What’s On In Newcastle Emlyn U3A - January 2019

U3A January Newsletter - January 2019 Wednesday 2 Monthly Meeting - at Hall, N. Emlyn 10.30am Speaker: Jim Sibley - Through the Microscope http://u3asites.org.uk/newcastle-emlyn Thursday 3 Art Group - at Penboyr Village Hall 10.00am Chair’s Ramblings Monday 7 French Group - at Peggy’s in Croeslan 10.30am Tuesday 8 Welsh Group - at Liz and Tony’s in Cenarth 10.30am Hope everyone has had a good Christmas and the waist is, or soon will be, back Tuesday 8 Digital Photography - at Coracle Hall, Llechryd 10.30am almost to ‘normal’. We realise, for a few of us, Christmas will not be the happiest of Tuesday 8 Table Tennis - at Rhydlewis Village Hall, Llandysul 2.00pm times, but hope some part has been enjoyable. Wednesday 9 Crafty Crafters - at Barbara’s in Cenarth 11.00am Unlike the government it has been a good year for our U3A. Steady slow growth, Thursday 10 Spanish Group - at Ann’s in Cross Inn 10.00am including younger, keen members which is a relief for us oldies. So, we know the Thursday 10 Creative Writing - at Carol’s in Penrhiwllan 10.45am group will be in good hands in the future. We are bucking the trends of reduction of Friday 11 Scrabble - at Margery’s in Waungilwen 2.00pm language studies, with the start of Welsh and Spanish groups. The French group are Monday 14 Philosophy (pm) - at Susan’s in Pontgarreg 2.00pm going to France in March to practice what they have learnt. I have a feeling the Tuesday 15 Games Group - at Penboyr Village Hall 10.30am language of food and French cuisine may be a large part of it. Tuesday 15 ICT Support Session - at Hazel’s in Waungilwen 2.00pm Wednesday 16 Lampeter University - Humanities Workshop 10.45am We wish you a happy, successful and especially a healthy New Year. Medieval (see page 8 in newsletter for programme details) See you all on the 2nd January. http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/humanities-workshops/ Jim Wednesday 16 Astronomy - at Coracle Hall, Llechryd 2.00pm Thursday 17 Art Group - at Penboyr Village Hall 10.00am Thursday 17 Philosophy (am) - at Penrhiwllan Village Hall 10.30am The man and the cat Thursday 17 Wine Appreciation - at Chris’ in Brongest 7.00pm

Tuesday 22 Book Club - at Betty’s in Adpar 10.30am One day, a man was walking by a road when he heard a cat meowing from the Wednesday 23 Spanish Group - at Ann’s in Cross Inn 1.30pm bushes nearby. The cat was stuck and needed help getting out. When the man Thursday 24 Table Tennis - at Rhydlewis Village Hall, Llandysul 10.30am reached out, the cat got scared and scratched the man. The man screamed in Friday 25 Strollers - walk round Llangoedmor 10.30am pain but didn’t back down. He tried again and again, even as the cat continued to Wednesday 30 Lunch Group - The Three Horseshoes in Cenarth 12.30pm scratch his hands. Wednesday 27 Family History - email support group, see ‘Our Subject Groups’ Another passerby saw this and said, “Just let it be! The cat will find a way to Thursday 4 Gardens Group - in winter recess until March 2019 2.30pm come out later”. The man didn’t pay heed but tried until he helped the cat. Once he let the cat free, he told the other man, “The cat is an animal, and its instincts February make him scratch and attack. I am a human and my instincts make me compas- Wednesday 6 Monthly Meeting - at Community Hall, N. Emlyn 10.30am sionate and kind”. Speaker: Wyn Thomas - A history of

Moral: Treat everyone around you like you want to be treated. To add events to this monthly calendar please contact John, giving date, venue and Adhere to your own rules or ethics, not theirs. time plus any further information to assist those wishing to attend.

Closing date for newsletter contributions will be on the 24th of the month. Sorry, later than this and I cannot guarantee its inclusion. Lampeter University Humanities Workshops - 2019 Programme Contact John via email at: [email protected] Wednesday, 16th January - Medieval Wales It’s easy to remember - n (Newcastle), e (Emlyn), u3a (catching on!) http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/humanities-workshops/ newsletter (I think you’ve got it!) - @hotmail.com (gets it to me). 1 2 Lunch Group Our Subject Groups last Wednesday - venue varies More details contact Tracy

Activity Group Philosophy am every 2-3 months. Activity and location varies 3rd Thursday from 11.00am at Penrhiwllan Village Hall More details contact Hazel More details contact Jim

Art Group Philosophy pm 1st and 3rd Thursdays from 10.00am at Penboyr Village Hall 2nd Monday from 2.00pm at Susan’s in Pontgarreg More details contact Amanda More details contact Susan

Astronomy Scrabble 3rd Wednesday from 2.00pm at Coracle Hall, Llechryd - Joint with Cardigan U3A 2nd Friday from 2.00pm at Margery’s in Waungilwen More details contact Malcolm More details contact Margery

Book Club Spanish Group 4th Tuesday from 10.30am at Betty’s in Adpar 2nd Thursday from 10.00am and 4th Wednesday from 1.30pm at Ann’s in Cross Inn More details contact Betty More details contact Sandra

Crafty Crafters Strollers 2nd Wednesday from 11.00am at Betty’s in Waungilwen or Barbara’s in Cenarth last Friday of the month from 10.30am, venue varies More details contact Ruth More details contact Jim

Creative Writing Table Tennis 2nd Thursday from 10.30am at Carol’s in Penrhiwllan 2nd Tuesday from 2.00pm and 4th Thursday from 10.30am at Rhydlewis Village Hall More details contact Carol More details contact Ali

Digital Photography Welsh Group 2nd Tuesday from 10.30am at Coracle Hall, Llechryd - Joint with Cardigan U3A 1st Tuesday from 10.30am at Vicky’s in Capel Iwan or Liz’s in Cenarth More details contact Denis More details contact Vicky

Family History Wine Appreciation currently an email support group - Joint with Cardigan U3A 3rd Thursday from 7.00pm - venue varies, amongst the group More details contact Harold More details contact Hazel

French Group Note: Circumstances may require these details to change occasionally. Please refer to date varies - from 11.00am at Peggy’s in Croeslan the current monthly calendar to see if there are any changes to date, venue and time. More details contact Ann

Games Group What goes 'Oh, Oh, Oh'? . . . . Santa walking backwards 3rd Tuesday from 10.30am at Penboyr Village Hall Why was the snowman looking through the carrots? . . . . He was picking his nose More details contact Hazel A man walks into a bar . . . . ouch Garden Group 1st Friday, generally pm - venue & time varies amongst the group, or other gardens What did Adam say the day before Christmas? . . . . "It's Christmas Eve" More details contact Tony What is Santa’s favourite pizza? . . . . One that’s deep-pan, crisp and even

ICT Support Sessions What do you call a train loaded with toffee? . . . . A chew chew train 3rd Tuesday from 2.00pm at Hazel’s in Waungilwen What do you call a blind reindeer? . . . . No-eye deer More details contact Hazel 3 4 Philosophy pm Group Reports Although we met on the day the government postponed a long awaited vote on the EU withdrawal bill we were very cheerful discussing Festivals and Celebrations over warm Activity Group mince pies and chocolate buns, but no alcohol . . . we needed to keep our brains alert and lucid - if that was possible! 24 members enjoyed a trip to the Attic Theatre in Newcastle Emlyn at the very end of November to see the Foolish Fishgirls and the Pearl. Although maybe a little slow We felt that mankind had an inherent need to have special days and found many getting going it was another thoroughly good performance by the Attic Players in their excuses to do so mainly around the seasons, growing and harvesting often taken over quaint little theatre at the back of the market hall. by the many world religions. Long may the festivals continue was our conclusion.

If anyone has any ideas of things they would like to do under the banner of the ‘Activity Our thanks go to Sue for hosting the group and putting up with our discussions and Group’ please speak to Hazel. Basically anything goes from archery to zip wires! noise. Our next meeting will be on Monday 14th January (2019) when we will be discussing Gaia. Hazel Jim Book Club

Spanish Group The next Book Club will be on Tuesday 22nd January at Betty’s when we will be discussing the work of Ian McEwan. The venue for our fortnightly Spanish Group will be held at:-

Ann, Cross Inn. The February meeting will be on Tuesday 26th February, also at Betty’s. The February book will be ‘The Gargoyle’ by Andrew Davidson. Six members said this would suit them better, so we will be going with the majority, I do

hope that it is convenient for the rest of you. I am told there is plenty of parking in the Sincere apologies to anyone who went to Betty’s last month. We rearranged the venue area. There are a number of options for our means of study and we will discuss - due to illness and the message did not get to everyone. these at our scheduled meeting:-

If you would like to join us please contact Betty to check that arrangements are as Thursday Wednesday above. (10.00am) (1.30pm)

Ann January 10th 23rd February 14th 27th French Group March 14th 27th The next French Group will take place on Monday 7th January at Peggy’s and we will April 11th 24th continue reading stories in French. May 9th 22nd June 13th 26th Exciting news - Six people have booked to try out their language skills in France in July 11th 24th March with a trip to Nice. We will be revising relevant vocabulary in preparation! It would be a good idea to bring a writing pad of some sort. Looking forward to our first Contact Ann. group meeting. Any questions please contact Sandra.

Ann Sandra

Games Group Strollers

December’s meeting was well attended despite the very wet weather outside. There is We met at the Winery in Henllan and led by Tony Poole, resisted the temptation to stay always a good amount of chat and banter at our meetings and being Christmas we at the winery, walked round Henllan. We were fortunate and walked on a rare dry day, also all brought food to share. We have a good range of games to play and the choice and the meadows were not as wet and muddy as expected. The was in an is growing as people bring their own games from home as well. Please feel free to join angry, noisy mood and awesome to walk by. We walked by the remains of the Victorian us if you fancy a morning of relaxation and fun. Bathhouse where, we gather, the ladies would change to go for a dip in the river.

Hazel Across the road was the redundant St. David Church situated in a peaceful spot, 5 6 overlooking the river with old unreadable gravestones, the latest being 2013. The Welsh Group church was rebuilt just before 1810, becoming a parish church in 1833. It was not in a At our December meeting we learned how to say some Season’s Greetings in Welsh happy state with the porch coming away from the church and the occasional crack in and the Welsh names for the months of the year. We also revised the days of the the wall. week and numbers generally.

The walk continued along the banks of the Teifi - with fascinating eddies and whorls in The next meeting will be at Liz and Tony’s in Cenarth and will be on Tuesday 8th the rushing water before climbing up the side of the valley, under the Henllan Railway, January at 10.30am. Note the change of date, this is the second Tuesday of January. into the woods before coming out on the road above the Station, which led down to the We are going to talk about the weather and Lesson 4 from saysomethinginwelsh.com. winery and welcome lunch. Vicky It was a very enjoyable walk and will no doubt be repeated. Thank you Tony for seeking it out. Wine Appreciation

Our next walk is on Friday 25th January with a walk round Llangoedmor. We had a lovely festive meeting in December at Les and Lesley’s house. Lesley had Jim bought three wines of the same grape but different prices and in a blind tasting we tried to decide on the grape variety and which was the cheapest and the most Table Tennis expensive wine.

On Tuesday 11th December the Table Tennis We didn’t do too badly with the price range and the most popular wine was the mid Group held a Christmas Tournament. Fancy dress range one pricewise. Next months meeting will be at Chris’ in Brongest on Thursday was optional and everyone had at least some tinsel 17th January and we will be reminiscing with wines of our youth to show how our taste buds might have changed! and a silly hat! We started with a knock up while the teams were drawn, then proceeded with a ‘Round Hazel

Lampeter University Humanities Workshops - 2019 Programme Wednesday 16th January 2019 - Medieval Wales

10.45 - 11.00 Arrival, Tea & Coffee Robin’ of 3 matches each. This 11.00 - 12.00 Dr. Harriett Webster gave us one Finalist pairing of ‘City Witness: Place and Perspective in Medieval Swansea' John and Geoff, and a play off for 12.00 - 1.00 Prof. Jane Cartwright the other finalist place saw Hazel ‘Highlights of Medieval Welsh Literature' and Julia taking the spot. After 1.00 - 1.45 Lunch 1.45 - 2.30 Prof. Janet Burton mince pies and refreshment ‘Monastic Wales’ the Final was held, with John 2.30 - 3.30 Tour of the Medieval manuscripts in the Roderic Bowen Library and Archives and Geoff coming out as our inaugural Champions! Festive Full details, costs and how to book can be found at:- Trophies were presented. http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/humanities-workshops/ Everyone enjoyed themselves and entered into We do realise this is occurring during the winter, but our weather is so variable and we the spirit of the need to fit in with the University. If the weather should be inclement the workshop will occasion! be postponed and monies either returned or carried forward.

Happy New Year to all, Please support this venture and have a fascinating informative day. More subjects and dates will be confirmed in due course. Ali 7 8