November/December 2019

Chairman’s Report U3A

I hope that many of you took the opportunity to pop into Guisborough Library last month to have a look at the Gisburne Bible which has been on view there. It was a wonderful reminder of the ancient town in which we have chosen to live. Now that the clocks have gone back at least the mornings will become a little lighter, we won’t talk about the evenings, but with the cooler temperatures it is already apparent that the number of our walkers wear- ing shorts has declined. We are still looking for a volunteer to take over the website from Bernard. He assures me that it will be easy to pick up how to amend and add entries with a little guidance from him, it is just that he has many other activities which he volunteers for and he needs to pass this one on. A reminder that at the 6th Nov get together refreshments will be served before announcements, which will be followed by the talk by Andy Murray with an update on the Town Hall Project. John Wardill

Guisborough U3A meetings are normally held on the first Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m. in the Parish Hall, Bow Street. The next ones will therefore be on November 6th and December 4th. You may however book for ex- cursions from 1.30 p.m.

Items for the next newsletter, due out Dec/Jan, should be submitted to Alan email [email protected]

Charity No 1125829 Excursions

November’s excursion is on Thursday, 21st to The Great Brewery at Cropton, Including a tour and lunch. £37

December’s excursion is on Monday, 16th to Hall £12 or £7 for National Trust members Booking begins on December 4th for

“Holes”

Newcastle Theatre Royal

Saturday, February 29th £32

Future proposals:-

Thursday, 19th March Yorkshire Air Museum

April Eden Camp

Monday, 18th May Shibden Hall, Halifax.

For more information please contact Janet 01642 287117, Edith 01642 470093, Margaret 633305 or Edna 650610

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Talks and Walks group 2019

During this year we have enjoyed heritage walks in Dorman Museum, , Redcar Cementry, Linthorpe, Middlesborough Town Hall and Linthorpe Cemetry.

We are very grateful to our walk leaders: Gill Moore. Phil Philo. Jane Foreman. Mike McCann. Liz Hayward and Ian Stubbs. Our Programme of talks for the remainder of this year is :

Friday. November 8th 50 years of the Cleveland Way with Malcolm Hodgson. National Trails Officer NYMNP

Friday. December 13th Tales from a river Tees Pilot with Geoff Taylor

The talks take place in the Methodist Hall on Westgate. Refreshments are served from 10.0 and the talks begin at 10.30. Cost is £2. All members of any U3A and their guests are very welcome to join us. Patricia Acoustic and Strings

On Thursday 12th September we held the first session of our new Acoustic string music group and what a fun afternoon it was. 8 musi- cians and budding musicians with a wide range of experience turned up with guitars, mandolins and Ukuleles. Ken, the co-ordinator had put together an initial song book to get us started with music drawn from the interests within our group; traditional Folk and Celtic airs to George Ezra via Johnny cash and the Beatles, something for every- one, often outside our personal genre choices but we all waded into it with enthusiasm. Who knows where the time went and where we're headed next but the 2 hours just vanished? We run fortnightly on Thursday afternoons so our next session is not far off, looking for- ward to it already. Interested? Then, Contact: Ken Broad tel 07944 739835

Local U3A Groups Celebrate World Qigong Day 2019

The local U3A groups from Guisborough, Saltburn and Stokesley, plus friends met at Gisborough Priory on 24th September 2019 to celebrate World Qigong Day. The International Health Qigong Federation requested groups across the world at 10am local time practice the Wu Qin Xi exercises (5 Animal Frolics). John Poole started the session with warm up exercises. While Sally Eccleshall took a beginners group, Dorothy Poole led the Animal Frolics exercises. This is an ancient system of exercise devised by a Chinese physician from the Han Dynasty (25-220AD) based on the behaviour and activities of the tiger, deer, bear, monkey and crane. Everyone joined together for Tony Broder to lead the Daoyin 12 exercises and finally, Graham Overend led The Mountain Top

The sun shone for us and everyone enjoyed practicing Qigong outdoors in such a beautiful and serene setting. Much positive energy (Qi) was generated. We are grateful to Gisborough Priory Project for very kindly giving us permission to hold our event in the Priory grounds.

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Charity No 1125829 Saltburn U3A Local History Lectures (to which GU3A members are also invited) 10 a.m. in the upstairs hall of Saltburn Methodist Church, Milton Street £1.50 incl. coffee/tea with an opportunity to talk to the speaker – no need to book or join the group, just come and enjoy the talks.

13th November – Christine Clarke, Chair, Guisborough Priory Project.

11th December – Sheila Crossman – Another great talk to look forward to from Sheila. “The tale of the sunken treasure 1798”

15th January – Chris Twigg – East Cleveland Industrial Heartland Project officer, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Jet Mining.

Future dates 12th February 11th March 8th April 13th May 10th June (local outing) Contact : Pam Rayment, via SDU3A

Also Guisborough U3A. 5th Wednesday talks at 2pm, Guisborough Methodist Church Hall Contact Gary Winn, [email protected]

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CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES 3 Christmas workshops which are open to all.

VENUE The Bistro at Sunnyfield house . COST the usual £1. plus a small charge for materials supplied , details available at the meeting on November 6th.

1 Monday 11 November from 10.00am until 12.00. Pat Bolton is giving us ideas and techniques for icing a Christmas Cake. For practical reasons we will be trying them out on a biscuit rather than a cake and transferring our skills on the real thing later. This course is early Nov so that we are prepared in good time.

2 Tuesday November 19th from 2.00pm until 4.00 Joyce Barlow will show us how to decorate candles for the festivities using flowers and foliage.

3 Thursday December 5th 10.00am until 12.00. In Germany and other European Countries they have tra- ditional Marzipan pigs for Christmas and New Year. Wendy Milnes will show us how to make our own. They are small enough to hang on the tree in a little cellophane bag.

We are not running the “wreath making” this year but the library, Guisborough walkway and St Nickolas’s church all have instructions (if you wish) Obviously there will not be room for all 5 to 600 of us to take part so it will be first come first serve .Sign up at the meeting on Wednesday 6th November or contact Peta on Activities. Enjoy!

Peta

Charity No 1125829 GU3A ACTIVITY PROGRAMME

ACTIVITY DAY VENUE GROUP CO- CONTACT ORDINATOR (all 01287) 60/70s Music Alt Mondays pm Sunnyfield House David 07813 766072 Acoustic and String Alt Thursdays pm Sunnyfield House Ken 07944 739835 Ancient Greek Alt Mondays am Sunnyfield House Stephen 634697 Art Appreciation Visits to be announced at TBA Brenda 638154 monthly meetings Beginners Bridge Tuesday am Sleights Court Carolyn 630791 07812 832051 Book Club 4th Wednesday pm Library Par Clements 01642 509526 Caroline O’Herne 636711 Boules Tuesday pm and Thursday am Saltburn Bowls Peter 633305 (summer) Club Bowls TBA KGV Bowls Club Barbara 635578 Bridge (improvers) Thursday pm Sleights Court Carolyn 630791 07812 832051 Canasta Friday pm Parish Hall Mavis 636002 Ceramic Art Monday am Home Barbara 635578 Creative Writing Alt Wednesdays pm Sunnyfield House John S 634575 Gardening 2nd Friday p.m. Sleights Court Dave 01642 322650 Guitar (intermediate) Thursday pm fortnightly Home Bernard 205504 Industry and Visits to be announced at TBA John W 635381 Infrastructure monthly meetings Knit and Natter 1st and 3rd Tuesdays pm Sunnyfield House Anne C 637987 Latin for Fun Monday am monthly Sunnyfield House Stephen 634697 Laughter Yoga Thursday am Sunnyfield House Jan 01642 505162 Mah Jong Wednesday am Parish Hall Phyllis 633722 Middle Eastern Dance Tuesday am Sunnyfield House Brenda 638154 Music Appreciation Monday pm monthly Sunnyfield House Peta 632875 Needle Crafts Friday pm Sunnyfield House Wendy 348242 Painting Thursday am Sleights Court Alan 633208 Photography 3rd Friday pm Sleights Court Margaret W 632286 Play Reading 3rd Friday am Sunnyfield House Cath 632873 Poetry 2nd Friday am Sunnyfield House John S 634575 Res Classicae Monday am monthly Sunnyfield House Stephen 634697 Russian Literature Wednesday pm monthly Sunnyfield House Peter 633305 Science 2nd Thursday pm Prior Pursglove Sean 636852 Scrabble Tuesday am Sunnyfield House Phyllis 633722 Scrap Booking 2nd and 4th Mondays am Sleights Court Viv 634650 Short Walks 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 9.30 Peta 632875 Singing for Pleasure Thursdays pm fortnightly GMC Wendy 632102 Spanish Improvers Wednesday am Home Sandra 636108 Sunday Luncheon Club Usually 3rd/last Sunday Various Trish 633442 Tai Chi Tuesday pm Parish Hall Dorothy & John 07460 904376 Talks and Walks 2nd Friday am Various Patricia 619583 Walking 10+ miles 2nd/3rd/4th Wednesdays, Brian 632811 1st /5th Tuesdays Walking 7-8 miles Alt Mondays Jo 610265 Walking 2 : 7-8 miles Alt Tuesdays Margaret 633305 Walking 5-6 miles Alt Tuesdays Linda 639135 Walking – Pathfinders Alt Tuesdays Connie 634065 Group 5+ miles Walks 5-8 miles 1st/3rd/4th Fridays Richard 01642 324918 5th Wednesday Talks 5th Wednesday of any month GMC Garry 633426 Charity No. 1125829