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Turriff and District U3A Newsletter March 2020 Turriff and District U3A Newsletter March 2020 We are all saddened by the passing of our chair- man David Liebnitz in January - pictured here on the left at a geology outing to the Burn of Vat. David was keen member of the geology group. David was a founding member of Turriff and Dis- trict U3A and served the organisation as Member- ship Secretary from the beginning as well as being Chairman for the past three years. He also led the walking group being a keen walker him- self. No matter where the walk might take them there was always time for a seat and a rest and always a visit to a cafe for coffee and cake at the end of each walk. A tradition that will continue in the future for sure. He will certainly be missed by many in the organisation and we are grateful for all the hard work he did in his various roles. It was a pleasure to know him. Looking back over the last few months we have had a variety of speakers attending our general meetings. In November two employees of Santander gave us a very interest- ing presentation on Internet secu- rity and in December Claire Christie gave an insight into Citizens Advice. January saw Stuart Grant presenting Live Life Aberdeenshire and we were put through our paces in a seated exercise rou- tine by Joanne. Then in February there was a change of speaker and we were grateful to Albert Cran who gave us an insight into the life of a paramedic. Group News Archaeology Appreciation A small but enthusiastic group of us met on January 24th at Turriff library over tea/coffee and biscuits to discuss a possible programme for the coming year. It was decided that we would like to visit any active local sites during the summer – Aden Park should be digging again this year and possibly Burghead. Dates will be available later. We also hoped to attend any talks about local excavations. The only two scheduled so far are March 19th when Prof Gordon Noble of Aberdeen University will be at the Acorn Centre, Inverurie at 7.30pm to talk about the excavations last year on the top of Bennachie and April 30th when Dr Fraser Hunter of the National Museum of Scotland will be at Cullen to give an update on the Deskford carnyx. In the autumn a number of us attended one, or both, talks by Neil Curtis at Gamrie and then at the Friends of Duff House at Fife Lodge in Banff about the local prehistoric beakers. Oth- ers managed to attend the small but fascinating exhibition at the Arbuthnot Museum of ob- jects found locally. This included some carved prehistoric balls and the gaming boards found recently at Aden Park. It has been suggested that some people would like to visit more of the stone circles and some of the Pictish stones that abound in the North East, and a visit to Culloden has also been mooted. Please let me know what you would like to do and I will see what I can arrange. Anyone who has any other suggestions for visits or who would like to join the group then Contact: Liz Jones at [email protected] or tel. 07765590809. Arts Group ITS NOT ALL REMBRANDT AND ANDY WORHOL It is over a year since we started the u3a Arts Group and since then we have gone from strength to strength and had a shed load of fun along the way. Amongst our many and varied adventures we have escaped from a Locked Room Mystery, danced in the aisles to Rod Stewart at the AECC and enjoyed an open air performance of Wuthering Heights at Pitmeddan Gardens. Not to mention managed to consume loads of nice lunches, dinners and afternoon teas along the way. Recently some of our group travelled to the Dundee Flower and Food Festival and a future trip is planned to the V & A. Each month in the library the group meet for a chat over tea and biscuits. Members can come along and suggest outings they would like to go to. We have seen some lovely films including Last Christmas and Little Women and plan regu- lar visits to the cinema. A couple of the group attended a live performance of the Bolshoi Ballet at His Majesty`s in Aberdeen and of course pay a visit to our favourite Pan Asian Res- taurant, Cosmo in Union Square for an all you can eat buffet. There are always loads of local musical and theatre events to attend. At the end of November the group attended a com- plicated Locked Room Mystery in Aberdeen, starting off with a buffet lunch in Cosmo, Union Square. We had great laughs trying to solve the various codes and puzzles to steal the world’s biggest diamond be- fore the police arrived. It was nail biting, exhausting but we all agree we want to do another later this year. The next one will be Raiders, an Indiana Jones style adventure where we have to steal the Pharoes treas- ure before the mummy wakes up. We went on a back stage tour at the Music Hall in February after enjoying the His Majestys back stage tour last year. It can definitely be said that the u3a Arts group reaches the parts other groups cannot reach. In December we had a Christmas visit to see the newly opened Aberdeen Art Gallery and a nice lunch and plan to return to the gallery later this year to see the Zandra Rhodes exhibition. As the song says “What good is sitting alone in your room, come hear the music play...” Why not join us at Turriff Library on the second Friday of each month, 2.45 pm for tea, bis- cuits and the planning future adventures. Carpe Deum! Contact: Anne Reid on 01346 541367 or email [email protected] Creative Writers The creative writers continue to meet fortnightly at Turriff library. We joined the geology group for a lovely Christmas lunch at the Kastille in December then had a short break over Christmas and New Year. We are back on track with a new member and are looking forward to new challenges in 2020. We still have some copies of Off at a Tangent III if anyone wants one. Maybe we will have Off at a Tangent IV coming in the near future. There`s always room for more members so do come along and join us if you feel you`d like to give it a go. We have a good laugh and enjoy our writing over a lovely cuppa provided by the library staff. Contact Kathleen Smith on 01261 851752 or email [email protected] Current Affairs The group has grown to 12 in number since its inception nearly 6 years ago. People are voic- ing concerns about climate change and there have been many articles brought to the meetings regarding the action by young people demonstrating on the subject. Interestingly, in America, people can ‘adopt’ a length of highway! Then pay for its mainte- nance! An article also reported that President Trump admitted he had “personally misusing funds” in his charity and after a lawsuit agreed to pay back £1.6 m to a group of non-profit organisations. Back in November the floods in Yorkshire were brought to our attention with compensation for people’s homes being paid £200 by the council and businesses being given £2000! That was also the time when it was brought to the attention of the public of the threats to MPs particularly women: some getting as many as 500 e-mails a day! Meghan and Harry hit the headlines frequently with opinion divided over their decision to live in Canada and the terms of their’ taking a back seat’ and not carrying out Royal visits for Brit- ain. The cloud over Prince Andrew’s activities was also discussed. After the allegation of teachers being used as ‘unpaid childcare’ there was a suggestion that parents be charged £6 if they were late picking up their child from school. The news of the horrendous fires raging in Australia for 5 months made shocking news but the recent rainfall was received with relief by all. Of course then we heard about the floods it had caused! One of the group, with relatives in Victoria. told of the fire near their home being started deliberately! Modern Art was mentioned as an artist modelled a ‘golden loo’ which was stolen and another artist who made a creation of bananas out of masking tape which was said to be worth £91 k! All-in-all interesting and absorbing monthly meetings which I think are enjoyed by everyone. Contact Marion Rothwell on 01888 544809 [email protected] Family History The Family History group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in Turriff Library for a dis- cussion about the stories we have uncovered and how our research is progressing. Sometimes there are laughs to be shared but there are also thought- provoking tales from the past as we uncover aspects about our predecessors and the lives that they led. At present we are planning our display for the Open Afternoon and research- ing the travels that family members undertook and the hazards that they may have faced. For future meetings we will be researching our houses and their previous occupants and also look- ing at the surnames that appear in our family trees. Of course, thanks to the library staff, our meetings are accompanied by refreshments which always help the tales to flow.
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