Tuesday Notices – 13.06.23

Art Exhibition

Members of our Painting for Pleasure Group often take part in the Maghull & Lydiate Art Group and accordingly  many of their piece are on display at their exhibition.  The current exhibition of work will take place on the 17th and 18th of June at Lydiate Village Centre, on Lambshear Lane.                                                                                                                    The exhibition is free and there is ample road parking available.   Refreshments will be available.  The exhibition is open from 10:00 to 16:00 on each day.  Your support would be much appreciated.

 

Theatre News

  • There is still one ticket available for ‘Dirty Dancing’ at the Empire Theatre this coming Thursday.  The cost of the ticket is £39.00.
  • Tickets are available for ’42nd Street’ at the Empire on the 7th of September at 19:30.  The cost is £33.00. Please speak to the desk if you are interested.
  • Fancy seeing ‘Macbeth’ at Shakespeare North? We still have tickets for the performance on 21st of September.  Tickets cost £34.50 with an additional cost for transport to be added.

History for Fun

On Friday 16th of June, David Ward will be giving a talk about The French Revolution at Kensington House. The talk starts at 14:30 and entrance is £3.00

Western Approaches and Old Dock Liverpool 27/7/23

Arrangements have been agreed for the following programme

15 members (group 1) will make a visit for a guided tour of the Old Dock at 10.30am    30 members (groups 1 and 2)to  have a guided tour of Western Approaches at 12.30 15 members (group 2) will make a visit for a guided tour of the  Old Dock at 2.30pm

The above is necessary as the Old Dock cannot take all 30 members in one visit

Members to make there own way to either event depending on which group they are  in

Cost is £22 per member.  TRIP NOW FULL!!!!!

Text George on 07826 048379 to reserve a place and pay at coffee morning asap

Tuesday Notices 06.06.23

🌟. Stramblers walking group – this group has reached its maximum numbers and is hoping to start a second group. Naturally a second group has to have viable numbers and at the moment it is looking for additional members.  If you are interested in joining this group please contact Ann Blundell on 07799006845 or put your name and contact number on our notice board at the Coffee Morning.

🌟 History for Fun dates. 16.06.23 The French Revolution a talk by David Ward   21.07.23 A talk (tbd) by Frank Carlyle and 18.08.23 a talk by Kate Hurst

Meeting at Kensington House 14:30 cost £3.00

🌟 Maghull Town Hall sandwich and a drink. This free  lunch offer will continue each Monday between 13:00 and 15:00 until the summer break.

August 9th 12.noon, return of Liverpool Art Fair.

WHAT IS LIVERPOOL ART FAIR?

Liverpool Art Fair is a large scale, annual art exhibition, selling affordable paintings, prints and sculptures by artists from across the region. All artwork is under £2000 and we have a large section under £200 with limited edition prints starting at just £25, so there really is something for all budgets. We believe everyone should be able to take their own piece of the Liverpool art world home with them! After a COVID enforced break, we are back for 2023 at the iconic
Royal Liver Building on Liverpool’s Pier Head…

 Free event, booking at desk  required Tuesdays with Maureen or Jan

 Meet at venue 12 noon,  example  below by

John Petch Pierhead 2

June ramble to Crook o’Lune

There were only 7 walkers for Thursdays ramble around the Crook o’ Lune led by Ann & Peter. The weather was perfect for walking with stunning views as far as the Ingleborough Fells. It started with a nice gentle climb to Far Highfield farm and then down to the river Lune via Aughton (no we were not that lost!). Leaving the village, we headed down to the river but not before hacking our way through a 20yd stretch of overgrown path full of nettles – well, four of us did. Continue reading

Victoria Baths visit 8/6/23

Coach leaves Maghull Square at 9.00am , please arrive 8.45ish to board coach Arrive Victoria Baths approx.10.30ish , 2 groups , group1 main tour at 10.30 and off limits tour at 12noon , group 2 off limits tour at 10.30 and main tour at 12noon Sandwich lunch at approx. 13.15 with departure 14.10 approx.

Travel to Gorton Monastery for 14.25 approx.

Group 2 will have guided tour at 14.30 , group 1 will watch a video in the cafe , then group 1 will have the guided tour whilst group 2 watch the video

Will leave Gorton Monastery at approx.4.00pm NB ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE

Any comments or requests , telephone George on 07826 048379

Theatre Group

Hamilton

Last chance for Hamilton tickets on Saturday 9th December at 2.30 pm. Cost £92.50.

There will be no transport organised as it will be much more costly than the train.

It’s a sell-out production in Manchester, so we need to confirm our numbers and let the theatre know. Therefore, if you want tickets we currently have about 6 unallocated tickets. Let us know and pay your cheque by next Tuesday at the Theatre Desk.

Tech and science – Testing AI

Further to the presentation on AI, given last week, we decided to try out the ChatGPT system with some searching questions. Sandy kindly gave me 7 sample queries and the results for the first one are here.

What were the most significant scientific discoveries made in the 20th century ?

The 20th century witnessed numerous groundbreaking scientific discoveries across various fields. Here are some of the most significant ones:

  1. Theory of Relativity: Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, published in 1905
  2. Quantum Mechanics: early 20th century, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr
  3. DNA Structure and Genetics: In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick
  4. Antibiotics: The discovery and development of antibiotics in the early 20th century,
  5. Theory of Plate Tectonics:
  6. Big Bang Theory:
  7. Space Exploration:
  8. Genetic Code and Human Genome:
  9. Nuclear Energy and Particle Physics:
  10. Computing and Information Technology:

This is just an extract from the resulting query which gave 1000 words in great detail within seconds. Thanks to Sandy for the interest and input.

If you would like to try out the system then login to https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt