Summer Programme 2017

So if rock and roll isn’t your thing there are plenty of other activities inside.

SUMMER PROGRAMME 2017

Welcome to North London U3A’s 11th summer programme. There is a huge selection of activities for you, some from long-standing contributors, some from new ones, but we guarantee all will be enjoyable, so you can look forward to a great summer.

You must book a place unless otherwise stated, by phone or email and places will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. If you cannot attend, please tell your host so that they can offer the place to someone else.

Booking will start on 19 June.

Please tell us what you enjoyed, how we can improve and what new ideas you would like to see next year, especially if you can organize it for us. Christine and Kathy [email protected] 0207 263 0090 [email protected] 0207 263 6885

The cover illustration is a Punch cartoon from 1978.

APPLIQUE ON THE GO Tuesday 22 August 10am –12.30pm in N6 Join an accomplished textile artist and excellent teacher to try a new method of appliqué, where you make individual units on a background of Vilene interfacing. They can then be added to the overall pieced work of the chosen design. This is a very portable, flexible and forgiving method. Materials will cost £1. There is only room for six, so you must book. Contact: Judy, 0208 341 0769, [email protected]

ART: ANYONE CAN DRAW – ON LOCATION Mondays 24 and 31 July, 10.30am –12.30pm The class will be based at Cranley Dene. We will work locally or in Highgate Wood if fine. If raining we will work inside from a ‘still-life group/natural objects’, or work on your own artwork in a medium of your own choice. Contact: Judith McGirr, 020 8888 7463, or [email protected] to book.

ART: WHAT HAVE THE ARTS GIVEN TO US? Tuesday 15 August, 10.30am in N7 A show and tell session led by Annie Hopewell and Christine Stammers. If you can, bring the evidence – a card bought in a museum shop, a drawing, a song, a book you love, a photograph of a poet, an embroidery or a painting! Contact: Annie, 020 7263 2806, [email protected]

BLOCK PRINTING Thursday 10 August, 3 – 5pm Experience the pleasure of creating your own patterns using original textile blocks. You will learn how to ink blocks and make tessellated patterns on large sheets of paper. Very suitable for beginners and others too. There is no charge for this session. Contact: Anne Kruse, 020 8349 1109 for a place.

BOWLING Wednesdays at 2pm: 26 July and 2, 9, 16, 23 August Come and try this absorbing and enjoyable game in beautiful surroundings, in full summer. Meet at Victoria Bowling and Croquet Club, next to the café in Victoria Park, Finchley. You will need smooth-soled flat shoes to avoid damaging the ‘sacred turf’ (which costs £7,000 a year to maintain). We can provide overshoes if needed. We will also provide woods (balls) and all other equipment needed, friendly expert tuition and an offer to join the club! Cost: £5 per session (donation of £1 for tea/coffee and biscuit gratefully received). Directions: Car park is off Ballards Lane, N3 (opposite the now closed police station). Tube: Northern line to Finchley Central, then a 10-minute walk, or cross Ballards Lane fora bus towards North Finchley. Buses: 13, 125, 460 along Ballards Lane and get off at Victoria Park, or 143, 382 via Long Lane, get off at St Paul’s and walk across the park. Contact: Diane, [email protected] to book a place.

BRIDGE Weekly on Tuesday afternoons This group runs every Tuesday throughout the year and is hosted by Esther for players who are improvers and past the beginning stage. Tea, coffee and biscuits follow the playing session. Contact: Esther, 020 8348 5865, [email protected]

CANASTA (Level 3, the ‘Bolivia’ version) Monday afternoons in The Elephant Inn, Ballards Lane (corner of Hutton Grove), North Finchley We continue to meet throughout the summer. As some members may be on vacation from time to time, we are pleased to welcome a few visitors who would like to try this exciting version of the old favourite. Contacts: Ben Marshall, 020 8361 3241 or Jutta Lawrence, 020 8348 4338.

CODEWORD Thursday 3 August ,10.30am –12 noon For lovers of crossword puzzles and sudoku, here is another one to try –Codeword, which is just as stimulating. The group is limited to five; follow-on sessions are possible. Contact: Annie in N7, 020 7263 2806, [email protected] to book.

COFFEE MORNINGS Wednesday 2 August at Esther’s house in Highgate N6 at 10.30am Contact: Esther, 020 7348 5865, [email protected] to book a place.

Tuesday 25 July, Wednesday 9 August and Wednesday 23 August. Coffee with Annie in N7 from 10.30am –12 noon. Annie will host up to four people in her house. Contact: Annie, 020 7263 2806, [email protected] to book.

CROCHET Wednesday mornings 26 July, 2 August and 9 August There are two crochet courses for you this year with Ruth Mendick. The beginners’ class will run from 10 – 11.30am and you will learn the basic stitches and understand the abbreviations you find in patterns. If you practice at home you will be able to follow patterns and crochet your own garments if not too ambitious. The moving-on class runs from 11.30am –12.30pm for those who can crochet but wish to follow more complicated patterns or need help with things they are working on. The classes are free and you need to bring nothing other than the work you need help with. Contact: Ruth, 020 7263 3960

CROQUET Wednesdays at 10am at Fellowship House, 136a Willifield Way, NW11 Croquet is a sport that involves hitting plastic or wooden balls with a mallet through hoops. Beginners are very welcome. Cost is £2 per session and all equipment is provided. Contact: Geoff Cox, 020 8485 5790, [email protected]

DANCE: COUNTRY DANCING Tuesday afternoons 25 July and 1, 8 and 15 August, 2 – 4pm, Finchley Progressive Synagogue N12 Dancing is fun and good for you. The music gets your feet tapping and the dances exercise those little grey cells! Beginners are very welcome and all dances are taught and walked through, so do join us. Contact: Ruth Mendick, 020 7263 3960

3D DECOUPAGE Wednesday 26 July, 3pm – 4.30ish in North Finchley 3D Decoupage is the art of cutting to create a 3D image with life, depth and perspective from a set of identical prints. The number of layers is variable depending on whether it’s a simple design or something more complicated. A special adhesive is used to make these layers stay in position. Cynthia will welcome a maximum of four people into her home to learn this art. She asks that you bring your own sharp, pointed scissors and a scalpel. However, it is important that those attending know that Cynthia suffers from severe allergies and cannot tolerate perfumes, scented oils or fragrances of any type. These cause her breathing problems, so you will not be admitted if you are wearing any. Cost for materials will be £5.50. There is free parking and a good bus service to her home. Contact: Cynthia, 07884 180914, [email protected] to book.

GARDEN VISIT Sunday 13 August, 2 – 5.30pm Mona’s Garden This award-winning garden is home to the national collection of corokias. Emphasis is on structure, texture, shapes and contrasting foliage. 33 Wood Vale N10 3DJ Admission is £3.50. Tea available. Contact: Judy, 020 8883 5411 if you would like to go on this visit.

LANDSCAPE DRAWING Tuesdays 1 and 8 August The perfect summer activity, in the perfect place with the perfect person has got to be landscape drawing in the sunshine at Kenwood House with a teacher who has a degree in Fine Arts. Meet Micky Mankin at Kenwood House in the morning, bringing with you: • sketch pad • fixative • willow charcoal – medium • wipes • putty rubber • apron or old clothes • soft pencil • lightweight folding chair or stool This basic landscape class is suitable for beginners and near beginners but more experienced people will be very welcome. Micky will teach the importance of composition, mass and light and using charcoal to provide a base for development with different media and colour. Contact: [email protected] to book a place

LUNCHES

SPANISH LUNCH Wednesdays 2 and 9 August Enjoy a Spanish lunch in Pauline’s home. Let’s celebrate our memories of Spain …Think of Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Gaudi, Picasso, Dali, El Greco, Cervantes, flamenco, tapas… three courses and a glass of wine for £10 in N10. Contact: Pauline, 020 8883 7662 to reserve a place.

GREEK LUNCH Thursday 17th August Join Angela at 12.15pm at Chalk Farm station for the short walk to the ever-popular Lemonia restaurant for a reasonably priced, delicious Greek lunch. Contact: Angela, 020 8455 3930, [email protected]

PUB LUNCH 1 Thursday 10 August The Old White Lion is an airy, convivial pub with an open kitchen and a conservatory and garden. It is easy to get to from East Finchley station and many buses stop outside. Join Kathy and others for a drink and/or lunch from 12.30pm.

PUB LUNCH 2 Wednesday 23 August Join us for a pub lunch in the Mossy Well, which takes its name from a medieval holy well at the top of Muswell Hill. From 12.30 Kathy, Christine and others will be at the back of the pub for a drink, light lunch and good conversation. Do please join us. Contact for both: Kathy, 020 7263 6885, [email protected]

MAHJONG AND SCRABBLE Mahjong: 7 and 14 August, 2 – 4pm Scrabble: 10 and 17 August, 2 – 4pm Friendly games, have fun with words, no prizes! All you need is a sense of humour. Beginners Mahjong is very much a DIY effort with the help of the U3A guide book. Contact: Jenny Wright, 020 7272 2971

MEMORABLE MOVIES

Showing at the Phoenix Cinema, East Finchley (0208 444 6789; phoenixcinema.co.uk to find out times).

Thursday 20 July, NT LIVE: Angels in America. Part One:Millenium.

Wednesday 9 August, RSC LIVE: Titus Andronicus

Thursday 10 August, NT LIVE: Angels in America. Part Two: Perestroika.

Tuesday 15 August, GLYNDEBOURNE: La Clemenza di Tito

MEMORY COURSE We have had so much positive feedback about the memory course that we wanted it in the summer programme again this year. Thanks to Jenny Clark, Diane Impey, Estelle Phillips and Patricia Taylor, it is. They aim to help us understand, manage and reduce anxiety about everyday memory problems in a relaxed and fun way. The course will run on Mondays 24 and 31 July and 7and 14 August from 10.30am –12 noon at St Paul’s Church, Long Lane. which is where the monthly meetings are held. Contact: Pat Taylor, 020 8458 3468 for a place and bring £5 for the Course Workbook.

NORDIC WALKING Monday 7 August, 10.30 at Kenwood Café and Monday 21 August, 10.30 at Highgate tube exit Nordic Walking is a low-impact exercise using poles. It exercises the whole body and improves the cardio- vascular system. See www.nordicwalking.co.uk for information You need to bring Nordic poles or, if you don’t have them, trekking poles, and you need to be able to walk at a steady speed. Contact: Leni, 0208 349 4845 or [email protected]

OPERA Thursday 17 August, 10am – 12 noon at New North London Synagogue, N3 A DVD recording of the 1954 Otto Preminger film of Oscar Hammerstein II’s Carmen Jones starring Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte and Pearl Bailey. Contact: Ann Bracken: 020 34899366, [email protected] (preferred).

PICNIC IN THE PARK Wednesday 26 July, 12. 30pm, Waterlow Park Meet at Park Café at the back near the tables. Bring a dish to share. If raining, we can have the picnic at Esther’s place, which is close by. It is important that you book a place for this event. Contact: Esther, 020 8348 5865, [email protected]

POETRY Tuesday 8 August, 2.30 – 4.30pm in N6 Please join Patricia Isaacs for an hour or two of poetry, both frivolous and serious. Read aloud your own choice and listen to others read theirs. We will have a break with tea, coffee, cold drinks, cake and chat. Contact: [email protected] to book.

SECRETS OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM, 129 Albert Street, Camden Town. NW1 7NB Tuesday 1 August, 10.30am Sixty per cent of the visitors to the Jewish Museum are not Jewish: the museum is open to everyone. Larry Ross will take a group from NLU3A for a personal conducted tour. Cost will be £7.50 per person, payable on the day to the museum. Contact: Larry, 020 8371 4290, [email protected]

SINGING Tuesday 25 July, 10.30am – 12 noon, Pages Lane Methodist Church Summer is here, so celebrate by joining the Singing for Pleasure group in Muswell Hill for a good old singalong. We will be singing some old favourites and some less familiar songs. So if you enjoy a good old singsong, book your place and be prepared to belt out those musical numbers. Contact: Sue Gold 020 8349 3996, to book a place.

SPINNER Tuesday 25 July and Tuesday 1 August, 2.30 – 4.30pm An easy and exciting form of dominoes with wild tiles that change the fortunes of your hand and may cause the line of tiles to split and spread in all directions. This game is completely addictive and great fun. An added incentive is tea, coffee and home-made biscuits. Contact: Rachel Bowden, 020 8340 7548 to book a place.

TALKS AT PAGES LANE METHODIST CHURCH, MUSWELL HILL:

ART AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE 1950s Friday 28 July, 1 –3pm in the Oak Room What made the 1950s so special? Myra’s fascinating talk looks at 50s art, cinema, theatre, music and life, illustrating major iconic images from this unique decade with which we are all so familiar. Contact: Myra, 07956 511 683, [email protected]

A SIDEWAYS LOOK AT HISTORY Thursday 3 August, 2 – 4pm in the Oak Room Join Peter Cox for a session of our highly respected Sideways Look at History talks. You will be exploring English radicalism between 1830 and 1850, covering the Chartists, the nascent English feminist movement and events on the continent that climaxed in 1848. You will also learn about an initiative carried out by NLU3A members into the Chartist Land Company, under the auspices of Royal Holloway’s Citizens UK project. Peter will invite you to join a Sideways 2 History group in 2017/18, which will meet fortnightly and look at a specific period, worldwide. Contact: Peter, 020 8883 6952, [email protected]

SYNAGOGUES. TALK BY MICHAEL BURMAN Monday 14 August, 11am –1pm in the Garden Room Michael Burman delighted our audience in last year’s summer programme with his fascinating talk on London Underground architecture. This year he will talk about how the development of synagogues is related to the history of the Jews in London, followed by a look at some of the synagogues in our area, supported by many illustrations. We expect it to be popular, so book early.

Contact: Christine, 0207 263 0090, [email protected]

Get to Pages Lane on buses 134 or 43 from Highgate tube, 102 or 234 from East Finchley tube, 102 or 299 from Bounds Green tube

TEA PARTIES – PLEASE CALL YOUR HOST FIRST Friday 4 August from 3pm at Joan Coleman’s house in N8 (Hornsey) Contact: Joan Coleman, 020 8340 3628.

Sunday 20 August, 3–5pm in at Pat Taylor’s home in NW2 (Cricklewood) Contact: Pat Taylor, 020 8458 3468, [email protected]

VISIT Fenton House and Garden, Wednesday 16 August, 2pm Late 17th Century National Trust house, short uphill walk from Hampstead underground station. Collections of ceramics, needlework pictures and early keyboard instruments. There are formal gardens and an orchard/kitchen garden. The keyboard instruments are played by experts on Wednesday afternoons. Led by Janet Home, long-term volunteer at Fenton House. Contact: Janet, 020 7272 3414, [email protected]

WHELK-COME TO WHITSTABLE Thursday 24 August Imagine sitting with your friends at a café, looking at the sea and listening to the waves lapping against the beach while enjoying lunch and a cool drink. Not just fish and chips but freshly caught oysters, crabs, lobsters, mussels and whelks. There is a great deal more than the seaside to be enjoyed in this heritage town. There is a working harbour and the centre of town still has the winding street that was the first part of the fishwives’ daily journey from the sea to Canterbury. Many old streets, alleyways and more are waiting to be explored. Meet at St Pancras Station in front of platform 11–13 in time to catch the 10.27am train to Whitstable. Cost is £18.80 with a Senior Railcard but you may find it cheaper to buy in advance. Contact: Kathy, 020 7263 6885, [email protected]

ALEXANDRA PALACE WALK Wednesday 23 August A gentle circular walk lasting about an hour and a half and led by Roger, who grew up in this area and so knows Ally Pally very well. Starting at the top of Muswell Hill, we will walk through the gloriously green gardens, making our way to Alexandra Palace with its stunning views across London. Then we will walk around the lake, visit the rose gardens and make our way back towards the garden centre for a relaxing coffee stop. Those who want to carry on may continue walking or go to the Mossy Well pub for lunch. Meet at bus stop at Muswell Hill Primary school at 10.30am. Contact: Roger, 020 7794 8837, [email protected]

HISTORICAL HIGHGATE WALK Thursday 3 August An illuminating walk around Highgate village to discover its history and who lived there. Meet at the 143 bus stop outside Highgate School in North Road at 10.30am. There are toilets in nearby Pond Square. We will have a coffee/toilet stop at Lauderdale House. Contact: John Seargeant 020 8883 8595, [email protected]

TRENT PARK Monday 14 August Trent Park lies in 413 acres of rolling meadows, enchanting brooks, exquisite lakes, ancient woodland and imposing historical sites. This is a long walk. Those wishing to take part should meet at the café in Trent Park by the main car park at 10am for a 10.15am start. The walk is approximately 3 – 3.5 miles. The start is located off the Cockfosters Road. The closest tube station is Cockfosters. There is a limit of 10 people on this walk, and walkers will be taken on a first-come-first-served basis, so you need to book. You should wear sturdy footwear and have a waterproof just in case. Contact: John Dugdale, 020 8346 7194, [email protected]

WALKS: FRIDAY WALKS (These walks are ambles, not rambles) We meet at 10.30am every Friday, every week. 28 July: Primrose Hill. Meet at Chalk Farm tube. 4 August: Parkland Walk to Finsbury Park. Meet at the telephone box on the corner of Archway Road and Shepherds Hill, Highgate. 11 August: Canal walk to Little Venice. Meet at Camden Town tube, High Street exit. Return by boat- cost under £10. 18 August: Kenwood to Burgh House. Meet outside Kenwood café. 25 August: Regents Park. Meet Camden Town tube, High St exit. Contact: Gillian Doyle, 020 8829 4933, [email protected]

WALKS IN THE AFTERNOON 10 August, 2pm. Walk off the pub lunch or just walk after lunch. Meet at the Clissold Arms, Fortis Green, then stroll through Highgate Wood onto the Railway Walk and, depending on stamina, through the Grove and back to Muswell Hill for tea. We will fast enough to be healthy but not so fast that we can’t talk on the way. 22 August, 2pm. Another walk after lunch. Meet at the Clissold Arms, Fortis Green, then go through Cherry Tree Wood and, via back streets, to Muswell Hill for tea. Both of these are strolls not workouts! For both, contact Roz, 07957 972941, [email protected]

THE HOLLY LODGE ESTATE HIGHGATE Thursday 27 July As with other big estates in Highgate, the grand house that gave the estate its name has long since been demolished and the land divided into garden plots. Holly Lodge Villa was situated at the top of Highgate Rise, now Highgate West Hill. Angela Burdett-Coutts owned the estate until her death in 1906. We will start at her garden and walk down to Holly Village. Coffee/lunch in Swains Lane after the walk. The walk will be downhill and will last for about two hours. Meet at the top gate of the Holly Lodge Estate at the junction of Highgate West Hill and Holly Lodge Gardens at 10.50am for an 11am start. Contact: Jill, 020 8340 7919, [email protected] (preferable).

WALKS

MORDEN HALL PARK Friday 4 August Morden Hall Park is a beautifully landscaped National Trust 125-acre oasis around a Grade II listed house. We will walk through the wetlands and a section of the River Wandle and enjoy the gardens. Entry is free and there is a café in the stable yard at the end and a snuff mill to visit plus much more. Meet 10.30am at Wimbledon tube station ticket hall, to go on the tram to Phipps Park. Contact: Alison, 07530 417 970, [email protected] to book a place.

SOHO: SCINTILLATING OR SEEDY? Wednesday 16 August Most authorities believe that the name Soho derives from a former hunting cry, so discover some of the colourful history of Soho in a few streets and en route visit a genuine French café which has been owned by the same family since 1871. Meet at Tottenham Court Road station at top of the long escalator in the booking hall near the Charing Cross Road exit at 10.30am. Contact: Edmond Cohen, 07973 621 904, [email protected] to book a place.

WALKING THE THAMES with David Paton Wednesday 26 July from Dorchester to Culham (about 7 miles). We will enjoy a pub lunch on this walk. If you want to join us please email David at least a week ahead of the walk so that he can send arrangements for meeting and travel. Contact: [email protected]

THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME: A Shakespearian stroll through the City of London. Tuesday 25 July. Cost £8 if 20 people book. Dramatis Personae: My Lorde Mayor, Clownes and Fooles, Sundry Giants and Heroes, the Immortal Bard … and His Good Friends, Heralds and a Wicked Queen. Scenes: A Banqueting Hall, a Statue, various Taverns and Churches, a Ruined Churchyard or two, a Monastery, a Wobbly Bridge. Plot: Meet the Wondrous Eileen Cox at St Paul’s Tube Station at 10.45am (free toilets in basement of One New Change shopping centre). Finish at Park Street at 12.30pm between the Globe Theatre and Borough Market. You could then have lunch in Borough Market and see Twelfth Night at the Globe at 2pm. Please make your own arrangements for lunch and Twelfth Night. To book a place on the walk contact: Christine, 020 7263 0090, [email protected]

WOODBERRY WETLANDS Monday 31 July The wetlands contain two tranquil stretches of water, one with reed beds, egrets, snipe, coots, warblers, shovellers and gadwall ducks; the other with colourful sailing boats. These make a stunning contrast with the enormous development of mighty glass-clad skyscrapers at Woodberry Wetlands, on this walk led by Joan Coleman. Meet Joan at Manor House tube station at 11am. Contact: Joan: 020 8340 3628, joanieafc@gmail to book a place.

YOGA AND MEDITATION Friday 11 August, 10am to 12noon Yoga, a beautiful practice, is a path to self-discovery using movement, breathing practices and meditation, which quietens the mind, stills the thought waves, calms the body and clarifies the thinking. Mary Callaghan, a qualified yoga teacher, will be leading a class at St Mary’s Church, Hendon Lane, Finchley N3 1TR. Mary’s approach means that everyone can take part regardless of ability or disability. You will need to bring a yoga mat or blanket or use the chairs provided. There is no charge. Please book by contacting Mary: 020 8906 3105, 0781 013 3489, [email protected]