Newsletter
Carlton, Gedling and District Issue 107 April 2021
Chairman’s Message The weather doesn’t seem to know what it’s doing at the moment one day warm then back to the cold, but the restrictions are starting to lift. We have one or two groups making the most of the rule of 6, so why not do the same if possible and meet up outside in the fresh air. The membership renewal is now open and don’t forget if you are renewing then it will only cost you £5 or £3 (Associates) this year, but please follow Sue’s advice when you renew and if possible, renew via Beacon on line. We still need new members for the committee, so why not pop in to a zoom committee meeting and get a feel for what we have to do. If you would like to, let me know, and I will send you the zoom link. Our next zoom General Meeting is 15th April, so please join in if you can and listen to our latest speaker talking about Agatha Christie
Take care Richard
National u3a Day is Coming - Weds 2nd June This is to celebrate the benefits that come from being a member. All u3a’s around the country are planning their own way of promoting their u3a, and with current restrictions still in place we are setting up a display in the sensory garden on Carlton Hill. We need help on the day and if you are interested, we have a VIP visit arranged, and the hope is that we will get some media interest. If you would like more information about the day please contact me either by email or phone. Roles are standing about, drinking and talking - a usual general meeting activity - we will even throw in a biscuit ! Email: [email protected] Phone: 0775 1354 654 or 0778 742 7200 Lesley Mosley
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http://u3asites.org.uk/carlton-gedling/home Page 1 Working with Ghosts Our speaker at the well-attended General Meeting in March was Sarah Slater, an official guide and lecturer at Hampton Court Palace, whose subject was “Working with Ghosts”. Sarah was dressed in the clothes which she usually wears during her ghost tours – a Victorian mourning costume of black “widow’s weeds” which was associated with a death in the household. (She also showed us her Georgian period gown - she obviously enjoys dressing up, like her boss Lucy Worsley). She first gave us a short history of the palace from it’s original building by Cardinal Wolseley, its appropriation as a royal palace by Henry VIII, extensive modification by William & Mary and its more recent use as grace & favour accommodation. Many people have reported ghostly experiences at Hampton Court, some of the apparitions allegedly identifiable from portraits or tomb effigies. Reports come from staff and visitors and many from occupants of the 60- odd grace & favour residences. One such is recorded in the autobiography of Lady Olivia Baden-Powell, where a visiting psychic sees Ann Boleyn at prayer in a small room of the apartment suite. Unfortunately, that location during Anne’s time would have been a buttery or drinks store associated with the dining hall, highly inappropriate for a private chapel. Several stories are told of the Grey Lady who allegedly haunts the SW wing, cloisters and garden on the South side. Sybil Penn was servant to four Tudor monarchs, and wet nurse to Edward VI. She nursed Elizabeth I devotedly through smallpox in 1562. The Queen recovered, but poor Sybil caught the pox and died soon afterwards. Sybil was buried in nearby Hampton church, as befitted her role as loyal family servant. Sybil's tomb was disturbed when the church was renovated in 1829, and shortly after this, stories began to spread of a ‘grey lady’ seen to walk the corridors of the State Apartments and Clock Court at the palace. Sybil is also linked to mysterious spinning wheel noises that were said to come from behind a wall in a grace and favour apartment. Legend has it that when the wall was removed, an old, much used spinning wheel was discovered. It was later in the 1880’s that Princess Frederika of Hanover, then living in the same apartment briefly saw a woman in grey clothing leaning over her baby daughter’s cradle. Later at church she saw the memorial to Sybil Penn and identified her as the same figure. In the 1940’s the granddaughter of the occupants, Lord & Lady Birdwood, claimed to have a face-to- face encounter with the Grey Lady on the stairs. The suite of rooms is now used as offices, and members of staff have twice heard unexplained footsteps and sightings of the Grey Lady. Sarah then told of her own experience of hearing workmen in conversation when no staff could have been present. Unexplained burials had been found near the site, and she believes these could have been the victims of a construction accident during Queen Mary’s rushed remodelling of the palace. One other famous historical figure said to haunt the palace is Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII. On being arrested and accused of adultery, she escaped from her guards and ran screaming out to the king for mercy. He had already left the palace in secret, and no mercy was forthcoming. Since then there have been regular reports of residents in that area of the palace being woken by screams, and reports of visitors feeling faint and dogs being nervous in that part of the gallery. In 2000 a scientific examination of the area did report some geomagnetic anomalies at the site! The area is now decorated with wall hangings and the occurrence of women feeling faint has dramatically reduced The first ghost walk at the palace was held on Halloween 2002, and this has evolved into the very popular regular ghost tours. Sarah then opened the meeting to questions and encouraged the audience to relate any unexplained encounters. We thanked her for a very interesting and unusual talk. Nick Clark
Page 2 Notices
* MEMBERSHIP MATTERS * You will know from the recent membership email and last month’s newsletter, that your membership expires on 31st May and we begin the renewal process from 6th April onwards; many thanks to those who have already forwarded cheques. Renewal subscription for current members this pandemic year is only £5 for Full Membership (£3 for Associate Membership) in appreciation of your loyalty. The fee for new applications and lapsed members (i.e. those who did not renew last year) is still a very reasonable £10 (£6.50 Associates) as before. Please do renew online by following the instructions on the membership page of our website. Payment is via our Paypal account; you need no personal Paypal account and there is no additional cost. You can renew together if you share an address on our database, but please pay separately if you are both tax payers and wish to donate Gift Aid. If online payment is definitely not possible, please forward a cheque to me, made payable to Carlton & Gedling U3A. Confirmation of renewal is normally by email, but I will text an acknowledgement if you have no email address and you have provided a mobile phone number. Please also let me know if there are any changes or additions to your personal details (including Gift Aid status) in order that I can keep the database up-to-date. Any problems, please contact me and I will do my best to help. I would, however, be grateful for your patience due to the volume of renewals to process at this time and some additional personal responsibilities which now allow me less free time. Thanks and best wishes to all; we look forward to getting back to our lovely meetings eventually. In the meantime, enjoy Zooming with fellow group members, if you can! Susan Morley Membership Secretary 42 Redland Grove Carlton, Nottingham NG4 3EU Tel: 07960 461942
Don’t Miss April Zoom General Meeting 10:30am on Thursday 15th April
Our speaker this month is Steve Dimmer who will be examining the work and life of Agatha Christie, from the emergence of Miss Marple until she became the indisputable 'Queen of Crime'. Along the way we'll be looking at the real life mystery involving the novelists actual disappearance and perhaps try to solve this intriguing puzzle.
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Page 3 Group Reports
The Good Old Days? The Grouchy Girls were Grouchy Girls remembering things that now sound outdated, sparked by a crossword solution ‘flea circus’. Who under 60 would have had a clue, let alone the solution? So cast your mind back and decide whether these are missed;- T.V. test card and kittens, blue packets of salt in your crisps, Vim, telephone boxes where we tried to ‘press button B and get your money back’, drip-dry shirts, brushed nylon sheets and scratchy blankets, underskirts, liberty bodices, Greenshield stamps, Betterware, carbolic soap, Reckits blue bags, shiny toilet paper, money back on bottles, paper, the ‘rag and bone’ man, the man who came round to sharpen knives, codliver oil and NHS orange juice and stamp collecting. Will the next generations be nostalgic about coins, cheques, OS maps?
Do you worry that a child you know may be being bullied, perhaps online? What advice could you give? If you need to approach the school, do it in a ‘working together’ manner, even if you think staff haven’t dealt with the problem. Things are dealt with in better ways than in our schooldays, and every school has a Bullying Policy you can ask about. We ask children what they are learning at school but how often do we ask about breaktime? Just ask what they play and who they play with. Avoid asking if they feel bullied, just listen. If you find they stay in to help the teacher, that might be a sign they are avoiding feeling bullied. If the child involved has additional learning needs, it must still be dealt with but the ‘victim’ may not feel they can complain. Children on the autistic spectrum can be taught emotional intelligence as they can find it difficult to differentiate playing from teasing. We know adults can be bullied and this is extra hard for children who don’t want to ‘snitch’. That hasn’t changed! Avoid approaching the parents of the child you suspect, neither of you actually know the background to any disagreements. We have the time to listen, just as important as advice.
Green Tips from the Grouchy Girls is a regular feature.
l We don’t just love bees, we love The Beeswax Wrap Co. as they make a versatile , reusable, plastic free alternative to cling film. They use attractive prints so they make a lovely gift. Useful over pots in fridge, wrapping sandwiches, cheese or salad. Handmade in the UK l We loathe water in plastic bottles but agree our tap water isn’t always as good as we’d like. Solution! Instead of the expensive plastic filters for jugs, try a cheaper, reusable charcoal filter in a jug you already have. It can be rinsed clean after use and boiled after a few months. Sally swears the water is like spring water. The charcoal absorbs chlorine, tastes and odours. At about £8 a pack of 8 from Natural Bamboo company - other brands are available. l Presents for babies? The Enchanted Florist , near Coop in Gedling, sells beautiful bamboo place settings in Peter Rabbit designs. Cheaper to post than china and helps keep our local shops going l If you want to have a more eco-friendly lifestyle we recommend Big Green Smile for cleaning, health and beauty and New Living for homeware
Maggie Martinez
Page 4 New Group - Irish History
It’s not too late to sign up for our new study group looking at the History of Ireland and the Struggle for Irish Independence We got off to a great start with 19 members at our first organising meeting, plus a couple of apologies. We covered a lot of ground and this is a quick summary of the main points. What people want from the group: a variety of things, including: women’s aspects; personalities; to get beyond the English view of Irish history; potato famine; connections with group members’ Irish heritage; how we got to here; joining up the dots of what we already know bits; context for Irish literature; military aspects. We agreed to meet on Thursdays every 4 weeks at 4pm for up to an hour and a half. We agreed a collaborative approach to the group. I will provide a list of learning resources. 3 or 4 group members will prepare contributions for each meeting. We agreed to share our contact email addresses with each other to facilitate collaboration. Our first proper meeting will be on 22nd April on the subject of Ireland in 1640: economy/society/religion/ power. Interested? Email me if you are: [email protected]. Paul Martinez
The sewing group will be meeting outdoors in the summer of 2021 (weather permitting) at a venue to be advised on the Sewing Group following dates. Bring your own chair and refreshments.
24 May 28 June 26 July 23 August
We can show and talk about the projects members have been working on over the past year and exchange ideas and information about sewing. Hopefully we could do some hand sewing. If you would like to join this friendly and chatty group please contact the convenor. Pamela Bartram
Hello Ladies, Knit and Stitch Is this the month that will see us all being fully vaccinated? Or perhaps some will have to wait until May, but fingers crossed we will all be released by 21st June. If people behave themselves!!! Following our zoom meeting on Friday, 2nd April, we decided to meet up outside in the week commencing 17th May (weather permitting) and we will email details to members re the venue. Suggestions would be welcome for the venue (with parking and not too far to carry a chair). If any of you ladies would like to donate their mystery blankets for the Notts hospitals, please let us know and we can arranged a collection point for these to be handed over. That also applies to the new challenge below. EASY CHALLENGE Size approx 26 x 16cm. These are to be in pairs. They are tiny blankets for memorial boxes. Approx 40grms DK wool in white. Needles 3.75 Cast on 56 sts Rows 1-4 Knit Row 5 K4 *P4 K4* repeat to last 4 sts K4 Rows 6-8 repeat row 5 Row 9 K4 *K4 P4* repeat to last 4 sts K4 Rows 10-12 repeat row 9 Row 13 K4 *P4 K4* repeat to last 4 sts K4 Continued over…
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Continued… Rows 14-16 repeat row 13 Row 17 K4 *K4 P4* repeat to last 4 sts K4 Rows 18-20 repeat row 17 Row 21 K4 * P4 K4* repeat to last 4 sts K4 Rows 22-24 repeat row 21 Row 25 K4 *K4 P4* repeat to last 4 sts K4 Rows 26-28 repeat row 25 Row 29 K4 *P4 K4* repeat to last 4 sts K4 Rows30-32 repeat row 29 Row 33 K4 * K4 P4* repeat to last 4 sts K4 Rows 34-36 repeat row 33 Row 37 K4 *P4 K4* repeat to last 4 sts K4 Rows 38-40 repeat row 37 Row 41 K4 *K4 P4* repeat to last 4 sts K4 Rows 42-44 repeat row 41 Rows 45-47 Knit Then cast off loosely.
Remember these need to be in pairs.
Thank you Ladies. These will be greatly appreciated. Hope to see you at our next zoom meeting which will be on Friday, 7th May at 11.00 am.
Stay safe ladies, Regards Jackie and Jeanette
Striders Walks April 2021 Walk. At last we are able to restart our walks but alas we are still not able to venture into Derbyshire. This month’s walk is about 7 miles in length and starts from the car park opposite the Unicorn pub in Gunthorpe and goes to Kneeton via East Bridgford before returning via the river. Unfortunately we are still unable to share transport so people will have to travel separately to the start of the walk There are a couple of climbs and although we will be mainly on minor roads and paths, there will be mud in places . Please note the later start time. Meet in the car park at Gunthorpe at 9.30am and bring a packed lunch. We will make every effort to make the walk as Covid secure as possible and will walk in groups of six. Please bring a face covering, hand gel, any essential first aid equipment you may need and check the email I send out nearer the time, which will outline further safety measures Please let me know by Monday 19th April if you intend to join us so that we can organise the groups in advance Convenor Brian Shield
We started our March meeting with breakout Greenfingers rooms. The feedback was mainly that it was still too cold and too early to do much in the garden. Spring bulbs were breaking through with the promise of colour, forsythia and blossom trees almost in bloom. We watched a You Tube clip of a ‘Spring garden in the Shropshire Hills’ with displays of snowdrops, cyclamen and aconites. It is still too early to sow seed. The saplings from the Woodland Trust are starting to show growth. We will not be able to plant in the Country Park until the Autumn because of ongoing covid restrictions. Two mountain ash will be planted at Gedling Road Church around Easter time. We are looking forward to warmer weather when we can plant out colourful annuals. Nicola Dandie
Page 6 Film Study Group
This month we considered two very contrasting films from Nazi Germany.
“Triumph of the Will” is a 1935 Nazi propaganda film directed, produced, edited, and co-written by Leni Riefenstahl. It chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg, which was attended by more than 700,000 Nazi supporters. The film attempts the deification of Adolph Hitler, who was in the process of consolidating his newly gained power in Germany. The opening sequences show the tyrant literally descending in his aeroplane like a god from the clouds. Through larger-than-life framing of him against the massed throngs of smiling people, effect is chillingly fetishistic. The crowded mediaeval streets of Nuremberg give way to a campsite of jolly half-naked young men frolicking in the sunshine. The scene moves to Luitpoldarena and the massed ranks of marching uniformed men – some with shovels held like rifles, many with flags, and with flaming torches at night. The speeches by the evil men [no women shown to speak] of simplistic trite slogans. [Still a weapon of politicians – “Make America Great Again”, “Take Back Control”, Get Brexit Done” …] A chilling film particularly when one knows what happens next.
In contrast is the fantasy comedy film Münchhausen. Baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen was a German nobleman who became a minor celebrity within German aristocratic circles for telling outrageous tall tales based on his military career. A fictitious character with a similar name was created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia. For the German film studio U.F.A. GmbH's 25th anniversary in 1943, Joseph Goebbels hired the filmmaker Josef von Báky to direct Münchhausen, a big-budget colour film about the Baron. The film opens at an 18th-century ball [or does it?] Later when in St. Petersburg, the Baron joins the court of Catherine the Great, with whom he has an affair. He is granted his wish notDouble to age. Platinum During a Russian war with the Turks the Baron rides a cannonball. There are further lavish scenes in the Turkish Palace, in Venice and on the moon.
For anyone interested in the history of cinema these two films are often referred to but rarely seen in the UK. I had only seen short snippets before, today I was able to put all into context. I found both films to be rather dated but technically innovative. I would not have seen them had they not been this month’s project. So, I am grateful to the Group for these choices. Both films are available on YouTube.
David Colyer
Cycling for Fun is back up and running. A 17 mile slow Cycling for Fun ride in groups of 6 (actually 1 group this Saturday) was our first group ride since the relaxation of the rules. We headed out along the canal towpath to Beeston then back along the side of the Trent. If you fancy getting those rusty wheels turning again then please contact me or just turn up at our meeting point, see details in the calendar. Glasgow Arena Richard Downing
Page 7 Grumpy Old Men
Two Zoom meetings in March 2021.
We usually start with a vote on who should be “put on the bus” - this is a list of public figures who have met with our disapproval for some good reason. The bus in question is to take them away. As the list now has 83 names perhaps it should be a fleet of double deckers. The nominated candidates were: [84] Nadine Dorries MP - one of the ministers of health and her nomination was in part for the debacle over the proposed pitiful 1% pay rise for nurses. [85] Frances Stanley a director at Newmarket racecourse and the National Horseracing Museum. She became a director of CH&L Limited, a company incorporated in January last year which was awarded a fourteen-million-pound contract by the Department of Health and Social Care as it scrambled to acquire supplies of PPE for NHS staff. By pure coincidence the health secretary, Matt Hancock received a £5,000 donation from her husband Peter Stanley in 2019. Recently she blamed “unforeseen logistical circumstances” for the failure of CH&L Limited to deliver isolation gowns for healthcare workers. At our second meeting the passenger [86] is Sir Robert Devereux who is among the dozens of top bureaucrats sitting on pension packages of more than £1million.This civil servant, with the biggest pension pot in Whitehall, is the mandarin responsible for making us all work longer before we can retire. The permanent secretary of the Department for Work and Pensions, who is in charge of the state pensions system, will retire with a pot worth £1.8million. The subject of profit-making companies being subcontracted by the government was a recuring feature in our discussions of recent newspaper items. For example: Serco's shareholders will pocket millions after delivering a contact tracing system that has failed. We agreed with the former permanent secretary at the treasury, who said it was extraordinary that no one in government seemed shocked by the £37billion cost of Test and Trace. (Over two years.) Does this win the prize for the most wasteful and inept public spending program of all time? Serco is one of 217 companies that has worked on NHS test and trace. It made revenues of nearly £350m from contracts to work on the system in 2020. Serco work involves running around 25% of test centres and 50% of contact tracing operations. Serco's CEO Rupert Soames [who is paid £5M.] had the audacity to say that their involvement in Test and Trace has been 'a remarkable success'. We applaud a High Court judge who said the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) 'acted unlawfully' by not publishing details of 504 of the 535 contracts awarded in the height of the Covid pandemic last year. We noted the story that 58 GP practices [with over 500,000 patients] have been sold to a US owned insurance company giant Centene. We speculate what is to come? A Grumpy shared a video clip of an Irish priest who was given an almighty shock when his sound system blasted out rap music during a live streamed Mass. An electric car has topped the list compiled by experts of the ten worst motors ever invented. The Reva G-Wiz has the 'performance of a sleepy vole' and 'the structural integrity of your slippers' according to Auto Express. [Are the Grumpies turning into Jeremy Clarkson?] A fortnight later and again we were discussing the Home Office’s Immigration record. We considered how to stop adult migrants claiming to be children, the huge increase in foreign criminals who have not been deported, and why the Home Office is still “not fit for purpose.” Turning to local rubbish – we were pleased to learn that Gedling Borough Council approved plans for free bulky waste collection for all pensioners all year round. As with some MPs we demand action over the army's aging armoured vehicles saying some of them date back to when Elvis was the Christmas number one record spot.
David Colyer
Page 8 Classical Music Appreciation “More Variations on a Theme”. Presented by Colin Jones. Following Colin’s presentation, I found myself in a predicament caused by a very poor sound link on Zoom. Such was the quality that I could not see how I could report in any meaningful fashion on the programme. The day was saved, however, by opening the relevant YouTube clips and listening on a decent sound system. I recommend this action to any who had problems similar to mine. The first three sets of variations were based on a dance tune entitled La Folia which originated in the 15th century and evolved from a wild dance, hence its name in translation “The Madness”, into a much slower dance. This version is La Folia - Wilkimedia Commons the one used in Colins’ presentation. In Corelli’s violin sonata Opus 5 No 12 the “Folia”theme is followed by seven variations which require very careful attention to the subtleties even on a good sound system. The Corelli variations were then followed by what had originally been a trio sonata by Vivaldi but arranged for a modern Baroque orchestra. Again, the “Folia” theme was clearly stated but the variations, aside from their baroque form, made for difficult listening. The third example based on “La Folia” was a set of variations for solo piano composed by Rachmaninov mistakenly entitled “Variations on a theme by Corelli”. The more modern approach by the composer made the differentiation of the variations relatively easy. A much better known baroque theme is the Christmas hymn “Vom Himmel hoch da komm’ Ich her” attributed to Martin Luther. Colin started with a novelty item , two verses sung by singers dressed as Luther and his wife .We then moved on to Stravinsky’s “Chorale Variations” based on J S Bach’s organ variations of the same hymn. Convoluted ancestry but pleasing none the less! The first half of Colin’s presentation ended with a very “Non Baroque” set of variations on an original theme by Arnold Schoenberg which, in spite of his reputation was pleasing to the ear when played as originally intended by a large wind band. The second part of the morning was given over to a set of Respighi variations for cello and orchestra similar in form to Tchaikovsky’s popular variations on a rococo theme. This was followed by an undistinguished set of variations by Richard Strauss on a Bavarian folksong. He was 18 at the time. Colin’s penultimate offering was a set of variations by Lutoslawski written in 1939, predating his variations on a theme by Paganini which we heard in January. He claimed that it was a rejection of impressionism and atonality. I was not convinced! The meeting closed on a much lighter note with Haydn Wood’s variations “on a once popular humorous song”. I’m sure that you remember it ! (If you want to know the time …..) Thank you Colin.
David Dobbs
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Page 9 Andrea Bocelli – Nessun Dorma During my last few years as a member of the Crouch End Festival Chorus we had the good fortune to be invited to sing with Andrea Bocelli on his UK tours. We appeared a couple of times at the London O2 Arena, and likewise at the Birmingham National Indoor Arena, including once when Andrea Bocelli cancelled the show at the very last minute due to illness – after the 15,000 strong audience had already taken their seats! An early return to London for us but assurance that we were booked for the rescheduled show in a couple of months. The shows all took a similar format of popular opera choruses and solos with the star of the show and his guests. The finale was usually his signature song, “Con te Partiro” followed by “Nessun Dorma” for the big finish. We also accompanied him in some smaller venues, the 2012 iTunes Festival at the Roundhouse, (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Bu7whD83Y for a clip) and on the last time for me, at the 2012 Classical Brits Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, where a small group of us accompanied him singing“Amazing Grace” (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohOagut-yw ) I’m glad to see that the choir continue to have engagements with him and I hope that the relationship is maintained. I’ve certainly enjoyed the thrill of taking part in these events.
Nick Clark
TO LET !! NEWLY RENOVATED BIRD RESIDENCES IN QUIET RESIDENTIAL AREA
Looking for a project? Got spare paint hanging around? Here is a fun way to use it up. The bird boxes are available cheaply from a variety of sources such as Wilko and the Range and you are only limited by your imagination.
This is a simple project for a wet day. Emulsion paint dries in a couple of hours. A fun time can be had by all, a cheap and easy way to brighten up your garden. An excellent holiday activity for the young and less so.
Sue Lake
Page 10 Phil Barlow writes:-
“You may or may not remember we gave a presentation on our volunteering in Tanzania some years ago. It is a few years since we last ventured there, but we are still working on a project that you may find interesting. In Tabora in Tanzania we are maintaining our link with the Scouts and in particular the Regional Commissioner Eric Ndutunga. I attached a leaflet which explains it” .
SOLAR SCOUTS in Tanzania 2021
75% of the population of Tanzania live in rural villages. Bush villages do not have electricity so every day it is dark from 7pm till 7am all year round Solar lights are an easy way of giving light so that people especially children and young people can do their school work in the evenings. The Regional Scout Commissioner for the Tabora Region, Eric Ngatunga says that over 25 % of his Scouts live in bush villages and can only work using candles or kerosene for cooking and lighting. There are 383 Scout Groups and 2,878 scouts in the Tabora District
This project is to provide Solar Kits to a poor Scout family in one of these villages. A 30w system costs 450,000 Tanzanian Shillings (£140) and supports up to 6 lights for inside and outside use. The family can then invite other scouts and friends over in an evening to work or play
The Solar set
One of the Scout Family
Further information from : Phil Barlow 6 Houston Close Rise Park Nottm NG5 5DQ Tel 0115 9526488
Indoors The outside light
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