Friday May 27th AGM & Guest Speaker - Gill Matthews

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AN EVENING OF ENTERTAINMENT - NOVEMBER 18TH WEST CHARLETON VILLAGE HALL ______CHRISTMAS LUNCH FRIDAY DECEMBER 9TH VENUE - TBA

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● RENEWAL DATE APRIL 1ST ● SINGLE - £15, JOINT £28 , MEMBER OF ANOTHER U3A £10 ● CHEQUES MADE PAYABLE TO - KINGSBRIDGE ESTUARY U3A ● SEND TO - JUDY TYLER, 2, SAINT DAVIDS, HERBERT RD, ● SALCOMBE TQ8 8HR ● MEMBERSHIP WILL BE LAPSED IF NOT RENEWED BY MAY 31ST

BEACON MEMBERSHIP WE ARE HOPING TO TRANSFER TO THIS SYSTEM SOON. IT WILL CENTRALISE THE DATA BASE, ACCOUNTS etc. ALLOWING PERMISSABLE PERSONS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS INFORMATION MONTHLY MEETINGS Kingsbridge Methodist Church at 10am Friday May 27th AGM & Guest Speaker - Gill Matthews “What you don’t know about Kingsbridge in Bloom!” You will all know about the awards won by Kingsbridge In Bloom in recent years. You will also have seen the public face of KIB in our teams of volunteers, proudly sporting their blue shirts, beavering away on the Town Square beds in all weathers. However there are many other aspects of our work. Of course there isn’t anything to do in the winter? Don’t you believe it! Our aim is an all year round team for an all year round town. Friday Jun 24th Maya Plass – “200 years on the seashore” As a highly successful marine ecologist, Maya is well-known here in Devon for her educational courses for children “Learn to Sea” and workshops for adults around our coastal waters. She has worked on international projects including in Argentina and is a regular guest presenter on “Spring Watch” as well as BBC “Coast”, while also appearing on ITV’s “Hungry Sailors”. Her talk relates to our changing relationships with the seashore over the centuries focusing on the importance of conservation. Friday Jul 22nd Roger Barrett – “The Salcombe Lifeboat Disaster” 2016 is the centenary of this tragic Lifeboat disaster. To mark the occasion, Roger Barrett (Curator of Salcombe Lifeboat Museum and Chairman of Salcombe Museum Society) has researched and just published his book on the subject. He will be telling us the story of that fateful day in October 1916 when thirteen lifeboat men lost their lives. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Speaker Secretary Jane Gray is stepping down as Speaker Secretary at the AGM after five years in the role. She has done a fantastic job always finding such excellent and interesting speakers. We are delighted that someone has come forward to take over from her and they will be introduced at the AGM Your ideas and suggestions for future speakers are always welcome, please let the speaker secretary know.

We have recently purchased a new projector and speaker system for use at the monthly meetings. We hope this will improve the quality of the presentations and enhance the sound. ALERT We need your talent and your support! The Kingsbridge U3A Evening of Entertainment will be held at West Charleton Village Hall on Friday 18th November. If you would like to contribute to the entertainment in any way: singing, dancing, poetry, comedy or playing a musical instrument, please get in touch, preferably by email, or at one of the monthly meetings. If you would rather help with organising food and drink, then again just get in touch. Further information regarding times and tickets will be made available in a few weeks. Anthea McWatt

NEW GROUPS FOR KEU3A Some new activities were announced at the February monthly meeting, including Fun with Flowers and Natural History, both of which hope to start in Septem- ber, but one new activity is to start next month! ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS is a new group activity that is being organised and led by Lesley Ferguson, who is a new member of our U3A. Lesley will use the BBC book Buongiorno Italia which is based entirely through conversation. The classes start on Monday April 4th 2016 at The Crabshell between 9.30 – 11.30am If you would like to register your interest in this new group or obtain further information, please contact - Lesley by phone 01548 560578. An inaugural meeting for the NATURAL HISTORY group is to be held on a Wednesday in May. The date has yet to be decided, and the venue is likely to be The Crabshell. Anyone interested please initially contact Anthea:581399

FUN WITH FLOWERS is being started by Helen Curtis and is likely to be held in West Charleton Village Hall. Helen is currently canvassing those who have expressed an interest as to what day to book the hall. If you want further infor- mation please contact her Efforts are being made to refurbish the surface of the Petanque court in the Park on Embankment Road, and if successful, it is hoped to start a U3A PETANQUE GROUP for the summer. If you are interested please contact Anthea:581399

MONDAY BOOK GROUP - There are a couple of spaces in this Group if you are interested contact JAN. Tel. 559374 CHURCH VISITS

Since we started our U3A in the Kingsbridge area our group has visited 67 churches. Some 10% of the total in Devon. So we'll not run out of places to go to in the near future. Our programme for the the next three months is as follows: Tuesday May 10th. Plympton St Mary Blessed Virgin and Plympton St Maurice email, or at one of the monthly meetings. If you would rather help with Tuesday June 14th. Ottery St Mary St Mary the Virgin. This will involve about an hour and a quarter drive from Kingsbridge . Tuesday July 12th. Harbertonford St Peter Harberton Ford followed by coffee at Nkuku then St Andrew Harberton. Full details will be on the website or from David Chubb 01548 856386

VISITS The trip to The Lost Gardens of Heligan on May 3rd is now fully subscribed and there is a waiting list. The residential visit to Oxford in June is also fully booked but Tony is making plans for future visits. Proposed visits not yet confirmed for this summer, Buckfast follow up on Clare Densley’s talk ‘Mad about Bees’ East Devon - Seaton Greenway by boat from Dartmouth.

TONY URGENTLY NEEDS MEMBERS TO SUGGEST PLACES TO VISIT, HE IS RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS! IT IS YOUR U3A SO PLEASE HELP Tel: 531562

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