York NewsMail No 8 August 2021 CONTENTS Page Chairman’s Message 3 Editorial 4 Groups 4 Talks 8 Membership Matters 9 Open Day 10 Travel 11 York u3a Website 11 Volunteers for Research 12 Members’ Contributions 12 Cryptic Crossword 14 Quizzes 14 Committee 16 Vacancies 16 Office Opening Hours 16 Puzzle Solutions 17 Aldborough Trip 18 Beamish Trip 20 FRONT COVER PICTURE Our front cover picture continues to show scenes from around York which reflect the season. No prizes for guessing where this one was taken! It’s great to see York Races back in action – and on such a glorious day. If you’d like to submit a photo for the front cover of the October edition of NewsMail showing something typically autumnal in York, I’d be happy to receive it attached to an email sent to me via
[email protected] by the deadline date of Monday 20 September. Nick David, Editor 2 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE So, seventeen months after the first lockdown, the appointed date for ‘Freedom Day’ has finally arrived, despite the data. Speaking for myself, I can’t say I feel freshly freed, and none of our members whom I have spoken to appear to be feeling particularly liberated either. This could have something to do with the fact that daily Covid infections have reached 50,000 and are predicted to double relatively soon, with the toll of hospitalisations and deaths that will follow, including those of some doubly-vaccinated victims, and the inevitable risk of the development of new variants. Analogies with the charge of the Light Brigade come to mind.