My Fair Lady, Olympic Athletics Stadium, Queen Anything Goes, Cabaret, Top Hat, Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, The Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma, Meet London Me in St Louis, Funny Face, Shall We This event always Dance, Sweet Charity, A Star is Born, attracts the very best Babes in Arms, ... and many more. names in world athletics. Cost £37 for LALG members (£38 non The Tokyo Olympics -members), which includes coach and start in late July 2020 a good seat in mid-arena.