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Ashfield U3A Website: www.ashfieldu3a.org.uk Thursday, 23 July 2015 Your speaker today is Stephen Lovell Gardening & Garden Design WE ARE GOING TO THE DOGS! RAISING FUNDS FOR MIND Friday 25th September 2015 at 7.00 pm At Nottingham Greyhound Stadium NG2 4BE A Night of Greyhound Racing 3 Course Dinner - Tickets £20 each See Jacquie Chapman or Call 01623 613483 to book tickets. ASHFIELD U3A CHRISTMAS LUNCH at THE HOSTESS TUESDAY December 15th Tickets now on sale from Jacquie Chapman £16 Martin Fish – 23rd September 7 pm - Tickets now on Sale Ashfield U3A OCTOBER MEETING - CRAFT EVENT A reminder to you all that the meeting in October will be our annual CRAFT FAIR and GROUP DISPLAYS. We will not have a speaker in October, it will be our charity fund raising craft event & we hope many of our groups will put on a small display to advertise their activities, this will give members chance to see what is happening in the groups. Doddington Hall Christmas Visit This year our Christmas visit will be to Doddington Hall near Lincoln, on Tuesday 1st December. There will be a coach from Kirkby; the cost will be £41 which includes: Coffee/tea on arrival, Hall decorated for Christmas, Lincolnshire Christmas lunch, Bauble Barn & farm shop. There are only 50 places, so reserve now with Jacquie (membership secretary), full payment by the end of October. TRENT RIVER CRUISE - Wed 2nd September Tickets £22.00 each which will include:- Disco from resident DJ Chef’s hand-carved Gammon, Sausage & Onions Spicy Potato Wedges Fresh green salad PLUS- A Drinks voucher to exchange for 5 drinks Boat leaves from the Park Yacht Inn and you will need to allow at least 40mins for the journey. The Park Yacht Inn, Trent Lane South, Colwick, Nottingham, NG2 4DS Time to be arranged, but approx.7.00pm Tickets on sale TODAY at the Main Meeting 2 Ashfield U3A ARTICLES FOR NEWSLETTERS Please let Sandra Vanner have any information for the August Meeting newsletter no later than August 18th (Thursday before the next meeting). You are welcome to contact me by email, telephone or text. If you particularly want an articles keeping in or taking out - please let me know. Also please let me know of any corrections needed to pages 8-9 and 15. ► Also please inform Ron Britton for the website. ◄ Contact Details for Editor Tel: 01773 776739 Mobile 07870 360168 Email: [email protected] BOOK STALL Thank-you to everyone who bought books in June. Our takings were £26, and also to everyone who brought books too. We are always in need of clean books in good condition, especially paperback novels. If anyone has any large print or audio books to donate these would be greatly appreciated. Carole Britton DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 23rd September Martin Fish 24th October Quiz night with Martin Rose, general knowledge quiz and supper TUESDAY 15th December Our Christmas celebration at The Hostess - cost £16 31st December New Years Eve celebration Ceilidh with Knitters Jig 3 Ashfield U3A INTEREST GROUPS If you wish to join any interest group, please phone the group leader first to ensure there is a vacancy in that group. All relevant details can be obtained from the group leader, for instance where a walking group will meet and the walk they will do, or which book the reading group is reading, etc. Group leaders’ names and contact details are on pages 8-9 of the newsletter, and also on the web-site. New Groups: If there is a group you would be interested in joining, but isn’t offered at the moment, contact Carol Chamberlain, who will advise about starting up such a group. NATIONAL TRUST VISITS Please pay today for the trip to Belton House on Wed 19th August, the cost is £12 for NT members. We will leave from Kirkby, Ellis St at 9.15am and return to Kirkby at 16.30-17.00. Our last NT visit for this year will be on Wed 28th Oct to Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derbys, payment will be required by the Sept meeting. Please can you let me know where you would like to go next year. Thanks Trish FAMILY HISTORY AUTUMN PROGRAMME: August - no meeting Sept 10th - Magna Carta project to be completed Oct 8th - local occupations Nov 12th - The Poor Law Dec 3rd -NB NOT USUAL MEETING DAY Christmas dinner at "Refine" West Notts College 4 Ashfield U3A UPDATE ON GARDEN GROUP ACTIVITIES On Saturday 20th June several members of the Garden Group attended Taylors Clematis Nursery near Askern in South Yorkshire. The purpose of the visit was to gain more information on the Clematis Plants produced by the nursery and see examples set out in the polytunnels within the premises. An informative tour of the unit was undertaken and the narrative was given by the manager Chris. Members were shown many well known plants but also many new types that were less well known. Information was given with regard to pruning the different categories and planting requirements. Refreshments were kindly supplied by Taylors. Several members purchased one or more plants to take home. A good day out was had by all the gardeners. Information for Garden group members: Meeting - Tues 21st July to be hosted by Chris & Jan Blaiklock at their home address. Meeting - Tues 18th August cancelled due to many members on holiday. Meeting - Tues 15th Sept now to be hosted by Janet Crane at her home address. Chris Blaiklock PROGRAMME FOR FRIENDLY GARDERNERS On Monday 15 June we visited Lotherton Hall. You might like to note this was well worth a visit. There were over 148 species of birds from all over the world to see – plus the house and gardens. Lotherton Hall is run by Leeds Council - entrance was £4 and car parking was free August 17th RHS Garden at Harlow Carr, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. September 21st TBA but will be Car Sharing. October 19th Springfields at Spalding, Lincolnshire. November 16th Christmas Lunch At the present time the group is full, but we sometimes have spare places when we go on trips as we use the Ravenshead Community Transport. The pick point is the Ranger Pub in Chapel Lane, Ravenshead. 5 Ashfield U3A SINGING FOR FUN Future dates 8th Sept 13th Oct 10th Nov 8th Dec 15th Dec Please note there will be no meeting July/August. This group meets the 2nd Tuesday in the month 2.00 for 2.15 (4.00 pm finish) at the home of Maxine Rose. We look forward to seeing some new ladies and gentlemen. It does not matter if you can't read music or don't think you can sing in tune, you are most welcome. For more information, call Maxine on 01623 459081 or [email protected] PLAY READING (AM-DRAM) The next meeting is at Colleen’s house on Friday August 14th at 10.00am If you are thinking of coming along for the first time – please give Jill a call first. Contact : - Jill Pullan: 01623 400545 ASHFIELD U3A CRAFT GROUP - 2015 Meetings June/ July/ August - No meeting 27 November - Sugarcraft 25 September - Dorset button December - No meeting 23 October - Friendly plastic 6 Ashfield U3A ENJOYING SHAKESPEARE On Sat. 20th June the Enjoying Shakespeare group headed off to Stamford Shakespeare Theatre to do just that. We had a wonderful time watching a production of Henry V. We picnicked in the grounds of Tolethorpe Hall which is where the theatre is based. We were blessed by good weather for our picnic. The performance was riveting, lots of atmosphere, costume of the era & of course beautiful dialogue from the company of players. The battle scenes were admirably handled with a cast of few compared to the Branagh production of thousands. It is amazing what can be achieved with smoke, shouting & stirring speeches not forgetting the flag waving. We did have some rain which wetted the company but not the audience who of course are under cover. All in all we had a great time & returned to Ashfield with our enthusiasm intact for more Shakespeare Our next outing to Stamford is on the 1st August to see Romeo & Juliet with of course a picnic in the grounds again. Broadway theatre are again streaming productions on 22 July The Merchant of Venice & Othello on 26th August. There are numerous productions of Shakespeare in various venues around Nottinghamshire over the next 2-3 months from Newstead Abbey & the theatre in Thoresby courtyard. For our next meeting on 20th August we will be reading some sonnets, possibly listening to music from productions of Shakespeare & some excerpts from Othello. 17th Sept. An outing to Stratford 15th October 12th Night 19th Nov. workshop on 12th Night We still have spaces in our group if anyone would like to join us. Further information can be obtained from either Ron Walker or myself Ann Walter. Co-ordinators …………….. Ann Walter 07864 291123 Ron Walker 07850 110122 7 Ashfield U3A Interest Group Leaders. NB If you wish to join a group, please telephone the group leader beforehand, to check if there is an available place, current venue etc You can email a group leader on ‘[email protected] ART GROUP (Barrie Jackson) tel :01623 750466 BIRD WATCHING (Mary Naylor ) tel: 01773 776386 BRIDGE Group (Maxine Rose) tel: 01623 459081 BOARD GAMES Group (Marian Wilson) tel: 01623 752780 BOOK STALL (Carole Britton) tel: 01623 456855 CANASTA (Geoff Cree) tel: 01623 794485 CARD CRAFT (Carole Seymour) tel: 01623 489785 CLASSICAL MUSIC 1 (Alan Radford) tel: 01623 427934 CLASSICAL MUSIC 2 (Ron Walker) tel: 01623 456389 CINEMA 1 (Sylvia Smith) tel: 01623 514357 CINEMA 2 (Sylvia Froggatt) tel: 01623 753778 CRAFT GROUP (Eileen Allin) tel: 01623 473662 DISCUSSION GROUP (Marian Wilson) tel: 01623 752780 FAMILY HISTORY (Trish Tootell) tel: 01623 793447 FRENCH CONVERSATION Group (Ann Cottee) tel: 01623 750538 FRIENDLY GARDENERS (Marjorie Woollam)