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Barnsley and District U3a BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT U3A Internet: Barnsley U3A / Charity no. 1077654 Awarded to Send info. and photos to: [email protected] Barnsley u3a January 2021 1 Finally, we are reaching the light at the end of the tunnel and our outdoor activities are opening up and we are eagerly anticipating our indoor groups meeting as allowed by the Government’s ‘Route out of Lockdown’. It’s been a long and difficult 15 months for all u3as but Bu3a has remained open for business and we have constantly searched for ways to keep our members involved with us. I know from the many positive comments that you, our members, have appreciated our efforts. The best indicator of your appreciation comes in response to our membership renewal process. Around 96% of you have retained your membership of Bu3a which speaks volumes about your desire to remain as part of our brilliant organisation. Our Membership Secretary, John MacKinnon, has given a more detailed explanation on page 3 in this Buzz. The membership renewal process leaves us with a positive outcome which compares against the u3a National Office expectation of a Covid related 20% reduction in membership across the UK. We are obviously doing something different in Barnsley and credit has to go to all those of you who have been involved in providing and supporting our online activities over the last year. These activities have added to our commitment to getting our supersized Buzz out to all members during the year, with the supplementary Interim Buzz becoming an important new fixed addition to our news updates. However, despite all the positive news, we have to accept that things won’t get back to exactly where we left off in March 2020. The passage of time has led to a small number of our groups being removed from our activity list. Lynn Maloney, our Development Officer, explains some of the changes on page 45 of this Buzz. As is always the case, our thinking in Bu3a is ‘as one thing becomes unavailable another comes to fill the gap’. We will always try to work to this principle as groups disappear or become full. The Group Calendars compiled by Hilary Newton are on the inside back pages 49-51 of this Buzz. On Monday 7th June, it is our 25th Annual General Meeting, which will be held on Zoom again this time. The Agenda, Annual Report and Statement of Accounts are set out on pages 19-21 whilst the minutes of the 24th AGM are shown on page 20 of the Spring Buzz, which is available online if you haven’t kept your copy. Please try to attend this meeting, which will be followed by a presentation by Beth Rudkin, who will be asking the question “Who killed the Princes in the Tower?” We are hoping to get this edition of the Buzz out to all our members prior to 2nd June, National u3a Day. The purpose of this day is to encourage all the UK’s 1000+ u3a’s to tell the world about who we are and what we do. Last year we had plans for many of our groups to be on show in the Alhambra, the Library and in and around town but Covid put paid to all that, of course! This year, we have a small team of members in Barnsley who have been helping us to prepare for this event within the present restrictions, which will limit us to sharing a small Council gazebo in the town centre. One of the highlights will be when the Mayor attends and cuts our 25th Anniversary Cake. This will be supported by us handing out our new tri-fold leaflet (right) in and around town. Also, local radio stations have been sent copies of The Buzz, the new leaflet and a covering letter from me; we are hoping to be given a radio spot or two to talk about the u3a and our Bu3a. I also must mention our Walking Cricket competition which Mac McKechnie has organised for u3a Day. At the time of writing there is an increasing number of other u3a teams taking part and because of this the event has had to be relocated to Doncaster where a greater number of pitches are available. Well done to Mac for continuing to manage the growth of Walking Cricket and keep Bu3a’s name high profile in the process on u3a Day. Please read the Walking Cricket article on pages 28-29. On the subject of our 25th Anniversary, keep an eye out for the details of our ticketed evening celebration to be held on 6th October at the Holiday Inn, Dodworth; the first release of information is on page 3. It would be great to see our members turning out in force to enjoy this landmark achievement for Bu3a. Anyway, that’s enough from me for the time being. I look forward to seeing you all getting involved in our activities once again. Alan 2 CHEERS EVERYONE!! A huge vote of thanks from me to all our members for demonstrating your loyalty to Barnsley u3a. 96% of you renewed your membership; an unparalleled success at any time, let alone in the middle of another lockdown. Thank you also for your many notes and good wishes which I always appreciate. Throughout this process I have been wonderfully well supported by my wife, Jacqui, and Hilary Newton, our Treasurer. Finally, a note of thanks to Jo, our lovely post lady, who has delivered nearly 500 cheques to me over the past few weeks. Best wishes to all! John MacKinnon, Membership Secretary. CELEBRATING 25 GLORIOUS YEARS! The Social Committee’s advert BARNSLEY & DISTRICT U3A here says it all! Assuming that all Covid restrictions are well behind us (gone but never to be forgotten), we will meet in JOIN US ON THE 6TH OCTOBER October to celebrate the At The Holiday Inn, Dodworth remarkable growth and For Dinner & Entertainment Tickets on sale from July present strength of Bu3a. Full details coming soon! Vice-Chairman and Buzz Editor: Derek Bacon Welcome to the Summer 2021 ‘Buzz’. I hope that you enjoy it. It’s great to start this Buzz with three typically positive contributions by the Chairman, the Membership Secretary and the Social Committee. It has not been quite so straightforward to produce this edition of The Buzz as I was unwell for much of April but the number of contributions just poured in and that helped me enormously; I am very grateful to you all. I feel guilty and apologise to those people who are always so supportive but whose contributions this time have had to be saved for the Autumn Buzz. An absolutely massive ‘Thank You’ to Jo Kasparek who took over the role of reporting on our pretty amazing Presentation Hour and Monthly Meetings on Zoom. I wish that our Monday afternoon meetings on Zoom attracted more than the 120-150 or so members that they do because they have been so varied and interesting. The first pages of this Buzz are again reports of these meetings; I think that they fit in perfectly with the gentle ‘Learn’ and ‘Laugh’ sections of our u3a motto ‘Learn, Laugh, Live!’ It was a huge shock to hear that very soon after the publication of the Spring Buzz, the subject of one of its pages, Steve Smith MBE, passed away most unexpectedly. Our condolences go to his family and his Bu3a friends who contacted me. I do hope that you read The Buzz at leisure and keep returning to it because so many Bu3a members have interesting tales to tell. In these 52 pages are 11 Zoom reports plus The Falklands War, Covid-19 research, big news on Walking Cricket, the first of a series of recommended walking routes for you to follow, Quizmasters questions (and answers!), Group reports and a whole lot more. It starts with a Sensible Page! 3 A SENSIBLE PAGE A thief broke into my house last night. He started searching for money so I got up and searched with him. Life is like a helicopter. I don’t know how to operate a helicopter. A recent study has found women who carry a little extra weight live longer than men who mention it. 4 PRESENTATION HOUR via ‘ZOOM’, Monday 8th February ‘A BALTIC TALE’ presented by SUE STOKES This talk by Sue Stokes took us on a “whistle-stop” cruise that Sue went on with Beryl Topliss and Pat Goodall of Bu3a in 2018. All stops were for one day’s sightseeing apart from St Petersburg which was for two days. First port of call after leaving Newcastle was Dundee, in Bonny Scotland, rather than Scandinavia, but with the opening of the magnificent new Victoria and Albert Museum (left) there in 2018 itself and with its history of the Three J’s, Jute, Journalism and Jam, it is undoubtedly now on everyone’s itinerary as a destination in itself. Then off to ‘Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen’ where ‘The Little Mermaid’ of Hans Christian Anderson fame is a must-see, but it is surprisingly little! After visiting the royal palace and the compulsory church or two, she went to the world famous Tivoli Gardens (centre) and the stunning new Opera House. An amazing bonus was to see the city’s incinerator which doubles as a ski-slope. Next stop was the pretty North German coastal resort of Warnemunde, “the best little town you’ve never heard of” which is obviously worth a visit in itself but also offers a two hour train journey to Berlin.
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